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WHITNEY

THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITNEY,

WHO CAME FROM

LONDON, ENGLAND,

TO

WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS,

IN

1635.

BY

FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.

AUTHOR OF THE

Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Forbes, Forbush, Gibsott, and Harwood Genealogies,
and Histories of Grafton and Barre, Mass.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

PRESS OF W. B. CONKEY COMPANY. 341 Dearborn Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

1895.

T.

Anna.

My Great-Grandmother,
This volume

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Author.

THE LIBRARY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
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THE WHITNEY FAMILY.

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FROM a little English hamlet
From Whitney-on-the-Wye,
Where the hawthornes bud and blossom
Underneath an English sky,
Came a stalwart, sturdy Whitney

Four long centuries ago,
Like the hawthorne spread and blossomed
In the sunshine and the snow.

All about him grew the forests

Trees of maples and of oak,
And the pine trees bent to listen

To the words the river spoke;
While the war whoops of the red men

Rent the silence far and near
In the wilds of Massachusetts

But the settler knew no fear.

Grew a family up around him

As the swift years drifted by.
While about his old log cabin

Fell God's blessings from the sky;
And the family name took root there,

Spread its branches far and wide.
Till they reached from York to Frisco

Sunrise gate to evening tide.

Some there were that for the Union

Wore the tattered army blue.
Some the grey, and then forgot it

When the old became the new;
One the cotton gin invented

'Twas his own peculiar plan,
And where'er you find a Whitney

You will find an honest man.

Richard L. Carey.

Table of Contents.

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PAGE.

Author's Preface .• . . . 9

The First Whitney 11

Origin of the Name and Family , 11

Valley of the Wye 14

Visit to Whitney-on-the-Wye 14

John Whitney, Puritan Emigrant 16

Other Whitneys in New England 18

The Family in America 19

What Henry Austin Whitney Says 21

Whitney Genealogy 22

List of Illustrations.

PAGE.

Frederick C. Pierce Frontispiece

Jonathan Sawyer 96

Hon. Chas. H. Sawyer 99

Rev. Peter Whitney 162

Hon. Horatio L. Wait 175

Henry Melville 183

Oliver Whitney 199

George M. Wrig ht 223

Samuel E. Whitney 240

J. Whitney Farlin . . .-. 248

Dariiel Whitney 249

Eli Whitney 255

Oliver D. Barrett 260

■Mrs. Elizabeth Fairchild 261

Hon. Wm. Whi tney Rice 268

Hon. Wm. Whitney Godding 269

Hon. Henry M. Whitney 277

Mrs. Abbie W hitney Brown 296

Wm. M. Whitney 829

Lyman M'unger 336

Mrs. LyTnan Munger 336

Dr. Elijah Whitney 341

Adel aine Button Train Whitney 348

Dr. Chas. W. Whitney 351

poel Whitney 361

Otis Whitney 368

Chas. O. Whitney 378

Lewis L. Whitney 388

Mrs. Mary E. Hoadley 401

Col. Joel Whitney 415

Col. Loren H. Whitney 423

Anna H. Whitney 427

Clarence J. Whitney 430

May L. Whitney.. 480

Luther Whitney 431

Wm. B. Whitney 432

Eli Whitney 438

Geo. Jay Whitney 450

Baxter D. Whitney 454

Walter Whitney 462

Frederic E. Whitney 463

Mrs. Frederic E. Whitney 463

Frank C. Whitney 464

Dr. Leland H. Poor 468

Mary W. Whitney 471

PAGE.

Capt. Edmund C. Whitney 472

Geo. C. Whitney 476

Alvin Whitney 479

Paschal W. Turney 482

John M.Whitney 484

Prof. Wm. D. Whitney 486

Hon. Edward B. Whitney 491

Erastus H. Whitney 492

Dr. Eugene W. Whitney 493

Hon. Geo. H. Whitney 496

Edgar H. Whitney 499

Col. Geo. Whitney 502

Wm. C.Whitney 508

Geo. W.Whitney 508

Gen. James S. Whitney 515

Hiram Whitney 526

Samuel Austin Whitney 534

Rev. Leonard Whitney 535

Otis Whitney 536

Imri S.Whitney 539

Chas. P. Whitney 541

Hon. Chas. W. Whitney 543

Arthur E. Whitney 549

Amos Whitney 550

Franklin Whitney 577

Camilla M. Whitney 577

Drake Whitney 588

Benjamin R. Whitney : . . 589

Eli Whitney, Jr 598

Dr. John M. Whitney 600

Geo. M. Whitney 605

Harvey A. Whitney 605

Jas. W. Whitney 606

David R. Whitney 609

W^ilbur F. Whitney 611

Everett E.Whitney 619

Duane P. Whitney 622

Prof. Nelson O. Whitney 624

Prof. Harry E. Whitney 625

Henry M.Whitney 630

Hon. William C. Whitney 635

Rev. Mary T. Whitney 640

Harwood O. Whitney 648

Rev. E. W. Whitney 650

Orson F. Whitney 660

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

As a descendant of the Whitney family on both my jjaternal and maternal sides,
I take pleasure in presenting to the numerous members of the family in this
country, this volume, the work of several years of extensive correspondence
and compilation. Having had considerable experience in works of a similar charac-
ter, and being of a genealogical turn of mind, the work has been one of pleasure. It
is extremely doubtful if many other families in America can boast of such a large
number of descendants, from one emigrant, as this one. Other persons have tried
to compile the genealogy of the descendants of John Whitney of Watertown, Mass.,
1635, but not until now has it been done in such an extensive and thorough manner.
The works of Henry Austin Whitney of Boston, Rev. Frederick Whitney of Brighton,
Dr. Henry Bond of Watertown, and William Lebbeus Whitney of Pottsville, Pa., are
•well known, but in these no attempt was made at a complete pedigree. In a few
instances replies have not been received from blanks sent out, and this is my excuse
for not having a full record of these branches. The matter has been arranged in the
style adopted by the New England Historic-Genealogical Society in the publication
of their Register. The arrangement is unquestionably the simplest, and is therefore
the most comprehensive.

A number of abbreviations will be found in the book, of which the following are
explanations: ae., aged; abt., about; dau., daughter; dec'd, deceased; res., resided,
resides, or residence; w., wife; wid., widow or widower; yr., year; n. f. k., nothing
further known ; s. p., sine prole (wjthout issue). There are a number of other abbrevi-
ations of such common use that tne meaning will be obvious. A name in parentheses
thus, Anna Whitney, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Pierce) Whitney, indicates the
maiden name of the mother. An interrogation mark implies doubt or want of abso-
lute certaintv. The birthplaces of the children are not always given, but they can be
ascertained by reference to the residence of the parents, which is given in all cases.

In the earlier records of New England quite often the date of the year appears
1752-3, that is two dates. In computing time, the solar year is reckoned 265X days,
but this is too much by eleven minutes and a fraction. If this excess be neglected, in
the course of centuries the 1st of January would fall back toward midsummer. In
1582, the time of Pope Gregory XIII., it was found that the vernal equinox, which in
A. D. 325 happened on the 21st of March, actuallv occurred on the 10th of March.
For the puroose of rectifying the calendar, the pope ordered that ten days be
<3ropped for that year. This was called " New Style," and the former calendar, " Old
Style." The new calendar was soon adopted by all Catholic countries, but in Eng-
land and her colonies it was disregarded till 1752, when the error of the old calendar
amounted to eleven days, and by an Act of Parliament they were dropped from Sep-
tember of that year. If the year began the 1st of January, the date would be Febru-
ary 9, 1684; if the year began the 1st of January, the date would be February 9, 1685,
and changed to New Style by addition of eleven days, would be February 16, 1685.

It is singular how the different names have been obtained. In the name of
Shakespeare's birthplace we have a memento of three different eras of English his-
tory, viz., the periods of the occupancy by the old Britons, the Romans, and the
Saxons. Strat is an abbreviation of strata (street), the name by which the great
Roman roads were known. Ford tells us that one of these roads crossed a stream,
and Avon is the name which the old Britons, or Celts, gave to the streams. The word
lea, leah, or leigh, signifying a partially wooded field, served as the ending for many
surnames, such as Horsley, Cowley, Ashley, Oakley, Lindley, and Berkley or Birch-
ley. Hay, or haw, means a hedge, and this has given us Hayes, Haynes, Haley, Hay-
wood, Hawes, Haworth, Hawthorn, Haughton or Houghton. Occupations, too, have
afforded an endless array of surnames. This method was used by the Romans in
such names as Fabricus (smith), Pictor (painter), Agricola (farmer). In England a
skillful hunter would adopt that as his surname, and equally so with the carpenter,
joiner, sawyer, baker, or butcher. Personal traits, and complexion, too, gave rise to

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surnames. From the former we have the names Stout, Strong, Long, Longman,
Longfellow; and from the latter, Brown, Black, etc. Some mental and moral traits
were also used to denote surnames. Richard the First, of England, was better known
as Richard of the Lion Heart. The next step would be to derive from this quality
the surname Lion. A most remarkable fact is the changes in names, and the follow-
ing is given as an example of the changes in one name: "Next, he showed me, by
the aid of a few family documents in his possession, that the original name of his
ancestors had been Meredith, or, to write it Welsh fashion, Maredydd. Now, in
Wales, the accent is always thrown on the last syllable but one — the penultimate, as
we say, in Latin prosody. So Meredith is pronounced much as though it rhymed
with ' weddeth.' A couple of hundred years ago, one of these Welsh Merediths set-
tled in Staffordshire, England; but, as he kept close, apparently, to the original pro-
nunciation of his name, it was Anglicized by his neighbors, not into the usual
Meredith (which is formed on the regular English rule of throwing the accent back-
ward), but into Meready. Careless utterance soon corrupted that sound to M'ready,
and finally to Ready. The four stages — Maredydd, Meredith, Meready, and Ready
— were all to be found consecutively in my friend's documents in the name " Ready."

My thanks are especially due to Mrs. Silas A. Pierce, Grafton, Mass.; Miss Lou
M. Pierce, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Louise R. Rogers, Worcester, Mass.; F. L. Ora, of
Chicago; Frances J. Whitney, Lebanon, 111.; Luthera Whitney, Springfield, Vt.; Hon.
William W. Rice, Worcester, Mass.; Henry W. Melville, New York City; H. W.
Bryant, secretary Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me.; Frank B. Gay, secretary
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn., and many others who have aided
me very materially in the work.

I trust the members of the family will take as much pleasure in perusing the
following pages as I have in compiling them, is the sincere wish of

Yours very truly,

Frederick C. Pierce.

Chicago, III., July 30, 1895.

THE FIRST WHITNEY.

EUSTACE DE WHITNEY was of Flemish descent. Of his mother, Agnes, it is
recorded in Doomsday Book, "Agnes relicta Turstini Flandrensis, et Eusta-
cius Miles filius ejus, Dominus de Whitney, dederunt ecclesiae Sancti Petri,
Glocest; unam hidam terras in Pencomb, etc. [Agnes, widow of Turstin the Flem-
ing, and Sir Eustace, her son. Lord of Whitney, gave to the church of St. Peter, at
Gloucester, one hide [120 acres] of land in Pencomb, etc.] Some of the early Lords
of Whitney were of Welsh descent, one of whom. Sir Peidge Exrog, was a Knight of
the Round Table and "to King Arthyr's time he lived at his castle at Cardmore at
Cardinganshire."

ORIGIN OF THE NAME AND FAMILY.

WHITNEY, as a surname, owes its origin to the ancient, but obscure parish
of Whitney, on the western confines ot Herefordshire, near the border
of Wales. This is not to be confounded with Witney in Oxfordshire, so
famous for its manufacture of woolen goods. But, possibly, both names are the same
in meaning, and have not always been differently spelled.

Witney appears in ancient records as Wittney, Witenie, Witeney, Witteneye,
Wytney, Wyttneye, Wyteney, Wytteneye, Whiteneye, Whitteneye, Whitney; and
Whitney we find also written Whiteney, Whyteneye, Witenie, etc. It lies in the
valley of the river Wye, which is here, a mountain torrent, subject to sudden and
destructive freshets. This circumstance aftords a probable explanation of its name
Whitney, being perhaps derived from the Anglo-Saxon words hwit-white, ey-water,
and so literally meaning white water. Other examples in Herefordshire are (seen in
notes and queries, -Sth series, volume 6, page 119) Whit-bourn, the white brook, Whit-
church, the white cyrc (church), and Whit-ton, the white town, the last of which occurs
in six other places in England. But more ambitious etymologies of the name are not
wanting.

The Rev. Dr. Giles, in his history of Witney and the neighboring parishes in
Oxfordshire, says: "But if Witney received any fresh peculiarity of character from
the Saxons, it certainly takes its name from the occupation of that busy and plod-
ding race of men." The Witan-eye, or, as it is also written in Anglo-Saxon, or Old
English dialect, Witan-ige, evidently signifies " The Island of the Wise Men or of the
Parliament." By parliament in this connection should be understood merely an
assemblage of the witan or wise men of the folc or shire, and not a great national
council of the Anglo-Saxons or Witena-gemote (in which wiLena is the genitive of
witan), as it was termed. Thus the word Witney means, etymologically, parliament
island, though no record has been handed down to us to tell for what reason such a
name was given. There is a large house still named Parliament House at the corner
of the Crofts Lane, which to the minds of some conveys a tradition concerning the
etymology of the name Witney.

Dr. Thomas Wright, the eminent Anglo-Saxon scholar, made other suggestions
in a letter addressed to Mr. Henry Austin Whitney, February 1, 1860: "I think Dr.
Giles' derivation of Witney in Oxfordshire a very probable one. Some meeting of
the Whitan or leading men ot the district had probably been held there and the
island had been named from it like what is now called Magna Charta Island in the
Thames. But the great difficulty in fixing the derivation and meaning of these local
names arises from the circumstance that the name is in the majority of the cases
derived from that of a Saxon possessor of the land. I should think Whitney is not
the same thing as Witney. It has either something to do with white, or it perhaps
contains a man's name, as Hwitenes-ege, the island belonging to Heitene."

There is certainly no improbability in supposing that ige or ege, signifying
island, was the termination of a Herefordshire Whitney, situated, as it is, on the

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river Wye, and at times overflowed by it; indeed, the old church and rectory were
entirely washed away by mountain torrents in 1730.

There seems to be no record of Whitney in Herefordshire prior to the Dooms-
day Book. This work was compiled between the years 1081 and 1087 by order of
William the Conqueror, and contains the general survey of all the lands in the king-
dom, their extent in each district, their proper tenures, value, the quantity of
meadow, pasture, wood and arable land which they contained, and in some countries
the number of tenants, cottages and slaves of all denominations who lived upon them.
This book places it in the hundred of Elsedune, and spells the name Witenie. In
the general distribution of land among the followers of The Conqueror, it fell to
the lot of Turstin the Fleming (Turstinus Flandrensis), the son of Rolf, who, besides
his possessions in Herefordshire, held lands in Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Berkshire,
Somersetshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. Noth-
ing further is known of him except that his wife was named Agnes, and that his son.
Sir Eustace (Eustacius Miles) was called from Herefordshire — hamlet. Lord of
Whitney, and so founded the family of DeWhitney. The particle was gradually
dropped from the name, in some cases, as early as the twelfth century, and it has
long since entirely disappeared.

The parish church of Whitney is about four miles from The Hay, in Beacon,
Wales, and seventeen miles from Hereford. The parish contains nearly 1,500 acres,
the chief owners being Tompkyns Dew, Esq., and the Rev. Spenser Phillips. In old
times it was a portion of the long stretching debatable ground within which were 141
little lord ships, often at war with each other, and amenable only to their several
feudal chiefs. It was not included in any of the three adjoining countries until
1535; by act of parliament for the incorporation of England and Wales, Hunting-
ton, Clifford, Winforton, Eardesley, and Whitney were united into the hundred of
Huntington. The castle of Whitney, the family stronghold, stood on the north bank
of the \Vye, and is now represented by a group of mounds and also by Whitney
court, the residence of the present proprietor.

Agnes, widow of Turstin, had also estates in the parish of Pencombe, in the same
county, one hide (about 120 English acres) of which she and her son. Sir Eustace de
Whitney, bestowed upon the Church of St. Peter, at Gloucester, free from all tax, in
the time of the Abbet Reginald.

In the reign of Henry III., 1216-1272, Pencombe was stated to consist of 15 hides
of land, one moiety of which was held by John de Whytene and Robert Tregoz, and
the other moiety by Thomas de Henegan and Robert de Whytene by military
service, and both of the honor of Ewias.

In the earlier times when Bohuns Mortimers and bishops of Hereford convulsed
the whole country and overshadowed even the royal authority, little trace of the
Whitneys appeared upon record; yet, in A. D. 1306, a Eustacius de Whyteneye was
knighted at the same time with a Corbet, a Lacy, and a Marnyon, and previous to
that the same Eustacius, in 1277-1280, acted as patron of the living of Pencombe,
and in the latter year presented a Roger de Whitney. In 1342 W. D. de Wite-
nie was the incumbent; in 1353 Baldwin de Whitney, and after 1378 Eustacius
Whitney.

Among the patrons of this living, at various times from 1353 to 1590, were:
Robert de Whitney, 1355; Baldwin de V\ hitney, 1357; Robert Whitney, knight, 1419-28;
Robert Whitney, 1539; then the Crown during the minority of a Robert Whitney,
and again in 1567 a Robert Whitney, knight, and lastly James Whitney, knight, in
1590. In 1593 John Whitney was a portionary or prebend in Broxash hundred.

The name of Robertus Whitney, Chevalier Cortland was returned in the list of
gentry, etc., in this countrv, made by commissioners in 1434 (1-2) Henry \l.

In the offices of sherifts of their county, knights of the shire in parliament and
justices in the commission of the peace of the name Whitney may be traced in
Herefordshire from Henry V., 1413, to George III., 1799. Thus of sheriffs of Here-
fordshire have been: Robert Whitney, 1377-78; Robert Whitney, 1413-14; Robert
Whitney, knight, 1427-28; Robert Whitnev, knight, 1432-33; Robert Whitney,
1436-37; Robert Whitney, 1475-76; James Whitney, knight, 1585-86; Eustace Whit-
ney, 1595-96; Robert Whitney, knight, 1638-39.

Among the knights of the shire in parliament we find: Eustace de Whitney,
1312-13; Eustace de Whitteney, 1351-52; Robert Whitteney, 1377; Robert de Whit-
teney, 1378-79; Robert de Whitney, knight, 1379-80; Robert Whitteney, 1395-96;
Robert Whitteney, knight, 1417-18; Eustace Whitney, 1467-68; Robert Whitney,
knight, 1558-59.

The Robert Whitney of the parliament of First Elizabeth, 1558-59, received the

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honoraftiwde -r of knighthood in the time of the reign of Queen Mary, and his crest,
we are ififnre<V d, was the head of an ox. Another Sir Robert Whitney with the same
crest is recorded to have been "dubbed at Wynesort" after 1656, and before 1570.
Green records the circumstance that Sir James Whitney, knight, who, in 1574, was a
member of parliament, was suitor for the hand of Barbara, Countess of Leicester, in
1584-85.

The following legend explanatory of the Whitney crest is given: Sir Randolph
de Whitney, the grandson of Eustace (founder of the name), accompanied Richard
Cceur de h\on to the Crusades and distinguished himself greatly by his personal
strength and great courage. On one occasion he was sent by Richard on a mission
to the French commander, and as he was leaving the British camp the brother of
Saladin (who he had twice before defeated) followed him, and with two Saracens in
his company, and riding around a small hill, suddenly made a furious attack upon
Eustace, knight. • De Whitney defended himself with the greatest vigor, but his
assailants were gaining upon him when a furious Spanish bull, which was feeding
near the scene of conflict, was attracted by the red dress of the two Saracens, and
made so furious an attack upon them that they were diverted from their intended
prey, and sought safety in flight. Sir Randolph soon succeeded in wounding his
single assailant, whom he left for dead, and then overtaking the two Saracens he
dispatched them and proceeded upon the mission of the king. According to the
superstitions of that time, Sir Randolph attributed the event to the especial interpo-
sition of the Virgin, a medal of whom, consecrated by the pope, he had continually
worn on his breast. On his return to England he erected a chapel to the \'irgm,
which was called Our Lady of Palestine Oratory, the walls of which remain to this
day, adjoining the grounds of the ancient family mansion of Whitney on the Wve.

As a matter of course, the name Whitney occurs in the lists of gentlemen in the
commission of peace of Herefordshire, as temp. Elizabeth, Eustace Whitney. About
1678, Thomas Whitney, of Whitney; in 1799, James Whitney of Norton Canon,
related to the Whitney family of Whitney court.

Probably to the same family is to be assigned John Whitney, the author of a
very rare book, entitled "Genteel Recreation; or, the Pleasure of Angling," a poem,
with the dialogue between Piscator and Corydon, 1700. There was a Rev. George
Whitney instituted in 1807 to the rectory of Stretford, Herefordshire, who died in
1836. I have read somewhere, says Mr. Green, that a Captain Whitney was a com-
panion of Sir Walter Raleigh, and of the name a lieutenant fought at Worcester on
the Royalists' side. Sir Robert Whitney, knt. of King James' "and Charles' reign,
had four sons, who all died without issue, and four daughters, to whom the estate
descended. They all married and enjoyed shares in the property. Robert Rodd,
the only son of Thomas Rodd, married Hannah Whitney, one of the four daughters,
and conveyed her share to Robert Price of Foxley, by whom it was sold to William
Wardour. The latter acquired the rest of the estate and built the present Whitney
Court, and also in 1740, Whitney church, to replace the one swept away ten vears
before by a flood on the Wye, a calamity which involved the destruction of all the old
family monuments but one, that to the memory of Williams of Cabalva, in the neigh-
borhood, who married into the Whitney family. Mrs. Bourne held the property from
William Wardour, and left it to her grandson, the grandfather of the present owner,
Tompkyns Dew, Esq., and of his brother, the Rev. Henry Dew, rector of the parish.

The present representative of the Herefordshire Whitneys is Thomas Whitney,
Esq., of Bath. The Whitneys were also established at a very early date at Cheshire,
and had a seat at the Coole Pilate, a township in the widespread parish of Acton,
near Nantwich, almost as soon as those of Herefordshire were settled upon the
Welsh border. The manor of Coole Pilate was anciently parcel of the barony of
Wich Malbank, is now the property of Kilmorey. In this township were two halls
with considerable estates annexed, one of which belonged to the Whitneys, who
became possessed of it in the reign of Richard II., 1377-99, and had a seat there for
many generations. This estate was purchased in 1744 of Hugh Whitney, by whose
death the family is supposed to have become extinct. The purchaser was John
Darlington, whose daughter brought it in marriage to Henry Tomkinson, Esq., of
Dorfold, the present proprietor. The hall is occupied by a farmer. Toward the end
of the last century, Air. Silas Whitney, also a poet or writer of verse, from the neigh-
borhood of Nantwich, carried on business in Knutsford as a cotton manufacturer.
He was reputed to be descended from the Whitneys of Coole Pilate, and a relative
of the celebrated Josiah Wedgwood. When political feeling ran high and fierce
about the first French Revolution, he is said to have emigrated to the United States,
where, however, no trace of him has been found.

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VALLEY OF THE WYE.

IT is the scenery on the banks of the Wye which has gained for it the name of the
most beautiful river in England. Turbid and hurried in itself, it runs through
some of the most lovely landscape in England. The views are of the most
beautiful description of perspective, arising from the mazy course of the stream
and the loftiness of its banks. A tiny steamer now and then forges up the river
against the fierce current, or readily floats down on the top of it; but the Wye
may best be judged from its banks; and as the Wye Valley Railway carries the
tourist from one end of the valley to the other, the more practicable plan is to take
the train from point to point up the valley, the beauties of which occupy — speaking
within bounds — a fair hundred miles. It is the extent of the sylvan and other
beauties of the Wye which have made it so perfectly celebrated. From its source,
near the summit of Plinlimmon, to its union with the lordly Severn, the Wye is
continuously beautiful. In the midst of the Welsh hills it is exceedingly wild and
rugged; but no sooner does it reach the vales of Herefordshire than it becomes
singularly smooth and placid, and thence flows through Monmouthshire until it
loses itself in the Severn.

At Ross are to be found, in the parish church, the celebrated elms which sprang
up through the floor of the pew once occupied by John Kyrle, Pope's celebrated
" Man of Ross." Near Chepstow is the celebrated stretch of private property called
Piercefield, which possesses three miles of paths winding along the edges of the
cliffs above the Wye. From the summit of the Wyncliff, which is seven to eight
hundred feet above high water, the observer may see portions of seven English and
two Welsh counties, and the river at this point winds through the landscape like
a carelessly thrown river of silver.

VISIT TO WHITNEY-ON-THE-WYE.

By HON. WILLIAM WHITNEY RICE.

IN the month of June, 1892, I took the train accompanied by my wife, from Here-
ford to the parish of Whitney-on-the-Wye, seventeen miles distant, to see if per-
chance I could learn anything there of our ancestors.

There are none there now bearing the name of Whitney, but there are
the manors of Whitney and of Clifford formerly owned by the Whitney family and
not yet wholly alienated.

Whitney is a section of beautiful country with an old stone church, stone cot-
tage for the rector, and a somewhat modern manor house. We could get no pub-
lic carriage for our conveyance.

We found thai we had an hour and a half before the departure of the next train
for London, and we resolved to make the most of that time, with such directions as
we could get from the station master, who was very accommodating and intelligent.
He referred us to the rector. Rev. Henry Dew, as a gentleman who would receive
us hospitably and furnish us all the information that there was to be had on the sub-
ject of our inquiries.

From the station the outlook over the surrounding country embraced in the
manors of Whitney and Clifford was as lovely as anything we had seen in England.
The Wye flowed through the valley a few rods below the station while the broad
fields and forests stretched away in the distance toward the Welsh mountains which
were the principal features in the landscape.

The rectory was quarter or half a mile distant. Going from the station we
passed by the pretty little church. We entered the churchyard and searched for
Whitney memorials. We found none, because, as we afterward learned, some lime
in the middle of the eighteenth century the Wye, in a freshet, swept away the old
castle, the old church and the monuments and graves of the Whitneys from the time
that they settled in that place. The new church contains many of the old granite
stones which were left from the ruins of the old church. The old font, hollowed
from a solid granite block, which was there before the freshet, probably from the
original building of the church and in which the Whitney infants have been baptized

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probably from the eleventh or twelfth century, was also recovered from the ruins and
placed in the new church, where it still stands.

I have a photograph of that font taken since I was there, which I shall be happy
to show to any of the modern members of the family.

Leaving the church we went up a hill, through a lane bordered by trees, to the
rectory where we were first saluted by the vigorous barking of a small, black dog.
A young lady, whom we afterward ascertained to be a daughter of the rector, soon
made her appearance. She left us to seek her father, and he soon came and took us
to the garden in the front of the house where he had been working among his flowers.
He was a straight, dignified English clergyman who, when he learned who we
were and what we desired, at once gave us a cordial and hospitable welcome. He
invited us into the house, where another daughter. Miss Jane, joined us. We pro-
longed our call there with him and his daughter as llong as we could remain. Out
of that call sprang a most interesting correspondence with Miss Dew, the daughter,
from which I have derived much of the information made use of in the following
record. I presume that I have more than twenty letters from her, generally
very long and full of interesting details. I think she must have spent a great deal
of her time in looking up ancient records to find material for her letters to me. I
shall always entertain sincere friendship and respect for the Rev. Henry Dew and
his accomplished daughter. Miss Jane.

Rev. Henry Dew was a brother of Sir Tompkyns Dew, the last owner of the
estate. He was a descendant of the Whitneys through some one of the female mem-
bers of the family to whom the estate came by failure of the male line. Sir Tomp-
kyns' little daughter, at the time of our visit a child about five years old, represents
the broad acres of the estates of Whitney and Clifford, now, I regret to say, so heav-
ily mortgaged that it seems quite possible, if not probable, that by the foreclosure of
the mortgages they will soon pass into unknown and alien ownership.

I believe that the rector's tenure of the living can not be terminated during his
life, but at his death the pretty rectory, where he has lived more than fifty years and
has much beautified, will pass to strangers with the rest of the estate, and thus the
last W^hitney traces be obliterated from the spot with which they have been so long
connected.

After the conquest the manor of Whitney, so called, was given by William the
Conqueror to Torstinus,one of his soldiers. It was one of nine tracts granted to this
same person according to the Doomsday Book, and the one upon which he settled.

He was a valiant fighter, one of the northern sea-rovers who joined the army of
William on the expedition for the conquest of England. The amount of bounty
allotted him by William shows that he was a man of position and consequence. He
was specially commissioned to guard the frontiers against the incursions of the
Welsh, and for this purpose had his castle situated on the Wye and within the
bounds of the present manor of Whitney.

His son Eustacius, who inherited his property, assumed the name of Whitney,
which has been borne from that date to the present time.

The Whitneys were the chief men in the vicinity, sheriffs of the county and
Members of Parliament. Several of them lost their lives in the wars at home and
abroad, to which they were summoned by their kings.

A decree of King Henry IV. dated Feb. 14, 1404, commences as follows:
■" The King to all to whom, &c., Greeting —

"Know ye that since the father of Robert Whiteney, Esquire, and his uncle
and a great part of his relations have been killed in our service at the capture of
Edmund Mortemer, and his property has been burned and destroyed by our rebels
of Wales, so that the said Robert has not any castle or fortress where he can tarry
to resist and punish our aforesaid rebels as we accept (accessimus) We, of our
special grace, have granted to the said Robert, the Castle of Clifford and the lord-
ships of Clifford and Glasbury, together with all the lands, tenements," &c.

By this act the lordship of Clifford, on the opposite side of the Wye and adja-
cent to Whitney, was added to the domain of the Whitneys and has so remained
until the present day.

In the last part of the 17th century Sir Thomas Whitney, lord of these estates,
died leaving his son, Sir Robert Whitney, as his heir. Sir Robert had four sons,
■who all died without issue. He also had four daughters, to whom his estate descended
upon his several sons dying without issue.

One of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert Rodd, to whom and the other
■daughters the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them
it ultimately came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the freshet.

16 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

by which the church and the castle were destroyed. He rebuilt the church and the
manor house. The ruins of the castle may still be seen where the freshet left them.

This property passed from the male line of Whitneys to the female descend-
ants, through whom it is still held. Thus, although the name of Whitney still
remains attached to the property, the individuals of that name are not connected
with it, but are widely scattered both in England and in this country.

July 20, 1592, John Whitney was baptized in the St. Margaret's Church, London.
He was son of Thomas, who was grandson or great-grandson of the last Sir Robert
Whitney. In 1635 with his wife, Eleanor, and five children he embarked for Amer-
ica. Here he settled in Watertown, where he continued to reside the remainder of
his life. His sons settled either in Watertown or towns near it. His grandson,
Nathaniel, settled in the western part of Watertown, which is now Weston.

Arms. Azure, a cross chequey or and sable. Upon a canton, gules; a lion rampant

argent.
Crest. A bull's head couped sable; horned argent; horns tipped with red.
Motto. Fortis sed non ferox.

JOHN WHITNEY, PURIT.^N EMIGRANT.

By henry MELVILLE, Esq.

HE was the first of the name in America, and the son of Thomas Whitney,
"gentleman," of Westminster, by his wife, Mary Bray, and was baptized in
St. Margaret's, the parish church standing in the shadow of the famous Abbev,
on the 20th day of July, 1592.

Thomas was not a native of the city of his residence, but had come from one of
the oldest and most distinguished families in the west of England, the Whitneys
of Whitney, where, on the banks of the Wye, the crumbling ruins of their ancestral
castle could still be seen surviving centuries of border warfare. His uncle, Sir
James, knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Winsor in 1570, was lord of Whitney, Clifford,
Pencombe, Ocle Pitchard, Kings Capell, Boughrid, Tremayne, Icomb, Clifton and
Comwich, and sheriff of Herefordshire; his grandfather, Sir Robert, knighted by
Queen Mary in 1553, represented that county in parliament, and from the latter
could be traced back a long knightly line of Whitneys and De Whitneys to the
twelfth century, when the name originated, and, beyond them, Norman ancestors,
with other names even to the conquest.

One or more of his forefathers had gone on a crusade to the Holy Land, one had
fought under Edward I. in the Scotch war of 1301, another had twice represented
Richard II. abroad in important affairs of state and had been slain "at the capture
of Edmund Mortimer," a fourth had followed Henry V. in the triumphs of English
arms in France, a fifth had risked land and life for the "White Rose" and had had
his praises sung by the Welsh bard, Glyn Cothi, and nearly every one had been sher-
iff of his shire and had sat in the great national council. They quartered on their
shields the arms of Milbourne. Eynesford, Furnival, \'erdon, Lovetot, Baskerville,
Boteler, Rees, Lienthall, Le Gros, Bredwardine, Sollers, Brugge and Blackett, and
their marriage alliances had been, almost without exception, with families whose
names are great in history, through at least two of which Thomas could claim blood
relationship to royalty from William the Conquerer to Edward I.

The family name, Whitney, or, as originally written, De Whitney, was derived
from the name of the parish where the castle stood. Aluard, a Saxon, held the land
before the Conquest, but at the time of the "Domesday Survey," 1086 A. D., it was
"waste" with no owner, save the King as paramount lord.

Sir Turstin, one of the Conqueror's Knights, commonly known as "Turstin the
Fleming" and "Turstin De Wigmore," married Agnes, daughter of Alured De
Merleberge,one of the great barons of the realm, who settled on her, with other land,
the Pencombe estate. Agnes had two sons, Eustace and Turstin, to the former of
whom the property passed. Eustace's son, or grandson, some time between 1100 and
1200 A. D., engaging in the border wars, built a stronghold and took up his residence
at Whitney, on the banks of the Wye, and thus, after the custom of the times,
acquired the surname De (of) Whitney, as one of his neighbors gained that of
De Clifford, and another that of De la Hay. The first mention of a De Whitney in
any record now extant is that of " Robert De Wytteneye," in the Testa de Nevill,

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1242 A. D. There are numerous records relating to Robert's son, "Sir Eustace De
Wytteneye," and from the latter down an authentic account can be given of each
head of the family in the long line.

After more than four years of research and two visits to England, Henry Mel-
ville, Esq.. of the New York bar, has compiled and published a richly illustrated
book entitled

"THE ANCESTRY OF JOHN WHITNEY,"

which is the authority for the foregoing statements, and which those mentioned in
the following pages as among the descendants of the latter will wish to see, and from
the two works combined learn the names of their progenitors in unbroken series for
eight hundred years.

Of the life of Thomas Whitney nothing is certainly known beyond the following
facts: On May 10, 1583, he obtained from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster a
license to marry Mary, daughter of John Bray, in which he is described as " Thomas
Whytney of Lambeth Marsh, gentleman," and on May 12th the marriage ceremony
was performed in St. Margaret's. "Lambeth Marsh" is a name still applied to a
locality near the Surrey end of Westminster bridge. There were born to him nine
children, viz: Margaret, Thomas, Henry, Arinvaye, John, Nowel!, Francis, Mary,
and Robert, but only three, viz., John, Francis, and Robert, survived childhood. Of
these John emigrated to Watertown, Mass., Francis died at Westminster in 1643, and
Robert in the parish of St. Peters, Cornhill, London, in 1662. In 1611 it is recorded
that Thomas paid the subsidy tax, and December 6, 1615, on the probate of the will
of his father-in-law, John Bray, he was appointed executor. February 22, 1607, he
apprenticed his son John, and >s'ovember 8, 1624, his son Robert. The record of the
latter, like the marriage license, describes him as a "gentleman." September 25,
1629, he buried his wife, and in April, 1637, died himself. His eldest surviving son,
John, being then out of England, administration of his estate was, on May 8, 1637,
granted to the other two, Francis and Robert.

The accounts of the latter show that the deceased was in comfortable circum-
stances.

John, in whom we are most interested, probably received, for those days, a good
education in the famous " Westminster School," now known as St. Peter's College,
and February 22, 1607, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed by his father to Will-
iam Pring of the Old Bailey, London. The latter was a " Freeman " of the Merchant
Tailors' Company, then the most famous and prosperous of all the great trade guilds,
numbering in its membership distinguished men of all professions, many of the
nobility and the Prince of Wales, and, on March 13, 1614, Whitney at the age of
twenty-one became a full-fledged member. Marrying soon after he took up his resi-
dence at Isleworth-on-the-Thames, eight miles from Westminster, and there three
children were born, baptized on the following dates: May 23, 1619, Mary; September
14, 1621, John; and January 6, 1623-4, Richard. There^ too, November 8, 1624, his
father apprenticed to him his youngest brother, Roliert, who served seven years.
Soon after the latter date he moved from Isleworth, probably back to London.
Entries in the registers of the parish of St. Mary Aldermery indicate that he lived
there — in " Bowe lanne," near Bow church, where hang the famous bells — for several
years, during which time Mary died, and his son Thomas was baptized December 10,
1627. In September, 1631, he placed his eldest child, John, Jr., in the Merchant
Tailors school — where, according to the registers, he remained as long as the family
were in England — and, early in April, 1635, registered with his wife Elinor and sons
John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan as a passenger in the ship " Eliza-
beth and Ann, Roger Cooper, Master." which, a few weeks afterward, completed
her lading and set sail for the New World.

Extracts from the books of the Merchant Taylors' Company, of the city of Lon-
don, England.

July, 1592, Thomas Whitney, son of Henrv Whitney of Minehall, in the county
of Surrey, gentleman, apprenticed to William Persie of Watling street.

April 14, 1600, Thomas Whitney made free by Henry Pratt, his assigned master,
from Mr. Rowe, who was his assigned master from William Persie, his first master.
The report of Mr. Rowe for two years and by Mr. Persie for two years and three
months, certified by their letters to Henry Pratt for the residue.

June 23, 1593, Thomas Whitney, son of Nichols Whitney of Carsleton, in the
county of Hereford, gentleman, deceased, apprenticed to Robert Davies of St.
Andrews in Holborn.

July 19, 1602, Thomas Whitney made free by Robert Davies, his master.

18 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Feb. 22, 1607, John Whitney, son of Thomas Whitney of the city of Westminster,
yeoman, apprenticed to William Pring of the Old Bailey.

March 13, 1614, John Whitney made free by William Pring, his master.

April 26, 1613, Richard Whitney, son of Robert Whitney of Ugley, in the county
of Essex, yeoman, apprenticed to William Searson.

June 28, 1620, Richard Whitney made free by his service with William Searson,
his master.

March 8, 1624, Robert Whitney, son of Thomas Whitney of the city of Westmin-
ster, gentleman, apprenticed to John Whitney of Isleworth.

1632, Robert Whitney made free by John Whitney, his master, upon the report
of his master.

OTHER WHITNEYS IN NEW ENGLAND.

THOMAS WHITNEY was a resident of Plymouth as eaily as 1634; for that year
he was one of the jury in the trial of cases before the Plymouth Colony Court.
He served as a member of the jurv in the trial of cases during the years 1648-
49-50-51-53-54-56-57-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67. He took the oath of fidelity at
Plymouth in 1657. There is no record of the births of any of his children at Ply-
mouth. He must have been well along in years when he married. His wife, Win-
nefred, died July 23, 1660, aged only 22 years. (See Plymouth Colony Record.)

Jeremiah Whitney resided in Plymouth in 1643, for at that time he was included
in a list of those able to bear arms. In 1657 he took the oath of fidelity at Sandwich,
Mass.

Stephen Whitney was one of the first settlers of Huntington, L. I.

Henry Whitney was another early settler and located in Connecticut. The
genealogy of his descendants, both male and female lines, has been very fully
traced by the late Stephen \\'hitney Phoenix, of New York City, ably assisted by the
late D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley, New York. There are a number of
inaccuracies in that work, but the most glaring in it is the alleged connection
between the American and English branches. The following letter from Col.
Joseph Lemuel Chester fully explains the imposition:

London, Eng., Jan. 16, 1880.

I do not know whether Mr. Whitmore has mentioned to you the contents of my
last letter to him, respecting the Whitney pedigree in Mr. Phoenix's splendid volume.
If not, I may now say to you that Mr. Phcenix's suspicions being aroused as to the
accuracy of the English pedigree furnished by Mrs. De Salis, he begged me to inves-
tigate It.

It required but a single glance at the pedigree and her statements in the text, to
enable me to determine that they were fictitious, as I saw at once that they stated
what I knew to be impossibilities. A little investigation revealed all that she had
done, and enabled me to determine exactly how she had done it.

As this is now the third of her American cases which I have examined with sim-
ilar results, I felt not only justified, but bound to interpose between her and my
countrymen. I taxed her with what I had discovered, and now have her confession
that the two wills of Thomas Whitney and Ann Roberts, the alleged father and aunt
of the emigrant Henry Whitney, on which alone the pedigree is based (as you will
see by referring to the books), were pure fabrications, although she persists in declar-
ing that they were not fabricated by herself, but by some mysterious assistant, whom
she trusted. This, however, I have good reason for not believing.

I have also her written pledge that she will never again seek or accept a com-
mission from the United States. I do not know yet what course Mr. Phoenix will
pursue either here or at home, so perhaps you will guard what I now write as at least
semi-confidential.

After this experience, it is fair to presume that all her other American clients
have been treated in a similar manner. Sincerely yours,

Jos. L. Chester.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 19

THE FAMILY IN AMERICA.

THE Whitney family is very numerous in America; not only in New England are
they abundant, but in nearly every state and territory in the United States. A
very large share of those who bear the name are the descendants of John and
Elinor Whitney of Watertown, in the Massachusetts colony. No relationship is
traced between this family and that of Henry Whitney of Norwalk, Conn., who
located there in 1665, and the genealogy of whose descendants, both male and female
lines, has been published by S. Whitney Phoenix, being the most exhaustive and
expensive work of this kind ever published in America.*

John Whitney was born in England in 1589, and dwelt in the Parish of I-sieworth-
•on-the-Thames, opposite Richmond, nine miles from London, from May, 1619, to
January, 1623-4. The record " of persons permitted to embark at the port of Lon-
don after Christmas, 1634," manuscript folio page 35 in Rolls office. Chancery Lane,
gives the following names and ages: John Whitney 35, Elinor Whitney 30, John 11,
Richard 9, Nathaniel 8, Thomas 6, Jonathan 1.

The record reads as follows:

The Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper Mr., April, 1635.

These p'ties hereunder expressed are to be imbarqiied for New England, having
taken the oaths of Allegeance and Supremacie and likewise brought Certificate both
from the Ministers and Justices when their abidings were latlie, of their conformitie
to the Discipline and order of the Church of England, and yet they are no Subsedy
Men. Jo. Whitney, 35; Jo. Whitney, 11; Richard Whitney, 9; Nathaniel Whitney, 8;
Tho. Whitney, 6; Jonathan Whitney, 1; Ellen Whitney, 30.

The ages of John Whitney and his five sons, as thus given, were all too young.

The parish register of Isleworth contains the following entries:

1621, Sept. 14, John Whitne and Ellin had John their son baptized.

1623-4, Jan. 6, John Whitne and Elinor his wife had their son Richard baptized.
It is suggested that the non-conformity acts might have had some influence in mak-
ing the ages of the several members of the family younger than they were.

They settled in Watertown, in the Massachusetts colony, in June, 1635, where his
son Joshua was born the 15th of July following, he being the first .of this line born in
America. John Whitney was admitted freeman 3d of ^Iarch, 1636, and the following
year was for the first time elected by his associates as one of the Select Men of the
town. He held the office for many years afterward, until 1655, at which time he was
elected town clerk. June 1, 1641, he was appointed constable at Watertown by the
General Court at their quarter session held in Boston.

At that time constables were appointed by the General Court, and, besides the
duties attached to the office in latter times, they were required to collect the taxes of
the town and the levies by the General Court; to pay the debts of the colony due to
individuals in their respective towns; to supply the town with sealed weights and
measures; to set or order in those towns where no captain dwelt, and to inflict the
punishments ordered by judicial authority, "where there was not another appointed
to do it within his own town, unless he can get another to do it." As a badge of his
■office a constable Jwas required to carry a black staff five or five and a half feet
long, with a tip or head five or six inches long.

His very early admission as a freeman and his election as a Select Man show
that he held a respectable social position in the community.

He was grantee of eight lots in Watertown and purchaser of 16 acres, his home-
stall lot, where he continued to reside. This latter property was granted to John
Strickland,t and was bounded east and south by William Jennison, west by Mar-
tin Underwood, north by Isaac Mixer. His eight lots amounted to 212 acres,
to which he subsequently made additions, as shown by the Registry of Deeds. Later
the homestall became the property of his son, Joshua, of Groton, who sold it to Dea.
Nathan Fiske, Oct. 29, 1697.

The death of John Whitney is registered in the church record of Watertown,
1673, thus: "John Whetny, Widdower, Deceased first of June, aged abought eighty-

*\Vliitne.v. The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its AtKliatious. Being an attempt to
trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to
1878. To which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. By S. Whitney Phcenix. 3
Tery thick vols. 4to. Bound by Matthews in half morocco. Edition of 510 copies, privately
printed, all for presentation. N. Y., 187S. $5000

t He was dismissed from the Watertown church May 29, 1635, and was one of the Watertown
«olony that planted Wethersfield, Conn., the oldest town on the Connecticut river.

20 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

four years." His wife, Elinor, mother of his eight sons, died in Watertown May 11,
1659, aged about 60 years (though called 54). He married Judah (Judith) Clement,
Sept. 29, 1659. ..

His will, dated April 3, 1673, is as follows:

I John Whitney senior of Watertowne in ye county of midlesexx being perfect
and sound in my memory and understanding blessed be god for it: I do declare
this to be my last will and testemant In maner and form as followeth

lly 1 committ my spirit into ye hands of god yt gave it: and my body unto the
earth from whence it was taken;

21y I give unto my Son John Whitney: my meadow called beeverbrook mead-
ows with yt upland yt doth appertain thereunto: and a yoke of oxen: or nine pounds
ten shillings: and ten acres of my land called dcvcdent and a trunke and one pair of
sheets and one pair of pillows beers and two pewter dishes a great one and a small
one and ye bed whereon I lie with all the furniture thereunto belonging.

31y I give unto my son Richard Whitney my ten acres of land called devident
and two cowes and a great sea chest

41y I give unto my son Thomas Whitney ten acres of my land called devident
and two cowes and a sad colered sute namely a payer of breeches and a close coate
and a puter dish.

Sly I give unto my son Jonathan Whitney an iron kitle and a great brass skilet.

61y I give unto my son Joshua Whitney twenty acres of my land called devident
and a cubbard and a little table and a chest and a great kitle and a warming pan
and a skillett.

71y 1 give unto my son Benjamin Whitney the old mare if she live.

Sly My will is yt what of my estate be left after all is paid out as ye aboves
namely of my moveables yt it be equaly devided between my execeutors and 1 doe
nominate and apoynt my well beloved sones John Whitney and Joshua Whitney to be
my execeutors to this my will and testament and I doe desire my loveing friend
William Bond sen to se yt this my will be performed acording to ye true intent of it
as is aforesaid and doe set to my hand this 3d of Aprill 1673.

Ye centerline in ye line 24 ye wood devided was don before any subscribing or
sealining.

The marks of X

Jon Whitney sen and a scale.
In ye presince of us

William Bond sen

Sarah Bond sen

This is an inventory of the estate of Mr. John Whitnie, sene, taken this 4th of
•June, 1673, by us whose names are hereunto subscribed.

Impe Wearing Clothes.

A sad coleired sute coats and breeches 001 10 00

The rest of both linin and woollen and shooes stocking hats gloves

being much worne 002 10 00

The bed wheareon he lay wth all the furniture thereunto belonging.. . 05 00 00
Three pillows beers three sheets and three small old table clothes.. . . 001 00 00

An old feather boulster and feather pillows a sea chest 000 10 00

Two old chests an old trunke an old box and an old Cubbard 000 14 00

Two old tables one forme 4 old chaires 001 00 00

Three pewter platters one basson a sacer and old great pott and old

pewter bottle and a chamber pott 000 12 00

A brass kitle 2 brass skillets a brass skimer a warming pan a small

brass morter a little ladell of brass 001 02 00

An iron pot and pott hooks a tramell a iron kittle a spit a smoothing

iron and two old frying pans 001 05 00

Three earthen vessels a great grater 2 chuny dishes a dozen of

trenchers a wooden dish 3 cheese moats 000 03 00

A small trevit a pair of tongs and a small payer of scales pound and

half in waits a spindell for a wheelle and an iron bullet 000 02 00

A churne and other lumber 000 05 00

Four cowes 010 00 00

Two oxen 009 10 00

A old maer 002 10 00

Anoldsadlean pillion 000 10 00

An old paire of soops and boxes for a cart a payer of iron pins for the

extree a payer of lines pins and washers 000 10 GO

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A chaine a iron bar a spoone of iron an 'old adsc a set for a saw two

wedges and an iron pin for a cart a hay crome and other old iron, 000 12 00

A grind stone with the iron to it 000 04 00

An old haire a cart rope an old bage two old cushins 000 02 00

Fifty acres of land caled devident 025 00 00

Three acres of meadow at beaver brooke with an acre and half of up-
land to it 020 00 00

An acre of meadow called plaine meadow 010 00 00

A forke and a shovell 000 02 00

All so of 000 14 00

Joseph Underwood
William Bond
Nathan Fiske

Massachusetts Colony Records.

A quarter Court, held at Boston, the first of the 4th mo., 1641.
John Whitney was chosen constable at Watertowne and tooke oath.
There was granted to Goodm. Nutt, Marten \'nderwood, John Whitney, Henry
Kemball and John Witheredge alowance for 83'^ yrd. of cloth, valued at 12 d.
p. yrd.

165.5. In answer to the peticion of Mr. Lymon Eires, Jno. Stone, Jno. Whitney,
Wm. Page, etc , the Court judgeth it meete to referre the peticioners to the retourne
of the commissiones appointed to settle the matters in difference betweene them
those acts this Court doth approove of and contjnew, as they are presented to this
Court, and are on file.

WHAT HENRY AUSTIN WHITNEY SAYS.

JOHN WHITNEY probably arrived in June, and immediately settled in Water-
town, where his son Joshua was born the loth of July. He purchased a sixteen
acre homestall, which had been granted to John Strickland, who was dismissed
from the Watertown church May 29, 1635, and was one of that colony from Water-
town that went and planted Wethersfield, the oldest town on Connecticut river.
This homestead was the permanent residence of Mr. Whitney. In 1668 he requested
his youngest son, Benjamin, who had settled in York, Me., to return and live with him
on his homestead, with the assurance that it should be his own after his father's
decease. In 1671 Benjamin, with his father's consent, conveyed his rights and obli-
gations in this homestead to his brother Joshua, who had settled in Groton, for £A{i.
After the decease of his father Joshua returned to Groton, and on the 29th October,
1697, sold this ancient homestead to Dea. Nathan Fiske. It was situated at a little
distance north of Belmont street and east of Common street. (See the majj of the
original allotments in Bond's Early History of Watertown.)

It is stated above that Mr. Whitney purchased his homestall, but before 1642 the
town had granted him nine other lots of land, amounting to 198 acres. The Registry
of Deeds, which contains comparatively few of the early conveyances, shows that he
made several purchases of land, and it is probable that he had aided all his other
sons in their settlements as he did Jonathan, to whom he gave 39 acres about 1659 —
and Benjamin, to whom he gave the homestead as we have already noticed.
Jonathan and Benjamin received these gifts from their father when they were quite
young, and it is possible that they shared in some later division of his estate, which
may account for the fact that Mr. Whitney in his will, while he bequeathes parcels of
land to all his other sons, merely gives to Jonathan " one iron kitle and a great brass
skilet; " to Benjamin, "the old mare if she live."

Mr. W^hitney was admitted freeman March 3, 1635-6; appointed constable of
Watertown by the General Court, June 1, 1641; selectman, 1638 to 16-55, inclusive, and
town clerk, 1655.

His wife Elinor, the mother of his eight sons, died May 11, 1659, aged 54; and
he married Sept. 29, 1769, Judah Clement, who was not living at the date of his will,
April 3, 1673. He died June 1, 1673, aged 74. Inventory, dated June 4, 1673: -50 acres
■dividend land, 3 acres Beaver Brook meadow, and I'A acres upland; 1 acre plain
meadow, besides his personal property, consisting of household goods and stock on
the farm. This shows that he then held but a small part of his lands granted and
purchased, which had probably been distributed to his sons.

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1. John Whitney (Thomas, Robert), b. England, 1689, settled in Watertown,

Mass., June, 1635, m. in England, Elinor , b. 1599, d. in Watertown, May 11,

1659; m. 2d. in Watertown Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. She died before her
husband. He 4- June 1, 1673; res. Watertown, Mass.

Mary, bap. Eng. May 23, 1619; d. young.

John, b. Eng., 1620; in. Ruth Reynolds.

Richard, b. Eng., 1626; m. Martha Coldam.

Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1627; n. f. k.

Thomas, b. Eng., 1629; m. Mary Kedall (Kettle).

Jonathan, b. Eng., 1634; m. Lvdia Jones.

Joshua, b. Wat., July 5, 1635; m. Lydia , Mary and

Abigail Tarball.

Caleb, b. Wat.. July 12, 1640; d. buried 12 (5) 1640.

Benjamin, b. Wat., June 6, 1643; m. Jane and Mary Poor.

3. John Whitney (John), b. England, 1620; res. in Watertown m. 1642, Ruth
Reynolds, dau. of Robert, of Watertown, Weathersfield and Boston.

He was admitted freeman May 26, 1647 ae. 23; was selectman 1673-80, inclu-
sive. The will of Robert Reynolds, of Boston, dated Apr. 20, 1658, mentions his
dau., Ruth Whitney and her eldest son; his dau. Sarah Mason and her son Robert.
John's estate was admr. upon by Ruth and sons, John and Benjamin. Inventory
dated Oct. 26, 1692, taken by Elnathan Beers and Thomas Hammond. It embraced
18 lots or parcels of land amounting to 210 acres and prized at ;^197:15. Item-
braced one lot of 17 acres, " purchased of father Arnold." His will was not proved,
it was written Feb. 27, 1685, subscribed in the year 1690. This will, written by him-
self, though informal and not on record, may be found, in the files at the Middlesex
Probate office and provides /;?/<??- a//a as follows: "If any of my sonnes or sone-in
laws or daughters be quarelsom by going to Law or troublesom to the brethren I say
they shall lose the share of what I have bequeatted them. I desire they should live
in love to God and one toward anothr."

Mr. Whitney first settled (1643) and always resided on a three-acre lot on the east
side of Lexington street, on land granted to E. How, and the next lot south of the
residence of the Phillips family, and is probably the same lot occupied by his great-
grandson, Bradshaw Whitney. The ground is somewhat elevated, and there is little
doubt that it is the "Whitney Hill " sometimes mentioned in the records, Dr. Bond
thinking it very probable that his supposition, p. 1031, respecting this hill, is incor-
rect.

In 1675, in a warrant issued to the people of Watertown (just a few months prior
to the attack on Sudbury) for impressing twenty soldiers with provisions, arms and
ammunition and good clothing for the defense of the colony, Capt. Hugh Mason
made a return, and in the list is found the names of John Whitney, Sr., and Moses
Whitney (the latter was probably his nephew).

He d. Oct. 12, 1692; res. Watertown, Mass.

11. i. John, b. Sept. 17, 1643; m. Elizabeth Harris.

12. ii. Ruth; b. Apr. 15, 1645; m. June 20, 1664, John Shattuck, b. Feb. 11,

1646. He was drowned in passing Charlestown Ferry, Sept. 14,
1675; m. 2nd Mar. 6, 1676, Enoch Laurence, b. Mar. 5,1649; d.
Sept. 28, 1744. Ch. John, b. June 4, 1666; m. Mary Blood; was one
of the selectmen; killed by the Indians with his son at Groton,
Mar. 8, 1709. He was the ancestor of Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., of
Boston, the historian of Concord, Mass; Ruth, b. Jan. 24, 1668;
William, b. Sept. 11, 1670; m. Hannah Underwood and Deliver-
ance Pease; Samuel, m. Elizabeth Blood and had nine ch.; ch.

by 2nd husband, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 21, 1677; m. Hannah .

One of his sons was captain of the Groton company; Daniel, b.

Mar. 7, 1681; m. Sarah . In 1707 he moved from Groton

toPlainfield,Conn.,inthat part which became Killingly; had two
wives and 22 children; Zechariah, b. July 16, 1683; m. Abigail
Parker and Lucy Lakin; Jeremiah, b. May 1, 1686. Enoch, the
father, was wounded in a fight with the Indians July 27, 1694,
which almost wholly prevented him from manual labor. John
Shattuck was in Capt. Beers' company in the Squakeag fight,
Sept. 4, 1675.

13. iii. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 1, 1646; m. Sarah Hagar.

14. iv. Samuel, b. July 26, 1648; m. Mary Bemis.

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Mary, b. Apr. 29, 1650; d. unm. after 1693.

Joseph, b. Jan. 15, 1651; m. Martha BoBch.

Sarah, b. March 17, 1658; m. Oct. 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington, b.
Nov. 1, 1657; d. Apr. 19, 1728; ch. She d. June 8, 1720, and he
m. 2nd Oct. 25, 1720, Elizabeth Bridge, wid. of Capt. Benja-
minGarfield. Ch.: Daniel, b. Feb. 24, 1683; m. Elizabeth Warren;
res. to Marlboro; Robert, b. July 2, 1685; m. Anna Harrington;
res. Lexington; David, b. July 10, 1687; Jonathan, b. Feb. 2,
1689; m. Elizabeth Bigelow; Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1691; m. Martha
Hastings; Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1693; m. Nathaniel Livermore and
Ebenezer Stone, of Newton.

18. viii. Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1656; m. Dec. 19, 1678, Daniel Warren, b.

Oct. 6, 16-53. He was selectman many times and rep. in 1701.
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16,1679; d. Feb. 4, 1695; Ruth, b. Oct.
15, 1681; m. Samuel Bigelow, of Marlboro; Mary, b. Jan. 25,
1683; Daniel, b. Apr. 30, 1686; captain; m. Hannah Bigelow and
, Mehitabel Garfield; Sarah, bap. Dec. 14, 1701; m. Daniel Galu-
sha; Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1690; m. John Bemis, Jr.; Jonas, b. July
25, 1695; Jonas, b. Apr. 30, 1697; m. Elizabeth Seavens; Deliver-
ence, b. Oct. 10, 1699; m. Josiah Coolidge; Mary, bap. May 2,
1703, m. (?) Benjamin Tucker, of Leicester.

19. ix. Hannah, b. ; unm. in 1693.

/20. X. Benjamin, b. June 28, 1660; m. Abigail Hagar and Elizabeth .

4. Richard W^hitney (John), b. England, 1626; m. Mar. 19, 1650, Martha
Coldam. He was admitted freeman May 7, 1651. He was proprietor of Stow June 3,
1680, and probably moved there when it was a part of Concord or belonged to it.
His eight children were born in Watertown.

Apr. 7, 1697, Richard Whitney of Stow, being 70 years of age, was released from
training by the court. He d. ; res. Concord and Stow, Mass. ch.

Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1652.

Moses, b. Aug. 1, 1655; m. Sarah Knight.

Johanah, b. Jan. 16, 1656.

Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1658.

Rebecca, b. Dec. 15, 1659; d. Feb. 1660.

Richard, b. Jan. 13, 1660; m. Elizabeth Sawtell.

Elisha, b. Aug. 26, 1662. Did he go to Conn.?

Ebenezer, b. June 30, 1672; m. Anna .

6. Thomas Whitney (John), b. England, 1629; m. in Watertown, Jan. 11, 1654,
Mary Kedall or Kettle.

Thomas Whitney was admitted freeman Apr. 18, 1690.

"May 10, 1642, ordered that six pieces of common, called Pequusset, shall be laid
out for the present necessity of John Kettle." [Watertown Record.]
He d. Sept. 20, 1719; res. Watertown and Stow, Mass.

Tho.mas, b. Aug. 24, 1656; m. Elizabeth Laurence.
John, b. May 9, 1659; d. May 16. 1659.
John, b. Aug. 22, 1660; d. Aug. 26, 1660.
Eleazer, b. Sept. 2, 1662; m. Dorothy Ross.

Elnathan, b. Sept. 2, 1662; d. unm. He was a town charge in
1727, and the Selectman ordered to see if his brother Eleazer
would look after him. He was then sixty-six years of age. He
d. Mar. 8, 1727. He met with a serious accident and became
suddenly insane.

34. vi. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1663; d. young.

35. vii. Bezaleel, b. Sept. 16, 1665; n.f. k.

36. viii. Sarah, b. Mar. 23, 1666; m. Apr. 11, 1699, Charles Chadwick; b.

Nov. 19, 1674. Ch.: Charles, b. May 21, 1700, had a son Abijah,

b. May 12, 1725; Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1702; Abigail, b. ;

m. May 17, 1732, Capt. Henry Spring, of Weston, b. Feb. 2, 1710.

37. ix. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1668; d. Sept. 6, 1669.

38. x. Isaiah, b. Sept. 16, 1671; m. Sarah (Woodward) Eddy.

39. xi. Martha, b. Jan. 30, 1673; unm. She and her brother Elnathan

had all the real and personal estate of their father.

7. Jonathan Whitney (John), b. England, 1634; m. in Watertown, Oct. 30,
1656, Lydia Jones, dau. of Lewis.

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Jonathan Whitney was admitted an inhabitant of Sherborn in 1679. That year
he signed the social compact entered mto by all the inhabitants. In 1681 he was
one of a committee about division of common lands and signed an agreement about
building a church.

He d. in Sherborn in 1702, where he was as early as 1679, and settled near Chest-
nut Brook. About 1659 his father gave him 89 acres of land, which he had pur-
chased of Richard Woodward. Nov. 7, 1664, Jonathan Whitney and wife Lydia sold
for ;i^40 this land, was situated in the little plain in Watertown, to Thomas Flagg.
Nov. 7, 1664, he sold to Richard Child 5 acres of meadow, situated on a branch of
Stony Brook. Jonathan Whitney took the oath of fidelity in 1652. His will is dated
Jan. 12, 1702. The agreement of his heirs is dated Charlestown, Jan. 21, 1714. He
d. in 1702. Res. Watertown and Sherborn, Mass.

40. i. Lydia, b. July 3, 1657; m. Apr. 15, 1681, Moses Adams, of Sher-

born, b. Oct. 6, 1654. He was tythingham, 1696; selectman, 1701;
had land in Douglass in 1715 and d. May 27, 1724. Ch.: Benoni,
b. Nov. 3, 1682; Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1684; m. John Fisk; Eliza, b.
Sept. 18, 1686; d. July 17, 1689; Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1688; m.
Nathaniel Fisk; Moses, b. Nov. 26, 1691; d.bef.l730; Elizabeth,
b. Oct. 25, 1689; m; David Rider; James, b. July 7, 1693; Isaac,
b. Mar. 4, 1695; Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1697; m. Nathaniel Perry.

41. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 20, 1658; m. Sarah Hapgood.

42. iii. Anna, b. Apr. 28, 1860; m. Cornelius Fisher, of Wrentham. He

was b. Feb. 8, 1660; res. Wrentham. Ch.: Jonathan, b. Feb. 22,
1691 ; Cornelius, b. Sept. 29, 1692; Isaac,b. May 19, 1694; Ann, b.
Mar. 28, 1696. She d. Mar. 6, 1701, and he m. 2nd, Mar. 27, 1702,
Mary Colburn.

43. iv. John, b. June 27, 1662; m. Mary Hapgood, Sarah Haven and Mrs.
Martha (How) Walker.

JosiAH, b. May 19, 1664; m. Abigail and Mary .

Elinor, b. Oct. 12, 1666; d. Nov. 23, 1678.

James, b. Nov. 25, 1668; d. Nov. 30, 1690.

Isaac, b. Jan. 12, 1670; d. Dec. 2, 1690.

Joseph, b. Mar. 10, 1672; m. Rebecca Barge.

Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1675; unm. in 1702.

Benjamin, b. Jan. 6, 1678; m. in Sherborn, Oct. 24, 1700, Mercy
Travis, and d. s. p. in 1718. She m. 2nd, prior to 1721, Lieut.
Thomas Frink, of Sudbury, Mass. She was b. Feb. 8, 1668, the
daughter of James and Mercy (Pierce) Travis, b. in Gloucester.
The father the same year moved to Brookfield, where he resided
until his return to Essex Co., where he d. 1717. Benjamin's will
was made in the year 171:3-4, and proved Sept. 25, 1718. In 1712
Benjamin Whitney and others petition to Gov. Dudley, from
Sherborn, for leave to form a cavalry company. His estate was
valued at /712.

8. Dea. Joshua Whitney (John), b. Watertown, Mass., July 5, 1635, m. Lydia
; m. 2d, Mary ,d. at Groton, Mar. 17, 1671; m. 3d, Sept. 30, 1672, Abigail

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Joshua Whitney was the first of the family who was born in America. He
was one of the earliest settlers, a deacon and original proprietor at Groton, Mass.,
and dwelt there probably until it was burnt by the Indians, during King Philip's
war, in the spring of 1676. He returned to Watertown for a few years and died in
1719. His will is dated Apr. 17, 1713, and proved Oct. 6, 1719. It mentions several
children whose births are not recorded. He was buried in the old burying ground
in Groton. He served as a soldier in King Philip's war with his son, Joshua, Jr., in
1691-2.

From the various works on Groton, compiled by that able historian, Hon. Samuel
A. Green, of Boston, I glean the following relating to Dea. Whitney:

In 1681, y3, 84 and 87, he was elected one of the selectmen. In 1680 he was
selected one of the board to arrange matters pertaining to the meeting house; 1684
Joshuey Whitney elected constibell; 1690 Joshua Whetney elected a tithing-man;
1685 Joshiway Whitney selected at the town meeting as a ffeus newers; 1693 elected
overseer of highway; 1701 was chairman of the committee to heat the meeting house;
1702 was again elected selectman.

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Groton, Apr. 22, 1715, at a church meeting:

Whereas, Deacon Whitney is old, and desirous of the choice of another to
officiate in his place, and wheras Dea. John Farnsworth is desirous of a new choice,
unless he were more unanimously confirmed, the church did thereupon unanimously
elect, or make choice of Simon Stone and Thomas Tarbele, to officiate as deacons in
the church of Groton.

Joshuay Whitny have payd for his land which he did purchis of the Town
Comity in the yer 1683, the and inst sum of twellve shillins for twelve ackrs of land.
I say payd for acording too ordr for the us of the Town.

By Jonathan Mors, Clark.

He d. Aug. 7, 1719;* Res. Watertown, Groton and Watertown, Mass.

51. i. Joshua, b. June 14, 1666; m. Mary — — , and Sarah Fellows.

52. li. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1668; m. July 11, 1704, Nathaniel Jewell, son of

Nathaniel and Mary (Smedley) of Groton, b. Nov. 10, 1678, d.
1730. Ch.: Sarah, b July 24, 1711; Abigail, b. Nov. 3, 1718; res.

Plainfield, Conn. She m. 2d Taylor, for in her brother

Joshua's will, in 1753, she is called Sarah Taylor.

53. iii. Mary, b. July 1, 1675; m. Ephraim Peirce, b. Oct. 15, 1673, d.

Feb. 27, 1740. She d. Dec. 29, 1749. Ephraim was one of the
first settlers in Lunenburg. He was one of the first selectmen
in 1728. [Hist, and Gen. Peirce family, by Fred C. Pierce.] Ch.:
Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1696; m. Mar 17, 1719, Josiah Farnsworth;
Elizabeth, b. July 24. 1698; m. Dec. 24, 1723, Thomas Farweli;
Ephraim, b. Nov. 12, 1700; m. Esther Shedd and Mrs. Huldah
Weatherbee; Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1702; m. Oct. 27, 1720, Jonathan
Parker; David, b. May 23, 1704; m. Elizabeth Bowers; Jonathan,
b. Apr. 15,1706; d. Sept. 23, 1723; Simon, b. Oct. 15, 1707; m.
Susannah Parker; Abigail, b. Nov. 20,1710; m. Ezra Farnsworth;
Lydia, b. Nov. 20, 1713; d. Sept. 24, 1723.
54. iv. William, b. Feb. 2S, 1678; m. Lydia Perham and Margaret
Mirick.

Cornelius, b. ; m. Sarah Shepherd.

David, b. in 1682; m. Elizabeth Warren.

Martha, -b ; m. Feb. 1, 1708, Isaac Williams, Jr., of Newton,

b. Nov. 1, 1686. Ch.: Abigail, b. Oct. 4, 1710; m. Josiah Fuller;
Jonathan, b. Dec. 16, 1711; m. 1735, Deborah Spring, b. Feb. 27,
1713; Martha, b. Mar. 18, 1714; m. Nathaniel Spring, b. Aug. 26,
1715; Mary, b. June 14, 1717; m. Joseph Miller; Phebe, b. Oct. 9,
1723; Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1723; m. John Rogers; Isaac, b. July
15, 1725; m. Sarah Stratton and Elizabeth Cheney; Elizabeth,
m. Josiah Reed.

58. viii. Elizabeth, b. — - — ; m. Apr. 17, 1707, Ebenezer Farnsworth,

res. Groton, Mass. He was in King George's war in 1746; was
son of Matthias and Sarah Farnsworth. Elizabeth, b. June 27
1708; Matthias, b. Sept. 20, 1709; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 11, 1711; d
Oct. 11; 1723; William, b. Aug. 4, 1714; Abigail, b. Sept. 2, 1718
m. May 1, 1740, David Blood; she d. Nov. 7, 1783; Kezia, b
Apr. 17, 1723; Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1725; Lydia, b. Dec. 20, 1729
Farnsworth died before 1753, for at this time she was called
Elizabeth Harmon in her brother Joshua's will.

59. ix. Abigail, b. 1673; m. John Hutchins, of Groton. They res.

Groton. Ch.: John, b. Oct. 13, 1693; Joshua, b. Nov. 5, 1696;
m. July 12, 1722, Mary Shed; Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1698; Eliza-
beth, b. Sept. 6, 1700; Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1705.

60. X. Alice, b. ; m. Nathaniel Woods, of Groton. He was b. in

Groton, the son of Samuel and Alice Woods, Mar 27, 1667-8.
She d. bef. July 3, 1721, for he then m. Sarah Brown, of Stow,
who d. Mar. 3, 1724. He m. 3d Sept. 14, 1725, Mrs. Mary Derby-

*The following inscription is copied from his tombstone, in the old burying ground in
■Groton :

[Death s Head]

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shire; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 19, 1694; m. Alice ; Daniel, b Aug.

10, 1696; John.b. Mar. 4, 1698; m. June 3, 1725, Sarah Longley;
Isaac, b. Feb. 20, 1700; m. Sept. 21, 1725, Abigail Stevens; Bath-
sheba, b. Apr. 5, 1702; m. Collins Mores; Hannah, b. Mar. 16,
1704; m. John Farmer; Phebe, b. Feb. 13, 1706; m. Oct. 25, 1733,
James Tufts, of Medford; Aaron, b. May 27, 1707; m. April 3,
1739, Sarah Boynton; Moses, b. July 6, 1709; m. Nov. 22, 1733,
Esther Houghton; Reuben, b. Apr. 11, 1711; m. June 11, 1741,
Mrs. Submit Whitney, 11 children; res. Groton (see); Phebe,
b. Mar. 13, 1713; Jonathan, b. June 4, 1716; m. Mary .

61. xi. Hannah, b. ; m. Thomas Woods, of Groton.

62. xii. Eleanor, b. ; m. Samuel Shepherd.

Samuel Shepard was son of Isaac and A. Mary (Smedley) Shepard, m. Elinor
W^hitney, and Nathaniel Jewell and A. Mary Smedley (2nd marriage) m. her sister,

Sarah Whitney. Isaac and Mary (^Smedley) Shepard had three ch.: Isaac m. ;

Samuel m. Elinor Whitney; Mary m. Thos. Harris.

Children of Samuel and Eleanor* (Whitney) Shepard, of Plainfield, Conn., as
named in the distribution of his estate Nov. 10, 1726, (indorsed) and recorded at
Windham (Willimantic), Conn.. Dec. 21, 1730.

i. Jonathan Shepard (eldest son), b. at Plaintield, Conn., March 3,

1707-8; m. March 29, 1729, Elizabeth Baker, and resided at
Canterbury, Conn. His children were (1) Samuel, (2) Jonathan,
(3) William, (4) Daniel, (5) Timothy and (6) Israel,
ii. David Shepard (2d son), m. May 8, 17.32, Mehitabel Spaulding,
and had Capt. (1 1 David Shepard, b. Jan. 10, 1733; from whom
are descended Shepard, of Otsego, N. Y. David Shepard, by
his second wife, Lydia Meacham, had (2) Mehitabel, b. Sept. 11,
1735; m. Capt. Joseph Burges, uf Canterbury, Conn.; (3) Lydia,
b. Sept. 13, 1737, m. Enoch Pierce, (4) Benjamin, b. July 4, 1740,
res. Norwich, Conn., (5) Jesse Shepard, of Tolland and Somers,
Conn., b. July 6, 1744, m. Sept. 24, 1766, was a soldier in the
Revolution. His son Jesse Shepard, M. D., resided at Schoharie,
N. Y., and was the ancestor of the Shepard family, of Buffalo,
Danville, and New Haven, N. Y, (6) Abigail, wife of Jonathan
Pierce, b. Aug. 1, 1746, Sarah Shepard, b. Jan. 16, 1749, and John
Shepard, b. May 5, 1751, d. unm. 1767. David Shepard lived on
Shepard's Hill, in the town of Plainfield, Conn., and d. Nov. 10,
1752, ae. abt. 40. His wife Lydia survived him nearly half a
century.
iii. Nathan Shepard (3d son), b. June 15, 1720, m. Susannah

Wheeler; issue, four daughters.
iv. Benjamin Shepard (4th son), b. Feb. 21, 1722-3.
V. Eleanor (Derby), eldest daughter, Mch 6,1701-2.
vi. Mary (Johnson),' 2d dau., b. Aug. 11, 1703.
vii. Lucy Shepard (3d dau,), d. s. 17.35.
The grave of Samuel Shepard at Plainfield, Conn., is marked by a simple slab
with the inscription S. S., 1724. His wife Eleanor survived him, but the date of her
decease is not known. He was the son of Isaac Shepard, of Concord (Nashoba),
Mass., who was killed by the Nashua Indian, Feb. 12, 1676, and grandson of Dea.
Ralph Shepard, of Dedham, Maiden and Concord (1603-1691), and his wife. Thank
Lord, from Stepney Parish (London), England. For further particulars see the
monograph written upon the " Puritan Ralph Shepard " by his descendant and
namesake, the late Ralph Hamilton Shepard, of New Haven, N. Y., or consult Judge
H. M. Shepard, of Chicago.

10. Benjamin Whitney (John),b. Watertown, June 6, 1643; m. probably at York,

Me.; Jane .. She died Nov. 14, 1690; m. 2d, Apr. 11, 1695, Mary Poor, of

Marlboro.

The Massachusetts Whitneys early in the seventeenth century began to spread
toward the east, and many of the older towns in Maine show in records of churches
or private families, in addition to the town clerk's records, the prominent part played
by them. The published histories of many towns, as Brunswick, Gorham, Gray,
Harrison, Castine, and many others, contain lists of town officers and oth^ records
showing the interest the family of that day took in town and church affairs.

♦Eleanor and Sarah married balf-brothors.

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The early records of York, Me., were destroyed by the Indians in the memorable
massacre of 1692, and there are now no records of this ancient town, which was
originally called Agamenticus, from a mountain in the northern part of the town.
In 1652 the inhabitants signed articles of submission to Massachusetts and at that
time there were no persons by the name of Whitney residing there.

The first record I can find of Benjamin in Maine is in 1662-6-8 he witnessed at
York an agreement of John Doves. He was at Cocheco, Me., near Dover, in 1667-8.
April 13, 1674. The selectmen of York laid out 10 acres of upland to Benjamin,
His father desired that he should return to Watertown and settle with him on the
homestead during his lifetime, promising him his house and barn and all his land
about home if Benjamin would do so. This property consisted of about 17 acres,
bounded by land of John Sherman William Bond and Martin Underwood, which
promise John confirmed by deed April 5, 1670. Benjamin and Jane, March 9, 1671,
with the consent of their father (John), sold to his brother Joshua for ^40 his right in
his father's estate (" the Mansion house of John Whitney ") obtained as above stated.
As will be seen by this Benjamin did not then return to Watertown, but continued to
reside in York.

In 1685 Benjamin and Jane Whitney, of York, sell to Jonathan Saywood for ^10
and 14s. "a certain tract and parcel of land which I have improved, possessed and
havebuilded a small tenant upon planted and lived upon these several years," which
was granted by the town of York in 1680, and ten other acres granted by the town of
York in 1674, as stated above. It is probable that his wife died about this time and
soon after, leaving his young children with relatives of his wife, he returned to
Watertown and soon located in Sherborn, near the Natick town line. He married
his second wife in Marlboro in 1695 and lived on land belonging to Harvard College,
which he leased of Gov. Danforth. In 1718 he received a legacy of 10s. per annum
from his nephew. Benjamin, son of his brother Jonathan. He d. in 1728.; res. York
" ' , and Sherborn, Mass.

Jane, b. Watertown, Sept. 29, 1669; m. at Sherborn, Jan. 4, 1693,
Jonathan Morse, b. July 11, 1667.

Timothy, b. in York, Me. In 1703 he was a member of the com-
pany in York raised for the defense against the Indians, com-
manded by Capt. Preble.

John, b. in York abt. 1678; m. Letty Ford.

Nathaniel, b. York, Apr. 14, 1680; m. Sarah Ford.

Jonathan, b. in 1681; m. Susanna Whitney.

Benjamin, b. ; m. Mrs. Esther Maverick.

Joshua, b. Sept, 21, 1687; m. Hannah Rockwood.

Mark, b. abt. 1700; m. Tabitha Mellen.

Isaac, b. ; m. Elizabeth Bridges.

11. John Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown Sept. 17, 1643; m. in 1669 Eliza-
beth Harris, b. Nov. 9, 1644; dau. of Robert. She owned the Covenant at Roxbury,
Mar. 30, 1671.

John Whitney wastmade freeman in May, 1684. The name of John Whitney
appears in the list of members of the Second church in Roxbury when gathered by
" ye Rev. Nehemiah Walter, Nov. 2, 1712," and doubtless he had previously been a
member of the first church in Roxbury. His houselot, containing nine acres, was
situated in that part of Roxbury called Jamaica Plain, and lying on the right as you
pass up Pond street to the south part of Brookline, which town was called Muddy
River until the year 1705.

He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1676 from Roxbury, and owned Cov-
enant at Roxbury in Feb., 1684.

"Next to Gov. Bernard's estate, on the right as you go up Pond street in Rox-
bury, was the Whitney estate of nine acres. A handsome stone mansion of the
Elizabethan style, the residence of Mrs. Abel Adams, stands on the elevated plain
at the rear of the lot. The Whitney house, which stood about a quarter of a mile
this side of the Brookline line, disappeared about a century ago, and on the removal
of the family the property was purchased by the Childs family, whose premises it
joined. In the rear of the spot where the old house stood the ground slopes grad-
ually downward for several rods to a narrow strip of meadow, through which runs a
pleasant little brook. Beyond the meadow the ground rises abruptly to an eleva-
tion many feet higher than the front of the lot, and still rises gradually, forming a
slope of considerable dimensions, and extending westerly to Brookline. West of
the brook is a fine grove of forest trees. The name of John, the grandson of John
Whitney, the first settler, appears in the list of members of the Second Church when
gathered in 1712." [Hist, of Roxbury]

and Cocheco, Me,

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He was a tailor by trade. His will was made in Sept., 1718; proved Mar. 13,
1726-7; mentions his wife Elizabeth.

He d. Mch 4, 1726; res. Roxbury, Mass.

Daniel, b. Dec. 3, 165^1; m. Susanna Curtis.
Timothy, b. Apr. 16, 1678; m. Margaret Bacon.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1670; bap. 1671; O. C.Apr. 1685; d. bef.
1726; will names "her heirs."
75. , iv. Ruth, bap. Aug. 31, 1674; m. Apr. 22, 1701, Joseph Adams, son of
Roger and Mary Adams. They res. in Brookline, where she d.
Nov. 19, 1762, ae. 88.

76. V. Sarah, bap. Aug. 2, 1684; d. July 4, 1689.

77. vi. John, b. Apr. 1, 1672; d. young, not named in father's will.

13. Nathaniel Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown, Feb. 1. 1646; m. Mar. 12,
1673; Sarah Hagar, b. Sept. 3, 1651; d. May 7, 1746, in Weston.

VISIT TO WESTON.

By HON. WM. WHITNEY RICE.

ABOUT five years ago I rode from Cambridge to Weston in search of any relics
I could find there of the Whitneys, as I knew that my grandfather, Phineas,
was born in Weston.
I found there the farm, which had been owned by them through several genera-
tions down to about ten years previous to the time of my visit. It is not an especially
attractive farm, although there are some beautiful prospects to be had from it and
the surrounding country. I should suppose it to be a good grazing farm. Some old
apple trees still remain. It is about a mile and a half from the centre village of
Weston, on the road to Lexington. On the side hill, and a few rods from the road, is
an old cellar and an old well, which mark the sight of the first Whitney house, built,
probably, by Nathaniel, grandson of John. Nearer the road is a more modern house,
built by one of the Whitney owners, and afterwards enlarged to accommodate his
son. On this farm, and, I think, in the more modern house, was born William
Whitney, who went to Winchendon in 1769, carrying with him his sons William and
Phineas, both born in Weston. By the roadside near the house stands a mammoth
elm, which has sprung from a seedling set out by, I think, the mother of William
Whitney, about 125 years ago. It still stands, sound and stalwart, and bids fair to do
so for many years to come. On the opposite side of the road was a large barn,
heavily built, to accommodate the agricultural tendencies which the Whitneys seem
to have carried wherever they settled. From this farm went the Whitneys, who did
not find room at home, to other towns, near and remote. One, Nathaniel, went to
Westborough. He was father of Eli, the inventor of the cotton gin, and one of the
Whitney ancestors of the compiler of this book. Willian* went to Winchendon.
He was the progenitor of the numerous Whitneys of that town. Phineas, brother of
William, went to Shirley, and from him sprang a numerous family, some of whom
■went to Boston, where they still reside. At the time of my visit the farm was owned
by a Captain Lowe, who had purchased it from a Whitney, who was the last of the
name to own it. I am informed that Captain Lowe has sold it, and that it is now
owned by a Dr. Bradbury, who is building an elegant country residence over the old
cellar and well of the first house built there by Nathaniel a generation before the
Revolution.

He d. Jan. 7, 1732; res. Weston, Mass.

78. i. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 5, 1675; m. Mercy Robinson.

79. ii. Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1678; m. Jan. 5, 1709, Jonathan Ball, b. Mar. 29,

1680, d. 1727. Ch.: Sarah, b. 1710; Jonathan; Thankful, bap.

Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 9; Daniel, bap. Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 7; Jane, bap.

Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 4; Susanna, b. Apr. 6, 1726. The widow m. 2d

Charles Chadwick, Jr.
William, b. May 6, 1683; m. Martha Pierce.
Samuel, bap. July 17, 1687; m. Ann Laboree.

Hannah, bap. Mar. 1688; m. Billings.

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 15, 1692. Did she m. Joseph Harrington?
Grace, b. 1700; d. Mar. 23, 1719.
Mercy, b. ; m. Greaves.

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14. Samuel Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown, July 23, 1648; m. Feb. 16,
1683, Mary Bemis, b. Sept. 10, 1644; d. bef. 1730.

He was a soldier from Watertown or Groton in the war with King Philip in 1676.
He was paid 4s. 4d. in Boston in 1675 for services. His will is dated Feb. 12, 1730.

He d. in 1730; res. Watertown, Mass.

86. i. Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1689; m. June 7, 1711, John Fiske, Jr., b. May

15. 1687. She d. Feb. 27, 1726. He d. in Worcester, Mass.,
Nov. 1756, a short time before his second wife's death. Ch.:
Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1711; m. Nov. 25, 1735, Samuel Hagar; Abi-
gail, b. Nov. 11, 1714; m. June 5, 1734, Stephen Sawin; John, b.
tune 10, 1716; Sarah, b. May 14, 1718; Jonathan, b. June 27,
1729; d. Jan 8, 1781; David, b. June 16, 1734; d. Nov. 23, 1771.

16. Joseph Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown Jan. 15, 1651; m. Jan. 24, 1674,
Martha Beach, dau. of Richard and Martha, b. Mar. 10, 16-50.

He took the oath of fidelity in Dec. 1677. Bought land in Weston in 1699, admr.
of his estate granted to wid. 'Martha, Nov. 13, 1702, Isaac Beech app. guardian of
Benjamin, and of Mary and Sarah.

He d. Nov. 4, 1702; res. Watertown, Mass.

87. i. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1675; m. Apr. 10, 1701, Hepzibah Flagg, dau.

of Thomas and Rebecca (Dix). Thev res. in Watertown and
Weston. He made his will Jan. 7, 1736-7. Lodged July 15, 1737;
proved and allowed Aug. 1, 1737; at this time his widow only
was surviving, s. p.

Martha, b. Dec. 20, 1677; d. Oct. 30, 1702.

John, b. July 29, 1680; m. Sarah Cutting.

Isaac, b. Mar. 10, 1681; d. Mar. 20, 1681.

Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1682; d. Nov. 1, 1702.

Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1684; m. Elizabeth Fiske.

MARY.b. Apr. 21, 1694; m. July 13, 1715, John Knapp, Jr., of New-
ton,b. Dec. 11, 1688;d. 1730. Ch.: David, Josiah, Isaac, Bathsheba,
Martha and Lydia.

94. viii. Sarah, b. 1694; bap. June 20, 1697.

20. Benjamin Whitney (John, John) b. Watertown, June, 28, 1660; m. Mar. 30,

1687, Abigail Hagar, dau. of William and Mary (Bemis); m. 2nd Elizabeth .

He d. 1736; res. Watertown, Mass.

95. i. Abigail, b. Mar. 3, 1688; m. Mar. 18, 1717, Richard Sawtel; bap.

Apr. 21, 1689. Ch.: John, b. and d. 1717; Abigail, b. Apr. 12,1719;
m. May 12, 1743, Benjamin Hastings.

96. ii. BenjamIn, bap. July 10, 1698; m. Rebecca .

97. iii. Ruth, bap. July 10, 1698; m. July 7, 1715, John Bond, bap. Nov. 23,

1690. He was dismissed from Watertown to the church at Wor-
cester in 1752, whither he had moved several years before, and
where his wife, Ruth, d. Apr. 1, 1748. Ch.: Benjamin, b. Apr.

16, 1716; Ruth, b. Mar. 28, 1718; m. Aug. 8, 1750, Samuel Ken-
dall; Bethia, b. Mar. 23, 1719; m. Apr. 13, 1747, Enoch Sawtel;
Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1722; m. Dec. 17, 1747, Josiah Holden; John,
b. Mar. 16, 1724; m. Nov. 21, 1751, Silence King; Mary, b. Feb.
1, 1726; m. Nov. 21,*1751, Daniel Bigelow; Josiah, b. June 22,
1728; d. Oct. 12, 1743; Sarah, b. Mar. 10,1730; Susanna, b. Oct.
24, 1732; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1737; m. Oct. 21, 1761, Andrew
Patterson, of Sudbury, and res. Petersham.

98. iv. John, b. June 15, 1694; m. Susan , Bethia Cutter and Mrs.

Beriah (Bemis) (Child) Pierce.

99. V. David, b. June 16, 1697; m. Rebecca Fillebrown.
100.^ vi. Daniel, b. July 17, 1700; m. Dorothy Tainter.

22. Moses Whitney (Richard, John), b. Concord, Mass., Aug. 1, 16.55; m. Sept.
30, 1686, Sarah Knight, of Stow. She d. ^Iar. 23, 1755. Moses Whitney served as a
soldier in King Philip's war in 1676. The following year he " was released," whether
from duty or as a prisoner I am not able to learn. He had land granted him at Stow,
Apr. 8, 1681. June 4, 1708, he purchased 30 acres of land, swamp and meadow, of
Richard Burck, of Sudbury, which had been granted him by the town of Stow. In
1692 he sold 4j4 acres of meadow and 10 acres of upland in Sudbury, as per deed to
Benj. Whittemore. He d. ; res. Sudbury and Stow, Mass.

30 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

101. i. Sarah, b. July 2, 1687.

102. ii. Moses, b. in 1690; m. Elizabeth and Sarah Gary.

103. iii. Abraham, b. May 29, 1692; m. Mary Stone and Elizabeth .

104. iv. Jonas, b. Feb. 1, 1699; m. Dorcas Wood and Margaret Stratton.

105. V. Jason, b. in 1704; m. Arabella .

106. vi. Lemuel, "youngest son," b. Aug. 1, 1714; m. Sibel .

107. vii. John, b. ; m. Rebecca Whitney.

108. viii. Ephraim, b. ; d. May 4, 1723.

26. Richard Whitney (Richard, John), b. Watertown, Mass., Jan. 13, 1660;
m. Elizabeth Sawtell, b. Feb. 3, 1668; d. Nov. 24, 1723; dau. of Jonathan of Groton.

He had land granted him in Stow, Oct. 24, 1682.

Bond says in his History of Watertown that Elizabeth Sawtell was b. Feb. 3,
1668; m. Aug. 25, 1691, Joseph Morse; he d. Jan. 24, 1709, and she m. 2d, Feb. 10,
1713, Benjarnin Nurse, Sr., of Framingham.

In the library of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, at 18
Somerset street, Boston, there is a copy of Henry Austin Whitney's work relative
to the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, presented to the society by him,
containing annotations made in his own hand. Among others, one to the effect that
Richard Whitney, of Stow, married Elizabeth Sawtell, daughter of Jonathan Sawtell,
of Groton. He cites as authority a certain conveyance recorded in volume 13, page
197 of Middlesex Conveyances, Oct. 8, 1698.

His will, dated Dec. 22, 1723, mentions son Richard executor, son Jonathan
executor, son Joshua, daughters Hannah Farr, Elizabeth Wetherby, Sarah, Ruhamah
and Hepzibah.

He d. Dec. 15, 1723; res. Stow, Mass.

109. i. Richard, b. ; m. Hannah Whitcomb and Hannah Ayres.

110. ii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1699; m. .\lice Willard.

111. iii. Joshua, b. in 1706; m. Zerviah .

112. iv. Hannah, b. ; m. Samuel Farr.

113. V. Elizabeth, b. — ; m. Dec. 29, 1722, John Wetherby.

114. vi. Sarah, b. in 1703; m. 1723, Capt. Hezekiah Hapgood. They res.

in Stow, Mass. He was a prominent citizen; tythingman in
1726, selectman 1741-2 and 53. Was captain in the French and
Indian wars. Ch.: Ephraim, b. 1725; Jonathan, colonel, m. Ruth
Wolcott and Mrs. Sarah Whitney, whom he m. Oct. 5, 1785;
Capt. Hezekiah's will was proved July 19, 1768.

115. vii. Ruhamah, b. in 1705.

116. viii. Hepzibah, b. in 1710; m. Oct. 12, 1732, Seth Sawyer, of Lan-

caster. He was bap. in Lancaster, Oct. 31, 1708; son of Caleb;
m. first Jan. 11, 1726-7, Dinah Farrar. She d. Oct. 25, 1727. ae.
23. He then m. Hepzibah, of Harvard; was united by Rev.
John Prentice.

28. Ebenezer Whitney (Richard, John), b. Concord, Mass., June 30, 1672, m.

Anna . She m. after his death at Pomfret, Conn., John Cumins, and d. May

15, 1758.

He d. Aug. 5, 1727. Res. Stow, Mass., and Pomfret, Conn.

117. i. Zachariah, b. ; m. Ruth Taylor.

118. ii. Ezekiel, b. ; m. Itabell Taylor and Sarah Farrah

119. iii. Esther, b. ; m. Jan. 18, 1726, William Bigginton, res. Pom-

fret, Conn. She d. Oct. 19. 1727.

29. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, John), b. Watertown, Aug. 24, 1656; m. Jan. 29,
1679, Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Feb. 30, 1659; d. in Bolton Feb. 8, 1741.

He resided in Watertown, Stow and Lancaster, in that part incorporated later as
Bolton. He bought UK acres in Cambridge of A. Rowse, Mar. 10, 1679. Witness
Geo. Laurence, his father-in-law. In Feb. 1681, Geo. and Elizabeth Laurence gave
to son and dau., Thomas and Elizabeth Whitney, land by deed. Feb. 24, 1682, he
bought 60 acres at Pompascitticut, now Stow, where his first five children were born,
as by the county returns in the clerk's office in E. Cambridge. In 1719 he bought for
;£300 52 acres in Lancaster. Feb. 26, 1721, he deeded one half this purchase, with
buildings (the homestead) to his son John, of " Stow and now designed to remove to
Lancaster," partly by gift and partly by sale, and in this document mentions all his
children, except Thomas, to whom he had made a gift of 21 acres in Stow Nov. 6,
1711, and Benjamin, who had also probably received a gift from his father. He was

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 31

a soldier in 1676 in King Philip's war, and was in the garrison at Lancaster Oct.
19, 1675.

He d. Apr. 12, 1742; res. Watertown, Stow, Lancaster and Bolton, Mass.

120. i. Thomas, b. Sept. 17, 1681; m. Mary Baker.

121. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1682.

122. iii. John, b. May 13, 16«4; m. Elizabeth Barnard.

123. iv. Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1685.

124. V. Benjamin, b. Oct. 7, 1687; m. Sarah Barrett and Abigail Bridge.

125. vi. Nathan, b. Nov. 18, 1689; m. Mary Holman.

126. vii. Susanna, b. ; named in her father's will.

127. viii. Abigail, b. ; m. in Lancaster Feb. 27, 1723, Jonathan Rand,

of Stow.

32. Eleazer Whitney (Thomas, John), b. "Watertown Apr. 7, 1662, m. Apr. 11,
1687, Dorothy Ross, of Sudbury, dau. of James; d. June 22, 1731. A testamentary deed
is recorded Sept. 30, 1728. He was a wheelwright and res. in Sudbury in 1692. His
children were baptized in the Second church ih Watertown by Rev. Angier. He d,
; res. Sudbury and Watertown, Mass.

128. i. Sarah, b. in S. May 29, 1688. Did she m. Jonathan Ball instead

of Sarah, dau. of Nath'l?

129. ii. Eleazer, b. Mar. 5, 1690; d. young.

130. iii. Ja.mes, b. Feb. 12, 1697; d. Nov. 20, 1697, in Watertown.

131. iv. Thomas, bap. Jan. 28, 1699; m. Hannah Smith.

132. V. James, bap. Jan 28, 1699; d. young.

133. vi. Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1697; m. Oct. 26, 1716, Abraham Chamberlin, of

Roxbury.

134. vii. Dorothy, b. Apr. 24, 1700.

135. viii. Eleazer, bap. Apr. 15, 1702; m. Mary Grow.

136. ix. Elnathan, b. May 5, 1705; m. Sarah Perry.

137. X. James, bap. June 1, 1708; m. Mercv Flagg.

138. xi. Jonas, b. 1709, bap July 14, 1723; m. Sarah Perry.

38. Isaiah Whitney (Thomas, John), b. Watertown, Sept. 16, 1671; m. Mrs.
Sarah (Woodward) Eddv, dau. of George Woodward, and wid. of Jonathan Eddv.
She was b. Oct. 3, 1675. 'She m. July 6, 1693, John Eddy, b. Feb. 16, 1636; res. Wate'r-
town, selectman 1671. He d. 1694, and admr. granted to wid. Sarah Oct. 22, 1694.
She prob. m. Isaiah Whitney in 1695. They owned the Covenant at Lexington in
1696, when one of their children, probably the first, was baptized.

The witnesses to his will were Samuel Whittemore, John Mason, Eliza and
Martha Foxcraft.

A true Inventory of all & singular yt goods chatteles & credits of Isaiah Whitney
of Cambridge in New England Husbandman Late Dec'd: Priczed on the tenth day
of January 17 11 12 by those whose names are underwriten as followeth:

Imps., His.:

Item, wearing aparrill .' 02 16 00

Item, his books 00 05 00

Item, one bed with beding in yt chamber 05 00 00

Item, his table lining 00 11 00

Item, to 2 chests & 2 boxes 00 10 00

Item, to 2 beds with beding in ye lower rooms 04 00 00

Item, the pewter 01 00 00

Item, the brass 00 04 00

Item, one iron pot & kettle with severall small things 00 14 00

Item, to lumber 01 00 00

Item, earthen ware & glasses 00 01 00

Item, armes & amunition 00 09 00

Item, to utensols for husbandry 01 19 00

Item, to boards not yet improved 00 12 00

Item, to stock of chatties & swine 21 00 00

Sum 39 19 00

Item, the house and lands 40 00 00

Estate in debt:

Impri : to money due by bond 24 00 06

Item, to money due by bond 05 06 00

Item, to money due by bond 09 15 00

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Item, to money due for a pair of oxen . . .

Item, to f unerall charges

Item, to money due to ye publick taxes.

05

00 00

02

00 00

01

11 03

Sum 47 12 07
Beside Docklers and other small debts yt do not yet thuoreghly known.

Ffrances Bowman.
Samuel Whiemore.
John Majon.

Exhibited & sworn to by Sarah Whitney admitted adm. to her late husband
Isaiah Whitney aboved deed intestate as a full inventory of his estate that she
knows of Camb 25 June 17 11-12.

He d. Jan, 7, 1712; res. Lexington, and Cambridge, Mass.

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John, b.

Isaiah, b. June 1, 1700; m. Elizabeth Whitney.

John, b. in Camb. Dec. 6, 1698.

Nathaniel, b. .

Elijah, b. Aug. 2, 1707; m. Rebecca Winship.

Sarah, bap. July 22, 1703; m. Aug. 2, 1720, Andrew Parker, b. Feb.
4,1693,d.Apr. 8, 1776; res. Lex. Shed. Dec. 18, 1774. Ch.: Sarah,
b. Feb. 9, 1721; m. Jabez Kendall; Jonas, b. Feb.6, 1722; m.

Lucy . He was a member of the company of Lexington

Minute Men, commanded by Capt. John Parker, that partici-
pated in the battle of Lexmgton and "fired the shot heard
round the world." " History, Roman history," says Everett,
"does not furnish an example of bravery that outshines that of
Jonas Parker. A truer heart did not bleed at Thermopylae.
He was next-door neighbor of Rev. Mr. Clark's, and had evi-
dently imbibed a double portion of his lofty spirit. Parker was
often heard to say that be the consequences what they might,
and let others do as they pleased, he would never run from the
enemy. He was as good as his word — better. Having loaded
his musket, he placed his hat, containing his ammunition, on
the ground between his feet in readiness for the second charge.
At the second fire from the enemy he was wounded and sunk
upon his knees, and in this condition discharged his gun. While
loading it again upon his knees, and striving in the agonies of
death to redeem his pledge, he was transfixed by a bayonet, and
thus died on the spot where he first stood and fell." [Address by
Hon. Edward Everett.]

Amos, b. July 27, 1723; m. Anna ; Elizabeth, bap.

■ Aug. 22, 1725; d. young; Thomas, bap. Dec. 24, 1727; m. Jane
Parrott; Abigail, bap. July 27, 1729; Lucy, bap. Apr, 4, 1731; m.
Joshua Mead; Elizabeth, bap. June 22, 1735; Andrew, bap. Apr.
16, 1738; m. Abigail Jennison; Kezia, bap. June 1, 1740; m.
Joseph Wyman; Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 28, 174i; d. 1743; Mary,
bap. Oct. 21, 1744.

Jonas, b. Nov. 27, 1711; m. .

Abraham, bap. Feb. 19, 1710; m. Sarah Whitney.

Mary, bap. May 4, 1696; m. Oct. 31, 1731, Benjamin, son of Benja-
min and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington, who was born June
21, 1676, and d. Nov. 15, 1738. Ch.: Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1732; d.
Apr. 12, 1806; Oliver, b. 1735.

Mary Wellington, dau. of Benj. and Mary (Whitney) Welling-
ton; m. 1st Jan. 10, 1751, to James Lane, of Bedford, son of James
and Martha (Minot) Lane. He was b. Mar. 4 (or 8), 1725 (or 6),
and d. suddenly Jan. 4 (or 24), 1799. His widow m. 2d Capt.
John Moore, of Bedford. Ch.: Oliver Wellington; James, b.
Mar. 10, 1754; m. June 6, 1805, Molly Pollard; Solomon, b. Aug.
7, 1756; m. Sarah Stearns; David, b. Mar. 11, 1758; m. 1st Molly
Lane; m. 2d Phcebe Lane; Isaac, b. May 13, 1766; d. May 24,
1803, without issue. Oliver Wellington Lane, son of James and
Mary (Wellington) Lane, b. Oct. 27, 1751. Graduated Harvard
College 1772; M. A. 1779. Died in Boston Nov. 3, 1793 Mar-
ried Susannah Newman. He was the most famous schoolmaster

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of his day in Boston. Deacon of the First Universalist church
of Boston. Ch.: James Bowdoin, b. Aug. 4, 1785; Augustus
Frederick, b. May 12, 1787; Thomas Parker, b. July 1, 1789;
Mary Wellington, Susannah Newman, twins, b. Mar. 30, 1791;
John Murray, b. Apr. 29, 1793; d. June 20, 1794. A des. is Dr.
Arthur Whitney Clark, of Lawrence, Kas.

41. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 20, 1658; m. Sarah Hapgood'
b. 1667. He had a lot and built a house near Chestnut Brook in Sherborn about 1691"
He, however, did not remain long in Sherborn, for his eldest seven children were born
in Watertown. The eighth was born in Sherborn. He afterward went to Concord,
where he died. W^ill dated Mar. 14; proved Mar. 18, 1735. He served in King
Philip's war in 1676. He d. Mar., 1735; res. Sherborn. Watertown. and Concord,
Mass.

148. i. Jonathan, b. Sept. 27, 1694; d. young.

149. ii. Sarah, b. Mar. 2, 1692; m. Nov., 1712, Jonathan Warren, b. Apr.

26, 1688; d. Apr. 10, 1732. She died Apr. 10, 1752. Res. Water-
town, Mass. Ch.: Tabitha, b. June 4, 1713; Eunice, b. Aug. 19,
1714; m. Nov. 16, 1731, Judah Clark, of Lexington; Keziah, b.
Aug. 2, 1716; m. Nov. 23, 1733, Jacob Smith, of Shrewsbury;
Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1718; m. 1740, Joseph Smith, of Shrewsbury
and Worcester; Grace, b. Nov. 28, 1719; Anna, b. Aug. 26, 1721;

m. Cox; Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1723; m. Jan. 17, 1753, W'illiam

Hagar; Thankful, b. Apr. 4, 1725, d. Apr. 29, 1730; Elizabeth,
b. Nov. 1, 1727; m. Oct. 9, 1750, Josiah Bemis; Sabinet, b. Mar.
14, 1728; m. Jan. 2, 1762, Ichabod Stanlev, of Weston; Thankful,
b. May 23, 1730; Abigail, b. July 19, 1732; m. Sept. 11, 1750, Ben-
jamin Hagar.

150. iii. Tabitha, b. Aug. 22, 1696; m. Feb. 28, 1715, Jacob Fulham, b. Nov.

19, 1693, d. May 8, 1725. She m. 2d Apr. 19, 1726, George Park-
hurst. She ni. 3d Aug. 10, 1736, Samuel Hunt.

Jacob Fulham was a serg. in Capt. Lovewell's company and
was killed in "Lovewell's Fight" with the Lidians at Pigwacket
(Fryesburg), May 8, 1725. "A serg. named Fulham and an In-
dian distinguished by his dress and activity singled out each
other and both fell, mutually slain by their antagonist's
weapon." [Worcester Mag. 1:23] Res. Weston. Ch.: Francis, b.

Mar. 20, 1716; m. Susanna ; Jacob, b. Dec. 22, 1718; m. 1743,

Hannah Ware; Tabitha, b. May 12, 1722; m. 1742, Ebenezer
Allen; Elisha, b. June 26, 1725 (posthumous); m. Jan. 21,
1744, Sarah Hagar; Tabitha's 2d husband b. June 3, 1685; d.
Mar. 17,1734. Ch.: Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1726; m. Nov. 4, 1746,
Martha Gamage, res. Watertown and Cambridge; Jonathan, b.
Nov. 16; 1728, m. 1750, Anna Allen, of Petersham; William, b.
Apr. 11, 1731, res. Holliston; George, b. Apr. 25, 1733, of German
Flats; Tabitha, b. Tabitha's 3d husband was Samuel Hunt.
They sold to Thomas Rand, of Weston, the right of the widow's
third of George Parkhurst estate Nov. 14, 1753. Hunt, b. Jan.

11, 1709. Ch.": Mary. b. June 29, 1745, m. Barnard. The

wife Tabitha d. bef. 1764, for Jan. 16 he m. Lydia Willard.

151. iv. Shadrach, b. Oct. 12, 1698; m. Mrs. Prudence Lawrence.

152. V. Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1700; res. in Lunenburg in 1744; supposed

to have d. 1755.

153. vi. Amos, b. May 1, 1705. He was named in Shadrach's will. His

estate was settled about 1772; will dated Aug. 28, 1769, proved
Feb. 22, 1771, mentions brother Daniel, Ebenezer Cutler and wife,
brother and sister and kinsman Levi of Townsend. He prob-
ably d. unm. in Townsend.

154. vii. Zaccheus, b. Nov. 16, 1707; m. Marv Wheeler.

155. viii. Anne, b. May 22, 1702; m. Mar. 3, 1723, in Concord, Mass., Capt.

Ebenezer Cutler, b. July 24, 1700. He held the rank of captain,
was justice of the peace many years. Res. Weston, which was
set off to Lincoln, Apr. 19, 1754. He d. in Lincoln, Jan. 17, 1777.
She d. in Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 24, 1793. Ch.: Elisha, b. Apr. 30,
1725; m. Anna and Mrs. Mary Cutler; Jonas, b. Oct. 16,

34 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1727; m. Jemima Davis; Anne, b. Mar. 6, 1729; m. Isaac Jones.
Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1732; Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1735; m. Samuel Hill,
res. Mason, N. H., son Ebenezer, gr. H. C; Mellicent, b. Mar.
31, 1738; m. 1762, Capt. Samuel Baldwin, Jr., res. Riverdale. in
Northbridge, Mass.; Eliakin, b. July 10, 1745; d. Mar. 21, 1812.

156. ix. Isaac, b. . He was of Concord, a glazier. His bro. Shad-

rach admr. on his estate Feb. 4, 1754, prob. d. unm. At the death
of his father in 1735 he was given lands in Sherborn. He was
a soldier in the early Indian wars, and with his brother Zaccheus
was left bv Capt. John Lovewell in the fort in Ossipee in 1725.

157. X. Timothy, b. Feb. 20, 1709; m. Submit Parker.

158. xi. Daniel, b. 1710; m. Thankful Allen.

43. John Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. June 27, 1662, in Watertown; m. there
Apr. 10, 1688, Marv Hapgood, dau. of Sheadrath, of Sherborn; m. 2d, 1694, Sarah
Haven, dau. of Richard, b. Lynn, June 4, 1665, d. Apr. 23, 1718; m. .3d, Nov. 10, 1718,
Mrs. Martha (How) Walker, b. 1669, d. Nov. 14, 1721. He was selectman in 1714, and
for three years constable, 1719; tythingman 1719 and 1724; was admitted to the church
July 26, 1719; was a fuller by trade. His inventory bears date May 22, 1735, and his
estate was valued at £61^-14-1. He d. in 1735; res. Framingham, Sherborn, and
Wrentham, Mass.

159. i. MARy, b. Mar. 27, 1689; m. Feb. 1, 1709, Daniel Moore, b. Apr. 18,

1686; res. Sudbury. Among other ch. was Israel, b. Sept. 18, 1724;
m. Susannah Woodward.

160. ii. James, b. Dec. 28, 1692; m. Martha Rice and Mrs. Elizabeth (Hol-

brook) Twitchell.

161. iii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1690; m. Jonathan Willard, b. at Roxbury,

June 27, 1693. They resided at various places; they were in Sud-
burv 1710 11, Cambridge 1714-18, Roxburv 1718-21, Charlestown
1722-24, Worcester 1728-30. She d. in Worcester, July 4, 1720.
Ch.: Mary, b. 1715; m. Apr. 28, 1743, Joseph Rutter; Abigail,
b. Sept. 18, 1716; m. James Mann, of Naiick; Daniel, b. 1718;
m. Rachel Wheelock and Mrs. Elizabeth (Manningi Bailey;
Jonathan, b. 1720; m. Sarah Childs and Mrs. Stark; John, b. 1720;
m. Elizabeth Elder; Josiah, b. Oct. 16, 1722; Benjamin, b. 1725;
m. Marv Rice.

162. iv. LVDIA, b.'Apr. 18, 1695; m. Feb. 4, 1713, Richard Haven, b. Jan. 8,

1692, m Framingham; he d. at Athol, Aug. 3, 1770. They were
admitted to the church there May 12, 1717. Ch.: Lydia,b. Feb. 10,
1714; m. Seth Bullard; Hannah, b. June 10, 1716; m. Isaac Fisk;
Marv, b. June 5, 1718; m. John Hill ; Sarah, b. June 5, 1718, d. July
10, 1718; Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1719; m. Isaac Hill; Richard, b. Dec.
12, 1722; Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1724; m. Ebenezer Bullard;
Dea. John, b. May 7, 1726; m. Mar. 27, 1746, Susannah Drury;
he was dea. of Athol church; she was b. Feb. 2, 1722; Rebecca,
b. Mar. 25, 1728, d. Jan. 10, 1729; Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1730; Jona-
than, b. Mav 3, 1732, res. Athol; Simon, b. Mar. 5, 1734; Elias,
b. Feb. 19, 1735, d. July 2, 1735; Simon, res. Athol.

163. v. Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1697; m. Jan. 23, 1722, Ezekiel Rice, b. Oct.

14, 1700. She d. bef. 1753. Res. Natick and Sherborn. Ch.:
Ezekiel, b. Oct. 29, 1723; m. Hannah Edmands; John, b. Apr. 9,
1725; from Apr. 26 to Nov. 6, 1757, in Smith's company — marked
"Deceased;" James, b. July 13, 1726; m. Marv Stearns; Han-
nah, b. Oct. 15, 1727; m. Thos. Kendall; Daniel, b. Aug. 10,
1729: d. unm.; Richard, b. Oct. 20, 1730; m. Jan. 16, 17.55, Sarah
Drury. She was b. Dec. 8, 1734. He d. Natick, Jan. 24, 1793, and
she went to Union, Me.; Martha, b. Aug. 8, 1732; Uriah, b.
■ ; m. Rachel ; Moses, b. ; m. Mary Spar-
hawk.

44. Josiah Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. May 19,1664; m. Abigail ; m.

2d, Mary . With his wife Mary he settled in Wrentham in 1701. Inventory of

his estate was made Jan. 15, 1717. He d. in 1717; res. Groton and Wrentham, Mass.

164. i. Marv, b. Mar. 5, 1696.

165. ii. Josiah, b. 1698; m. Elizabeth Grant, Mehitable Fuller, and Lydia

Ballard.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 35

16G. iii. Jonathan, b. 1704; m.

168.

i.

169.

11.

170.

111.

171.

IV.

172.

V.

173.

VI.

51. Dea. J

Mary —

167. iv. Abigail, b. 1709; m. Sept. 20, 1729, Preserved Hall of Wren-
tham. At the time of her father's death in 1717, Benjamin Whit-
ney was appointed her guardian.

48. Joseph Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. prob. Watertown or Sherborn, Mar.
10, 1672; m. May 26, 1706, Rebecca Burge, of Charlestown. At the time of marriage
both were of Chelmsford. In 1740 he resided in Chelmsford; for that year he deeded
property in Pepperell to his son Joseph, which for over 100 years remained in the
family. He was born in W'atertown and married his wife in Charlestown. The
records say both were of Chelmsford at the time of the marriage. Res. Chelmsford,
Mass., and Sherborn, Mass.

Jonas, b. June 7, 1708.

Joseph, b. in 1710; m. Abigail Nutting.

Sylvanus, b. in 1712.

James, b. in 1714; m. Ellenor .

Ephraim, b. in 1716.
Abigail, b. Mar. 5, 1707.
Joshua Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., June 14, 1666;
m. Mary ; b. in Mass., 1666; d. June 25, 1751; m. 2d, Dec. 11, 1751, Sarah Fel-
lows, b. 1668; d. Mar. 28, 1759.

Joshua was born in the town of Groton, Mass., resided there with his parents
until their removal to Plainfield, where he was among the first settlers. He was one
of the signers of the covenant of the first church there Jan. 5, 1751. He ever after
lived there and died of old age.

Joshua Whitney, will made and dated at Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 1751.

Joshua Whitney, will recorded at Plainfield, Conn., Jan. 8, 1754.

Maker of will, Shubah Conant, justice of peace; residence at Plainfield.

Sarah Whitney, widow of Joshua Whitney, letter of administration. May 23,1759.

His will mentions William Whitney, Cornelius Whitney, .and David Whitney,
broth'ers; and Abigail Hutchings, Mary Peirce, Elizabeth Harmon, Martha \\'illiams,
Elinor Shephard, and Sarah Tylor, sisters. Mary Lawrence and John Crery, names
mentioned in the will of J. Whitney; also the names of two negroes are mentioned,
Sandy and Ceaser, he leaving property to both.

Dea. Joshua Whitney was born in Groton, Mass., and served as a soldier in
King Philip's war in 1692 from Groton. He soon after moved to Quinebaug, Conn.,
for, Nov. 18, 1699, with thirty-eight others, he signed a petition to the Massachusetts
General Court in relation to the land boundaries. In 1702 he was elected collector.
He resided on the east side of Quinebaug river, which later became Plainfield. In
1704 he was appointed a committee to apportion the enclosing fence to the several
proprietors. In 1705 he was chosen to finish the laying out of the divisions of
meadows. In 1706 he had twelve acres of land bound over to him in security for
four pounds in money loaned the town. After the township was incorporated, he
was elected representative to the General Court. In 1710 he gave part of the land
for a highway, from Quinebaug river to the east bound of the town. In 1719 he was
elected deacon of the church, and that year, when the new meeting house was
erected, he gave a sum much larger than many others and only equaled by one
other. According to Miss Larneds valuable History of Windham County, he was
one of the most prominent citizens of Plainfield. Deacon Whitney, in his will, made
by Shubah Conant, justice of the peace, made provision for his negro servants, and
it shows the conscientious scrupleness with which some good men of that day fulfilled
the responsibility of ownership. Not only did he make Sandy, Ceaser, Judith and
their children absolutely free, but bequeathed to each household six acres of land
and farming tools. He gave to one his " oldest little Bible," and to the others
several good books; enjoined Sandy to take care of Bess, his wife, and give her
decent burial, and directed Ceaser and Judith "to see that their children were in no
way left to perish."

He d, s. p., Dec. 1, 1753; res. Groton, Mass., and Plainfield, Conn.

54. William Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Feb. 28, 1678; m. in Chelms-
ford, Mar., 1700, Lydia Perham, b. Feb. 19, 1673; d. in G. Aug. 24, 1716; m. 2d,
in Newton, Apr. 25, 1717, Margaret Mirick, b. 1683; d. .

William 'VVhitney, of Groton, and Lydia Perham, of Chelmsford, entered into a
covenant of marriage before Mr. Thomas Clark, Mar., 1700 [the rest of the date is
torn off, but suppose it to be 1699-1700. Hon. S. A. Green]. The family record has
it 1700. Lydia (Perham) Whitney was admitted to the Groton church Aug. 5, 1716.

36 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He was born in Groton, where he resided until his marriage. His wife was from
Chelmsford, in which place they were married. She died and was buried in Groton.
His second wife was probably from Newton, for he was married there. Apr. 4, 1710,
he purchased land in Killingly, Conn., of James Corbin of Woodstock. He
removed to Plainfield, Conn., about 1720, where he afterward resided. His will is
dated Oct. 15, 1751. In 1754 he gave the heirs of his sister Abigail Hutchings property
by deed.

He d. about 1754; res. Groton, Mass., and Plainfield, Conn.

174. i. William, b. May 5, 1701; m. Mary Whitmore.

175. ii. LVDIA, b. Dec. 26, 1710; m. Apr. 8, 1741, Samuel Taylor.

176. iii. Joshua, b. Nov. 1, 1714. The family record says Josiah, but But-

ler in Hist, of Groton gives the third child as Joshua; m. Amy
Blodgett.

177. iv. John, b. Jan. 30, 1717-18; m. Elizabeth .

178. V. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, bap. Aug. 16, 1719. Butler in his Hist, of

Groton says Elizabeth, family record says Esther. Church
record says Elizabeth, which latter is correct.

179. vi. Caleb, b. Sept. 10, 1721; m. Margaret .

55. Cornelius Whitney (Joshua, John), b. in Groton; m. Sarah Shepherd.

In 1707 the selectmen of Groton petitioned the governor in relation to the num-
ber of people " either actually removed or are meditating of it." In the list " of per-
sons gone" are the names Cornelius and Josiah Whitney.

Cornelius Whitney and his wife, Sarah, were admitted to full communion in the
Groton church Aug. 21, 1715. If they moved away and had "gone" from Groton in
1707, they must have returned and resided for a short time before going elsewhere.
Groton, Mar. 23, 1721. Then we, the subscribers, laid out to a fifteen-acre
sight, originally Ralph Read's, now claimed by Cornelius Whitney, fifty-five acres
of land, laying on the southeast side of pine meadow, the northwest corner being a
great pine by his own meadow, bounded easterly to John Stone's meadow, the north-
east corner an oak, the two southerly corners, pines; all marked for corners. What
is above fifteen acres in quantity being added to it to make it equal in quality to
fifteen acres of the best land, in our judgment, allowance being made for a high-
way through the same when needed. Said land being fully to satisfy said right in
the new division of the common on the east sfde of the river.

Zachariah Sawtell, Phinehas Parker, and Nathaniel Woods, committee of the
proprietors of Groton.

He was born in Groton, where he resided until 1707, when, on account of Indian
hostilities, with his father he moved elsewhere. He evidently returned, for he was
a soldier in the Queen Anne war from that town soon after. Later he moved to
Killingly, Conn., and where it is said he died.

He served in the Oueen Anne war of 1707. This same year, on account of the
unprotected condition of the Groton frontier, with others he petitioned for leave to
move elsewhere. He d. in Connecticut; res. Groton, Mass., and Killingly, Conn.
Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1715; d. bef. 1731.
Abigail, b. Dec. 9, 1717.

Matthias, b. May 26, 1720; m. Alice .

Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1722.

losHUA, b. Dec. 1, 1724; m. .

Lydia, b. Apr. 23, 1729.
Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1731.

56. Col. David Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., in 1682; m. at Plain-
field, Conn., Jan. 20, 1712, Elizabeth Warren, dau. of Jacob of Plainfield, and moved to
Canaan, Conn.; m. 2d, July 28, 1767, Mrs. Prudence (Merrills) Sedgwick, b. Dec. 22,
1700; d. Feb. 1, 1793. She fell mto the fire. Dau. of Dea. Abraham Merrills of
Hartford, Conn.

He was born in Groton, Mass., moved to Plainfield and married there. In 1740
he moved to Canaan, Conn., where he afterward resided and where he was inn-
keeper, his tavern being the best known in that section of the state. He was a very
active and influential man; was colonel of the militia and held other offices in
the town. His will is dated Oct. 27, 1769, and proved Dec. 13, 1769. He married
twice, his second wife being Prudence, who was given one-third of the estate.
He d. in 1769; res. Groton, Mass., Plainfield and Canaan, Conn.

187. i. Esther, b. May 1, 1714; m. Kingsbury and d. before 1769,

leaving heirs mentioned in her father's will.

180.

181.

ii.

182.

iii.

183.

iv.

184.

v.

185.

VI.

186.

vn.

188.
189.
190.

iii.
iv.

191.
192.

V.

vi.

193.
194.

vii.
viii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 37

David, b. Sept. 16, 1716; m. Marv Gun.

Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1718; m. Ann Blodgett.

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1720; m. Stanton. She died before

her father, for in his will he refers to her heirs, one of whom was
Joshua.

Jacob, b. July 13, 1723; d. Sept. 10, 1738.

Tarball, b. Nov. 1, 1725. He was executor of his father's will in
1769 and d. in Canaan in 1794.

Marv, b. Mar. 13, 1727; d. June 28, 1729.

JosiAH, b. Aug. 11, 1731; m. Lois Breck and Mrs. Samuel Chan-
dler.
195. ix, SoLO.MON, b. in 1733; m. Sarah .

65. John Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., about 1678; m. there Letty or
Lettis Ford, the dau. of John Ford; b. in York, Me.

He was born in York, Me., and in 1703, at the age cf 23, with his two brothers,
Nathaniel and Timothy, was a member of the military company, commanded by
Capt. Abraham Preble, of York. " This company comprised the flower of York, or
the young men of that date."

John Whitney witnessed will of John Moore, at York, in 1713. I have been
unable to find any record of his property, though it is stated in his brother Nathaniel's
deed that he, Nathaniel, owned property adjoining that of John.

He settled in New Meadows, Me., in 1739; he d. ; res. York and Lisbon

Falls Me.

' 196. i. Marv, b. Mar. 12, 1704; m. Oct. 16, 1723, Thomas Edward; res.

Kittery, Me.

Sa.muel, b. May 5, 1707; m. Lydia .

Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1709.
Hannah, b. .A.pr. 17, 1710.

Mercy, b .

Mehitable, b .

John, b. May 4, 1719.

Benjamin, b. May 22, 1725; m. Mercy Hinckley.

66. Nathaniel Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. in York, Me., Apr. 14, 1680; m.
there Sarah Ford, the dau. of John, of Kittery, b. in York.

He was born in York, Me., where he probably resided until after his marriage, when
he removed to Gorham. In 1703 he was a member of the military company of York,
commanded by Capt. Preble, for defense against the Indians. D. Williams Patter-
son, who compiled the Connecticut Whitney family, says he was a son of Benjamin
and Jane Whitney. In 1708 Nathaniel Whitney, weaver, of Kittery, bought of John-
son Harmon and Mary, his wife, a certain piece of salt marsh and thatch ground in
York, commonly known as the Sunken Marsh.

Nov., 1715, Nathaniel Whitney, of York, weaver, and wife, Sarah, sell for four
score pounds to Joseph Harris Yz the tract of land known as the Sunken Marsh, hav-
ing sold the other Yz to John Stagpole, and all housings, timber, etc.

In 1717 Nathaniel Whitney purchased 20 acres of land of John- Racklift and
a small orchard on the southeast side of York river, and northwest side of Rogers'
Cave, in York, for /20. This land joined that of John Whitney.
He d. in Gorham, Me.; res. York, Me.

204. vii. Lydia, b. ; d. July 14, 1720.

Lydia, b. July 22, 1726; d. Mar. 23, 1727.

Naham, b. Jan. 10, 1706; m. Lvdia Young.

Nathaniel, b. Dec. 12, 1709; 'm. Molly Day.

Abel, b. July 23, 1712; m. Mary Crane'.

Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1714; m. July 13, 1736, Jeremiah Simpson, of

York, Me.
Isaac, b. Mar. 9, 1720; m. Sarah Crosby.
Amos, b. Mar. 5, 1723; m. Sarah Payne.
Joanna, b. Mar. 13, 1729.

67. Jonathan Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. 1680; m. 1700, Susanna Whitney,
b. 1681.

In 1721 Jonathan Whitney's name is found among the list of those taxed for the
minister's rate in Sherborn. He paid one of the largest taxes. In 1723 his name was
first on a petition to be set off as a separate town. This was afterward called Hol-
iiston. In 1727 he was chosen committee in Holliston in relation to land for minis-

197.

11.

198.

111.

199.

IV.

200.

V.

201.

VI.

202.

VII.

203.

Vlll.

205.

viii.

206.

1.

207.

ii.

208.

111.

209.

iv.

v210.

V.

211.

VI.

212.

Vll.

38 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ter. In 1730 he deeded his interest in the land to the first minister, Rev. James
Stone. He was selectman m Holliston 1724-25-26-27-28-32-36-57.

He made his will Feb. 2, 1753, provided judiciously for his family, and appointed
his wife Susanna, with his eldest son Jonathan, co-executors. It was proved in Mid-
dlesex Co. Feb. 11, 1754. He owned some meadow lands in what is now Milford.
He d. Jan., 1753; res. Sherborn, Holliston, and Milford, Mass.

"213. i. Susanna, b. Jan. 20, 1702; m. Gershom Fames, of Holliston.

Ch.: Martha and Patience.

214. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 17, 1704; m. Lydia Jones.

215. iii. Keziah, b. July 11, 1706; m. 1730, Elder Abraham Jones,

July 2, 1708; 'd. Feb. 25, 1792. She d. June 29, 1791; res.
Milford. Ch.: Susanna, b. Feb. 8, 1732; d. Nov. 1, 1736; Jona-
than, b. Nov. 13, 1733; d. Nov. 6. 1736; Keziah, b. Nov. 23, 1737;
d. 1744; Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1739; d. 1744; Hannah, b. Nov. 8,
1741; d. 1744; John. b. Mar. 23, 1744; m. Abigail Cheney; Abra-
ham, b. May 3, 1746; m. Olive Bates; Solomon, b. Apr. 3, 1748;
d. young. The father was deacon of the Cong. ch. in 1743;
elder 1754. He was a solid and influential man.

216. iv. Dorothy, b. Aug. 28, 1708; m. May 9, 1734, Ebenezer Hunt,

b. 1707; res. Hollioton. Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Apr. 15, 1735; m.
Deliverance Newton; res. Paxton; Thomas, b. Aug. 23, 1737;
d. Mar. 5, 1744.

217. v. Mary, b. May 28, 1710; m. Joseph Jones, b. Dec. 27, 1709;

d. Apr. 3, 1796. She d. July 9, 1788. He was a large land-
holder; res. Mil. Ch.: Susanna, b. Nov. 10, 1733; Hannah, b.
July 3, 1736; d. young; Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1737; m. Ruth Nelson;
Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1740; m. James Sumner, Esq.; Lvdia, b. Apr.
2, 1744; Jonathan, b. Aug. 11,1746; m. Mary Ball; David, b.July
10,1749; d. young; Timothy, b. Apr, 25, 1751; m. Ann Scammell.

218. vi. LvDiA, b. Mar. 3, 1712; m. Isaac Hill.

219. vii. Elias, b. Nov. 14, 1716; m. Elizabeth Mellen and Elizabeth

Boyden.

220. viii. Mehitable, b. Dec. 27, 1719; m. David Cutler; res. Mil. She d.

bef. 1768. Ch.: Jonathan, b. June 23, 1747; Abigail, b. Oct. 11,

1749; Susanna, b. July 11, 1752; Nathan, b. Feb. 22, 1755; m.

Ruth Nelson; David, b. Aug. 22, 1757; m. Esther Evans;

Mehitable, b. May 8, 1762; m. Nathaniel Flagg.
George, b. Aug. 12, 1721; m. Sarah Cozzens.
Jesse, b. Feb. 8, 1713; prob. d. bef. 1754; not named in will.
Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1714; same as Jesse.

68. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. ; m. in Boston, Aug. 7, 1705,

Mrs. Esther Maverick, wid. of James; for an account of him see Sumner's History of
East Boston, 1):<58. Benjamin and Esther Whitney sell land to Bro. Jonathan, 1718,
and in 1729 convey estate in Boston formerly James M. to James, Jr., and Martha, wife
of Thomas Bellows, of Southboro. Benj. was an inholder in Framingham and drew
land in Douglass in 1715.

On Suffold Deeds, vol. 83, p. 15, Hester, wife of Benj. Whitney, certifies to birth
of her two children by former husband, James Maverick, at Winnissimet.' Martha,
b. April 17, 1693; James, b. Oct. 2, 1699. Corroborated by Phebe Brentnal, aged 45,
and Sarah Eustace, aged 52, June 18, 1718.

He d. ; res. Framingham and Sherborn, Mass.

224. i. Benjamin, b. May 22, 1709; m. Margaret Sanderson.

69. Joshua Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 21, 1687; m. Hannah Rock-
wood, of Medfield, b. 1696; d. bef. 1738; m. Phebe . After his death she m.

Caleb Partridge, of Medway. He d. bef. 1754; res. Oxford, Mendon, and Uxbridge,
Mass.

He was a cordwainer by trade. Was one of the thirty original proprietors of
Oxford, Mass., which land he purchased of the Nipumck Indians in 1713 and resided
on lot No. 27, in that town, on the Sutton road. In 1715 he disposed of his property
and moved to Mendon, Mass., per Suffolk Deeds 27, p. 174, and History of Oxford.
His first three children were born in M. He resided in that part of Mendon which
was subsequently in 1727 incorporated as Uxbridge.'Mass. The inventory of his
estate, per Worcester probate records, was made Dec. 1, 1750. Josiah Taft was admr.

221.

ix.

222.

x.

223.

xi.

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225. i. EzEKiEL, b. Mendon, Aug. 29, 1716; m. .

226. \'A. Isaac, b.

227. ii. Nathaniel, b.

228. iii. Mary, b. Uxbridge Oct. 27, 1732; prob. d. bef. 1765.

229. iv. Joshua, b. Feb. 27, 1738-39. In 1754 Caleb Partridge was his guar-

dian.

230. V. Joseph, b. Mar. 21, 1739^0; prob. d. bef. 1765.

231. vi. Benjamin, b. Mar. 14, 1743; m. — .

232. vii. Phebe, b. July 25, 1745; m. Kirby; res. Uxbridge, Mass.

233. viii. Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1746.

234. ix. Bethvah, b. Sept. 29, 1720; d. young.

235. X. Bethyah, b. Feb. 24, 1726; d. young.

70. Mark Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. Framingham, Mass., abt. 1700; m. in
Framingham Jan. 4, 1726, Tabitha Mellen, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4,
1703.

Mark Whitney was born in Framingham, Mass. He was a soldier of Capt. Sam-
uel Wright's Rutland Company, in service from Nov. 10, 1723, to June 10,1724. He
resided in Hopkinton, which town was purchased of the praying Indians in 1700,
and incorporated in 1715, the name being given in honor of Edward Hojikins of
Harvard College. It, however, did not assume the privileges of a town until 1724.
This year a church was organized in the town and Mark Whitney was, Apr, 27, 1735,
admitted a member, He married his wife in Framingham. He continued to reside
in Hopkinton until his removal to Framingham; he was dismissed to the Framing-
ham church Apr. 5, 1752, and there he was admitted to the church by letter from Hop-
kinton Feb. 10, 1754. While residing there he kept a tavern on the old Whitney
homestead near the Havens. He soon moved to Natick where he afterward resided
until his death. Natick lies between Sherborn and Framingham, and it was here
that Rev. John Elliot established his first Indian church in America. Until 1746
Natick was an Indian plantation; that year it was incorporated as a district, and in
1781 it was incorporated as a town. In 1759 Mark Whitney was surveyor of high-
ways and member of the parish committee in 1760, assisted in preambulating the
town line between Natick and Sherborn, which committee rendered its report Mar.
24, 1760. He was a prominent and leading citizen in the various towns in which he
resided, as the title " Mr." is prefixed to his name in the town records. His will is
dated at Natick, June 17, 1760, and was witnessed by Micah Whitney. His widow,
Tabitha, taught school at HopKinton.

A deed is on file in the Middlesex Probate records of a house lot signed by
Benjamin, Sr., Benjamin, Jr., Mark and Isaac. Mark lived on this homestead.

A petition is also recorded, signed Benjamin, Sr., Isaac, Benjamin, Jr., and Mark.

Mark was'a soldier from Framingham before his marriage to a Framingham girl ;
his Hopkinton neighbor and brother (land adjoined as shown by deeds), Isaac
Whitnev, married Elizabeth Bridges of Framingham. His land came to him from
his father, Benjamin Whitney, who was of Framingham. Thomas Mellen, who was
Mark Whitney's father-in-law, and Benjamin Whitney were of those who, in 1732,
went to the Hopkinton church on account of dissatisfaction at Framingham,

He d. June 23, 1760, at N.; res. Framingham, Hopkinton, and Natick, Mass.

236. i. Love, bap. Hop. Nov. 26, 1726; m. Jan. 2, 1754, Jonathan Battle of

Dedham. He was b. May 30, 1724. They had a son, Timothy,
b. Sept. 21, 1756. She (Love Whitney) m. 2d, 1767, Barrachias
Alason (see Tilden's History of Medfield), b. 1723, d. 1795.
They res. Medfield. He gr. at Harvard College in 1742; was a
noted surveyor of lands and surveyed the town of Natick in
1778; taught school in Reading, 1747, also taught singing school;
was selectman for five years and mholder. Ch.: Johnson,
b. 1767, was captain of militia and rose to the rank of lieuten-
ant-colonel, and town clerk 19 years, also representative;
Arnold, b. 1770, d 1837. A son of Johnson was Dr. Lowell
Mason, the celebrated musical composer, b. in Medfield in 1792,
and also grandfather of Wm. Mason, also celebrated as an
American musician and founder of the Mason & Hamlin Organ
Mfg. Co. of Boston.

237. ii. Jason, b. Aug. 31, 1729; m. Elizabeth Beal and Lois Pratt.

238. iii. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1731; m. 1759, Lieut. Joseph Cody of Hopkinton;

res. Milford, Mass. He was son of Isaac and Hannah Cody and

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VI.

242.

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was b. in Hopkinton, Mass., May 2, 1736. He settled in "Bun-
gay," Milford, Mass., on what is now known as the Partridge
place. He was in the French and Indian wars, and the first
constable at Milford; was called "Lieut. Joseph;" was a carpen-
ter by trade, and tradition says that he seldom used any meas-
uring implement, but laid out his framing work by so accurate
an eye that all his joints and mortises fitted exactly when his
frames were raised. Ch.: Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1760; m. June 6, 1782,
Thomas Hiscock; Martha, b. Sept. 7, 1761; Sarah, b. July 7, 1763;
m. Nov. 16, 1780, Richard Hiscock; Anna, b. May 12, 1765; m.
Nov. 13, 1783, James Hiscock; Hannah, b. Apr. 13, 1767; d. in
early infancy; Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1769; Hannah, b. Apr. 1, 1771.

Mark, b. Apr. 11, 1732; d. unm. at Natick in 1750.

Tabitha, b. Apr. 11, 1735; d. July 11, 1735, in Hopk.

Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1736; m. Mehitable Bacon.

Tabitha, b. Mar. 11, 1738; m. Aug. 31, 1767, John Lessure of
Upton, Mass.

243. viii. Sarah, b. June 12, 1739; m. June 11, 1761, Nathan Watkins of

Hopkinton; descendants res. in Hollinston.

244. ix. Esther, b. Oct. 3, 1742; m. Aug. 30, 1764, James Watkins of Hop-

kinton; des. res. in Milford.

71. Isaac Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. prob. in Framingham, Mass.; m. there
Sept. 27, 1722, Elizabeth Bridges. She d. before 1749, prob., as she is not mentioned
in her husband's will. It mentions dau. Judith, son Gideon, who he gives house and
land in Hopkinton and lands in N. H., and brother-in-law Gideon Bridges. Benjamin
Whitney, Jr., his brother, witnessed his will and was bondsman for executor. Will
dated May 24, proved Oct. 23, 1749. He owned land in Hopkinton, adjoining that
of his brother Mark. He d. 1749; res. Hopkinton, Mass.

245. iii. Gideon, b. Nov. 27, 1729; m. Hannah Norcross.

246. iv. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 28, 1731; m. Ebenezer Hc^we and d. soon.

247. ii. Judith, b. July 25, 1727.

248. i. Isaac, b. July 29, 1725; d. bef. 1749. Not mentioned in will.

72. Daniel Whitney (John, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1681; m. June 21, 1704,
Susanna Curtis. He d. ; res. Roxlaury, Mass.

249. i. John, b. May 23, 1705. He was given land in Woodstock, Conn.,

at the death of his grandfather by his will.

250. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1706.

251. iii. Susanna, b. Feb. 21, 1708.

252. iv. Daniel, b. Mar. 26. 1711; m. .

253. V. Anna, b. Apr. 30, 1713.

254. vi. Elijah, b. Jan. 15, 1715; m. Hannah .

255. vii. Ruth, b. Dec. 5, 1718.
2.56. viii. Elisha, b, Oct. 5, 1722.

257. ix. Esther, b. July 11, 1726; m. Mar. 8, 1745, John White.

73. Timothy Whitney (John, John, John), b. Apr, 16, 1678; m. June 12, 1706,
Margaret Bacon.

Timothy Whitney went from Roxbury to Newton, and in 1728, for ;^615, pur-
chased a farm and buildings of John Prentice.

He d. ; res. Roxbury, Newton, and Warwick, Mass.

258. i. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1707; m. Apr. 18, 1729, William Pierce, the son

of Francis Pierce, and was b. May 1, 1708; d. Jan. 17, 1779.
With his wife he resided in Southboro, Hopkinton, and Sutton,
at which latter place he died and was buried on Leland Hill.
He was a native of Weston, and in 1758 purchased land of
Widow Sarah Hawding, of Boston, located in Hopkinton. Ch.:
Francis, b. July 18, 1729; m. Dec. 8, 1759, Lydia Ball; Ebenezer,
b. Apr. 4,1731; d. unm. 1753 (see Prob. Rec. at Camb.); William,
b. Dec. 31, 1741; m. Abigail Walker; Jonathan, b. June 10, 1736;
Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1744; d. unm. in Mendon; Aaron, b. Aug. 15,
1746; Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 1731; m. Aug. 6, 1764, Isaac Greene;
Seth, b. Nov. 9, 1738. During the last years of William's life he
lived with his son Jonathan, who married Eunice Leathe for his
first wife. She was b. in Sutton, Mass., and died without issue.
His second wife was Mary Goodale, who was a sister of the

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 41

mother of Robert B. Thomas, the founder, and during his life
the publisher, of the "Farmers' Almanack." of which anybody
who was born m New England has heard. Jonathan Pierce was
a farmer, and when 41 years of age enlisted in the company of
Capt. Bngham in Col. Job. Cushing's regiment in the Revolu-
tionary army. Later he served in Capt. Andrew Elliott's com-
pany. Aiiiong the purchases he made of land in Sutton was
l^^r {\?^ Benjaniin Whitney, of Westboro. a near relative of
Eh Whitney, who was the brother of the great-great-grand-
'"•S^^u^°^^ ^^^ compiler of this work. Jonathan by his second
wife had thirteen children. He lived and died on the old place
and left the estate to his son Amos, who was b. Oct 13 1770- he
Jived on the old place in Sutton and married Annie Hicks and
had eight children; the youngest was Silas Austin, who married
Maria N. Smith, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy (Forbush)
Smith, of Grafton They had four children and are the parents
Piellfe?"'^ *^^^ ^'^'"'^^ genealogy by Fred C.

o«n" '■• ?/^^^' ^- ^P""- 2. 1-11; m- Hannah Cheney.

260. III. Moses, b. June 20, 1714; m. Rebecca Hyde.

ifl- "'• Jf^SEi^H. b. Feb. 21, 1716; m. Mary Hastings.

lai ""• Timothy, b. Apr. 20, 1720; d. young.

266. VI. TiMOTH/, b. Apr. 30, 1721.

m Nm- 7^'^Jq"^''Mf "^ Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), b. Watertown Mar. 5, 1(375-
V ]'a ' oi^'^y, ^"^'"^°"= ^- Sept. 6, 1676; d. Dec. 31, 1740.
He d. Sept. 23, 1730; res. Watertown, Mass

264. I. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 23, 1696; ro. Mary Child.

265. II. Sarah, b. Mar 3 1698; m. prob. Aug. 3, 1726, Ephraim Rice of

Worcester; b. Sept. 26, 1693; res. in Worcester until 1742 Ch
Amos, b. Sept. 10 1727; m. Martha Hagar; Mercy, b. April li;
b. JunTb 1742"' ^""^'"^"^ Abigail, b. Mar. 28, 1732; Bathsheba,

266. iii. Amos, b. Apr. 19, 1701

l^n' k i-I = '?"']^ ^I""^'^^' ^'i^ ^^^^' ^^^ss. Ch.! Daniel, b.
J^"; Sl'i^' "V 1 '^1. Mary Bond (his son, Daniel, Jr., gr. Harvard
<^on Itbb a lawyer and senator of Petersham 1. Mr. Daniel
Bigelow d. Aug. 29 1776, in his 48th year of his age. A brother
of the distinguished Col. Timothy Bigelow and father of Daniel
±5igelow dd, who in 1776 formed connection with William
Stearns, Esq., in the publication of the Worcester Spv and
afterward studied law and practiced in Petersham. Daniel
•Bigelow 3d was at different times representative, senator, mem-
ber of the_ executive council, and countv attorney; David b

isTn 'in L™- ^^l^^ ,^^^°"' ^^^- I^a^'^ Bigelow d. May 10,'
1810; ae. ,9 W as a brother of Col. Timothy Bigelow. Resided
in the northeast part of Worcester, on the road now know as
Mountain street. Tavern keeper. Married for his f^rst wife, in
1^02, Sarah Eaton, and his second wife, whom he married in
1 .64, was Deborah Hey wood. Selectman, 1776-77-79-80-83-84
in bept., 1 / <5, he was chosen a member of a committee to inspect
the tories passing between Lancaster and Worcester or any other
way. Representativeto the General Court, 1777. Was a delec^ate
to a state convention assembled at Concord on the 14th of fulv
ef{eri\°nfX "^^^f ',^^ ^« ''.e'ieve the people from the disastrous
ettects of the great depreciation of the currency, and the high
Foienri,!^' necessaries of life. With Levi Lincoln, sen , and
ram^n. i "■ ^^^, ^^osen in 1779 a delegate to a convention for
trammg a constitution a son, Tyler, gr. Harvard Coll 1801

s?a?ded tViJ^'r-^''''}: \ ^'^ 2 years! Elijah, b. Mar 2, 1131.
scalded in 1740; Timothy, b. Aug. 2, 1739; m. Anna Andrews

(\Vh\fZ]n^^T''''V '°" °^ ^^"'^^ Bigelow and Elizabeth
(\\ hitney^Bigelow, who came to Worcester from Watertown
He was a descendant of John Bigelow, the emigrant, who was a

.42 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

son of Randall Bigelow, of Wrentham, county of Suffolk, Eng-
land. This John was in Watertown as early as 1636, and
married, 1642, Mary Warren, also born in England.

Col. Bigelow was one of the prime movers in the provincial
cause in the Revolutionary war, being associated with Warren,
Otis, and other leading spirits. In March, 1773, he was elected
a member of the local Committee of Correspondence, and con-
tinued a member until called into active service in April, 1775.
He was active in the organization of the American Political
Society in Dec, 1773, comprising the leading patriots of the
town, and meetings of the society were frequently held at his
house. He was an influential member of many revolutionary
committees. Was a delegate from this town at the first and
second sessions of the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1776.

In the spring of 1775, Mr. Isaiah Thomas, the publisher of the
Massachusetts Spy, printed in Boston, was placed by the British
authorities on the list of suspicious persons, and his paper was
proscribed. Joseph Warren and Timothy Bigelow advised his
removal with his press and types to Worcester. Although an
affair of some difficulty and requiring great caution, Capt.
Bigelow undertook the task, and, selecting a dark night, he with
others succeeded in conveying the press and types to Barton's
Point, and ferrying them to Charlestown, and from thence
transporting them to Worcester to the basement of his own
house, where the press was set up ready for use.

He organized and commanded the company of minute men
which marched from Worcester on the alarm at Lexington, Apr.
19, 1775, and on the organization of the army at Cambridge was
appointed major in the regiment of which Jonathan Ward was
colonel. He took part in the ill-fated expedition against
Quebec in the fall of 1775, was taken prisoner and confined
nearly a year, when he was paroled and afterward exchanged,
and was soon in active service as Lieut.-Colonel. Feb. 8, 1777,
he received a commission as colonel, and was appointed to the
command of the 15th Massachusetts regiment in the Continental
army, then forming principally of men from Worcester county.
On the completion of the regimental organization, he marched
with his command to join the northern army under Gen. Schuy-
ler, arriving in season to assist in the capture of Burgoyne by
Gen. Gates at Saratoga. He was also in service in Rhode
Island, Verplanck's Point, Robinson's Farms, N. J., Peekskill,
Monmouth, Valley Forge, West Point, and Yorktown. At the
close of the war he was stationed for a time at West Point, and
afterward assigned to the command of the arsenal at Spring-
field. On relinquishing his military duties, he returned to
Worcester and engaged in his old occupation as a blacksmith.
In 1780, he with others obtained a grant of 23,040 acres of land
in Vermont, upon which he founded a town, giving it the name
of Montpelier, now the capital of the state. He is described as
having been a man of fine personal appearance, tall and erect,
and possessed of a martial bearing. He married Anna Andrews,
July 7, 1762.

In 1861 the remains of Col. Bigelow were exhumed, incased in
a metallic casket and placed in a receptacle beneath the base
of the monument erected by his great-grandson. Col. Timothy
Bigelow Lawrence, of Boston.

(See Lincoln's History of Worcester; Silence, b. Jan. 29,1742; m. Jonathan Glea-
son, of Worcester.)

Jonas, b. Dec, 1703.

James, b. Mar. 2, 1704.

Israel, b. abt. 1710; m. Hannah .

Susanna, bap. June 17, 1711; m. May 31,1736, Abraham Gregory,
b. Aug. 24, 1704. Ch.: Susanna, b. Oct. 13,1736; m.May 18, 1758,
Jonas Bowman; Elijah, b. Feb. 27, 1738; Abigail, b. June 1,1740;

268.

V.

269,

VI.

270.

vif

271.

vn.

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43

278.

ii.

279.

Ill

280.

IV

Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1742; Mi)^-i,.. b. |une 29, 1745; d. June, 1746;

Patience, b. Apr. 4, 1747; mrMar. 19. 1742, Samuel Smith.
272. viii. Solomon, bap. June 17, 1711; m. Martha Fletcher.
278. ix. Samuel, bap. June 17, 1711; m. Elizabeth Hastings.

274. X. Ebenezer, bap. Apr. 25, 1714. He was a doctor; res. Worcester,

Mass. Died Jan. 23, 1743. His brother, Israel of Oxford, was
admr. of his estate. Inventory dated May, 1745.

275. xi. Joshua, b. Mar. 25, 1714; m. Mehitable Wilson.

276. xii. David, b. in 1716; m. Mehitable Parker.

80. William Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 6, 1683; m. May 17
1706, Martha Pierce, b. Dec. 24, 1681.

He d. Jan. 24, 1720; res. Weston, Mass.

277. i. William, b. Jan. 11, 1707; m. Hannah Harrington, Mrs. Mary

Pierce, Margaret Spring, and Mrs. Sarah Davis.

Judith, b. Nov. 15, 1708.

Amity, b. Oct. 6, 1712.

Martha, b. Apr. 4, 1716; m. in Sudbury, Feb. 26, 1734, Timothy
Mossman of S.; res. Ashburnham. He was b. in Sudbury, in
1710. His father, Timothy, Sr., was one of the original proprie-
tors of Dorchester, Canada, Ashburnham, Mass., and Timothy,
Jr., was an early settler there. In 1743 he built a house of
entertainment there and received £><0 of the j^lOO attempted to
be raised "and if there should be peace with France within
twelve months that the aforesaid Mossman to have the sum of
^40 old tenor." He was driven 'away from the town by fear of
the Indians, and his house stood a short distance south of the
common. The following is a copy of his petition in the 46th
vol. Mass. state archives:

The petition of Timothy Mossman, which humbly craves leave
to show that your petitioner lived in Dorchester, Canada, and was
drove off by the Indians from that town, and thereby I lossed
my House Moveables and Improvements, and being impover-
ished sold my land there. I was put in possession of the
pottashfarm by virtue of a Lease from Capt. Plaisteed, where I
did much labour in fencing improveing and makeing roads to
the value of two hundred pounds where also I met with great
sickness in my person & family and was further reduced by the
loss of the possession of the province land as it become profita-
ble.

Therefore I prav your Excellency and Honours from your
own goodness and humanity to compassionate my distress'd cir-
cumstances and forgive me the debt I owe the Province and
give me a small tract or tracts of province land that may be
found to lye betwixt Westminster and Leominster that is use-
less to the govern't or the sum of 200/ or equivolente in land,
and as in duty bound shall ever pray.

Timothy Moss.man.

In answer to this petition of Mr. Mossman the General Ct)urt
ordered June 12, 1764, " that the sum of twelve pounds, being a
debt due from the petitioner to the province, be remitted to him
in full answer to his petition."

In 1760 he resided in Princeton and was living on the pot-
ash farm in that town. Afterward he resided in Westminster
and d. Sept. 5. 1801, ae. 92.
281. V. Samuel, b. May 23, 1719; m. Abigail Fletcher.

81. Samuel Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), bap. Weston, Mass., July 17,
1687; m. at Stratford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1721, Anne Laboree.

Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Whitney of Weston, for in the administrator's
account of his (the father's) estate he refers to him as "son of Stratford." Stephen Whit-
ney Phoenix, in his extensive genealogy of Henry Whitney, of Connecticut, and his
descendants, is in error in giving the descendants of Samuel and claiming that he

44 WHITNfeY GENEALOGY.

was of the Connecticut family. Samuel owned the covenant in the Congregational
church at Stratford July 7, 1723. His grave stone reads as follows:

Here lies buried

the Body of Mr.

Samuel Whitney
who Departed this
Life December ye

6, 1753 in ye 66th
year of his age.

His wife survived him, for in 1754 she had a life lease of certain premises of her son.
He d. Dec. 6, 1763, ae. 66; res. Stratford, Conn.

282. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1723; m. Nov. 6, 1746, Daniel Foote, b. there

July 26, 1717; res. Stratford and Newtown, Conn. He d. June
28, 1790, ae. 72. She d. Dec. 14, 1803, ae. 74. The family record
says she d. Nov. 2, 1794, ae, 73.
Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1725; m. Edward Osborne.

Samuel, b. Dec. 13, 1727; m. Hannah Judson and Martha .

Anne, b. Nov. 16, 1730.

89. John Whitney (Joseph, John, John), b. Watertown, July 29, 1680; m. Feb
22, 1703, Sarah Cutting, dau. of Zachariah, b. 1675.

He was one of the original grantees of land at Paris, Me., in 1735. His will is
dated Nov. 17, 1749, proved Dec. 15, 1760; owned property in Weston and Waltham.
He d. in 1760; res. Weston, Mass.

Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1710; m. Elizabeth Gale.
Zachariah, b. Dec. 28, 1711; m. Sarah Boynton.
John, b. June 22, 1714.

Abraham, b. Aug. 8, 1716; m. Tabitha Allen.

Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1719; m. prob. Mar. 11, 1743, Mary Child; b.
June 10, 1722; res. Waltham, Mass.

92. Benjamin Whitney (Joseph, John, John), b. Watertown, June 30, 1684; m
Mar. 1, 1709, Elizabeth Fiske, b." Jan. 20, 1685.

His will is dated June 14 and was proved Nov. 8, 1736. He d. Oct., 1736; res.
Watertown, Mass.

Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1710; m. Mary Child.
Benja.min, b. Sept. 14, 1712; m.

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ii.

284.

111.

285.

iv.

286.

i.

287.

11.

288.

Ill

289.

IV,

290.

v.

291.

i.

292.

11.

293.

Ill

294.

IV

Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1715; m. Mary Clark.

Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1718; m. Nov. 26, 1747, William McCune,

of Weston. Ch.: Lydia, b. Oct., 1748; Isaac, b. May 31, 1750.

She prob. m. 2d, ; child. (See her bro. Samuel's will.)

96. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), bap. Watertown, July 10,

1698; m. Rebecca .

res. Watertown, Mass.

Mary, b. July 12, 1733.

Benjamin, b. Aug. 25, 1736. Did he go to Norwalk, Conn.?

Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1738.

Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1742. Did he m. Lydia Prentice; b. Mar. 11,

1738; m. Jan. 16, 1765; he of W?
JosiAH.-b. June 17, 1746.
Henry, bap. Jan. 12, 1745.
Lydia, bap. Oct. 18, 1747.
Sarah, bap. Sept. 10, 1749.

Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, June 15, 1694; m.

Susan — '- ; m. 2d Oct. 6, 1737, Bethia Cutter; b. July 9, 1714 (see Cutter Gen., p.

77); m. 3d Nov. 28, 1764, Mrs. Beriah (Bemis) (Child) Pierce, wid. of Joseph Pierce,
formerly wid. of Daniel Child, and dau. of John Bemis; b. June 23, 1681. She d. in
Weston in 1768, and left her property to her children by Daniel Child.
He d. in 1776; res. Watertown, Mass.

303. i. Susanna, bap. May 31, 1730; m. John Dean.

304. ii. John, bap. Mar. 17, 1731; m. Mary Benjamin.

305. iii. Jonathan, bap. Apr. 30, 1732.

306. IV. Amos, bap. Nov. 10, 1734. Was he a rev. soldier from Barre,

Mass.?

Hed. -
296.

296.

11.

297.

111.

298.

IV.

299.

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300.

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307. V. Abraham, b. Dec. 7, 1736; m. Elizabeth Whitney (dau. of Joseph)

and Mary Mead.

308. vi. Moses, bap. Sept. 3, 1738.

309. vii. EzEKiEL, bap. Apr. 12, 1741; m. Catherine Draper and Catherine

Anson.

310. viii. Stephen, b. Apr. 23, 1743; ni. Relief Stearns.

311. ix. Aaron, bap. Apr. 12, 1746.

312. X. Ruth, bap. July 6, 1748; d. Apr. 5, 1751.

99. Ensign David Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, June 16,
1697; m. 1720, Rebecca Fillebrown, b. in Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1695, d. 1749.

He was one of the original proprietors of land at Paris, Me., in 1736.
He d. in 1745; res. Watertown and Waltham, Mass.

313. i. Rebecca, b. Nov. 2. 1721; m. July 18, 1745. Thomas Stowell,

b. Sept. 28, 1719, d. Jan. 11, 1755; res. Waltham. Ch.: Rebecca,
b. Sept. 9, 1746; m. Apr. 2, 1767, Abraham Child; David, b. Feb.
7, 1748; Elizabeth; b. June 14, 1752; m. 1774, Aaron Brown.

314. ii. David, b. Sept. 25, 1723; m. Mary Merriam.

315. iii. Anna, b. Aug. 8, 1725; m. June 4, 1752; Samuel Merriam, b. Dec.

21,1723; res. Lex. and Westminster, Mass. Ch.: Anna, b. Oct. 10,
1753; m. Warren and Harris; Eunice, b. June 22, 1755; m. John
Fessendon; Samuel, b. Mar. 25, 1757; m. Elizabeth Fessendon;
Ruth, bap. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Richard Graves; Tabitha, bap.
Dec. 28, 1760; Nathan, bap. Apr. 29, 1764; m. Abigail Holden;
Jonathan, bap. Feb. 22, 1767; m. Betsey Harris.

Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1726; m. Tabitha Merriam.

Ruth, b. Feb. 23, 1728; d. Apr. 23, 1757.

Josiah, b. Nov. 22, 1730; m. Sarah Lawrence.

Jonas, b. June 25, 1733; m. Sarah Whittemore.

Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1735; d. Apr. 9, 1757.

100. Ensign Daniel Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, July 17,
1700; m. Dorothy Tainter, dau. of Dea. Simon and Joanna (Stone) Tainter, b. 1706; d,
Aug. 7, 1788.

He was in the Revolutionary army, in the Watertown companv, commanded by
Capt. Barnard. Was selectman 1751-5'5-59-60-61-62. He d. about '1775; res. Water-
town, Mass.

^1. i. Benjamin, b. Apr. 12, 1723; m. Deliverance .

32U. ii. Abigail,!). June 5, 1725; m. Mar. 17, 1745, Edmund Fowle. He
wasa cordwainer; res. Watertown. (See Court Records, Dec. 10,
1752.) Ch.: Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1745; m. Apr. 29, 1767, Joshua
Brown; Edmund, b. Dec. 31, 1747; m. Mary Cook; Mary, b.
Nov. 21, 1749; Dorothy, b. Jan. 27, 1752; m. Jonathan Brewer;
Ebenezer Smith, b. Mar. 25, 1754; m. Susan Jackson; John, b.
Feb. 1, 1756; m. Mary Cook; Lucy, b. Aug. 11, 1758; m. John
Meacham; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 17, 1760; m. Polly Caper; Samuel,
b. Dec. 18, 1762.

322. iii. Simon, b. Mar. 20, 1727; m. Marv Ruggles and Mary Seaver.

323. iv. Joanna, b. Sept. 20, 1729; m, Sept. 20, 1750, John Cooke, b. Mar. 31,

1724; res. Watertown. Ch.: Daniel, b. May 22, 1762; Daniel, b.
Mar. 26, 1764; m. Esther Cook; Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1756; m. Ed-
mund Fowle, Jr.; John, b. Sept. 12, 1757; m. Susanna ;

Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1759; Israel, b. Oct. 21. 1761; Stephen.

324. V. Mary, b. Sept. 10,1731; m. June 10, 1762, Major John Wood-

bridge, b. July 24, 1732; m. in So. Hadley. He was captain in
the French and Indian war 8 vears and was major in the Rev.
war. Hed. of apoplexy Dec. 27. 1782. She d. Aug.. 1805. Ch.:
Dorothy, b. May 2. 1763; d. unm.; Lucy. b. Jan. 6, 1765; m.
James Doahe, Jr.; John, b. Julv 12.1769; d. unm. Dec. 2. 1836;
.Martha, b. Jan. 8, 1771; m. John Dunlop and d. July 12. 1830;
Rev. Benj. Ruggles. b. June 1, 1775; gr. Dart. 1796; settled in
Norwich, Conn., Huntington and So. Hadley ; d. unm. May 8, 1844.
Major John res. on the farm in So. Hadley, which was owned
by his father-in-law.

325. vi. Dorothy, b. May 31. 1733; m. Sept. 19, 1751, Nathaniel Coolidge.

He kept a public house from 1764 to 1770, on the south side of

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the river at Watertown Bridge, the first house. He d. bef,
1778. Ch.:Susanna, b. Dec. 17, 1752; m. Nov. 11,1773, Elkanah
Wales, of Braintree; Mary. b. Dec. 3, 1754; m. Sept. 3,1777,
William Hunt; gr. Harvard Coll. 1768, a lawyer of Wat.;
Daniel, b. May, 24, 1756; m. Elizabeth Fessenden; Nathaniel,
b May 4, 1760; m. Catherine Baldwin; Grace, b. Aug. 19,1763;
d. Dec. 5, 1769; Nathan, b. Dec. 6, 1766; m. Betsey Curtis (a son
Carlos gr. Mid. Coll. 1811, lawyer, state senator; res. Windsor,
Vt., Gov.,Vt.)

Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1735; m. Mary Harrington.

Joshua, b. Apr. 3, 1737; m. Mary Clarke.

Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Hannah Tombs.

Israel, b. Aug. 6, 1741; m. Jemina Robbins.

Lydia, bap. 1743.

Grace, b. Oct. 22, 1746; m. Sept. 30, 1765, Josiah Biscoe, b. July 18,
1740. Shed. Apr. 30, 1773, and hem. Mary Mason ;res.Watertown.
Ch.: Daniel Whitney, b. Nov. 17. 1765; Grace, b. Oct. 2, 1767;
m. Apr. 21, 1796, William Winchester; Thomas, b. Aug. 31,
1769; Leonard, b. Mar. 29, 1773; res. Walpole, N. H.

332. xiii. Elisha, b. Feb. 27, 1747; m. Eunice Farley.

333. xiv. Lucy, b. June 30, 1749; m. May 22, 1766, Benjamin Dana, of Cam-

bridge, b. Apr. 6, 1741, son of William and Mary (Green) Dana.
The date of her death seems to be very uncertain, for her grave-
stone at Arlington (formerly W. Cambridge) gives the date as
follows: " Died at W. Cambridge, Dec. 11, 1814, aged 66," while
some family papers say Dec. 18, 1814, and the histories of
Watertown and Cambridge say, "Died Dec. 15, 1815, aged 65."
By her second marriage she did not have any children. By the
first marriage four children were born: William, Elisha Whit-
ney, Anne, and Jonathan.

102. Moses Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. 1690; m. Elizabeth ; m"

2d Nov. 20, 1766, Sarah Gary.

^ He madehis will, July 12, 1774; lodged for probate June 3, 1778. One shilling was
paid for recording his death, per adm. accounts. He made bequests in his will to
Abigail, wife of Ezra Farnsworth, of Groton (dau. of Ephraimand Mary (Whitney),
Pierce and Jemima Walker, of Charlestown, N. H. He d. May, 1778; res. Littleton
and Lunenburg, Mass.

334. i. Salmon, b. Jan. 8, 1712; m. Sarah .

335. ii. Aaron, b. Mar. 14, 1714; m. Alice Baker and Mrs. Ruth (Hubbard)

Stearns.

336. iii. Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1716; m. June 11,1734, Jonathan Wood, of Stow.

Ch.: John, Barnabas, and Mehitable, who m. Col. Ebenezer
Bridge, of Fitchburg.

337. iv. Barnabas, b. Jan. 22, 1721; prob. d. bef. 1778, not mentioned in

his father's will.

338. V. Ephraim, b. Mar. 1. 1723; m. Jane Bancroft.

3.39. vi. Bazaleel (or Beraleel, I, b. Nov. 29, 1726; same as Barnabas,

340. vii. Lydia, b. Lancaster; m. Dea. Samuel Taylor, of Templeton,

Mass.

341. viii. Mary, b. Lancaster; m. Feb. 22, 1753, John White, of Lancaster,

the son of Josiah and Abigail ( Whitcomb) White, b, Lancaster,
May 10, 1729; d. Canaan, Me., in 1820; res. Leominster and
F"itchburg, Mass. Ch.: Betsey, Lydia, m. Edward Hartwell and
moved to Me. in 1780, and John.

103. Abraham Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. May 29, 1692; m. Mary
Stone, dau. of Isaac, b. 1698; d. Oct. 7, 1766; m, 2d Elizabeth .

In 1749 he gave his son, Abraham, Jr., land given him by his father, Moses. His
will is dated May 13, 1768, and was published May 8, 1782. He d. May, 1782; res.
Stow, Mass.

342.; i. Jemima, b. Oct. 14, 1715; d. young.

343. ii. Kezia, b. Oct. 8, 1716; m. Hale.

344. iii. Ephraim, b. Apr. 6, 1723; d. young.

345. iv. Abraham, b. July 31, 1724; m. Marcy Perry.

346. V. Isaac, b. Jan. 24, 1726; d. Aug. 21, 1746.

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347. vi. Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1729; m. Nov. 22, 1748, Silas Jewell, Jr.,b. May

4, 1726.
They res. Stow. He d. Sept. 15, 1778, ae. 86-3-17 days, as per gravestone. Ch.:

Mercy, b. ; m. Furbush; Lucy, b. ; m. Whitcomb; Eunice, b. Nov. 28, 1754;

m. Ephraim Maynard; Ch.: Levi, Mary, Ephraini, Lydia, Luther, Calvin, Abigail,

Levica and Eunice. Mary, b. ; m. Abner Danton. Ch.: Susannah, Betsey, William,

Mollis, and others. Silas C, b. Sept. 9, 1751; d. Feb. 27, 1837.

104. Jonas Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Feb. 1, 1699; m. Jan.
19, 1723, Dorcas Wood; d. Feb. 22, 1725; m. 2d Mar. 12, 1726, Margaret Stratton.

His will is dated Dec. 12, 1769; inventory of estate made Oct. 15, 1770. He d.
Sept. 18, 1770; res. Stowe and Harvard, Mass.

348. i. Jonathan, b. ; prob. d. young.

349. ii. Dorcas, b. ; d. Feb. 22, 1725.

350. iii. Jonas, b. July 2, 1727; m. Zebudah Davis.

351. iv. Ephraim, b. Sept. 19, 1728; m. Marcy Winslow.

352. V. Timothy, b. Feb. 1, 1729; m. Alice Whitney.

353. vi. Moses, b. Oct. 17, 1733; m. Betty Hutchins.

354. vii. Ruth, b. Sept. 8, 1736; m. Feb. 19, 1776, Jonathan Adams.

355. viii. Aaron, b. July 2, 1740; m. Anna Lawrence and Sally Pollard.

356. ix. Margaret, b. Oct. 22, 1731; m. Jan. 22, 1756, Jonas Wheeler,

of Petersham.

105. Jason Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, 1704; m. Arabella ;

b. 1703; d. Sept. 28, 1785.

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Jason Whitney was one of the committee of four to seat the meeting house in
Grafton Nov. 15, 1738. He served in the Revolutionary army in the company from
Stow under Capt. Whitcomb. He d. in .Stow Feb. 19, 1785; res. Stow, Grafton,
and Stow, Mass.

Priscilla, b. Mar. 13, 1728.

Micah, b. Nov. 9, 1730.

Bl'lah, b. Dec. 7, 1732.

Lois, b. Mar. 2, 1735.

DiMMERAS, b. May 29, 1737.

Eunice, b. Aug. 5, 1739.

Sarah, b. June 8, 1741.

106. Le.muel Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. (youngest son as per

father's will) Aug. 1, 1714; m. ; Sibel ; d. prob. 1799.

1799, Abram Whitney, Jr., of Stow, land once of Sibel Whitney, late of Stow, de-
ceased, now m right of Isaac Whitney. Nabby Whitney a witness.

1798, Elias Whitney, of Stow, sells to Ab., Jr., all right in land set off to my
mother Sibel as estate of Lemuel, of Stow, deceased. Hezekiah Whitney a witness.
He d. Jan. 23, 1755; res. Stow, Mass.

Le.muel, b. June 16, 1735; d. Nov. 14, 1738.

Sibel, b. Jan. 14, 1736; d. Apr. 17, 1740.

Marcy, b. Mar. 10, 1742; d. Sept. 30, 1753.

Anna, b. June 4, 1745; d. Oct. 6, 1753.

Isaac, b. Mav 25, 1747; m. Lvdia Taylor.

Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1749; d. Oct. 7, 1753.

Elias, b. ; m. Rachel — .

Lemuel, b. 1738; m. Elizabeth .

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107. John Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. in Lancaster May 20,
1724, Rebecca Whitney, of Stow. He was at this time of Lancaster. He resided in
Lancaster on territory which was subsequently annexed to Shirley in 1765. It was
at his house that the first town meeting was held, when the people took their first
step as a body politic. This was later purchased for a workhouse and almshouse.
It was used for that purpose for many years, but afterward became a private dwell-
ing. He d. ; res. Stow, Lancaster, and Shirley, Mass. The following petition

began the separation of Shirley from Groton:

To the inhabitants of the town of Groton, assembled in town meeting on the first
day of March, 1747, the petition of us, the subscribers, being all inhabitants of the
town of Groton aforesaid, hereby showeth that your petitioners all live in the extreme
parts of the town, and by that means are incapacitated to attend the public worship
constantly, either ourselves or families; and bemg sensible that our being set off in

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order for a precinct will be of great service to us, we desire that we may be set off
by the bounds following, viz: Beginning at the mouth of the Squannacook river, and
to run up said river till it comes to Townsend line, and then by Townsend and Lunen-
burg lines till it cometh to Groton southwest corner, and so by the south line of said
town until it cometh to Lancaster river, and then down said river till it cometh to
Harvard corner, and then about a mile on Harvard north line; then turn north and
run to the waste brook in Coicors (Cauicus or Nonacaiucus) farm, where people gen-
erally pass over, and from thence to the mouth of Squannacook river, where we first
began; and your petitioners, as bound in duty, shall ever pray, etc.

John Whitney & 32 others.
The prayer of the petitioners was granted, and Shirley was incorporated in
1753.

John, b. Mar. 20, 1725; m. Hannah Sawtell.
Sarah, b. Feb. 5, 1726-27.

Ezra, b. Aug. 24, 1731; m. .

BuLAH, b. Jan. 23, 1730.

Abner, b. Jan. 21, 1734; m. Sarah Hilton.

109. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass., in 1694;
m. Hannah Whitcomb, dau. of Josiah, of Lancaster, b. 1693; d. Nov. 17, 1743;
m. 2d int. Oct. 26, 1745, Mrs. Hannah Ayers, b. in 1704; d. Sept 27, 1775. In
her will she bequeathed property to her son Joseph Ayers, of Cambridge, dau,
Hannah Stacey, and son-in-law Daniel Whitney. He d. Apr. 27, 1775; res. Stow,
Mass.

377. i. Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1715; m. Gates.

378. ii. Dorothy, b. Apr. 13, 1718; m. Taylor.

379. iii. Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1720; m. Dorothy Goss.

380. iv. Hannah, b. Mav 29, 1723; m. Wetherbee.

381. V. Richard, b. Jul'y 31, 1725; m. Mary Perry.

382. vi. Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1728; m. (int.) Apr. 15, 1748, Joseph Wether-

bee; d. before 1775. Ch.: Jonathan, Joseph, and Jonas.

383. vii. Josiah, b. Oct. 12, 1731; m. Sarah Farr and Sarah Dwelly.

384. viii. Sarah, b. ; m. Dec. 23, 1769, Capt. Hezekiah Whitcomb, of

Harvard.

110. Dea. Jonathan Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow, Mass.,
Feb. 26, 1699; m. in Lancaster, Jan. 29, 1718, Alice Willard, b. Dec. 1699; d. Feb. 19,
1792. She was the daughter of Simon, who was born in Groton, Oct. 8, 1678, and
who married Mary Whitcomb. They resided in Lancaster when Alice was born.
The father died in 1706 and the widow married, Dec. 12 of the same same year,
Samuel Farnsworth. Alice owned the covenant and was baptized in Lancaster
July 20, 1718. At the time of his marriage Jonathan was styled captain. He was
one of the most prominent residents in Harvard; was captain of the military com-
pany, deacon in the church, and one of the first selectmen in Harvard.

He signed the covenant of the First Church in Harvard in 1733.
Lancaster May ye 20 1724.

4 they Receved a Report of a Committy sent out on the propozition of John
Warner John Darbey and Jonathan Whitney which was as followeth viz May the
Eighteenth 1724 we the Subscribers marked Severall Waies viz one Hiway Beginmg at
the Hiway neer to Caleb Sawyers barn and Ran as the markes directs to a white oak
a Corner of John W'arners Land: and do alow it to Run Twenty Rods along side of
John Warners Land: but .Samuell Warner appeered in said Meeting and made an
offer that if the Town would Lay out the said Hiway along by his Hous and Gabriell
Preists Hous through there Land that they to wit Grabiell Preist and Samuell Warner
would Give the Land free and would be at half the Charge of Makeing and Keeping
in Repare the way through there Land the Committey also Gave there voice that it
might be as servesable to the publick.

Two of the constables' lists for the year 1723 have by chance been preserved,
and one of them is that of Samuel Warner, who lived at Bare Hill. This may serve
as a census of polls for that year in the Lancastrian portion of Harvard, though
allowance must be made for a few who lived upon what is now Bolton soil. The list
contains sixty names, with a total assessment of ;^27]ls. 9d. for minister's rates, and
;^34 6s. lOd. for town rates; which was almost exactly one-third the total amount of
town's taxation in 1723. Among the names are Jonathan Whitney, John Whitney and
Isaiah Whitney.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 49

The associated secessionists from the three towns at once appealed to the Gen-
eral Court in a petition which is preserved only in such abstracts as were incor-
porated in town meeting warrants, and in a later plan of the lands petitioned for.
The petition was read in the House of Representatives July 2, and notice of a hear-
ing was ordered given to the towns concerned. August 7, 1730, the voters of Lan-
caster were warned to a town meeting:

* * * to show cause (if any the town have) by agents or otherwise
on ye second Tuesday of ye next session of ye General Court, why ye prayer of
a petition signed / Simon Stone Juner, Jonathan Whitney and Thomas Wheeler,
on behalfe of themselves (and as they say on behalfe and at ye desire of sun-
dery of ye Inhabitants of ye Towns of Lancaster, Stow and Groton) wherein they
prey that a Considerable part of ye Towns of sd Lancaster, Stow and Groton may
be incorporated into a Distinct and Seperate Township, should not be Granted.

The town voted that their representative "do oppose said petition on behalf
of ye Town," and appointed a committee to survey the part of Lancaster peti-
tioned for and to obtain all necessary information in regard to the numbers and
estate of the petitioners.

In Groton, at the town meeting August 17:

The Petition of Simon Stone Junr. Jont. Whitney and Thomas Wheeler, In
behalf of Theirselves & others Refering to a New town sjip to be made out of
ye towns of Lancaster Groton and Stow refered to ye Great & General Court at
their Session in June Last was Read Togather with the town's vote of March
Last Refering to the Said affair and some Debate had thereon. It appeared to
ye Town that if the Said Petition be Granted this town will be greatly hurt and
many of the Inhabitants much Damfnifyed and incomoded Therefore voted that
Benja. Prescott and Nathaneil Sawtell Esqs. together with ye Representative Mr.
John Longley be a Committee Jointly or Severally to make answer to the Said
Petition and use their best Endeavors That: No part of this Town on the West
Side of Nashua River; nor any more on the East Side of the said River than
what is Discribed In the Town vote above mentioned may be set off or annexed
to the town Petitioned for &c. Any former vote to ye Contrary Not with Stand-
ing.

In 1733 Jonathan Whitney was chosen deacon.

In 1750 the committee appointed for the purpose of seating the meeting house
reported Dea. Jonathan Whitney in the fore Seat below.

He d. Nov. 8, 1773;* res. Stow, Lancaster, and Harvard, Mass.
Oliver, b. July 22, 1731; m. Abigail Hutchins.
Calkb, b. Oct. 4, 1729; m. Annes Church.

Hezekiah, b. Apr. 14, 1735; m. Lydia and Lucy Pollard.

Simon, b. Mar. 20, 1719; m. Olive , and Patience Haseltine.

Jonathan, b. ; m. Sarah Holt.

Betsey, b. ; m. Mar. 5, 1740-1, Phinehas Wetherbee of

Stow.
Alice, b. Apr. 2, 1733; m. Timothy Whitney (see).
RuHAMAH, b. July 19, 1737; m. Abel Davis of Harvard. He was
son of Eleazer and Sarah ( Willard) Davis, and was b. Mar. 1, 1736.
Sarah, b. Sept. 10,1758; Ruhamah, b. Oct. 2, 1759; Eleazer, b.
Oct. 20, 1764; Eleazer, b. Aug. 6, 1766; Abel, b. June 30, 1768;
Sarah, b. July 31, 1770; Levi, b. Apr. 1, 1772; Joel, b. July 28,
1774; Moses, b. July 6, 1776; Alice, b. June 7, 1778, at Stow.

393. ix. Sarah, b. June 10, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1746.

394. X. Phinehas, b. Sept. 5, 1727.

111. Joshua Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass., 1706 m. Zer-
viah ; res. Stow. Mass.

395. i. Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1733.

396. ii. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1743.

397. iii. Caleb, b. May 23, 1749.

398. iv. Joshua, b. Aug. 27, 1747; m. Marcy .

117. Zachariah Whitney (Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. about 1708; m. at
Pomfret, Conn., July 30, 1730, Ruth Taylor. It is not learned where Zachariah
Whitney was born, but probably in some town in Massachusetts to which place

* Tombstone says he was 78 years of age.

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his parents removed prior to locating in Pomfret. In 1742 he withdrew from the
church there and at that time was one of the "Separists." He d. ; res. Pom-
fret, Conn.

Mary, b. June 25, 1731.

Zachariah, b. Oct. 27, 1732; m. Sarah Stanton.

Moses, b. June 27, 1735; d. Apr. 24, 1756.

Aaron, b. Nov. 1, 1737; m. Mary Peck.

Ephraim, b. Apr. 27, 1740.

Joseph, b. Nov. 5, 1743; m. Mary Lyon.

Benjamin, b. Nov. 5, 1743.

Ruth, b. Apr. 5, 1746.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 25, 1750; d. Mar. 11, 1756.

118. Ezekiel Whitney (Ebenezer, Richard^ John), b. ; m. at Pomfret,

Conn., July 18, 1728, Isabel Taylor; d. Apr. 15, 1731; m. 2d time July 22, 1731,
Sarah Farrah.

He was a farmer, was born and resided in Pomfret until after his marriage when
he moved to Plainfield, where he was living as early as March, 1734. He probably
moved elsewhere after 1742.

In the probate court at Plainfield Hester, Lydia and Major (minor children of
Ezekiel Whitney) appeal for guardian Feb. 12, 1751. Guardian appointed Feb. 12,
1751. Ezekiel Whitney, inventory of estate Feb. 12, 1751. Sarah Whitney, distribu-
tion to heirs Sept. 7, 1759.

He d. in 1751; res. Pomfret and Plainfield, Conn.

408. i. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 22, 1729, Pomfret; m. Elizabeth Knight, Deborah

Tryal, Desire Landers.

Ebenezer, b. Oct. 22, 1729; m. .

ISABELLE, b. Apr, 13, 1731.
Zerviah (dau), '.-. Mar. 15, 1732.
Hester, b. Plainfield, Mar. 6, 1734.
Lydia, b. May 2, 1737.
Aaron, b. Sept. 6, 1739; d. bef. 1751.
Moses, b. Sept. 10, 1742; d. bef. 1751.

120. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., July 17, 1681;
m. in Concord July 26, 1704, Mary Baker, of Concord.

May 19, 1719, in the old proprietor's book in Stow is the following relating to
division of lands: "Thomas Whitney joining to his half-moon meadow and Mr.
Googeii's land." Res. Stow, Mass.

416. i. Samuel, b. July 22, 1714; m. Grace .

417. ii. David, b. Oct. 4, 1722; m. Olive Sawyer and Mrs. Sarah (Wilder)

(Rugg) Hill.

418. iii. Joseph, b. 1716; m. Hannah (Sanborn) Chandler.

122. John Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., May 13, 1684; m.
Mar. 2, 17U9, there, Elizabeth Barnard, b. Oct. 29, 1684; d. prob. June, 1757.

When the grant of the township of Bolton was made it was "ordered that Mr.
John Whitney, a principal inhabitant of a new town, lately erected out of the town of
Lancaster, in the county of Worcester, be and hereby is fully authorized and
empowered to assemble the freeholders and other qualified voters there, as soon as
may be, in some convenient place in said town, in order for their choosing a town
clerk and all other town officers, to stand till the anniversary meeting of said town in
March next," 1738.

Her will is dated May 8, 1756, and was probated July 15, 1757.

He d. in 1757; res. Stow, Lancaster and Boston, Mass.

419. i. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Sept. 30, 1740, Jonathan Sawyer, Jr., in

Harvard.

420. ii. Sarah, b. Oct. 2, 1716; m. int. Jan. 18, 1737, Abraham Whitney

(see).

124. Benjamin Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Oct. 7, 1687; m. Feb. 7,
1710, Sarah Barrett, b. Nov. 28, 1692; d. Feb. 15, 1730; m. 2d, 1730, Abigail Bridge,
dau. of Matthew, b. Apr. 1, 1696; d. Aug. 1, 1767, in Boston.

He was one of the first of the family to settle in Boston, about 1737. His estate
was appraised at ^{^4,168. He first bought land in Marlboro, Nov. 2, 1710, 321 acres,
with house and barn, of Samuel Morse. In 1711 he was of Simon Mainard's garrison.

409.

ii.

410.

111.

411.

IV.

412.

v.

413.

vi.

414.

Vll.

415.

Vlll.

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He owned large tracts in Marlboro, partly inherited from John and Deborah Barrett.
In his will, dated Oct. 19, and proved Nov. 9, 1737, he speaks of himself as late of
Marlboro, now of Boston, and therein wills to his son, Solomon, his " Xarragansett
right" (Petersham), showing service in the Indian wars. He d. in Oct., 1787; res.
Marlborough and Boston, Mass.

421. i. Deborah, b. Nov. 7, 1711; m. Mar. 17, 1730, Joseph Wheeler; res.

Marlboro, Mass., b. Apr. 19, 1700. He d. Apr. 23, 1772, Ch.:
Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1730; m. Jan. 9, 1752, Samuel Morris; Silas, b.
Oct. 23, 1732; m. Julv 27, 1758, Abigail Bowker; John, b. Feb.
23, 1734; Solomon, b.'Feb. 25, 1736; d. Nov. 26, 1773; David, b.
May 4, 1738; d. young; Joseph, b. June 14, 1740; Elizabeth, b.
Apr. 4, 1742; David, b. Dec. 8, 1744; Miriam, b. Dec. 4, 1746;
Dinah, b. Jan. 1, 1749; d. young; Dinah, b. Dec. 1, 1750; For-
tunatus, b. Apr. 29, 1754.

422. ii. . Barrett, b. Sept. 22, 1715; m. June 16, 1737, Elizabeth Allen; res.

in Boston, Mass.

423. iii. David, b. June 21, 1717; m. Mercy .

424. iv. Persis, b. Jan. 10, 1719; m. Nathan Goodale of Marlboro; b. June

10,1709; d. Jan. 14,1780. He died during the "hard winter,"
and such was the depth of the snow that his remains were drawn
to the graveyard on a hand-sled by men on rackets, though the
yard was several miles distant from his residence. Ch.: Nathan,
b. Mar. 14, 1737; m. Dmah Weeks; Timothv,b. Jan. 20, 1739; d.
Feb. 11, 1739; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, 1740; m. Josiah Winn; Sarah,
b. Aug. 15, 1742; m. Josiah Ward; res. Henniker, N. H.; Solo-
mon, b. Sept. 19, 1744; m. Mehitable Burnap and Persis Bailey;
res. Wardsboro, Vt.; Persis, b. Nov. 7, 1745; David , b. Aug. 14,
1749; res. Shrewsbury; Miriam, b. July 14, 1751; m. Elisha Allen;
Lucy, b. July 3, 1753; m. Otis Howe; Abner, b. Aug. 22, 1755; m.
Molly Howe; Timothy, b. Oct. 18, 1757; d. 1776 in the Revolu-
tionary army; Levina, b. Nov. 22, 1759; Job, b. Aug. 20, 1762; m.
1794, Lydia Foote; res. Bernardston. He was a judge of the old
Court of Sessions and prominent man in the county.

425. v. Solomon, b. Dec. 20, 1721; m. Elizabeth Smith.

426. vi. Sarah, b. July 13, 1723; m. 1745, Abraham Joslin; b. Apr. 30, 1704.

He had formerly m. Jemima Snow of Woburn, who d. July 3,
1745. Ch. by Sarah born in Marlboro, where they resided; Ben-
jamin, b. Julv 3, 1746; m. Persis Carlev; Wm., b. Oct 30, 1747; d.
1766; Submit', b. Mar. 10, 1749; Abraham, b. Mar. 24, 1751; Sarah,
b. Dec. 5. 1752; Dinah, b. Dec. 3, 1754; John, b. June 2, 1757;
Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1760; Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1762.

427. vii. Timothy, b. July 6, 1725; d. young.

428. viii. Dinah, b. July 12, 1727; m. Jan. 2, 17.56, Elijah Livermore, of

Boston. She died Sept. 30, 1759, having one daughter, Abigail,
who m. Rev. Elisha Scott Williams, gr. Yale 1775; 11 ch. Their
daughter, Sarah Potter Williams, b. 1782, gave his first lesson in
the spelling book to Dr. Henry Bond, the comjiiler of that
remarkable work, the Genealogies and History of Watertown.

429. ix. Job, b. Oct. 22, 1729; gr. Harvard College, 1758; d. unm. June 13,

1761. He was the second of the name to graduate at Harvard,
and died three years later. Every member of his class, except-
ing himself, was present at commencement to take the degree of
A. M., and it is the only class of which every surviving member
has been present in person to take the second degree. Before
graduating he "supplied ye desk" for several months on the
south side of the river (Brighton). At the time of his death, he
was about preaching as a candidate at Marblehead, to be col-
league with Rev. Johii Barnard. In his will, 1761, he mentions
his cousin, Silas Whitney.

430. X. Abigail, b. May 13, 1731 ; m. Samuel Austin; his second wife. She

d. s. p. He and his brother, Benjamin Austin, were of the
leading merchants of Boston, who first opposed the aggressions
of the Crown. She d. s. p., 1793.

431. xi. Benjamin, b. May 9, 1732; d. Mar. 22, 1751.

432. xii. George, b. Mar. 22, 1733; d. Dec. 26, 1751.

52 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

433. xiii. Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1734; m. Abigail Cutler.

434. xiv. Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1736; m. Dec. 22, 1761, William Bowes, of Boston.

She d. s. p. Jan. 2, 1762. He was b. Dec. 3, 1734, and d. at London,
Eng., Apr., 1805; he m. for second wife Mary Stoddard, and had
several children.

125. Nathan Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Nov. 18, 1689; m. Nov. 18'

1719, Mary Holman, dau. of Jeremiah and Abigail.

He made his will in 1755, and it was proved in 1761.
The following is from the Probate Records at Cambridge, Mass.:
To the Honnarble Samuel Danforth Esq Sr this is to in form you Honner that I
Have lesed out my plas this yer for my support But my son Nathan who is excuter
with me on his Fathers will Hath melisted the man that Had the les stoped His teem
abused the man I will inform your Honner that I have not Bin well so that I have
Not acomplished my my Besness so as to com Down my self But I Hop to com
quick

Ps I am a por wido
an very Nevetus Her

Mary X Whitney
Mark
May ye 17th 1763
Mr Samuel Danforth Esq sr Sir as to the complaint my mother sent to you
Honour conserning my hindering ye man she had lessed her place fo the peace he
was to work on was in mine and as I had orders from your honour and ye superiur
court I think I had aright to hinder any man from improveing ye whole of ye Land
this year to keep me out of more then twenty pounds Lawfell and a nother year

Besides Sundery other Debts however Sir 1 must leve this to your honour

not as to my abuse to him I think I have as

much Cause to Come plain of their abuse to me for I Desired he would not go on till
their was some thing agreed on or some farther orders about it )ie said he would go
on afraul me and if I would not go off ye Land he would knock me Down and turned
the But of his stick & struck at me sundry times & mother & ye widow Azubah
Whitney Came Railing and thretning me and John warner still thretning to knock
me Down sprang and took up a stone I Beleve to ye value of three or four pounds
weight at Least and I sprang at him to prevent him from hurting me with it and he
Closed in with me and strove to fling me Down But I flang him Down and mother
and Azubah Cryed murder with all their mights and Came Reuling and threatning
me mother with apole at ye Least six or seven feete Long Crying you lode I will
knock your Brains out thus 1 was surrounded by these three and I told him I cauld
hold him as Long as I pleased and I would hold him till he would promiss to I to be
peacable and then he might Get up as soon as he would and I never struck nor
thretned to strike him or hurt him in any manner what soever and as to mother
haveing any thing to do as Executor on the will 1 would Desire your Honour to look
op the papers shee sent to your honour that is in ye Regesters office in ye will, and
it may perhaps give you satsfaction so Desiering truth and justice may take ptach in
all thmgs I subscribe your most humble servant

Nathan Whitney
He d. in 1761; res. Stow, Mass.

Nathan, b. Mar. 6, 1723; m. Tabitha Barnett.

Mary, b. June 4, 1727; m. Priest.

Jeremiah, b. Apr. 1, 1729; m. Elizabeth and Azabah .

Phebe, b. ; m. June 28, 1749, John Warner, Jr., of Harvard;

res. Harvard, Mass. Ch.: Abigail, b. Julv 4, 175U; Sarah, b.
June 7, 1753; Phebe, b. Feb. 18, 1754; Pers'is, b. Mar. 19, 17.S7;
Nabby, b. July 16, 1759; John, b. Mar. 16, 1762; David, b.
Nov. 3, 1766.

439. V. Eunice, b. ; m. May 29, 1751, Moses Warner, of Harvard.

131. Thomas Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. Jan. 28, 1699; m. July 1,

1720, Hannah Smith.

He was a farmer. The inventory of his estate was made May 8, 1748. He d. in
1748; res. Shrewsbury and Marlboro, Mass.

440. i. Eleazer, b. Nov. 30, 1720; d. 1738.

441. ii. Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 1722; m. Anna Gould.

442. iii. Hannah, b. July 17, 1724; m. Eben Sanderson.

443. iv. Nathan, b. Mar. 3, 1726.

435.

436.

437.

111.

438.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

53

444. V. Joshua, b. May 14, 1728.

445. vi. Susanna, b. May 17, 1729.

135. Eleazer Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. Apr. 15, 1702; m. Nov.
9, 1743, Mary Grow; d. .Sept. 4, 1761.

Eleazer was born in Watertown, and resided in that part of Marlboro subse-
quently incorporated as Westboro. The inventory of his estate was made Dec.
11, 1760. The estate was settled, according to Worcester Probate Records, Oct.
24, 1767. He d. Sept. 14, 1758; res. Marlboro and Westboro, Mass.

446.
447.
448.
449.
450.
451.

Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1744; m.

Harrington.

n.

V.
V.

vi.

Samuel, b. Dec. 2, 1746; m. Levinah Bigelow.
Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 1749; d. Sept. 10, 1750. •
Alexander, b. July 2, 1751; m. Lois Carroll.
Joshua, b. Apr. 26, 1754; m. Betty Wood.
Hannah, b. June, 1757.

136. Elnathan Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. May 5, 1705; m. in Rox-
bury Sept. 24, 1728, Sarah Perry, b. 1702; d. Oct. 22, 1756. He d. Apr. 18, 1759; res
Waltham, Mass.

Elnathan, b. Mar. 8, 1729; d. young.

John, b. Mar. 3, 1730; m. May 31, 1753, Mary Benjamin, b. Feb
16, 1734; res. Watertown, Mass.

Aaron, b. July 15, 1734; m. Margaret .

Samuel, b. June 16, 1736; d. young

452.
453.

1.
ii.

454.

455.
456.
457.

458.

in.

iv,

V.

vi.

vii.

459. viii.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 9, 1738; m. Abigail Brown.

Elnathan, b. Mar. 28, 1741; m. Lucy Allen.

Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1745. She prob. never m.; in 1766 she res. in

Uxbridge with her bro. Aaron, and at that time was single.
Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1751.

137. Tames Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. June 1, 1708; m. Nov. 8'
1722, Mercy Flagg, b. May 13, 1702; res. Watertown, Mass.

Mercy, b. Sept. 5, 1723.
Abigail, b. Mar. 17, 1725.
Lydia, bap. Mar. 30, 1729.
Allen, b. Oct. 19, 1731; d. 1736.
Eunice, b. Mar. 3, 1734; d. 1736.
Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1737; d. 1740.
Allen, b. May, 1740; d. Dec, 1740.

James, b. Oct. 26, 1743. He served as corporal in the Revolution-
ary war in a Marlborough company.

138. Jonas Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John),b. 1709; bap. July 14,1723, ae. 15;
m. in Roxbury May 8, 1735, Sarah Perry, both of Roxbury; res. Roxbury, Mass.

460.
461.

ii.

462.

iii.

463.

IV.

464.

V.

465.

VI.

466.

vii.

467.

viii.

468.
469.
470.
471.

•472.
473.

v.

vi.

Isaac, b. Apr. 11, 1736; d. Jan. 4, 1777.

Jacob, b. July 24, 1737; m. Rachel Whiting.

Jonas, b. Nov. 28, 1739.

Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1741; m. 1775, NehemiahWard. She d. Sept.

28, 1824.

Abner, b. Nov. 17, 1744; m. .

Desire, b. Oct. 31, 1749; m. 1769, Edward Ward. She d. June

23, 1778.

140. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., June 1,
1700; m. 1730, in Harvard, Elizabeth Whitney. She lived to be 106 years of age. He
was born in Cambridge farms, Lexington, Mass., in 1700, and soon after marriage
moved to Harvard, where he purchased land of Caleb Sawyer on Bare Hill in 1722,
where he followed his trade, that of blacksmithing. He joined the Harvard church
in 1733, and his wife the following year He died intestate in 1737. The inventory
of his estate was made Sept. 5, 1737, by Jonathan Whitney and others.

A warrant calling a town-meeting on Monday, the eighteenth day of May, 1730,
discloses the ambition of the villagers at Bare Hill, an article in it being:

Also to Consider Conclude and act what may then be thought ])roper to be done
in Setting off a part of ye Town of Lancaster by meets and bounds or by allowing a
dividing line to be made, begining at the Southern end of ye Causey near to the
House of Samuel Wilson and Run West northwest to ve west line of Lancaster Old

54 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Township, or so much Land lying on ye northerly side of sd Causey as maybe Judged
soficient for to make a Township with that part of Stow and Groton whose inhab-
itants have agread and Covenanted with the petitioners:

Among the petitioners are Isaiah Whitney, John Whitney and Jonathan
Whitney.

He d. Aug. 9, 1737; res. Harvard, Mass.

474. i. Betty, b. Jan. 3, 1733; m. prob. Dec. 15, 1774, Thomas Atherton of

Bolton.

475. ii. Isaiah, b. Nov. 28, 1735; m. Persis Randall.

143. Dr. Elijah Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Lexington, Mass., Apr.
3, 1707; m. Dec. 8, 1736, Rebecca Winship, b. Dec. 7, 1717. She m. 2d in Harvard,
Jan. 25, 1764, Dea. Joshua Whitney, of Stow. Inventory of his estate was made Apr.
25,1755. The estate was divided Dec. 31, 1770.

He signed the first church covenant in 1733. The farm of Elijah Whitney was
located from land rights purchased before the incorporation of Harvard. His son
Israel succeeded to the homestead, and was followed by Luther and Luke. It is now
owned by Michael Sweeny. The first dwelling here probably stood in the orchard
opposite the present house. This property Elijah purchased of James Atherton. He
died Feb. 19, 1754; res. Harvard, Mass.

476. i. Mary, b. June 26, 1738; m. Mar. 17, 1759, Micah Stone in Har-

vard. He was b. Apr. 10, 1735; res. Harvard. Ch.: Solomon, b.
Mar. 22, 1761; Mary, b. Aug. 7, 1762; Micah, b. Aug. 13, 1764.

477. ii. Elias, b. June 11, 1740; d. Apr. 12, 1755.

478. iii. Rebecca, b. May 24, 1743; m. Sept. 19, 1759, Paul Whitcomb, of

Bolton.

479. iv. Lydia, b. May 7, 1746; m. Feb. 27, 1769, in Bolton, Phinehas War-

ner, of Harvard. He was b. July 27, 1740; res. Harvard. Ch.:
Rebecca, b. Dec. 24, 1769; Israel, b. Nov. 17, 1771; Ephraim, b,
Apr. 16, 1774; Lydia, b. Oct. 19, 1775; Aaron, b. Oct. 2, 1780.

Israel, b. Dec. 29, 1748; d. Jan. 9, 1749.

Israel, b. June 22, 1751; m. Hannah Mead.

Elijah, b. July 8, 1755 (Posthumous); m .

145. Jonas Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 27,
1711; m. .

He went with his brother Isaiah, Jr., from Lexington, Mass., Cambridge farms, to
Harvard, probably then called Stow (leg) and buying a farm of 200 acres or so, accord-
ing to tradition, which is supported by facts. He was a blacksmith and had a shop
on the old farm; later he went to the center of the town and set up business there on
his own account, and was there when the town was incorporated in 1732. He was
admitted to the church when it was organized and was a respected citizen. The
geography of Stow offers some difficulties to the correct understanding of records
and traditions. Some of the Whitneys moved from Stow to Harvard without leav-
ing their farms.

He signed the first church covenant in 1733.

146. Abraham W^hitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), bap. Lexington, Mass.,
Feb. 19, 1710; m. Jan. 18, 1737, Sarah Whitney, of Lancaster, dau. of John and Eliza-
beth (Lee) b., Oct. 2, 1716, d. July 4, 1800.

Abraham Whitney's farm was directly north of Elijah's and was, like his,
chiefly from the James Atherton estate. Abraham Whitney senior bought lands
here of Joseph Kent in 1743, and built on the opposite side of the highway from the
house now owned by Thomas Mongovin, where traces of his dwelling can be seen.
The house, now the home of Cephas Bowers, was built by Abraham Whitney, Jr.,
in Revolutionary days.

In seating the meeting house in Harvard in 1766, Abraham Whitney was given the
second seat below. He d. May 19, 1784; res. Harvard, Mass.

■"" ■ Elizabeth, b. Mar. 22, 1739; d. Aug. 11, 1739.

Sarah, b. May 16, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1746.

Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1742.

Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1744.

John, b. Oct. 3, 1746; m. Sarah Atherton.

Abraham, b. Dec. 20, 1748; m. Rebecca Dudley.

Isaiah, b. Oct. 6, 1751 ; m. Sarah .

480.

v.

481.

vi.

482.

Vll.

483.

484.

11.

485.

ni.

486.

IV.

487.

V.

488.

vi.

489.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 55

490. viii. Elijah, b. Feb. 15, 1754; m. Sarah Stearnes.

491. ix. Ann, b. May 2, 1760.

151. Shadrach Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 12, 1698; m. Jan,
5, 1731, Mrs. Prudence Laurence, wid. of Thomas. She d. Dec. 25, 1762.

Shadrach Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney, and brother of Amos, the giver of
the Townsend parsonage, was born in Watertown, in 1698. He was in Townsend
before it was chartered, in 1732. The Groton records contain his marriage: "Jan. 5,
1731-2, Shadrach Whitney, of ye North Town to Prudence Lawrence." He was
rather a prominent man, and served in several committees, ajipointed by the projjri-
etors, to lay out and apportion the undivided lands equally among them. He lived
in that part of the town, which was left in Mason, by the running of the Province
line. It appears that in 1753 he had "a house and barn, and about twenty acres
cleared and fenced, and a young orchard," in that town. He owned lands in Mason,
Townsend and Groton. In Aug., 1733, the Townsend proprietors held a meeting "at
ve publick meeting house," the principal object of which was "to see if ye said pro-
jirietors think it convenient to grant a recompense (to Ephraim Sawtell) for any land
which may be flowed by erecting a dam upon Squannacook river, near ye house of
John Patt in order to sett upp mills for the benefit of said Proprietors." A grant of
land was awarded to said Sawtell at that meeting. The following record in connec-
tion with that vote is here presented:

"The Subfcriberf whofe namef are underwritten (being diffatisfied with the
Vote of ye Proprietorf in granting an Equivolent for Landf which may be flowed of
afore Said) have Decented againft ye proceedingf of faid vote. Ebenezer Wyman,
Samuel Kendall, Amos Whitney, Jasher Wyman, Shadrach Whitney.

Atteft: Jasher Wyman, Proprietor's Clerk."

Some time in the latter part of his life he moved from Mason to Groton, where,
on the 20th of July, 1764, he made his will, which was proved, approved, and allowed
on the 14th of the following August. After making several bequests to relatives and
friends, he gave the town of Groton forty pounds, to be put upon interest "in such
a way and manner as they shall think fit, so that the interest thereof may be
improved and applied to the support of the ordained minister of the town of Groton,
from time to time, forever hereafter."

The Whitneys, from that time to the present, have been noted for their liberal
donations, both to religious and scientific objects. As in the flowage case cited, they
have always done their own thinking, and were always ready to place themselves
squarely on record.

He d. July, 1764, s. p. His will is dated July 20, and is proved Aug. 14, 1764.
Both are buried in the old burying ground in Groton; res. Townsend, Mass.

154. Zaccheus Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. in Sudbury Nov. 16,
1707; m. in Concord, May 23, 1734, Mary Wheeler.

In 1725, when but 18 years of age, with his brother Isaac he enlisted and served
in the Colonial militia, and took part in many of the skirmishes and battles with the
Indians. He was left in 1725 at the fort in Ossipee ("the river of the pines") by Capt.
John Lovewell. He was probably killed by the Indians. All the earlier historians
erroneously refer to him as " Zachariah of Concord."

His will was made in 1730; his brother, Shadrach, was executor. He was a glazier
by trade, and at his decease owned lands in Township No. 3, on the easterly side of
Conn river. He d. in 1739; res. Bedford, Mass.

492. i. Zaccheus, b. .

493. ii. Jonathan, b. 1736; m. Mary Wyman and Lucy Smith.

157. Timothy Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Feb. 20, 1709; m. May
24, 1738, Submit Parker. She m. 2d June 11, 1741, Reuben Woods, of Groton. He
d. 1740; res. Townsend and Groton, Mass.

494. i. Sybil Whitney, b. Mar. 31, 1739; m. Peter Gilson and Oliver

Lakin.

158. Daniel Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. 1710; m. Mar., 1739,
Thankful Allen, dau. of Elnathan and Mercy (Rice) Allen; b. Dec. 1, 1713, in Sudbury,
Mass.

He was born in Sudbury, but married his wife in Shrewsbury. He resided on
the Bannister farm in the north precinct. Was highway surveyor in 1760. Res.
Shrewsbury, Mass.

495. i. Levi, b. Dec. 5, 1739; m. Rebecca Clark and Mrs. Lydia (Randall)
Price.

496.

ii.

497.

111.

498.

IV.

56 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Timothy, b. Oct. 25, 1743; m. Catherine Davenport.

Daniel, b. Sept. 4, 1746; m. Catherine Stone.

Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1749; m. Dec. 17, 1769, Nathan Bannister, of
Brookfield and Shrewsbury. He was the s. of Joseph, of Brook-
field, and res. in the s. w. part of now Boylston, on the farm that
was previously her father, Whitney's, where he d. Aug., 1^25, ae.
78. His wife d. June, 1817; ae. 68. Ch.: Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770;
m. Elizabeth Stone, and d. in N. J.; Thankful, b. Mar. 28, 1773;
m. Thos. H:>rlow; Nathan, b. Jan. 7, 1775; m. Sarah Champney;
rem. to Southboro; Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1777; m. Anna Drury;
rem. to Gardner; Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1778; m. Annah Harlow;
Seth, b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Mary Hastings; John, b. Sept. 23, 1783;
ni. Lucy Howe; Luke, b. Mar. 16, 1786; d. 1802; Mary, b. Sept.
29, 1788; m. Nathan R. Tilton; Emery, b. Sept. 29, 1791; m.
Lucy Drury and Melinda Drury.

160. Dea. James Whitney (John, Jonathan, John), b. in Framingham, Dec.
28, 1692; m. Feb. 2, 1715, Martha Rice, b. Sudbury, abt. 1692; m. 2d, 1732, Mrs.
Elizabeth (Holbrook) Twitchell, wid. of Joseph, Jr.,' of Sherborn, b. July 22, 1696;
d. Mar. 31, 1782. He was admitted to the church Sept. 22, 1717. They were dis-
missed to the Sherborn church Mar. 28, 1728, where he was chosen deacon and
died. He d. Apr. 10, 1770; res. Framingham and Sherborn, Mass.

499. i. John. b. Apr. 10, 1716; m. Feb. 8, 1738, Abigail Perry, of Sher-
born. He d. in Fram. in 1741; his will is dated Oct. 31, s. p.
He was a yeoman.
James, b. June 4, 1718; m. Patience Leland,
Mary, b. May 12, 1720.
Martha, b. Nov. 9, 1721.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 13, 1723; d. young.
Micah, b. June 4, 1725; m. Lydia Mason.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 23, 1727; m. Esther Leland.

Ezra, b. Feb. 22, 1730; m. Agnes Ross, Elizabeth , and

Mercy Morse.
507. ix. Daniel, b. Dec. 13, 1733; m. Miriam Leland.

165. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1698; m. in Weston, Feb. 28,
1725, Elizabeth Grant, of Concord; d. in Conn.; m. 2d, 1737, Mehitable Fuller. She
d. and he m. 3d, Feb., 1759, Lydia Ballard.

Josiah Whitney was born in Groton, and resided in the southwest part of
Chelmsford. This town was at one time next to Groton. In 1713 he resided in that
part of Chelmsford which was annexed to Littleton. At the death of his father, in

1718, he petitioned the probate court to have his uncle John, of Wrentham, formerly of
Sherborn, fuller, appointed his guardian. In 1727 he was one of the original mem-
bers of the church in Westford, having been a member of the first church in Chelms-
ford. In 1729 he moved to Willington, Conn., where he afterward res'ded. He pur-
chased his farm in the latter place of John Arnold, of Mansfield, Conn., for i^l55
N. E. currency. At this time he was called "Josiah Whittnie, of Cherfford (Chelms-
ford), in the Co. of Middlesex, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay." The
deed was dated June 27, 1729. He was living in Bolton, Conn., late in life.

Mehitable Fuller was the daughter of Thomas, and was b. at Xeedham, Mass.,
Apr. 20, 1720. Tohmas, the father, was b. at Dedham, Feb. 28, 1689; m. Mar. 26,

1719, Mehitable Herring, b. Oct. 18, 1797; d. at Willington, Conn., Oct. 17, 1754. He
was a weaver and resided at Needham until 1732, when he sold, Apr. 18, of that year,
his homestead of "forty acres of land near Natick upon a plain called Natick
Plain," and removed to Willington, Conn., where his brother. Rev. Daniel, was
settled over the Congregational church. He purchased a large estate at Willington,
a part of which was set off from Ashford. In his will, probated at Hartford, he
mentions sons, David and Solomon, and daughters, Mehitable Whitney, Esther and
Sarah. Probably Sarah was the widow of his son Thomas. The following from the
church records of Needham are of interest:

" Mar. 26, 1732. Daniel and Thomas, sons, and Mehitobel and Esther, daus. of
Thomas Fuller and Mehitobel, his wife, our sister baptized. June 4, 1732 Sister
Mehitobel Fuller was dismissed and recommended unto the Church of Christ in
Wilmington in Conn." ^

He d. June 26,1783; res. Chelmsford, Littleton, Westford, and \\ r'entham, Mass.,
and Willington and Bolton, Conn.

500.

ii.

501.

111.

602.

IV.

503.

V.

504.

VI.

505.

VII.

506.

Vlll.

608.

i.

509.

IV.

510.

11.

611.

111.

612.

V.

513.

VI.

614.

Vll.

515.

VIU

516.

IX.

517.

X.

618.

XI.

519.

XU.

520.

Xlll

521.

XIV,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 57

Elizabeth, bap. July 13, 1735.

Phinehas, bap. May 11, 1740.

Peter, b. Apr. 10, 1738; m. Mercy Case.

JosiAH. b. May 26, 1740. He was a soldier in the last French war,

and is said to have died in the service.
Thomas, b. May 7, 1742. Same as Josiah.
Miriam, b. May 31, 1744.
Esther, b. May 6, 1746.
Keziah, b. Aug. 24, 1749; d. infancy.
Keziah, b. Apr. 4, 1751.
Mehitable, b. July 3, 1755; prob. d. young.
LvDiA, b. Jan, 22, 1760; d. May 26, 1780.
Mehitable, b. July 6, 1761.
xiii. JosiAH, b. Nov. 16, 1764; m. Mary Loomis.
Sarah, b. Apr. 14, 1766; d. Nov. 1, 1782.

166. Jonathan Whitney (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1704. He was the largest
:Subscriber to Prince's Chronology, 24 copies; inventory, ^^87-11-1,''^. He left wid.
(name not given.) His father died in 1718, when he was but 14 years of age, and he
made application to the probate court to have his uncle Benjamin appointed his
guardian. Ebenezer Mann was administrator of his estate in 1770. His estate was
settled in 1768. Left a widow, name not given. He d. 1768; res. Wrentham, Mass.

169. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. prob. in Chelmsford, Mass.,
1710; m. in Groton, Dec. 6, 1737, Abigail Nutting, b. Groton, Feb. 8, 1717.

He was probably born in Chelmsford and was of Groton when married, and may
have resided in that part of the town known as the second precinct, which in 1753
•was set off and incorporated under the name of Pepperell. His three first childrens
births are recorded in Groton. In 1740 his father, Joseph, of Chelmsford, deeded him
SL farm in Pepperell, which was in the family for over 100 years. Pepperell was set
off as a distinct parish from Groton in 1742, and called "Groton West Parish." The
first legal meeting of the inhabitants there was held on the 17th of January, of that
year. Joseph Whitney was elected one of the selectmen at that time. He kept a
public house and was called " Inholder." He d. Nov. 12, 1786, ae. 81; res. Groton
^nd Pepperell. Mass.

ABIGAIL, b. P. Aug. 16, 1740; m. Dec. 12, 175t», Zaccheus Farns-

worth, of P.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 27, 1741 ; m. Mary Turner, Rebecca Fitch, Olive

Farnsworth,and Anna Woods.
Lydia, b. P. Aug. 10, 1743; m. Sept. 2, 1766, Stephen Pierce.
Maria, b. May 30, 1746.
Sybil, b. Dec. 25, 1748; m. at Groton, Aug. 14, 1771, Stephen

Lund, of New Ipswich.
Rebecca, b. Mar. 6, 1750.
Joseph, b. June 26, 1753; d. Jan. 28, 1754.
Joseph, b. Oct. 20, 1755; m. Mary Woods.
James, b. Dec. 6, 1767; m. .

171. Ensign James Whitney (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass., in
1714; m. Ellenor .

Ensign James Whitney's heirs, late of Dunstable, Mass., signed an agreement in
1772, as per record in the Middlesex county probate court, and those mentioned were
James and Benjamin, of IJunstable, Ellenor, who had married Francis Pollard, John
and Jonathan Whitney, of Jaffrey, N. H., Elizabeth, wife of Phineas Bennett, and
Lucy, wife of James Bancroft. James' estate was settled in 1757. He was called
*' Gentleman " and " Ensign." Joseph Whitney, of Pepperell, inholder, his " brother,"
was administrator.

Dunstable was originally a part of Groton; for fifty years was a frontier settle-
ment, and suffered much from incursions of the Indians.* In 1724 eleven men pur-
suing them were waylaid, and all except Josiah Farwell killed. In May, 1725, the
celebrated John Lovewell, with a company of forty-six volunteers, set out for the

*Froin the early settlement of New Hampshire, Dunstable was a very large territory, as most
towns were in those days; Dunstable embraced Nashiia, Tyngsborough, a part of the towns of
Groton, Townsend, Hollis, Brookline, Milford, Hudson, parts of Amherst, Merrimack, Litchfield,
and sections of ^ler towns in New Hampshire. The compiler of that book says: More romance
-of history clusters around this locality than attaches to most others in the state, filling with poetry
-the memory of those days of war's alarms.
5

622.

i.

623.

ii.

624.
625.
526.

iii.
iv.

V.

627.
628.
529.
530.

vi.
vii.
viii
ix.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

531.

682.

n.

533.

111.

584.

iv.

535.

V.

enemy. He came up with them at Fryeburg, Me., and all but ten of his men were
killed. The force or the Indians was broken and Paugus, their leader, slain. The
gallant Lovewell fell, and the survivors, after great suffering, found their way back
to the settlement.

About 1734 a party of men from Dunstable, Mass., went out on a hunting expe-
dition and fell into the hands of the Ind ans. One of the party, Whitney*, escaped,
though badly wounded. He was too weak to think of returning home alone through
the trackless and unpeopled forest, so he built himself a hut of logs, bark and
branches of trees, and there passed the winter, subsisting chiefly on roots and cran-
berries. In the spring another party went out to find and bury the dead, and came
to this hut which they supposed to be that of an Indian. As they approached they
saw something stir within it. One of the party, Timothy Reed, discharged his mus-
ket, and to his inexpressible horror found that he had killed one of his neighbors.
His sorrow followed him to the grave. Whitney was just preparing to return home,
having survived his wounds and all the perils and hardships of a winter in the wil-
derness. [Hist, Dunstable, Mass., p. 57, and Dunstable, N. H., p. 184.]

The two histories above cited do not give Whitney's christian name. The tradi-
tion in the family is that local histories give some facts of the shooting, and that it
occurred on the shore of a lake in Maine, which is to this day called Whitney's Pond.
The History of Temple, N. H., says: " Mr. W^hitney went from Dunstable to the
Saco river just before Quebec was taken by the English. He was killed by Indians
and buried at Temple, N. H."

He d. 1755; res. Dunstable, Mass. and N. H.

Ellenor, b. July 2o, 1740; m. Francis Pollard, of Dunstable, N. H.
James, b. Nov. 4, 1742; m. Sarah Lund.
John, b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Mary Jones.
Jonathan, b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Abigail Hemenway.
Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1748; m. Phinehas Bennett, of Cocker-
mouth, Cheshire Co., N. H.; res. Rindge, N. H. They had a son

James. (Did Elizabeth m. H. Butterick.)

586. vi. Lucy, b. Jan. 5, 1755; m. James Bancroft, of Packersfield, N. H.;
res. Rockingham, Vt.

174. W^iLLiAM Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., May 5,
1701; m. at Killingly, Conn., July 16, 1728, Mary Whittemore.

He was born in Groton, Mass., and removed to Connecticut with his parents when
quite young. Settling in Killingly he resided there until after his marriage, when he
moved to Canaan, not far from 1753. He was a cooper by trade, but followed farm-
ing nearly all the latter part of his life. While residing in Killingly, in 1728, he was
elected a member of first board of surveyors. Res. Killingly and Canaan, Conn.

687. i. William, b. Feb. 5, 1725; m. Arcoucher Dutcher and Jane »

638. ii. Tho.mas, b. Feb. 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth Boardman.

639. iii. Abigail, b. July 4, 1741.

176. Joshua Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., Nov. 1, 1714;
m., Plainfield, to Amy Blodgett. He d. ; res. Plainfield, Conn.

540. i. Joshua, b. Mar. 26, 1750; m. Sally Cochran.

541. ii. Benjamin, b. Oct. 1755; m. Sarah Bassett.

542. iii. Probably others.

177. Dea. John Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. prob. in Groton, Jan. 30,
1717-18; m. Elizabeth ; b. in 1719; d. May 14, 1790.

He was probably born in Groton, Mass., though his will is recorded at Plainfield,
Conn., to which place his parents had removed when he was quite small. After his
marriage he moved to Canaan, where he was a prominent citizen and farmer. He
was a leading member of the Congregational church, and for some years, until his
death, was deacon of the same. He was buried in South Canaan, and his estate was
settled Jan. 8, 1794, by agreement of his four children. He d. Nov. 18, 1793; res.
Canaan, Conn.

Elijah, b. ; m. Cloe Beckley.

John, b. in 1754; m. .

Betsey, b. ; m. Azariah Smith; res. C.

Ruby, b. ; m. Solomon Hunt; res. C.

*At this time he resided in Trbat is now the southerly part of Nashua, near Long Hill.

643.

i.

644.

11.

646.

Ill

646.

IV

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

59

179. Caleb Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 10,

1721; m. Margaret . He d. ; res. Norwich and Middletown, Conn., and

Pottsville, Pa.

647.
548.

549.
550.

1.

ii.

HI.

iv.

551.
552.
553.

V.

vi.
vii.

Lebbeus, b. Aug. 21, 1745; m. Mary Ann .

WiLLiAM.b. Aug. 8, 1747. In 1815 he was residing near Albany,

N. Y.
Margaret, b. Feb. 22, 1750.
Jedediah, b. Nov. 13, 1751. He was a goldsmith and killed in

battle Aug. 23, 1778. In a small volume of the Children's Bible,

pub. London, 1759, the property of Edith M. DeLorne, of

Sumter, S. C, is the followmg:

" Peggy Whitney, her Bible, given her by her grandfather, Caleb

Whitney, and grandmother, Margaret Whitney, July 29, 1783.
■ This book we gave to our son Jedediah, who was slain in battle,

Aug. 28, 1783, a goldsmith by trade, in the 25th year of his age."
Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1753; d. May 13, 1779.
John Merrick, b. July 18, 1758; m.-

James Rex, b. Oct. 16, 1760; m. Mary Allen.

182. Matthias Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., May 26,
1720; m. Alice

He d. in K.; res. Killingly, Conn.
5.54. i. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1743.
655. ii. Asa, b. Feb. 19, 1745; res. Winsor Co., Conn.

556. lii. Matthias, b. Feb. 22, 1746; m. \'aughn; res. Hancock,

Mass., and Fort Avon, N. Y.
Cornelius, b. July 5, 1749; m. — Graves and Elizabeth May.

557.
558.
659.
560.
561.
662.
663.

IV.
V.

vi.

vii.

viii.

ix.

X.

Joshua, b. Nov. 23, 1751; m. Lydia Bu Day.

Alice, b. Mar. 20, 1753; m. Noah Day, and res. in Granville, N. Y.

David, b. May 3, 1764; m. Olive Day and Mary Glassford,

Samuel, b. Jan. 2, 1757; m. Tabitha Warren.

John, b. Mar. 27, 1759.

Jonathan, b. Nov. 28, 1761.

184. Joshua Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn., Dec. 1,

1724; m.

564.
565.
566.
567.

568.
569.
570.

1.

V.
V.

vi.
vii.

He d. in 1814; res. Killingly, Conn., and Hancock, Mass.
Cornelius, b. in 1761; m. Sarah Cody.
Joseph, b. in 1753; m. Anna Eames.

Matthias, b. Apr. 19, 1757; m. Dorcas and Olive .

Isaac, b. — ; m. and had 4 ch.: Rosa, Isaac, Phebe, and

David.

RuFUS, b. ; m. Sarah Graves.

Joshua, b. in 1769; m. Phebe Parker.
Joanna, b. .

188. David Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Sept. 16, 1716; m. in Canaan,.
Conn., Sept. 23, 1739, Mary Gunn.

He was born in Canaan and at his father's death was given property. Moving
to New Haven in 1756 he resided there until 1762, and perhaps afterward. His ear
mark for domestic animals was recorded there Oct. 25, 1757. He died in Vermont.
David Whitney of Canaan, Conn., who was brother of Solomon Whitney, was.
proprietor of Poultney, \'t., and both were proprietors clerks of meetings held in
1761. [See History of'Poultney.]

res. Canaan and New Haven, Conn., and Poultney, Vt.

Mary, b. July 16, 1740.

Easter, b. Mar. 5, 1743.

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1746.

Sarah, b. Apr. 30, 1748; m. Mar 7, 1773, Joel Holcomb, Jr. ^

jACOB,b. Apr. 13, 1750. ■

KEZiA,b. Feb. 21, 1752.

Lois, b. Dec. 25, 1756.

Emelia, b. Feb. 18, 1759.

Cloise, b. Feb. 18, 17.59.

David, b. Nov. 22, 1762.

189. Joshua Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 11,
1718; m. Apr. 8, 1743, Ann Blodgett. She m. 2d. Capt. Isaac Laurence, who d.

Hed. -
571.

572.

ii.

673.

HI.

574.

IV.

576.

V.

676.

VI.

577.

vii.

578.

vni.

579.

IX.

680.

X.

60 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Dec. 2, 1793; she then m. 3d, George Palmer, of Stillwater, N. Y., and d. at
Canaan, Conn., in 1819, ae. 96. "Joshua Whitney, Esq., died of ye smallpox."

He was born in Groton, Mass., and removed to Plainfield, Conn., with his
parents, where he resided until his removal to Preston, Conn. The tradition in
the family is that he was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and that about
1769 he was killed by Indians near Oswego, N. Y. Feb. 17, 1759, he was dead, for
at that time his son Joshua chose Col. David Whitney, of Canaan, as his guardian.
He d. Feb. 10, 1761; res. Preston, Conn.

581. i. Abigail, b. ; m. Sept. 10, 1757, Eliphalet Jewell, of Salis-

bury.

582. ii. Mary, b. ; m. May 7, 1767, Lemuel Kingsbury, of Canaan;

son Joshua b. Feb. 13, 1768.

583. iii. Joshua, b. Jan. 16, 1745; m. Anna Ashley.

584. iv. Asa, b. in 1743; m. Sarah and Hepsabeth Watrous.

585. V. JosiAH, b. ; m. and Susannah Hinds.

586. vi. David, b. in 1755; m. , , and 3d, Eliza Wilson.

587. vii. Amey, b, ; she m. and left des. in Canaan, Conn. One of

her gr. daus. m. — Bronson; res E. Canaan, Corm.

588. viii. Huldah, b. .

194. Rev. Josiah Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Aug.
11,1731; m. Sept. 1, 1756, Lois Breck, b. Dec. 11, 1738; d. Oct. 27, 1789. She was dau.
of Rev. Robert, who gr. H. C. 1730; m. M., Oct. 25, 1791, Mrs. Anna Chandler, of
Woodstock (widow of Samuel), who was b. there Dec. 5, 1738, and d. of apoplexy
Feb, 2, IbOl.

He was born in Plainfield, Conn., where he was educated at the public schools
and fitted for college; was graduated at Yale College in the class of 1752, and later
studied for the ministry. In 1756 he was called to the Congregational church in
Brooklyn, Conn. The call was unanimous, and the church also unanimously concurred
in it. His letter of acceptance of the Pomfret pastorate was as follows:

To the Society of Brooklyn, in Pomfret, Gentlemen: Whereas, on the 17th of
Nov. last you proceeded to give me a call to settle in the work of the gospel ministry
with you, and proposed ^120, lawful money, for a settlement, and £Gb, lawful money,
for a salary, 1 do now hereby accept said proposal, and may the Lord bless us, and
lead us in the way everlasting. Josiah Whitney.

Brooklyn, Jan. 7, 1756.

He continued in this, his only pastorate, for sixty-foui years. In 1802 Harvard
University conferred the degree of D. D. upon him. Feb. oth of that year he cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his settlement; at that time only three of the original
members of 1756 were living; 447 had been added to the church during his ministry,
and 718 were baptized.

Mr. Whitney through all his long pastorate held his place in the affection of his
people and the esteem of all. Though moderate in his doctrinal views and opposed
to the High Galvanism then coming into fashion, he engaged the respect and con-
fidence of his brethren in the ministry and maintained strict church and family
discipline. He commenced his pastorate with the affectionate regard of the fathers,
and their continued friendship, their cordial and candid acceptance of his labors and
repeated kindness had continued to make the relation happy.

In his 94th year he was still erect and vigorous; his eye was not dimmed nor his
natural force abated. With flowing wig and antique garb he was often seen on the
street. His face beamed with animated expression, and his playful sallies were tem-
pered with Christian dignity. As he entered the house of God the congregation rose
to receive him and remained standing in reverential attitude till he had taken his
seat.

« fatal illness seized him in Sept., 1824, and he passed peacefully away,
e d. Sept. 13, 1824; res. Pomfret and Brooklyn, Conn.

Robert Breck, b. Sept. 15, 1757; d. sore throat Dec. 21, 1763.
Eunice, b. Jan. 22, 1759; d. Sept. 15. 1762.
George, b. Dec. 9, 1760; d. of smallpox Feb. 18, 1782.
David, b. Oct. 15, 1762; d. of smallpox Mar. 16, 1782.
Robert Breck, b. June 18, 1764; d. of consumption Dec. 1, 1785.
He was a composer and teacher of music.
594. vi. Eunice, b. Mar. 28, 1766; m. Backus. She d. Mar. 11, 1824.

589.

590.

!!•

591.

HI.

592.

IV.

693.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 61

595. vii. Lois, b. Mar. 9, 1768 ; m. Baker. She d. at Watertown, N. Y.,

Oct. 29, 1856. She had a son, Josiah B., whose son, Rev. Geo.
B., was pastor of a Pres. ch. at Detroit, Mich., in 1874.

596. viii. Abigail, b. June 10, 1772; m. Apr. 5, 1792, Benjamin Wood, of

Brooklyn; rem. to Litchfield, N. Y., where she d. Apr. 29, 1856.

597. ix. Sophia, b. July 28, 1774; d. July 27, 1816.

598. X. Patty, b. Dec.2, 1779; m. Carey, res. Richfield, N. Y. A son,

Edwin, res. Sauquoit, N. Y.

599. xi. Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1770.

195. SOLO.MON Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., about 1733.'
m. at Canaan, Conn., Nov. 27, 1755, Sarah ; d. Apr. 15, 1782.

Solomon Whitney was born, probably in Plainfield, Conn., in 1733. With his
parents he moved to Canaan, where he ever after resided. His wife was of Canaan,
and he lived but seventeen years after marriage. He was interested in the purchase
of lands in Vermont in 1761, and that year was proprietors' clerk of the new town of
Poultney, Vt. His sons resided for a time on this property in Vermont. Samuel and
Tarlaall removed, but Solomon, Jr., always resided upon it. In 1772 his widow Sarah
was appointed guardian of his three children, and his estate was insolvent. She evi-
dently married a second time after the death of Solomon, for in the family record
now in possession of the descendants, it says, "S. S. Roberts, stepfather of Tar-
ball Whitney," died May 18, 1782. " Sarah Roberts died Apr. 15, 1782." He d. July
29, 1772; res. Canaan, Conn.

600. i. Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1757; m. Pierce.

601. ii, Samuel, b. June 6, 1759; m. .

602. iii. Tarball, b. June 30, 1763; m. Mrs. Lois (Lawrence) Hopkins.

603. iv. Solomon, b. Nov. 15, 1766; m. Polly Marshall.

197. Dea. Samuel Whitney (John, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me.; m. Lydia
He was born in York, Me., but early settled in Brunswick, Me. In 1754,

604.

605.

606.

ni.

607.

IV.

608.

v.

during the time of the French and Indian war, while engaged in hoeing corn in a
field with his son Samuel, Jr., they were surprised by the Indians, and before they
could reach their guns, which were stacked near by, were taken prisoners. The
father was scalped and the prisoners with others taken to Canada and held for 126
livres. The father died after three weeks of suffering, and the son after seven years
of imprisonment managed to escape and return to Maine; res. York and Bruns-
wick, Me.

Samuel, b. Sept. 15, 1732; m. Mary .

Jonathan, b. Dec. 21, 1734; m. Mary Austin.

Lydia, b. Feb. 20, 1735.

Susannah, b. July 25, 1738.

Lettis, b. June 27, 1742.

198. Benjamin Whitney (John, Benjamin, John), b. May 22, 1725; m*
Mercy Hinckley, b. Oct. 23, 1734; d. Nov. 13, 1814. He was born in York, Me., and
settled in Little River, Lisbon, Me. He was part owner of the first grist mill there,
and during his lifetime was the miller. He served in the Revolutionary war.
The Benjamin Whitney mentioned above, son of John and Lettis, settled at Little
River, now Lisbon Falls. His wife was Mercy Hinckley. I have three accounts of
this couple. One copied from a printed town history gives the births and deaths:
Benjamin, b. May 22, 1725; d. Nov. 8, 1797; Mercy H., b. Oct. 23, 1734; d. Nov. 13,
1814. The town clerk at Lisbon Falls, Benjamin's birth (copied) June 2, 1727, but
Mr. Jacob Whitney, of Lisbon, Me., wrote in 1882, as follows: "There were three
brothers who came to Brunswick, Me.; one went into the eastern part of the state; one
settled in Gorham, Me., and the third remained at Brunswick, at a place called New
Meadows. This last one had a son named Benjamin, my ancestor." He was born
in 1725, and married Mercy Hinkley, of Brunswick. They moved to Lisbon and had
eleven children, as follows: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rachel, Jacob, Benjamin, Isabel,
Nathan, Joseph, Samuel, and Thankful. Samuel, Thankful, Abraham, Isaac, and
Sarah all remained in Lisbon; Jacob, Joseph, Rachel, and Isabel settled in Phillips,
Me.; Nathan in Augusta, and Benjamin in Bowdoin. Joseph afterward moved to Ohio.
He d. Nov. 8, 1797; res. Lisbon, Me.

604a. i, Abraham, b. in 1752; m. Aphia Coombs.

605a. ii. Isaac, b. ; settled at Little River.

606a. iii. Jacob, b. June 11, 1763; m. Hannah Mills.

607a. iv. Nathan, b. about 1768; m. Sarah Godfrey and Fanny Shephard.

62 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

608a. V. Benjamin, b. ; settled in Bowdoin, Me.

609. vi. Joseph, b. ; m. ; res. in Phillips, Me.

610. vii. Samuel, b. in 1774; m, Lydia Curit.

611. viii. Sarah, b. .

612. ix. Rebecca, b.

613. X. Rachel, b. ; res. Phillips, Me.

614. xi. Thankful, b. .

615. xii. Isabel, b. ; res. Phillips, Me.

206. Elder Naham Whitney (N'athaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Jan.
10, 1706; m. Nov. 12, 1730,* Lydia Young, dau. of Matthews, who d. in 1751. He was
a prominent and influential citizen, and was called Elder Whitney; res. York, Me.

207. Elder Nathaniel or Nathan Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. York, Me., Dec. 12, 1709; m. Molly Day. He was a native of York, Me., and one
of the first settlers m Gorham. Was an elder in the church and a prominent and
influential citizen, and much employed in town affairs, and a leader in religious mat-
ters. He was many times on important committees in the Revolutionary days. He
was a man of unquestioned integrity. Abel and Nathaniel Whitney witnessed will
of Elias Perry, at York, in 1735. He d. in 1804; res. York and Gorham, Me.

616. i. Moses, b. 1739; m. Molly Page and Abigail .

617. ii. Nathan, b. .

618. iii. JosiAH, b. ; m. Hannah Barstow.

619. iv. Aaron, b. .

620. V. Asa, b. Dec, 1754; m. Flora and Phebe Hopkins.

621. vi. Abel, b. ; m. Thankful Morton.

208. Abel Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., July 23, 1712;
m. Nov. 28, 1735, Mary Cane, dau. of Nicholas; res. York, Gorham and Standish, Me.

622. i. Joanna, b. Oct. 10, 1736.

623. ii. Moses, b. Feb. 17, 1737.

624. iii. Joseph, b. Mar. 1, 1739.

625. iv. Daniel, b. Sept. 7, 1741; d. before 1754.

626. v. Joel, b. Mav 21, 1748; m. Mary Weston.

627. vi. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1744.

628. vii. Lydia, b. July 31, 1746.

629. viii. Zebulon, b. Nov. 27, 1747; m. Joanna Stone.

630. ix. Joanna, b. Sept. 27, 1749.

631. X. Naphthali, b. Feb. 10, 1750.

632. xi. Micha, b. Dec. 11, 1752; m. Hannah Cobb.

633. xii. Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1754; m. .

634. xiii. Paul, b. June 30, 1756. He enlisted in the Rev. army from Gor-

ham, and was killed in battle in Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778.

210. Isaac Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Mar. 9, 1720;
m. Feb. 25, 1743, Sarah Crosby, dau. of Dr. Crosby; m. 2d. ; m. 3d.

He was born in York, where he resided until 1752, when he purchased a house
and lot in Saco. In 1775 he was living m Buxton, Me., but died at the house of his
son Henry, in Freeport, in 1800, aged 80. He married three times. He d. 1800; res.
York, Saco, and Buxton, Me.

635. i. Lucy, b. July 31, 1745.

636. ii. Phinehas, b. June 5, 1747.

637. iii. Isaac, b. Dec. 28, 1748; m. Mary Crockett.

638. iv. Hannah, b. Nov. 28, 1750.

689. V. Stephen, b. Mar. 19, 1755; m. Patty Irish.

640. vi. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9, 1757.

641. vii. Timothy, b. .

642. viii. Barnabas, b. Aug. 18, 1766; m. Sarah Walker.

643. ix. James, b. .

644. X. Mary, b. .

645. xi. Henry, b. ; m. Abigail Walker.

211. Amos Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Mar. 5, 1723;
m. Sept. 5, 1748, Sarah Payne, dau. of Thomas; b. ; d. .

* At this time he was of Biddeford.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 63

Amos Whitney was born in York, Me. He was one of the earliest settlers in
Gorham, and was prominent and influential in town affairs. He was the first town
clerk from 1764 to 1769, and one of the first selectmen, which office he held for years.

He was a man of great integrity and highly respected. He d. ; res. York,

Me., and Gorham.

646. i. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1749.

647. ii. Amos, b. Apr. 22. 1752.

64S. iii. Mary Gookin, b. Oct. 25, 1754.

649. iv. Elias, b. .

650. V. JOTHAM, b. .

651. vi. Ruth, b. .

214. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 17, 1704; m. Jan.
^6, 1727, Lydia Jones; b. Sept. 15, 1705; d. Mar. 4, 1783.

He owned lands in Hopkinton, Holliston, and Mendon. He was a prominent
citizen and influential member of the church, and assisted in establishing the town of
Milford. He settled the estates of his father and father-m-law. After his death his
estate was divided among his heirs, he dying intestate. He d. 1755; res. Mendon
and Medway, Mass.

652. i. Susanna, b. Feb. 12, 1728; m. in Mendon, Jan. 25, 1752, Isaac

Tenney, b. Milford, Feb. 22, 1723, d. bef. 1764; m. 2d. Apr. 11,
1764, Noah Wiswall.d. Nov. 9, 1804. Isaac inherited his father's
farm in Milford. Mr. and Airs. Tenney were members of the
church and had their children baptized. The date of his death
is unknown; res. Mil. Ch.: Ruth, bap. May 13, 1753; Jonathan,
bap. Apr. 20, 1755; Ruby, b. Jan. 12, 1765; m. Silas Brown; Per-
ley, b. Mar. 11, 1767; Jerusha, b. July 17, 1769; m. Moses Green.

653. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 18, 1729; d. Oct. 19, 1729.

654. iii. Jesse, b. Nov. 24, 1730; m. Mary Cheney, Mrs. Ruth Wight and

Abigail Rawson.

655. iv. Lydia, b. Nov. 18, 1732; m in Mendon, Dec. 12, 1754, Samuel

Bowker of Hopkinton, b. 1729; died 1799. He m. 3 times.

Lydia was his second wife; res. Mil. Ch.: Asa, b. Nov. 12, 1755;

Abigail, b. June 13, 1757; Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1759; Abiathar, b.

Feb. 25, 1763; Ruth, b. Feb. 9. 1765; Daniel, b. Feb. 16, 1769.
Jonathan, b. July 26, 1737; m. Esther Parkhurst.
Ruth, bap. Apr. 11, 1742; d. young.

David, bap. Sept. 21, 1746; m. Rachel .

Sarah, b. Mar. 14; 1735; m. pub. Nov. 10; m. Dec. 10, 1756, in

Mendon, Wales Cheney, b. Aug. 31, 1732; d. Mar. 27, 1825; res.

Milford. Ch.: Josiah, b. Aug. 9, 1757; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1758;

m. Elizabeth Hudson; David, b. ; res. Orange; Nathan,

b. May 4, 1765; res. Orange; Lydia, b. May 4, 1767; m. John Cor-

bett; Asa, b. Dec. 20, 1769; m. Roxaima Pitman; Amos,b. Sept.

26, 1771 ; Anna, b. Apr. 21, 1773; m. Otis Butterworth; Alexander,

b. Oct. 8, 1780; m. Lovice Bowker and Mrs. Elizabeth W.Stone.

219. Elias Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Holliston, Mass., Nov. 14,
1716; m. Feb. 6, 1745, Elizabeth Mellen, b. Aug, 21, 1721; m. 2d. at Mendon. June
26, 1774, Elizabeth Boyden.

He resided in Holliston, near the eastern boundry. He was in Framingham in
1764, when James Heywood deeded him the homestead now owned by his great-
grandson, Elias Whitney. He was of reputable standing in the plain old-fashioned
society of the times. He d. July 29, 1810; res. Framingham and Holliston, Mass.
Abigail, b. Mar. 19, 1747.
Elias, b. June 15, 1750; m. Lucy Barnes.
Amrillen, b. June 1, 1753.

Jonathan, b. June 25, 1760; killed in Revolutionary w^r. He
enlisted in the company raised in Mendon, commanded by
Capt. Drew, and was killed in battle Feb. 2, 1780.

221. George Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Aug. 12, 1721; m. Sarah
Cozzens. He d. in 1752; res. Sherborn and Holliston, Mass.
664. i. Isaac, b.

656.

v.

657.

vi.

658.

vn.

659.

viii

660.

661.

ii.

662.

iii.

663.

IV.

665. ii. Hannah, b.-

666. iii. Marcy, b.

667. iv. Sarah, b. ; d. bef. 1752.

64 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

224. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. May 22, 1709; m,
Feb. 24, 1781, Margaret Sanderson. Hed. Feb. 28, 1797; res. Sherborn, Mass.

668. i. Jonathan, b. Sept. 25, 1734; m. Eunice Marshall.

669. ii. PERSis,b. Aug. 2U, 1739.

670. iii. Amos, b. Sept. 27, 1746.

225. EzEKiEL Whitney (Joshua, Benjamin, John),b. in Mendon, Aug. 29, 1716;

m. . Will made May 5, 1753; probated May 23, 1753; estate settled May 21,

1768. He d. May. 1753; res. Sutton, Mass.

671. i. Susannah, *b. ; m. Love.

672. ii. Jennet, b. .

673. iii. Margaret, b. . ,

674. iv. Rachel, b. .

231. Benjamin Whitney (Joshua, Benjamin, John), b. Uxbridge, Mar. 14, 1743;
m. — - — . Benjamin Whitney, of Uxbridge, Sept. 30, 1765, received of Lydia Taft,
admr. of his portion of his father's estate, of which Josiah Taft was admr., so much
in full. Joshua, Nathaniel, Hannah, Isaac, and Phebe Kirby also signed receipts at
the same time. [Wor. Prob. Rec] Res. Uxbridge, Mass.

237. Jason Whitney (Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Aug. 31, 1729;:
m. in Sudbury, Mar. 3, 1757, Elizabeth Beal, of East Sudbury, dau. of Joseph and
Love; d. May 22, 1772. Joseph Beales, the father, was a large land owner and was
often Selectman. He was descended from Wm. Beal, of Marblehead; m. 2d Mar. 17,
1773, Lois Pratt, of Needham, wid. of Ephraim, of Newton, and dau. of Ebenezer
Fisher, of ; d. Nov. 21, 1805.

Jason Whitney was born in Natick, Mass., where he always resided. On the
death of his father, in 1760, he acquired the bulk of his property. He was a promi-
nent citizen in the town.

From James McManus, town clerk at Natick, Mass., is received the following,,
relating to offices held by Jason Whitney:

1772, surveyor of highways; 1773, fence viewer; 1774, fence viewer and hog
reeve; 1775, fence viewer; 1777, selectman, field driver and fence viewer; 1780,
selectman; 1781, selectman and fence viewer.

From selectman's order or cash book: "On account of money paid in support of
the present war with Great Britain and by whom paid to men who enlisted into the
army and of those who do a term or any part of a term in the year 1776."

July 20, 1776, Jason Whitney, one-fourth of a term to Canada, ^3 6s. 8d.

Jason Whitney was in the French and Indian wars, and received a wound
that caused lameness. Notwithstanding this lameness he served repeatedly dur-
ing the Revolutionary war. His services are recorded on the rolls at the State
House, Boston, also on the town treasurer's book and town files of Natick:

"Jason Whitney was in Capt. David Morse's Muster Roll, in French War,
1755 to 1763."

"His name on Capt. Joseph Morse's Muster Roll. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt,
Lexington Alarm."

"On Capt. Hezekiah Broads' Roll, Patterson's Regiment, Canada Expedition,
June 7, 1776.

"Paid X of a term, for a man to go three months to New York in Capt. Gard-
ner's Co., Col. Eleazur Brook's Regiment."

"Went on the Forty Days' Alarm to Rhode Island with teams & Baggage.""
(Went twice.)

"Credited to Fiske's Co., Perry's Regiment. Served also in Leland's Co., same
Regiment. Assisted in taking Solomon Park Parker out of Prison, while on this
service."

"He also loaned the town £162-8-8 in 1781, 'Old Emifion Bills' for war pur-
poses. In 1782 he loaned ^^2-8-0 silver money 'Spanish Milled dollars' & paid the
same to Amos Morse for Isaac Dunton's bounty, for three years, for going into the
service."

"Was one of the selectmen & on Committee to hire soldiers 1780-81-82."

From Massachusetts rolls:

"Pay Roll for the Troops under the command of Lieut, feremiah Colburn. In
Brigadier General Wadsworth's Department. Detached at Cambridge, 1781.

"Jason Whitney from Jany. 27 to March 10."

*Mar. 16. 1768, Nehemiah Hall, of Uxbridge, was appointed guardian of Susannah, Janet, and
Margaret, daughters of Ezekiel.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 65

The foregoing is Jason Whitney's Revolutionary roll and French and Indian
war roll. His son-in-law, \Vm. Alden, though very young, served twice on militia
service and contributed money, and his grandson, Isaac' Alden, served in the war of
1812. \

He d. June 23, 1807, res. Natick, Mass.

675. i. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1760.

676. ii. Abigail, b. Dec. 13, 1761; m. prob. Sept. 7, 1788, William Dunton,

removed to New York.

677. iii. Sarah, b. Apr. 29, 1763; m. John Trilll, of Natick. Ch.: John and

Jemima; m . 2d, Henry Lake; res. Acton, Mass. Ch.: Henry,
Lucretia and Mary.

678. iv. Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1765; m. Richard Bacon, of Needham, two

ch.: Eliza and William, and 8 others; rev. to Ontario Co., N. Y.

679. v. Susanna, b. Dec. 9, 1766; m. May 1,1788, William Alden; removed

to Troy, N. Y. He was b. in Needham, July 1, 1761, d. Calais,
Vt., Sept. 27, 1842. She d. there Feb. 27, 1844. Ch.: I. Isaac, born
Needham, Mar. 19, 1789, d. in Lewis, Essex Co., N. Y., Aug. 17,
1860; m. 1st, Maria Stone, dau. of Moses and Olive (Ward)
Stone, of Newton; m. 2d, Hannah Snow, dau. of Jonathan Snow
and Lydia (Hammett) Snow, and had Edwin Augustus, Joseph
Jackson, Olive Maria and Ruby Hammett, Emily Doane, Charles
L., Avis Ellen and Alcnzo Isaac. II. William, West Newton,
b. 1797, d. 1861; m. Ann Fuller and Elizabeth Bacon. III. Asa,
b. Sept. 25, 1794; m. Avis Hammet Snow. IV. George, b.
1797, m. Clarinda Mclntyre. V. Elizabeth, b. 1802; m. Isaac
Kennan. VI. Hannah Whitney, b. 1806; m. Washington Taske,
Hyde Park, Mass.; descendants: Mrs. Lucien L. Sheddon,
Plattsburg, N. Y.; Mr. J. J. Alden, Troy, N. Y., Mr. Harry M.
Alden, Troy, N. Y.; Mr. Charles L. Alden, 17 First St., Troy,
N. Y.; Gen. Alonzo Alden, Troy, N. Y.; Mrs. Joseph M. Bassett,
Worcester, Mass. Wm. Alden served in Revolutionary militia
twice and contributed money. His son Isaac was a soldier in
war of 1812. Isaac Alden, by wife Maria Stone, had 1, Edwin
Augustus Alden, ni. Mary Haywood, parents of Mrs. Lucien L,
Sheddon, Plattsburg, N. Y., wife of Judge Sheddon; 2, Joseph
Jackson Alden, m. Sarah Marshall, and besides daughters had
Harry Marshall Alden, Edward M. Alden, Troy, N. Y.; 3, Olive
Maria Alden m. John Jay Knox. By Hannah Snow had, 4, Ruby
Hammet, m. David Sykes; 5, Charles L. Alden, m. Mary Lang-
ford Taylor, and had Antoinette Speacer Alden, Mary Curran
Alden, John Gale Alden, d.y.,Chloe Sweeting Alden, d. y., John
Gale Alden 2d. Langford Taylor Alden, and Charles Snow
Alden; 6, Emily Doane Alden m. Shueball Moses Cole. Gen.
Alonzo Alden m. Charlotte Danehy, and had Joseph D. Alden,
Frederick Alden, Marion Alden, d. y. and Avis Ellen Alden, m.
George Prescott. I have the signatures of Mark, Benj., Sr.,
Benj., Jr., Whitney.

680. vi. Isaac, b" Apr. 17, 1770; m. and Mrs. Susanna (Turnback)

Hall.

681. • vii. Joshua, b. Apr. 12, 1772, d. May 8, 1772.

682. viii. Lois, b. Oct. 17, 1773: m. June 29, 1791, Thomas Cummings, Jr., of

__^^- Newton. ^

683. ix. Fisher, b. Jan. 3, 1775; m. Patty Watkins.

684. X. Hannah, b. Aug. 6, 1776; m. July 11, 1798, Eli Rogers, of Natick,.

Mass.; res. Marlboro, N. H.

685. xi. George, b. Mar. 22, 1778; m. Esther Morse and Mrs. Azubah

Hastings.

686. xii. Jason, b. Oct. 20, 1780; m. Hannah Goodnowand Margaret Green,

687. xiii. Sarah, b. May 15, 1782; d. Apr. 10, 1802.

688. xiv. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 2, 1784; m. Mary Brown and Joanna Law.

689. XV. Rhoda, b. Feb. 28, 1786; m. John Russell, of Walertown, and d,

1864.

241. Thomas Whitney (Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 24,
1736; m, Oct, 19, 1761, Mehitable Bacon, of Stoughton.

66 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Thomas Whitney was born in Natick prior to 1769. He sold his rights in that
town and emigrated to Westminster. His farm he disposed of to David Hann, of
Hopkinton. He served in the Revolutionary army and was in the company from
Partridgefield; res. Natick, Mass., and Westminster, Mass.

690. i. Mark, b. May 18, 1766.

691. ii. Mehitable, bap. Sept. 30, 1764; m. Jan. 12, 1797, Samuel Law-

ton. He was the Samuel Lawson of Harriet Beecher Stowe's
" Old Town Folks."

692. iii. HuLDAH, bap. Sept. 30, 1764.

693. iv. Esther, bap. Mar. 29, 1767.

245. Gideon Whitney (Isaac, Benjamin, John), b. Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 27,
1729; m. in Sudbury, Mar. 14, 1750, Hannah Norcrossof Sudbury.

His estate was settled in 1752-3. He owed his cousins Jason and Mark Whitney
and sister Judith.

He d. in H., Dec. 2, 17-^3; res. Hopkinton and Holliston, Mass.
694. i. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1751.

254. Elijah Whitney (Daniel, John, John, John), b. Jan. 15, 1715, m. Hannah

In 1776 he was a member of the Warwick committee of correspondence, inspec-
tion and safety.

He d. ; res. Roxbury and Warwick, Mass.

695. V. Daniel, b. ; m. Sarah Gav.

696. iii. John, b. Nov. 29, 1749; m. Mav Payson.

697. i. Elijah, b. Sept. 23, 1744.

698. ii. Elisha, b. Oct. 6, 1747; m. Abigail Dana.

699. iv. Hannah, b. June 13, 1756; bap. at Roxbury same year.

259. Caleb Whitney (Timothy, John, John, John), b. Apr. 2, 1711; m. 1736,
Hannah Cheney, b. June 13, 1711, dau. of Joseph. His two sons served in the
Revolutionary army in a company raised in Newton; res. Newton, Mass.

700. i. Hannah, b. Mar. 3, 1737; m Nov. 19, 1772, Nathaniel Parker.

Ch.: Newton, b. ; Caleb, b. Apr. 29, 1773; m. Fanny Scott;

Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1775; m. David Scott; Eunice, d. young.

701. ii. Caleb, b. June 17, 1740; m. Elizabeth Hyde.

702. iii. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1743; m. in 1769, Jas. Richardson, Jr. She d.

in 1771, s. p., and he m. 2d Dorothy Packard, of Bridgewater.

703. iv. Thaddeus, b. July 10, 1747; m. Temperance Hyde.

260. Moses Whitney (Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 20, 1714; m. in 1739,
Rebecca Hyde, b. Sept. 23, 1720.

Four of his sons served in the Revolutionary war. They were in Capt. Phinehas
Cook's Co. in Col. Gardner's Regt. Three of his sons died in the army. Timothy
Whitney was admr. of his estate. He d. in 1805; res. Newton, Mass.
Margaret, b. May 8, 1741.
Moses, b. Apr. 9, 1743; d. Revolutionary armv.
Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Mar. 20, 1766, Edward Richards, of

Camb.
Timothy, b. Feb. 12, 1747; m. Mary Hyde.
Stephen, b. Feb. 12, 1747; d. Revolutionary army
Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1749; m. 1777, Asa Payson. Had Asa and
two daughters.

710. vii. Ephraim, b. June 16, 1751; m. 1774, Anna Fuller, b. June 18, 1749,
and died in the Revolutionary army in 1776; was in the company
of Capt. Wiswell, of Newton.

711. viii. Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1754; m. 1780, Wm. Buzzard. Ch.: Betsey
and Clara.

Relief, b. Dec. 29, 1756; m. 1783, John Woodward, of Brookline.

Gersham, b. July 25, 1758; d. 1759.

Persis, b. Feb. 19, 1760; m. 1797, James Richards, his third wife.

Ch.: Sukey, b. Dec. 11, 1797; Mary,b.Aug. 6, 1800. She d. May,

1838.
715, xii. John, b. Apr. 8, 1762; m. Polly Pope.

261. Corp. Joseph Whitney (Timothv, John, John, John),b. Watertown, Mass.,
Feb. 21,1716; m. Mary Hastings; m. 2d, Mrs. Anna (Palmer?). She d. at Lima, N. Y.

704.

i.

705.

11.

706.

111.

707.

iv.

708.

v.

709.

VI.

712.

ix.

713.

X.

714.

XI.

716.

717.

ii.

718.

111.

719.

IV.

720.

V.

721.

VI.

722.

Vll.

723.

Vlll.

724.

IX.

725.

X.

726.

XI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 67

Jasper Whitney, writing from Thomson, 111., states his great-grandfather's name
was Joseph Whitney. Samuel Whitney's father's name was Joseph, and Silvanus
Hayward, A. M., of Southbridge, Mass., in his history of Gilsum, N. H., says Joseph
Whitney was the son of Palmer Whitney, and that Palmer was the half-brother of
Samuel. From all the evidence and data I can secure, it is my opinion that Joseph
Whitney, of Newton, after his first wife's death married again and finally became
one of the first proprietors of Gilsum, N. H.,and that his sons finally located there on
land he had purchased. In the history of Gilsum is this record: "Joseph Whitney
was a corporal in the seventh company in Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment from Gil-
sum, N. H , in 1776." Later he moved to Warwick (Orange), Mass., and still latei
to Lima, N. Y., where he passed the remainder of his days. He was killed by the
falling of a tree. He d. at Lima, N. Y.; res. Newton, Mass.; Gilsum, N. H.; Orange,
Mass., and Lima, N. Y.

Abigail, b. Dec. 18, 1749.

Martha, b. May 31, 1752.

Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1755.

Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1758; m. Mary Whitney.

Lois, b. Sept. 6, 1761.

Mary, b. ; m.— Guerney.

Content, b. ; m. Fuller.

Palmer, b. Oct. 6, 1777; d. in Warwick, Mass., Feb. 1, 1778.

Palmer, b. Mar. 5, 1778; m. Judith Barber.

Edward, b. .

Abigail, b. Jan. 20,1781; m. Samuel Mark; res. Wyoming Co.,
N. Y.

727. xii. Lemuel, b. Aug. 15, 1784; m. Sally Pratt.

264. Nathaniel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 23, 1696;
m. June 22, 1721, Mary Child; b. 1699; d. Dec. 3, 1776.

They settled in Westboro where he and his wife were admitted to the church
He had owned ihe covenant at Concord, Oct. 15, 1727.
27, 1776; res. Weston and Westboro, Mass.

Ephraim, b. in Groton, July, 1722; m. Thankful Harrington.

Oliver, b. Dec. 1, 1724; m. Dorcas Warren.

David, bap. Nov. 8, 1726, Brookfield.^

Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1727.

Nathaniel, b. Julv 22, 1728; m. Abigail Marstop.
733. vi. ANNA,b. Mar. 8, ITSOim. May 4, 1749, David Forbush; b. Oct. 20,
1721. He wa'sThe son of Dea. Thomas Forbush, Jr., of the
earliest and most prominent citizens of Westboro, Mass. His
grandfather, Daniel Forbush, or Forbes, a native of Scotland,
probably of the parish of Kinellar, was undoubtedly taken
prisoner by Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, and deported
with others to this country. He located in Cambridge, Mass.,
and finally settled in Marlboro, where he died. (See Forbes-For-
bush Genealogy by Fred £»-Pierce, also history of Grafton,
Mass., by Fred C. Pierce.) David was a member of the Alarm
company, commanded by Capt. Samuel Warren. He was later
in Capt. Kimball's company in Col. Aitemas Ward's regiment
of the Revolutionary army, and marched to the Lexington
alarm, April 19, 1775. His estate was left to his son Silas. The
children of David and Anna were: Anna, b. July 7, 1750; m. Oct.
28, 1779, John Warren of Westboro; John, b. Dec. 20, 1751; d.
Sept. 7, 1757; David, b. Apr. 18, 1754; m. Deliverence Goodell,
who was the sister of the mother of Robert B. Thomas, of Farm-
ers' Almanac fame; res. South Royalston, Mass.; Jacob, b. Feb.
20, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1756; Abigail, b. May 2, 1757; m. Leonard
Brigham; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; Lois, b. Sept. 27, 1759; m.

Wright; res. Grafton, Mass.; Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1762;

m. Betsey Hayden; res. Grafton and Deerfield, Mass ; Jemima,
b. May 21, 1764; m. Sylvanus Morse; res. Upton, Mass.; Silas, b.
May 19, 1766; m. May 14,1789, Rhodah Fisk; res. Grafton, Mass.;
their daughter, Nancy, b. Nov. 15, 1798, and married Nathaniel
Smith, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Rev. Ralph Smith.
Nathaniel, Sr.,was graduated at Dartmouth College. They had

Jan

. 21, 1728

; 1

He d. Jan. '.

728.

729.

ii.

730.

iii.

731.

iv.

732.

v.

TU.

vii.

735.

Vlll

736.

ix.

737.

X.

738.

xi.

68 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

five children, one Maria N., b. Nov. 3, 1827; m. Silas Austin
Pierce, the parents oT the compiler of this work. (See Forbes-
Forbush Genealogy by Pred C.Pierce.); Joel, b. July 29, 1768;
d. Sept. 20, 1776; Ruth, b. Nov. 15, 1770; d. young; Beulah, b.

■ ; m. Silas Hardy; res. Sherburne, Mass.; Mary, b. Sept. 2,

1776; m.- Daniel Leland; res. Weathersfield, Vt. Anna d. in
Westboro, Jan. 4, 1785. ■ He, her husband, d. there in Sept. 1787.
He vifas in the Revolutionary war, and at the battle of Bunker
Hill.

Amos, b. Mar. 17, 1732.

Lucy, b. Apr. 26, 1734.

Love, b. Sept. 13, 1736; m. Mar. 30, 1772, John Taft, of Upton.

Lois, b. Feb. 9, 173S.

Eli, bap. May 3, 1740; m. Elizabeth Fay and Judith Hazelden.

270. Israel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Groton, Mass.^

prob. abt. 1710; m. prob. 1732, Hannah .

Israel Whitney was a cordwainer, and was from Groton, Mass. Feb. 19, 1732,
he purchased land at Thompson Parish, Conn., and in 1733 moved to Oxford, Mass.,
where he afterward resided. His estate was valued at ^^655. Apr. 21, 1761, Oliver
Cummings, Sibyla Cummings, and the widow Hannah were the only heirs of Israel
Whitney, and were all of Dunstable. They deeded a moiety of his estate to Josiah
Leonard. The inventory of his estate is dated July 2, 1746.

Israel was brother of Dr. Ebenezer Whitney, of Worcester, who in 1737 bought
lands in Bedford, Hampden Co., Mass. Israel was a soldier in the Cape Breton
expedition in 1745. After his death his widow returned to Dunstable.

He d. in 1746; res. Groton, Mass.; Thompson, Conn., and Oxford, Mass.

739. i. SiBYLA, b. Feb. 4, 1733, at Killmgly, Conn.; m. Oliver Cummings;

res. Dunstable, Mass.
Josiah, b. 1735; d. 1740.
Hannah, b. Apr. 1737; d. bef. 1761.
Tamar, b. 1739; d. 1740.
Mary, b. July 22, 1741; d. bef. 1761.
Richard, b. Apr. 22, 1743; d. bef. 1761.

272. Solomon Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John); bap. June 17, 1711 ;

m. Mar. 5, 1731, Martha Fletcher. He d. — ; res. Weston and Lincoln, Mass., and

Rindge, N. H.

745, i. SoLO.MON, bap. Dec. 14, 1735; m. June 14, 1761, Mary Fay, res

Rindge, N. H. He was in the Revolutionary war in the com-
pany from Lincoln, Mass.
Sarah, bap. Aug. 28, 1737; died young.
Sarah, bap. Nov. 5, 1738.

Lois, bap. Jan. 1, 1743; m. in Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1771, Richard
Davis. They went to Rindge, N. H., from Lincoln, in 1773. Ch.:
Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1772, m Weston, Mass.; Solomon, b. April 24,
1774, in Rindge, N. H.; Lois, b. Nov. 8,1775, in Rindge, N. H.
749. v. Abigail, bap. May 2, 1741; m. Isaiah Underwood, of Lexington,
who was born Oct. 15, 1733, d. May 29, 1771. Ch.: Israel, b. Dec.
14, 1762; Abigail, b. Dec. 21, 1764; Suanna, b. Oct. 27, 1766;
Louis, b. Dec. 2, 1768; Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1770. The last two
were born in Hubbardston. Israel Underwood, Jr., b. Dec. 14,
1762, d. Sept. 26, 1840; m. Rhoda Newton, who was b. Apr. 24,
1761; d. Sept. 21, 1^52. Ch.: Nancy, b. June 8, 1790, d. Apr. 19, 1874;
unm.; Eber, b. July 24, 1791; Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1793; Josiah, b.
June 18, 1795; Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1796; Diodorus, b. July 1, 1798;
Rhoda, b. Feb. 10, 1800; Linda, b. Mar. 17, 1803; Eliza, b. Mar.
10, 1805.

Descendants are: Israel Underwood, Lena, 111.; Ira Under-
wood, West Gardner, Mass.; Caroline Smith, Pelersham, Mass.;
Walter Underwood, East Templeton, Mass.; Milo Hartwell, So.
Gardner, Mass.; Jonas Joslin, So. Gardner, Mass.; Charles A.
Shumway, West Gardner, Mass.

Sally Underwood was born Oct. 28, 1793, and died Jan. 24,
1878; she married in 1815, Nathaniel Sawyer, of Rutland, Mass.,

740.

ii.

741.

111.

742.

iv.

743.

V.

744.

VI.

746.

ii.

747.

111.

748.

IV.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 69

who was born Mar. 26, 1786, and died Jan. 13, 1879. Ch.: Sally, b.
Apr, 30, 1817, d. Aug. 1840; unm.; Diodorus, b. Nov. 10, 1818, d.
Nov. 13, 1890; m. Amelia Waste, of Whitingham, Vt. Had six
children, three are now living: George Sawyer, Whitingham, Vt.;
Carrie, now Mrs. Fred. Whitney, East Templeton, Mass., and
Fred Sawyer, East Templeton, Mass. Sally and Nathaniel
Sawyer's third child is Betsey Pierce, b. Oct. 21, 1823; m. Nov.
11, 1851, George Sawyer, of Templeton, Mass., who was b. July
28, 1818, was killed Oct. 14,1863. They had three children: Flora
Belle, b. Nov. 27, 1853; m. Nov. 26, 1879, Schuyler W. Melendy,
of Ludlow, Vt., b. Sept. 16, 1843. They had one child: George
Hubbard, b. Apr. 2, 1882, d. May 21, 1888; res. West Gardner,
Mass.; Sally Emma, b. May 26, 1857; George Scott, b. May 9,
1863; res. East Templeton, Mass.

750. vi. Martha, b. May 14, 1754; m. May 10, 1774, William Davis, of

Rindge, N. H. They went from Lincoln in 1773 to Rindge, N.
H. He was in the Rev. war, and was at the battle of Benning-
ton. Ch.: Susannah, b. May 7, 1775; Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1777;
Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1778; Lydia, b. June 2, 1781; m. Feb. 22, 1808,
Stephen Davis, of Enosburg, Vt.; Bathsheba, b. Oct. 2, 1783;
d. Sept. 2, 1787; Solomon, b. May 15, 1785; Israel, b. Jan. 17,1788;
Bathsheba, b. May 13, 1793; Timothy, b. Mar. 23, 1795.

273. Samuel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. June 17, 1711;
m. Apr. 8, 1735, Elizabeth Hastings, of Watertown, b. 1716; d. Oct. 23, 1800, in Marl-
boro, V^t. Samuel Whitney resided in Weston, and in 1743 removed to Shrewsbury,
where they were admitted to the church in 1761. He died in Shrewsbury. His will
is dated May 2, 1788, yeoman; mentions wife Elizabeth, and children Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Jonas, Eliphalet, Lucy, Lydia, Susanna, Elizabeth Mixer, Sally Lyon.
Asaph Sherman was admr. He d. Aug. 2,1788; res. Weston and Shrewsbury, Mass.

751. i. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1735; d. young.

752. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1738; m. Apr. 24, 1754, Joseph Mixer, Jr.,

son of Major Joseph; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; rem. to Athol and
d. there. Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1754; d. 1756; Joseph, b. Feb.
22, 1756; Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1758; Moses,b. Sept. 10, 1760; Daniel,
b. Aug. 25, 1763; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1766.

Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1739; m. Phebe Harington.

Lydia, bap. Mar. 22, 1740; d. Oct. 3, 1745.

Nathaniel, bap. Dec. 5, 1742; d. Nov. 19, 1744.

Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1744; m. July 14, 1762, Asaph Sherman, of Graf-
ton. (See history Grafton, by Fred C. Pierce.) He was a promi-
nent citizen of the town; was First Lieut, in Capt. Lake Drury's
company that marched to the Lexington alarm and served
during the Rev. war. He was b. Mar. 6, 1741; res. Grafton.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. July 18, 1763; Marv, b. Dec. 1, 1764; Lucy, b.
Oct. 25, 1766; Betty, b. Dec. 11, 1768; Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1770;
Candice, b. Nov. 18, 1772.

757. vii. Lydia, b. June 1, 1746; m. Nov. 3, 1767, William Britton, of
Rutland.

758. viii. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1748; m. Oct. 4, 1768, John Bellows. Jr.,
of Shrewsbury, formerly of Southboro. They settled on the
Samuel Whitney farm. She d. Feb. 1, 1805, and he d. Mar. 6, 1826.
Ch.: Martha, ra. Nathan Newton, 1792; Chloe, m. Pelatiah Allen,
of Holden; Lucy, m. Oliver Torrey, of Killingly, Conn.; Anna,
m. Dr. Jacob Kittridge, of Spencer; Moses, Lyscom, John, b.
Feb. 21, 1785.

759. ix. Nathaniel, b. May 30, 1749; m. Mary Houghton.

760. X. Jonas, b. June 14, 1761; m. Tamar Houghton.

761. xi, Sarah, b. July 15, 1753; m. in Shrewsbury, 1777, John Fisher Lyon,
of Grafton. He resided in Grafton, then in Shrewsbury, and
finally moved to Harvard, where he died. Ch.b. Shrews.: Lydia,
b. Apr. 9. 1778; John, b. Oct. 17, 1780.

762. xii. Eliphalet, bap. May 4, 1757; m. Aug. 12, 1776, Lois Houghton,
of Lancaster; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., and Marlboro, Vt.

763. xiii. Martha, bap. Aug. 5, 1759; d. bef. 1788; not men. in will.

753.

iii.

754.

IV.

755.

V.

756.

vi.

70

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

275. Joshua Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Mar. 25, bap. Apr. 25, 1714; m. May 21, 1739, in Spencer, Mass., Mehitable Wilson,
of Spencer, dau. of Dea. James and Mehitable. She d. May 1, 1785.

Joshua Whitney in 1746 resided in that part of Leicester afterwards incorporated
as Spencer. He purchased land of Dea. James Wilson, Sr., whose dau. he married.
Wilson came from Lexington to Leicester in 1714, and to Spencer in 1730. He was
a prominent citizen, often promoted to offices of trust and honor, and was deacon in
Rev. Mr. Fisk's church. Joshua moved to Stockbridge in 1758. In seating the
meeting house in 1771 the residents were given seats according to the value of their
estates. Of the sixty-eight families Joshua Whitney was the twenty-seventh. He is
interred in the old Norwich Hill burying ground, and his stone reads:

In Memory of
Mr. Joshua Whitney
he died 25 June
A. D. 1786
in the 70.
year of his age.
Death is a debt to nature due.
Which I have paid, and so must you.
Weep not for me, dry up your tears.
I must lie here till Christ appears.
He d. in 1785; res. Leicester, Spencer, and Stockbridge, Mass.

Phixehas, b. June 24, 1740; m. Sarah Harrington.
Lemuel, b. 1743; m. Thankful Grififith.

Beulah, b. 1745; m. 1765, John Ball. He was b. 1747, the son of
Eleazer, who was b. in Concord, and who was one of the first
settlers in Rutland. He d. Sept 4, 1775, ae. 28. The children
were all born in Leicester, Mass. She d. in Langdon, N. H., in
1822. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug. 10,1765; Eleazer, b. May 11, 1767;
Sibbil, b. Sept. 19, 1768; Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1771; Mehitable, b.
July 24, 1773; John, b. June 25, 1775.
Elisha, b. 1747; m. Esther Clark.
John, b. 1751; m. Rachel Hiscock.

Mehitable, b. 1756; m. Obadiah Newton; res. Spencer, Mass.,
and Granville, N. Y. Her husband died and she married a
Williams. He died and she again married a Hanks and moved
to Hopkinton, Ohio.

Joshua, b. 1758; m. Esther Prouty and Sartwell.

Susannah, b. 1762; m. William Hiscock; res. in eastern N. Y.
Polly, b. Oct. 19,1766; m. May 19. 1789, Jonathan Upham; res,
Windham, Vt. She d. Oct. 14, 1843. Polly lived m Dudley,
Mass., then in Gifford, Vt., and afterwards in Windham. He

764.
765.
766.

767.
768.
769.

iv.

V.

vi.

770.
771.
772.

vii.
viii
ix.

wasb. in Dudley, Mass., June 26, 1761, was a soldier in the Rev-
olutionary war, and d. July 15, 1827. He was a farmer. Ch.: Rox-
ania, b. Aug. 22,1791 ; m. Nov. 29, 1820, Reuben Prentiss, oldest
son of Harvev N.; res. Windam. She d. June 9, 1855; Sophia,
b. Mar. 17, 1793; m. Jan. 4, 1827, Henry Miller; her son H. C.
res. Ovid, Iowa. She d. May 21, 1836; Mehitable, b. Dec. 25,
1788; d. Aug. 25, 1833; Jerusha, b. Sept. 11, 1794; d. Feb. 15,
1849; Polly, b. July 7, 1796; d. Oct. 15, 1848; Gardner, b. May2,
1798; res. Windham, Vt.; m. Oct. 11, 1827, Eunice A. Emory, d.
June 23, 1848; m. 2d, Jan. 15, 1850, Marilla Wyman, d. Mar. 4,
1867; m. 3d, Feb. 20,1872, Mr,s, Elizabeth Abbott, d. Jan. 17,
1879. He is still living (1893), altliougn ne has completed his
ninety-fifth year. His health is good, and he attends church
regularly and goes to the postoffice daily, with the exception of
the very cold weather last winter. His own generation has
passed and most of the next generation, but he still remains, a
pleasant, genial companion to the old, the young, or the middle-
aged, conversing with equal fluency on the incidents of his
boyhood , the current topics of the day, or any intervening
event. He was born in Guilford, Vt.,but went to Windham when
six years old and spent his life there, except from 1850 to 1872
he lived in Grafton, Vt.; Jonathan, b. May 30, 1800; m. Sept. 18,
1832, Sarah M. Moore; res. Windham. He d. May B, 1878;

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 71

one child living, Asahel, at W.; Asahel, b. Dec. 15, 1802; res.
W.; m. Sept. 9, 1833, Hannah S. Carter; was a merchant in
Boston; d. s. p. Dec. 29, 1833; Zenas, b. July 28, 1807; d. Feb.
24, 1810; Ebenezer, b. Mar. 24, 1805; m. Sept. 6, 1837, Susan
D. Grout; res. New York, Iowa, and d. Mar. 2, 1876; a dau.,
Mrs. W. B. Burton, res. New York, Iowa; Zenas H.,b. Oct. 19,
1811; m. Harriet L. Putnam and Jane E. Pierce. He d. Dec.
16, 1892. Sons; Abel P., care Sprague, Warner & Co.; Dea. A,
O. Prentice, Chicago, and Herbert J., Stillwater, Iowa.

773. X. SiBBiLLAH, b. 1754.

276. David Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in Watertown,
Mass., in 1716; m. m Needham, Nov. 17, 1743, Mehitable Parker. She m. Oct. 27,
1757, Josiah Ware (his third wife), b. Mar. 21, 1707; d. 1798 in Needham. He was
born in Watertown, Mass.; was leit fatherless at the age of 14, at which time a guar-
dian was appointed for him (Middlesex Probate, 1731, No. 17631). He resided nearly
all his life in Needham, but died in Natick, Mass. David Whitney, who married
Mehitable Parker, that son of Nathaniel and Mercy (Robinson) of Weston, whom
Wm. L. Whitney names as in his 15th year in 1731 (No. 243, p. 26). A glance at Bond,
p. 965, No. 107, shows that Nathaniel, eldest son of Nathaniel and Mercy*, named his
third son for this youngest brother David; while David, who was not much older than
his nephews, and possibly lived among them after his father's death in 1730, out of
five children of his own, transmitted the names of his nephevvp, Ephraim and Oliver,
and of his mother, Mercy. Mehitable, the mother, died bef. 1764, for Apr. 19 of that
year Josiah married for fourth wife, Sibel Robinson; no ch. He d. Apr. 19, 1754; res.
Needham and Natick, Mass.

774. i. Oliver, b. Apr. 15, Needham; bap. June 9, 1744; m. Hannah

Chase.
Mary, b. Nov. 5; bap. Natick, Nov. 24, 1745.
Ephraim, bap. May 29, 1747; m. Sarah Wood.
John, b. June 5, 1749.
Mercy, b. Jan. 8, 1751.
Mehitable, b. Aug. 3, 1758; m. May 10, 1780, Abraham Whitney,

Jr., of Stow. She d. 1835.

780. vii. WiLLiA.M, b. 1760; d. young.

277. William Whitney (William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 11, 1707; m.
in Sudbury Sept. 10, 1735, Hannah Harrington; d. Apr. 30, 1740; m. 2d Mar. 30, 1742,
Mrs. Mary (Chadwick) Pierce, b. Oct. 6, 1713; d. Feb. 23, 1756; m. 3d Aug. 12, 17.56,
Margaret Spring; m. 4th June 14, 1763, Mrs. Sarah Davis, of Brookline; res. Weston,
Mass.

781. i. William, b. Apr. 10, 1736; m. Mary Mansfield.

782. ii. Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1737; m. Apr. 25, 1757, Henry Spring, of

Weston. He was son of Henry, b. April 6, 1733.

783. iii. Phinehas, b. Apr. 23, 1740; m. Miriam Willard, Lydia Bowes and

Mrs. Jane Garfield.

784. iv. Mary, bap. Dec. 17, 1742; d. young.

785. V. Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1744; m. May 29, 1777, Amos Fiske, of Walth.

man. He was born Apr. 25, 1754; was a soldier in the Rev.
war; had four children, three daughters and one son; Polly, b.
Aug., 1778; m. Mar. 29, 1801, Samuel Harrington, of Watertown;
the other two daughters m. Stearns and Fletcher; the son, Amos
Fiske, Jr., died at Cinn.; Polly Fiske Harrington m. 1807 Jere-
miah Wiswell, of Newton; had one child by S. Harrington and
four by J. Wiswell; a granddaughter is Mrs. C. K. Thomas, 118
Princeton St., East Boston, Mass.

786. vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1736; m. Gen. Amasa Davis, of Boston; b. Aug.

17,1744; d. Jan. 30, 1825.

787. vii. Nathaniel, b. Mav 1, 1748; d. Oct, 10, 1751.

788. viii. Joel, b. Dec. 22, 1749; d. Feb., 1750.

789. ix. Susanna, b. Dec. 23, 1751; m. May 14, 1778, Israel Mead, of Med-

ford; b. Dec. 27, 1751.

790. X. Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1753; m. May 14, 1778, Samuel Custis, of

Marlboro. He was from Roxbury, and moving to Marlboro to

♦Bond says " Mary," which Temple and Wm. L. W. correct to Mercy.

775.

n.

776.

in.

1 1 1.

IV.

778.

V.

779.

VI.

72 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

practice his profession, that of a physician, he m. the wid. of
Dr. Dexter. After her death, Dec. 25, 1774, he married as above.
He had two children by his first wife, and by his second, Anna,
b^ May 26, 17^0: Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1779; Fanny, b. Mar. 19,
1781. He was a man of influence, was clerk, selectman and
justice of the peace; was a member of the committee of corre-
spondence in 1778.

281. Lieut. Samuel Whitney (William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 23,
1719; m. Oct. 20, 1741, Abigail Fletcher. He was a leading man in the settlement of
Westmister, and was frequently elected to office. He went from Weston soon after
his marriage, probably in 1742. His place of residence in Westminster in 1859 was
owned by Mr. Hartwell. The old cellar is still visible. Samuel was frequently
elected selectman and during the Revolutionary war was a lieutenant. The History
•of Westminster says: "He located on lot No. 51, near the No. Common, where
Leander Hartwell now lives. The house he built stood a few rods south of the site
of the present one. He was a prominent, capable, and much esteemed resident of
the township, one of the executive committee of the propriety and selectman three
years after incorporation. He also held a commission as lieutenant in the militia of
the province. He was a man of wealth and influence, having a large landed estate,
which enabled him to give each of his sons a farm, it is said, before or at his
•decease." The inventory of his estate was made to probate court by his widow,
Abigail, in April, 1783. He d. Jan. 1,.1782; res. Weston and Westminster, Mass.

Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1742; prob. d. young.

Mary, b. May 29, 1744; m. Elijah Gibson and Edward Scott, of
Westminster.

Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1746; m. Thankful Wilder.
Abner, b. May 18, 1748; m. Elizabeth Glazier and Levina (Glaz-
ier) Ward.

Achsah, b. Sept. 30. 1750; d. May 14, 1772.
Silas, b. Oct. 20, 1752; m. Sarah Withington.
Martha, b. Nov. 26, 1755; d. young.
Elisha, b. July 2, 1757; m. Eunice Seaver.

Alpheus, b. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Esther Hartwell; History of West-
minster says s. p.

Phinehas, b. Jan. 16, 1761; m. Elizabeth Rand.

Hananiah, b. Dec. 18, 1762; m. Azubah Keyes.

Martha, b. Sept. 18, 1764; m. Benjamin Seaver and Isaac Seaver.

Susanna, b. Feb. 9, 1767; d. young.

284. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Stratford, Conn..
Dec. 13, 1727; m. Mar. 26, 1751, Hannah Judson, who d. smallpox Dec. 23, 1760; m-

■2d Martha .

He was appointed administrator of his father's estate Feb. 21, 1754. The town
gave him liberty to erect a store house of about 20 feet in length and 18 broad
under the bank of the Mill river, near the upper ship yard, at the Ram pasture, the
place to be fixed by Thomas Hill and James Smedly, a committee for that purpose^
at said Whitney's cost. It is said he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and
that he died in the early part of the war, being one of several who were killed by
being poisoned. He may have been a prisoner in New York at the time of his death;
res. Newtown, Conn.

James, b. Aug. 10, 1753; m. Eunice Johnson and Mrs. Rhoda Peet.

Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1757; m. Huldah Stilson.

John, b. Mar. 16, 1767. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and is said to have been captured in Algiers.

807. iv. Hannah, b. Mar. 1, 1769; m. Wright; res. Huntington,

Conn.

808. v. Sarah, b. in 1771; d. unm.; said to have been the most beautiful

girl in Huntington^ Conn,

809. vi. Isaac, b. in 1773; m. Susannah Bryan.

286. Isaac Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Sept. 2, 1710, in Weston; m-
Feb. 8, 1729, Elizabeth Gale; bap. May 25, 1712; res. Weston, Mass.
810. i. Elizabeth, bap. July 19, 1741,

791.

i.

792.

11.

793.

iii.

794.

IV.

795.

V.

796.

vi.

797.

vii.

798.

vni

799.

IX.

800.

X.

801.

xi.

802.

xii.

803.

Xlll

804.

i.

805,

11.

806,

111.

811.

1.

812.

ii.

813.

iii

814.

iv,

815.

V.

816.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. . 73

2b7. Zachariah Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Dec. 28, 1711, in
Weston; m. Apr. 11, 1739, Sarah Boynton, of Lunenburg, Mass.; res. Woburn, Mass.,
and Lunenburg, Mass.

Zachariah, b. Jan. 16, 1747; m. Elizabeth Wetherbee.

Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1740; rx\. Mar. 3, 1763, Silas Button.

Jane, b. Sept. 22, 1742.

Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1746.

Mary, b. April 8, 1752.

John, b. Apr. 16, 1756; m. Priscilla Battles.

289. Abraham Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Aug. 8, 1716, bap. June
17, 1741; ni. Jan. 20, 1742, Tabitha Allen, b. Oct. 26, 1722; dau. of Joseph, Jr., and
Abigail Allen. His father John was one of the original proprietors of Paris, Me.,
in 1735. Abraham was given this land in 1771; res. Watertown, Mass.

817. i. Elisha, b. Mar. 2, 1743.

818. ii. Simon, b. Nov. 21, 1745; d. Apr. 25. 1751.

819. iii. Abigail, b. ; d. Apr. 23, 1751.

820. iv. Levi, b. May 16, 1750.

821. v. Sarah, b. May 18, 1752.

291. Joseph Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1710; m. Apr.
19, 1737, Mary Child, b. Feb. 25, 1717. In the Middlesex Register of Deeds office
is found the following data: 1785, Joseph, Jonathan, and wife Susan, and Abraham
and wife Mary, of Watertown, late father Joseph and brother Daniel; 1785, Joseph,
Jonathan, and Abraham, in behalf of his late wife, Elizabeth Whitney, deceased;
all heirs of Joseph, deceased, of Watertown. Witness: Jonathan, Jr. He d. in 1790;
res. Weston, Mass.

Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1737, d. young.
Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1738; m. Elizabeth Goddard.
David, b. Jan. 21, 1740; d. bef. 1784.
Jonathan, b. Apr. 12, 1743; m. Susanna Norcross.
Abijah, b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. Lydia Stearns.

Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 23, 1746; m. Abraham Whitney, son of
John and Susan .

292. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John),b. Watertown, Mass.,

Sept. 14, 1712; m. — ■ — — . (See Worcester records of births in city clerk's

office. He did not die Nov. 13, 1713, as Bond says, in his History of Watertown.)
Res. Worcester, Mass.

828. i. Benjamin, b. in 1737; m. Sarah White.

829. ii. Samuel, b. in 1741; m. Mary White.

293. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Nov. 22, 1715: m.
Mar. 1, 1742, Mary Clark, b. 1713; d. 1765. His will probated in 1808; was of Water-
town; gave property to brother Benjamin, of Worcester, and his sister, Elizabeth
Child. Also gives Joseph Whitney, second son of Jonathan, of Watertown, yi part
of his estate. He was admr. on his wife's estate in 1765. He d. s. p. 1808; res.
Watertown, Mass.

304. John Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), bap. Mar. 17, 1731; m. July
4, 1753, Mary Benjamin, b. May 24, 1726, He served in the Watertown company in
the Revolutionary war; res. Waltham, Mass.

830. i. Samuel, bap. June 6, 1756.

307. Abraha.m Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 7, 1735; m. July
10, 1766, Elizabeth Whitney, bap. Nov. 23, 1746, dau. of Joseph and Mary; m. 2d in
Watertown, Dec. 3, 1772, Mary Mead, b. May 1, 1753, dau. of Joshua.

He was born in Watertown, Mass., and resided there for some time after his
marriage. With his brothers he served in the company commanded by Capt.
Barnard from Watertown in the Revolutionary war and marched from Watertown
to Lexington on the alarm April 19, 1775. Paul Revere was ably assisted in spread-
ing the intelligence of the landing of the British at Cambridge, by Abraham
Whitney.

The night before the battle of Lexington, Abraham Whitney started off for

Lynn on horseback, at about midnight, with panniers filled with shoes, which

his brother desired to have delivered in Lynn early in the morning. Abraham

Whitney had got about to Charlestown when he was startled by a voice in the dark,

6

822.

823.

824.

iii.

825.

iv.

826.

V.

827.

vi.

834.

835.

ii.

836.

Ill

837.

iv

74 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

which stealthily asked him, " If he knew the regulars were landing." He replied
that he did not; whereupon he was informed of the particulars. Relieving his
horse of the load of shoes, he galloped him back to Watertown, where, arousing a
few of his neighbors, it was not long ere the words, " The regulars have landed, be
on the church green at sunrise," had resounded on the still night air, from each
man's doorway, and soon lights began to gleam from house to house, an index of
life and bustle within. Prompt to the summons, the sun arose on a line of men
ranged on the green in front of the old meeting house. We can imagine the anxious
countenances of the wives and children, the compressed lips and stern faces of the
men, as they listened to a few words from their leader, and their strong and
measured tread, as at the roll of the drum they hastened away, in answer to the first
call of liberty. Res. Westford, Mass., and Concord, Mass.

831. i. Abraham, b. .

832. ii. Lois, b. 1777. She d. in Concord in 1796 unm.
883. iii Elizabeth, b. .

309. EzEKiEL Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), bap. Apr. 12,1741; m.
Dec. 6, 1763, Catherine Draper, of Roxbury; m. 2d, May 19, 1769, Catherine Anson.
Ezekiel became one of the grantees of land at Paris, Me., in the right of his uncle
Ensign David. He was a cordwainer by trade. Served in the- Rev. war in Capt.
Barnard^s Watertown company. He d. in 1801; res. Watertown, Mass.

Ezekiel, b. Apr. 13, 1768; m. Lydia and- .

Francis, b. Sept. 23, 1771.
Amasa, b. May 4, 1774.

Catherine, b. Mar. 4, 1777; m. Feb. 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker
of Rutland. Had son Christopher Columbus.

838. v. Aaron, b. June 20, 1780.

310. Stephen Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Apr. 23, bap, Aus:.
14, 1743; m. May 10, 1770, Relief Stearns; b. Apr. 10, 1749; d. Jan. 17, 1803. He was
born in Watertown; worked on his father's farm; learned the shoemaker's trade.
After his marriage moved to Lunenburg, where he was a farmer. During the Rev-
olutionary war he served in the Watertown company. He d. Apr. 4, 1833; res.
Watertown, Lunenburg, and Fitchburg, Mass. *

839. i. Stephen, b. Jan. 25, 1771; m. Sally Dexter.

840. ii. Relief, b. Nov. 11, 1773; m. June 19, 1803, Asa Tarball, of Gro-

ton ; b. Mar., 1772. She d. July; 1855. Ch.: Edmund, b. Apr. 26,
1804; m. Sophia Smith; Nancy, b. Jan. 6, 1806; m. J. J. Bigelow,
of Boston; Charles, b. Dec. 3, 1807; m. Sarah B. Jewett.

841. iii. Lucy, b. Oct. 17, 1774; m. Mar. 5, 1797, Solomon Day, of Fitch-

burg; b. Oct. 28, 1767; d. Mar. 7, 1837. She d. Aug. 10, 1858, in

Fitchburg. Ch.: Abigail N., b. Mar. 12, 1799; d. Nov., 1818;

Stephen W.,b. Feb. 28, 1801; d. Nov. 23, 1826, at Milford, Mass.;

Lucretia S., b. Apr. 19, 1803; m. Alvan Simonds, Nov. 15, 1855; d.

Jan. 30, 1866, at Boston, Mass.; Mary Ann, b. May 27, 1805; m.

Levi Downe; d. at Fitchburg, Mass.; Lucy Whitney, b. Sept.

10, 1807; m. Alvan Simonds, Jan. 17, 1832; d. Apr. 17, 1854;

a son, Edwin A., res. 32 Astor St., Chicago, 111.; Relief E., b.

Aug. 16, 1813; d. June 1, 1835.
Abijah, b. Aug. 10, 1776; m. Betsey Whitney.
Lois, b. Jan. 26, 1779; m. Francis Wolf, of Boston. Ch.: Louisa,

b. ; m. Joseph Hunting; Francis W., b. ; res. N. Y. city;

was emp. M. E. Book Concern; Susan, m. Israel Tole; res. Boston.
Nancy, b. Oct. 15, 1782; d. unm. Oct. 4, 1866, in Westfield, N. Y.
Polly, b. Nov. 1783; m. 1814, Joseph Burns, of Milford, N. H.;

3 ch. She d. Aug. 1843.
Lucretia, b. Oct. 14, 1785; m. Robert Cunningham, of Boston,

who soon d. She d. s. p. Dec. 29, 1868.
Prentiss, b. Nov. 2, 1787; m. Sylvia Bicknell.
SuKEY,b. Aug. 16, 1789; d. Nov., 1807. All the ten children sang

together in the church choir, in Lunenburg, Mass.

314. David Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Sept. 25, 1723; m. Mary
Merriam, b. June 15, 1729. His will is dated 1764. He died June 25, 1769; res. Walt-
ham, Mass.

842.

843.

iv.
v.

844.
845.

vi.

vii

846.

vii:

847.

848.

ix.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 75

849. i. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1751; m. Apr. 18, 1768, William Wellington, b.

July 28, 1746; res. Lex. Ch.": William, b. Dec. 11, 1769; m. Avis-
Fiske; David, b. Nov. 1, 1771; m. Rebecca Stearns; Abraham,
b. Mar. 22, 1774; m. Elizabeth Lawrence; Polly, b. Apr. 16, 1776;
m. Phinehas Lawrence; Isaac, b. Feb. 20, 1778; drowned Nov.
1798; member senior class, Har. Coll.; Charles, b. Feb. 20, 1780:
gr. Har. Coll. 1802; rev. Set Templeton; Alice, b. Oct. 31, 1781;
m. James Clarke; Betsey, b. Feb. 4, 1784; m. Capt. Isaac Child;
Seth, b. Nov. 18, 1785; m. Louisa Miles and Mrs. Sabra Stone;
Sybil, b. Sept. 24, 1737;. m. Irving Pierce; Marshall, b. Sept. 26,
1789; m. Elizabeth Kimball; Darius, b. Jan. 14,1794; m. twice;
Almira, b. Aug. 1, 1795; m. Francis Bowman; Isaac, b. Nov. 12,
1796.

850. ii. David, b. July 9, 1753; d. Mar. 1, 1776.

851. lii. Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1756; m. Aug. 28, 1776, Bezaleel Wright.

852. iv. Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Roland Blackman, o£

Weston.

316. Capt. Nathan Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. IMar. 12, 1726;
m. Sept., 1752, Tabitha Merriam, b. May 10, 1733; d. Dec. 26, 1822.

On the 26th of Dec, 1750, Nathan Whitney bought of Benjamin Brown lot No.
90, in the south part of the township (Narragansetts No. 2, now Westminster, Mass.),
now represented by his gt.-gd. sons, Edward and George C. Whitney, of Worcester,
who occupy a portion of it, and the buildings thereon as a summer residence. Early
in July following he was reported to the Gen. Ct. as "a good man, at work on the
spot." Not finding, however, a satisfactory site on the premises for a permanent
dwelling ho., he purchased of his prospective f.-in-law, Thomas Merriam, of Lex.,
the S. E. end of the adjoining lots, .\'os. 83 and 84, and erected a temporary place of
abode, near where his gd. s., Calvin, now lives. This, a few years later, was super-
seded by a more substantial structure, the oldest part of the habitation herein
represented. In 1752 or 1753 he brought to his new home his yg. bride, Tabitha
Merriam, whom he m. in Sept. of the former year. It is stated that after Mr. W.
had bought his lot and expended some labor upon it he became much discouraged
and resolved to abandon the undertaking. But his intended f.-in-law, who had con-
siderable landed interests in the vicinity, dissuaded him from his purpose. More-
over, the coming hither of his w. at an early day hel])ed to make him contented,
though lonelipess on her part and fear of Indians caused her for a time much unhap-
piness. As time went on, however, outward trials diminished, but sad domestic
experiences arose. Twice were these new-comers wholly bereaved of their children.
By the fearful epidemic of 1756, the first two d. before the third saw the light, while
a similar visitation in 1764 took from them the four that in the intervening period
had been born to them. Three only of the nine they had in all, b. at a later date,
were spared to mature years. He was a weaver by trade and established a loom in
his colonial home.

Nathan Whitney was an enterprising, prosperous citizen, patriotic and public-
spirited, and interested in military affairs. As corporal in the Co. of which Daniel
Hoar was Capt. in 1759, he was ordered in the name of his majesty, George II., to
impress for service in the Canada Expedition one Edward Joyner, a resident of the
township. In 1771 he had risen to the dignity of captain, receiving his commission
from the rcyal governor at that date, Thomas Hutchinson. Mr. Whitney departed
this life .-Xug. 10, 1803, at the age of 76. 'His with, Tabitha, survived him nearly 20
years, passing on Dec. 26, 1822, ae. 90. That he was an eminently successful farmer,,
and one of the largest property holders of his day is shown by the U. S. valuation
and tax-list made out in 1798, and also by the inventory of his estate filed at the
Prob. Ct., Oct. 1, 1803. It may be questioned whether another resident of the town
■was so favorably conditioned in this respect as was he at that early date. Interest-
ing features of his wiliare that his s., David, to whom he bequeathed his home farm^
shall furnish his wid., Tabitha, besides certain specified househokl previlege? and
conveniences, "2 cows, a horse to ride with when she wants it," and also each year
"4 bush, rye meal, 6 bush. Indian, 2 bush, wheat made into flour, 100 lbs. pork, 100
beef, 3 barrels cyder, and 10 cords wood." He d. Aug. 10, 1803; res. Waltham and
Westminster, Mass.

853. i. Tabitha, b. June 29, 1753; d. Oct. 14, 1756.
■ 854. ii. Nathan, b. May 16, 1755; d. Aug. 28, 1756.

855. iii. Tabitha, b. July 6, 1757; d. June 27, 1764.

856.

iv.

857.

V.

858.

vi.

859.

Vll.

860.

vin.

861.

IX.

862.

i.

863.

11.

864.

iii.

865.

iv.

866.

V.

867.

vi.

868.

vii

76 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Nathan, b. Apr. 9,1759; d. July 2, 1764.
Jonathan, b jMav 14, 1761; d. June 21, 1764.
Ruth, b. Apr. 17,' 1763; d. July 9, 1764.
Nathan, b. July 1, 1765; m. Eunice Puffer.
David, b. Aug.'l6, 1767; m. Elizabeth Barrow.
John, b. Oct. 13, 1769; m. Elizabeth Stearns.

318. JosiAH Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 22, 1730; ni.
June 15, 1762, Sarah Laurence, b. July 21, 1737, d. Sept. 14, 1794. He served in a
Waltham company during the Revolutionary war. He d. Dec. 3, 1800; res. Waltham
and Ashby, Mass.

Sarah, b Apr. 18, 1763.
JosiAH, b. June 23, 1765; m. Mary Barrett.

Rhoda, b. Aug. 22, 1768; m. May 8, 1794, Amos Smith, b. Feb. 26,
1762; res. Waltham. She d. Feb. 25, 1817. Ch.: Amos, b. Dec.
26, 1794; Sarah.b. Mar.8, 1796; d. Sept. 25, 1804; John, b. Oct. 18,

1797; Alice, b. May 7, 1799, d. ,1800; Alice, b. Jan. 28, 1801;

m. Dec. 23, 1824, Uriah B. Stearns; John, b. Apr. 13, 1802; Luke,
b. May 17, 1803; Darius, b. Aug. 3, 1804; Sarah, b. Nov. 30. 1806;
Josiah, b. Nov. 7,1808.
Jonathan, b. May 8. 1772; m. Sarah Child.
Anna, bap. Apr. 2. 1775.
Lucy, bap. July 28, 1776.
Nancy, b.

819. Jonas Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. June 25, 1733; m.
Sept. 27, 1757, Sarah Whittemore of Lexington, b. 1728; d. July 26, 1821.

Jonas Whitney was s. of Ensign David of Waltham. He followed his elder
hro. to Nar. No 2, and on the 20th July, 1757, bought of Samuel Merriam, of Lex.,
the farm and buildings originally belonging to Nathan Merriam, dec'd. The estate
consisted, substantially, of the present homestead of Daniel Harrington and his s.,
James, in the south part of the town. The house then standing on the premises was
located some twelve or fifteen rods N. E. of the now existing one, in the open field,
all marks of which were long since obliterated. He m. Sarah Whittemore of Lex-
ington, by whom he had 5 ch. The inventory of his estate was returned to probate
court at Worcester by wife, Sarah, who was administratrix, Feb. 2, 1779. He d. Sept.
8, 1778; res. Westminster, Mass.

869. i. Joel. b. Sept. 13, 1765; m. Lucy Holden and Mrs. Abigail (Holden)

Merriam.

870. ii. Jonas, b. Nov. 10, 1761; m. Elizabeth Raymond.

871. iii. RuHAMAH, b. Apr. 11, 1763; m. Dec. 26, 1786, Ebenezer Ross, of

Sterling. He was b. Nov. 9, 1756; d. Mar. 5, 1833. She d. Oct.
9, 1840. Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Sterling, Nov. 9, 1787; d. Mar. 12, 1868;
Sarah, b. June 23, 1789; d. Mar. 18, 1865; Nabby, b. July 1, 1793;
Mason, b. Sept. 25, 1797; d. Sept. 27, 1845; m. Mary Richardson
Jan. 7, 1821; Kezia, b. Nov. 20, 1799; d. Feb. 26, 1859; m.
Ephraim Nelson Jan.27,1842; Elvira, b. Feb. 23,1802; d. July 11,
1833; Lucy, b. Jan. 18, 1807; d. June, 1883; m. James H. Bennett
Nov. 16, 1836. Descendants: Mrs. Laura E. Miller, Gardner,
Mass.; James M. Bass, Irving, Mass.; Mrs. Ira Nichols, W.
Sterling, Mass.
■ 872. iv. Benjamin, b. Apr. 28, 1770; m. Nancy Fuller.

873. v. Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1768; d. Sept. 13, 1778.

821. Benjamin Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Apr. 12, 1723; ni.
Deliverence ; res. Watertown, Mass., and Dummerston.Vt.

874. 1. Henry, b. Jan. 8. 1745.

875. ii. Lydia, b. Sept. 1, 1749.

876. iii. Benjamin, b. Feb. 2, 1751.

877. iv'. Deliverance, b. Nov. 20, 1757.

878. v. Esther, b. ; m. Apr. 21, 1799, Washington Burnham. He

was accidentally drowned. She m. again and moved away from
Dummerston.

879. vi. Sally, b. ; m. William Kelley and William Crosby of D.

880. vii. Polly, b. ; m. Elijah W. Stearnes and Nathan Adams of D.

322. Simon Whitney ;Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Mar. 20, 1727; m. May

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

881.

882.

883.

iii.

884.

IV.

88.S.

V,

886.

VI.

887.

Vll.

889.

viii

890.

IX.

891.

X.

892.

i.

893.

ii.

894.

iii.

895.

IV,

896.

V.

897.

vi.

26, 1757, Mary Ruggles, d. Mar. 12, 1773; m. 2d. Mary Seaver; 3d, Sarah .

He d. Oct. 16, 1797; res. Watertown, Mass.

Nathaniel R., b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. Abigail Frothingham.

Dorothy, b. July 22, 1760; d. 1761.

Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. 1765.

Grace, b. July, 1763; d. Sept. 1763.

Lucy, bap. Oct. 25, 1767; d. prob. bef. 1797; not mentioned in will.

Anna, bap. July 23, 1769; prob. d. bef. 1797; not mentioned in will.

Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1773; m. Aug. 29, 1792, Phinehas Jennison. He
was bap. June 14, 1770; res. Newton, Mass.

Simon, b. Apr. 12, 1778.

Richard, b. Jan. 12, 1782; m. Mary Elizabeth Parker.

Mary, b. , Mentioned in father's will.

326. Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 7, 1735; m.
Mary Harrington. He served in the Revolutionary army in the company of Capt.
Wyman of Westford; res. Waltham, Mass.

Mary Kimball, b. Apr. 2. 1775.

Katherine, b. Feb. 21, 1777; m.(Feb. 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker

of Rutland).?
Daniel, b. Nov. 8, 1778.

Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1780; m. Sybil Chenery.
Israel, b. Aug. 14, 1782.
Dorothy, b. Aug. 4, 1784; m. May 9, 1805, Nathaniel Bright, b.

Mar. 4, 1777. She d. Mar. 25, 1818; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 13, 1806;

d. Julv 17,1828; Samuel, b. Jan. 7, 1808; m. Elizabeth Bright;

William, b. Dec. 29, 1810; d. Dec. 7, 1840. Jonathan Brown, b.

Feb. 21, 1816; m. Maria G. Harding; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.

898. vii. Grace, b. Jan. 6, 1789.

899. viii. Elisha, b. July 21, 1792.

327. Capt. Joshua Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b, Apr. 3, 1737;
m. Jan. 26, 1759, Mary Clarke, of Newton; b. Apr. 14," 1741 : d. July 4, 1796; m. 2d
Mar. 13, 1797, Abigail Wood, of Rutland; b. 1744; d. Oct. 5, 18:-;8.

He lived on what is now Millbury street, opposite the head of the present Cam-
bridge street, was captain of the training band, was a farmer, and while plowing in
the held with his team was called into service. Unhitching his team he started for
Boston with others. His son, William Clarke, who was then eleven years of age,
went with the men to take back the team. He said the lady of the house where they
stopped in Boston asked his father if he would have some tea his answer was " No."
She said, " then I will give your little boy some." So he got some. Capt. Joshua was
active in drilling and furnishing men for the Revolutionary war. He was an original
member of the American Political society, was one of the committee appointed by
the town May 16, 1774, to report instructions to be observed by Mr. Joshua Bigelow,
the representative to the General Court. In 1778 he was captain of the Worcester
Military company. Joshua Whitney resided in Worcester, Mass., and sold land in
Paris, Me., to his two sons, Daniel and Wm. Clarke, in 1785-88 In seating the meet-
ing house in 1763, Capt. Joshua Whitney was given pew number 12. Capt. Joshua
Whitney's will, of Worcester, mentions wife Abigail; daughter, Lucy Chapin, wife of
Thaddeus Chapin; gives to Mary Whitney, wife of Samuel Whitney; sons, Daniel
and Clarke; daughter, Dorothy Adams; gives to Calvin, son of daughter Dorothy;
daughter Grace Ranks, wife of John Ranks; gives to Lyd'a Elder, wife of John
Elder; gives to sons Joshua and Israel. Exec. Israel Whitney. He d. May 7, 1809;
res. Worcester, Mass.

900. i. Lucy, b. June 2, 1759; m. June 24, 1780, Thaddeus Chapin; b. Apr.

10, 1756, in Uxbridge, Mass., son of Benjamin, who moved to
Worcester in 1760. He lived near the edge of Auburn on the
west side of Pakachoag Hill, which was later a part of Ward.
Ch.: Dr. Benjamin, b. May 20, 1781; m. Comfort Bancroft and
Miss Patch, 2 Ch.: Benjamin and Clark; Luther, b. Oct. 5,1783,
had a son Luther, of Ware, father of Ca]it. Charles S.,of Wor.
Jemima, b. July 12, 1785; m. Wm. Coes; Catherine, b. Mar. 17,
1787; m. in Conn; Dorothy, b Nov. 4, 1789; m. Wm. Trow-
bridge, of Sheboygan, Wis.; Dea. Lewis, b. May 27, 1792; m.
Achsah Trowbridge, and d. Nov. 25, 1874; Leonard, b. July 19,
1801.

901.

ii.

902.

111.

903.

iv.

904.

V.

905.

vi.

906.

vii.

907.

viii.

908.

ix.

yuy.
910.

1.
ii.

911.

iii.

912.

iv.

913.

V.

914.

VI.

78 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mary, b. June 19, 1761; m. June 24, 1778, Samuel Whitney.

Daniel, b. July 3, 1763; m. .

Wm. Clarke, b. Oct. 19, 1765; m. Sophia Fuller and Dorothy

Patch.
Dorothy, b. June 19, 1770; m. May, 1797, Joseph Adams. Ch.:

Calvin, b. .

Grace, b. Mar. 6, 1776; m. Mar. 8, 1797, John Ranks.
Lydia, b. June 26, 1768; m. Feb. 15, 1792, John Elder, Jr.
JosHL'A, b. June 17, 1773.
Israel, b. Apr. 6, 1781; m. Lucy Mahan.

^328. Henry Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Jan.
-5, 1769, Hannah Tombs, of Newton. He was in one of the Watertown companies in
the Revolutionary war. He died bef. 1790, about 1788; res. Watertown, Mass.

Benjamin, b. Mar. 10, 1770; non compos mentis.

Lydia, b. Dec. 28, 1770; d. in 1776.

Anna, b. Dec. 27, 1774; d. in 1776.

Hannah, b. in 1775; d. Dec. 24, 1776.

Elizabeth, b. ; res. Dummerton, Vt.

Henry, b. ; m. Fanny Miller.

329. Israel Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Aug. 6, 1741; m. there Sept., 1765, Jemima Robbing; b. ^iar. 31, 1747. After Israel's
death, she m. 2d, Nathaniel Kingsbury. In 1791 in the Suffolk County Court Kings-
bury was appointed guardian of Israel and Dorothy. He d. in 1774; res. Watertown,
Mass.

Anna, b. 1767; d. 1767.

Jemima, b. July 23, 1768; m. David Fairbanks; res. Dedham, Mass.

Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1770.

Dorothy, b. Nov. 10, 1771.

Israel, b. Mar. 7, 1774; d. Sept., 1775.

Israel, b. Mar. 10, 1775; m. Mary Fuller.

332. Dr. Elisha Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Feb. 27, 1747;
m. at Ipswich, 1777, Eunice Farley, b. 1757; d. May 1, 1809.

Dr. Elisha Whitney married Eunice, dau. of Gen. Michael and Elizabeth
(Choate) Farley, of Ipswich. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1766 and went
first to Hamilton, then a part of Ipswich, in 1772. Beverlv was largely engaged in
privateering and among its successful commanders were Capt. Giles and Capt. Hugh
Hill with whom Dr. Whitney sailed several times, as surgeon. On one occasion
Capt. Giles was so severely wounded that amputation of one leg became necessary.
Dr. Whitney jierformed the operation in so satisfactory a manner that the captain
presented him with a chaise found on board, the prize which had been manufactured
for the governor of Barbadoes. On a later cruise they fell in with a British vessel of
superior force, and after short but sharp engagement they were compelled to sur-
render and were carried into Halifax. "Michael Farley petitions the Council of
Massachusetts, Dec. 20, 1777, that Dr. Whitney, now a prisoner at Halifax, may be
exchanged for Dr. McCullough,a British prisoner, billeted at Ipswich." (Felt's His-
tory of Ipswich.) Dr. Whitney also volunteered as surgeon in Col. Wade's regi-
ment, raised in 1784 to suppress Shay's rebellion. Dr. Whitney removed to Beverly
in 1793, where "his cheerfulness, benevolence and professional skill gave him a
deserved popularity, and at his death he was universally lamented." He died at
Beverly Feb. 22, 1807. Mrs. Eunice Whitney was buried at Beverly. It is said that
Dr. Whitney was among those interested in introducing inoculation for smallpox,
and one and perhaps more of his younger children died from the consequences of
their inoculation, but there seems to be no authority for this story. He d. Feb. 22,
1807; res. Beverly, Mass.

921. viii. Israel, b. Nov. 4, 1797; m. Mary H. Flagg.

Elisha, b. in 1778; d. young.

Michael, b. ; d. young.

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1782; m. Josiah Page. Ch.: Marianne, b.
1809; d. unm. 1873. She d. 1878.

Susan, b. ; m. Benjamin Lovett. She d. s. p. 1870.

Michael, b. ; m. Nancy Leech and Elizabeth Leech.

Dorothy, b. ; m. Josiah Lovett. Ch.: Horace, d. young.

She d. 1830.

91.5.

916.

917.

iii

918.

iv

919.

v.

(^20.

vi

922.

i.

923.

u.

924.

iii.

925.

iv.

926.

V.

927.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 79

928. vii. Lucv.b. ; m. Nathaniel Lamson. Ch.: Chas. W., Israel W.,

Nathaniel, d. ae. 18.

929. ix. Marianne, b. ; d. young.

930. X. Israel, b. ; d. young.

931. xi. Elisha, b. ; m. Clara Lovett and d. s. p.

334. Salmon Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 8, 1712; m. June
4, 1734, Sarah . He d. Mar. 16, 1759; res. Groton and Littleton, Mass.

932. i. Lois, b. 1744; m. Oct. 3, 1764, Col. Joseph Bellows. He was born

June 6, 1744; died May 3, 1817. Col. Bellows was a farmer in
Lunenburg until 1786, when he moved to Walpole. The promi-
nent traits of his character were refined and elevated feelings;
a deep religious sentiment; generosity in excess, and a warm
sympathy with the distressed. These dispositions, united with
extreme nervous sensibility, so involved him with any one that
asked his assistance, that he suffered some pecuniary loss,
which led to anxiety about the support of his family, and
induced a mental derangement that continued during the last
thirty years of his life. Ch.: Salmon, b. and d. 1765; Salmon,
b. Sept. 9, 1766; m. Lydia Cox; res. Ashtabula, O.; John, b. Jan.
12, 1768; m. Betsey Eames and Anne Langdon; res.. Boston and
Walpole. John, the third son, was the father of Rev. Henry
Whitnev Bellows, who was born in Boston, June 11, 1814, and
died in 'New York, Jan. 30, 1882. He was pastor of All Soul's
church in the latter city for over forty years. Was chosen
president of the U. S. Sanitary Commission of 1861, and directed
the distribution of §15,000,000 in supplies, and 85,000,000 in
money; Benjamin, b. Apr. 7, 1769; m. Lucy Cox; res. Ascott,
Canada; Joseph, b. 1770; m. Deborah Wright and Mary Adams;
res. Walpole; Oliver, b. and d. 1771; Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1772;
res. Rockingham, Vt.; Olive, b. and d. 1774; Abel, b. Jan.
27, 1776; m. Harriett Houghton; res. Montreal and Walpole;
Thomas, b. Mar. 15, 1779; m. Sarah Dana, of Barre, Mass.; res.
Walpole; Susan, b. Aug. 18, 1780; m. Major Jonas Robeson; res.
Fitzwilliam, N. H.; Sarah, b. May 18, 1782; m. Calvin Ripley;
res. Lowell; Louisa, b. May 9, 1785; m. Jacob N. Knapp, of
Walpole, who gr. Harv. Coll. 1802; Polly, b. and d. 1786.

933. ii. Susanna, b. 1749; m. Dec. 6, 1768, Edmund Stone, of Templeton,

Mass.

335. Rev. Aaron Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. in Littleton,
Mass., Mar. 14, 1714; m. July 12, 1739, Alice Baker of Phillipston; b. 1718; d. Aug. 26,
1767; m. 2d Nov. 6, 1768, Mrs. Ruth (Hubbard) Stearns; b. 1716; d. Nov. 1, 1788, dau.
of Jonathan Hubbard, of Lunenburg, and wid. of Rev. David Stearns. Sept. 6, 1738,
the town of Petersham, Mass., voted to "settle an orthodox minister in this place."
Mr. Aaron Whitney was chosen as the minister, and received as a settlement a
proprietor's lot with ^200 in money, and an annual salary of £lbO. The church was
gathered in Oct. 1738, and consisted of fifteen male members. Mr. Whitney was
ordained in December of that year, and preached acceptably to his people until,
when the storm of the approaching revolution was gathering, he espoused the royal
•cause, and in his sermons and prayers inculcated submission to King George III. As
he persisted in this course, at length the popular indignation rose to such a pitch
that the church was rent with dissentions, and public worship was neglected. In
1774 he was dismissed from the parish, but refused to accept his papers, and by vote
of the town, Peter Gore, a half-breed Indian, was stationed at the meeting-house door
-with a musket to keep the Tory preacher from entering. He afterward preached at
bis own house regularly to those who sympathized with the royal cause, and claimed
to be the minister of the town up to the time of Lis death, which occurred in 1779, in
the sixty-sixth year of his age. From the first Rev. Whitney was an uncompromis-
ing Tory. At a town meeting held Dec. 13, 1774, it was voted that the town will not
bargain with or employ the Rev. Mr. Whitney to preach for them any longer. On
the 24th of May of the following year (1775) the town voted unanimously "that it will
not hire the Rev. Mr. Whitney to preach any longer, and that he be dismissed from
any further services as a minister of the gospel in this town." As the pastor was as
determined to preach as the town was opposed to his efforts in that direction, they
chose a committee of ten to see that the public worship on the next Lord's day, and

935.

ii.

936.

iii.

937.

IV.

938.

V.

939.

VI.

80 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

all future worship, be not disturbed by any person or persons going into the desk
but such as shall be authorized and endorsed by the town committee. Aaron's will
is dated July 15, 1779; mentions wife, Ruth, and children, Charles, Aaron, Alice
Mann, Lucy Kendall, Peter, Paul, and Abel. The estate was settled by agreement
of the heirs Nov. 12, 1779. He d. Sept. 8, 1779; res. Petersham, Mass.

934. i. Abel, b. Littleton, Mass., July 7, 1740; d. Mar. 15, 1756, while at

Cambridge attending Harvard University. He was buried in

Cambridge. His epitaph is as follows:

Hie spultus est Abel

Reverendi Aaionis

Whitney Petershamensis

Filius, et Collegii
Harvardini Alumnus; qui
Anno JEias, 16 mo occubuit
Martii 15 mo, A. D. 1756.
Peter, b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. Julia Lambert.
Paul, b. Mar. 23, 1753; m. Charlotte Clapp.
Abel, b. Mar. 15, 1756; m. Clarissa Dwight.
Richard, b. Feb. 23, 1757; prob. d. bef. 1779; not. men. in will.
Aaron, b. Sept. 5, 1746; m. Hannah Stearnes and Hannah Will-
ard.

940. vii. Alice, b. Sept. 23, 1748; m. Aug. 19, 1773, Ensign Mann of Peter-

sham. Ensign Man was a graduate of Harvard and went to
Petersham in 1767 to teach school, having previously taught in
Lancaster. He was a prominent Whig and warmly espoused
the cause of liberty. He was b. July 15, 1740, and d. Dec. 21,
1829; she d. Sept. 20, 1806; res. Petersham, Mass. Ch.: Alice.
b. Apr 10, 1775; m. Thomas Lincoln, and d. July 20, 1805; Lucy,
b. May 9, 1777; d. unm. Feb. 14, 1859; Ensign, b. July 14, 1778;
m. Lydia Filmore, and d. 1810; Thomas, b. May 6, 1780; m.
Esther Stone, and d. 1853; Julianna, b. Mar. 2, 1783; d. unm.
Mar. 22, 1813; Wm., b. Sept. 2, 1784; d. unm. 1861; Samuel, b.
Mar. 21, 1787; m. Sarah Luce, and d. in 1856; Priscilla, b. June
4, 1790; m. Holland Goodnow, and d. July 29, 1836; a son is
A. W.; res. Wellesley, Mass.; Hannah, b. July 30, 1792; m. John
Briggs, and d. Oct. 3, 1865.

941. viii. Lucy, b. Apr. 9, 1751; m. Rev. Dr. Samuel Kendall of New Salem,

Settled in Weston, Mass.

942. ix. Charles, b. May 14, 1742; res. Phillipston, Mass., but d. in Vt.

338. Ephraim Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Lunenburg, Mass.,
Mar. 1, 1723; m. Jan. 16, 1745, Jane Bancroft. They were dismissed to the church in
Chesterfield, N. H., in 1781. He d. in Chesterfield; res. Petersham, Mass., and
Chesterfild, N. H.

943. i. Moses, b. Jan. 11, 1747. Moses Whitney was the first of the name

in Rindge, and for some time prior to the Revolutionary war
was a merchant. He moved from New Salem in Jan., 1772.

His wife's name was Sarah , and his children were

Moses, Ephraim, and Salmon.

944. ii. Ephraim, b. Aug. 12, 1749.

945. iii. Molly, b. Sept. 25, 1755.

345. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, July 31,
1724; m. Dec. 19, 1745, Marcy Perry, b. Oct. 8, 1726, in Sudbury; d. Dec. 28, 1828,
age 102 years 2 months and 28 days. He d. Apr. 3, 1818; res. Stow, Mass.

Jacob, b. July 7, 1754; m. Esther Walcott.

Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1746; m. Whitcomb.

Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1749; m. Lucy Mead.

Abraham, b. Jan. 7, 1752; m. Mehitable Ware, Sarah Whitman,
Catherine Wood, and Mrs. Sarah Conant Jewell.

Levi, b.* Nov. 80, 1769; d. Nov. 2, 1770.

Ruth, b. Feb. 16, 1762; m. Dec. 1, 1781, Icbabod Stow.

MoLLY,b. Dec. 15, 1764; m. Aug. 26, 1784, Nathan Brooks, of Stow.

Levi, b. June 6, 1767.

Mary, b. Feb. o, 1770.

946.

iv.

947.

948.

949.

iii.

950.

V.

951.

VI.

952.

vn.

953.

viii

954.

IX.

957.

958.

959.

111.

960.

IV.

961.

V.

962.

VI.

968.

Vll.

964.

Vlll

965.

IX.

966.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 81

955. X. Rhoda, b. Nov. 15, 1771.

956. xi. Marcy, b. Apr. 2, 1751; m. Forbush.

350. ToNAS Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, July 2, 1727;
m. Sept. l;i 1750, Zebudah Davis, b. H. Apr. 11, 1728; d. 1806. He was elected one
of the selectmen in 1751. In seating the meeting house in 1775 he was given the
third seat. His will was probated Dec. 6, 1791. Her will was probated Nov. 3, 1806.
He d. Dec. 23, 1791; res. Harvard, Mass.

Merriam, b. Aug. 8, 1752; d. Apr. 30, 1773.

Ephraim, b. Apr. 2, 1754.

Jonas, b. Mar. 3, 1756; m. Relief Holt.

LVDIA, b. Oct. 17, 1757; d. May 1, 1759.

Salmon, b. Feb. 16, 1760; m. Hepsabeth Raymond.

Joel, b. Oct. 15, 1762; m. Lydia Willard.

Israel, b. Jan. 16, 1767; m. Susannah Gerry.

Peter, b. Aug. 17, 1772; went to Me.

Levi, b. June 28, 1751; m. Sarah Laurence and Hepsibeth Fay.

Lucy, b. .

851. Dr. Ephraim Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass.,

Sept. 19, 1728; m. in Petersham, Mass.. Jan. 11,1759, Marcy Winslow, b. ; d. -.

Doctor Whitney was born in Stow, Mass., but resided in Petersham at the time of his
marriage. During the Revolutionary war he was a Tory and on that account was
obliged to flee to the provinces. His property was confiscated by the Massachusetts
authorities and to partially recompense his loss the Crown granted him a township in
Canada called Charlotte. His descendants have a claim there yet, but have not done
anything in relation to it, as it would cost more to substantiate it than the property is
worth. He died in 1801, aged 72. He was an eccentric man; woie his beard the
latter part of his life, and left directions that he should be buried with it unshaven.
He d. July 26, 1801; res. Petersham, Mass.

961'. i. Lemuel, b. Oct. 18, 1764; m. Lydia Bjvant.

968. iii. Richard, b. Feb. 28, 1767; d. Sept. 9, 1815. Hon. Richard Whit-
ney was the third son of Dr. Ephraim and was born in Peters-
ham; he fitted for college and entering Harvard was graduated
in 1787 in the same class with John Quincy Adams. He was a
man of superior talents, and uncommon aptitude for teaching.
He studied law, and entered his profession in Brattleboro, Vt.,
with fair prospects of a brilliant career, but he fell a lamented
victim of a well known destroyer. In 1806 he was elected
Secretary of State of Vermont. He died while undergoing treat-
ment for insanity at Hinsdale, N. H., and is buried there. His
gravestone reads as follows: "Here lies the mortal remains of
Richard Whitney, Counsellor at Law, Brattleboro, Vermont,
who departed this life Sept. 9, 1815; ae. 39 years. Those who
knew him not, may learn from this monumental stone that his
virtues have rendered his memory precious to his bereaved
friends. The sight of it will excite a tender recollection of his
worth in the bosom of those who knew him, and a tear of sincere
regret at his early and untimely departure. Let us humbly hope
he has gone where his virtues will be justly appreciated."

Samuel Winslow, b. Dec. 17, 1769; m. '- ,

John, b. July 1, 1760; m. Hannah Bigelow.
Susanna, b. Aug. 25, 1762.
Ephraim, b. Sept. 9. 1776.
RUFUS, b. July 26, 1781.
Harriott, b. Jan. 1, 1784.

35«L Squire Timothy Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Feb. 1, 1729; m. May 20, 1752, Alice Whitney, of Harvard. They were m. in Har-
vard, he of Lancaster, she of Harvard. She was b. Apr. 13, 1733 (see); d. in June,
1803. He d. June 23, 1803, in H.; res. Harvard and Petersham, Mass.
" ^ Oliver, b. Mar. 10, 1754; d. Dec. 18, 1772.

Abel, b. Sept. 19, 1752; m. ,

Simon, b. June 28, 1756; m. Lucy Hammond.

Relief, b. Feb. 2, 1758; m. Abel Wilder. He was b. Feb. 10,
1758; d. Feb., 1831; a farmer, then a merchant. He was in the

969.

ii.

970.

IV,

971.

V.

972.

VI.

973.

Vll.

974.

Vlll.

975.

11.

976.

i.

977.

111.

978.

IV.

82 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Rev. war and was at Saratoga when Gen. Burgoyne was cap-
tured in 1777. Ch.: Lucy Wilder, b. Oct. 8, 1778; m. Benjamin

Randall; Alice, b. June 15, 1780; m. McClellan; Simon,

b. May 7, 1782; d. abt. 1807, unm.; Abel, b. Sept. 1, 1783; m.
Asenath Smith, of Barre, Jan. 19, 1808; d. 1869; Sally, b. Sept.l,
1784; m. Uriel Smith (my uncle), Dec. 25, 1803; d. at Euclid, O.,
abt. 1845: Nathaniel, b. Nov. 11, 1785; m. Mrs. Mann; d. abt.
1850; Abigail, b. June 21, 1787; d. abt. 1800, unm.; Paul, b. June

28, 1789; m. Katharine ; d. abt. 1855; Lydia, b. Aug. 2,

1791; m. Ephraim Howe; d. early; Relief, b. Oct. 2, 1792; m.
Ephraim Howe, d. 1843; Silas Whitney Wilder, b. May 21,

1795; m. — — , also Lucy Johnson; d. ; Barnabas,

b. Oct. 22, 1796; d. 1816, unm.; Polly, b. Jan. 30, 1799; m. Phin-
eas Wheelock, of Barre, abt. 1820; d. Feb. 7, 1885; one son,
Austin G. Wheelock, res. at Barre, and for some years was post-
master; he resides with his sister; Joel, b. June 27, 1802; m.
Clarinda Cheney; d. Feb. 12, 1872. Abel Wilder (Jr.) was born
at Petersham, Mass., Sept. 1, 1783. He grew up on his father's
farm, a little away from "the common." He was duly baptized
under the "Half-way Covenant." He married Asenath Smith
Jan. 19, 1808. They first made their home at St. Albans, Vt.,
where his brother Paul and brother-in-law, Uriel Smith, also had
emigrated. It was a " new country." There three children
were born. The war of 1812 ruined markets in Vermont, and
so he left in 1813 and came to Verona, Oneida county, N. Y.,
where his wife's father was living with a second wife, three sons,
and two daughters. Here he made his home till 1853, on a
farm of ninety acres. The family increased to ten. All are dead
but Alexander and Judge Barnabas H. Wilder, of Laddonia,
Mo. They were all reared in the Congregational church. He
was first a Federalist, then a "National Republican," Anti-ma-
son, Whig, and Republican. He was chiefly characterized by
promptitude in business, over-cautiousness in financial adven-
ture, great aptitude for traffic. But Wilders, though good
assistants, seldom aspire to lead. In 1853 he removed to Ches-
ter, Geauga Co., O., and made his home with his oldest son till
his death. Abel's son Alexander was an apt scholar; at 14 he
was master of all the common-school branches, and began
Latin, rhetoric, natural philosophy, botany, and chemistry.
Next year he taught, and went to school no more. Since that
he has been his own teacher as well as pupil. He worked at
farming, principally, till 1850, when he became a teacher of
medicine and practicing physician. In 1852 he became associ-
ate editor of the Syracuse Sta?- with Mr. S. Corning Judd, and
two years later he served in the same capacity with Hon.
Andrew Shuman. His political career perhaps now began. In
1854 he became a clerk in the State Department of Public
Instruction, and at the request of the superintendent, Mr. Victor
M. Rice, editor of the NewYorkZ^a^^/', he spent six weeks in 1857
at Springfield, 111., where he drafted the bill to establish the Nor-
mal University. Gen. Hovey tells me that it never requested
an amendment. John A. Logan and Norman B. Judd were its
champions. Returning east, he became a member of the
staff of the Evening Post in 1858, and continued there till 1871.
He was its legislative correspondent, and procured the passage
of three laws incorporating the Eclectic Medical College,
State Medical Society, and the National E. M. Association.
He was the person who was permitted to copy Mr. Lincoln's
letter in 1863 to the Illinois Young Men's Convention, under a
solemn pledge that it should not be printed prematurely, and
Mr. Charles Nordhoff, then editor, violated the promise. In
1871 he was elected alderman of New York on the anti-Tweed
ticket, receiving the largest vote ever given a Republican, and
going out of office poor. Weary of politics and admonished
by two attacks of pneumonia, he made his home in Newark.

979.

V.

980.

VI.

981.

vn.

982.

VI 11

983.

IX.

984.

X.

986.

XI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. ' 83

There he led the life of a student. In 1873 he reluctantly con-
sented to lecture in the Eclectic Medical College of New York,
but relinquished it, disgusted, in 1877, only, however, to take a
chair in the United States Medical College a year later. This
institution was closed by a curious decision of the Court of
Appeals, that a medical college was not a scientific but an
eleemosynary institution. His tastes and aptitudes, however,
are philosophic rather than medical. In 1873 he helped organ-
ize the "American Akademe" at Jacksonville, 111., and edited
the first four volumes of its Journal. Besides this, in 1874 he
edited the treatises by H. M. Westropp and C. Stainland Wake
on Phallicism; of Thomas Taylor on Eleusinian and Bacchic
Mysteries; of Hyde Clark on Serpent and Siva Worship, and
R. Payne Knight on Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and
Mythology. He has also in preparation a History of Medicine,
a Treatise on Ancient Symbolism and Serpent Worship, and a
translation of lamblichos on Mysteries of the Egyptians. He
has printed the following pamphlets: Intermarriage of Kin-
dred; Ganglionic Nervous Systems; Mind, Thought, Cerebra-
tion; Philosophy and Ethics of the Zoroasters; Later Platon-
ists; Paul and Plato; The Soul; Life Eternal; The Resurrec-
tion.

Peter, b. Apr. 20, 1760; m. Mary Blair.

Silas, b. Apr. 29, 1762; m. Mamre Bradley.

Timothy, b. Apr. 22, 1764; m. Lois Baker and Mrs. Smith.

Hezekiah, b. Oct. 14, 1766; m. Mehitable Haven.

Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1768; m. Dolly Smith.

Jonas, b. Oct. 21, 1770; m. Mary Noble.

Alice, b. Aug. 3, 1772; m. Simeon Pelton. Ch.: Charlotte, m.
W^alker (Troy), ch., Emily (Mich.), Louisa, and one son; Huldah
m. Sweet(Sandy Hill), ch., boy and girl; Sallie, m. James Lomis
(Southwick, Mass.), four children; Harriet, m. Closes Lomis,
three children; Orpha m. Ives, (Lansingburg), ch., Adeline,
Orpha, Oscar, Chauncey, Adeline, m. Van Schaach (Manluis,
N. Y.)., ch., Orpha, Lydia and others; Lydia, m. Hibbard
(Chicago); Loring m. Polly Hilton, ch., Wallace and Loring;
Wallace had one son; Loring m. Kate Marsh; Kate m. Caruth
(Chicago), d. Apr., 1886, left son and daughter; Edwin m. ; Lucius
and left one child; Timothy m. a Mrs. Searles and res. in Ohio.

Oliver, b. Jan. 18, 1775; d. June 20, 1780.

Paul, b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Dollie Darwin and Lucinda Marsh.

BARNAHAS.b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Harriett Heileman.

353. Moses Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 17, 1733;
m. July 7, 1756, Betty Hutchins; res. Harvard, Mass.

989. i. Betty, b. Dec.9, 17ri6.

990. ii. Bethiah, b. Jan. 22, 1757.

991. iii. Lvcv, b. Oct. 10, 1759.

992. iv. Moses, b. Mar. 18, 1761.

355. Aaron Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, July 2, 1740;
m. Dec. 16, 1765, Anna Laurence; d. July 16, 1773; m. 2d, Apr. 21, 1774, Sarah (Sally)
Pollard. During the Revolutionary war he was in the company commanded by Capt.
Burt in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. Aaron Whitney's will of Harvard, yeoman; wife,
Sarah; son, Moses; son, Aaron; son, Abel; dau., Anna Danforth, wife of Benj. Dan-
forth; dau., Sarah Davis, wife of Eleazer Davis. Aaron Whitney, son, exec. May 20,
1817. He d. Apr. 13, 1817; res. Harvard, Mass.

993. i. Anna, b. Nov. 18, 1766; m. June 21, 1803, Benjamin Danforth.

994. ii. Sarah, b. May 23, 1769; m. Apr. 10, 1787, in Harvard, Eleazer

Davis.

995. iii. Moses, b. May 3, 1772; d. Apr. 25, 1773.

996. iv. Moses, b. Oct. 5, 1775; m. Patty .

997. v. Aaron, b. Nov. 7 , 1777; m.Sally Flagg and Mrs. Susan (Hartwell)

Fletcher.

998. vi. Abel, b. Feb. 17, 1786.

986.

xii.

987.

Xlll,

988.

xiv

1002.

i.

1003.

ii.

1004.

111.

1005.

iv.

1006.

V.

1007.

vi.

1008.

vii,

84 WHITNEY GENEALOGY..

368. Isaac Whitney -(Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, May 25, 1747 ;m.
Oct. 13, 1774, Lydia Taylor. He was in the Revolutionary war in the company com-
manded by Capt. Cranston from Stow. In 1779 his age was given as 32; res. Stow,
Mass.

999. i. Esther, b. June 12, 1775.

1000. ii. SoLO.MON, b. Nov. 25, 1776.

1001. iii. Rachel, b. Aug. 25, 1779.

370. Elias Whitney (Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. Rachel
; res. Stow, Mass.

Lydia, b. Nov. 3, 1759.

Hezekiah, b. May 26, 1761; m. Sarah .

Sarah, b. July 11, 1763

Rachel, b. Aug. 10, 1772; d. Aug. 16, 1778.

Amos, b. ; m. Patty Wilder.

Mary A., b. ; m. — Esterbrook.

Elmira, b. ; m. Peter Kisamus.

371. Lemuel Whitney (Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; ni. Elizabeth

; d. Oct. 16, 1803. He was in the Revolutionary army in the company from

Stow. He d. Mav 6, 1803; res. Stow, Mass.

1009. i. ' Lois, b. June 14, 1761; m. Oliver Houghton.

1010. ii. Lemuel, b. Jan. 25, 1767; m. Dorcas Gates.

1011. iii. Betty, b. Feb. 18, 1773; m. George Maxwell.

1012. iv. Marcy, b. ; m. Peter Houghton.

372. John Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Shirley, Mar. 20, 1725; m.
Feb. 26, 1759, Hannah Sawtell; res. Shirley, Mass.

1013. 1. Salmon, b. June 28, 1759. He served through the Revolutionary

war. He res. in Groton unm. and in 1783, according to probate
court records at Camb., he was deceased and his estate settled
and appraised by Obadiah Sawtell of Shirley, Jonathan Worces-
ter of Groton, and Joshua Longley of Lunenburg.

1014. ii. John, b. Feb. 28, 1761. He was in Capt. Corey's Company, of Col.

Prescott's Regiment, during the Revolutionary war.

374. Ezra Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 24, 1731; m.

-; res. Shirley, Mass.

1015. i. Son, b. May 17, 1756.

1016. ii. Dau., b. Dec. 18, 1757.

376. Abner Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 21, 1734; m. in
Lunenburg, June 21, 1753, Sarah Hilton, b. June 6, 1734, in Boston, moved to L. with
her parents, d. at No. Falmouth, Me., Nov., 1815. He was born probably at a place
called Still River, in or near Groton, Mass. He married June 21, 175H, Sarah Hilton,
Rev. David Stearns officiating at the nuptials. They lived for a few years in Shirley,
which about this time became a district of Groton. At the breaking out of the Revo-
lutionary war Abner enlisted (May 2,1775), in Capt. Corey's company in Col. Wil-
liam Prescott's regiment. After the war he settled in Maine. Died in Falmouth,
Me., Mar. 5, 1802, aged 68; res. Shirley and Deerfield, Mass., and Falmouth, Me.

1017. i. Abner, b. Oct. 22, 1755. He was born in that part of Groton

which was subsequently incorporated as Shirley. His early
manhood began near the beginning of the Revolutionary war
and his service in that struggle dates from the firing of the first
gun at Lexington. He enlisted Apr. 19, 1775, though only 17
years of age, and served through the war until its close, part
of the time under Col. William Prescott. After the war he set-
tled in North Carolina near Pasquatunk river, where he had a
large plantation. He died about 1809, and probably left issue.

1018. ii. Uriel, b. Sept. 11, 1757; m. Lydia Whitmore.

1019. iii. Elijah, b. ; n. f. k.

1020. iv. Beulah B., b. in 1761; m. Jonathan Britton. She d. in 1850 in

Otisfield, Me.

1021. v. Sarah, b. ; m. Jabez Bradbury, a Quaker; d Athens, Me.,.

and left large family.

1022. vi. Amaziah, b. ;-m. Sarah Boynton.

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1023. vii. Samuel, b. in 1759; m. Hannah Thompson.

1024. viii. Barzillai, b. ; was drowned when 11 years ot age.

1025. ix. William, b. in 176-; m. Hannah Briggs, of Buxton, Me.; res.

Standish, Me.

1026. X. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1774; m. Stephen Howard Horsely, who was

b. Sept. 1, 1772. Mr. Horsely was in the war of 1812, took
part in the battle of Plattsburgh, under General Macomb. He
d. Mar. 3, 1847. She d. Oct. 25, 1850. Ch.: Mary, b. Oct. 21,
1798, in Boston; baptized in the Old South Church, by Joseph
Ecklev, D D.; mar. Jan. 7. 1816, Sewal Prince; d. May 2i, 1875;
William, b. Dec. 17, 1806; d. Jan. 7, 1808; Sally Hilton, b. Dec.
21. 1808: m. 1st, Hiram Hill, 1836; m. 2d, John W. Burke,
1837; d. May, 1887; Beulah Britton, b. Apr. 1, 1811; m. 1826,
John Stokes.

379. Daniel Whitney, (Richard, Richard, Richard, John,) b. Stow, Mass.

Feb. 13, 1720; m. (int.) Fov. 9, 1744, Dorothy Goss, of Lancaster; b. ; d. Oct. 11

1813. He d. in 1782; res. Stow, Mass.

1027. i. Hannah, b. Harvard, Apr. 29, 1746; m. Wetherbee.

1028. ii. Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1749; m. Sarah Durant.

1029. iii. John, b. Nov. 24, 1747; m. Mary Farnsworth.

1030. iv. Dorothy, b. Dec. 12, 1751; m. (int.) Sept. 10, 1774, Nathan Put-

nam, of Stow.

1031. V. Silas, b. Jan. 13, 1754; d. May 25, 1756.

1032. vi. Ephraim, b. Sept. 29, 1755; m. Sarah Burgess.

1033. vii. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1758; m. Patience Goodnow.

1034. viii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1760; m. Apr. 10, 1782, Ebenezer Parks, of

Lincoln.

1035. ix. Katherine, b. Apr. 12, 1763; m. Apr. 23, 1783, Lemuel Wheeler,

of Lincoln.

1036. X. Susannah, b. Oct. 11, 1766; m. Mar. 31, 1784, Stephen Weston, of

Lincoln.

1037. vi. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1769; m. Mar. 20, 1787, Peter Chapin, of Acton.

381. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow,
Mass., July 31, 1725; m. in Sudbury. Dec. 10, 1747, Mary Perry, of Sudbury. Sept. 2,
1746, Richard Whitney of Stow and wife Hannah in consideration of the love and
affection conveyed to son Richard deed land in Harvard (Vol. 26, p. 75, Worcester
Co. Conveyances). Richard, yeoman, of Harvard, died in 1798. He made bequests
to all except Hannah, who had probably died before that time. James Whitney was
executor. He d. May 4, 1798; res. Harvard, Mass.

1038. i. Jacob, b. Mar. 24, 1748; m. Lois Hapgood and Mary Patch.
Richard, b. Feb. 2, 1752; m. Mercy Willard.

Mary. b. July 3, 1755; m, Dickinson.

Reuben, b. Feb. 21, 1758; m. Lucy Fairbank.

James, b. May 29, 1760; m. Rachel Lawton, Lucy Reed, and Susan

Whitnev.
Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1763; d. Oct. 14, 1767.
Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1767; m. July 7, 1785, Levi Worster, of Littleton,

Mass.

383. Gen. Josiah Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow.
Mass., Oct. 12, 1731; m. (int.) in Stow, Sept. 9, 1751, Sarah Farr, b. Jan. 19, 1735;
d. Harvard, Mass., Apr. 21, 1773; m. 2d in Harvard, Feb. 3, 1774, Sarah Dwelly, of
Bridgewater; d. Whitingham, Vt., Feb. 18,1817.

The citizen of Harvard who held the highest military rank during the Revolu-
tionary war was Col. Josiah Whitney. He was at that time the town's most noted
and influential citizen and the leader of the majority in town politics. He was born
in Stow, the youngest son of Richard and Hannah (Whitcoitib) Whitney, his mother
being a near relative of the veteran military leaders Col. Asa and Gen. John Whit-
comb. Sept. 2, 1746, his parents deeded to him land in Harvard, which he occu-
pied soon after marriage. His dwelling stood nearly opposite the present almshouse
until torn down in 1869, after it had served the town lor forty-five years as a home
for its paupers. He inherited a fondness for military affairs, and when about his
majority he entered upon what later proved a most brilliant military record. In the

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spring of 175o he was a member of the company commanded by Capt. William
Pierce, that marched in Col. Whitcomb's regiment against the French and Indians
at Crown Point. He was in the bloody battle at Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755, where
the gallant Dieskau, leading a large force of French and Indians, was signally
defeated by the undisciplined valor of the \ew England yeomanry led by Gen.
Phineas Lyman. From Aug. 13 to 26, 1757, he was a member of the foot company
commanded by Capt. Israel Taylor that marched on the late alarm for the relief of
Fort William Henry, as far as Springfield. Sept. 26, 1774, the town approved of the
choice of officers of the two military companies. Capt. Josiah Whitney commanded
the youngest company. He was also captain of the company for a few years prior to
the above date. Dec. 19, 1774, the Continental Resolves were read before the town
and they were approved. A committee was appointed to prepare a covenant to be
signed by the inhabitants, in which they further pledged their adherence to indepen-
dency. Josiah Whitney was appointed one of a committee of ten to inspect breaches
of the covenant. April, 1775, the Provincial Congress, convened at Watertown, deter-
mined upon the establishment of an army of thirteen thousand men for the siege of
Boston, expecting the other colonies to come to their assistance with twenty thou-
sand more. Ten companies were to constitute a regiment as heretofore, but the
complement was fixed at fifty-nine privates, two musicians, five corporals, four ser-
geants, one ensign, a lieutenant, and captain. The term of enlistment was for eight
months. Col. Asa Whitcomb, of Lancaster, was authorized to raise a regiment, and
was one of the first to report his command complete. May 25 he announced his
staff, of which Josiah Whitney, of Harvard, was lieutenant colonel. His regiment
had eleven companies, containing five hundred and sixty volunteers. It was the
largest of the twenty-six Massachusetts regiments before Boston. April 10, 1776,
Capt. Josiah Whitney was appointed to take command of a battalion of men raised
by the state. Oct. 29 he was in camp at Hull with his regiment, and in a communi-
cation to the provincial council and house of representatives at Watertown, states,
"though the pay of the state was small, yet my zeal for the liberties of my country
was so great that I cheerfully undertook," etc.

Upon the departure of the Continental army for New York, the Massachusetts
militia was summoned to the defense of the coast. Two regiments were formed in
April, 1776, for the defense of Boston harbor and stationed at Hull. For these the
Continental organization was adopted which fixed the battalion complement at eight
companies of ninety men each. It was one of these regiments that was commanded
by Col. Whitney as stated above.

In July, 1777, the Massachusetts Council of War, suddenly aware of New
England's peril if the victorious progress of Burgoyne was not stayed, hurriedly
sent heavy reinforcements of militia to aid Gen. Benj. Lincoln, who was then harass-
ing the rear of the invading army. Col. Josiah Whitney, on July 27 ordered a draft
of one-sixth of the training bands and alarm lists in his regiment to march at once to
Bennington with six days' rations, and on Aug. 2 ordered one-half of the militia to
follow with eight days' rations. Jan. 13, 1778, he was chairman of a committee which
had been appointed by the town " to take into consideration the Articles of Confedera-
tion and Perpetual Union of the L^nited States of America Concerted on by Congress."
The report urged the representative to use his best efforts to support our indepen-
dency. In Aug. and Sept., 1778, a more determined attempt was made by the Conti-
nental forces to wrest Rhode Island from the enemy, an attack by the combined
forces of the French and Americans, on land and water, being agreed upon. Again a
tempest disarranged well-laid plans ])y driving the French fleet to sea, and the battle
of Quaker's Hill closed with honor an unsuccessful camjiaign. The Second Worcester
Regiment of militia, with its commander, Col. Josiah Whitney, took part in the
operations in Rhode Island. May 23, 1780, the state constitution was submitted to
the freemen, and after being read, paragraph by paragraph, was referred to a com-
mittee of fifteen to carefully consider and report upon. On June 1, the chairman
of the committee, Joseph VVheeler, laid before the town the following proposed
amendments: " 1. That the Delegate from this town be instructed to use his endeavors
that there may be a new convention within the term of fifteen years to consider
what amendments may be needed in the constitution. 21y. That the suspension of
the habeus corpus act shall be confined to the time of war, invasion or rebellion and
not to exceed the term of six months. Sly. To give power to the Governour in the
recess of the General Court to march or transport the Inhabitants of the State for
the relief of a neighboring State invaded or threatened with invasion. Then voted
this amendment be likewise made that the Governour shall be of the Protestant
religion. Then voted to accept the whole of sd. Constitution with the above amend-

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ments — eighty-one for and not one against. Then voted to send two Delegates to
the Convention, one of each denomination. Voted and chose Coll. Josiah Whitney
and Mr. Joseph Stone." At the close of the Revolutionary war he was colonel of the
Second Worcester Regiment, in which the seventh and eleventh companies were
from Harvard. He was made brigadier general in 1783, but resigned the office
before the breaking out of the Shay's insurrection, and as he did not take any active
part in it, some of his enemies accused him of treasonable complicity in the same.
In 1782 the governor appointed him a justice of the peace in and for the county of
Worcester. In 1783-4-7-8-9 he was a member of the board of selectmen, and during
all these years he was one of the most popular moderators at the deliberations of
the town voters.

Gen. Josiah Whitney was the delegate from Harvard to the convention held for
the purpose of ratifying the Federal Constitution, in Boston, Jan. 9, 1788. He voted
with the minority, and was opposed to the constitution. He stated in convention,
however, that though he had been opposed to it, he should support it as much as if
he had voted for it. He was the representative in Legislature, 1780-81-87-88-89. He
had twenty-five children, sixteen by the first marriage and nine by the last, of the
children by the first marriage thirteen died young. He was a prominent member of
the church, and in seating the meeting-house — that is, in assigning the pews — he was
given one of the most prominent in the edifice. Administration on his estate was
granted in the probate court. May 4, 1806. Upon his gravestone is the following:

Erected in memory of

Josiah ^^'hitney Esq

who died Jan 24, 18U6

aged 74 yers. 4 mos 13 days

Cease Dear friends for me to weep,

' For Christ my bed has blest;
Beneath this stone I sweetly sleep
In God's eternal rest.
He d. Ashby, Jan. 24, 1806; res. Stow, Harvard and Ashby, Mass.J

104.5. i. Josiah, b. Feb. 25, 1753; m. Anna Scollay.

1046. ii. Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1755; m. Apr. 28, 1796, Phineas Barnard, b.

. She d. , and he m. her sister, Mrs. Burgess (see);

res. Harvard. Ch.: Levi, b. Oct. 24, 1800, Ephrami.

1047. iii. Stephen, b. May 1, 1757; m. Persis Locke.

1048. iv. Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1775; m. Dec. 14, 1791, Laomi Burgess, b. Mar.

1, 1770; m. 2d, Sept. 27, 1827, Phinehas Barnard, of Harvard.
She d. May 23, 1860. Ch.: Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1792; Josiah, b. Dec.
14, 1793; Emery, b. June 22, 1795; Susana. b. Sept. 27, 1798; Ma-
randa, b. Mar. 29, 1801; Rachel, b. June 4, 1803; Laomi, b. Sept.
6, 180.5, Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1807; Benj. Franklin, b. Jan. 23, 1810;
Dwelly Whitney, b. julv 26, 1812, Adeline, b. Aug. 8. 1814, Chas.
Wesley, b. Jan. 11, 1817; Baldwin Bradford, b. Oct. 7, 1819.

1049. V. Oliver, b. Jan. 9, 1777. Is reported to have died at sea.

1050. vi. Artemas Ward, b. Nov. 17, 1778. Same report as Oliver.

1051. vii. Dwellv, b. Aug. 2, 1782. Same report as Oliver.

1052. viii. Susanna, b. Oct. 2, 1780; m. Nov. 8, 1803, John Adams, of Ashburn-

ham..and had 12 ch.;d. No. Adams, Mass., May 5, 1866. He was
b. Mar. 9, 1780; he is buried in Guilford, \'t. Ch.: Susan Adams
Boyden, b. Aug. 26, 1804; d. Apr. 18, 1884; .Mary Adams Lvons,
b. Apr. 12, 1806; d. Feb. 1, 1846; John Adams, b. Feb. 17, 1808;
d. Aug. 26, 1869; Miranda Adams Burnap, b. Jan. 26, 1810; d.
Sept. 19, 1892; Francis Porter Adams, b. Dec. 13, 1812; d. May
26, 1883; Artemas Whitney, b. Jan. 3, 1814; living in Ann Arbor,
Mich.; ae. 79; Sarah Adams Childs, b. Feb. 23, 1816; d. Oct. 12,
1850; Luceba Adams Prouty, b. Apr. 13, 1818; d. July, 1844;
Henry Lee Adams, b. Feb. 8, 1820; d. Dec. 30, 1865'; William
Barney Adams, b. July 10, 1822; d. Jan. 24, 1831; Caroline Amelia
Adams Doane, b. Mar. 20, 1826; living in No. Adams, Mass; 66
years old. She has the photographsof four of Gen. Whitney's chil-
dren— namely, her mother, Susannah Whitney, who lived to
the age of 85 years; Sarah Whitney Barnard, who lived to be 86

IGen. WLitney Lad 25 children, but the others died in iufaucy.

1053.

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X.

1055.

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1056.

Xll.

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Xlll.

1058a.

XIV.

1059a.

XV.

1060a.

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years; Daniel Whitney, who lived to be 85 years; Moses Gill
Whitney, youngest child of Gen. Whitney, age 85.

Lemuel, b. Sept. 19, 1784; m. Elizabeth Hall.

Daniel, b. Oct. 25, 1786; m. Hannah Shedd.

John Hancock, b. Dec. 13, 1788; m. and res. Cazenovia, N. Y.

Moses Gill, b. Feb. 4, 1791; m. Ann Shields.

Infant, d. Feb., 1766.

Infant, d. Feb. 18, 1768.

Infant, d. Mar. 16, 1763.

Infant, d. May 10, 1762.

Infant, d. June 4, 1761.

885. Dea. Oliver Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Lancaster
July 22, 1731; m. Nov. 16, 1752, Abigail Hutchins; d. Oct., 1804. Mary Wilder, wid.
of John, of Lancaster, executrix of Abigail's will.

Deacon Oliver was a farmer in Harvard; his will is dated Feb. 1, 1801-2; he
leaves estate to wife Abigail, brothers Caleb and Hezekiah, and Simon and Jonathan;
and sisters Betsey, wife of Phinehas Wetherbee; Alice, wife of Timothy Whitney;
Rhumah, wife of Abel Davis. Israel Whitney, of Harvard, was executor. He served
in the Revolutionary war. He d. s. p. Apr., 1802; res. Harvard, Mass.

386. Caleb Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Lancaster, Oct.
4, 1729; m. Nov. 16, 1749, Annes Church, b. July 7, 1731. His will was probated May
1, 1822, of Sterling, and his son Jonathan was appointed executor. Mentions wife
Annes, dau. Elizabeth Pierce, son Joshua, son Joseph, dau. Annis Holman, son
Hezekiah, and son Jonathan. He d. 1822; res. Harvard, Shutesbury and Sterling,
Mass.

Elizabeth, b. Harvard June 27, 1751; m. Pierce.

Caleb, b. June 23, 1753; d. young.

Joshua, b. Feb. 18, 1754; m. Vashti Knight.

Annes, b. May 9, 1756; d. Jan. 31, 1758.

Caleb, b. June 23, 1758; d. in the Revolutionary army Dec. 10,

1777. He was in a Lancaster company.
Joseph, b. July 9, 1760.
Annis, b. in Shutesbury, June 20, 1763; m. Dec, 1796, Seth Has-

kins; m. 2d, Holman.

Hezekiah, b. Shutesbury, Aug. 16, 1766.
Jonathan, b. in S., Sept. 8, 1768; m. Lucy Wheeler.
Lucy, b. Sept. 25, 1770; d. Feb. 7, 1771, in Lancaster.
Joshua, b. Jan. 4, 1750; d. Jan. 24, 1750.
Lucy, b. Shutesbury, April 20, 1765; d. May 16, 1765.

387. Capt. Hezekiah Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, Apr. 14, 1735; m. Lydia — ; m. 2d, May 5, 1774, Lucy Pollard.

Capt. Hezekiah Whitney was born in Harvard, where he always resided and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits all his life. He early in life showed a decided taste for
military affairs, and before his majority was a leading member of one of the local
companies. In 1757 he was a member of Capt. Taylor's company of foot in Col.
Wilder's regiment that marched on the late alarm to the relief of Fort William
Henry as far as Springfield, Aug. 13 to 26. In 1774 he was sergeant of the "youngest
company" in Harvard. At the Lexington alarm, Apr. 19, 1775, he was sergeant in
Capt. Burt's company in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. , After the battle of Lexington,
in 1776, he was captain of the Harvard company in Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment.
He held various town offices, was highly esteemed, member of the church and in
seating the meeting house, in 1775, was given the third seat below.

"Hezekiah Whitney's inventory, late of Harvard. Appraised at Harvard Nov. 4,
1805. Hezekiah Whitney's advertisement for sale of his real estate, late of Harvard,
will be sold at public auction on Monday, Sept. 15, 1806. Hezekiah Whitney's
widow's dower. A committee appointed to set off one-third part of estate of Hezekiah
Whitney, late of Harvard, to Lucy the widow, Sept. 15, 1806." He d. July 23, 1805;
res. Harvard, Mass.

Mary, b. June 1, 1756.

Jonathan, b. Mar. 4, 1775; d. May 5, 1776.

Lucy, b. June 30, 1777.

Alice, b. July 29, 1780,

Levi, b. Aug. 30, 1786.

Jonathan, b. May 20, 1782.

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1058.

1059.

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1061.

V.

1062.

vi.

1063.

Vll.

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1065.

IX.

1066.

X.

1067.

XI.

1068.

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1069.

i.

1070.

11.

1071.

111.

1072.

IV.

1073.

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388. Simon Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mar. 20,

1719; m. Olive , b. 1723, d. Aug. 8, 1767; m. 2d, May 6, 1768, Patience Hasel-

tine. He was a farmer. Was elected to town offices. Was selectman 1767-68. Was
a member of the church, and in 1766 was elected deacon, but declined the honor. In
1775 in seating the meeting house he was given the second seat below. Will dated
Sept. 3, 1774. Abel Whitcomb returned receipts of Simon's estate Feb. 12, 1782. He
d. May 26, 1778; res. Harvard, Mass.

1076. i. Wetherbee, b. May 3, 1746; m. Abigail Warner.

1076. ii. Rachel, b. Jan. 5, 1748; d. Dec. 16, 1766.

1077. iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1750; m. Taylor.

1078. iv. Silas, b. Oct. 6, 1751.

1079. v. Lois, b. July 28, 1753; d. July 17, 1756.

1080. vi. Alice, b. May 26, 1755.

1081. vii. Judah, b. May 15, 1757; d. May 22, 1761.

1082. viii. Lois, b. Mar. 30, 1759; d. Feb. 26, 1772.

1083. ix. Judah, b. June 16, 1761; m. .

1084. X. Lucy, b. Oct. 7, 1765; d. Oct. 19, 1764.

1085. xi. Simon, b. Jan. 17, 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1767.

1086. xii. Simon, b. Mar. 17, 1770; m. Mary Welch.

1087. xiii. Reuben, b. ; m. .

1088. xiv. Patience, b. —; m. William Willard, Jr.

1089. XV. Hannah, b. ; m. Priest.

1090. xvi. Amy, b. ; m. Draper.

389. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. Nov.
27, 1746, Sarah Holt; d. Oct. 29, 1769. In seating the meetmg house he was given ye
second seat on ye side. Oliver was appointed admr. of his father's estate Apr. 30,
1770; inventory was made Mar. 28, 1771. He d. Jan. 20, 1770; res. Harvard, Mass.

1091. i. Phinehas, b. July 3, 1747; m. Keziah Farnsworth.

1092. ii. Jonathan, b. July 1, 1749; d. Oct. 27, 1756.

1093. iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1751.

1094. iv. Relief, b. May 21, 1754; d. Oct. 15, 1756.

1095. v. Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1756; d. Oct. 26, 1756.

1096. vi. Relief, b. Nov. 13, 1758; m. .

1097. vii. ANNES,b. Feb. 25, 1761; d. June 1,1761.

1098. viii. Oliver, d. Mar. 29, 1763.

1099. ix. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1763; m. Nov. 17, 1789, Benjamin Hoar, of

Littleton.

1100. X. Annes, b. Mar. 30, 1765; d. Jan. 23, 1768.

1101. xi. Rachel, b. Sept. 19, 1767; m. Nov. 7, 1793, Salmon Willard.

1102. xii. Levi, b. June 12, 1757; d. bef. 1771.

398. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Richard, Richard, John), b. Aug. 27, 1747, in

Stow; m. Marcy ; she m. 2d Oliver Wyman. His will is dated 1771, and

besides mentioning the following children, says, "other heirs, Silas Taylor, Nehe-
miah Batchellor, and Marcy Hosmer." He d. 1771; res. Stow and Boxboro, Mass.

1103. i. Eliphlet, b. Feb. 24, 1764; m. Mar. 20, 1783, Sarah Tenny, of

Littleton.
Lois, b. Jan. 16, 1766; m. Eliphalet Mace.
Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1767.
Joshua, b. Jan. 11, 1769, Lunenburg, Mass.
Susanna, b. Apr. 14, 1770.

400. Zachariah Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret,
Conn., Oct. 27, 1732; m. Sarah Stanton, b. 1738; d. Aug. 3, 1809.

Zachariah Whitney was born in Conn, where he resided until 1765. While
residing in Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn., he purchased of persons in Pomfret,
Conn., at various times, as per deeds in possession of his great-grandson, Alvin E.
Whitney, of Beachmont, Revere, Mass., lands in the district of Montague, in the
township of Sunderland, Mass., as it was then. Later it was incorporated as a sepa-
rate township. He was a farmer and one of the pioneers of that part of western
Mass. He d. Sept. 26, 1808; res. Mansfield, Conn., and Montague, Mass.

1108. i. Ebenezer, b. May 28, 1762; m. Rachel Perne Rawsonand Lovina

Burnham Potter.

1109. ii. Zachariah, b. Aug. 11, 1764; m. and rem. to Delhi, N. Y.

1110. iii. Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1776; m. Noah Barnes. She d. Nov. 8, 1796.
7

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1111. iv. Irene, b. June 26, 1778; d. Sept. 29, 1779.

1112. V. Isaac, b. Feb. 27, 1772; d. Sept. 26, 1777.

1113. vi. Olive, b. Dec. 14, 1777; m. Rufus Scott.

402. Aaron Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Nov. 1, 1737; m. there, Feb. 1, 1759, Mary Peck; res. Pomfret, Conn.

1114. i. Moses, b. Sept. 30, 1762.

404. Joseph Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Nov. 5, 1743; m. there, June 15, 1780, Mary Lyon; res. Pomfret, Conn.

1115. i. Joseph, b. Mar. 9, 1781.

1116. ii. ARMiNDA,b. June 29, 1783.

1117. iii. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1785.

1118. iv. Rebeccah, b. July 12, 1790.

408. EzEKiEL Whitney (Ezekiel. Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Oct. 22, 1729; m. at Plainfield, Mar. 7, 1757, Elizabeth Knight; m. 2d Feb., 1770,
Deborah Tryal; m. 3d Sept. 3, 1772, Desire Landers. He d. Feb., 1814; res. Plain-
field, Conn.

Ezekiel, b. May 15, 1758; m. Phebe Hoyt.

Lucy, b. Dec. 31, 1761; d. Oct. 10, 1767.

Asa, b. Oct. 8, 1763.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 20, 1767.

RiSKCUM, b. July 28, 1769; d. Jan. 16, 1771.

409. Ebenezer Whitney (Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret,

Conn., Oct. 22, 1729; m. . After his marriage he located in Worcester,

Mass., where he afterward resided. Being in Boston he was empressed on a British
ship. For seven years he had no communication with his family, nor did he set his
foot on land. When he escaped it was with broken health and to find his wife mar-
ried again; he left her undisturbed, went to his father's (?) and died in eighteen months.
He had two children.

1123a. i. Ebenezer, b. in 1759; m. Martha Gates.
1124a. ii. Dau, b. ; d. young.

416. Samuel Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, July 22,
1714; m. Grace . He d. Oct., 1748; for on 31st of that month his will was pro-
bated; res. Stow, Mass.

1124. i. Jemima, b. Dec. 10, 1745.

417. David Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., Oct.

4, 1722; m. in Harvard, Aug. 25, 1747, Olive Sawyer, b. Lancaster, 1726; d. ;

m. (int. Oct. 25) Nov. 25, 1755, in Lancaster, Mrs. Sarah (Wilder) (Rugg) Hill, of
Lancaster; d. Oct. 16, 1800.

He was a prominent resident in Harvard; was a farmer and member of the
church. In seating the meeting-house he was given the fifth seat. When the Revo-
lutionary war broke out he was a member of the Harvard Minute men, commanded
by Capt. Davis, and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm, Apr. 19, 1775,
in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. In July, 1777, he was in Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's
company and Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. Mr. Enoch Hill and Mrs. Sarah
Rugg were married m Lancaster, Oct. 24, 1752. They had one child, Anna, b. May
25, 1753, posthumous, for the father, Enoch, died Dec. 11, 1752. Aug. 3, 1761, accord-
ing to the Worcester probate records, David and Sarah Whitney, of Harvard, late
widow of said deceased Enoch Hill, " Do hereby resign our rights to Anna Hill only
child of said deceased by said Sarah." He d. in 1790; res. Harvard, Mass.

1126. i. Enoch, b. Sept. 25, 1756; m. Hannah .

1126. ii. Isaac, b. Nov. 27, 1761; m. Susanna Fletcher.

418. Joseph Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. in Stow, Mass.,
1716; m. in Harvard, Mass., Aug. 7, 1744, Hannah (Sanborn) Chandler, b. in 1727; d.
Apr. 2, 1788.

He was born in Stow, Mass., where his ancestors had been among the earliest
settlers. His marriage was solemnized in Harvard, in which town her parents
resided, and is one of the first to be found on the record of marriages. Soon after
his marriage he moved to a farm in Hampshire county and in the will of a relative he
is referred to as " Joseph Whitney, of Roadstown, Hampshire Co." In Feb., 1780, he
resided north of Deerfield river in the northwest part of Shelburne. He was a

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 91

respectable farmer in that town, was a member of the church and died there. His
wife was admitted to the church by letter. He d. Apr. 7, 1796, ae. 80; res. Shelburne,
Alass

"ll27. i. Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1764; d. May 24, 1768.

1128. ii. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1748; m. Abigail Barnard.

1129. iii. Anna, b. June 17, 1759; m. Moses Cfiandler, b. Oct. 25, 1759; d. Aug.

24, 1821. Shed. Nov. 23, 1842; res. Shelburne, Mass. Ch.:
Louis;m. Elisha Edwards; Cynthia, b. July 21, 1788; d. June 9,
1859; Electa, b. Mar. 4, 178-; m. Jan. 24, 1814, Thomas Goodnow;
William, b. May 2, 1794; d. Sept. 1, 1794; Hannah, b. Sept. 12,
1795; m. Amasa Shumway; res. Whitingham, \'t.; Amy, b. Nov.,
1797; m. Danforth Johnson, of Coleraine.

1130. iv. Molly, b. Apr. 7, 1755; m. Ephraim Barrows, of Shutesbury, 6 ch.

1131. v. Lucy, b. Mar. 20, 1762; m. Martin Seaverance, of Shelburne, Nov.,

15, 1781. He d. Dec. 29. 1843. She d. Jan. 10, 1844, 6 ch.
1132a. vi. Moses, b. Apr. 19, 1746; d. Oct. 25, 1756.
1133a. vii. David, b. Aug. 23. 1751; d. Sept. 27, 1756.
1134a. vili. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30. 1753; d. Sept. 26, 1756.

r

1133.

i.

1134.

11.

1135.

lii.

1136.

iv.

1135a IX. Hannah, b. June 1, 1757; d. July 24, 1757

423. David Whitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 21, 1717; m.

1737, Mercy ; res. Brookfield, Mass.

1132. i. Silas, b. 1737; m. Jane Pearson.

425. Solomon Whitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 20, 1721;
m. Oct. 5, 1749, Elizabeth Smith. She m. soon after 1758, Ithamer Goodnough. The
inventory of Solomon's estate was taken Apr. 18, 1758; res. Marlboro and Petersham,
Mass.

Miriam, b. July 31, 1751.

Benjamin, b. June 10, 1753; m. .

Job, b. June 25, 1755.

Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1757.

433. Samuel W^hitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Marlboro, Mass.,
Sept. 5, 1734; m. Oct. 20, 1757, Abigail Cutler, b. Mar. 24, 1735, d. July 2, 1813. He
resided in Concord from 1767 to i777. Was delegate from C. to the first provincial
Congress so called in 1775, and was a leading member of the town committees of
safety, correspondence and inspection. When Concord had raised two hundred
men he was appointed muster master, was a participant in the engagement incident
to the battles of Concord and Lexington, and at that time had a large amount of the
public stores in his dwelling. Mrs. Whitney use to relate that on the day of the
" Concord fight," she was being conveyed out of the way of danger with several of
her children, when a bullet passed through the carriage, grazing the head of one of
the boys. He removed to Castine about 1791, the year of its incorporation, where he
successfully conducted many important enterprises and accumulated a handsome
fortune. He was a man of great integrity of character, and of an enterprising spirit,
but is represented to have been of a restless disposition. He was of fine personal
appearance, of large size, and dignified in his bearing. His mind was of a thoughtful
cast and he cultivated a taste for literature, accumulating for the day quite a valu-
able library. In politics he was a federalist. He d. IVIay 29, 1808; res. Concord,
Mass., and Castine, Me.

Samuel, b. July 15, 1759; d. unm , 1783.
David, b. Aug. 14, 1761; m. Betsey Darby.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 11, 1763; d. unm., 1784.

Anna, b. July 30, 1764; m.Sept. 13, 1787, James Adams of Antigua,
W. I., where she died in 1788.
1141. V. George, b. Sept. 22, 1765; m. and left one dau. Abigail, who m.
Dudley Tyler, and he d. leaving two sons. She m. 2d a Mr.
Brown. She d. Marietta, Ohio, in 182L
James, b. Dec. 1, 1766; d. unm. Jamaica, W. I., unm. in 1796.
Abigail, b. Apr. 22, 1768; d. unm. at Castine, June 4, 1808.
Lydia. b. June 19. 1769; d. in infancy.
Samuel Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. Ruth Perkins.
Joseph, b. Sept. 19, 1771; m. Sally Collins, Catherine Smith, and
Mrs. Catherine Whitney.
1147. xi. William, b. Nov. 13, 1772; d. Charlestown S. C, unm., in 1809.

1137.

1138.

ii.

1139.

iii.

1140.

IV.

1142.

vi.

1143.

vii.

1144.

viii

1145.

IX.

1146.

X.

92 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1148. xii. John, b. Dec. 19, 1773; d. Jamaica in 1803.

1149. xiii. Cyrus, b. Dec. 24, 1774; m. Mary Brewer.

1150. xiv. Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1776; m. May 5, 1808, David Howe of Castine.

She d. Nov. 16, 1857, leaving Abigail W., David, Joseph, Sarah
Ann, Rebecca.

1151. xvii. Henry, b. Jan. 29, 1783; m. Lucy Perkins.

1152. XV. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1777; d. young.

1153. xvi. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 17, 1780; m. Bathsheba T. Heston.

435. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mar. 6, 1723;
m. Jan. 22, 1752, Tabitha Barnett, of Holden. He was a farmer; resided in Stow.
May 18, 1777, they moved to Conway, Mass., and united with the Cong, church there
and ever after resided in that town. He d. in Conway, Mass., Oct. 28, 1801; res.
Stow and Conway, Mass.

1154. i. Aaron, b. July 31, 1752; m. .

1155. ii. Persis, b. Aug. 22, 1754; d. Oct. 2, 1754.

1156. iii. Meriam, b. Aug. 25, 1755.

1157. iv. Asaph, b. Apr. 29, 1759.

437. Jeremiah Whitney (Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Apr. 1,
1729; m. Elizabeth , d. Apr. 24, 1754; m. 2d 1755, Azubah . The wit-
nesses to Jeremiah's will were Solomon Taylor and James Whitcomb. In 1765 Joel
chose Jeremiah Holman, of Bolton, his guardian. He d. in 1761; res. Stow, Mass.

1158. i. Joel, b. Jan. 8, 1750.

1159. ii. Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1752.

1160. iii. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 18, 1754. He was second lieut. in a Worcester

county company in Revolutionary war.

1161. iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1756.

1162. v. Ithamer, b. Dec. 29, 1758; of Cheshire Co., N. H.; was in Col.

Samuel Ashley's regt. in Revolutionary army Nov. 16, 1776, and
marched to reinforce Gen. Gates at Ticonderoga, in 26 days.

1163. vi. Abel, b. Apr. 22, 1760; d. Apr. 23, 1760.

441. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Sept. 2, 1722; m.
Feb. 24, 1753, Anna Gould; d. Aug. 10, 1812. Thomas Whitney was an early resident
of Westboro. With his wife they moved to Shrewsbury, where he was admitted to
the church in 1784. He died in Westboro. While living in Shrewsbury they
resided in that part called " The Shoe." He was in the Shrewsbury company in the
Revolutionary war. Thomas Whitney's inventory, late of Westboro. Appraised
June 3, 1806. Thomas Whitney's adm. acct. The account cf Jonah Whitney, admin-
istrator on the estate of Thomas Whitney, late of Westboro, deceased. The said
accountant charges himself with the personal estate of the deceased, amounting, as
per inventory, July 1, 1806. He d. Apr. 25, 1806; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro,
Mass.

1164. i. Timothy, b. Nov. 29, 1753; m. Phebe Reed.

1165. ii. Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1756; m. Feb. 28, 1780, Jonas Hemenway; b.

Dec. 13, 1758; d. Mar. 12, 1827. She d. Sept. 8, 1827; res.
Shrewsbury, Mass. Ch.: Lucy, b. May 8, 1780; m. May 8, 1800,
Asahel Allen; Irene, b. July 23, 1784; m. Jan. 1, 1804, Noah
Allen.

1166. iii. Elijah, b. Apr. 21, 1761; m. Mindwell Hardy.

1167. iv. Anna, b. May 24, 1764; m. 1783, Silas Wheelock; b. May 10, 1759.

He d. Feb. 24, 1842. She died one day previous. Res. Shrews-
bury. Ch.: Silas, b. May 12, 1784; Thomas, b. July 9, 1786;
m. Sarah N. Fairbank, of Grafton; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 12, 1789;
m. Elijah Harrington, Jr.; Anna, b. June 18, 1791; m. Ezra Phelps;
Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1793; m. Dr. Stephen Cutler, of Grafton;
Edward F., b. Aug. 22, 1796; m. Hannah Warren; Zadock P.,
b. Mar. 21, 1799; d. infancy; Mary Williams, b. May 6, 1800;
m. James Wheeler; Hannah, b. May 21, 1803; m. John French;
Rinda, b. Mar. 17, 1805; m. Willard Warren, of Grafton.

1168. v. John Smith, b. Dec. 4, 1788; m. Susanna Knowlton.

1169. vi. Jonah, b. Aug. 25, 1771; m. Anna Rider,

447. Samuel Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 2, 1746; m.
Nov. 5, 1776, Levinah Bigelow, b. Feb. 1, 1756. He was in the Revolutionary war in
the Westboro company; res. Westboro, Mass., and Alstead, N. H.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 93

1170. i. Martha, b. ; m. Nov. 21, 1811, Jacob Earle, b. Mar. 8, 1776,

in Paxton, Mass. Ch.: Clarisa S., b. July 6, 1812; m. Jan. 10,
1838, Nathan L. Doolittle; Phebe W., b. Nov. 3, 1814; m. John
W. Bradbury; Charlotte L., b. Dec. 23, 1816; m. Henry T.
Clark; Jacob F., b. Jan. 7, 1819; m. Sarah Sherman; Sophia B.,
b. Apr. 9, 1821; m. Nelson A. Holton; res. Paxton, Mass., and
Mt. Holly, N. Y.

449. Alexander Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. July 2, 1751;
m. July 10, 1776, Lois Carroll; d. Henniker, N. H. He served m the Revolutionary
war in the Westboro company, commanded by Capt. Wheelock. He d. in Henniker,
N. H.; res. Hopkinton, Mass., and Henniker, N. H.

1171. i. Eleazer, b. Dec. 5, 1777; m. Alice Peabody.

1172. ii. Molly, b. May 21, 1779; m. 1799, John Connor. He was a cele-

brated teacher of vocal music, b. Sept. 28, 1779; d. Mar. 8, 1862.
She d. Dec. 15, 1858. Ch.: Sophronia, b. Jan. 4, 1800; m. Paul
Ray; Susannah, b. June 22, 1802; m. A. K. Hoyt, of Troy, N. Y;
Cvnthia, b. Sept. 30, 1805; m. Ezra Eastman.

1173. iii. Lois, b. Mar. 3, 1781; d. Dec. 31,1862.

1174. iv. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1783; m. Apr. 26, 1808, Abel Connor, b. Nov.

23, 1782. He was often in public life, and foremost in every
good work. He d. Oct. 20, 1854. She d. Nov. 23, 1828. Ch.:
Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1809; d. Feb. 9, 1809; John T., b. Dec. 9,
1809; d. June 20, 1816; Liva, b. June 26, 1811; m. Solomon Heath,
of Bow; Eliza, b. Apr. 25,1813;" d. Sept. 18, 1838; Alexander W.,
b. Feb. 6, 1815; m. Harriet Spofford; Alvira, b. Jan. 8, 1817; m.
John M. Foss, of Hopkinton; Eunice C, b. Nov. 28, 1818; m.
G. P. Leach; m. DeWitt Jones; John K., b. June 6, 1820; m.
Mary J. Darling; Hannah "C, b. Mar. 11, 1822; m. P. C. Flan-
ders; Abel D. L. F., b. Apr. 16, 1824; m. Louisa Bacon and
Lucy S. Goodell.

1174X-V. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1785; m. Perry, of Newport, and had one

son, Ruel Fisher.

1174>^.vi. Phebe, b. 1787; m. Thomas M. Davis; a gr. dau., Mrs. Lewis Han-
son, res. West Henniker, N. H.

1175. vii. Alexander, b. Dec. 5, 1789; m. Lydia Foster.

1176. viii. Stephen, b. June 10, 1792; m. Sarah Bailey.

1177. ix. Cynthia, b. ; d. Apr. 28, 1816.

450. Sergt. Joshua Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Apr. 26,
1754; m. Nov. 12, 1777, Betty Wood. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and
was at one time, in the early part of the war, a member of the company commanded
by Capt. Kimball, of Grafton, Mass. Moving to New Hampshire, he enlisted, Aug.
6, 1778, in Capt. Bowman's company, under Gen. Sullivan, and was in the service in
Rhode Island, and granted a pension, Mar. 4, 1831, for having been a soldier in
the Mass. line of the Continental Army. He d. Feb. 2, 1835; res. Henniker, N. H.

Samuel, b. June 17, 1779; d. July 6, 1779.

Luther, b. July 25, 1780; m. Hannah Gordon and Nabby Wood.

Levi, b. May 25, 1783; d. Oct. 16, 1785.

Stephen, b. Oct. 15, 1785; d. May 24, 1789.

John, b. July 23, 1787; m. Lucy Chamberlain.

Silas, b. Mar. 30, 1791; m. Sally Butler.

Betsey, b. June 12, 1794; d. unm.

454. Aaron Whitney (Elnathan, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Waltham, Mass.,

July 15, 1734; m. Margaret ; res. Roxbury, Uxbridge (1762) and Upton (1766),

Mass.

1205. i. Molly.

1206. ii. Hannah, b. Uxbridge, Sept. 28, 1760.

1207. iii. Samuel, b. Uxbridge, May 23, 1764.

457. Elnathan Whitney (Elnathan, Eleazer, Thomas. John), b. Mar. 28, 1741,
in Waltham; m. in Manchester, Mass., Mar., 1785, Lucy Allen; b. in 1751; d. Dec.
29, 1829, in Goffstown, N. H.

He was born in Waltham and during the Revolutionary war was in the Newton,

1198.

1199.

ii.

1200.

in.

1201.

iv.

1202.

v.

1203.

vi.

1204.

Vll.

94 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mass., company,* and also served under Capt. Barnard in the Watertown company;
subsequently he resided in Manchester, Mass. In 1789 he moved to Goffstown.
N. H., where he purchased a farm of Gen. John Stark, who had previously purchased
it of Abram Outhout, of Albany, N. Y. It then comprised 500 acres, and the sum

f)aid for it was ^255 lawful money. Mr. Whitney was a baker by trade, but he never
ollowed it after moving to Goffstown. He d. June 4, ls20; res. Manchester, Mass.,
and Goffstown, N. H.

1208. i. Betsey, b. Aug. 21, 1786; m. 1810, Joseph Poore; b. Feb. 23,

1787. She d. Apr. 20, 1843; res. Goffstown Centre, N. H. He d.
Dec. 18, 1863. Ch.: George, b. 1812; m. Phebe Russell; Mary
L., b.l81o; d. June 6, 1818; Harriett J., b. Apr., 1818; d. Nov. 13,
1843; Joseph J., b. Mar. 11, 1820; m. Lucy Whitney Martin;
Martha Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1822; d. June 23, 1874. A gr. son is Wm.
H. Poore at G. C.

1209. ii. Polly, b. ; m. Caleb Martin. Ch.: Lucy W., b. ; m.

Joseph J. Poore; Caleb K., b. ; res. Jeffrey, N. H.

1210. iii. Elnathan, b. Apr. 4, 1791; m. Lydia Stickney.

1211. iv. Lydia, b.— ; m. Isaac Flanders. Ch.: Gideon, b. ; res.

Manchester, N. H.

469. Sergt. Jacob Whitney (Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury, Feb.
24, 1737; m. Nov. 15, 1759, Rachel Whiting. During the Revolutionary war he was
sergt. in that company commanded by Capt. Corey from Roxbury. He d. Jan. 14,
1803; res. West Roxbury, Mass.

1212. vi. Moses, b. Jan. 2, 1775; m. Rebecca Dunbar and Mrs. Mary P.

Kittredge.

1213. i. Pruden'CE, b. July 25, 1760; m. at Roxbury, Mass., Lewis Jones,

b. 1757; d. 1830. Ch.: Hannah Jones, dec'd; m. Eliphaz Clapp,
dec'd; 3 ch., Lewis C, George C, Edwin C, all dec'd; Pru-
dence Jones, dec'd; m. John Fowle, dec'd; 6 ch., Henry Fowle,
Elizabeth Fowle, John Fowle, living; Edwin Fowle, William
Fowle, William Fowle, last two dec'd; Betsey Jones died,
17 years of age.

1214. ii. Reuben, b. Nov. 6, 1762. In 1781 he enlisted in Gen. Knox artillery,

served 3 years and was discharged. He was born in Roxbury
but served in the Newton Co.

1215. iii. Lemuel, b. Apr. 29, 1765.

1216. iv. Jabez, b. Nov. 30, 1767.

1217. v. Hannah, b, Apr. 8, 1772; d. July 14, 1789.

472. Ensign Abner Whitney (Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury
Mass., Nov. 17, 1744; m. . He d. Jan. 6, 1826; res. Roxbury, Mass., and Wind-
sor Co., Vt.

He was born either in Newton or Roxbury, probably the former place. When
the Revolutionary war broke out he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt.
Wiswell, raised in Newton, and was at once promoted to sergeant. Later in the war
he was serving as ensign (or second lieutenant). He was granted a pension Apr. 13,
1818, and at that time he was residing in Wmdsor Co., Vt., where he died Jan. 6,
1826, ae. 81.

Abraham, b. Apr. 25, 1779; m. Rebecca Hudson.

Isaac, b. ; m. ; and res. in Elmore, Vt. Had a son

David who had sons, Isaac and James, and res. in Elmore.

Jacob, b. May 2, 1784; m. Lucy Adams.

Abner, b. July 19, 1780; m. Polly White.

Fanny, b. ; m. Messenger.

Sally, b. .

475. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Nov. 28,
1735; m. there prob. in 17.57, Persis Randall, b. 1746, d. July 5, 1812. Isaiah Whitney
was born in Harvard, and died there.

He resided on the farm which his father purchased in 1722, before the town was
incorporated. There were in Harvard two others by the same name as his; one
was called "one thumb Zaiah," because he had but one thumb, and the other " Pond
Zaiah," because he lived near Bare Hill pond. He was in the Revolutionary army,

*8ee Jackson's History of Newton, Mass., p. 270.

1218.

i.

1219.

11.

1220.

iii,

1221.

IV,

1222.

V.

1223.

vi

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in the company from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Davis. On the rolls in the
State House at Boston he is reported dead. His gravestone gives his age as 88.
His will having been probated May 19, 1818, mentions son Jonah; gives to two grand-
children, Lois Turner, wife of James, and Amos Whitney, children of my said son
Jonah, sons Isaiah and Cyrus, dau. Dorcas, wife Ezra Barker. Cyrus Whitney, exec.
May 19, 1818. He d. Feb. 28, 1817; res. Harvard and Stow, Mass.

1224. i. Jonah, b. June 19, 1768; m. Lois Hill and Jane Stone.

1225. ii. Dorcas, b. Apr. 20, 1760; m. June 18, 1784, Ezra Barker, of Stod-

dard, N. H.; they res. in Littleton, Mass., and she was grand-
' mother of Isaac's wife, son of Cyrus. She d. 1888. They had
5 ch.: Rebecca, m. Hoar of Littleton, Susan, Lydia.

1226. iii. Isaiah, b. Dec. 13, 1764; m. Dorcas Whitman.

1227. iv. Amos, b. Dec. 27, 1768; m. Rhoda Cutler.

1228. V. Cyrus, b. Aug. 17, 1771; m. Mary Whitney.

481. Dea. Israel Whitney (Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, June
22, 1751, m. there May 14, 1772, Hannah Mead, b. 1754, d. Aug. 14, 1788; m. 2d in Bol-
ton, Apr. 22, 1789, Mrs. Abigail Puffer.

He was born on his father's farm, which had been purchased before the town was
incorporated. He enlisted early in the Revolutionary war. In 1778 he was a mem-
ber of Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's company in Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment which
took part in the operations in Rhode Island. In 1775 he was corporal of Capt. Isaac
Gate's company, which marched to the Lexington Alarm April 19, but which com-
pany was not mustered into the American service. In 1781 he was first lieutenant
in Capt. Thaddeus Pollard's company, and had seen active service most of the time
since 1775. In seating the meeting house in 1775 he was given the " fore seat in the
side gallery." In 1795 he was chosen one of the deacons of the church, and for nearly
twenty-five years filled the office, but to the horror of all the members of the church
Mar. 9, 1819, having adopted the views of the Universalists, he was dismissed. He
held a number of town offices, and in 1786 was selectman. The epitaph on his
first wife's tombstone reads as follows:

"With serious joy the enlightened soul

Surveys a part, admires the whole,

Nor always silently surveys,

But fir'd with gratitude to praise;

In holy confidence is blest,

And calmly waits eternal rest."
He made his will Dec. 11, 1826. It was probated Feb. 6, 1827. Capt. Ephraim
Warner was executor. He mentions his wife, Abigail, sons and daughters, viz:
Israel, Oliver, Hannah Sawyer, Rebecca Fairbank, Lydia Sprague, Betsey Fairbank,
Arathena Farwell and Neoma Sawyer and Luther Whitney. He d. Feb., 1827; res.
Harvard, Mass.

1229. i. Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1773; m. May 17, 1791, Phinehas Sawyer. He

was of Harvard, where he was born May 33, 1768; d. Jan. 14,
1820. Ch.: Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1792; m. E. Davis, and d. Aug.
9, 1817; Eusebia, b. Oct. 9, 1793; m. July 3, 1817, James Hickman,
and d. Sept. 4, 1857; Sarah, b. Feb.6, 1795;d. unm. Sept. 23, 1883;
Sophia, b. June 19, 1797 ; m. Apr. 7, 1816, William Brigham, and
d. Feb. 7,1884; Alfred Ira, b.Oct. 6, 1799; m. Sept. 22, 1829, Nancy
Davis, and d. Aug. 1, 1849; Eliza, b. May 28, 1802; m. May 15,
1839, Roswell Douglass, and d. July 1, 1860; Mary, b. Sept. 30,
1804; m. Apr. 25, 1830, Rev. Aaron D.Sargent, and d. Jan.4, 1885;
Arethusa, b. May 8,1806; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Rev. James W. Mowry,
and died in 1882; Zenas, b. Dec. 25, 1808; m. Nov. 13, 1837,
Sophronia Brackett, and d. Feb. 20, 1856; Wesley, b. Feb. 2, 1810;
m. Sept. 24, 1835, Mary M. C. Patten, and d. Feb. 6, 1878; Fran-
cis Asbury, b. Nov. 11, 1812; m. May 7, 1843, Martha Sawyer,
and d. June 16, 1881; Edmund, b. Aug. 31, 1815; d. Mar. 21, 1816;
Jonathan, b. Marlboro, Mass., June 17, 1817; m. June 25, 1839,
Martha Perkins, of Barnard, Vt, and d. June 20, 1891. She was
born Mayl7, 1816. Jonathan Sawyer,the head of the famous Saw-
yer Woolen Mills, of Dover, N. H., died suddenly from paraly-
sis, 1891. In his death the manufacture has lost one of its vet-
erans, who will stand among the comparatively small circle of
those whose names will be permanently entered in the annals of

JONATHAN SAWYER.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 97

the industry, as having contributed to advance it to its present
high estate in this country. Jonathan Sawyer was born at Marl-
borough, Mass., June 7, 1817. He attended school at Lowell,
Mass., where he was a member of the first class that entered the
high school of that city, of which Bishop T. M. Clark, of Rhode
Island, was then principal.

Illness compelled Air. Sawyer to leave school at the age of
16, and he went to Dover, N. H.,to reside with his brother, Alfred
Ira Sawyer. This brother, after serving an apprenticeship as a
dyer at Amesbury, Mass., and Great Falls, N. H., had moved to
Dover in 1823, and established a small factory for the manufac-
ture of woolen yarns on the banks of the Bellamy river. This
was the beginning of the great manufacturing establishment
which has made the name of the Sawyers familiar throughout
the United States. As first operated, the mill was a grist mill, a
custom carding and cloth-dressing mill — the combination of
industries very common at that period, in which the great woolen
manufacture of to-day had its genesis. The mill was enlarged
and converted into a flannel mill in 1832. Jonathan Sawyer
remained two years in Dover, attending school and working in
his brother's mill. In the fall of 1835 he returned to Lowell,
where his mother then resided, and afterward attended for a
short time the Methodist school at Wilbraham. When 19 years
old, he went to work in a woolen establishment at Lowell as a
dyer. After a brief apprenticeship, he began the dyeing busi-
ness on his own account, continuing it until 1839. In that year
he was married to Miss Martha Perkins, of Barnet, Yt., and
immediately went to Watertown, N. Y., where he served two
years and a half as the superintendent of the Hamilton Woolen
Company. Mr. Sawyer subsequently established a mill for the
manufacture of satinets, in Watertown, which he operated until
1849. In that year his brother, Alfred I. Sawyer, the founder of
the Dover mill, died, leaving children who were too young to
carry on the business of manufacturing. Jonathan Sawyer there-
upon removed from Watertown to Dover, and in company with
his brother Zenas continued the manufacture of flannels under
the firm name of Z. & J. Sawyer. Two years later Zenas Sawyer
retired from the business, and was succeeded by another brother,
Francis A. Sawyer, who had been a prominent builder in Bos-
ton. The firm, of F. A. & J. Sawyer was then formed, and this
firm still continues in existence as the selling agent of the com-
pany's product. They continued the manufacture of flannels in
a wooden mill, which stood upon the site of the brick structures
now occupied by the Sawyer Woolen Company. In 1858 the
property lower down the river, now known as the lower mill,
then called the Moses mill, and also operated as a flannel mill,
was purchased by the firm. In 1860 this mill was enlarged to a
four set mill, in 1863 to eight sets, and in 1882 to sixteen sets, with
new machinery throughout. The old woolen mill, wherein were
laid the foundations of this splendid enterprise,had been erected
in 1832, and continued to be operated until 1872, when it was
replaced by the present substantial structure, containing eighteen
sets of cards, with preparing and finishing machinery for thirty-
seven sets, as well as a new outfit of three sets for worsted
manufacture, recently added. In 1873 the present company was
incorporated under the name of the Sawyer Woolen Mills, and
its first officers were Francis A. Sawyer, president; Jonathan Saw-
yer, treasurer, and Charles H. Sawyer, agent.

Until 1832 only yarns had been produced in the Sawyer
mill, the spinning and weaving being done at the neighboring
farmhouses. When the manufacture of flannels was begun in
that year, the factory system was completely established in the
mill, and the subsequent increase in the plant and in the quan-
tity and quality of its products was largely due to the enterpris-
ing inspiration of Jonathan Sawyer. The Sawyer Woolen Mills

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

is justly regarded throughout the United States as one of the
best types of a great manufacture. It is the center of an intel-
ligent, thrifty, contented community, made up for the most part
of families living happily in their own homes, and reflecting in
their lives the influence which may be exerted upon the
employes by men who regard the welfare of their help as closely
as they watch the internal management of their mills. Mr. Saw-
yer was a humanitarian as well as a manufacturer, and his chari-
ties, while they were always unobtrusive, were as much a part
of his life as his business. Shrinking from publicity as he always
did, hiding his good deeds from the knowledge of the world, the
example of his life was an ennobling influence in the community,
and is the most precious of his legacies to family and friends.
The unmarred reputation for strictest integrity which he has
won, his far-seeing and far-reaching enterprise have enabled the
corporation to pass prosperously through the financial depres-
sions and panics which so many times have swept over the
country during his long career. He has been a great lover of
his home, where his fine tastes had full sway. When free from
business, he was always there. He loved books, and his conver-
sation showed an unusual breadth of reading in science, history
and politics. He was possessed of a strong, clear intellect, a
calm, dispassionate judgment, and sympathies which always
brought him to the side of the weak and the suffering; and no one
ever went to him for assistance and came away empty-handed.

He was the father of ex-Governor Chas. H. Sawyer, Mary
Elizabeth Sawyer, Francis Asbury Sawyer (who died two years
ago in Boston), Roswell Douglass Sawyer, the artist of New
York city, Martha Frances, wife of W. S. Bradley of Dover,
Alice May Sawyer, and Frederic Jonathan Sawyer. Ch.: Charles
Henry, b. Mar, 30, 1840; m. Susan Ellen Cowan, Feb. 8, 1865;
address, Dover, N. H. Charles H. Sawyer is a lineal descend-
ant of Thomas Sawyer, who settled in 1647 at Lancaster, Mass.,
where, in 1708, he {or possibly a son of his bearing the same
name) was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada, and
purchased his deliverance and that of several fellow-captives,
by building for the French governor a saw mill; the first, it
is said, in that region of country.

Phineas, the great-great-grandson of Thomas, and the
grandfather of Charles H. Sawyer, bought in Marlborough,
Mass., a century later, a water privilege and mills, to which he
afterward added a cotton factory, a difficult and hazardous
undertaking at that early day. He operated it for some years,
about the time of the last war with England, but probably with
more public spirit than private advantage, and died in 1820,
leaving a widow and twelve children.

Charles H. was born in Watertown, N. Y. At the age of 10
he was taken by his father to Dover, N. H., and acquired the
basis of his education in the excellent public schools of that
place. When he became 17 his father, who designed him for
the hereditary calling of manufacturing, placed him in the flan-
nel mill as an ordinary hand, to enable him to form a practical
acquaintance with the various and complicated processes
required to transform the rough fleece into the finished fabric.
Here he supplemented his book education by the education of
work, observation, and experience. Step by step he rose to the
higher grades of employment, mastering every detail of the busi-
ness as he went, until at the age of 26 he was appointed super-
intendent of the establishment. Meantime, the proprietors of
the mills hadgreatly extended their operations and had adapted
the machinery to the manufacture of fine cassimere cloths and
suitings. In 1873 they were incorporated by the name of the
Sawyer Woolen Mills, and Col. Sawyer became apart owner and
agent; and in 1881, on the death of his uncle, Francis A. Sawyer,
the senior proprietor, he was chosen the president.

HON. CHARLES H. SAWYER, EX-GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

99

100 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

The Sawyer Woolen Mills Corporation is now a large
and prosperous concern, employing somewhere about five
hundred operatives, and turning out a quality of cloth which
has acquired a high reputation in the market for beauty,
durability, and uniform excellence of workmanship. None but
the best materials are used, and the best class of help is em-
ployed. " Live and let live " is the motto of the managers. The
employes have mainly grown up with the business, the changes
having been very few; a great part of them have been in the
employ of the concern for twenty years or more. They are paid
liberal wages, and are comfortable and independent. They are
large depositors in the savings banks, and many of them own
their own houses, purchased with their earnings. As may be
inferred, they are, as a body, temperate, industrious and orderly.
They feel that their interests are identified with those of their
employers, and no strikes or other labor troubles have ever dis-
turbed the harmonious relations between them.

The Sawyer Woolen Mills have introduced one new feature
into their business which commends itself to the good sense of
all. Instead of employing commission houses to dispose of
their goods, as the former practice was, they now make their own
sales. They thus reduce the chances of loss to the minimum;
and, there being no middleman's profit to pay, they can better
afford employment to their hands in times of depression. For a
number of years past the active management of the entire busi-
ness— buying, manufacturing, and selling— has fallen upon Col.
Sawyer, and it has been so conducted that the credit of no other
establishment stands higher. As a business man, alert, sagacious
and successful, the Colonel has no superior in the state, and that
is saying a great deal at this day, when the brightest of the New
Hampshire boysare finding employment at home. The sterling
business qualities which Col. Sawyer displayed in the conduct
of his own affairs have naturally led to his being selected upon
the board of management of other enterprises. He is a director
of the Strafford National Bank, and a trustee of the Strafford
Savings Bank; a director of the Dover Gas-light Company, and
president of the Dover Horse Railroad Company; a director and
member of the executive board of the Granite State Insurance
Company; a director of the Portsmouth Bridge Company and
president of the Eliot Bridge Company, and a director in the
Portsmouth and Dover, in the Portsmouth, Great Falls and Con-
way, and in the Wolfeborough branch railroads. These various
and important trusts, numerous as they and his private engage-
ments are, receive his careful attention; and it is safe to say that
the opinion of no one concerned in their administration carries
more weight than his. Col. Sawyer has too great an interest in
public affairs to be without decided political convictions. He
cast his earliest vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has ever since
been unswerving in his allegiance to the Republican party. His
experience in the service of the public has not been inconsider-
able. After having served with credit in both branches of the
city council of Dover, he was chosen a representative in the
State Legislature in the years 1869 and 1870, and again in 1876
and 1877. His ability and standing in that body are indicated
by the fact of his assignment to the important committees on the
judiciary, railroads, manufactures and national affairs. His last
political service was that of delegate at large to the National
Republican Convention at Chicago, in 1884. The military title
by which he is known. Col. Sawyer derived from his appoint-
ment upon the staff of the Governor of the State in 1881. It is
the barest justice to him to add that he is no office-seeker.
Modest and unassuming in a remarkable degree, the public
positioYis he has held have come to him through no longing or
efforts of his own; in his case it is emphatically true that " the
office has always sought the man."

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. loi

Col. Sawyer is a member of the Congregational Society in
Dover, and a liberal contributor to its support, as well as to
every worthy object of charity and scheme of benevolence that
is brought to his notice from whatever quarter. Though his
manner is reserved, his heart is warm and his sympathies are
quick and wide; and his generosity and helpfulness in a good
cause are not limited by place or creed or nationality. He is a
consistent temperance man, and a firm upholder of the prohib-
itory law. Every work lor the improvement of the city or the
public benefit finds in him a hearty supporter, grudging neither
money nor more valuable personal effort to promote its advance-
ment. For years he has been a zealous member of the Masonic
fraternity. He was twice elected to the chair of the Strafford
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and for the past seven
years he has been the Eminent Commander of the St. Paul
Commandery of Knights Templar. Though so diligent a man '
of affairs, Col. Sawyer finds the time for mental cultivation. His
library contains the best books of solid value, and he has made
himself acquainted with their contents. On all subjects of pub-
lic interest and practical importance he keeps thoroughly
informed, and has well-considered opinions. Naturally some-
what reticent, he never obtrudes his views; but when they are
sought for, they are found to go straight to the mark, and to
have behind them all the force of rare sagacity and careful
thought. He makes no pretentions to oratory, yet orators might
well envy the impression which his plain, convincing statements
command. In the recent panic caused by the withdrawal from
the state of foreign insurance companies, it was mainly Col.
Sawyer's calm and clear demonstration of the feasibility of a
manufacturers* mutual system of home insurance that quieted
the needless feelings of alarm. It has been truly remarked of
Col. Sawyer that "Nature made him on a large scale." His
great interests he wields easily, and carries his broad responsi-
bilities without fatigue. His remarkable executive ability never
seems to be taxed to its full capacity; there is always an appear-
ance of reserve strength beyond. He has a large way of esti-
mating men and things. No petty prejudices obscure the clear-
ness of his vision or weaken the soundness of his judgment. He
has the courage of his convictions, and does not shrink from
telling an unpalatable truth when necessary; but he has the rare
faculty of giving no needless offense. In the wide round of
his occupations he must needs have caused some disappoint-
ments, but his character for justice and square dealing is so uni-
versally understood that censure finds no vulnerable spot to fas-
ten on. Few prominent men are so free from enemies. The
imperturbable poise of character which Col. Sawyer exhibits is
one of his distinguishing features. Nothing throws him off his
balance. He keeps entire control of his temper; he allows
neither success to elate him, nor failure to depress him. As the
western people say, he is "a man to tie to." This is the result
of natural equanimity, supplemented by careful self-discipline.
His powers are so cultivated that they are evenlv developed;
his character is matured, well-rounded and symmetrical. More-
over, he is, in the expressive phrase of the day, a " clean " man.
His life has not been soiled by any mean or sordid action. Amidst
many temptations to self-indulgence, he has preserved himself
pure and unspoiled. In the several relations of son and husband
and father, of friend and of citizen, he has been faithful and true
to his duty. At twenty-five years of age he married Susan E.,
daughter of Dr. James W. Cowan. Their home is on the bank
of the stream whose waters turn the wheels of Sawyer's mills.
It is the unostentatious abode of genuine comfort and refine-
ment. It is there that Col. Sawyer finds, in the society of his
wife and children, rest from the cares of his business, and the
truest enjoyment of his life.

102 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

For several years past those who knew Col. Sawyer best
felt that he was destined ere long to fill the chief executive
office in the gift of the people of New Hampshire; and when, a
few months since, his name was publicly mentioned for the
gubernatorial nomination by the Republican party, it was
received with enthusiasm by people in all parts of the state.
The convention, when assembled, ratified what appeared to be
the popular voice, and nominated him as their candidate for the
governorship by a vote of nearly three-fourths of their whole
number. Gratifying to the nominee as this spontaneous mark
of the confidence of his party must have been, his reception
by the people of his city, without distinction of party, must have
been even more so. He was met on his return from the con-
vention to Dover by a great procession, civic and military, of
men of all opinions and callings, and escorted to his home amid
cheers and music and illuminations all along the way. It was
an ovation that testified more eloquently than words to the high
estimation in which his character is held by his neighbors and
townsmen. Governor of New Hampshire 1887-8-9. Col. Sawyer
is yet in his prime. It is probable that one-half of his adult life
is still before him. The qualities that have already made him
one of our foremost men will guide and govern him throughout
the remainder of his career. And all that he has thus far accom-
plished is not unlikely to prove but the vestibule to the noble
edifice of his completed life. Ch.: Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28,
1842, Dover, N. H.; Francis Asburv, b. Mar. 5, 1845; m. Sept. 10,
1884, Emma K. Smith; he d. Dec. 23, 1889; Roswell Douglass, b.
Mar. 14, 1848; m. Edwina Dean Lowe of St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1879;
address, Paris, France, care of John Munroe & Co., bankers;
Martha Frances, b. Mar 3, 1851; m. W. S. Bradley of Fairfield,
Vt., Sept. 10, 1878; address, Dover, N. H.; Alice May, b. July 24,
1853; m. Frederic W. Payne of Boston, Jan. 29, 1894; address,
Boston, Mass.; Frederic Jonathan, b. May 27, 1860; m. Isabella
Dootson, Aug. 19, 1881; address, Dover, N. H.

1230. ii. Israel, b. Apr. 13, 1775; m. Phoebe Jennison.

1231. iii. Rebecca, b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Apr. 26, 1795, Amos Fairbanks, jr.,

of Harvard, b. Sept. 5, 1769. Ch.: Horace, b. Oct. 16, 1795;
Amos, b. Nov. 27, 1799; Clark, b. Feb. 13, 1802.

1232. iv. Lydia, b. May 25, 1779; m. Jan. 18, 1798, Samuel Sprague, of H.,
Nathan Sprague, Leominster.

Betsey, b. May 24, 1782; m. June 7, 1803, Joseph Fairbanks, of H.

Arathusa, b. Dec. 12, 1783; m. Farwell.

AMOs,b. 1791; d. Sept. 12, 1794.

Oliver, b. May 16, 1786; m. Mercy Whitcomb.

Luther, b. Feb. 5, 1790; m. Melinda Wetherbee.

Luke, b. Feb. 8, 1793; d. May 2, 1795.

Nao.mi, b. Apr. 28, 1797; m. June 17, 1817, James Sawyer.

487. John Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 3, 1746;
m. at Bolton, Jan. 9, 1771, Sarah Atherton.

He was born in Harvard, where he resided until a young man, when he moved
to Bolton, where he was married. When the Revolutionary war broke out he
enlisted in a Bolton company as per agreement:

We the subscribers belonging to Bolton in the County of Worcester do promise
to pay unto John Whitney of Harvard in said county or order in consideration of his
engaging into the Continental service for three years for us, 18 calves, 10 whereof
are to be heifers, and 8 steers to be delivered to him within six weeks after his dis-
charge from the Continental service (provided it be within 3 years) viz. if he be
discharged in one year from date he is to receive said stock at one year and six
weeks old and so for a longer or shorter time according to the same rule.

N. B. — Said stock is to be six weeks older when he receives them than the time
he is in the service, provided it be no longer than three years. Said stock to be of
the middling size. [Nurses Annals of Lancaster, Mass.]

In 1781 he was of Bolton and in the regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Whit-
ney, of Harvard. His brother, Isaiah Whitney, was admr. of the estate of John

1233.

V.

1234.

VI.

1236.

XI.

1236.

vn.

1237.

vin

1238.

ix.

1239.

X.

1240.

i.

1241.

n.

1242.

111.

1243.

IV.

1244.

V.

1245.

VI.

1246,

Vll.

1247.

vin.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 103:

Whitney, of Bolton. June 23, 1804, all the heirs are satisfied and sign as follows, viz.:
Sarah Whitney, John Whitney, Milley Whitney, Caleb Moore, Ashsa Moore, Thomas
Houghton and Aseneth Houghton. Caleb Moore was appointed guardian to Arte-
mas Whitney, Eber, Sarah and Hannah, July 3, 1804. He d. May, 1802; res. Tops-
field and Bolton, Mass.

John, b. Apr. 13, 1780; m. Mary Mundy.

Heber, b. Jan. 14, 1782.

Aseneth, b. Feb. 16, 1784; m. Sept. 10, 1803, Thomas Houghton.

Artemas, b. May 25, 1790.

Achsah, b. ; m. Nov. 24, 1796, Caleb Moore.

Milley, b. ; d. unm. 1804.

Isaiah, b. ; m. Sarah .

Sally, b. ; m. Mar. 22, 1816, Millard Atberton, of Goffs-

town, N. H. She d. 1830. He d. Sept. 7, 1871; was a harness-
maker. Ch.: Franklin Atherton, deed.; William, res. Green-
field, N. H.; Charles A., d. Manchester, N. H., Aug. 20, 1892;
Alonzo, b. Goffstown, N. H., Apr. 7, 1827; res. 3 So. State, Con-
cord, N. H.; Mrs. Sarah Slocker, Saugus, Mass., her home now;
Mrs. Lucinda Hall, lives at East Saugus, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Horn, deed.

1248. ix. Hannah, b. ; m. July 13, 1823, Jacob Whitney, of Harvard,

Mass.

488. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Dec.
20, 1748; m. in Bolton, Feb. 28, 1776, Rebecca Dudley, of Acton. She d. in Harvard,
ae. 82.

Abraham Whitney, Jr., was born in Harvard, Mass., where he always resided.
He was educated for the ministry, but subsequently followed an agricultural life,
remarking that he was not good enough to be a minister. He was in the Revolu-
tionary army, in a Worcester Co. company. He was puritanic in all his tastes and
was through life a thoroughly good man, highly esteemed and respected by all. He
d. in Harvard abt. 1831; res. Harvard, Mass.

Abraham, b. Mar. 3, 1777; d. Oct. 18, 1778.
Abraha.m, b. Nov. 29, 1779; m. Alice Houghton.
JosiAH, b. Aug. 18, 1781; m. Sally Puffer.
John, b. July 31, 1783; m. Sally Stowe.
Samuel, b. May 28, 1785; unm. Jan. 27, 1840.
Simeon H., b. Mar. 20, 1787; m. Nancy Barnard.
Rebecca, b. Oct. 13, 1789; m. Sept. 30', 1811, Joel Bowers. He was
b. Feb. 5, 1789; d. Mar. 6, 1851; was a farmer. Ch.: Mary D.,

b. Apr. 31, 1814; ni. Taylor; res. Boxboro, Mass.; Cephas

H., b. Oct. 23, 1816; res. Still River, Mass.; Rebecca H., b. Jan.
18, 1825; m. Houghton; res. Bolton, Mass.

1256. viii. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1797; m. June 24, 1819, Cephas Houghton. He

was b. Feb. 11, 1792; d. Aug. 18, 1881. Was a farmer. Ch.:
Sarah E., b. Mar. 24, 1820; d. Mar. 20, 1860; Geo. N., b. Oct. 23,
1824; m. 1847; d. Oct. 23, 1893, in Leominster, Mass.; Edward
W., b. Mar. 22, 1829; m. 1856; res. Still River, Mass.; Elsie A.,
b. Apr. 19, 1831; m. G. B. Grassie; res. Bolton, Mass.; John C,
b. Dec. 26, 1836; m. May Smith; res. Still River, Mass.

1257. ix. Mary, b. Jan. 17-, 1800; d. unm.

1258. X. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1802; d. unm.

1259. xi. Joseph, b. Jan. 6, 1795; d. May. 16, 1799.

1260. xii. Abel, b. Oct. 20, 1791; d. Dec. 2, 1799.
1260a. xiii. Lydia, b. .

489. Isaiah Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 6,.

1751; m. Sarah . He was administrator of his brother John's estate and was a

farmer. He d. Mar. 1835; res. Saugus and Bolton, Mass.

1261. i. Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1799; m. May 23, 1823, George Sawyer, b. Bol-

ton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1800, d. Epping, N. H., Aug. 2, 1876. He
was a baker. She d. 1836. Ch.: Lucy Permelia Whitney, b. Jan.
30, 1826, m. Sept. 14, 1856, Alonzo Atherton of Goffstown, N. H., res.
3 So. State St.. Concord, N. H. (see); Susannah Newell Whitney,,
b. Nov. 28, 1827, m. Oct. 15, 1851, Albert W. Gale, res. Haverhill,
Mass.; Nathan Corey, b. Feb. 28, 1829. d. Aug. 29, 1829; Eunice

1249.

1250.

1231.

111.

1252.

iv.

1253.

V.

1254.

vi.

1256.

vii

1264.

i.

1265.

ii.

1266.

iii.

1267.

iv.

1268.

V.

1269.

VI.

1270.

vn.

1271.

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104 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Corey, b. Sept. 29, 1830, m. 1850, David G. Young of Deerfield,
N. H., d. Apr. 15, 1864; Isaiah Whitney, b. Jan. 25, 1833, m. 1855,
Lucy Leavitt, d. Mar. 25, 1864, and left three chs.: Chas. Ather-
ton Sawyer of East Boston, Mass., Isaiah Whitney Sawyer of
Maiden, Mass., and Wm. P. Sawyer of Boston, Mass.

1262. ii. Lucy, b. ; m. John Knight of Lynn, Mass. They res. in

Bolton, Mass., and had one daughter who died in Medford,
Mass., Mar. 10, 1878.

1263. iii. John, b. ; m. Sirene Shattuck, b. Sept. 2, 1807, and d. in

Bolton Sept. 25, 1863. She d. Mar. 16, 1838, and left one ch.

490. Elijah W^hitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Feb. 15,
1754; m. in Bolton, Apr. 14, 1772, Sarah Stearnes; b. 1753, Bolton; d. there Oct. 1812.
He was born in Harvard, was a farmer. In 1779 he purchased a farm and settled
in Bolton, where his wife died. He died in Lancaster. He d. Jan. 17, 1834; res. Bol-
ton and Lancaster, Mass.

Elijah, b. July 17, 1772; d.bef. 1781.

Sarah, b. July 13, 1774; m. Dec. 15, 1797, James Townsend, Jr., of

Bolton. Ch.: James, Sarah, Lyman and Hannah.
Dinah, b. Sept. 23, 1776; m. Nov. 27, 1800, Benjamin W.Worcester

of Bolton. Ch.: Daniel, Arad, Luke and Samuel.
Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1778; m. Lucy Handley.
Elijah, b. Feb. 25, 1781; res. Charlestown, Mass.; d. May 18, 1866.
Daniel, b. Feb. 10, 1783; d. bef. 1860.
Abraham, b. Apr. 17, 1785; res. Shirley.

Alice, b. Sept. 1, 1787; d. Mar. 9, 18—, in B. unm. R. M. Priest
was admr. of her estate, Apr. 2, 1861. In the report is mentioned
brothers Samuel, Elijah and Abraham, sisters Sophia Fleming,
Nancy Priest, Elizabeth Bailey, Sarah Townsend and Dinah
Worcester.

1272. ix. Sophia, b. Nov. 20, 1789; m. Fleming.

1273. X. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1792; m. Oct. 20, 1814, Charles Priest, of Har-

vard.

1274. xi. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1795; m. Dec. 28, 1815, Horace Bailey, of

Bolton; res. in Westboro.

493. Jonathan Whitney fZacheus, Joiiathan, Jonathan, John), b. Bedford,
Mass., 1736, m. (int) Aug 20; m. Oct. 3, 1765, Mary Wyman, b. in 1744; d. Jan. 11,
1778; m. 2d, June 30, 1779, Lucy Smith, b. in 1743; d. Oct. 11, 1817. He served during
the Revolutionary war in a company from Lancaster. He d. Nov. 20, 1802; res. Lan-
caster, Mass.

Apr. 23, 1818, Jonas Whitney asks for a settlement of the estate of Jonathan.
In March, 1820, the following heirs are satisfied with the division and sign receipts:
Jona Whitney, Jonas Whitney, Zacheus Whitney, Ephraim Whitney, Horatio G.
Buttrick, guar, to Caroline Buttrick, Wm. Ballou, Elizabeth Ballou, Reuben Wheeler,
Sally Wheeler, Eli Stearns and Mary Stearns. Lucy Whitney's will of Lancaster
gives to children of her deceased son Moses Smith, son Richard Smith, dau. Lucy
Allen, dau. Sally Wheeler, gives to Caroline Buttrick, granddaughter, son Ephraim
Whitney, whom she appointed exec. His gravestone in the Lancaster Middle
Cemetery reads:

Sacred

to the memory of

Mr. Jonathan Whitney

who departed this life

November 20th 1802

aged 66 years

Possessing the integrity and goodness of the upright man; his memory will be
embalmed in the affections of all who knew his worth; and while virtue itself shall
be revered, his virtues shall be had in remembrance of the virtuous and the good.

1275. i. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1767; m. Feb. 9, 1786, Eli Stearnes, Esq., b.

1757; d. Mar. 7, 1825. She d. May, 1827; res. Lancaster. In
1775 he was apprenticed to a Mr. Whittaker, a carpenter, at
Princeton, who enlisted early in the Revolutionary war. Eli
was sent to the army at Cambridge for a short time as a substi-
tute for his master, and was there at the time of the battle of

1277.

iii.

1278.

iv.

1279.

V.

1280.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 105

Bunker Hill, but was not in the battle. In 1777 he enlisted in a
scouting party commanded by the subsequently notorious Dan-
iel Shays, and was wounded by a ball from an Indian's gun,
which passed through his head, entering the left cheek and
coming out under the right ear. After being confined several
months in the hospital at Albany, he became asst. com., and
continued in the service until discharged in 1783. He was jus-
tice of the peace and representative, 1806-10. Ch.: Charles, b.
Mar. 15, 1788; rep. and senator; m. Julia A. Woodward and
Amanda (Brown) Norcross; res. Springfield, Mass.; Mary,
b. Jan. 26, 1791, unm.; Eliza, b. Nov. 18.1793; m. Francis Faulk-
ner; res. Keene, N. H.; Sophia, b. Sept., 1795, unm.; Harriet,
b. Nov. 21, 1797, unm.; William, b. Nov. 2, 1799; m. Elizabeths.
Wilder; res. Boston; Catherine, b. Feb. 18, 1802, unm.; Sarah
Whitney, b. May 13, 1804; m. Amos Chase, of Groton; Nancy
b. Apr. 13, 1806; m. Otis Haskell; res. Claremont, N. H.; Au-
gustus, b. Oct. 4, 1807; d. Sept. 12, 1811.
1276. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1766; m. Mar. 19, 1787, William Ballard;
res. Lancaster, Mass. He was b. Mar. 23, 1764.

Jonathan, b. Mar. 27, 1771.

Jonas, b. Aug. 27, 1772; m. Mary Hawkes.

Zaccheus, b. Mar. 11, 1774; m. Fanny .

Ephraim, b. Mar. 28, 1780; m. June 7, 1821, Mrs. Mary Nurse, of
Marlboro. He d. Sept. 6, 1842; res. Lancaster.

1281. vii. Nancy, b. Nov. 13, 1784; m. Oct. 6, 1803, Capt. Horatio Gates

Butterick, of Lancaster. Ch.: Caroline. She d. Jan. 27, 1811 ;
he m. 2d Dec. 26, 1811, Marv Barnard.

1282. viii. Sally, b. Oct. 19, 1786; m. Dec. 17, 1807, Reuben Wheeler, of

L3.nC3.StCr

1283. ix. Eunice, bap. Dec. 3, 1775; d. Nov. 2, 1777.

1284. X. Sally, bap. Apr. 7, 1782; d. July 17, 1786.

495. Lieut. Levi Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John),b. Dec. 5, 1739;
m. Dec. 19, 1764, Rebecca Clark; m. 2d in Townsend Nov. 13, 1780, Mrs. Lydia (Ran-
dall) Price.

His second wife was the widow of Major Henry Price, the first deputy grand
master of Masons in America. During the Revolutionary war Levi was an officer in
the commissary department with the rank of lieutenant. He was a man of much me-
chanical ingenuity and a manufacturer of agricultural tools. His children were all
born in Townsend. He d. Jan. 8, 1809; res. Townsend and Shrewsbury, Mass.
Amos, b. Feb. 11, 1766; m. Anna Brown.
Asa, b. in 1767; m. Mary Wallis.

Sarah, b. in 1769; m. May 3, 1791, Eleazer Flint, of Reading.
Aaron, b. in 1772; m. Phebe Dunklee and Olive Lund.
Sibil, b. Aug. 27, 1770; m. Cyrus Smith, of New Ipswich, N. H.
He was born at New Ipswich, Mass., Mar. 20, 1768, was a farmer
and died at Andover, Vt. Ch. b. three: Rebecka, b. Mar. 2,
1796; m. William Craig; Cyrus G., b. Nov. 7, 1797; m. Ann
Northup; Sewall Whitney, b. Dec. 13, 1802; m. Nancy Mansur;
res. East Troy, Wis.; Jesse, b. July 31, 1804; m. Sylvia Burton;
Thomas J., b. July 16, 1806; d. in N. Y. city, aged 19, school
teacher; Polly, b. Dec. 1,1807; m. George Mansur; res. Neenah,
Wis.; Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1809; m. Leonard Andrews; res. Big
Bend, Wis.; Releaf M. S. Mason, b. Nov. 22, 1811; m. Rev.J.O.
Mason; res. Greenwood, N.Y.; Elvira, b. Mar. 2, 1814; m. Dr.
Aaron Putman.

1290. vi. SEWELL,b. ; d. unm. He was drowned by being accident-

ally knocked from the deck of a sloop at Lansingburgh, N. Y.

1291. vii. Rebecca, b. July 29, 1781; m. Sept. 18, 1799, Benjamin Wallace,

of Townsend.

496. Timothy Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 25, 1743.
m. Dec. 1, 1768, Catherine Davenport, b. Aug. 12, 1747,

He resided in that part of Shrewsbury, subsequentlv incorporated as Boylston'
He was in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Ezra Bemis' Company in 1777. Was one
of the first selectmen and served 1786-87-«8-89-90-91-92; town treasurer, 1796-97-98

1286.

1286.

ii.

1287.

111.

1288.

iv.

1289.

V.

1293.

ii.

1294.

111.

1295.

IV.

1296.

V.

1297.

VI.

1298.

vn.

1299.

Vlll

1300.

1301.

ii.

1302.

111.

1303.

IV.

1304.

V.

1.305.

vi.

1306.

vii.

106 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

99-1800-1801-1802 and assessor in 1788. He d. ; res. Shrewsbury and Boylston,

Mass.

1292. i. Lucy, b. March 23, 1769; m. Joseph Bigelow, b. Boylston, Mass., Apr.

15. 1766; d. Mav 17, 1845. She d. Oct. 30, 1845; res. Boylston and

Fitzwilliam,N.H. Ch.: Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1787; m. Eunice Doty;

Catherine, b. Aug. 26, 1789; m. Peter Prescott; Asahel, b. Oct. 15,

17^*1; Levi, b. Sept. 13, 1794; m. Esther French; Lucy, b. Aug. 20,

1797; d. unm. Aug, 28, 1823; Lyman, b. Dec. 8, 1799; d. July 18.

1840, in Charleston, S. C; Charles b. Feb. 7, 1802; m. Elizabeth

Nichols; Zebina, b. July 27, 1804; d. Nov. 3, 1810; Mary W., b.

Mar. 10, 1808; d. Mar. 21, 1831.

Shadrack, b. Oct. 6, 1770.

Levi, b. Aug. 9, 1772.

Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1774.

Catherine, b. Oct. 10, 1777; d. infancy.

Catherine, b. Feb. 15, 1779.

Timothy, b. June 25, 1783.

John, b. Apr. 6. 1785.

497." Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Sept. 4. 1746;
m. Sept. 26. 1771, Catherine Stone, of Oxford, Mass.; b. Nov. 15, 1752. He was in
the Revolutionary army, in the company commanded by Capt. Andrews, of Shrews-
bury; res. Shrewsbury and Marlboro, Mass.; Madison, N. Y.

Jonah, b. Sept. 3, 1772.

Isaac, b. Oct. 17, 1774.

Sarah, b. July 21, 1776.

Daniel, b. Sept. 4, 1777.

Luther, b. Feb. 23, 1781.

John Stone, b. June 20, 1783.

William, b. Aug. 22, 1785.

500. James Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham, Mass..
June 4, 1718; m. there Mar. 18, 1742, Patience Leland, dau. of Joseph and Esther

(Thurston); b. 1722; she m. 2d Damon. They resided in Framingham, and

moved to Sherborn in 1744. He d. in 1754; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1307. i. John, b. Mar. 10, 1742; m. Hannah Holbrook.

1308. ii. Joseph, b. Mar. 7, 1745.

1309. iii. Martha, b. Aug. 16, 1747.

1310. iv. Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1749.

504. Dea. Micah Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham
Mass., June 4, 1725; m. in Natick 1747 Lydia Mason, of Natick.

Deacon Micah was born in Framingham. He was in the French and Indian war
and his name is found on Morris roll of Buckminster's regiment in 1755. He was one
of the prominent citizens, was member of the church and deacon for many years,
and one of the selectmen. Morse, in his History of Sherborn, says that he died June
23, 1860. This is, of course, impossible. And if we correct it to 1760, we find that
we have the date of Mark Whitney's death, whose will Micah witnessed only six
days earlier. The chances are against this, also, so I conclude that Morse, ignorant
of Mark's existence, jumped at the conclusion that the Natick records had been
written " Mark" when they should have been written " Micah." I have been of the
opinion that Micah, and Thomas (Mark's son) with their families, moved away about
1760. Both men disappeared from Natick and vicinity about that time. I think
Micah moved to Douglass, for he served in the Revolutionary war from that town;
res. Natick and Douglass, Mass.

Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1748.

Amos, b. May 17, 1750.

Micah, b. June 20, 1753.

Daniel, b. Jan. 26, 1759.

Mason, b. Dec. 16, 1765.

505. Dea. Benjamin Whitney (James, John. Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 23, 1727,
in Framingham; m. Esther Leland, b. 1728.

He prob. m. 2d, Mary , for this is the name of his wife mentioned in his

will. He d. in 1794; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1316. i. James, b. in 1755; m. Susannah Hill.

1317. ii. Joseph, b. in 1762; m. Sally Parks.

1311.

1312.

ii.

1313.

111.

1314.

IV.

1315.

V.

1318.

i.

1319.

ii.

1320.
1321.

iii.
iv.

1322.
1323.

V.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 107

506. Ezra Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham, Feb. 22,

1730; m., 1760, Agnes Ross; m. 2d, Elizabeth ; ni.3d, Mercy Morse. She d. in

Uxbridge, Mass., Sept. 23, 1794 He was in the Revolutionary war, in the company
from Douglass, commanded by Capt. Wallis. He d. Sept. 24. 1804; res. Wrentham,
Mendon, Sherborn, Lunenburg and Douglass, Mass., and North Woodstock, Conn.

James, b. Mendon, Dec. 15, 1764; m. for third wife, Mary Rob-
inson.

John, b. . He was graduated at Dartmouth college, but in

1797 was insane.

Ezra, b. Nov. 29, 1760; m. .

Moses, b. in 1756; m. Hannah , and Mrs. Nancy (Mann)

Tyler.

Samuel, b. ; m. Azubah .

Mercy, b. about 1770; m. in Uxbridge, Mass., Capt. Samuel
Read, of Uxbridge. He was b. Dec. 12, 1769; d. Apr. 19, 1839;
res. Uxbridge, Mass.; for 20 years he was the representative in
the legislature, and was a prominent and distinguished citizen.
She d. Mar. 26, 1835. Ch.: Nancy, b. Aug. 3, 1794; Abigail
M., b. June 12, 1796; Elizabeth H., b. Sept. 18, 1798; Mary G., b.
Oct. 22, 1800; d. Sept. 13, 1806.

1324. vii. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Hill. Ch.: Ezra, Hannah, Irene,

Moses, and Micah.

1325. viii. Micah, b. ; d. Uxbridge, Mass., Feb. 12, 1795.

507. Hon. Daniel Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham,
Dec. 13, 1733; m. Miriam Leland, b. 1740; d. 1817-8. Hon. Daniel Whitney was ohe
of the most prominent citizens in Sherborn. He was selectman 1784-6-8-9-90-1-2
3-5-1800-1-2-3; town clerk in 1773; town clerk and treasurer from 1775 to 1781; was
representative to the Continental Congress 1775-6; member of the convention to
revise the state constitution in 1780; representative 1781-3-4-5-8-9-91-2^4-5-6-8-9
1800-1-3. In 1788 Daniel Whitney, Esq., of Sherborn, was the delegate to the con-
vention for the purpose of ratifying the constitution by Massachusetts. It was held
in Boston from Jan. 9 to Feb. 9, 1788. He d. in 1810; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1326. i. Amos, b. 1762; m. Catherine Hunt.

1327. ii. Elizabeth, b. 1765; m. William Clark; she d. 1835; Ch.: Alpheus,

b. 1785; m. Nancy Leland; Polly, b. 1789; d. 1790; Polly, b. 1792;
m. Lemuel Leland; d. 1814.

1328. iii, Daniel, b. in 1768; m. Dorcas White. He was lost at sea in 1800,

s. p.; res. Boston, Mass.

1329. iv. Mary, b. 1770; m. Hon. John Bullard, selectman 8 years; repre-

sentative 1819; res. S.,and d. 1840. Ch.: Sally, b. Mar. 5, 1794; m.
Martin Clark and William' Stratton; Mary W.,b. Feb. 5, 1804;
m. Henry Ballard; Eliza, b. May 16, 1807; m. Richard Richard-
son; d. s. p. Dec. 5, 1844; John W., b. May 13, 1809; d. 1813;
Daniel W., b. May 13, 1811; m. Abigail Hemenway and M. H.
Hixon.

1330. V. Aaron, b. in 1772; m. Eda Fiske.

510. Peter Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Willington, Conn.,
Apr. 10, 1738; m. in Tolland, Conn., Apr. 21, 1763, Mercy Case, b. Aug. 15, 1745; d.
Apr. 19, 1819.

He was born at Willington, Conn.; married at Tolland. He was a farmer and
resided at Ashford and Willington, Conn., until after the birth of his children, when
he moved to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt. They were buried in East Bethel, Vt., the
. village where they had gone to church. He was a soldier in the last French war and
also served in the Revolutionary war in the Conn. line. He was pensioned Apr. 6,
1818. He d. June 19, 1826; res. Tolland, Conn., and Tunbridge, Vt.

1331. i. Thomas, b. Sept. 18, 1770; m. Mary T. Jennings.

1;S32. ii. Peter, b. Oct. 31, 1776; m. Edith Davis and Sibyl Ainsworth.

1333. iii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 20, 1766; m. Eunice Story, Dora Marsh, Zylpha

Holt and Betsey Bolton.

1334. iv. Lois, b. Mar. 31, 1768; m. Major-General Lovell Hubbard. She d.

in 1818, in Royalton, Vt.

1335. V. Anna, b. Sept. 10, 1774; m. Oliver Preston. She d. Mar. 9, 1858, at

Royalton, Vt. A son, Jonathan W., resides in Manchester, N. H.

108 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1336. vi. Rebecca, b. Aug. 16, 1772. She had one arm and one leg ampu-

tated at her father's house, and died there unm. in 1806.

1337. vii. Esther, b. Nov. 1, 1778; m. Col. Arannah Hibbard. He was

wounded at the battle of Queenstown in the war of 1812. She
d. at Siurgis, Mich.

1338. viii. Molly, b. Mar. 16, 1764; d. young.

1339. ix. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1781; m. Joseph Bartlett. She died soon after

her marriage.

1340. X. Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1784.

1341. xi. Molly, b. Mar. 16, 1784.

520. Josiah Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Willington, Conn.,
Nov. 16, 1764; m. at East Windsor, Conn., Nov. 26, 1783, Mary Loomis. In 1781,
when seventeen years of age, he was in the Revolutionary army, in a Belchertown
company. After his death she m. Nov., 1797, with Solomon Payne and moved to
Rootstown, Ohio, where she d. of smallpox Jan. 14, 1850. He d. Oct. 29, 1792; res.
Granville, Mass.

1342. i. Sarah, b. June 4, 1785; m. Beman Chapman and settled in Roots-

town, Ohio, where she died Aug. 21, 1846. Son Pliney res.
New Milford, Ohio.

1343. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 2,1787; m. Dec. 22, 1806, Nathan Chapman at Roots-

town, a chair manufacturer, b. Vernon, Conn., July 5, 1783.
They both lived to be over 90 years of age. Ch.: E. P.; res.
New Milford, Ohio.

1344. iii. Indiana, b. Aug. 21, 1789; m. Calvin Allen, a clothier, who was

b. in Conn. They moved in 1823 to Duaiiesburgh, N. Y., and
thence in 1828 to Silver Lake, Pa., where he d. Mar. 12, 1834,
and was buried in Quaker cemetery. She resided last at Brook-
dale, Pa. Son Luman W. res. Brookdale, Pa.

1345. iv. Josiah, b. May 1, 1791; m. Almira Ellsworth.

523. Lieut. Benjamin Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell
Oct. 27, 1741; m. Aug. 12, 1761, Mary Turner, b. 1741; d. Sept. 5, 1778; m. 2d Rebecca
Fitch, b. 1759; d. June 23, 1793; m. 3d in P. Mar. 5, 1794, Olive Farnsworth, of Groton,

b. 1755; d. s. p. Jan. 13, 1809; m. 4th Anna Woods, b. ; d. Sept. 11, 1866. His

will was probated in 1822. William Livermore, of Groton, was appointed to Frank-
lin and George, minors. He d. Sept., 1821; res. Pepperell, Mass.

1346. i. "Benjamin, b. May 5, 1764. He served in the Revolutionary war

in 1781 for Pepperell when but 17 years of age. His name is
found on the Revolutionary war records at the state house in
Boston. He was married and resided in Tunbridge, Vt., but
later moved to Geneseo, N. Y., finally locating in Boston, Mich.
TDavid, b. Feb. 11, 1766; m. Susanna Huntington.
V\bel, b. Mar. 15, 1770; m. Phebe Scott.
Thomas, b. July 15, 1780; m. Betsey Wallis and Annie York.
»Abijah, b. Aug. 22, 1781; m. Lydia Tarbell.
.Joseph, b. Apr. 18, 1784; d. Aug. 18, 1805.
Aaron, b, Feb. 22, 1786; m. Betsey Parker.

♦Polly, b. Jan. 25, 1788; m. Leonard Lakin. He res. in Boston and
was a pilot in Boston harbor. Ch.: Leonard, b. Aug. 13, 1833; res.
Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Mary Ann, b. May 25, 1817; m. Moses Love-
joy; res. Riverside, 111.
•Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1792; d. Oct. 22, 1794.
Franklin, b. Nov. 30, 1810; m. Catherine Kemp.
George, b. Mar. 24, 1813; d. young.
•Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1763; d. Aug. 27, 1778.
Abigail, b. May 8, 1768; d. Aug. 28, 1778.
♦Martha, b. Jan. 19. 1772; d. Aug. 28, 1778.
rABijAH, b. Nov. 29, 1774; d. Sept. 3, 1778.
•Anna, b. Nov. 5, 1775; d. Aug. 25, 1778.
J'homas, b. July 23, 1777; d. Aug. 29, 1778.

529. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass.,
Oct. 20, 1755; m. Mary Woods, b. 1764; d. Acworth, N. H., in 1841. He was from
Pepperell, Mass., served in the Revolutionary army, and was at the battle of Bunker
Hill. Later he removed to Acworth, N. H„ in 1807. Apr. 25, 1818, he was granted a

1347.

ii.

1348.

HI.

1349.

iv.

1350.

v.

1351.

VI.

1352.

vn.

1353.

Vlll.

1354.

ix.

1355.

X.

1356.

XI.

1357.

xn.

1358.

xni.

1359.

xiv.

1360.

XV.

1361.

XVI.

1362.

XVll

1367.

iii.

1368.

IV.

1369.

V.

1370.

VI.

1371.

VII.

1372.

Vlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 109

pension, but it was suspended in 1820. He d. Acworth, N. H., in 1810; res. Pepperell,
Mass., Francistown and Acworth, N. H.

1365. i. Polly, b. Sept. 5, 1781; m. Sept. 12, 1804, Phinehas Parker and

rem. to Vt. He was b. in Dedham, N. H., Sept. 5, 1781 ; d. Dec.
29, 1873. She d. Jan. 24. 1873. Ch.: Mary Ann; a child is Mrs.
Geo. H. Osgood, East Randolph, Vt.; Marinda; a child is Geo.
Annis, Craftsbury, Vt.; Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1810; m. Rebecca
Whitney, dau. Joseph D. (which see); res. E. Randolph, Vt.;
Caroline, dead; John, a son, is Don Parker, St. Albans, Vt.;
Phinehas, res. Hartford, Vt.; Fannie, dead; Sally, dead.

1366. ii. Emma, b. Aug. 16. 1785; m. Mar. 25, 1806, Elijah Dickerman; res,

Chelsea, Vt. He was b. July 20, 1783; d. Dec. 3, 1861. He was
a blacksmith and farmer. She d. Aug. 28, 1834. Ch.: Mary, b.
Mar. 29, 1807; m. Mar. 29, 1825; d. Feb. 2, 1880; Emma, b. July
26,1809; d. Sept. 15, 1809; Amy, b. May 6, 1811; m. Mar. 25, 1834;
d. May 8, 1884; Rebekah, b. Dec. 19, 1812; m. Mar. 12, 1855; d.
Apr. 13, 1885; Elijah, b. Sept. 26, 1814; m. Nov. 26, 1835; d. July
5, 1876; Enoch, b. Apr. 27, 1816; m. Nov. 26, 1835; d. June 5,
1883; Edmund, b. May 27, 1818; m. Oct. 28, 1838; d. Feb. 5,
1886; Lewis, b. Sept. 28, 1822, m. July 24,1845; res. No T.; Sally,
b. Oct. 30, 1824; m. Nov, 1, 1841, Eli Camp; res. No. Ran-
dolph, Vt.

Joseph, b. ; d. young.

Joseph D., b. Apr. 4, 1791; m. Susanna Drury.

Isaac W., b.— ; m. Polly Blood.

John, b. May 4, 1795; m. Polly Lewis.

Leonard, b. June 4, 1797; m. Philanda Blood.

Rebecca, b. Apr. 3, 1799; m. Feb. 23, 1826, Theron Thayer, b.
Apr. 26, 1803; d. Nov. 4, 1841. She m. 2d, Asa T. Grames. She
d. Jan. 21, 1892. Ch.: Parilla, b. Feb. 18, 1827; m. to Charles
Densmore, Feb. 18, 1850; ch., Mrs. Edwin'Spencer, Claremont,
N. H.; Mrs. James Hamlin, N. Randolph, Vt.; Mrs. Emma
Morse, W. Bethel, Vt.; Mrs. J. M. Flint, Chelsea, Vt.

1373. ix. David, b. Acworth, N. H.; m. Lydia C. Chase; a dau. Mary A.,

m. Cutler S. Angier; res. Langdon, N. H.

1374. X. Edmund, b. ; d. unm.

1375. xi. Alvah, b. ; d. unm.

530. James Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass.,

Dec. 6, 1757; m. . He d. Aug. 18, 1799; res. Ludlow, Vt.

1376. i. Orlando, b. ; m. Asenath Stiles.

1377. ii. Daniel, b. in 1777; m. Content Stiles.

1378. iii. James, b. .

1379. iv. Jazamiah, b. Sept. 1,'1780; m. Rebecca Whipple.

1380. V. , b. ; m. Sangar; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt.

532. James Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Mass.,
Kov. 4, 1742; m. Sept. 4, 1766, Sarah Lund; res. Dunstable, Mass., and .

1381. i. Sarah, b. in D., May 27, 1767.

533. John Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Apr. 15,
1745; m. at Westminster, Mass., Feb., 1781, Mary Jones; b. Framingham, Mass., 1757;
d. Apr. 19, 1836.

John Whitney, a brother of Jonathan, went to Fitzwilliam, N. H., from Dunstable,
Mass., before 1776. His wife was Mary Jones, a native of Framingham, Mass. He
died in Troy, N. H., in 1829. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, in Capt. Whit-
comb's company, of Col. James Reed's regiment. In 1776 in Capt. Abijah Smith's
company for New York, mustered Sept. 21. He was one of the men returned for
Fitzwilliam for three years or the war. In 1777 he marched to reinforce the garrison
at Ticonderoga, on the alarm in Capt. John Mellen's company. Was for a time in
Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment for Worcester, Mass. John Whitney served in the
Revolutionary army, and early in 1780 in company with his brother Jonathan he left
his home in Dunstable, Mass., having purchased the tract of land on "the east side
of the road," in Troy, N. H., later Fitzwilliam. He resided on the farm until his
death. He d. Nov. 3, 1829; res. Fitzwilliam and Troy, N. H.

1384.

iii.

1385.

iv.

1386.

V.

1387.

vi.

110 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1382. i. Nathan, b, June 18, 1781; d. in 1811 in Sherburne, Vt., of spotted

fever; unm.

1383. ii. Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1783; m. Feb. 16, 1812, Luke Harris. She d.
Sept. 1^ 1816. (See below.)

Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1785; d. May 18, 1794.

Sally, b. May 30, 1787; m. George Farrar, and d. s. p. in 1864.

John, b. Dec. 10, 1789; m. Mrs. Augusta (Fisk) Brooks.

Betsey, b. July 12, 1792; m. Apr. 10, 1817, Luke Harris. He was
b. Dec. 1, 1790, at Richmond, N. H., and d. at Nelson, N. H.,
Feb. 2, 1872. He was a farmer, carpenter and manufacturer.
Ch.: James Madison, died in infancy; Martha, b. Mar. 25, 1816
(first wife); m. Herman Kendall, of Sterling, Mass., and d. Aug.
7. 1881; had 2 ch., H. P., res. Sterling, Mass.; Mary Ann, b. Oct.
30, 1817; m. Feb. 11, 1869, Dea. Jabez Butler, and he was b. Nov.
14, 1803, and d. Jan. 14, 1889. Was a sash and blind maker. She
res., s. p., in Plymouth, Vt., and is a regular practicing physician.
Graduated 1859. Susan Harris, b. Mar. 20, 1818; d. Dec, 1833;
Sarah W., b. Oct. 23, 1819; m. Isaac W. Holbrook, who d. Feb.
27,1881; ch., Ellen M. and Susan L.; res. M.; Nathan W., b.
Mar. 5, 1821, n. f. k.; went to N. O. and to St. Louis, and is sup-
posed to have died there of cholera; Ferdinand and Isabella, b.
Mar. 23, 1824; d. June. 1825; an infant, b. Aug., 1827, which lived
only a day; John W., b. Sept. 15, 1828, supposed to have been
drowned at sea; Isaiah Turbur, b. June 13, 1831; m. Mary S.
Phillips; Caroline Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14,1833; m. Minot Phillips,
who d. in the war, and Herman Wheeler, res. E. Sullivan, N. H.;
6ch.
1888. vii. Sophia, b. Jan. 20, 1795; m. Eseck Dexter, and d. in 1866, leaving
Eseck, Ferdinand, Lorenzo and Oscar.

1389. viii. Luke, b. Dec. 25, 1798; m. Louisa White.

534. Jonathan Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Mass.'
Aug. 15, 1745; m. (the first marriage recorded in Fitzwilliam, N. H.) May 7, 1772]
Abigail Hemenway, b. Apr. 26, 1749, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Hemenway*
Jonathan Whitney, in company with his brother John, purchased a farm in 1780 at
Fitzwilliam, N. H. About 1810 he disposed of his interest to one Sanford, and

moved to Hartland, Vt. He d. — ; res. Dunstable, Mass., Fitzwilliam, N. H., and

Hartland, Vt., in 1805.

1390. i. James, b. Nov. 3, 1772. He married, went west, and died s. p.

1391. ii. Joseph, b. June 7, 1774; m. Sophia Oliver.

1392. iii. Francis, b. Sept. 17, 1776. He d. June 1, 1842, and left two daus.;

one is Mrs. Abigail Collins; res. Lisbon, N. Y.

1393. iv. Benjamin, b. Apr 6, 1781. He was killed when a young man;

was at work on a railroad, blasting rock, and killed by a
piece from the blast.

1394. V. Jonathan, b. Apr. 6, 1783; m. Miranda Marvin.

1395. vi. Charles, b. June 17,1786. He had three sons and three daus.;

one, James, res. Bristol, Vt., and Charles; res. Brookfield, Vt.

1396. vii. Calvin, b. May 25, 1788; m. Eliza Everton.

1397. viii. Haynes, b. Dec, 1789; m. Jane Robinson.

537. William Whitney (William, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Feb. 5, 1725; m. at Salisbury, Conn., June 4, 1747, Arcoucher Dutcher; m. 2d Jane

He was born probably at Killingly, though some traditions have it at Canaan;
was married at Salisbury as "William Whitney from the east part of Connecticut."
He was a farmer. He d. ; res. Salisbury, Conn.

1398. iii. Christopher, b. Sept. 28, 1751; m. Mary Ticknor.

1399. i. Hestry, b. Aug. 4, 1748; m. Oct. 15, 1766, Joshua Sardam.

1400. ii. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1750; d. young.

1401. iv. Cornelius, b. Dec. 31, 1753; m. Hetty Green.

1402. v. RuLUFF, b. . He was a soldier and was killed at the battle

of Quebec

1403. vi. John, b. Oct. 5, 1757; res. Maryland.

1404. vii. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1759.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. Ill

1405. viii. Solomon, b. Mar. 1, 1763.

1406. ix. Jane, b. May 22, 1766.

538. Thomas Whitney (William, William, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
Feb. 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth Boardman; b. Sheffield, Mass., d. before 1793.

He was probably born in Killingly, Conn., where he resided until after his
marriage, when he moved to Canaan. He had a deed of land from his father, Nov.
5, 1750, in consideration of parental love, etc. As Thomas Whitney of Claverack in
ye County of Albany and Province of New York for ;^50, he deeded to his honored
father, William Whitney, of Canaan, the same 54and, June 18, 1761. Thomas was a
farmer, and at the time of his death resided in Nobletoivn, Hillsdale, Columbia Co.,
N. Y., where he took an active part under the lead of Robert Noble, in a strife between
the authorities of the colony of Massachusetts and those of New York, relative to the
soil and jurisdiction of certain lands in the manor of Livingston. June 26, 1766, the
sheriff and posse proceeded to Noble's house to arrest him and other persons named
in the warrant, and when near Noble's house the two parties came in collision and
"thereupon a firing by both parties instantly ensued and Cornelius Ten Broeck, one
of the posse, Thos. Whitney, one of the rioters, were both shot and died on the spot."
(See the proclamation of Sir Henry Moore, of July 3, following in Documentary History
of New York.) His widow went to Chenango, N. Y., with her son, Joshua, and died
there before 1793, and was buried on the farm where they lived. Thomas was buried
on his own farm at Nobletown. He d. June 26, 1766; res. Canaan, Conn., and Noble-
town, N. Y.

1407. i. Joshua, b. Nov. 27, 1748; m. Hannah Green.

1408. ii. John, b. May 15, 1751; res. Chenango, N. Y.

1409. iii. William, b. . He d. Jan. 18, 1810, was a prominent citizen

of Chenango Co., N. Y., and was general in the State Militia.

1410. iv. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Thomas Green; res. Lisle, N. Y., where

he was a member of the First Cong, church. She d. in 1822,
They res. in Lisle, two miles from Whitney's Point, N. Y.

540. Capt. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, William, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield,
Conn., Mar. 25, 1*750; m. Sally Cochran.

During the Revolutionary war he was in a Connecticut regiment, and ensign of
one of the companies and later first lieutenant in Capt. McKinstry's Co. 9th N. Y.
Regt. of the Claverack Batt. In 1779 he was captain, and at its close moved to New
York state. He finally settled in Addison Co., Vt., and died there. He was granted
a pension by the Govt. Mar. 30, 1818. Joshua Whitney, of Arguile, Wash. Co., N. Y.,
sold land in New Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 31. 1808, which fell to me as heir to the
estate of Joshua Whitney, Esq., late of Plainfield, Conn., deed, and was set off by the
distribution of said estate to me. He d. in 1821; res. Conn., N. Y. state, and Addison
Co., Vt.

1411. i. William, b. May 24, 1795; m. Martha Ann Perlee.

541. Benjamin Whitney (Joshua, William, Joshua, John), b. Conn. Oct., 1755;
m. Sarah Bassett, b. Aug. 20, 1775, d. Mar. 27, 1861. She m. 2d John Farnsworth and
removed to Cayuaga, N. Y. She was b. Aug. 27, 1776; d, Mar. 27, 1861. He d.
Aug. 27, 1801; res. Granville, N. Y.

1412. i. Benjamin, b. Apr. 10, 1797; m., and d. June 10, 1830, leaving 7 ch.

1413. ii. Aaron, b. Sept. 14, 1798; m. Electa Leach.

1414. iii. Sally, b. Oct. 8, 1800; m". Jan. 22, 1822, Lorenzo Colburn and had

6ch.

643. Elijah Whitney (John, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn., ;

m. there Sept. 24, 1772, Cloe Beckley; res. Canaan, Conn.
Elijah, b. Feb. 25, 1773.
Elisha, b. Aug. 10, 1774.
Joseph, b. July 21, 1776; m. Mary P. Persons.
Electa, b.

1415.

1,

1416

11.

1417.

111.

1418.

IV.

1419.

V.

544. Capt,
r; m.

William, b. Feb. 22, 1784; m. Prudence Brown.
Capt. John Whitney (John, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn., in
He was buried in the family lot in South Canaan. He d. Aug. 14,
1807; res. Canaan, Conn.

1420. i. John, b. 1796; d. Mar. 18, 1809.

547. Lebbeus Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. Aug. 25, 1745; m.
Mary Ann , b. June, 1764. He d. Oct. 5, 1785; res. .

112 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1421. i. Lebbeus, b. Sept. 3, 1775; d. Mar. 7, 1776.

1422. ii. Margaret, b. Aug. 25, 1776; m. Mar. 30, 1794, John Gardner, d.

Charlestown, S. C, Mar. 26, 1822, ae. 56. She m. 2d Wm. H.
Booth. She d. Sept. 11, 1846, at Charlestown, S. C. Ch.: Henry
Whitney, b. Dec. 22, 1794; m. Feb. 6, 1816, Mary E. Sims; 4 ch.

1423. iii. Jacob, b. Nov. 2, 1779; d. Nov. 9, 1779.

1424. iv. Thomas Harvey, b. Jan. 4, 1781.

1425. v. Archibald, b. May 28, 1785; m. Mary Drennes. •

652. John Merrick Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. July 18, 1758;
m. . He d. bef. 1819; res. Georgia.

1426. i. Andrew G., b. . He was an attorney at law at Detroit,

Mich., and d. there of cholera in 1826. He was married, but
none of his children survived him.

553. James Rex Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. Oct. 16, 1760, in
Middletown, Conn.; m. Mary Allen; d. Charlestown, S. C., Nov. 22, 1814. He was
born in Middletown, Conn., and resided nearly all his life in the south. Three years
before his death he was elected sergeant at arms of the Miss, legislature. He d.
Feb. 4, 1822; res. Franklin, Ga., and Washington, Miss.

1427. i. Jedediah, b. Mar. 3, 1782; m. Keziah Barrett.

1428. ii. Lebbeus, b. Oct. 8, 1785; m. Elizabeth Ford.

1429. iii. Mary, b. Georgia; m. Richard Hardin; res. Hardin's Ford, Ga.;

7ch.

1430. iv. William, b. in 1790; m. Sarah Leggett, Mrs, Mary Smith, and

Mrs. Henry King.
14'1. V. John Merrick, b. June 4, 1792; m. Clarissa Montgomery.

557. Cornelius Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. at Killingly,
Conn., July 5, 1749; m. Graves; m. 2d Elizabeth May; b. Rutland, Vt.;d. .

He was born in Killingly, Conn., in that part which was subsequently North Kil-
lingly. He served four years in the Revolutionary war in a Connecticut regiment,
and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. At the close of the war he moved to Granville,
N. Y., and later to Mexico, N. Y., where he died. Was a farmer. He d. Mar. 24,
1833; res. North Killingly, Conn., Granville and Mexico, N. Y.

Matthias, b. May 25, 1776; m. Betsey Barnes.

James, b. Aug. 27, 1779; m. Betsey Law.

Lyman Eliphalet, b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. Lucy Ellsworth.

Cornelius, b. Jan. 27, 1782; m. Rhoda Gould.

Sally, b. Apr. 22, 1791.

ZOLVA (Resolved), b. Jan. 11, 1795; d. bef. 1874.

Alice, b. Mar. 15, 1799; d. bef. 1874.

RoxA, b. June 24, 1801; m. Williams; res. Butler, N. Y.

John, b. Jan. 2, 1804; m. Nancy Huntington, Caroline M. Herbert,
Mrs. Page, and Mrs. Elizabeth Moran.

558. Joshua Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
Nov. 23, 1751; m. Apr. 6, 1775, Lydia Bu Day, b. Sept. 30, 1752. After his death she
married again to a Mr. Wardsworth, and d. Oct. 15, 1817. He was a farmer. He d.
Sept. 21, 1796; res. Rutland, Vt., and Avon, N. Y.

1441. i. Joshua, b. June 10, 1782; m. Huldah Markham,

1442. ii. Elkanah, b. .

1443. iii. David, b. .

1444. iv. Sarah, b. — .

1445. V. Hannah, b. .

1432.

1433.

ii.

1434.

111.

1435.

iv.

1436.

V.

1437.

VI.

1438.

Vll.

1439.

VllI,

1440.

ix.

660. David Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
May 3,1754; m. Olive Day; m. 2d, Mary Glassford. He died in Canada; res. Hart-
ford. Conn., and Augusta, Canada.

1446. i. Lucy, b. . ' 1455. x. Olive, b. .

1447. ii. David, b. . 1456. xi. David, b. .

1448. iii. Cynthia, b. . 1457. xii. Calvin, b. ; m.

1449. iv. Comfort, b. . Hiltha Scott, Caro-

1450. V. Mary, b. . line Conkline and

1461. vi. Asa, b. . ' Isabella Harrison.

1452. vii, Alanson, b. . 1468. xiii. Asa, .

1463. viii. Samuel, b. . 1459. xiv. John, b. .

14.54. ix. Sarah, b. .

1460.

1461.

1 !•

1462.

Ill

1463.

IV.

1464.

V.

1465.

vi

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 113

561. Samuel Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Jan. 2, 1757; m.
Apr. 28, 1784, Tabitha Warren; d. Aug. 22, 1846. He served during the Revolution-
ary war; was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1778 unaer Washington, and assisted
in rescuing his horse from the mire and saving it from drowning by means of a rope,
for which service he was personally thanked by Gen. Washington. After the war he
was pensioned, receiving $8 per month during his life. He d. Jan. 7, 1850; res. East-
ford, Conn.

Lucy, b. June 10, 1785.

Calvin, b. Aug. 10, 1787.

Samuel, b. Mar. 3, 1792.

Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1800.

Infant, b. Sept. 5, 1803.

Warren, b. Dec. 5, 1805; m. Diana R. Johnson.

564. Cornelius Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly,
Conn., in 1761; m. Sarah Cody, b. in 1759; d. June 18, 1836.

He was born about 1761 and resided at Killingly, Conn. In 1792 he moved to
Granville, N. Y., and in 1825 to Walworth, where he died in his 70th year. Most of
his life he was an innkeeper, but during his late years he was a farmer. He d. Dec.
4, 1831, Killingly, Conn., and res. Walworth, Ontario Co., N. Y.

1466. i. Matilda, b. June 17, 1786; m. Manuel Doane; res. Granville,

N. Y.
Benj. C, b. Apr. 14, 1788; m. Betsey Marchant.
Cornelius, b. Apr. 30, 1790.

Laura, b. Mar. 20, 1797; m. Asa Parker; res. So. Granville, N. Y.
Lorex, b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. Electa Houck, b. June 23, 1801. He
d. s. p. Feb. 15, 1858; res. Ontario, N. Y. She d. Aug. 15, 1861.
Sidney, b. Oct. 21, 1801; m. Caroline Palmer.
Erastus, b. Apr. 21, 1793; d. in Granville, N. Y.
Harvey, b. Oct. 18, 1794; d. in Granville, N. Y.

565.' Joseph Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killinglv, Conn., in
1753; m. there Anna Eames, b. in 1760; d. in Ontario, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1^38.

Joseph Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney, born Oct. 24, 1753, was a soldier in the
war of the Revolution, married Anna Eames, the daughter of Mark Eames, of
Killingly, Conn., about 1784, moved to Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., soon after,
followed the occupation of farming, rearing a large family, and in 1827 moved with
his son William to Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., with whom he lived until his death,
Jan. 24, 1837, which event was hastened by an injury caused by a colt running
against him while driving a number of them to water. In religion a Baptist, as
were nearly all his descendants. He d. Jan. 24, 1837; res. Granville and Ontario,
N. Y.

Paul, b. .

Eda, b. .

Anne, b. .

Joseph, b. .

Lydia, b.

1467.

ii.

1468.

iii.

1469.

iv.

1470.

V.

1471.

vi.

1472.

vu.

1473.

Vlll

1474.

1475.

11.

1476.

111.

1477.

iv.

1478.

V.

1479.

VI.

1480.

Vlll.

1481.

vii.

1482.

IX.

William, b. Dec. 7, 1798; m. Deborah M. Duel.

Matilda, b. ; m. Ezra Dewell; res. Ontario Centre, N. Y.

Betsey, b. Dec. 7, 1798.
Reba, b. .

566. Matthias Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Hancock, Mass.,

Apr. 19, 1757; m. abt. 1782-3, Dorcas ; b. 1762; d. Apr. 12, 1793: m. 2d in 1793,

Olive ; b. July 12, 1761. Res. Hancock, Mass., Granville and Fort Ann, N. Y.

' "" ■ Willard, b. Jan. 25, 1784.

Sylvester, b. Aug. 15, 1785; m. Laura Yale.

Sarah, b. June 24. 1787.

Mary, b Oct. 24, 1788; m. Hosmer; res. Clifton, N. Y.

Lucy, b. Feb. 25, 1791.

John, b. Mar. 7, 1793; m. Christina Stafford.

Matthias, b. Oct. 3. 1794; m. Rebecca B. Otis.

Silas, b. Apr. 5, 1798. •

Laura, b. Apr. 24, 1803.

Susan, b. Oct. 23, 1810.

1483.

, u.

i.

1484.

11.

1485.

111.

1486.

IV.

1487.

V.

1488.

vi.

1489.

Vll.

1490.

Vlll.

1491.

IX.

1492.

X.

114 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

668. RuFUS Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. — ; m. Sarah

Graves. He d. in Dec, 1800; res. Granville, N. Y.

1490. i. Wm. Graves, b. Sept. 16, 1800; m. Lydia Marchant.

569. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Providence, R. I.,
in 1769; m. in 1786, Phebe Parker. He d. Aug. 22, 1810; res. Granville, Fleming, and
Aurelius, N. Y.

1491. i. Chauncey P., b. Feb. 11, 1789; m. Sally Edson.

1492. ii. Joshua, b. ; m. and had a son Leonard.

1493. iii. WiLLARD W., b. Mar. 10, 1810; m. Laura Wheeler Pearsall.

583. Lieut. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Jan. 16, 1746; m. in Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 9, 1770, Anna Ashley, dau. of John, justice
of the peace, b. Feb. 20, 1748; d. Feb. 28. 1822,

He was born in Canaan, Conn. According to the probate records he chose
Col. David Whitney, of C, his guardian Feb. 17, 1769. He was then called son of
Joshua, formerly of Preston, deceased. He was living in Salisbury, Conn., in 1770,
and moved to Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. He engaged in farming and later in the
manufacture of iron, which was largely made into anchors for ships, also in mer-
cantile business. His eldest son and Asa were associated with him. He was acci-
dentally killed. Record of service of a Joshua Whitney in Revolutionarv war, viz:
" Private in the 3d Conn. Regt. from May 19 to Nov. 13, 1775. Enlisted March 16,
1776, in Capt. Joel Dickinson's Co., in Col. Samuel Elmore's Continental Regiment of
Connecticut for 1 year. Was promoted Sergt. Enlisted in 8th regiment, ' Connecti-
cut line,' in early part of 1777. Appointed Sergt. April, 1777; Ensign Dec. 30, 1777;
Lieut. Aug. 21, 1780. Served in Third Regiment, 'Conn. Line,' after reformation of
troops from Jan. to June, 1783, and 'Retired with regiment June, 1783.'" He d.
Aug. 3, 1808; res. Salisbury and Canaan, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass.

1494. i. Asa, b. Feb. 23, 1784; m. Betsey Childs.

1496. ii. Noah Ashley, b. Dec. 26, 1770; m. Olive Darwin and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Rose.

1496. iii. Anna, b. July 6, 1774; m. Apr. 16, 1793, Samuel Hyde. He was b.

Sept. 13, 1768; d. Jan. 5, 1813. She d. Feb. 12, 1861. Ch.: Mary
Ann, b. Jan. 26, 1794; m. Jan. 11, 1819, John Schenck. She d.
Aug. 27, 1832, leaving Mrs. W. A. Ball, res. Abelman, Wis., Horace
P., res. Algona, Iowa; Mrs. H. A. Kellogg, res. Abelman. Wis.;
Lyman, b. Apr. 19, 1796; d. Jan., 1867; Hiram, b. Nov. 12, 1798;
d. May 24, 1828; Porter, b. Apr. 9, 1801; d. Jan. 30, 1868.

1497. iv. Joshua, b. Jan. 6, 1777; m. Eunice Clark.

1498. V. Huldah, b. Sept. 8,1779; m. Williams Williams Colt; b. near

Pittsfield, Mass., Mar. 6, 1775, son of James Dennison Colt and
Mariam Williams. She d. Pittsford, Monroe Co. N. Y., Jan. 28,
1858. He d. same place, Nov., 1847. Was a farmer. Removed
to western N. Y., 1817. Both of his legs were broken by acci-
dent while a young man, and he ever after walked with a cane.
Ch.: All b. Pittsfield, Mass., except the last one. 1, Juliann,
July 20, 1800, d. Oct. 17, 1803; 2, Harris Porter, Apr. 25, 1803, d.
Westfield, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1863. He m. 1st, Almina Kellogg, b.
Apr. 20, 1812, and d. Apr. 11, 1832; m. 2d, Orilla L. Baldridge,
Nov. 7, 1833, b. Sept. 3, 1810, and d. Westfield, N. Y., Jan. 19,

1873. Ch. by 1st wife: William J., Jan. 16, 1820; res. ;

Clarissa, June 7, 1828; res. ; Almina, Oct. 6, 1832, d. at

age of 3 mos. Ch. by 2d wife: Theodore, Sept. b, 1834, d. Dec.
7, 1864; Miriam O., Feb. 7, 1836; res. Westfield, N. Y.; Sidney W.,
Sept. 11, 1838, d. Nov. 18, 1862; Ashley W., Aug. 23, 1840, d. Jan.
19, 1878; De Azro B.. Oct. 25, 1846; res. Westfield, N. Y.; Miriam
0.,m.DennisSmith, Nov.20, 1867. He d. Dec. 3, 1886. She is yet
a widow, and res. Westfield; 3, Juliette T.. June 30. 1805, d. June
19, 1836; 4, Lucy Whitney, Aug. 18, 1807, d. Feb. 12, 1870; 6,
Mary A., Sept. 3, 1810, d. July 18, 1822; 6, Ashley Whitney,
Sept. 9, 1812, d. 1876; res. Naperville and Lockport, 111.; a son-
in-law is James C. Rogers, Board of Trade, Chicago, 111.; 7,
Sarah C, June 16, 1818, d. July 11, 1839. 3, Lucy Whitney Colt
m. Benjamin Bishop Cone, son of Noah Cone, Jr., and Rachel
Bishop. He was b. in Litchfield Co., Conn., Jan. 19, 1797, and

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 115

d. in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N.Y., July 28, 1843. He was a farm-
er, stockraiser and dealer. He purchased his cattle in St.
Louis, and drove them through io western New York, many
hundred miles. He commenced this business as earlv as 1^37.
Ch.: Mary Ann, b. Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct.' 12, 1834,
unm., res. West Henrietta, N. Y.; William Whitney, b. Perinton,
Monroe Co., Dec. 18, 1836, res. 1405 Polk St., Topeka, Kan.;
Sarah Colt, b. Pittsford, Monroe Co., Apr. 16, 1839, d. East Leb-
anon, N. Y.

1499. vi. Wealthy, b. Jan. 6, 1788; m. Feb. 27, 1806, Levi Goodrich. He

was b. Dec. 9, 1785; d. Aug. 8, 1868; she d. July 24, 1858. Ch.:
Horace, b. Apr. 29, 1807; d. Nov. 18, 1807; Mary W., b. Dec. 5,
1808; m. Sept. 15, 1837, Francis Hinsdale, and d. Jan. 22, 1841;
Noah W., b. May 17, 1811; m. Sept. 26, 1832, Abby P. Goodrich;
he d. Jan. 9, 1875; Horace P., b. Mar. 16, 1813; m. Oct. 3, 1843,
Mary E. Mills; res. Cortland, N. Y.; Milton, b. July 1, 1815; m.
Nov. 29, 1840, Caroline O. Barnes; he d. Sept. 4, 1851; Har-
riett E., b. Aug. 16, 1817; m. Apr. 20, 1837, Geo. A. Foxcroft; she
d. Apr. 20, 1894; a daughter res. Pittsfield, Mass.; Wealthy A.,
b. Mar. 17, 1820; m. Sept. 10, 1846, Edwin Saunders; she d. June
20, 1887; he res. Pittsfield, Mass.; Caroline W., b. Dec. 18, 1822;
m. May 13, 1846, Dr. Charles Bailey; res. Pittsfield, Mass ; Lucy
P., b. Aug. 23, 1825; m. May 1, 1845, Thaddeus Clapp; res. Pitts-
field; Abby Maria, b. Apr. 24, 1828; d. May 8, 1841.

1500. vii. Porter, b. Nov. 8, 1781; d. June 18. 1801.

1501. viii. Charlotte, b. Apr. 7, 1792; d. Aug. 22, 1865.

1502. ix. William, b. May 21, 1786; d. July 12, 1787.

584. Asa Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. in 1743; m. Aug. 5, 1762,

Sarah ; m. 2d, in Salisbury, Conn., Oct. 23, 1776, Hepsibath Watrous, b. 1745; d.

May 21, 1815.

He was born in Preston, Conn., in 1743; resided there and afterwards at Salis-
bury, where he married his second wife. About 1786 he moved to Pittsfield, Mass.,
where he afterwards lived and died. He sold land at Mt. Washington, Mass., May
24, 1792. He d. Aug. 10, 1803; res. Salisbury and Preston, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass.

1503. i. Annah, b. Mar. 4. 1764; d Jan. 29, 1766.

1504. ii. SARAH.b. Feb. 1,1766; m. Feb. 27, 1786, Elijah Williams Cobb; res.

Berkshire, N. Y. He was b. Sept. 24, 1766; res. Canaan, Conn.,
until 1802. They rem. to Lennox, Mass., and later to Berkshire,
N. Y., where he died in May, 1816, ae. 51, and she June 13, 1825,
ae. 54. They are both interred in the same cemetery with John
Brown, and near his grave.

Joshua, b. Mar. 20, 1768; d. Jan, 3. 1773.

Lucv, b. May 18, 1770; d. Dec. 18, 1797.

Shubael, b. Aug. 15, 1772; m. Sarah Mitchell.

Geo. Washington, b. Sept. 1, 1777; d. Dec. 12, 1777.

Appleton D.,b. Jan. 4, 1779; m. Esther Jewett and Dolly Wyman.

Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1780; d. same day.

Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1780; d. same day.

James Watrous, b. Jan. 19, 1782. James W. Whitney was a
noted character in the early days of Pike county. 111. He was
more generally known as " Lord Coke," on account of his knowl-
edge of the law. He was a teacher of the second school at
Atlas, but having no family or permanent home he was often
about the county and at Springfield. He was the first circuit
and county clerk and held many local offices, was a native of
Massachusetts, a man of considerable education and had a
knowledge of Latin. He went to Illinois before it was a state and
resided near Edwardsville. It is said there was a hidden sorrow
in his early life which was a delicate matter to touch upon.
He wrote a very peculiar hand. At first sight he would be
taken for a well-preserved preacher or schoolmaster of the days
of the earlier Adamses. His dress was plain and even homely,
his hair was sparse and all combed to the back of his head
and often tied with a buckskin string or black shoestring as

1505.

iii.

1506.

IV.

1507.

V

1508.

VI.

1509.

vn.

1510.

vui.

1611.

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116 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

a cue. He was always welcomed by the lonely pioneers. He
was also known as the " Speaker of the Lobby," as he was the
leaier of that branch of the Legislature for many years. The
citizens, judges and legislators at Vandalia were all agog to
witness the convening of the Lobby. It was a great event. A
throng would assemble and, after some ceremony, " Lord Coke "
would mount the stand and call the house to order. He
would deliver his annual message which would be received
with cheers and laughter. Many hits and jokes would be em-
bodied in the message. Sometimes the satire was very broad.
He presided over the Lobby with magisterial sway. Many of
the reports from committees would be submitted which would
be in accord with their burlesque titles. These reports were
often written by Lord Coke himself, and there was a broad
personality in them, rather Hudibrastic. He died Dec. 13, 1860.
[History Pike Co., 111.]

1513. xi. Milton, b. Apr. 7, 1786; m. Lydia Cleveland.

585. JosiAH Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. ; m,

; m. 2d, at Addison, Vt., Dec. 6, 1818, Susanna Hinds; res. Addison, Vt., and

Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

1514. i. Polly, b. ; m. Colburn.

i. Amy, b. ; unm.

ii. Nancy, b. ; m. Ferguson.

V. HuLDAH, b. ; m. Alanson Smith of Addison.

1515.
1516.
1517.
1518. V. Joshua, b

586. Gen. David Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Conn, in 1755; m.
m. 2d, ; m. 3d at Addison, Vt., Mar. 3, 1818, Eliza Wil-

son, b. in 1802, d. at Bridport, Vt., Sept. 3, 1884.

Gen. David Whitney came into Addison soon after the close of the Revolution,
and settled on the farm previously owned by Kellogg. He afterward removed to
the farm on the north bank of Ward's Creek, where he lived until a few years pre-
vious to his death, when he moved to Bridport, where he died May 10, 1850, at the
age of 93. He was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1793, 1814, 1836,
and 1843; represented Addison in 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797, 1798, 1808 to 1815, and 1824.
He was a shrewd politician and always one of the leading men in the town; possessed
considerable conversational powers, spiced with a quiet vein of humor. I recollect
his account of having the lake fever soon after he came into town, and as it illus-
trates the practice of the day, I give it: It was whilst he lived on the Kellogg farm.
He was taken very sick — pulse bounding, eyes bloodshot and starting from their
sockets, the blood coursing through his veins like liquid fire. The doctor was sent
for; on arriving, ordered every window and door closed, although it was in the
hottest of dog days — cold water forbidden, warm drinks ordered. Thus days and
nights of intolerable suffering went by, and when he begged for just one drop of
water it was denied. One night two neighbors, weary and tired from the harvest
field, came in to watch through the night. One of them soon dropped off to sleep;
the other, more enduring, still kept watch. At midnight, after giving the general
his medicine, he brought in a pail of water, fresh from the well. How quick the
sick man would have given the wealth of the Indies for one draught of that spark-
ling water. Could he not by stratagem secure it? He feigned sleep, and the tired
man, fixing himself as comfortably as possible, was soon in a sound sleep. Whitney
now crawled from the bed on his hands and knees, and made his way to the pail.
With what eagerness he clutched the cup and drained it, draught after draught. He
then wished he could breathe a little fresh air, it was so stifling where he was. The
man still slept; be opened the door. How still and quiet everything lay in the
moonlight. The dew on the grass sparkling like diamonds — the chirp of the cricket
alone broke the silence. How delicious was the night wind, as it fanned his fevered
cheek and burning brow. The idea of escape from his prison, as he regarded it,
presented itself, and instantly he started, crossing the road and through a thicket
hedge that grew beside the fence, into a meadow, and plunging down amid the tall
wet grass, he clapped his hands for joy, as he rolled from side to side. But now the
fever is upon him; the fire is quenched and his strength is gone. He cannot rise.
The watchers have missed him. They shout his name. He tries to answer but is
too weak. They find and carry him to the house, and in alarm run for the doctor.
He does not get there until morning. A quiet, refreshing sleep has removed all

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symptoms of fever. The doctor would give him pill and potion, but the General
would none of it, and told him that he had a new doctor, old Dame Nature, who
seemed to understand the case altogether the best, and he should trust to her.
Returning health showed his judgment in choosing. Ague and fever, and bilious
intermittent prevailed extremely in the early settlement of the town, but for quite a
number of years little or none has been known. General Whitney lived to be 98.
[From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer.]

His right arm was amputated after he was 80 years of age, and he then learned
to write with his left hand.

The following is all the information I have been able to find in regard to Gen.
David Whitney in the adjutant-general's office at Vermont: He served as a private
four days in Capt. Abraham Salisbury's company in 1780, and also twelve days in 1781
under the same command. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct. 1790,
and Oct. 18, 1793, Col. David Whitney was elected brigadier-general of the 6th
brigade. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct., 1797, 1798, 1809, and 1812.
It does not appear that he was ever adjutant-general. These facts came from a
Vermont history called " Governor and Council." Gen. W'hitney served in the Revo-
lutionary war, in the early part in the Connecticut line, and more than I have found
on the rolls, but the Vermont records are very imperfect and unsatisfactory in
every way. He was pensioned March 4, 1831.

N. S. Bennett, town clerk at Bridport, sends the following of Gen. Whitney: Gen.
David Whitney, who died in this town May 10, A. D. 1850, aged 93 years, was for-
merly a resident of Addison, an adjoining town to this. He bought a small place in
this town in 1839, where he lived awhile, and subsequently sold that and purchased
another in the village, where he lived and died, leaving a widow, who was his third
wife, but he never had any children of his own by either wife. His last wife was
a Miss Eliza Wilson of this town whom he married when he was at the age of 60
years and she was 16 years old. She died in this town age 82 years. He d., s. p.,
May 10, 1850; res. Addison and Bridport, Vt.

601. Samuel Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 6, 1759; m. .

Samuel Whitney was born in Canaan, Conn., and after the death of his father
moved to Vermont, where he died quite suddenly of apoplexy. His wife died of
consumption. He d. in 1814; res. Chittenden Co., Vt.

1519. i. David, b. Mar. 4, 1796; m. Margaret Karr.

602. Tarball Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 30, 1763; m. in Huntington, Pa., Dec. 15, 1785, Mrs. Lois Lawrence, widow of
James Hopkins, b. June "7, 1757, d. Aug. 30, 1840.

Tarball Whitney was born in Canaan, Conn. Soon after the death
of his father he moved to Poultney, Vt., and was residing there in 1781,
for his name is found on the tax list. Later he moved to Huntington, Pa.,
and still later to Almond, N. Y., where he died. His wife was the widow of
James Hopkins, who was killed by the Indians at the battle of Wyoming.
She left the valley on foot, carrying her child with her in her arms, though soon to
give birth to another. There is a tradition in the family that he was named after an
Indian chief. This is probably erroneous, the name Tarball comes from an old
family in Groton, Mass., where Tarball's ancestor resided. He d. Aug, 17, 1850,
res. Almond, N. Y.; Poultney, Vt., in 1781.

RuFUS, b. Dec. IB, 1796; m. Laura Maria Picket.

William, b. Apr. 23, 1802; m. Louisa Allen.

Ami, b. July 28, 1793; m. Rachel Osgood.

Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1787; m. 1808 Joseph Karr; res. Almond, N. Y.
She d. Feb. 4, 1833; son Joseph, res. Almond.

Solomon, b. Apr. 29, 1790; m. Sarah A. Haskins.

Tarball, b. Mar. 14, 1800; d. Sept. 6, 1803.

603. Solomon Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Nov. 15, 1766; m. at Poultney, Vt., Polly Marshall, b. Aug. 17, 1767; d. Feb. 23, 1837,
at Poultney.

He was born at Canaan, Conn., and soon after reaching his majority moved to
Poultney, Vt. There he married, purchased land and conducted a large farm until
his death in 1854, He d. Sept. 1854; res. Poultney, Vt.

1526. i. John. b. Sept. 1, 1791; m. Sally Hollenbeck.

1520.

iv.

1521.

VI.

1.522.

111.

1523.

1.

1524.

ii.

1525.

V.

118 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1527. ii. Sally, b. Feb. 23, 1787; m. in Poultney, Oliver Lawrence Angevine,

He was b. 1779; d. Poultney, Vt., Sept. 26, 1870, ae. 91, was a
farmer. Ch.: Solomon; Mary; Harriett, m. James Howe, res.
Martinsburg, Mo.; Hiel; Charity, m. Nathaniel Mitchell, res.
Fairhaven, V^t.; James; Mary; Ann; Parcellus, res. Omro, Wis.;
John; Harvey; Sarah, m. Henry Farmer, res. Fairhaven.

1528. iii. Solomon, b. June 4, 1793; m. Nancy Hurlbut.

1529. iv. Lucy, b. Nov. 11, 1786; m. Harvey Finel; res. Poultney, Vt.

1530. v. Polly, b. May 22, 1796; m. in Poultney, Caleb Butler. Soon after

their marriage they moved to Waukegan, 111., where they
resided.

1531. vi. Chester, b. May 22, 1798; m. Ruth Crane. He d. Aug. 6, 1845,

in Poultney, Vt.

1532. vii. Lydia, b. Apr. 8, 1800; m. Harvey Malary.

1533. viii. Ruth, b. Sept. 22, 1804; m. in Poultney, Vt., A. B. Church; res.

Rochester, N. Y., and Hamburg, S. C.

1534. ix. ICHABOD, b. May 7, 1789; d. unm. 1807.

1535. X. Eliza, b. Mar. 4, 1807.

604. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. Brunswick, Me.^
Sept. 15, 1732; m. Mary .

He was born in Brunswick, Me., and during the French and Indian war in
1754 was taken prisoner to Quebec. He was sold for a certain sum and released in
1761, after the war was over. There is a petition in the statehouse at Boston which
he sent to the Great and General Court, praying for ransom. In the records of the
First Baptist Church at New Meadows there is this entry:

"Samuel Whitney, deacon, dismissed to a church to be gathered at St. John's
River, eastward."

Mary Whitney, wife of Deacon S. W., dismissed to St. John's River, October,
1765. It would be interesting to know if the town of Whitneyville resulted from this
dismissal; res. , Me.

1536. i. Ebenezer, b. ; m. .

1537. ii. Joel, b. . He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and d. unm.

at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the service in 1812 of fever.

1538. iii. Thomas G.,b. ; m. , and Mrs. Thornton.

605. Jonathan Whitney' (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec.
21, 17:34; m. at Bath, Me., Mary Austin.

He was born in the old town of York, Me., but moved to Brunswick with his
parents at an early age. He settled in Bath, Me., and died there in his eighty-fourth
year. He was captured by the Indians at New Meadows in Bath when but seventeen
years of age. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He d. Nov. 1816; res.
Bath, Me.

1539. Amos, b. Apr. 18, 1766; m. Abigail Springer.

604a. Abraham Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1752; m. in
Lisbon, Aphia Coombs, b. ; d. . He was a farmer; was in the Revolution-
ary war and received a pension. He d. ; res. Lisbon, Me.

Abram, b. ; m. Ann Conant.

Peter, b. ; m. Hinckley.

Benjamin, b. Nov. 29, 1776; m. Bethiah Woodward.

Thomas, b. ; m. Susan Cowing.

Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1792; m. Jan. 1, 1812, William Woodward; res.
Lisbon. She d. Feb. 20, 1845; he m. 2d Oct. 19, 1845, Betsey
Clough. He d. in Lewiston, Jan. 28, 1880. Ch. : Moses, b. Oct. 22,.
1812; Nathan Coombs, b. Aug. 17, 1814; Abram Whitney, b.
Feb. 4, 1817; Harriett Whittemore, b. Mar. 1,1819; Jane S., b.
Dec. 2, 1820; Marcia Ann, b. May 6, 1824; Wm. Gardner F.„
b. Apr. 24, 1836; Susan Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1837.

1545. vi. Mercy, b. ; m. John Godfrey.

1546. vii. Joseph Stockbridge, b. ; m. Betsey Philbrook.

1547. viii. Isaac, b. ; drowned, ae. 20.

1548. ix. Aphia, b. ; d. ae. 18.

1549. x. MEHiTABLE,b. ; m, Jesse Allen.

606a. Jacob Whitney (Benjamin, John Benjamin, John), said to have been
in Conn, and his father was Jacob; b. Lisbon, Me., June 11, 1763; m. July 11,1787^

1540.

i.

1541.

n.

1542.

ni.

1543.

iv.

1544.

v.

1551.

11.

1552.

111.

1553.

Vlll.

1554.

1.

1555.

IV.

1556.

V.

1557.

VI 1.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 119-

Hannah Mills; b. July 17, 1760; d. . He was in the Revolutionary war. He

d. May, 1846; res. Phillips, Me.

1550. vi. Samuel L., b. Aug. 3, 1799; m. Belinda S. Howard.

James M., b. Oct. 9, 1790; m. , Hinckley.

Christopher A., b. Apr. 3, 1793; m. Adeline Howard.

JosiAH S., b. Aug. 1, 1807; res. in Chippewa Falls, Wis., in 1875.

Mary M., b. June 27, 1788.

Patience, b. Feb. 26, 1795.

Joseph, b. Tan. 26, 1797.

John B., b. Nov. 5, 1801.

607a. Nathan Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. about 1768; m.
Sarah Godfrey; d. Mar. 21, 1827; m. 2d Fanny Shepard. He was a farmer. He d.
in Sept., 1849; res. Lisbon and Gardiner, Me.

1558. i. Abiezer H., b. Mar. 29, 1794; m. Elizabeth White and Mrs. Susan

Yeaton.

1559. ii. Rebecca S., b. 1801; m. at Lisbon, Robert Gould; b. Pitson, Me.,

1796; d. at Gardiner in 1835. He was a merchant and ship
owner. Ch.: Geo. A., lost at sea in 1843 in the brig " Netarnis' ;
Henry G., res. 34 Coney St., New Orleans, La.; F. Delia;
Edward G., d. aged three years; Sarah E., d. in Tryon, N. C, in
1892; her dau. is Mrs. F. A. Bowman, at Tryon, N. C.; Robert.

1560. iii. Bathsheba, b. 1800; m. Hamlin; d. s. p.

1561. iv. John G., b. Mar. 3, 1798; m. Mary Allen.

1562. V. Otis, b. ; m. twice.

1563. vi. Elias S., b. 1809; m. Sarah Godfrey.

1564. vii. Thankful, b. ; m. Kimball.

1565. viii. Hannah, b. ; m. Folsom.

1566. ix. Calvin, b. ; m. twice.

1567. X. Selinda, b. ; m. Bragdon.

1568. xi. Nathan, b. .

1569. xii. Sarah, b. .

1570. xiii. RuEL, b. .

610. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1774; m. Lydia
Curit; res. , Me.

1571. i. Eliza, b. .

1572. ii. Jacob, b. Oct. 14, 1804; m. .

1573. lii. John, b.

1574. iv. Isabel, b. — .

1575. V. Mercy, b. .

1576. vi. Lydia, b. .

1577. vii. Samuel, b. .

616. Capt. Moses Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel. Benjamin, John), b. Gor-

ham. Me., 1739; m. Mollv Page, b. England; d. ; m. 2d. Abigail ; d. Oct.

8, 1844.

He was a man of remarkable physical strength and courage. He was a sturdy,
unyielding, self-reliant character, but with much kindness of heart. He moved to
Harrison, Me., from Gorham, in 1815. He was captain in the French and Indian
war, and also served in the Revolutionary war. Ridlon, in his History of Harrison,
says: "The Whitney family is remarkable for its firmness and force of character of
its members. Indeed they are a people of singular stability and persistency of pur-
pose. They have been possessed of strong physical organizations, and frequently
lived to be very old. Public spirited and progressive they have been foremost in
defending the rights of their countrymen, and in all matters designed for the eleva-
tion and well-being of society." He d. Apr. 12, 1820; res. Harrison, Me.

1578. i." Enoch, b. in 1769; m. Eunice Newcomb, Mrs. Kendall and Mrs..

Dennett.

Moses, b. ; d. young.

Richard, b. ; m. .

Samuel, b. in 1780; m. Margaret Darrow.

Molly, b. ; m. Lemuel Rounds, and rev. to Ohio.

Betsey, b. ; m. Jonas Gates, and rev, to New York state..

Lucy, b. ; m. John Greenlaw, of Brownfield.

1579.

ii.

1580.

111.

1581.

IV.

1582.

V.

1583.

VI.

1584.

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120 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1585. viii. Susanna, b. ; m. Jan. 22, 1809, Dea. Seth Carsley; res. H.

He was b. Gorham, July 18, 1782, but res. in Harrison, where he
purchased land of Thomas Perley, of Boxford, Mass. He built
the first house in Bridgeton, was one of the original members of
the F. W. Baptist church, was early chosen a deacon and held
the office during life; was a man of honor and integrity and
esteemed for his sincere piety. At his death. Mar. 27, 1874, he
was the oldest man in the town. His wife d. Dec. 16, 1873. Ch.:
Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1810; d. unm. July 29, 1839; Susanna, b. Dec.
11, 1811; m. Stephen Blake; Edward P., b. Mar, 25, 1815; unm.;
res. Otisfield; Nathan, b. Apr. 20, 1817; m. his cousin, Elizabeth
Whitney; res. Harrison; John, b. July 16, 1820; m. Adaline
Blake; Mary A., b. Feb. 21, 1823; m. Stephen Blake; Richard P.,
b. Apr. 13, 1826; m. Caroline M. Hayes; res. Newton, Mass.

1586. ix. Sally, b. ; m. Rev. Joseph Phinney, of H. He was

born in Gorham, married and settled in Harrison. He
preached for several years; was very unlike his brother — eccen-
tric, rough, and loud spoken, who was gentle and a great singer.
He became somewhat deranged in latter years, and died about
1870. Ch.: Esther, b. July 16, 1813; m. Jacob Kilbourn, of
Waterford, Me.; Jane B., Dec. 9, 1816; m. Amos Libby; she d.
Nov. 10, 1872; Nancy G., b. Mar. 24, 1819; m. Oliver P. Haskell,
of Windham; Sarah H., b. Oct. 16, 1821; d. unm.; Andrew R.,
b. Tune 22, 1824; d. unm. 1848.

618. JosiAH Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Cape Cod, m.
Cape Cod, Hannah Bastow, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1732; d. 1807, at Cape Breton. He
d. Queens Co., Salmon River, N. B., 1810; res. Gasby, Ca., and Salmon River, N. B.

1587. i. JosiAH, b. ; m. Elizabeth Harding.

1588. ii. Seth, b. .

1589. iii. John, b. 1781; m. .

1590. iv. NoALS, b. .

1591. V. Eliab T., b. Dec. 17, 1789; m. Lydia Butterworth and Lydia

Williams.

1592. vi. Hannah, b. .

1593. vii. Margaret, b. .

1594. viii. Sally', b. .

1595. ix. Martha, b.

620. Asa Whitney' (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.,

Dec, 1754; m. 1st Flora; b. ; d. ; m. 2d, at Cape Cod, Mass., 1782, Phebe

Hopkins, dau. of the signer of the Dec. of Independence Stephen Hopkins. He d.
Dec. 17, 1806; res. Gorham, Me.

George W.. b. June 14, 1792; m. Mary Whitney.
Samuel, b. Aug. 29, 1777; m. Hannah Snow, Mary Rich, and Mrs.
Mary (Piper) Ring.

John, b. ; m. Rich.

Benjamin, b. ; res. Kingston, Canada.

1596.

1.

1697.

n.

1598.

iii.

1599.

IV.

1600.

V.

1601.

VI.

1602.

VII.

1603.

Vlll.

1604.

IX.

1605.

X.

Annie, b.

Erie, b. .

Mary, b. .

Hannah, b. ; m.

Eunice, b. .

Roxanna, b. .

621. Abel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.;

m. Thankful Morton. He. d. ; res. Standish, Me.

1606. i. Nathaniel, b. ; m. .

626. Joel Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at York, Me., May
21, 1743; m. at Falmouth, Me., Mary Weston.

He was born in the old town of York, Me., married at Falmouth, now Portland,
and about 1767 moved to Chandler's River, now the town of Jonesboro, Me., where
he afterward resided and where he died. It is said they had two daughters and
eight sons and that their descendants are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
He was always a farmer. He d. 1789; res. Falmouth and Chandler's River, Me.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 121

1607. i. Mary, b. .

1608. ii. Ephraim, b. Nov., 7, 1770; m. Sarah Noyes.

1609. vii. Paul, b. Jan. 10, 1785; m. Catherine Barker.

1610. ix. Porter, b. .

629. Zebulon Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in York, Nov. 27,
1747; m. Joanna Stone. He served in the Revolutionary war in the Massa-
chusetts state troops, and Apr. 4, 1835, was granted a pension while living in Cumber-
land Co., Me.; res. Gorham, Me.

1611. i. Abigail, b. 1775.

1612. ii. Happy, b.

1613. iii. Mattie, b.

1614. iv. RuFUS, b.

1615. V. Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1786.

1616. vi. Eunice, b. .

1617. vii. Hannah, b. .

1618. viii. Tabitha, b. ; m. .

1619. ix. Almira, b. 1798.

632. MiCHA Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham, Me.,
Dec. 11, 1752; m. Hannah Cobb; d. 1834. He was a blacksmith and during the Revo-
lutionary war was a soldier in. the company from New Vineyard, Me.; was also
sergt. in the war of 1812; was granted a pension in 1818. He d. June 19, 1829; res.
Gorham and Phillips, Me.

1620. i. Joel, b. May 7, 1787; m. Sally Dyer, Sarah Compton, and Betsey

Chase.

Sally, b. ^ — ; m. James Humphrey.

Ebenezer, b. ■ — ; m. Dorcas Parlin; res. Freeman, Me.

Joanna, b. ; m. Caleb Sylvester.

Andrew, b. May 5, 1795; m. June, 1816, Huldah Sweetser; res.

Phillips, Me.

Lydia, b. ,

Charlotte, b.

1621.

ii.

1622.

111.

1623.

IV.

1624.

V.

1625.

vi.

1626.

vn.

1627.

Vlll.

1628.

IX.

1629.

X.

1630.

XI.

1631.

Xll.

Wm. p., b. May 3, 1783; m. Nancy I. Carlton.

Mary, b. — ^ ; m. Reubin Smith.

Happy, b. ; m. Samuel W. Phoenix, of Phillips, Me.

Benjamin, b. 1806; m. Susan Wells.
Nahum, b. .

633. Daniel Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 26, 1754; m.
Res. Gorham, Me.

1632. i. Jesse, b. ; m. Mary Sawyer, Charity and .

637. Isaac Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec. 28,
1748; m. 1771, Mary Crockett, of Gorham, b. 1752; d. July 29, 1832.

Isaac was born at York, but soon moved to Gorham, where he married his wife.
In 1775 he purchased a farm in Gorham of his wife's father, on which they settled
and on which he died. She was the daughter of Samuel Crockett, of Gorham. His
farm was, in 1874, in the possession of his grandson. He was in the Revolutionary
war in the Massachusetts line, and Apr. 18, 1818, was granted a pension. In 1833
he was living in Cumberland Co., Me. He d. Oct. 21, 1837; res. Gorham, Me.

Sarah, b. 1772.

Edmund, b. May 4, 1774; m. Martha Meserve.

Samuel, b. May 4, 1774.

Joseph, b. Aug. 16, 1776.

Isaac L., b. May 29, 1781; m. Margaret C. Leach.

Adam, b. 1784.

Polly, b. 1786.

Sophia, b. 1795.

639. Stephen Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in Saco, Mar. 19,
1755; m. Patty Irish, a daughter of the first white child who was born in Gorham. He
was in the Revolutionary army, serving in the Rhode Island line, and was granted a

pension, Apr. 18, 1818. He d. ; res. Gorham and Bridgton, Me.

1641. i. Stephen, b. May 5, 1799; m Mayberry.

1633.
1634.

i.
ii.

1635.

111.

1636.

IV.

1637.

V.

1638.

vi.

1639.

vii.

1640.

Vlll

1642.

1643.

ii.

1644.

in.

1645.

iv.

1646.

V.

1647.

VI.

1648.

vn.

1649.

Vlll.

1650.

IX.

1651.

X.

122 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

642. Barnabas Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham,
Me., Aug. 18, 1766; m. at Goldsboro, Jan. 1, 1789, Sarah Walker. He settled in
Pownal; in 1808 he moved to Freeman, where he died. He d. Oct. 19, 1833; res.
Pownal and Freeman, Me.

Isaac, b. ; was in war of 1812.

John, b. ; m. .

Sewell Pitt, b. Mar. 19, 1798; m. Annie Tuttle.

Constant Hopkins, b. .

Marshall H., b. Jan. 15, 1800; m. Lavina Lace.

James Paine, b. ; res. Laurence, Kan. (75.)

Rebecca, b. .

Louisa, b. .

Polly, b. .

Sally, b. .

645. Henry Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Saco, Me., in 1774;

m. Abigail Walker; b. ; d. . His father died at his house. He d. 1846;

res. Freeport and Chesterville, Me.

1652. i. Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1804; m. Rebecca Fellows.

1653. ii. , b. ; m. Lainscott; son Joseph A. res. Augusta,

Me.

1654. iii. Geo. W., b. Oct. 8, 1809; m. Violet Haines.

1655. iv. Hiram, b. 1815; m. Susan P. Lunt.

1656. v. Ambrose, b. .

654. Lieut. Jesse Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Nov. 24,^
1730; m. in Mendon, Sept. 22, 1757, Mary Cheney, b. abt. 1736; d. June 25, 1777; m.
2d, Apr. 19, 1779, Mrs. Ruth (Legg) Wight, b. Feb. 30, 1739; d. Oct. 21, 1785; m. 3d
(int.) July 5, 1794, Abigail Rawson.

He inherited part of his father's estate, on which he lived and died. Was lieut.
in the Revolutionary army, and his civil and social standing was of the best. His will
is dated Apr. 17, 1810, and it was probated May 23, 1815. Lieut. David Stearnes was
exec. He d. Apr. 26, 1815; res. Milford, Mass.

1657. ix. Levi, b. Oct. 21, 1763; d. June, 1788, at Weedsport, N. Y., by fall-

ing from a tree.

1658. i. Olive, b. Feb. 9, 1758; m. her cousin, Nathan Whitney (see).

1659. ii. Susanna, b. July 12, 1759; d. Apr. 6, 1760, in Mendon.

1660. iii. Rhoda, b. Oct. 8, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1779, William Hayden, of Hop-

kinton.

1661. iv. Hachaliah, b. Apr. 5, 1762; m. Abigail Nelson and Mrs. Olive

(Madden) Cobb.

1662. V. Lucy, b. July 17, 1765; m. Apr. 6, 1786, Joseph Chamberlain, of

Hopkinton. He was born Dec. 27, 1762; d. Aug. 20, 1800. Ch.:
Whitney, Jesse, George, William, Levi, Joseph, Richard. A
grandson is Joseph, of Oberlin, O. Another grandson is Wm. H.,
of Raleigh, N. C.

1663. vi. Ruth, b. July 17, 1765; d. July 31, 1765, in Mendon.

1664. vii. Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1766; d. Oct. 7, 1768, in Mendon.

1665. viii. Anna, b. July 13, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1791, William Abbey, b. 1768,

in Hopkinton.

1666. viiij. Betsey, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. May 31, 1811.

1667. ix. Hannah, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. Sept. 11, 1805.

1668. X. Anna, b. Jan. 13, 1792; m. Dec. 16, 1813, Charles Barnes; m. 2d.

Jan. 21, 1829, Alex Cheney, d. Nov. 2, 1843. Ch.: Lucy, b. Aug. 9,
1816; d. Nov. 30, 1837; Laura Ann, b. June 11, 1831 ; d. Mar. 16, 1845;
Anna, d. Apr. 27, 1854.

1669. xi. Elias, b. Feb. 4, 1795; d. Jan. 4, 1797.

656. Capt. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Mil-
ford, Mass., July 26, 1737; m. both of Mendon, Nov. 7, 1760, Esther Parkhurst, b.
June 22, 1741; d. Dec. 6, 1812, in Milo, N. Y.

Jonathan Whitney was born in Mendon, in that part subsequently Milford,
Mass., and soon after his marriage in 1761 moved to Conway, where he resided until
1782. With his son, Joel, he went in 1789 to Ontario Co., N. Y., cut a stock of hay on
the " Old Castle " farm near Geneva and put in four or five acres of wheat, put up a

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 123

log house 18 feet square and roofed it up with bark, and returned home to Conway
in the fall. In 1791 with his family he moved to the " Old Castle " farm with ox teams
and were some seventeen days on the road.

Jonathan was in the Revolutionary war and was at the siege of Ticonderoga.
The trees about the fort had been felled to allow the guns to be used. One tree,
however, remained upright, against which another had fallen in a slanting direction.
He climbed into the crotch of the upright tree and fired into the fort, a party under
the tree loading the guns and handing them up to him. It was some time before he
was discovered and driven away by the garrison.

His military record is. as follows:

Revolutionary War Archives.

Lexington Alarm,
Vol. 13, p. 21
Jonathan Whitney, Sarg., Conway, No., miles 216, served 16 days
Capt. Robert Oliver's Co. in ye Regiment commanded By Samuel Williams,
Who march for the Relief of the Country April 22d, 1775.

Robert Oliver Capt.
Vol. 28, p. 112.
List of Militia Officers 1776,
Appointed and Commissioned
5th Regt., in Hampshire Co.
Thomas French Capt. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
Jona. Whitney 1st Lieut. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
Jonathan Whitney Lieut, engaged July 10th, discharge Aug. 12, 1777, in Capt.
Benj. Phillip's Co., Col. Elisha Porter's Regt., from Hampshire Co.

Vol. 28,

Mass. Militia Officers

Hampshire Co.,

June 19, 1780. Jonathan Whitney Capt. 7th Co. 5th Regt.

He d. Aug. 22, 1792; res. Milford and Conway, Mass., and Milo, N. Y.

Nathan, b. Oct. 18, 1761; m. Olive Whitney and Thankful Cald-
well.
Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1764; m. in Conway Apr. 2, 1787, Simeon

Amsden, b. Apr. 20, 1763; d. Aug. 16, 1832.
Joel, b. Nov. 13, 1766; m. Sybil Whitmore.

Esther, b. Dec. 16, 1769; m. in Conway Aug. 31, 1789, Solomon
Gates, b. Oct. 4, 1761. She d. Aug. 16, 1848.

1674. V. Experience, b. June 6, 1772; m. June 25, 1789, at Conway, Immer

Crittenden, b. Mar. 17, 1776, d. Dec. 16, 1826. She d. Feb. 5,
1826.

1675. vi. Jonas, b. May 12, 1775; m. Catherine Parker.

1676. vii. Ruth, b. Feb. 18, 1778; d. young.

1677. viii. Ammi, b. Jan. 18, 1781; m. Anna Amsden.

1678. ix. Parkhurst, b. Sept. 15, 1784; m. Celinda Cowing.

658. David Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), bap. Sept. 21,
1746; m. Rachel . He was a farmer; res. Conway, Mass.

1679. i. Jonathan, b. Mar. 13, 1770; m. Lucy Washburn.

1680. ii. Mercy, b. Sept. 10, 1771; m. Dec. 26, 1795, Ezra Bond, of Con-

way.

1681. iii. Lydia, b. Feb. 13, 1773; m. Nov. 4, 1794, Mark Bangs, of Mon-

tague.

1682. iv. Rachel, b. Apr. 1, 1775; d. 1784.

1683. v. Ruby, b. Mar. 3, 1776; m. Oct. 14, 1798, Calvin Bartlett, of Con-

way.

1684. vi. Prudence, b. Mar. 12. 1778; d. 1796.

1685. vii. Polly, b. Nov. 22, 1779; m. Oct. 22, 1800, Abel De Wolf, of Con-

way.

1686. viii. Leinder, b. Dec. 9, 1781.

1687. ix. David, b. Apr. 19. 1785; d. 1787.

1688. X. Ruth. b. Sept. 26, 1788; d. in infancy.

1689. xi. Ruth, b. Sept. 26, 1789.

661. Elias Whitney (Elias, Jonathan. Benjamin, John), b. June 15, 1750; m.
Apr. 10, 1772, Lucy Barnes, b. Hingham, Mass., June 15, 1750; d. Oct. 15, 1818. He

1670.

i.

1671.

ii.

1672.
1673.

iii
iv

124 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

settled finally on the paternal homestead. He was the worthy head of a worthy fam-
ily. He was so strictly conscientious that when the pension law had passed, favor-
ing with pensions the surviving Revolutionary soldiers, and his papers were all made
out making perfectly valid his claim, on hearing them read over and finding that he
had got to swear that he was a needy applicant, he positively refused to make oath
or to have his pension on such terms, declaring that he was not thus needy, but had
lived and could live without the pension. He was told that others much richer than
himself made no scruples of swearing that they needed the preferred pension; but,
though in really moderate circumstances, he persistently stuck to his scruples. He
made his will Jan. 16, 1825. It was probated July 1, 1828. He served in the Revolu-
tionary army, in Capt. Jennison's company from Mendon, Mass. He d. May 22, 1828;
res. Milford, Mass.

1690. i. Abigail, b. Mar. 6, 1773; m. 1798, Barnard Boyden; b. Mar. 6, 1773.

Ch.: Elias, b. July 5, 1799; Ellis, b. ; res. Milford.

1691. ii. Mellen, b. Dec. 9, 1774; m. Jane Richardson.

1692. iii. Rebecca, b. Dec. 14, 1776; m. June 22, 1797, Amos Howard, b.

Oct. 2, 1769; d. Sept. 1, 1829. She d. Nov. 25, 1827; res. Milford.
Ch.: Sibbia, b. May 22, 1798; Lucy, b. Dec. 22, 1799; d. June 30,
1822; John, b. June 10, 1802; m. Chloe A.Gould; Margaret, b.
Feb. 9, 1805; d. Mar. 3, 1832; Amos, b. Apr. 2, 1807; m. Elvira
Gould; Emery, b. Apr. 11, 1809; d. Jan. 9, 1829; Rebecca, b.
Aug. 4, 1812; m. Sewell H. Gould; Andrew J., b. Dec. 7, 1818;
m. Laurinda Howard.

1693. iv. Lydia, b. Apr. 12. 1779; m. 1798, Abijah Clark; b. Sept., 1776; res.

Becket, Mass. She d. bef. 1808. Ch.: Alexander, Whitney,
Eliza and Stearnes.

1694. V. Jonathan, b. May 9, 1781; m. Lavina Coombs.

1695. vi. Laban, b. Oct. 24, 1783; m. Olive Green.

1696. vii. Lucy, b. Jan. 6, 1786; m. Feb. 1, 1803, John Wood; rem. Barre, Vt.

Although the records of Mrs. Wood's native town show her to
have been born Jan. 6, it is related that Mrs. Wood a few years
ago changed the date in the family Bible to the 16th, and she
now insists on observing the later date. Mrs. Wood was born at
Jaffrey, N. H., Jan. 6, 1786, and is therefore three years older
than the Federal government. She has witnessed the rise and
fall of every political party and every presidential campaign
from the days of Washington to those of Grover Cleveland's
second triumph? Her maiden name was Lucy Whitney, being
one of a family of 11 children. At the age of 9 years her father
moved to Milford, Mass. During her 16th year she was a pupil
in a Milford singing school, John Wood, a young man from the
adjoining town of Mendon, also trying to master the difficult
"do, me, sol." While rehearsing their parts together Cupid
accomplished his purpose, and on Feb. 1,1803, the young couple
were made man and wife lay Amariah Frost. They went to Vt.
to Barre. The young husband built a cottage on the east hill.
There were no doors or windows. The fireplace and chimney
were constructed of stone, and the house was divided into two
rooms by a blanket hung in the center. Mr. Wood erected an
oven in the clearing outside the house, and Mrs. Wood proudly
declares that the best cooking she has ever done was performed
in that ancient oven. As soon as the house was finished both
husband and wife worked early and late to clear the land and
burn the brushwood about the dwelling. On many nights dur-
ing the absence of Mr. Wood, who had gone to the nearest set-
tlement for supplies, the good wife has sat by the candle light
through the midnight hours keeping a bright fire burning to
scare away the wolves that were howling about the house.
Sometimes they were brave enough to come by the blanket
which covered the door, not daring to proceed further for fear
of the flames.

Mr Wood was a teamster for the United States government
in the war of 1812, his route being from Wells river to Burling-
ton. The care of the farm and family devolved upon Mrs.
Wood, During her husband's absence the house caught fire

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 125

and was devoured by the flames. She hastened to a place of
safety, but remembering that her oldest child was sleeping in
the house, she re-entered the building and took her child to a
safe place. The brave woman was severely burned in this act,
and still carries the scars. This daughter died a few years ago,
aged 73. The neighbors proved to be friends in the hour of
need, and when Mr. Wood returned home, greatly to his sur-
prise, he found a new house nearly completed. In one of the
early winters there was no track of man or team at her door
for a period of six weeks. Her oldest children went to school
in a barn on the Carleton farm. There was but one preacher in
town. Rev. Aaron Palmer. Robert Paddock was the only physi-
cian, and the only merchant was Jack Pollard. For his service
in the battle of Plattsburg Mr. Wood drew a land warrant. He
died in Boston March 24, 1857. After his death Mrs. Wood
managed the farm seven years, and then removed to Barre
village, where she now resides on Hill street with her daughter
Sophia, who is now 76 years old, and spends her entire time
caring for her aged mother. Mrs. Wood has had 10 other chil-
dren ; three sons are now living — Charles, who resides at Orange;
Phineas, at Newport, and Warren, at Auburn, R. I. She claims
to have 40 living grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild 17
years old. She is the last survivor of her father's family, there
having been five older and five younger. In her 99th year she
made a bedquilt containing 5,876 pieces, which has taken
premiums at several county fairs. To the casual visitor she
does not appear to be so old, although she is very thin and much
wrinkled. Her memory is very good, and she remembers
events of her childhood with perfect clearness, delightuig to
relate early reminiscences of the state and the noted men she
has met. She can recall the events of the war of 1812, and
often she has told the young people gathered about her how the
patriotic men fought and the hardships they endured for their
country in the early days of the present century. In her youth
Mrs. Wood was a Congregationalist, but after her marriage and
settlement in Barre, she joined the Methodist society, and has
since been a stanch adherent of its creeds. She retains her
faculties to a remarkable degree, her only weakness being her
great deafness and lameness, though she can move about the
house with the aid of chairs. She still retains her business
faculty, and until very recently conducted her own affairs. In
1891 Mrs. Wood petitioned Congressfor a pension on the ground
that her husband was a teamster in the war of 1812, and Con-
gress, by a special act, granted her S12 per month. Last year
Mrs. Wood was made a member of R. B., Crandall Woman's
Relief Corps, and was appointed an aide upon the staff of the
department president, and at the last State convention a depart-
ment badge was voted to her, she being the oldest member of
the order. For several years she has ridden in the Grand Army
parade on Memorial days. The old lady has enjoyed many
a birthday party, the one on her 100th being, perhaps, the most
notable. Crandall Relief Corps, with her relatives and neigh-
bors, celebrated with her the 107th anniversary of her birth.
She died Jan. 31, 1893. Her children were: Willis, born in
Mendon, Mass.; Horace, Ellas, Celinda H., Phinneas, Laura,
Sophia M., b. July 28, 1818, still living unm. ; Charles L., Warren F.

668. Jonathan Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Sherborn;
Mass., Sept. 25, 1734; m. in Waltham, June 15, 1758, Eunice Marshall, b. Oct. 2, 1736,
d. Sept., 1799. He was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill from Hopkinton, Mass.
He d. in 1800; res. Framingham and Dalton, Mass.

1697. i. Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1768; m. Caroline Harmon.

1698. ii. Amos, b. Sept. 27, 1764.

1699. iii. Persis, b. Aug. 20, 1769; m. Lasure.

126 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1701.

V.

1702.

vi.

1703.

vii.

1704.

viii

1705.

IX.

1706.

1707.

1708.

111.

1709.

iv.

1710.

V.

1711.

VI.

1712.

vii.

171.3.

viii.

1700. iv. David, b. Nov. 3, 1761; killed by Indians at the battle of Stony
Raba on the Mohawk, Oct. 19, 1780. He was in the company
commanded by Capt. Ely.

Eunice, b. Nov. 16, 1763; m. Marshall. She d. Oct. 1, 1842.

Esther, b. Apr. 13, 1766; m. Cyrus Rockwood.

Asaph, b. June 21, 1770; m. Bethiah Hopkins.

Sarah, b. June 12, 1759.

Olive, b. ; m. Anson Hopkins; res. Bellile, N. Y. A son,

Anson, Jr., resides there.

680. Isaac Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Apr. 17,

1770; m. ; m. 2d Mrs. Susanna (Turnback) Hall, b. Pennsylvania, May

11, 1780; she m. 3d a Mr. Dodge and had one child by him. She d. at Ray, Mich.,
Feb. 9, 1867.

He was born in Natick, Mass., emigrated to New York, and died in Middlesex
in 1817. He was a kind husband and father, and true Christian man. He was a
pioneer in that section when it was settled by the Indians, with whom he was on
friendly terms. He was also able to converse with them in their dialect. After the
death of his first wife he married a widow, Mrs. Hall, for his second wife, and she had
five children by her first husband and one by her third. Isaac was an extensive
farmer and one of the largest in that part of New York. He d.in 1817; res. Middle-
sex, Ontario Co., N. Y.

Jason, b. ; m. and went to Texas.

Robert, b. ; d. .

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Osgood, and moved to Michigan,

where they had a large family, and died.

Samuel, b. July 9, 1811; m. Ann Stroup.

John Fisher, b. Oct. 25, 1809; m. Phebe Nelson.

Isaac, b. Nov. 12, 1817; m. Sarah Stroup and Mahala Stroup.

Jesse, b. May 3, 1808; m. Eliza C. Shepherd.

James, b. in Middlesex, N. Y.; m. and d. there s. p. in 1847.

683. Fisher Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 3,
1775; m. in Italy, N. Y., June, 1797, Patty Watkins, of Partridgefield, Mass.; b. Peru,
in 1780. She m. 2d, at Italy in 1805, Elias Lee; b. 1777; d. Feb. 1, 1825. She d. in
Mass.. Mar , 1849.

Fisher Whitney was born in Natick, Mass. The country around Boston was, in
1775, sparsely settled, and there was little else to do than to cultivate the soil. Fisher
Whitney was, therefore, the son of a Massachusetts farmer — but the farmers in those
days made up the bulk of the population. Stirring events were just then happening
in that vicinity. Before Fisher was a year old, the battles cf Lexington and Bunker
Hill were enrolled in history. Natick, his home, was less than twenty miles distant,
and the terrors of those bloody days made such an impression upon young Fisher's
mind that before he was fifteen he was enrolled as a soldier against King George 111.

Thus the Whitneys are from Revolutionary stock, as will be seen in another
place. Fisher's grandsons, nearly 100 years later, also bore arms for their country.

But Massachusetts did not long retain young Whitney, for, about the year 1795,
he removed to Yates county, N. Y., where, three years later, he married Patty Wat-
kins and settled upon a farm, which he improved while acting as county surveyor.
Two children were born to him, Patty Whitney, born in 1800, and James Watkins
Whitney, born June 21, 1803.

Everything seemed prosperous for this little family when suddenly the father,
in one of his surveying expeditions, took a violent cold which rapidly settled into a
fever, and in three days terminated fatally. He was buried in the family burial
ground on his farm in the town of Italy, Yates county, in April, 1805. Fifty-seven
years later, his grandson. Col. L. H. Whitney, visited his grave, and found his resting-
place marked by a plain slab, which his widow had erected to his memory. She
now sleeps by his side, and by her side repose the ashes of her daughter Patty.

Fisher Whitney was a dark haired, dark complexioned man, six feet tall, ath-
letic, and possessed a great aptitude for mathematics. Hence, it was easy for him
to drift into the surveyor's office. He died at the early age of thirty-seven, sincerely
mourned by a large circle of acquaintances. He d. Dec. 19, 1805; res. Italy, N. Y.

1714. i. James Watkins, b. June 21, 1803; m. Betsey Harper.

1715. ii. Patty Watkins, b. Sept. 9, 1800; m. Jan. 15, 1823, Jason Gris-

wold; res. Italy, N. Y. Ch.: Fisher, b. Mar. 28, 1825; res. Italy;

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Sophronia, b. Nov. 22, 1823; Lutia Ann, b. July 23, 1830; m. Oct.,
1852; Mary Armborn, b. July 23, 1830; m. July 27, 1852. He d.
abt. 1850. She d. June, 1880.

685. Capt. George Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. in 1777, in
Natick, Mass.; m. 1799, Esther Morse, of Natick; b. in 1781, d. Mar. 26, 1836; m. 2d,
1839, Mrs. Azubah Hastings, of Millbury; d. s. p.

He was born in Natick, Mass., where he always resided; was a leading and
public spirited citizen; was captain of the local militia company; member of the
parish committee, and held all the town offices. All his children were noted for their
musical ability and penmanship. He d. Feb. 17, 1849; res. Natick, Mass.

1716. ii. David Morse, b. Nov. 1, 1807; m. Mary Ann Gilmore and Nancy

Wheeler.

1717. i. Hannah, b. Jan. 29, 1802; m. Oct. 10, 1821, Henry Rice, who was

born Nov. 12, 1798, and d. Nov. 23, 1828. The children of this
marriage were as follows: Luis H. Rice, b. June 19, 1822; d.
July 10, 1822. The second child was Mary Elizabeth Rice, who
was born July 31, 1826, and is now living in Dedham, Mass.
She m. Albert Jackson Gleason, June 16, 1849, who d. in 1893.
The children of this marriage were Albert A. Gleason, b. Mar.
7, 1850, d. in Sept., 1851, and George A. Gleason, who was born
May 6, 1853, and is now living in Dedham. The third, Henrietta
b. Nov. 12, 1828, and d. Jan. 11, 1891. She m. on the 22d day of
Jan., 1849, George William Williams, who d. on the 3d of Nov.,
1861. He was b. in Neuhaus an der Oste, in the kingdom of
Hannover, Mar. 24, 1815. He came to this country when a boy,
with Capt. Elisha Bangs, in whose family he lived for several
years while he was at school, which he attended at Brewster
and Plymouth, Mass. After that he followed the sea in the
service of Capt. Bangs for a number of years and was placed
in command of a vessel before he obtained his majority, and
continued as a ship's captain until the time of his death, when
his vessel, the " Maritana," was wrecked in Boston harbor. He
was killed when the ship went to pieces, but a majority of the
crew and passengers were saved. He was m. in Dedham to
Henrietta Rice, and lived there till his death. The children of
this marriage were: Henrietta Louise Williams, b. Mar. 23,
1850, now living in Dedham. She m. Oct. 21, 1875, Louis Lutz,
who was b. June 25, 1838, and d. October 10, 1889. They had
children, now living in Dedham, as follows: Helen Louise Lutz,
b. Dec. 16, 1876; Frederick Louis, b. Sept. 28, 1880, and Roger
Henry Lutz, b. July 18, 1884. The second child, George Fred-
erick Williams, b. July 10, 1852; unm., living in Dedham. His
ancestors are of old Massachusetts stock, and his paternal
ancestors were German and French. He was educated at
private schools until he entered the high school at Dedham; he
entered Dartmouth college in the year 1868. At the end of his
freshman year he went to Germany, where he studied in Ham-
burg for six months, and spent the next year at universities in
Heidelberg and Berlin, making up the studies of sophomore
and junior year in the spring and summer of 1871. He re-entered
his class in Dartmouth, and graduated in 1872. In the winter of
1872 and 1873 he taught school at West Brewster, Mass., and in
the spring and summer of 1873 was on the reportorial staff of
the Boston Globe. He studied law at Boston University, and
was admitted to the Suffolk bar in Oct., 1875. In 1878 Little,
Brown & Co. published his volume of Massachusetts Citations,
and from 1879 to 1887 he edited for that firm volumes X. to
XVII. of the Annual United States Digest. He was elected to
the Dedham School Committee in 1879, and served three years.
He began active participation in politics as a Republican in
1882, and in 1883 organized the Norfolk Republican Club, which
was, and now is, one of the largest political clubs in the state.
In the summer of 1884 he joined the Independent movement,
and was one of the committee on resolutions in the Independent

128 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

convention held at New York. Appointed by the Massachu-
setts Committee of One Hundred one of its executive commit-
tee, he was in August selected as chairman of that committee,
which conducted the state campaign. In 1886 he was chairman
of the Independent committee, organized for the campaign of
Hon. John F. Andrew for the governorship. In 1889 he was
elected to the Massachusetts legislature, where he took an
active part as a Democrat. In 1890 he was elected to the Fifty-
Second Congress from the Ninth Massachusetts District,succeed-
ing a Republican, the Hon. John W. Candler. His political
work has been done in connection with constant work m the
profession of the law, which he has practiced mainly in the
courts of Boston. He has been for many years a member of
the executive committee of the Massachusetts Reform Club,
and has served as secretary, and on the executive committee of
the Dartmouth Alumni Association, of Boston, and as president
of the Dartmouth Club, of Boston. In 1886 he delivered the
Fourth of July oration in Boston, by invitation of the city, and in
' 1889 delivered an address before the faculty and students of
Dartmouth college on the centennial anniversary of the inaugu-
ration of Washington. The third child is Henry Liversidge
Williams, b. Sept. 17, 1855, now living in Dedham. Hannah
Rice m. a second time Joseph Daniels, on the 26th day of Sept.,
1832. They had children, now living: Sarah Anna Daniels, now
Gates, who lives at 18 Oakland street, Brooklyn, N. Y, She was
b. on Sept. 14, 1837. Joseph Henry Daniels, b. August 10, 1834.

1718. iii. George C, b. Feb. 3, 1809; m. Persis Broad.

1719. iv. Freeman Sears, b. Feb. 6, 1812; m. Eveline Perry,

1720. v. Samuel S., b. Jan. 8, 1815; m. Sarah W. Spaulding.

1721. vi. John Aniger, b. Dec. 20, 1817; m. Emily Walker and Lizzie

Thomson.

1722. vii. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 20, 1820; m. Sarah Leighton.

1723. viii. Alvin Fisher, b. 1824; m. Elviria Clemence.

1724. ix. David Morse, b. Mar. 16, 1804; d. Sept. 21, 1805.

1725. X. Sally, b. Dec. 25, 1799; d. Apr. 10, 1802.

686. Jason Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Oct. 20,
1780; m. there 1801, Hannah Goodnow, of Natick; d. Dec. 27, 1810; m. 2d Margaret
Green. He d. ; res. Watertown and Natick, Mass.

1726. i. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1801; d. Dec. 9, 1801.

1727. ii. RoxANNA, b. Feb. 23, 1803; m. Mar., 1829, Ebenezer Blake; b. July

9, 1805. She d. Jan. 29, 1885. Ch.: Rebecca R., b. Feb. 13, 18.31;
m. Geo. E. Weeman; res. So. Bridgton, Me.; George A., b. Sept.
20, 1835; d. Nov. 11, 1889; Joseph Eugene, b. May 20, 1837; res.
Milton, Mass.; Eben F., b. Sept. 20, 1839; res. Lynn, Mass.

1728. iii. Emeline Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1809; m. in Natick in 1827, Elijah

Hersey, of Dedham. He was b. Apr. 26, 1808; boot and shoe
manufacturer. They res. 1232 Madison street, Oakland, Cal. Ch.:
George E., b. May 30, 1830; Emily Frances, b. Sept. 8, 1828;
Edward Whiting, b. Jan. 12, 1833; George Hersey, m., lives in
Gilroy, Cal.; Emily F., m. in Brookline, Mass., May 1, 1845, Abram
H. Lambert, lives in Rock Island, 111.; Edward W.,d. in Elmira
N. Y., Oct. 18, 1863.

1729. iv. Hannah Goodnow, b. Jan. 2, 1807; m. twice and d. s. p.; first

husband m. 1829, Arthur Danforth, of Dedham.

1730. v. Eben Fisher, b. Jan. 10, 1805; n. f. k.

1731. vi. Nancy Goodnow, b. Nov. 26, 1810; m. Wheeler, and Jan.

28, 1844, David Morse Whitney. She res. with Mrs. Charlotte
T. Andrews at Fort Wayne, Ind. Her first husband was killed
in the Texas Rebellion in 1836. They had one son, Samuel H.,
who was born in Natick and enlisted in the late war in Co. H.
13th Mass. Vols. He was lost on the march to Winchester in
1862. Ch.: Frank Hayden Whitney, b. July 30, 1845. He was a
soldier in the 13th Mass. Vols., Company H. (See elsewhere.)

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1732.

i.

1733.

ii.

1734.

iii.

1735.

iv.

1736.

V.

1737.

VI.

1738.

Vll.

1739.

viii.

1740.

IX.

1741.

X.

1742.

XI.

1743.

xii.

1744.

Xlll.

1745.

XIV.

1746.

XV.

1747.

XVI.

1748.

xvii

1749.

XVII

1750.

XIX.

688. Ebenezer Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass.,
Mar. 2, 1784; m. in Framingham, Apr. 8, 1807, Mary Brown, dau. of Aaron and
Martha (Walker) Brown; b. Aug. 1, 1785; d. July 22. 1822; m. 2d Nov. 10, 1821,
Joanna Law, of Acton.

He was born in Natick, Mass., and after his marriage resided on the Beal farms
in that town and at East Sudbury. Later he lived in Wayland. Was an innkeeper
and proprietor of a line of stages at Natick. He d. Sept. 23, 1855; res. Natick and
Wayland, Mass.

■ Charles, b. May 21, 1808.

Martha Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1817; m. Nov. 16, 1834, David E. Allen,

of Dover.
Nancy Childs, b. June 20, 1820; m. Nelson Holmes and res.

Trempeleau, Wis.
Prudence Walker, b. May 14,1822; m. Wm. G. Willson,
Sally Cumings, b. July 26, 1824; d. Dec. 7, 1825.
Hiram Ebenezer, b. June 3, 1826; d. unm.

Sally Cumings, b. Apr. 8, 1828; m. Stone.

Ellen O., b. Mar. 5, 1830; m. Albert Lyon.

Isabella C, b. Oct. 17, 1834; m. Bacon.

Turner, b. Sept. 24, 1842.

George, b. .

Albert M., b. Jan. 16, 1836. Killed in the Rebellion.
Nathaniel D. T., b. May 3, 1838.
Catherine H., b. May 5, 1840; d. June 1, 1842.

George, b. .

Mary Brown, b. Mar. 18, 1813; m. Abraham Bigelow 2d of
Natick, and d. in Dover, Mass., Dec. 9, 1881. Issue (Bigelow
Genealogy, p. 336).
xvii. Charles W.. b. June 13, 1832.

xviii. Catherine, b. ; m. Stone.

Anne E., b. Jan., 1851.

695. Daniel Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John), b. Roxbury, Mass.;
m. Mar. 7, 1769, Sarah Gay; d. Sept. 20, 1824. He d. May" 3, 1820; res. Boston and
Warwick, Mass.

1751. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1769; m. Oct. 15, 1796, David Adams, of War-

wick.

1752. ii. Elijah, b. Jan. 15, 1771.

1753. iii. Susannah, b. Jan. 31. 1773.

1754. iv. Daniel, b. Dec. 5, 1774; m. .

1755. v. Seneca, b. July 27, 1776; m. 1803, Hannah Moore; b. 1781; d.

May 16, 1848. He d. Apr. 25, 1810; res. Warwick.

1756. vi. Sophia, b. July 12, 1778; d. unm. Mar. 15, 1861.

1757. vii. Betty, b. Aug. 11, 1781.

1758. viii, Joseph Gay, b. Sept. 7, 1784; m. and d. Aug. 7, 1834, in Warwick,

Mass.

1759. ix. Elisha, b. June 24, 1786; m. . .

1760. X. Henry, b. Aug., 30, 1788; m. , ,

696. John Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John. John, John),b. Nov, 29, 1749; m, Apr.
22, 1773, Mary Payson; d. 1816. He d. in 1830; res. Roxbury and Warwick, Mass.

1761. i. John, bap. R. Aug., 1774; d. young,

1762. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 26, 1776.

1763. iii. Sally, b. Feb. 1, 1779; m, 1802 at Warwick, Samuel Mayo.

1764. iv. Nancy, b. Mar. 21. 1781.

• 1765. v. JOHN.b. Apr. 8. 1783; m. .

1766. vi. Lois, b. Aug. 20. 1785; d. unm. Nov. 6, 1820.

698. Lieut. Elisha Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John),b. Oct. 6, 1747;
m. in Newton, June 4, 1769, Abigail Dana. His picture, painted by Stuart, is in pos-
session of his gr. son Benj. D; res. West Roxbury. Mass.

1767. i. Experience, b. Feb., 1776; d. Sept. 17, 1777.

1768. ii. Abigail, b. Apr. 10, 1778; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Joseph Seaver, of

Boston. He was b. Dec. 25, 1770; d. Aug. 17, 1811. Ch.: Eliza-
beth Whitney, b. Mar. 23, 1801; m. 1823; d. 1837; Joseph, b. June
17, 1804; m. 1834; d. 1883; Wm. Whitney, b. Apr. 6, 1806; m.

130 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1829; d. 1858; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 24, 1808; d. Aug. 16, 1835;
Abigail Dana, b. Sept. 16, 1810; d. May 11, 1828. A godchild is
is Miss E. A. Seaver, of Lexington, Mass.

1769. iii. Elisha, b. Feb. 4, 1780; m. Sarah Heath.

1770. iv. Asa, b. May 18, 1782; m. Mary Hammond.

1771. V. Pedy, b. July 20, 1784; m. in Roxbury in 1801, Col. Joseph Dud-

ley, b. Oct. 16, 1780. Col. Dudley owned and occupied the old
homestead in Roxbury. He was a farmer, a man of strict hon-
esty and integrity. His open-handed generosity was much
commented on. In 1810 he gave a portion of his patrimonial
estate as a sitefor a town house. He was a descendant of Gov.
Dudley. He d. Feb. 28, 1827; res. Roxbury, Mass. Ch.: Will-
iam, b. Oct. 8, 1801; d. Dec. 28, 1801; Joseph W., b. June 2, 1803;
d. May 20, 1869; Sarah W., b. Feb. 20, 1805; d. Aug. 23, 1868;
Isaac D., b. Jan. 23, 1807; d. Feb. 2, 1855; William, b. June 24,
1808; d. Nov. 13, 1833; Samuel, b. Dec. 31, 1809; Pedy. b. Feb. 7,
1812; d. May 8, 1838; Elisha W.,b. Dec. 9, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1815;
Elisia W., b. Feb. 2, 1816; d. Mar. 23, 1816; Henry A. S. D., b.
Aug. 13, 1821; d. July 7, 1885.

1772. vi. William, b. June 17, 1788; d. unm.

1773. vii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1793; d. unm.

701. Caleb Whitney (Caleb, Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 17, 1740; m.
1765, Elizabeth Hyde, b. 1745. During the Revolutionary war he was a member of
the Newton company, Capt. Wiswell,and marched to the Lexington alarm. His will
He was a cordwainer by trade. He d. before 1792; res. Newton,

Oliver, b. Mar. 9, 1766; d. unm. in Boston.
Amariah, b. Nov. 18, 1767; m. Sarah Trull.
Ruth, b. May 31, 1773.
Sarah, b. June 4, 1774.
Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1775.

Thaddeus, b. (mentioned in settlement of his father's estate, but
record of birth not found).

703. Thaddeus Whitney (Caleb, Timothy, John, John, John), b. July 10, 1747;
m.l772. Temperance Hyde, b. Apr. 1, 1753; d. 1842.

He served in the Revolutionary war in the Newton company. In 1798 he owned
a farm of 25 acres. In 1805 he was a member of the Baptist church. He d. in 1832;
res. Newton, Mass. His will:

Be it remembered that I, Thaddeus Whitney of Newton in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

Imprimis. I do give and devise to my executrix herinafter named so much of
my real estate to be disposed of at public or private sale as she shall judge best as
will bring a sum sufficient to pay all my just debts and charges of settlement after
applying to that purpose such of the personal estate as shall not be needful for the
use of my beloved wife.

Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Temperance the use and im-
provement of all my estate both real and personal, excepting such as shall be dis-
posed of as above directed, and excepting also my land with the buildings thereon
situated in Brighton, to have and to hold so long as she remains my widow.

Item. I give and bequeath to my grandchildren, Asa Cook, Nancy Davis and
Louisa Jackson, children of my late daughter Temperance, now deceased, the sum
of 5 dollars each to be paid to them within one year after the decease of me and my
wife. And whereas I on the 1st of April, 1824, hired a farm of Martha Livermore
covenanting to pay 85 dollars annually therefor according to her lease of that date
& whereas Israel L. Worcester, husband of my daughter Ruth by a verbal agree-
ment between us occupies the same and agrees to pay all the rent, therefore I give
to my executrix in trust all my farm in Brighton with the buildings thereon to be
conveyed to my daughter Ruth Worcester or her children whenever and as soon as
the said Worcester shall have paid up all the said rent as aforesaid and provided it
be paid within 2 years after my decease so that I shall not have been called upon for
any part thereof nor my estate be liable to be forever. But if not so paid by said
Worcester the farm and buildings are to be and remain in fee to my executrix and
her heirs & assigns forever.

•was dated

176'

Mass.

1774.

1775.

1] ■

1776.

111.

1777.

IV.

1778.

V.

1779.

vi.

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Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruth forty dollars to be paid within
■2 years after the decease of me and my wife provided the said Worcester shall have
paid all the rents as above stated.

Item. I give and devise to my daughter Hannah all the rest and residue of my
estate and effects wheresoever found, to have and to hold to her and her heirs forever,
my daughters Temperance and Ruth having received to the value of about four
hundred & fifty dollars each.

Lastly, I do appoint my daughter Hannah my sole executrix, hereby revoking
all wills heretofore by me made. Dated Jan. 1, 1828.

Thaddeus Whitney.
Signed, sealed, published and declared
to be his last will and testament in the
presence of us who at his request and in
the presence of each other subscribed our names
as witnesses.
Abyal Draper
Timy. Whitney
Robert Nelson,

Be it remembered that I Thaddeus Whitney do make the following addition or
alteration to the foregoing will, that is I do appoint Elyat F. Woodward ol the same
Newton the sole executor of my said will and testament instead of my daughter
Hannah, hereby revoking so much thereof as constituted and appointed her the sole
executrix. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th of
July, 1829.

Thads. Whitney.
Signed, sealed, published and declared to be an
addition to his last will in the presence of us
who at his request and in presence of each other
have subscribed our names as witnesses.
Abyal Draper
Abyal U. Draper
Amanda Draper.

1780. i. Temperance, b. Sept. 2, 1774; m. 1795, Jno. Cook, Jr. Ch.: Nancy,

b. Sept. 25, 1795; m. Davis; Asa, b. June 3, 1797; m. Ros-

anna ; Louisa, m. Jackson.

1781. ii. Hannah, b. Apr. 9, 1779; m. David Wardwell, s. p.

1782. iii. Thaddeus, b. Sept. 1, 1788. Mar. 2, 1821, he bought of Israel L.

Worcester pew 54 in the meeting house of the First Baptist
church, of which Rev. Jonathan Homes was pastor, for the sum
of $19; the deed of which is now in possession of Geo. A. Wor-
cester, of Milford, N. H. D. unm., 1823.

1783. iv. Ruth, b. in 1776; m. Israel Liberty Worcester. *

707. Timothy Whitney, (Moses, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Feb. 12, 1747;
m. in 1773, Mary Hyde; d. in 1828. He served in the Revolutionary army in a New-
ton company with his three brothers. He d. in 1821; res. Newton, Mass.

1784. 1. Stephen, b. 1774; m. Ruth Whittemore.

1785. ii. Timothy, b. 1776; m. 1824, Peggy (Margaret) Thayer,

1786. iii. Polly, b. 1778.

1787. iv. Peggy, b. 1780; m. Elijah Whitney.

1788. V. Anna, b. 1782.

1789. vi. Elisha, b. 1784; d. young.

715. John Whitney (Moses, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Aug. 8, 1762; m.
Aug. 1785, Polly Pope, of Dedham. He d. Aug. 28, 1816; res. Newton, Mass.

1790. i. Moses, b. .

1791. ii. AsA.b. .

1791^. iii. And 2 daus.

719. Hon. Samuel Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Massa-
chusetts, Aug. 5, 1758; m. at Worcester, June 24, 1778, Mary Whitney, dau. of Capt.
Joshua, b. June 19, 1761 ; d. Apr. 27, 1835.

Samuel Whitney was born in Massachusetts, Aug. 5, 1758. He moved to Wor-
cester shortly before the Revolutionary war. April 19, 1775, he enlisted in the com-
pany commanded by Capt. Benjamin Flagg, which marched to the Lexington
alarm. In 1779 he was drafted for nine months as private in the company com-

132 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

manded by his father-in-law, Capt. Joshua Whitney, Soon after his marriage in
1778, he moved to Gilsum, N. H., and erected a house. In 1798 he erected another
more spacious, and just as he was fairly settled in his new quarters the old residence
was destroyed by fire. The first records in Gilsum relating to the poor is, " Voted to
allow Samuel Whitney one pound four shillings for his services in warning folks out
of town." He was often chosen by his fellow-citizens on important committees and
filled various offices. Was moderator of the town meetings, 1796-1800-6-15; select-
man, 1798; school committee, 1790. In 1797, while living in his first house, his wife
did her cooking out of doors in an oven built for that purpose. One day when get-
ting ready to bake a leg of mutton, she set the pan on the ground while she went
into the house. When she came out a bear was just carrying off her dinner. Catch-
ing up the oven poker she chased it away and saved her mutton. Mr. Whitney was
known all over that section of country as Squire Whitney, having been justice of the
peace from 1811 to 1826, and was often called upon to perform marriage ceremonies.
He was representative in the Legislature in 1805-7-11. He was one of the most
respected citizens in the town. When he went there in 1780 he had a jack-knife and
25 cents in money. While at work clearing his land, he hung his jacket on a limb of
a tree; it caught fire and he was left without anything. He paid for his place by
catching wild pigeons. At his death he left a valuable estate. He d. June 1, 1831;
res. Worcester, Mass.; Gilsum, N. H., and Lawrenceville, N. Y.

1792. i. William Bartholomew, b. Oct. 4, 1778; m. Lydia Ann Law-

rence.

1793. ii. Samuel, b. July 14, 1781; m. Hope Blish and Elsey Everts.

1794. iii. Joshua, b. June 10, 1784; m. Harriett .

1795. iv. Polly, b Apr. 10, 1786; m. David Blish; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.

Ch.: William, b. ; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.; David, b.

; m. Adeline Irvine. He was drowned by sinking of

steamer Phoenix on Lake Michigan. His wid. m. Wm. Strong.

Emily, b. ; m. Dr. Carpenter, Lawrenceville, N. Y.;

Daniel, b. .

1796. V. Lois, b. Aug. 23, 1788; m. James M. Marks; res. Keene, N. H.

1797. vi. Luther, b. Apr. 15, 1791; m. Betsey Dart.

1798. vii. Lydia, b. Sept. 6, 1793; m. May 18, 1813, James Locke; res. Wells-

boro. Pa. He was b. May 18, 1790; d. Mar. 14, 1874. She died
Jan. 25, 1887. He was a watchmaker and jeweler; res. Wells-
boro, Pa.

1799. viii. Daniel, b. Sept. 3, 1795; m. Emeline Henshaw.

1800. ix. Wm. Clarke, b. Aug. 29, 1797; d. unm. in Belleville, Ont.

1801. X. Lucy, b. Apr. 27, 1800; m. Mar. 20, 1820, Isaac Coburn; m. 2d,

May 27, 1824, Rev. John Smith, an M. E. clergyman; res. Parish-

ville, N. Y.
• *

723. Palmer Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Warwick,
Orange, Mass., Mar. 5, 1778; m. in Warwick, Mass., int. Apr. 14; m. May 10, 1798,
Judath Barber, b. Sept. 10, 1777; d. Nov. 2, 1852.

Palmer Whitney was born in Warwick, Mass., where he resided until a short
time after his marriage, when he moved to Java Village, N. Y., and kept a public
house for a number of years. He finally moved to Illinois, and was ever afterwards
a farmer. He died in Riley, June 26, 1854; res. Orange, Mass., Java, N. Y., Riley, 111.
Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1798; m. Sophronia Taylor.
John, b. Aug. 18, 1804; m. Rachel Ward and Mariah Blood.

Mark, b. ; m. Caroline Ward.

Benjamin F., b. Oct. 19, 1818; m. Lucinda Potter.

Lemuel P., b. Oct. 22, 1821; m. Lydia M. Van Slyke.

Jarvis, b. Mar. 25, 1811; m. Nancy Potter and Mary C. Rimmer.

Anna, b. ; m. Harry Eddy; res. . Ch.: Hiram,

b, , res. DeKalb, 111.

1809. vi. Arseneth, b. Oct. 29, 1802; m. Feb. 27, 1823, Samuel Woodworth.
b. May 27, 1800, d. Feb. 4, 1869. He was a farmer and general
speculator, res. Yorkshire, N. Y. Ch.: Minerva, b. July 1, 1824;
m. David C. Woolley, Aug. 1842, and d. May 7, 1892; Celia, b.
Nov. 20, 1826; d. Jan. 18, 1827; Harry E., b. Feb. 4, 1828; m. to
Elvira Blood, Sept. 12, 1850; res. Delevan, Catt. Co., N. Y.;
Charles, b. Aug. 27, 1831, d. Jan. 29, 1843; Anna Marier, b. Oct.
15, 1836; m. to Bray ton B. Lincoln, Jan. 22, 1857; res. Richmond-

1802.

1803.

ii.

1804.

ni.

1805.

iv.

1806.

vn.

1807.

vni

1808.

V.

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ville, Sanilac Co., Mich.; Nancy Arseneth, b. Nov. 12, 1839; m,

to Gordon Parker, Feb. 21, 1»61; res. Wales, Erie Co., N. Y.;

Samuel Parker, b. Sept. 6, 1842, d. Oct. 11, 1865.

1810. ix. Mary, b. , d. unm.

J811. X, Angeline, b. ; m. Harkett Fancher. Ch.: Nancy; m.

Fuller.

1812. xi. Nancy, b. ; m. Charles Woodworth. Ch.: Emily, m.

Twiss; res. Aurora, N. Y.

727. Lemuel Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Warwick, Mass.,
Aug. 15, 1784; m. there Aug. 14, 1804, Sally Pratt, b. Oxford, Mass., Apr. 19, 1783; d.
Feb. 14, 1868, near Foster. Ky.

He was born in Warwick, Mass., where he resided for a short time after mar-
riage. He then migrated westward, locating first at Lima, near Genesee Landing,
in 1809. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, was at the battle of Queenstown, and
was taken prisoner. In 1815 he located at a place in Ohio, where he remained a
short time, going then to Charleston, Coles Co., 111. He finally settled in Foster,
Ky., where he died. Hed. July 13, 1860; res. Warwick and Oxford, Mass., Lima, N. Y.,
Charleston, 111., and Foster, Ky.

1813. i. James Foster, b. Sept. 12, 1808; m. Elizabeth S. Morton.

1814. ii. Cynthia, b. Dec. 31, 1812; m. June 30, 1830, Dr. W. Thomas; res.

Foster, Ky. He was b. in Virginia June 18, 1826; d. Apr. 16,
1859. Ch.: Foster, b. Feb. 21, 1831, farmer; res. Dwight, Kan.;
Theodore, b. July 7, 1833; Malinda, b. Oct. 3, 1837; Clara, b.
Sept. 11, 1840; Sallie, b. July 12, 1842; Anabell, b. Dec. 13, 1844;
Sophia, b. May 21, 1846; Julian, b. Oct. 14, 1848; Lemuel, b. July
5, 1852; all dead but the three boys.

1815. iii. Sophia, b. Oxford, Mass.; m. in Mechanicsburgh, O., Ludovicus

Rudolph. He was b. in Baltimore, moved to Mt. V^ernon,
Ind., where she died, leaving two small children, Charles and
Mary, who died soon after their mother,

1816. iv, Malvina, b, Sept. 12, 1806; m. Dr, Wilson Dart. He died two

years after marriage and she then m. Carlos Hilton Gould, of
Henniker, N. H. They were married in Neville, O., lived there
six years then moved to Cincinnati. He was owner of a cotton
factory, had two children, son and daughter. The son, Charles
W. Gould, was in the Confederate army; after that he went to
California, was there six years, then died. Auditor of the Court.
The daughter, Mary Dart, died when young.

1817. v. Diana, b. in Mass. 1804; d. Mechanicsburgh, O., in 1820.

1818. vi. Sallie, b, Lima, N, Y,; d. when one week old.

728. Ephraim Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in
Groton, Mass., July, 1722; m. Dec. 6, 1749, Thankful Harrington, b. in 1729; d. July
16, 1795.

He was born in Groton, moved with his parents to Weston, and later to West-
boro. After his marriage he purchased a large farm in Upton on which he always
resided and followed agricultural pursuits. At his decease the farm was equally
divided between his two sons. He d. July 21, 1797; res. Upton, Mass.

1819. i. Thankful, b. Nov. 11, 1750; m. Jonathan Batchelor. They res.

in Upton; farmer. Ch.: Thankful, m. Josiah Rock wood, res.
Upton; ch., Lewis, Adams, and Emily; Margery, m. Amos Bra-
dish, res. Upton; ch., Harvey, James, Jonathan, Melinda, Em-
mons, and Metilda; Jonathan, d. young, unm.; Otis, m. Susan-
nah Buck, res. Upton; ch., Lucy, Chloe, Serena, Direxza,
Hannah, and one other; Hannah, m. David Hawes; ch., Calista
and Darias.

1820. ii. Beulah, b. Jan. 23, 1753; m. May 7, 1772, Samuel Forbush. He

was son of Lieut. Samuel Forbush, of Westboro, and great-great-
grand-son of Daniel Forbes (Forbush Ffarabas), who came
from Scotland in 1655 (see Forbes-Forbush genealogy by Fred
C. Pierce, p. 61). He was b. Jan. 29, 1750; d. in Upton, Mass.,
Oct. 31, 1829. She d. May 11, 1848; ae. 95 years. Ch.: Dea.
Samuel, b. Mar. 30, 1773; m. Lydia Gibson; res. Upton; ch.,
Eliza, John, Mary, Joseph, Persis G., Julia and Thomas Spencer;

134 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Beulah, b. July 3, 1774; d. unm. Apr. 1, 1833; Ephraim, b. Dec.
15, 1775; m. Rebecca Sadler and Polly Stowe, res. Upton, 9 ch.;
Levi, b. Nov. 11, 1777; m. Mary Warren; res. Upton, Mass., 3 ch.;
Abijah, b. May 11, 1779; m. Sarah Fiske. He was a great sing-
ing master; res. Shelburne, Mass., 6 ch.; Abner, b. Nov. 14, 1782;
m. Polly Batchelor; res. Upton, 3 ch.; Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1791; d.
Jan. 20, 1819; unm.

1821. iii. Ephraim, b. May 13, 1756; m. Jemima Whipple and Joanna

Sadler.

1822. iv. Amos, b. June 29, 1759; m. Eunice Taft.

729. Oliver Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
boro, Mass., Dec. 1, 1724; m. Dorcas Warren. He saw active service in the Revo-
lutionary war in Capt. Wood's company from Upton. He d. ; res. Upton, Mass.

1823.
1824.
1825.

Ezra, b. ; m.

i. Oliver, b. ; d. unm., aged 80.

ii. Jacob, b. in 1770; m. Patty Whipple.

1827.

ii.

1828.

ni.

1829.

iv.

1830.

V.

1831.

vi.

1832.

Vll.

1833.

vin

1834.

ix.

1835.

X.

782. Nathaniel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
July 22, 1728; m. Feb. 20, 1754, Abigail Marstop, of Grafton. At the time of his mar-
riage he resided in Spencer. Nathaniel Whitney was a member of the company of
training and alarm soldiers in Capt. Samuel Warren's company in Grafton in 1757.
The inventory of Nathaniel's estate, late of Grafton, was made Aug. 5, 1776. His
wife, Abigail, was administratrix. Her thirds were set off Apr. 2, 1782, and she was
appointed guardian for Joseph, Hannah, Catherine and Lois. He d. in G. May L
1776; res. Grafton, Mass.

1826. i. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 14, 1754; m. . Nathaniel Whitney, Jr.,

was a member of the company of Capt. Luke Drury, which
marched from Grafton to the alarm Apr. 19, 1775.
Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1757; d. Aug. 27, 1760.
Mary, b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. 1782, Jonas Southgate, of Leicester.

She d. July 18, 1782; he d. 1784.
Lydia, b. Mar. 20, 1761; d. Feb. 24, 1776.
Abigail, b. Apr. 11, 1763.
Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1765.
Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1767; m. Polly Stockwell.
Katherine, b. Feb. 14, 1770. She was not married in 1791, for

July 16 she signed receipts for estate.
Tirzah, b. Aug. 15. 1772; d. Feb. 9, 1776.
Lois, b. Feb. 8, 1775.

738. Eli Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. May 3,.
1740; m. Feb. 9, 1765, Elizabeth Fay, b. 1740, d. Aug. 18, 1777; m. 2d, June 12, 1779
Judith Hazelden of Sutton. He was born in Westboro where he always resided, and
was a farmer by occupation. When the Revolutionary war broke out he was a
member of the company commanded by Capt. Baker and saw active service in the
Westboro company. He was a very large man, weighing nearly 300 pounds. Was a
member of the church, often held town office, and for years was justice of the peace.
In his day he was one of the prominent citizens in the town. He d. Aug. 12, 1807;
res. Westboro, Mass.

1836. i. Eli, b. Dec. 8. 1765; m. Henrietta F. Edwards.

1837. ii. Elizabeth Fay, b. Apr. 16, 1767; m. Elihu Blake of Westboro.

She d. Feb. 8, 1827. He died about 10 years after his wife. Ch.:
Elizabeth Fay, m. Aug. 19, 1818, Rev. Zedekiah Smith Barstow,
D. D., who died in Keene, N. H.; a son Dr. Barstow; res. Flush-
ing, L. I.; Philos; Elisha, ch.. Prof . Wm. P. and Theodore; res.
New Haven; Eli Whitney, ch., Henry T. and Mrs. Rev. Geo.
Bushnell; both res. in New Haven, Conn.; Maria, m. Rev. Mr.
Burgess; Josiah Whitney, John, George, Edward, Frances, m.
Rev. Mr. Orcott.

1838. iii. Benjamin, b. Sept. 13, 1768; m. Sibbel Blake.

1839. iv. Josiah, b. Mar. 31, 1770. Josiah was born in Westboro, where he

resided until he had nearly attained his majority, when he went
to Boston. There he began life as clerk in a store. By indus-
try and economy he amassed a competency, and at his death
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city, and was located on Central wharf. He was an influential
citizen; with other Boston merchants and one or two in the south
he had the ship built called the " Eli Whitney," and she was
used in carrying cotton from the south to Boston. He was a man
of wit and genial temperament, and had many friends and was
highly respected. He was never married.

753. Capt. Samuel Whitney (Sarrviel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in
Weston, Sept. 23, 1739; m. in Grafton, 1762, Phebe Harrington; b. G. May 25, 1740;
d. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 6, 1812.

Capt. Samuel Whitney was born in Weston, Mass., and while a young man
removed to Grafton, Mass., where he was an early settler. There he was united to
his wife, and shortly after moved to Shrewsbury. About the middle of November,
1769, with his brother, Nathaniel, he went to Marlboro, Vt. In March, 1770, he made a
quantity of maple sugar and then moved from the east to the west part of the town and
began anew on the premises he afterward occupied. In 1770 he opened the forest
and erected a log house, in the raising of which he invited his brothers, Nathaniel
and Jonas, and James Ball to assist him. In 1772, probably in March, he moved his
family from Shrewsbury to Marlboro, consisting of his wife and four children. He
was enterprising, laborious, and persevering, bold, resolute, and fearless, bravely
surmountmg the trials of a pioneer. He had a peculiar voice, better fitted for the
sternness of authority than the smooth adulations of flattery. He erected buildings
and opened a public house, which he kept till the close of life. The site of this prop-
erty is now occupied by the West Marlboro postofiice.

Mr. Whitney was a great hunter, and but for the prompt assistance on one
occasion rendered by his sons, Moses and Guilford, lads at the time, would undoubt-
edly have been killed by a bear. Mr. Whitney carried the scar to his grave. He d.
Feb. 1, 1811; res. Grafton and Shrewsbury, Mass. and Marlboro, Vt.

1840. i. Catherine, or Catv, b. May 5, 1763; m. Samuel Pratt, of Marl-

boro.

1841. ii. Elizabeth, or Betty, b. Aug. 26, 1764; m. Alvin Pratt, of Marl-

boro.
Moses, b. Oct. 20, 1765; d. infant, Dec. 14, 1765.
Moses, b. Jan. 26, 1767; m. Bernice Locke.
Guilford, b. Jan. 2, 1769; m. Anna Locke.
Samuel, b. Apr. 18, 1772; m. Susanna Kimball.
Mariam, b. June 10, 1776; m. Lyman Brown, of Jethro.
Zenas, b. Mar. 14, 1779.
SiMCi, b. Apr. 10, 1781; m. Silence Tucker.
Phebe, b. Jan. 17, 1786; m. Roswell Paddleford.
Rupert, b. July 27, 1789; d. May 3, 1790. He was born when his

mother was in her 50th year.

755. Capt. Nathaniel Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Shrewsbury, May 30, 1749; m. Jan. 21, 1771, Mary Houghton of Lancaster, b. June
1751; d. Sept. 27, 1844.

Capt. Nathaniel Whitney, when a young man, 20 years of age, with his brother
Samuel, Jr., on invitation of Col. William Williams, visited Marlboro, Vt., for the
first time, in Nov. 1769. He returned to his home m Shrewsbury, Mass., in a few
weeks, where he remained until the following March, when in company with his
father and brother Samuel, he returned to Marlboro. The father left the two boys
and returned with his sleigh and horses to Shrewsbury. That spring, on land in the
easterly part of the town, they made their first attempt at making maple sugar and
were very successful in the enterprise. The same spring these two brothers pur-
chased of Charles Phelps, Esq., of New Marlboro, in the county of Cumberland, and
Province of New York, for ;^55 land near that of Governor Wentworth, and Samuel
West. Capt. Whitney erected a log camp in the woods and began clearing his new farm.
In this camp he spent the two following summers, ambitious and laborious in his new
field of labor. At his request Mrs. Col. Williams cooked for him a week's provision
at a time and he returned to his camp and spent the week in hard work upon it. His
principal living was pork and peas and beans with a comfortable supply of bread,
and occasionally with the additional luxury of trout and wild game. For his bread
he brought the meal upon his back from Brattleboro, Coleraine or Greenfield, distances
from 10 to 20 miles away. Upon these premises he erected the first framed dwelling
in the town, which he occupied for a few years and then disposed of for Continental
paper money, which depreciated in value, by which he suffered an almost total loss

1842.

iii.

1843.

IV.

1844.

V.

1846.

VI.

1847.

vii.

1848.

viii

1849.

IX.

1850.

X.

1851.

xi.

136 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

of his sale. In this inpoverished condition he began anew by purchasing of Charles
Phelps 472K acres of land, the deed of which is dated Mar. 28, 1777. He sold part of
the land to his brother Eliphalet and purchased other adjoining of Perez Stockwell,
June 12, 1777. He again became a prosperous farmer and was an influential and
much esteemed citizen. In the adventures of Capt. Whitney, as one of the early
settlers of Marlboro, there are numerous incidents not wholly devoid of interest and
which would justify an extended notice in the town history. On one occasion he
killed a bear which when dressed weighed 466 pounds, one of the largest, if not the
largest ever killed in Vermont. Capt. Whitney was a staunch Whig, and took a
decided stand in favor of the American Revolution. On hearing of the battle of
Lexington which occurred April 19, 1775, Capt. Whitney and Capt. Jonathan Warren
shouldered their muskets and hastened forward to offer their services as volunteers
in defense of the colonies. He reached Bennington on the eve of the battle Aug.
16, 1777, and was placed as a guard over a captured enemy. At the close of the
campaign he returned to his family and his farm, a laborious citizen, taking a lively
interest in the growth and prosperity of the town and in the spiritual advance of the
Congregational church of which for many years he was a worthy member. He reared
a large family of children, whose voices in the church choir will long be remembered.
He d. June 4, 1829; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., and Marlboro, Vt.

1852. i. Solomon, b. Mar. 7,1781; m. Lucy Lyman and Mrs. Sybil (Armes)

Goodenow.

1853. ii. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1771, in S.; d. Dec. 1, 1771, in S.

1854. iii. Charlotte, b. Apr. 4, 1785; m. 1806, Eli Higley; res. Whiting-

ham. He d. May 4, 1845. She m. 2d, Jabez Smith of Wilming-
ton.

1855. iv. ZiLPHA, b. June 8, 1789; m. Elisha Putnam, of Buckland, Mass.
He was b. May 18, 1786; d. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Dec. 24, 1859.

Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1777; m. Jerusha-
Molly, b. Mar. 1776; d. Sept. 1788.

1856.

V.

1857.

vi.

1858.

vn.

1859.

vni.

1860.

IX.

Dolly, b. July 29, 1774; m., 1789, Henry Sawtell.
Chloe, b. May 4, 1783; d. Sept. 12, 1803.

Rhoda, b. July 9, 1787; m. William Merrill, res. Burlington. She
d. 1848.

1861. X. Molly, b. Sept. 10, 1772; d. Dec. 10, 1774, in Marlboro. Her

remains were the first interred in the graveyard in the woods in
Marlboro.

1862. xi. Nathaniel, b. May 24, 1779; m. Sally Stewart and Mrs. Lucy

(Houghton) Hatch.

1863. xii. Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1791; m. Asa Jacobs, of Guilford.

1864. xiii. Clark, b. Apr. 8, 1794; d. Feb. 18, 1814.

760. Dea. Jonas Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Shrewsbury, Mass., June 14, 1751; m. Jan. 11, 1773, Tamar Houghton, of L., b.
June 8, 1754; d. Mar. 31, 1831.

He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., and with his brother was an early settler in
Marlboro, Vt. Was for many years a deacon in the Congregational church. When
the first town meeting was held in 1775 he was elected to office. The Deacon
kept the tavern down the hill in Marlboro, where the good fathers used to go on
Sunday during the intermission between the morning and afternoon service. Clubs
of four would call for a "mug of toddy" to moisten their bread and cheese. The
Deacon mixed it, for who could make such excellent toddy as he? The large glass,
holding a quart, two-thirds full of water, was well seasoned with loaf sugar, when it
was filled up with " old Jamaica rum," and well mixed by an adept use of the " toddy
stick," receiving its finishing touch with a sprinkling of grated nutmeg. The four
drank out of the same glass, " passing it around." If there was more than they
needed they passed it to others, for they were prudent and temperate in all things.
A "half mug " served for two, and it was seldom that any one drank alone. As a
rule, each one paid his share, the business of treating not being popular in the
church. This harmless social habit is scouted now, though drunkenness at that
time was almost unknown. If a young man got so far under the influence of
strong drink as to lose the proper control of his limbs or his tongue, it brought a
stigma upon him in the community, from which he rarely recovered. His wife was
one of a family of eleven children, and was the first to die, aged 77 years. The
youngest of the eleven was present at her funeral — his age was 55; he died in
Strongsville, Ohio. He d. Apr. 28, 1842; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., Marlboro, Vt., and
Strongsville, Ohio.

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1865. i. Sally, b. Aug. 10, 1774; m. in 1790 Joseph Olds, Esq. She d. Cir-

cleville, O., Nov. 19. 1840. He was b. Apr. 26, 1769, in Granville,
Mass.; d. July 29, 1844, at Lithopolis, O. Ch.: Lorenzo Hough-
ton, b. June 24, 1812; m. Mar. 25, 1835, Anna W. Robbitts; res.
Springfield, O.; Roxey, b. June 4, 1814; m. 1837, Israel Gregg;
res. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cbauncey Newell, b. Feb. 2, 1816; m.
1838, Caroline Woodruff; m. 2d Sept. 9, 1852, Mary Bliss Will-
iams, b. July 17, 1830; d. Jan. 1, 1889. He d. Feb. 11, 1890. He
moved to Ohio with his parents in 1820; A. B., Oxford, O., 1836;
professor there, Greek and Latirl, 1836-40; A. M., Oxford, 1839; to
Circleville, O., 1840; Ohio House of Representatives, 1848-49;
Ohio State Senate, 1849-50; moved to Columbus, 1856; mem-
ber Ohio bar, 1842; attorney-general Ohio, 1865-66; LL. D.,
Marietta, 1867; trustee Oxford University, 1848-70, by election
of legislature; trustee Lane Theological Seminary, 1871 to 1890
delegate to Pan-Presbyterian council, Edinborough, 1877; dele-
gate to Pan-Presbyterian council, Philadelphia, 1880; member
general assembly Presbyterian church, 1863, 1870, 1878; commis-
sioner of exemption from draft, Ohio, 1864; died Columbus, O.,
Feb. 11, 1890. Ch.: William W., b. Nov. 22, 1838; adj.-general,
Garfield's staff, 42d Ohio Vols. Inftry; killed before Vicksburg
May, 1863; Mary Gore, b. Sept. 23, 1847; m. Dr. Edmund C.
Lewis; res. Canal Dover, O.; Frank Williams, b. June 19, 1853;
m. Dec. 10, 1889, Harriet E. Nash, b. Aug. 12, 1855; res. Will-
iamstown, Mass. He was born in Circleville and moved to
Columbus, 1855; grad. Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., 1872; A. B., Williams College, 1876; to N. Y. City, 1876;
M. D., Columbia College (Col. Physicians and Surgeons), 1880;
house surgeon, Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., 1881-82; memb. N. Y.
County Med. Soc, 1882-92; fellow, N. Y. Academy Medicine,

1883 ; memb. N. Y. Historical Society, 1890 ; memb.

N. Y. Chapt. Sons of the Revolution, 1892 ; removed to Will-

iamstown, Mass., Nov., 1892, physician; William Ross, b. Aug. 11,
1791; m. Barbary Pratt. He d. July 15, 1861; Amasa Minley, b.
Feb. 16, 1793; m. Nov. 22, 1814, Lephe Winchester, and d. Sept.
20, 1838; Joseph, b. Oct. 25, 1794; m. Almira A. Olds, and d. Apr.
27, 1847; Edson, b. Mar. 22, 1797; d. Feb. 22, 1799; Chester, b.
Oct. 24, 1798; m. Phila Adams, and d. July 21,1862; Sally, b.
Oct. 5, 1800; d. Jan. 18, 1809; Edson Baldwin, b. June 3, 1802; m.
Ann Maria Carollus, and d. Jan. 24, 1869; Gamaliel, b. Nov. 28,
1803; m. Minerva Howe, and d. Jan. 26, 1894; Jonas Whitney, b.
July 17, 1805; m. Mary Ann Walker, and d. Sept. 30, 1832; Ben-
jamin Smith, b. May 6, 1807; m. Theresa Herron, and d. Nov.
12, 1862; Sally Houghton, b. Nov. 4, 1810; d. Aug. 21, 1811; Ly-
man Newton, b. July 16, 1819; m. Minerva Adams, and d. Apr.
26, 1875, at Circleville, O.

1866. ii. CiNDA, b. Apr. 18, 1776; m. Nathan Britain.

1867. iii. Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1778; m. June 23, 1809, Gen. Jonathan Smith. She

d. Apr. 9, 1836.

1868. iv. TAMAR,b. July 9, 1779; m. John T. Strong.

1869. V. Jonas, b. Mar. 16. 1781; d. Apr. 4, 1781.

1870. vi. Julia, b. Sept. 10, 1782; d. Aug. 27, 1786.

1871. vii. Irene, b. July 19, 1784; m. July 22, 1802. Elijah Lyman Clark, son

of Rev. Dr. Gershom. She d. Strongsville, O., Sept. 27, 1820.

1872. viii. Roxey, b. May 10, 1786; m. Sept. 25, 1808, Rev. Ira M. Olds. She

d. Jan. 26, 1813.

1873. ix. Julia, b. Apr. 21, 1788; m. Apr. 27, 1811, Rev. Gamaliel S. Olds.

She d. Circleville, O. Among the first who settled in Ohio were
John Strong, accompanied or soon followed by Bowen, Lyman,
Whitney and others, who located in Strongsville— naming it
thus in honor of Mr. Strong, the original purchaser. The Rev.
Gamaliel Olds and his brother Joseph Olds, Esq., and their
families removed to Circleville about fifty years ago. Among
the children of Joseph was the late Hon. Edson B. Olds, Dr.
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138 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Chester Olds, and Judge Chauncey N. Olds, all well known in
Ohio.

1874. X. Jonas, b. June 20, 1791; m. Dec. 6, 1812, Lovicey Houghton, dau.

of Capt. Nahum, and res. Marlboro.

1875. xi. Lyman, b. Dec. 2, 1793; d. May 20, 1826. He was graduated at

Middlebury college in 1817, and at Andover Theological Sem-
inary in 1821; was ordained a Congregational minister at
Columbia, Conn., in 1821, and died a home missionary at Ash-
ville, N. C.

1876. xii. Dewey, b. Oct. 3, 1796.

764. Phinehas Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Spencer, Mass., June 24, 1740; m. at Worcester, May 20, 1770, Sarah Harington, of
Worcester.

Phineas lived in Spencer, Mass. Afterwards moved to Dudley, Worcester Co.^
Mass.; then moved and finally settled near German Flats, N.Y. He was a chair
maker. His son Elisha settled in Stockbridge, Mass., on the homestead of his
grandfather Wilson; res. Spencer and Dudley, Mass., and Oswego, N. Y., near
Mohawk River.

1877. i. Elisha, b. ; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

1878. ii. Joseph, b. 1777; m. in Herkimer, N. Y., Sylvia Woodbury. He d.

Feb. 28, 1870; res. Vernon, N. Y.

1879. iii. Lyman, b. .

1880. iv. Franklin, b. .

1881. v. Sally, b.

1882. vi. Phinehas, b. Mar. 10, 1788; m. Martha Mattison and Deborah

Palmer.

765. Dea. Lemuel Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Leicester, Mass., in 1743; m. in 1769, Thankful Griffeth, b. Plymouth, Mass., 1745; d.
1818. He lived successively in Spencer, Mass., Tolland, Conn., and Springfield, Vt.
He and all his brothers and all his brothers-in-law were in the Revolutionary army,
but perhaps his chief help to the country was in the manufacture of saltpetre, which
was made into gunpowder. This he made, both in Mass. and Conn., from earth dug
from under old buildings. He was both a farmer and carpenter, and after he went
to Vermont he engaged in the manufacture of brick, of rope and of chairs. He was
a man of strong faith and religious character and much interested in the Congrega-
tional church in S., of which he was the first deacon. The church rates then were
mostly paid in wheat and cattle, and Mr. W. used to redeem these with money
received from his manufactures and send them to Boston receiving money again,
an almost unknown article to the average farmer in the new state then. I suppose
the amount he received would seem small to the modern farmer, but it was comfort,
if not wealth, then. He died Feb. 1, 1813, of epidemic pneumonia. He was a man
of large frame and great endurance. It is said that he once walked from Springfield,
Vt., to Spencer, Mass., a distance of 80 miles, in a day. His wife was small, fair,
with auburn hair, a shrewd, capable woman and a notable housewife. She was of
Welch descent. He d. Feb. 18, 1813; res. Leicester, Mass., Tolland, Conn., and
Springfield, Vt.

1883. i. John, b. Oct. 20, 1774; m. Elizabeth Safford.

1884. ii. Cyrus, b. Sept. 20, 1770; m. Ruth Mayo.

1885. iii. Benjamin, b. in 1774; m. Betsey Bragg.

1886. iv. Lemuel, b. Jan. 3, 1779; m. Mrs. Ellen Kimball.

1887. V. Sally, b. Sept. 29, 1780; m. in Springfield, Daniel Safford. Sally

Whitney moved with her husband to Essex Co., N. Y., about
1818, and settled on an extensive: farm one mile west of Whalons-
burgh. She was a woman beloved by all who knew her; an
exemplary Christian, and member of the Presbyterian church.
Ch.: Parmelia H., b. Dec. 11, 1808; d. Sept. 11, 1811; Whitney,
b. July 29. 1806; m. Ruth Mather, res. Whalonsburgh, N. Y.;.
Henrietta M., b. Jan. 24, 1811 ; d. unm., Sept. 14, 1833; Thankful
R., b. June 22, 1813; m. Orrin' Reynolds, d. Essex, N, Y., Sept.
20, 1870, son W. A., res. Whalonsburgh; Lydia L., b. Sept.
17, 1815; d. unm. Feb. 6, 1878; Daniel Henry, b. Dec. 22, 1817; d..
Sept. 29, 1831; W^m. E., b. May 27, 1820; d. Apr. 28, 1826.

1888. vi. Elijah, b. July 3, 1788; m. Susannah Oaks and Susan James.

1889. vii. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1786; m. Orinda Stafford.

1895.

V.

1896.

VI.

1897.

VII.

1898.

vni

1899.

IX.

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767. Elisha Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in 1747;
m. Esther Clark. He was in the Revolutionary war in the company from Spencer,
commanded by Capt. Green; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

1890. Sally, b. Oct. 12, 1788.

768. John Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Leicester,
Mass., Klay 5, 1751; m. Rachel Hiscock; b. in 1760; d. June 80, 1824.

John Whitney resided in Westfield, Mass.,for two years, then moved to Hoboken,
N. Y. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war one year. Was present at the
surrender of Burgoyne. He d. Sept. 19, 1828; res. Westfield, Mass., and Rochester,
N. Y.

1891. i. Warham, b. Apr. 27, 1786; m. Nancy Mordoff.

1892. ii. John, b. May 5, 1795; m. Nancy Van Tuyl.

- 1893. iii. Nancy, b. Dec. 1, 1782; m. James Smith, She d. Nov. 24, 1819;
res. Mass.
1894. iv. Susannah, b. July 27, 1784; m. Jahaziel Janes. She d. Dec. 12,
1849; res. Greece, N. Y. They had a son Warham and a dau.
who m. a Mr. Little, and res. in San Francisco, Cal. Other ch.
were George and Laura.
Alanson, b. Mar. 31, 1797; m. Catherine Voorhies.
JARED, b. Oct. 6, 1790.
Samuel, b. May 10, 1788.
William, b. Apr. 30, 1803; d. Oct. 17, 1823.
Electa, b. Sept. 15, 1792; m.Liley Glazier. She d. Mar. 26, 1840.

770. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in 1758;
m. in Spencer, June 7, Hi-'l, Esther Prouty; b. Spencer, Mass., June 11, 1764; d.
Langdon, N. H.; m. 2d in 1790, Electa Sawtell.

Joshua Whitney settled in Langdon, N. H., where he buried his first wife; then
moved to Cavendish, Vt., where he married Miss Sawtell. From there he went to
the Genesee river in New York, and located at Pike in 1815. Served in the war of
the Revolution two years from Spencer, Mass., in the company from that town; was
in two battles previous to the capture of Burgoyne, and was present at his surrender.

Washington Whitney, of East Middletown, Dane Co., Wis., and Dr. Joshua
Whitney, of Emmettsburg, la., are descendants of Joshua and Electa. He d. Nov.
18, 1850; res. Spencer, Mass., Langdon and Dalton, N. H., Cavendish, Vt., and Pike,
N. Y.

1900. i. Charles, b. .

1901. ii. Asahel, b. .

1902. iii. Abigail, b. .

774. Oliver Whitney (David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. Natick,
June 9, 1745; m. at Natick, Mass., Hannah Chase; d., ae. 85, in Cavendish, Vt.

Oliver Whitney was born in Natick, Mass., where he resided with his parents.
His father died when he was 14 years of age, in 1759; three years later, in 1762,
Josiah Newell was appointed his guardian by the Suffolk County Probate Court. He
was baptized in Natick by Rev. Oliver Peabody. During the Revolutionary war he
took part, enlisting in one of the Natick companies. He d. in 1815; res. Nelson^
N. H., and Cavendish, Vt.

1903. i. Polly, b. Mar. 3, 1781, Nelson, N. H.; m. Jan. 8, 1804, in Still-

water, N. Y., George Buck. He d. Sept. 10, 1837; was a mill-
wright by trade. She d. Sept. 16, 1863; res. Malta, N. Y. Ch.:
Elmira, b. Sept. 26, 1820; m. Jan. 1, 1856, James Hawkins; res.
Ballston Spa, N. Y.

1904. ii. Betsey, b. ; d. unm.

1905. iii. Hannah, b. ; m. David Saunders; had one dau.; gr.-son

Henry in Cav.

1906. iv. Prudence, b. Jan. 11, 1793; m. July 20, 1820, Charles Witherell.

He was b. Mar. 10, 1792; d. Dec. 11, 1873; was a farmer and
Seventh Day Adventist. Ch.: Charles C, b. May 20, 1822; m. July
14, 1853; d. Dec. 23, 1865; Maria L., b. Oct. 28, 1823; m. S. W.
Jenkins Aug. 26, 1851; d. Mar. 15, 1880; S. Eveline, b. Aug. 5,.
1827; m. W. I. Gibson, Apr. 3, 1856; res. Iroquois, So. Dak.

1907. V. Sally, b. ; d. unm.

1908. vi. Olive, b. ; m. Fletcher. Her dau. is Mrs. Mary B.

Osborn; res. Weston, Vt.

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1909. vii. John, b. Jan. 21, 1784; m. Mary Spaulding.

1910. viii. Mehitable, b. ; d. unm.

1911. ix. James, b. ; d. unm.

1912. X. Oliver, b. ; m. and d. s. p.; had a son Charles, who d. early.

1913. xi. Lucy, b. ; d. young.

776. Ephraim Whitney (David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap.
Natick, Mass., May 29, 1747; m. there June 11, 1771, Sarah Wood.

He was in the Revolutionary war; was a minute-man in Mann's company,
of Col. Ballard regiment, at the Bunker Hill "alarm." Later he was in Capt.
Morse's company, and still later in Capt. Gardner's company, of Col. Brook's regi-
ment at White Plains, and the campaign in New York. He d. June 26, 1832; res.
Natick Mass.

1914. i. George, b. Feb. 22, 1772; m. Miriam Hunt.

1915. ii. David, b. Sept. 13, 1776; d. in Scottsville, N. Y., in 1854. His

descendants reside in Painesville, Ohio.

1916. iii. Mehitable, b. Aug. 22, 1773; m. John Hunting; res. Haver-

straw, N. Y.

1917. iv, Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1783.

1918. V. Bela, b. ; d. Dec. 14, 1794.

781. William Whitney (William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Apr. 10,
1736, in Weston; m. June 14, 1762, Mary Mansfield, of Weston; d. Dec. 17, 1815.

William Whitney settled in Winchendon about 1774, going to that place from
Weston, Mass. He early took a prominent place in the affairs of the new town, and
during the Revolutionary war was chosen by his fellow citizens one of a committee
to hire men for the army. In 1781 he was chosen a committee to carry out the
resolves of the General Court, respecting cattle. His farm was well stocked with
horses and cattle, and according to the history of Winchendon, he was the best judge
of cattle in the town. He was a great government man, and during the excitement
preliminary to the Shays rebellion, when the feeling ran high, did all he could to
assist the local authorities. It is stated, when the town drummer began his rounds to
hunt up soldiers for volunteers, it was to both sides a moment of painful suspense;
all voices were hushed, but the resolution of William Whitney soon changed the
scene. Addressing his son, Phin, who was afterward Capt. Phinehas, he said aloud,
"Turn out, Phin!" Immediately Phin stepped from the ranks and followed the
drummer. It was a bold example, but it had its influence, for one after another
stepped out until the required number of men were raised. In 1786 he was chosen
on the committee of twelve to attend to the erection of school houses. In 1791 he
was selected one of the committee to decide on the site for the new meeting house.
He d. July 10, 1817; res. Winchendon, Mass.

1919. i. William, b. in 1765; m. Anna Heywood.

1920. ii. Phinehas, d. Apr. 1, 1766; m. Phebe Stearns and Bethiah Barrett.

1921. iii. Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1773; m. Oct. 7, 1799, Benjamin Heywood, b.

July 10, 1773; d. Feb. 14, 1849. She d. Oct.l, 1862; farmer; res.
Gardner. Benjamin inherited his father's farm. He was for
many years the town treasurer and was highly respected and
influential in town affairs. His children were Levi, Benjamin
F., Walter, William, Seth and Charles. He died in 1849, in his
77th year. Of his children, Charles died at the age of six years;
Benjamin F. died in 1844, having been engaged successfully
since his majority as a trader, and a part of the time, as a manu-
facturer of chairs; William died in 1873, in Boston, where he
had resided since 1830, and had been engaged in business there
and in Charlestown, with success till 1855, in which year he
retired from business. Ch.: Levi, b. Dec. 10, 1800; m. Martha
W. Wright and d. July 21, 1882. Levi Heywood was born in
^ Gardner, Dec. 10, 1800. His early advantages for education

were only those usually enjoyed by the children and youth at
that time in rural towns, with the addition of two terms at the
academy in New Salem, Mass. The diligent improvement of
these opportunities fitted him for the vocation of a school
teacher, in which he was engaged in his native town and in the
adjoining town of Winchendon during the winters 1820-21-22.
In the spring of the latter year he went to Rochester, N. Y.,

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and was employed there about a year in stone work by contract.
Returning in 1823 to Gardner, he entered into partnership with
his brother Benjamin, in the very miscellaneous business of a
country store. This relation he continued till the year 1829. In
1826 he commenced in Gardner, the manufacture of wood-seated
chairs. In 1831 he went to Boston and opened a store for the
sale of chairs, in which'business he continued till 1886. He also,
in connection with William R. Carnes and his brother William,
under the firm style of Heywood & Carnes, started a mill for
sawing veneers from mahogany, etc., in Charlestown. This mill
was burned in 1835. He then returned to Gardner and entered
into partnership with his brother Walter, who, with others, had
been for some years engaged in the manufacture of chairs, on
part of the premises now occupied by Heywood Bros. & Co.
The veneer mill in Charlestown was rebuilt and Mr. Levi Hey-
wood retained his interest in it until 1849. The business of the
new firm in Gardner was conducted with success, the manufac-
ture being mainly by hand, the only machinery being the ordi-
nary turning lathe and circular saws, which were operated by
water power obtained from the pond now known as Crystal
Lake. In 1841 it occurred to Levi Heywood that machinery
specially adapted to the various processes of manufacture
might be introduced to advantage. His brother, of a more con-
servative disposition, hesitated to leave the well worn paths in
which they were achieving reasonable success. This difference
of opinion led to a dissolution of partnership, Levi purchasing
his brother's interest. He at once gave his thoughts and labor
to the devising and construction of special machinery, as well
as to the introduction of different kinds of wood-working ma-
chinery, which were already in use for other purposes, and were
also adapted to his purpose. In the successful carrying out of
this idea, he inaugurated a new era in the chair manufacture,
and herein manifested much enterprise, together with the
fertility of resource, mechanical skill and inventiveness, and
the purpose to introduce constantly new and valuable features,
both in methods of manufacture and in style of product, which
have always characterized him and have been large elements of
his success. As an instance of his originality in the matter of
mechanical devices, it may be said that as early as 1835 he con-
ceived the idea of the new band saw, now universally adopted
as one of the most valuable tools in wood-work. The idea was
original with him, though not really novel, for as early as 1808,
Wm. Newberry, of London, Eng., had conceived the same idea
and made a crude model of a band sawing machine but did
nothing more with it. So thoroughly were its advantages antici-
pated by Mr. Heywood. that he consulted with B. D. Whitney,
of Winchendon, and with Charles Griffiths, of Welch & Griffiths,
of Boston, as to the feasibility of constructing a machine of the
kind. Both of these gentlemen, experts in such matters,
agreed that with the quality of saw blades then made, or any
known methods of uniting them so as to make an endless band,
the idea could not be successfully carried out. As is well
known, M. Purin, of Paris, France, has since that time accom-
plished what Mr. Heywood so many years before conceived to
be both desirable and feasible. In 1844, on the first day of July,
he received into partnership Gen. Moses Wood, then of Provi-
dence, and afterward president of the Rollstone Bank of Fitch-
burg, and his brother Seth, the style of the firm being Heywood
& Wood. This partnership continued till July 1,1849. At that
date Gen. Wood retired from the firm and Messrs. Calvin Hey-
wood and Henry C. Hill were admitted, the style of the firm
being changed to L. Heywood & Co. Mr. Heywood, in addition
to his business relations as the head of the firm of Heywood
Bros. & Co., has since 1847 been a partner with Hon. W. B.
Washburn, of Greenfield, Mass , in the manufacture of chairs

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and wooden ware at Erving, Mass., the style of the firm being
Washburn & Heywood. They are also largely engaged in the
manufacture and sale of lumber, owning about 3,000 acres of
woodland in Erving, Northfield and New Salem. At this point
it is proper to refer to the inventions of Mr. Heywood, which
have been mostly to meet the demands of his own business,
and have largely contributed to its success. Among them may
be named one for a wood chair seat, one for tilting-chair, three
for machines for splitting, shaving and otherwise manipulating
rattan, and four for machinery for bending wood. He has also
invented a very valuable process (not immediately connected
with his own business, but of -value to it, as utilizing in a new
direction the pith of the rattan after stripping the enamel from
it) for injecting rattan with india rubber or other suitable
material, thus making an excellent substitute for whalebone.
Of the merits of his wood-bending process, it maybe proper to
introduce the testimony of M. Fr. Thonet, of Vienna, Austria,
the head of the largest chair manufacturing firm in the world,
employing some 5,000 operative. After visiting the factories of
Messrs. Heywood he wrote: " I must tell you candidly that you
have got the best machinery for bending wood that I ever
saw, and I will say that I have seen and experimented a great
deal in the bending of wood." The Heywood patents have been
combined with those of John C. Morris, of Cincinnati, on which
the patents of Blanchard have, after protracted litigation, been
decided to be infringements. The combined patents, owned by
Morris & Heywood Wood-bending Co., it is believed, cover the
really effective methods for bending wood. Mr. Heywood, in
addition to his large personal business, he having retained to
his present time, though now in his 78th year, the supervision
in all its details of the mechanical department of the business,
including the adaptation and construction of new machinery
and devices for greater economy and perfection of manufac-
ture, has been very active in public enterprises. He repre-
sented the town in the convention for revising the constitution
of the state in the year 1863, and in the lower branch of the
Legislature in 1871. He has been a director in the Gardner
National Bank and a trustee of the Gardner Savings Bank
from the organization of those institutions. Mr. Heywood is
not personally identified, by membership, with any church. A
regular attendant, however, of the Congregational Church in
Gardner, he is a liberal contributor to its current expenses,
and responds cheerfully and liberally to the calls of benevo-
lence. He is also largely interested in educational matters,
and personally in the schools and has made liberal donations
of land and otherwise, to the town in this direction. Respected
in the highest degree for personal integrity and excellence of
his character in all the relations of life, his example is for good
to the large number of his employes and to the community by
which he has been long looked up to as its wealthiest and
most influential citizen; Benjamin F., b. Jan. 10, 1802; m. Sarah
Comee, and d. Apr. 2, 1843; Walter, b. Feb. 13, 1804; m. Nancy
Foster, and d. Aug. 1, 1880. Walter Heywood, founder of the
Walter Heywood Chair Com.pany, of Fitchburg, and its presi-
dent from the first, died in Fitchburg, Aug. 1, 1880. Mr. Hey-
wood was born at Gardner, Feb. 13, 1804. He was a lineal
descendant of one of the Pilgrim families who came over in
the Mayflower. His grandfather, Seth Heywood, went from
Sterling to Gardner about 1773, and was one of the first settlers
of the town. During the Revolutionary war he was an officer
in the continental army at Cambridge for nine months. He
was a man of superior mind, his range of reading was very wide,
and his memory was remarkably refentive. Mr. Heywood was
the son of Benjamin and Mary (Whitney) Heywood, and was
the third of a family of six sons. He attended the schools of

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his native town, and worked on his father's farm till nearly 20
years of age. In 1824 he began work as an apprentice in James
M. Comee's chair shop jn Fitchburg, but the same year he
began business for himself, driving to Boston as often as he
had a horse load finished, and selling them. The Fitchburg
Sentitiel says of Mr. Hey wood, and the growth of the chair
business in Fitchburg:

In 1827 his brother William commenced working with him
and they employed from 15 to 20 hands. In 1880 he formed a
partnership with three others, his brother, Benjamin F., who had
been a merchant in Gardner, Moses Wood, afterward president
of the Rollstone Bank, and James W. Gates. The firm carried
on the chair business, and opened a store in Gardner for the
sale of groceries and dry goods. They also estabHshed a store
in Boston for the sale of chairs. The business was successfully
conducted in its various branches till about 1835, when the part-
nership was dissolved, Messrs. Wood and Gates retiring from
the firm, and Mr. Heywood severed his relation with the store
at Boston. A new company was formed, consistmg of Levi,
Benjamin F., Walter and William Heywood and W. R. Carnes.
A large shop was erected on land now occupied by the facto-
ries of Heywood Brothers & Co., and the company entered into
the manufacture of chairs on an extensive scale. In 1841 Wal-
ter Heywood sold his interest in the business and removed to
Fitchburg. In company with Leander P. Comee he, in 1842,
built the block on Main street more recently known as Sprague
& Comee's block, and in 1842 the firm opened a store for the
sale of dry goods, groceries, hardware and other merchandise
at the salesrooms now occupied by L. Sprague & Co. In the
fall of 1844 the firm hired a part of the "Old Red Mill " on
West street, since used as a cotton factory by H. W. Pitts &
Son, and commenced to manufacture chairs, employing about
ten hands. In 1846 the chair business was removed to the
upper story of a new building which Alvah Crocker had erected
on Water street, on the spot now occupied by the Fitchburg
Steam Engine Company's shop. This shop was burned Dec. 7,
1849, and the firm lost heavily by the fire. The partnership was
then dissolved, and Mr. Heywood directed his whole attention
to the manufacture of chairs. Mr. Crocker erected a new build-
ing, 130x40 feet and three stories high, on the site of the burned
shop, and Mr. Heywood hired the whole of the new building.
In 1852 he received as partners Alton Blodgett, who had entered
his employ in 1833, and who continued a member of the com-
pany until his death, Sept. 19, 1878; Lovell Williams, still a
member of the company, and George E. Towne, who continued
with the company till 1874, when he disposed of his interest to
H. A. Blood. G. H. Spencer, the present superintendent of the
works, was admitted to the firm in 1864. Soon after the new
company was formed they erected two large buildings in the
rear of the shop, on land leased of Mr. Crocker, and with in-
creased facilities they greatly enlarged their business. In 1856
the firm opened a foreign trade, which eventually extended to
England and the continent of Europe, the West Indies, South
America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, China and Japan,
The Walter Heywood Chair Company was organized as a stock
company under a special act of the legislature. May 31, 1869,
with a capital of 1240,000. On the night of July 21, 1870, the
most destructive conflagration that ever visited Fitchburg laid
the entire establishment in ruins. F ortunately the loss on the
chair company's property was fully covered by insurance, and
preparations were made shortly after the fire to rebuild the
works on a scale unprecedent^ed in this branch of manufactures.
The location of this important industry excited much interest.
A lot of nine acres on River street was at length purchased, and
the present commodious buildings were erected. At present

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the company employs 300 hands besides seaters, and a capital
to the amount of between $600,000 and $700,000 is required.
The company has mills for preparing stock at Barton, V^t., and
has stores at New York and Boston for the sale of their products.
As the result of close application to business Mr. Heywood
accumulated a handsome property. He made large invest-
ments in the manufacturing interests of the city, and his counsel
was sought in the management of concerns in which he was
interested. He was formerly one of the largest stockholders in
the Putnam Machine Company, and has been a director since
1867. In 1866 he purchased an interest in the Fitchburg Iron
Foundry, and at his death was senior member of the firm Hey-
wood, Wilson & Co. He has been a director of the Fitchburg
Machine Company since 1870, and was a partner in the Fitch-
burg Machine Works since the company was organized in 1877.
He was a director of the Burleigh Rock Drill Company since
its organization in 1867, a director of the Fitchburg State or
National Bank for 37 years, a trustee of the Fitchburg
Savings Bank from its organization, May 12, 1846, till June 21,
1877. He was also town treasurer of Gardner from 1834 till his
removal to Fitchburg in 1841. He retained his vigor to a
remarkable degree, and his mind was clear and active till a few
days previous to his death. His success in business was the
growth of patient years of toil rather than any series of brilliant
exploits. He was no adventurer in doubtful projects, but his
energies and his counsels were always in the line of discretion
and prudence. If ever his judgment was waived in business
matters, it was generally observed in the end that his views were
sound and reliable, and would have yielded the largest measure
of success. He was plain and unostentatious, solving his prob-
lems by a careful process of reasoning, rather than by jumping
at conclusions. He was conservative, persevering, yet ener-
getic, and thorough in everything he undertook. From the one-
horse load of chairs which he made in 1824 his business grew
until he was president of the largest chair manufacturing
establishment in the world. He established a reputation for
integrity which was world wide and commanded the confidence
of the leading houses in his line of business in all quarters of
the globe. The Heywood chairs are as familiarly known in
Africa, Australia and South America as in Boston, New York
or San Francisco. Mr. Heywood was fortunate in calling
around him a class of men who rendered great assistance in the
management of the extensive business. His associates, with
few exceptions, grew up with the business under his training.
He leaves a widow, also two daughters, Mrs. William O. Brown
and Mrs. D. A. Corey. His first wife, whom he married in 1828,
died Aug. 1, 1861, just 19 years previous to his decease. Will-
iam, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. Frances Shuttleworth; d. Jan. 10, 1874;
Seth, b. Nov. 12, 1812; m. Feb. 11, 1836, Emily Wright; res.
Gardner; Charles, b. Mar. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 10, 1824.

1922. iv. Joseph, b. May 20, 1775; m. Hannah Perley.

1923. V. Amasa, b. June 16, 1777; m. Mary Goodridge.

1924. vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1779; m. Jan. 12, 1802, Smyrna Bancroft; b.

May 15, 1776; d. May 5, 1818. She d. ; res. Gardner.

Ch.: Harvey M..b. May 1,1803; m. Betsey C. Glazier; Smyrna W.,
b. Dec. 13, 1804; m. Lucy Jackson; deacon and prominent citi-
zen; res. Gardner; Mary E., b. Nov. 5, 1807; Sally W., b. Apr.
13, 1810; Amasa, b. Mar. 16, 1812; m. Caroline A. Shunway;
pres. Gardner Bank; Viola, b. Aug. 26, 1815.

1925. vii. Luke, b. May 21, 1783; m. Cynthia Partridge.

783. Rev. Phinehas Whitney (WMlliam, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Weston, Apr. 23, 1740; m. Apr. 28, 1762; Miriam Willard, b. 1740; d. May 20, 1769;
m. 2d, Mar. 3, 1770, Lydia Bowes, a cousin of John Hancock; d. Oct. 11, 1805; m. 3d,
Mrs. Jane Garfielc}, d. Mar. 4, 1824.

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It was some eight years after the meeting house in Shirley had been prepared
for use before a ministry had been established, the pulpit, meantime, being supplied
by transient preachers and regular candidates. On Feb. 25, 1762, Mr. Phinehas
Whitney received an unanimous call to settle, on the following terms: First, he was
to receive ;^133 6s 8d as a settlement, one-half to be paid in three months and the
rest within a year. Second, he was to receive £h'6 13s 4d as a salary, to be raised to
j^60 when the town should have seventy-five families. Third, he was annually to
receive twenty cords of wood, to be cut and brought to his door. These preliminaries
being adjusted, Mr. Whitney was ordained June 23, 1762. The ministry of Mr. Whit-
ney, which lasted for more than half a century, was one of general peace and pros-
perity. He had the confidence of his people, and between him and them a good de-
gree of harmony was maintained. He was also favorably considered abroad, was
frequently invited to sit in ecclesiastical councils, to assist in the settlement of clergy-
men, and was noted for his decisions and firmness. In the trying period of the
American Revolution, when the people of the town found themselves unable to pay
his full salary, he bore the deprivations with calm resignation, and even contributed
of his private resources toward the expense of the war what would have been an
equitable tax on his property had that property been legally taxed. Mr. Whitney
was a classmate and particular friend of Rev. Zabdiel Adams, of Lunenburg, and
preached the funeral sermon at tht.- burial of that distinguished divine. In his doc-
trinal views Mr. Whitney assented to many of the tenets that were imported in the
Mayflower, yet maintained a becoming liberality toward fellow-Christians of other
names. He seemed rooted and grounded in the noble principles of Armenian Con-
gregationalism, and believed that on these principles the church militant could be
most surely established. He was graduated from Harvard in 1759, and died in 1819,
after having entered the fifty-seventh year of his ministry. For several of the later
years of his life he was deprived, by paralysis, of ability to perform his pulpit labors,
and had the assistance of a colleague from 1815 until within a few months of his death.

Mrs. Whitney's father, Lieut. Moses Willard, was born in Lancaster about 1702.
He resided in Groton on a farm near the Nonaicocius purchase and bounding in part
on the brook. He purchased in Groton in 1723, and dwelt in that town until 1732.
About 1733 he removed to Lunenburg and there joinedCaptain, afterward Col., Josiah
Willard in obtaining from the Province of Massachusetts the grant of the town of
Winchester and became one of the grantees. A new charter was obtained from the
Province of New Hampshire in 1753, it having been ascertained to be within the
limits of the latter province. Much of his time seems to have been passed in the
new township and in guarding the frontier at Fort Dummer and Ashuelot. He was
an earlv inhabitant of Charlestown No. 4, a frontier town particularly exposed to
attack from the French and Indians. And it so happened in the old French war,
that, on the 18th of June, 1756, when Lieut. Moses Willard with his son of the same
name, was at work upon his farm, within sight of the fort, the Indians made a sudden
attack upon them. -.The father fell mortally wounded. The Indians pursued the son
and wounded him with a spear; but he succeeded in making his escape, carrying the
spear with him into the fort. Lieut. Moses had two children and the sufferings of
the family did not begin with the death of the father or the wound of the son. In
Aug., 1754, on a previous attack the daughter Susannah, wife of James Johnson and
her sister Miriam, a young girl of fourteen, afterward the wife of Rev. Phinehas
Whitney, of Shirley, were with several others taken captive and carried through the
wilderness to Canada. Mr. Johnson published a narration of her captivity, which
contains many interesting recitals. Moses Willard was the son of Simon and Mary
(W^hitcomb) Willard, and this Simon was a son of Henry and Mary (Lakin) Willard,
and this Henry was the fourth son of Major Simon. He d. Dec. 13, 1819; res. Shir-
ley, Mass.

1926. i. Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1771; m. Henrietta Parker.

1927. ii. Nicholas B., b. Mar. 21, 1772; m. Ann Adams.

1928. iii. Lydia, b. Sept. 8, 1773; m. Jan. 8, 1804, John Watson. She d. Feb.

7, 1853, leaving 6 ch.

1929. iv. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1775; m. May 1, 1808, Dr. Amos Parker of

Bolton, Mass.; had 3 ch.

1930. v. William, b. Oct 3, 1778; m. Elizabeth Fiske and Martha Sym-

onds.

1931. vi. Rebecca Cook, b. Sept. 2, 1781; m. May 16, 1801, William B.

Merriam; had 4 ch. Mrs. Deacon Merriam d. in Essex Village,
N. Y. in 1874. She was the mother of Gen. Wm. S. Merriam
who was father of Col. John L. Merriam of St. Paul, (he d.

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there Jan. 12, 1895; obituary in St. Paul Sunday Globe, Jan. 13,
1895), who was the father of ex-Governor Wm. R. Merriam of
St. Paul, ex-Governor of Minnesota.

1932. vii. Phineas S., b. July 6, 1785; m. Lucy Cobb, Julia Robinson, and

Eliza Collard He d. May 8, 1855, and left 3 ch.

1933. viii. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1787; unm.

1934. ix. Clarissa, b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. May 14, 1815, Henry Isaacs; had 3

ch.

1935. X. Charles, b. Jan. 2, 1794; m. Dolly Davenport.

793. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Mass., Feb. 11, 1746; m. in Westminster, prob. June 30, 1784, Thankful
Wilder. He d. in Westminster where he always resided, and she moved to Oswego,
N. Y., and resided with her son Moses. He d. 1812; res. Westminster, Mass.

1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.

Moses, b. May 19, 1789; m. Mary Paige.

Pliney, b. Nov. 13, 1787; m. Caroline Dean.

Smyrna, b. Mar. 5, 1786; m. Ruth Whitney.

Salome, b. Jan. 10, 1792; m. Samuel Hale, of Fitchburg, Mass.,
b. Oct. 20, 1792. He was a farmer, member of the Calvanistic
Congregational church and afterward of the Rollstone Congre-
gational church; a Republican. He d. Feb. 1, 1880; she d. June
25, 1880. Ch.: John Moses, b. Nov. 21, 1819; res. 169 Cambridge
street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Samuel Whitney, b. Apr. 2, 1822; m.and d.
Oct. 16, 1890. Ex-Gov. Samuel Whitney Hale was born in Fitch-
burg, Mass. His grandfather. Moses Hale, came to Fitchburg
from old Newbury, and was a farmer by occupation. Samuel Hale
was also a farmer. He was a director of the Citizens' Bank of
Keene and of the Wachusett Bank in Fitchburg, Mass. His
benefactions have been numerous and generous. While he was
very reticent concerning such matters, it is well known that he
had been instrumental in educating a Congregational clergy-
man, a missionary, a physician, and a young lady, the latter at
Holyoke seminary, in addition to which he gave at one time
$12,000 toward building a Congregational church in Keene. On
the 12th day of September, after a most exciting and hotly con-
tested canvass, he received the Republican nomination as can-
didate for governor. His election followed, and as governor he
continued until 1885. Ch.: Wm. Samuel, b. Dublin, N. H., May
IT, 1854. Educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and
for a time studied at Yale College, but did not graduate.
Engaged in manufacturing furniture with his father at Keene,
N. H.; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Emma Wheeler Frost, b. Apr. 18, 1856,
2d dau. of Hon. Rufus S. Frost, of Chelsea, Mass.; res. at Keene,
N. H.; engaged in manufacturing. Ch.: Margaret, b. Mav 11,
1887, at Keene, N. H.; Josephine, b. Oct. 21. 1889, at Keene, N.
H.; Samuel Whitney, b. Apr. 12, 1891, at Keene, N. H.; Mary
Louise Hale, b. at Dublin, N. H., Aug. 26, 1855. Educated at
Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. Lived with her parents in
Keene, N. H., until her marriage, Oct. :-'0, 1884, to Rev. Wm.
DeLoss Love, Jr. He was born at New Haven, Conn., Nov. 29,
1851, being the second son of Rev. Wm. DeLoss Love, D. D.
He was educated at Milwaukee Academy, Milwaukee, Wis., and
graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in the class of
1873. After teaching two years at Leicester Academy, Leices-
ter, Mass.. and the Broadway Grammar School, Norwich, Conn.,
he entered Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., and
graduated in the class of 1878. He married, July, 1878, Ada
Minerva Warren, of Leicester, Mass., who died without issue,
May 31, 1881. He was ordained at Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 18,
1878, and dismissed from that pastorate in July, 1881. After a
year spent in travel, he served lor a time the Second Congrega-
tional Church in Keene, N. H.; engaged in mercantile pursuits,
and was the private secretary of Gov. Hale during his term in
office. After his marriage to the daughter of Gov. Hale, he
resumed the practice of his profession, and was installed as

1940.

1941.

ii.

1942.

111.

1943.

IV.

1944.

V.

1945.

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pastor of the Pearl Street Congregational Church, in Hartford,
Conn., May 6, 1885, where he has since resided. He was the first
chaplain of the Conn. Society of the Sons of the American Revo-
lution, of which he was one of the original members; is an inter-
ested member of the Connecticut Historical Society and its cor-
responding secretary, and a member of the American Antiqua-
rian Society. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
from Hamilton College in 1894, and the same year was appointed
a member of the Board of Park Commissioners of Hartford.
Ch.: Mary Emelia, b. May 13, 1886, d. May 20, 1886; Marie
Hale, b. July 9, 1887, d. July 21, 1889; Ethel Hay, b. Mar. 26,
1889; Emma Rilda, b. Feb. 9, 1891; Wm. DeLoss, b. Nov. 22,
1892; Henry Augustus Hale, b. May 13, 1825; address, 304 Pearl
street, New York City; Mary Elizabeth Hale, b. May 2, 1828;
lived with her parents at Fitchburg; unm.; d. June 30, 1879.

794. Abner Whitney (Samuel. William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, May 18, 1748; m. May 14, 1770, Elizabeth Glazier, of Shrewsbury; d. Apr. 3,
1778; m. 2d Apr 22, 1779, Lavina (Glazier) Ward; b. May 9, 1752; d. July 23. 1838.
He d. Sept., 1811, in West.; res. Westminster and Ashburnham, Mass.
■ Oliver, b. Dec. 8, 1770; d. June 24, 1T94.

John, b. July 28, 1772; m. Susanna Smith.

Levi, b. Jan. 1, 1777; m. Phebe Warren.

Jonas W., b. Apr. 22, 1780; m. Phebe Rand.

Joseph G., b. June 22, 1783; m. Lavina Dunn.

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1785; m. Lorey Barnes.

DoLLV, b. Oct. 26, 1791; m. Vinal Dunn.

Abel, b. May 14, 1793; d. unm., Apr. 28, 1852.

796. Capt. Silas Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 20,
1752; m. Jan. 27, 1774, Sarah Withington, b. 1753. After her husband's death, in 1S20,
she was the wife of Earle.

Capt. Silas Whitney, son of Samuel and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney, was b. in
Westminster, Oct. 20, 1752. He m. Jan. 27, 1774, Sarah Withington, b. in Stow, 1753,
dau. of William and Sarah (Lockej Withington. After his marriage he lived four
years in Westminster. He sold his farm in that town in 1778 and purchased a large
tract of land in the southeast part of Ashburnham. Here he soon became the lead-
ing farmer in this vicinity. The size of his barns and granaries and the number of
his horses and cattle are the living theme of tradition. He was a captain of the
militia and was prominent in town affairs. In the midst of a life of industry and
usefuness he d. at mid. age, Nov. 14, 1798. Mr. Gushing records his death with the
remark that "he died suddenly after a few days of complaining, though not con-
fined. He was sitting in a chair leaning on a table and sunk down, and almost im-
mediately expired." The widow settled the estate and prudently managed the
affairs in the interest of her children. She m. 2d, 1802, Thomas Earle, of Leicester,
and d. in that town Jan. 12, 1820. There were four sons and twenty-four grandsons
of Capt. Silas and Sarah (Withington) Whitney, and including the female lines the
number of their descendants named in these registers is above two hundred. He d.
Nov. 14, 1798; res. Ashburnham, Mass,

1948. i. Susannah, b. Sept. 29, 1776; m. Apr., 1797, Josiah Brown; res. in

Stow; a granddaughter is Mrs. Susie A. Dyer, res. 824 Colum-
bus street, Ottawa, 111. Ch.: Silas, b. Dec. 12, 1797; d. unm.,
in Stow Mar. 4, 1856; Josiah, b. Jan. 21, 1799; Susan, b. July 2,
1801; Ohio, b. Apr. 29, 1808; m. "Sarah Ellis; Horatio, b. July 25,
1805; Nancy, b, Nov. 11, 1806; Reuben, b. Mar. 17, 1808; Sally,
b. Sept. 17, 1811; Anna, b. May 7, 1815; m. Ephraim Ray, of
Stow.

1949. ii. Silas, b. Oct. 1, 1779; m. Hannah Gushing.

1950. iii. Sarah, b. July 1, 1781 ; m. Nov. 27, 1800, Capt. Caleb Wilder, b.

Mar. 22, 1773; d. Jan. 29, 1834. She d. June 14, 1820. He was
Capt. of the Ashburnham Light Infantry, and often chosen to
office in town affairs. Ch.: Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1801; d. June 11,
1817; Sarah, b. May 7, 1803; m. Silas Smith; res. Farmington,
Iowa; Nancy, b. Nov. 19, 1806; m. David Laws; Silas W., b. Dec.
13, 1808; d. Oct. 31, 1812; Caleb, b. Oct. 28, 1810; d. unm.; Silas

148 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

W., b. July 26, 1814; m. Caroline Bishop; Abel T., b. Oct. 9,
1816; d. Mar. 14, 1839; Dorothy C.b.June 16, 1819; m. Samuel
Twombly; res. Iowa.

1951. iv. Samuel, b. May 20, 1783; m. Abigail Wilder.

1952. V. William, b. Aug. 5, 1785; m. Lucy Brooks and Mercy (Burgess)

Bemis. '

1953. vi. Ohio, b. Mar. 22, 1789; m. Mary Bolton and Mrs. Dorothy (May-

nard) Brown.

1954. vii. Abigail, b. May 15, 1791; m. Nov. 8, 1807. Jesse Ellis, b. June 19,

1789; d. July 17, 1870. She d. Jan. 24, 1869; res. Ashburnham,
Mass. Ch.: Mary W., b. Mar. 19, 1809; m. Oliver G. Caldwell;
Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1811; m. Sarah W. Cushing; Wm. P., b. June
31, 1813; m. Annes Green Randall and Mrs. Martha (Swain)
Wellington; Obed, b. Mar. 13, 1815; m. Mercy Stoddard; Nancy,
b. Sept. 3, 1817; m. Bailey Marble; Sarah, b. Jan. 20,1822; m.
Ohio Brown; Lucy C, b. Dec. 11, 1824; m. Noyes B. Herrick;
Susan B., b. Apr. 23, 1829; m. Jonathan A. Perham; Mary J., b.
Aug. 13, 1833; m.Wm. H. Brown.

1955. viii, Nancy, b. Nov. 19, 1794; m. Apr. 23, 1811, Laban Cushing; b. Apr.

29, 1791; d. Oct. 17, 1847. She d. Jan. 27, 1871; res. Ash. Ch.:
Nancy W., b. June 20, 1813, m. John Munroe; Sarah, b. May 18,
1815; m. Samuel Ellis; Joseph, b. Oct. 6, 1817; m. Elmira Marble,
Mary Ann Arnold, and Betsey Cushing; res. Fitchburg, Mass.;
Laban, b. Mar. 22, 1820; m. Adaline Keyes; res. Fitchburg, Mass.;
Rebecca A., b. Sept. 12. 1822, m. Isaac D.Ward; Susan A., b.
Nov. 13, 1824; m. Jonas Corev; Mary J., b. Feb. 27, 1826; m.
Gardner P. Hawkins; res. F.; Charles G., b. "Feb. 16, 1829; m.
Jane E. Willard; Harriett M., b. Aug. 22, 1831; m. Porter E.
Barton; Geo. R., b. Sept. 8, 1835: m. Julia Thompson; David
M., b. Oct. 11, 1839; m. Ellen A. Foster; Hannah E., b. July 29,
1841; m. Geo. S. Doe; res. Gt. Falls, N. H.

798. Elisha Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, July 2, 1757; m. in 1781, Eunice Seaver. He served in the Revolutionary
army in the company commanded by Capt. Sargent; res. Westminster and Win-
chendon, Mass.

Orpha, b. Sept. 24, 1783.

Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1785.

Norman S., b. Mav 22, 1791.

Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1787; d. May 11, 1789.

Tryphena, b. Jan. 18, 1788.

Tryphosa, b. Mar. 2, 1790.

800. Phinehas Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Jan. 16, 1761; m. 1788, Elizabeth Rand.

He settled in Westminster, on the northerly part of his father's estate, in the
house now occupied by John C. Goodridge. Mr. Whitney sold the place to Jacob
Sawyer, from whom it passed to Joel Whitney, and removed to Pittsford, Vt., where
both he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. During the Revolutionary
war he served in the company from Westminster, and some years after its close
moved to Rutland Co., Vt., where he was grafted a pension Mar. 3, 1831, in his
71st year; res. Westminster, Mass., and Pittsford, Vt.
" John, b. July 28, 1793.

Thomas, b. Mar. 18, 1795.

Lydia, b. Mar. 30, 1788.

Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1789.

Nancy, b. Sept. 21, 1791.

801. Hananiah Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Dec. 18, 1762; m. Azabah Keyes, b. June 5, 1767.

He was a resident of Westminster, and later was one of the tithingmen of
Winchendon. During the Revolutionary war he served in one of the Winchendon
companies. His will is dated Oct. 11, 1833, and probated Apr. 7, 1835. Capt. Mart
Whitcomb was exec. He d. in 1835; res. Westminster and Winchendon, Mass,
1967. i. Moses, b. Nov. 28, 1789; m. Sophia Cutler.

1956.

1957.

ii.

1958.

iii.

1959.

IV.

1960.

V.

1961.

VI.

1962.

i.

1963.

ii.

1964.

HI.

1965.

IV.

1966.

V.

1969.

iii.

1970.

IV.

1971.

V.

1972.

VI.

1973.

VIl.

1974.

Vlll.

1975.

IX.

1976.

X.

1977.

XI.

1978.

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1968. ii. Hananiah, b. May 29, 1792; m. Mary L. Beals and Sarah Bea-

man.
Alpheus B., b. Mar. 8, 1794.
AzuBAH B., b. Aug. 25, 1796; m. Henry Rand; res. Winchendon,

Mass., and Madison, Wis. They had one son, Henry. The

father d. at M.
Artemus B., b. .Sept. 5, 1798.
Stacy b ^— — ^—
BERiNA,'b. Feb. 4, 1801.
Esther B., b. June 13. 1803.
Silas Stacy, b. June 27, 1805; m. Mary B. Gate.
Levi P., b. Aug. 19, 1807.

Samuel A., b. Nov. 10, 1809; m. .

Abby Fletcher, b. Dec. 27, 1812.

804. James Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Aug. 10,
1753; m. at Newtown. Conn., Aug. 13, 1777, Eunice Johnson; b. Dec, 1756; d. Nov.
17, 1822; m. 2d Mrs. Rhoda Peet. He served in the Revolutionary war; was a
farmer and weaver. He d. May 21, 1841; res. Newtown, Conn.

1979. i. Abraham J., b. Mar. 28, 1778; m. Philena Adams.

1980. ii. Hannah Judson, b. Apr. 20, 1782; m. Major Samuel Chard; was

in war of 1812; res. Haverstraw, N. Y.
Zerah, b. June 10, 1784; m. Jane Demond.
Ruth Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1785.

Jerusha, b. Apr. 14, 1787; m. Henry Shenuck; res. Danby, N. Y.
James L., b. May 29, 1789; m. Maria Cass.
Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1790; m. 1810, Amason Washburn; b. May 21,

1789; blacksmith and farmer. She d. in Huron, O., Apr. 13,

1859. He m. again; was in war of 1812.
viii. Philo, b. Apr. 27, 1792; m. Jerusha Wheeler and Aurelia Wheeler,

Ezra, b. Sept. 18, 1793; m. .

Eli, h. Feb. 25, 1795; m. Dorcas Austin.
Ethiel, b. May 6, 1796; m. Elizabeth Leonard.
Abel, b. Sept. 23, 1797; m. Elvira Tryphosa Beecher.

805. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 9, 1757;
m. 1783, Huldah Stilson. For seven years he was in the Revolutionary war. He d.
Jan. 3, 1808; res. Newtown, Conn.

John, b. July 29, 1784.

Annie, b. Nov. 3, 1785.

Thos. Judson, b. Oct. 4, 1787,

Oliver, b. Apr. 22. 1789; d. unm. Dec. 6, 1828.

Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1793; m. Betsey Hard.

809. Isaac Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. 1773; m. at
Watertown, Conn., Jan. 15, 1798, Susannah Bryan; d. Mar. 16, 1861.

They settled in Watertown, Conn., and m 1805 he purchased land of Jonathan
Scott. He resided there until his death of the lake fever. After his death she dis-
posed of the property, and in 1816 moved to Westerlo, N. Y., where she resided until
1828, after which she resided with her daughter Sally, and died at her home in
Clarkson, N. Y. He d. Jan. 14, 1807; res. Claverack, N. Y., and Watertown, Conn.

1996. i. Sallie, b. Dec. 29, 1798; m. Apr. 20, 1820, Adam Snyder; b. June

15, 1798; res. Clarkson, N. Y. She d. there Oct. 31, 1880. He
d. Dec. 1, 1879; was a farmer. Adam and Sallie Snyder died
and were buried in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y. Ch.: Isaac
Whitney, b. June 26, 1827; d. June 26, 1827, in Westerlo, Albany
Co., N. v.; Henry Nettleton, b. May 24, 1831, in Clarkson, Mon-
roe Co., N. Y.; m. in Unadilla, Mich., Oct. 18, 1876, to Carrie
Eugenia Lyman; present address. Bureau of Pensions, Middle
Dept., Washington, D. C.

1997. ii. Susanna, b. Dec. 5, 1800; d. Mar., 1821, at W^esterlo, N. Y.

1998. iii. Isaac John, b. Dec. 20, 1803; m. Martha Ann Rowell.

811. Zachariah Whitney (Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Jan. 16, 1747,
in Woburn, Mass.; m. in Harvard, Aug. 18, 1774, Elizabeth Wetherbee.

He made his will July 28, 1827. It was probated May 20, 1828. In it he gives

1981.

in.

1982.

IV.

1983.

V.

1984.

VI.

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vn,

1986.

vii

1987.

ix.

1988.

X.

1989.

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1990.

XII,

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1992.

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1993.

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legacies to his grandsons, Joseph H. and Josiah B. Whitnfey, and Levina Eaton,
widow of John Eaton, of Ashby; children of his son, Zachariah W., deceased, dau.
Lydia Hastings, wife of Naaman Hastings; gr. dau., Betsey Stevens; daus., Betsey
Marshall, Sally Watkins, Hannah Billings. John Turner was executor. He d. Apr.
1828; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

1999.
2000,
2001,
2002.

Zachariah, b. ; m.

i. Betsey, b. -; m. Marshall.

ii. Sally, b. ; m. Watkins.

V. Hannah, b. ; m. Billings.

2003. V. Lydia, b. Apr. 14, 1786; m. Sept. 1, 1809, Naaman Hastings; b.
Nov. 20, 1787; d. Oct. 4, 1864. She d. Dec. 23, 1845; res. Lu-

nenburg, Mass. Ch.: Hannah W., b. Apr. 1, 1810; m. Joseph
Marshall, d. Jan. or Feb.l 1885; Lydia, b. June 12. 1811; m. John
Ramsdell; res. Shirley Center, Mass.; a dau. is Mrs. Emily P.
Hoating; res. Lunenburg, Mass.; Betsey, b. Feb. 25, 1813; d.
Apr. 1, 1871; Thomas, b. Jan. 14, 1815; d. July 29, 1840; Naaman,
b. Mar. 4, 1819; d. Mar. 17, 1865; Sarah W., b. Dec. 8, 1819; d.
Aug. 14, 1821; Charles, b. Aug. 14, 1822; m. Abigail Proctor;
William, b. July 28, 1824; d. Nov. 9, 1849; Henry J., b. Apr. 10,
1830; m. Eliza W. Jewett, d. May 16, 1893.

816. John Whitney (Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Apr. 16, 1756; m.
in 1775, Priscilla Battles, b. 1756; d. at Lunenburg Aug. 23, 1832. His son John was
appointed exec, of his will July 6, 1819. He d. July 23, 1819; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

2004. i. Zachariah, b. Feb. 10, 1777; m. Abigail Snow.

2005. ii. ZiMRi, b. May 14, 1775; m. Susanna Sanderson.

2006. iii. John, b. July 2, 1788; m. Sophia Faulkner and Mrs. Fanny (Howe)

Blodgett.

2007. iv. Sarah, b. May 26, 1791; m. Sept. 2, 1829, Peter Howe.

823. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Mar. 18, 1738;
m. July 3, 1760, Elizabeth Goddard. He served in the Weston Co. in the Revolu-
tionary war. Administration was granted on his estate Nov. 4, 1784, to his widow
Elizabeth. He d. 1784; res. Watertown, Mass.

2008. i. Jonathan, b. .

■ 2009. ii. Joseph, b. .

2010. iii. David, b. .

2011. iv. Elizabeth, b. .

825. Jonathan Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Apr. 12,.
1743; m. Oct. 10, 1766, Susanna Norcross; bap. July 27, 1746. During the Revolu-
tionary war he was in the Watertown company; res. Watertown, Mass.

Susanna, b. May 23. 1766.

Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1768.

Jonathan, b. Dec. 16, 1769; m. Lucy Parks.

Joseph, b. June 16, 1774.

Samuel, b. May 6, 1776.

826. Abijah Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Sept. 6, 1744;:

m. June 12, 1783, Lydia Stearns; b. 1759; d. 1786; m. 2d Rebecca . His estate

was settled Apr. 14, 1829. He was in the Revolutionary war, in the company from
Weston, and later from Lincoln, in the regiment Commanded by Col. Drake. He d.
1829; res. Waltham and Weston, Mass.

2017. i. Martha, b. ; unm. in 1820.

2018. ii. Abijah, b.'in 1784; m. Anne Lawrence.

2019. iii. Nathan, b. in 1786; m. Martha Stearns.

828. Benjamin Whitney, Jr. (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. in
1737; m. Jan. 29, 1766, Sarah White, of Newton.

Benjamin Whitney, Jr., of Worcester, was a farmer. His will was probated Sept.
2, 1823, and his widow, Sarah, was executrix. The only child mentioned in the will
was his son, Amos. He held office in Worcester, often being elected at the annual
town meetings. In 1789 he was elected on the school committee, and in. 1790 sur-
veyor of boards and shingles. Apr. 19, 1775, he enlisted in Capt. Benj. Flagg's com-
pany, on the Lexington alarm. The Selectmen of Worcester haveing Laid before the
Town (Wore.) a List of Persons liable by Law and which they Judged able and Quali-
fied to serve on Petit Jurors in 1760 the name of Benj Whitney occurs. The Town

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proceeded to ye Choice of a Constable in ye Room of Josiah Peirce Excused, and
Benj Whitney was chosen (and Sworn 10th March 1762). Benj Whitney Surveyor of
high ways and Collector of high way taxes — appointed in 1770 and 1776. At a Town
meeting Held at the meeting House, in Worcester on Thurs. the Eighteenth Day of
October a D. 1764 after Legal Warning Eight o Clock fore noon^voted ye following
sums be Granted for ye following purposes — vizt — To Benj Whitney for Wm Breners
Pole Tax — 1.37. Benj Whitney served as Juror in the Inferior Court of Common
pleas and Court of General sessions of the peace in 1776. He d. July 30, 1823; res.
Worcester, Mass.

2020. i. Amos, b. ; m. Polly Kingsbury and Betsey Parker.

829. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. at Wor-
cester, Mass., in 1741; m. at Worcester Nov. 24, 1762, Mary White, of Newton; d.
prob. in Templeton; m. 2d Oct. 11, 1812, at Westminster, Mass., Hannah Wetherbee,
wid. of Ephraim, b. 1749; d. Dec, 1832.

According to the History of Westminster Samuel went from Worcester. He
made his will and it was probated Dec. 9, 1834, and allowed Nov. 17, 1835. In it he
mentions his wife Hannah, her daughter Hannah Wetherbee, son Moses, daughter
Patty Bowker and daughter Molly West. Mr. Spauldingwas executor. He d. June
29, 1832; res. Worcester, Templeton, and Westminster, Mass.

2021. i. Moses, b. ; m. Martha .

2U22. ii. Patty, b. ; m. Aug. 17, 1791, Jonathan Bowker, both of

Petersham.

2023. iii. Molly, b. ; m. West.

2024. iv. Abijah, b. ; d unm. in Templeton in 1796; his will is dated

Apr. 2.

834. Ezekiel Whitney (Ezekiel, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,

Mass., Apr. 13, 1768; m. Lydia ; m. 2d . He d. Dec. 1830; res.

Roxbury and Watertown, Mass.

2025. i. Frank, bap. June 2, 1793.

2026. ii. Leonard, bap. June 2, 1793.

2027. iii. Abigail, bap. Sept. 14, 1794.

2028. iv. Otis, bap. Aug. 12, 1798.

2029. V. Geo. W., b. Aug. 26, 1812; m. Elizabeth Cook.

2030. vi. Cromwell, b. .

2031. vii. Alvares, b. .

2032. viii. Jeremiah, b. ,

203^3. ix. James, b.
2034. X. Nahum p., b.

2035. xi. Lydia, b. ; m. Hvde.

2036. xii. Walter H.,b. 1819; m. Lydia E. Doyle.

839. Stephen Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Jan. 25,1771;
m. in Leominster, Sally Dexter, of Marlboro, b. Oct. 14, 1778. She m. 2d Capt.
Calvin Hale, and d. Mar. 28, 1846. She had two ch. by her second marriage, Chas. B.
and Maria S.

He was born in Lunenburg, but at the time of his decease had for 4 years been a
resident of Westminster, where he was associated in business in a country store with
Joseph Whitman. He also kept tavern, and the two, store and tavern, were con-
nected. He d. Sept. 16, 1811; res. Lunenburg and Westminster, Mass.

2037. i. William D., b. July 20, 1803; m. Harriet Hawks.

2038. ii. Eliza Dexter, b. June 19, 1805; m. in Leominster, Mass., Mar. 28,

1824, Augustus Pierce, b. Dec.29, 1795; d. Apr. 27, 1830. She d. Jan.
20, 1857. Ch.: Theodore W. Pierce, b. Nov. 6, 1824; m. Oct. 26,
1847, Laura A. Peasley, East Weare, N. H.; res. at 58 Amherst
St., Nashua, N. H.; Fidelia Pierce, b. Aug. 19, 1826; m. in Rox-
bury, Mass., John H. Hawes; d. June 19, 1877. She d. July 19,
1878.

2039. iii. Sally, b. Feb. 10, 1807; res. 420 Washington St., Dorchester, Mass.
■ 2040. iv. Susan, b. Aug. 20, 1809; m. Apr. 19, 1829, Emerson Hills, b. Mar. 7,

1804; d. Feb. 3, 1879; res. Leominster, Mass. Ch.: Juliette, b. June

4, 1831; m. Oct 12, 1853, Years; res. Lemo.

2041. V. Emily Stevens, b. Jan. 20, 1812; d. 1812.

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842. Abijah Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John. John), b. Aug. 10, 1776;
m. Feb. 6, 1812, Betsey Whitney, b. Westminster Apr. 1, 1788, dau. of Jonas; d. Nov.
16,1872.

He was born in Watertown, where he passed his boyhood days. He worked on
the farm, was interested in a country store and kept a toll gate. He finally settled
in Lunenburg and carried on an extensive provision business, supplying three towns
with meat. He was known the country round as " Uncle Bijah." During the latter
part of his life he was in poor health and resided with his son, Francis W., at whose
home he died in his 83d year. He d. Dec. 6, 1859; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

2042. i. Benjamin H., b. Oct. 15, 1813; m. Mary Butters and Sarah
Phelps.
Charles S., b. Oct. 16, 1816; d. Apr. 18, 1833.
Susan, b. Dec. 23, 1820; d. May 27, 1826.
Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1823; d. Sept., 1825.
Francis W., b. July 15, 1825; m. Huldah B. Frost.
Mary E., b. July 19, 1828; m. Silas Whitney. She d. Apr. 1, 1887.
Ch.: Ella, b. ; m. Porter Hyatt; res. Leo.

2048. vii. MarthaC, b. Feb. 6, 1831; m. Seth Twitchell. Ch.: Herbert, b.

; res. Fitchburg; Milon, b. ; res. Fitchburg.

847. Prentiss Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 2,
1787; ni. 1814, Sylvia Bicknell. He d. Nov. 18, 1870; res. Boston, Mass., Gardiner,
Me., and Westfield, N. Y.

2049. i. Sylvia, b. ; m. Townsend; res. Westfield, N. Y.

2050. ii. Mary, b. .

2051. iii. Edward, b. ; d.; his wid. res. in the west.

859. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. July 1,
1765; m. Nov. 30, 1786, Eunice Puffer, b. Aug. 2, 1768; d. Feb. 24, 1846.

In 1793 he bought of Samuel Gerrish the greater part of lot No. 4, bounding east
and south on Bacon and Main streets, Central Village, and ever after res. thereon.
He was an upright, honorable, and trustworthy citizen. He held the office of town
treasurer from 1810 to 1830, discharging the duties of his office with conscientious
fidelity. Ab. the latter date, however, he experienced great financial embarrassment
and loss by a business disaster, in which others of his fellow-townsmen, as well as
himself, were seriously involved. He bore his misfortune, however, with creditable
patience, and maintained his good name and Christian standing to the end of his
life. He d. Feb. 14, 1851; res. VV^estminster, Mass.

Nathan, b. Mar. 28, 1793; m. Anne Miles Whitney.

Leonard, b. Sept. 18, 1800; d. Sept. 26, 1802.

Eunice, b. Dec. 12, 1787; d. Feb. 27, 1812.

Ruth, b. Nov. 12, 1789; m. Nov. 26, 1812, Smyrna Whitney (see).

She d. Nov. 25, 1858.
Peksis, b. Apr. 3, 1795; m. May 8, 1821.
Asa, b. Oct. 24, 1797; d. Sept. 27, 1802.
Asa, b. Oct. 25, 1803; d. Sept. 6, 1814.

Mary Reed. b. May 23, 1806; m. Feb. 23, 1830, Nathan Howard
Cutting, b. Princeton, Mass., May 29, 1805. She d. May 25, 1882.
He d. July 16, 1884, in Worcester, Mass. Ch.: Franklin H., b.
Oct. 30, 1832; d. Nov. 4, 18a^; Ann Maria, b. Feb. 1, 1836; m.
Joseph O. Adams; res. 25 Oread place, Worcester, Mass.; Susan
Louise, b. Aug. 29, 1838; m. Edward Whitney (see); Charles H.,
b. Sept. 1, 1841; d. Newburn, N. C, in war, Jan. 24, 1863; Wm.
Jones, b. Nov. 12, 1845; unm.; res. with Ann; Frank W., b. Dec.
10, 1851; unm.; res. with Ann.
2060. ix. Leonard, b. Nov. 23, 1808; m. Dec. 9, 1830; a son Henry res. Bat-
tle Creek, Mich.

860. Dea. David Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Aug. 16, 1767; m. in Princeton, Nov. 24, 1791, Elizabeth Barron, b. July 3,
1768; d. Apr. 28, 1853. Deacon David Whitney was born in Westminster, where he
always resided. He was foremost in all movements for the welfare of the people.
He resided on the old homestead settled by his father, Capt. Nathan, in 1752. When
ten years of age he was very sick, and it is said his life was saved by the skill of a
Hessian (British) soldier, who was a prisoner of war at Rutland. The physician was
recommended by another prisoner who was boarding at his father's.

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He inherited his father's habits of industry, economy, and thrift. He was a
deeply religious man, earnestly devoted to the interests of the First church of the
town, whose fortunes he shared and served as Dea. for more than 60 years. He
also partook of the military spirit, which manifested itself, at an early age, by his
enlistment in the service of the state for the suppression of Shays' rebellion. Later
in life, July 12, 1811, he was commissioned Capt. of the So. Co. in W. by Gov.
Elbridge Gerry. He was two years a member of the board of selectmen. He lived
to be almost a centenarian. He made his will Aug. 2, 1853. It was ofifered for pro-
bate May 22, 1867. His son Aaron was exec. He d. Mar. 24, 1867; res. Westminster,
Mass.

2061. i. Tabitha, b. Mar. 9, 1793; m. July 10, 1823, Capt. John C. Miller.

She d. Apr. 11, 1888. He was b. June 3, 1785; d. Oct. 2, 1864.
Ch.: John Flavel, b. May 5, 1824; d. Aug. 17, 1846; Elizabeth,
d. in infancy; George, b. June, 1827; d. Feb. 18, 1867; m. C. E.
Gill; ch., Frank, b. 1856, m. Miss Marsh; infant daughter; Flora

Ella, b. ; d. Nov. 2.3, 1887, m. E. Boyn; Nina Belle, b.

Mar. 6, 1864. d. 1866; Nathan Brick, b. Mar. 6, 1864; d. Sept. 27,
1888; Ada C, b. 1866, m. J. Grill Lamb. David, b. May 7,
1829, m. Laura Davis; ch., son died in infancy; Charles O.,
b. Mar. 9, 1861, m. Mary Dargee; George, b. Nov., 1867, m.

Smith; res. Gardner. Sarah E., b. Dec. 25, 1830, m.

Thomas Marshall; ch., Clara Louise, b. Dec. 30, 1872; res. Leo-
minster. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1832, m. Emily Follett; ch., Kate
F., b. Feb. 17, 1871; Abbie, b. June, 1875; Josephine, b. Aug.,
1879; res. Westminster. Isaac B., b. Nov. 22, 1834, m. Jennie
E. Potter, ch., dau. d. in infancy; Alene S., b. June, 1862; d.
May 30. 1881; m. W. O. Sawm; John Calvin, b. June, 1864, m.
K. S. McClure; res. Gardner. Calvin, b. Mar. 18, 1837, m.
Amelia V. Alger, descendant of Thomas Alger, who came
from England in 1634, and settled in Plvmouth colonv; ch.,
Morton Melvin, b. Feb. 10, 1873; Allan Balcom, b. Jan. 28, 1883;
res. Athol.
Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1795; d. May 4, 1796.
David, b. Oct. 24, 1796; d. unm. Mar. 8, 1875.
Reuben, b. May 8, 1798; d. July 27, 1800.
Aaron, b. Mav 1, 1800; m. Martha Ravmond.
Betsey, b. Feb. 5, 1802; m. Jan. 16, 1823, Nathan Howard. He
was b. June 2, 1795; d. July 18, 1879; res. Westminster, Mass. Ch.:
Maria, b. May 16, 1824; Elizabeth W., b. July 24, 1827; Marv, b.
Feb. 15, 1830; Nathan P., b. Oct. 17, 1832; Calvin, b. Apr'. 10,
1835; d. May 14, 1865; Joseph, b. May 6, 1837; Albert, b. May
23, 1845.

2067. vii. Reuben P., b. July 24, 1804; m. Clarissa C. Woodward, Mrs. Fi-

delia B. Pierce and Mrs. Nancy R. Thomas.

2068. viii. Isaac, b. Mar. 4, 1806; m. Susan Barrett and Eliza Perkins.

2069. ix. Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1808; m. Feb. 15, 1826, William S. Everett, b.

Oct. 13. 1805; d. Feb. 19, 1885; farmer; res. Westminster. Ch.:
Mary Whitney, b. May 16, 1828; m. Joseph Brown at Princeton,
Mass., Jan. 1, 1847; present address, Davis ave., Brookline,
Mass; have one son, Joseph Everett Brown, b. Westminster,
Mass., Mav 21, 1867; present address, Brookline, Mass.; m. Kate
Yeaton Mix, May 21, 1891.

2070. x. Sally, b. June 17, 1810; m. June 16, 1842, Moses Booth; res. 4315

Champlain ave., Chicago, 111. He was b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; d. Sept. 9,
1855. Ch.: Sarah Judson, b. Aug. 27, 1842; m. Dec. 4, 1868,
Samuel D. Hannan, who d. May 9, 1889.

2071. xi. Calvin, b. Dec. 1, 1813; m. Hildah Brown.

861. John Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Oct. 13, 1769;
m. in Westminster in 1790, Elizabeth Stearns, b. Aug. 1, 1770. She m. 2d James
Walker, who died s. p. the next year; she m. 3d Luke Warren and had Mary and
Aaron. She d. Oct. 30, 1838.

John Whitney was born in Waltham, Mass., and moved with his parents when
young to Westminster. He followed agricultural pursuits, was a stanch Christian,
good citizen, strong temperance advocate and bittetly opposed to slavery. He was

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never in public life, but made many friends by his integrity and Christian virtues^
He d. Tune 25, 1802; res. Westminster, Mass.

2072. i. John, b. Jan. 15, 1795; d. Feb. 22, 1796.

2073. ii. John, b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. Lydia Allen.

2074. iii. Betsey, b. May 3, 1799; m. Apr. 30, 1829, Thomas Merriam, b.

July 23, 1801; d. Sept. 24, 1877; res. Westminster. Ch., Mary £.„
b. June 4, 1830; Sarah M., b. June 7, 1835; John F., b. Aug 23,
1838; all res. W. The mother d. July 15, 1888.

2075. iv. Linda, b. Mar. 8, 1802; m. Nov. 20, 1823, at Hubbardston, JdSeph

Raymond, b. Mar. 15, 1796. She d. Mar. 23, 1847. Ch.: Alfred
Whitney, b. Sept. 22, 1824; res. Jewett, N. Mex.; Melinda
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1826; unm.; Joseph Downe, b. Feb. 17,
1828; res. Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass.; Reuben Stearns, b.
May 13, 1830; m. and died leaving Edward Lincoln and William
Holbrook; his wid. m. William Bearing, res. Shellville, Cal.;.
Susan Wood, b. Oct. 28, 1831; m. Heman Lincoln Chase, of
Boston, at Hubbardston, Mass., the 18th of Oct., 1854; res. 126
Harvard St., Brookline, Mass. He was son of Rev. Irah Chase,
D. D., and Harriet Savage Chase, and was born at Newton,
Mass., Sept. 22, 1829, and died in Brooklme, Feb. 11, 1884. Her
husband and her deceased son, Henry, were Baptists and all
her other children the same. Harriet Savage Chase married
Herbert Eveleth Greene, July 15, 1886. He graduated from
Harvard college and has the degree of Ph. D. Dr. Greene is a
prof, in Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. They have one son, born
June 14, 1890. Prof. Greene is an orthodox Congregationalist;
the child's name is William Chase Greene. Heman Lincoln
Chase, Jr., graduated from Harvard, receiving the degree of
A. M., in 1882, and afterward the degree of Dr. of Medicine
from the Harvard Med. school, then studied abroad, and is now
practicing in Brookline, unmarried, and a Republican. Henry
Ernest Chase graduated from Harvard in 1883 with the degree
of A. M. Susan Raymond Chase was married to Frank Leon-
ard Creesy, June 12, 1889. Mr. Creesy graduated from Harvard
Coll. in the class of '82 and afterward from the Harvard law
school, practicing law in Boston and living in Brookline. Re-
publican. They have one child, Madeline Creesy, born Mar.
26, 1891. Edith Chase is a student at Smith College, Northamp-
ton, Mass.; Henry Chase, b. July 12,1840; res. Council Bluffs, la.

863. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Waltham, June
23, 1765; m. (pub.) Jan. 10, 1790, Mary Barrett, b. 1768, d. Aug. 23, 1841. He was b.
in Waltham and m. in Ashby. After the births of four of their children they
were dismissed to the church in Ashby, Nov. 24, 1799. There they ever afterward
resided, honored and respected. He d. Dec. 24, 1842; res. Watertown and Ashby,
^lass

2076. i. Josiah, b. Mar. 20, 1791; m. Rebecca Rice.

2077. ii. Sally, b. Mar. 19, 1792; m. Dec. 16, 1814, Oliver Kendall, res.

Ashby. She d. Nov. 23, 1889. He was b. June, 1792; d. Apr.
15, 1857. Ch.: Sarah, b. Mar. 22. 1818, d. Aug. 16, 1822; Josiah
Quincy, b. Apr. 2-1, 1825, m. Amanda H. Adams Sept. 13, 1853;.
d. June 15, 1883; Clarissa; John Miron, b. Oct. 4, 1829, d. Nov.
9, 1846.

2078. iii. Jonas Prescott, b. Sept. 22, 1793; m. Rebecca Piper and Louisa

Wheeler.

2079. iv. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1796; m. July 17, 1817, Oliver L. Wheeler; res.

Ashby, Mass. She d. July 5, 1888. He was b. Aug. 6, 1795; d.
May 13, 1891. Ch.: Cynthia Barrett, b. June 30, 1818; m. May
11, 1846, Lewis Raymond of Norwich, Conn., who died same
fall; d. Mar. 30, 1852; Oliver Gushing, b. Sept. 15, 1819; d. Oct. 17,.
1838; Otis Adams, b. Nov. 1, 1820; m. Mar. 12, 1863. Mary Eliza-
beth Jewett, ch., Charles Gushing, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., May
18, 1864, d. Mar. 18, 1868; Ellen Louisa, b. in Fitchburg, Mass.,
Mar. 29, 1866, d. Apr. 25, 1866; Fanny Maria.b. in Fitchburg, Mass.,
Sept. 26, 1867; Walter Otis, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., June 25, 1871;

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Mary Augusta, b. Feb. 7, 1823; m. May 30. 1843, K. W. Knight of
Ashburnham, Mass. He d. Sept. 5, 1858; m. 2d, Nov. 22, I860,
S. G. Frost; ch., Charles Montague, b. Apr. 29, 1846, d. Sept.
1846; Cynthia Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1848; Eddie Hurbert
Frost, b. July 27, 1866, d. Feb. 25, 1867; Charles Merriam,
b. Feb. 12, 1827; d. Sept. 9, 1853; Harriet Whitnev, b. Mar.
16, 1829; m. Apr. 25, 1857, John S. Wetherbee, of New York City,
ch., Adella Frances, b. in New York, Nov. 8, 1858; Miranda
Russell, b. in New York, March 5, 1860, d. Mar. 26, 1861; Hattie
Jane, b. in Ashby, Nov. 19, 1861; Alary Miranda, b. in New York,
Jan. 9, 1863; Charlotte Wheeler, b. in New York, Apr. 14, 1865;
Jane Hubbard, b. May 15, 1830; d. Aug. 19. 1850; Walter Jewett.
b. Apr. 19, 1833; m. Nov. 29, 1859, Abbie Louisa Brown, of
Keene, N. H.; Alice Aurelia, b. Dec. 17, 1834; m. Sept. 14, 1857,
W. F. White of Ashburnham, Mass.; m. 2d, Oct. 20. 1880, J. W.
Pickering of Boston, Mass., lawyer, office 28 School St. R. 31;,
Mary Aurelia, b. at Ashby, Mass.. Oct. 30, 1863; d. Dec. 17, 1863;.
Elizabeth Elmyra, b. July 2, 1838; m. June 16, 1868, Edwin.
Whitney, of Ashby, Mass.; d. July 13, 1887; Cynthia Elizabeth.
Knight, m. Dec. 7, 1868, George Adams Upton, of Townsend,,
Mass., ch., Edson Knight, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 22, 1869;
Fred, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 1, 1871, d. Sept. 24, 1871;
Mary Alice, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 1, 1871, d. Dec. 15,
1872; George Forrest, b. in Townsend, Mass., May 5, 1874;
Charles Amos, b. in Townsend, Mass., Apr. 9, 1879; Roy Frost,,
b. in Townsend, Mass., Apr. 29, 1885.

2080. V. John B. b. Apr. 7, 1801; m. Harriett Gushing.

2081. vi. Nanxy. b. Mar. 29, 18o3; m. Feb. 8, 1825, Asa Holt, res. Ashbv>

She d. May 20, 1851. He was b. Mar. 21, 1801; d. Mar. 3, 1890.
Ch.: Lowell Convers, b. Aug. 19, 1826, m. Mary Ann Hayden
Dec. 20, 1848, P. O. address, Ashby, Mass.; Sarah Jane, b.'Oct.
4, 1828, m. Cyrus Appleton Davis Apr. 12, 1852, P.O., Dixon, III;
Nancv Elmira, b. Oct. 2, 1830, m. Luther Gregory Spaulding
Oct. 3, 1847, P. O., Ashbv. Mass.; Mary Alice, b. Nov. 27, 1835,
d. Aug. 23, 1854; Ellen Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1839, P. O., Elgm,
111.; Lyman Woodrow, b. Mar. 18, 1842, d. Mar. 22, 1863.

2082. vii. Alice, b. Dec. 17, 1806; m. in Ashby, 1837, Calvin J. Tyler. She

d. Sept. 19, 1858. He was b. Nov. 8, 1813; d. Mar. 23, 1887. Ch.:
John Martin, b. Dec. 20, 1838, d. Oct. 16, 1866; Sarah Kendall, b.
Jan. 16, 1840, m. Nov. 14, 1861, M. E. McDowell, res. Leominster;
Willard, b. Aug. 6, 1841,d.Aug.lO, 1845; Laura Matilda, b. May
22, 1844, m. Apr. 23, 1867, A. B. Upham, res. Leominster, Mass.;
Ann Caroline, b. Mar. 18, 1847, d. July 2, 1876; Alice, b. Oct. 3,
1850. d Oct. 3, 1854.

2083. viii. Willia.m, b. July 20, 1798; m. Fanny Lincoln.

865. Jonathan Whitney (Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. May, 8,
1772; m. Sarah Child. She died in 1828, and in her will mentions her sisters Louisa
Bedlow, Mary Shattuck and Belinda Stearns. Isaiah Child was executor. He d. in
•1826; res. Waltham, Mass.

2084. i. Josiah Qcincy, b. 1805, died in 1828; unm.

2085. ii. Jacob C, b. ; left 2 ch.

869. Joel Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Westminster,
Sept. 13, 1765; m. Dec. 4, 1790, Lucy Holden, b. Feb. 25, 1770, d. Dec. 15, 1791; m. 2d
at W., Aug. 16, 1796, Mrs. Abigail (Holden) Merriam, b. Aug. 25, 1767, d. Nov. 18, 1848.

He was a man of vigorous intellect, good practical judgment, and great force of
character. His positive convictions and love of argument won for him in certain
circles the expressive title of "Old Reason." He lived fora few years with his brother
Jonas on the paternal estate, but at length sold to him, and purchased the place now
owned by J. C. Goodridge, on the No. Common, where his remaining life was spent.
His services were much in demand as arbitrator for the settlement of personal dif-
ferences and questions of controversy, requiring for their proper adjustment, good
sense, an impartial judgment, freedom from prejudice, and the disposition to deal
fairly and honorably with all parties concerned. He m. 1st, Lucy.dau.of Abnerand

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Elizabeth (Darby) Holden. She bore him 1 child, and he m. 2d, her sister, Abigail
(Holden) Merriam, wid. of Nathan, by whom he had 6 ch. He d. Apr. 15, 1857, at
Gardner; res. Westminister, Mass.

2086. ii. Joseph H., b. Dec. 27, 1799; m. Betsey Pratt.

2087. i. Cynthia, b. Oct. 12, 1797; m. Sept. 21, 1826, Ebenezer Jones, of

Westminster. She d. Apr. 7, 1891. Ch.: J. Walter, b. Aug. 8,
1829. In 1830 they went to Troy, N. Y. She d. 1892. His wid.
res. 47 Grand Division St., Troy.

2088. iii. Horace, b. Apr. 26, 1802; m. Mary Sawin.

2089. V. Theodore, b. Apr. 2, 1807; m. Betsey Wheeler.

2090. iv. Elizabeth Barnard, b. May 27, 1804; m. Oct. 6, 1825, Timothy

Weeks. She d. Apr. 17, 1887. He was b. in Bridgewater, N. H.,
Nov. 13, 1801 ; d. July 1, 1854. Ch. : Adeline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2,
1826; m. Jan. 24, 1860, to Nathan W. Frye; P. O. address. Mrs.
Nathan W. Frye, 616 Main St., Woburn, Mass.; Mary A., b. July
28, 1828; m. Feb. 1, 1849, Henry A. Fielding; P. O. address,
Mrs. Henry A. Fielding, Bozeman, Mont.; Harriet G.,b. Sept. 25,
1830; m. July 1, 1849; Jeremiah S. Hall; P. O. address, Mrs. H.
G. Hall, 46 Tyler St., Lowell, Mass.; Augustus Whitney, b. Feb.
5, 1833; m. Mar. 25, 1867; Lauretta Frye; d. in Lowell, Feb. 21,
1892; Cynthia Jones, b. Mar. 25, 1836; d. May 15, 1842; Ellen,
b. Oct. 2, 1838; m. Dec. 8, 1862; Rev. E. P. Tenney ; P. O. address,
Mrs. E. P. Tenney, Pembroke, N. H.; Emma D., b. Mar. 13,
1841 ; m. Lester Willson, Mar. 2, 1869; P. O. address, Mrs. Lester
S. Willson, Bozeman, Mont.

2091. vii. Relief Farnsworth, b. Feb. 22, 1810; m. at Troy, N. Y., Oct.

21, 1835, Willet G. Tripp. She d. Apr. 26, 1875; res. Troy and
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was b. Feb. 8, 1810; d. Apr. 17, 1869. Ch.:
Caroline A., b. Sept. 27, 1859; m. Ansen Adams; she d. Apr. 10,
1880; Sarah A., b. Mar. 19, 1842; res. 723 Federal St., Trov, N.
Y.; John W., b. Sept. 7, 1844; m. Mary Higgins; P. O. address,
372 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harriet E., b. May 18, 1847; m.
Henry Parker; P. O. addres?, 285 Clifton PL, Brooklyn, N; Y.;
Franklyn M., b. May 18, 1850; m. June, 1879, Alma Morris; P.O.
address, 223 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; four other children,
who died in infancv.

2092. vi. Lucy, b. Nov. 25, 1791; m. Oct. 28, 1813, Joseph Brown, of West-

minster. Ch.: Lucy, b. July 14, 1814; m. Rev. Robert Stuart;
George, b. Dec. 12, 1816; m. Mary Perkins; Huldah, b. Sept. 8,
1818; m. Calvin Whitney, Sept. 7, 1837; Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1820;
m. Mary Everett. The mother d. Oct. 18, 1821.

870. Squire Jonas Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Nov. 10, 1761; m. there Dec. 1, 1785, Elizabeth Raymond, of Princeton; b.
1766; d. Nov. 18, 1857.

Jonas Whitney, Jr., was born in Westminster, and succeeded to the estate of his
father. He was a man of marked natural ability and strength of character. Of
excellent judgment, well informed, thoroughly upright and trustworthy, he held a
high place in public esteem, and was often chosen to fill important posts of public
service, the duties of which he discharged with singular fidelity and effectiveness.
He was 11 years selectman, 24 years assessor, and 13 years representative to the
General Court, a term of service in that capacity more than twice as long as that of
any other person in the history of the town. He was also justice of the peace, being
well known as "Squire Whitney," and had much to do in the administration and
settlement of estates. His life was long, busy, useful, and full of honor. He d. Jan.
3,.1839; res. Westminster, Mass.
" 2093. i. Harrison G., b. Jan. 2, 1812; m. Louisa Carpenter and Eliza

Solander.

2094. ii. Betsey, b. Sept. 3, 1786; d. July 7, 1787.

2095. iii. Polly Everett, b. Oct. 25, 1792; m. Feb. 1816, John Perkins;

b. Feb. 25, 1789; d. in Morris, 111., Nov. 3, 1868. She d. Aug. 10,
1874. Ch. Mary, b. Nov. 1816; m Geo. Brown, 1839; d. 1888.
Her dau., Mrs. A. F. Barker, Monticello, Minn.; Eliza, b. May,
1817; m. Isaac Whitney, 1842; d. 1890; Mrs. S. B. W. Olsen,
dau., Santa Barbara, Cal. (See elsewhere.); Joseph, b. 1820;

2098.

vi.

2099.

VII.

2100.

Vll!

2101.

IX.

2102.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 157

address Monticello, Minn.; Myra, b. 1822; d. 1848; Harrison, b.
1824; address Westminster, Mass.; Catharine, b. 1831, d. 18o3-
Nancy Whitney, b Dec. 4, 1828; m. Oct. 10, 1856, Henry E.
Stevens; res. 34 Grove St., Norwich, Conn.; four other ch. d.
young.

2096. iv. Almira, b. July 16, 1799; m. Leonard Minott and Joel Cowee, of
Gardner. She d. s. p. Sept. 1, 1872.

2097, v. Nancy, b. Mar. 9, 1803; m. Aratas Raymond; res. W.; 3 ch. She
d. Aug. 7, 1875; a dau. Mary res. Gardner.

Charles, b. Mar. 21, 1797; m. Sarah Howard.
Joseph, b. Dec. 18, 1794; m. Sally Harrington.
Jonas, b. July 20, 1807; m. Lucinda Damon.
Betsey, b. Apr. 1, 1788; m. Abijah Whitnev (See).
Arethusa, b. Sept. 26, 1790; d. Aug. 4, 1796.

872. Capt. Benjamin Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Mass., Apr. 28, 1770; m. 1794, Nancy Fuller, b. Newton, Mass., Feb. 14, 1767;
d. Sept. 20, 1855.

He was a noted school teacher in his younger days, was prominent in town
affairs and captain of the local military company. Was selectman for several vears.
and was town clerk for several years. Though not a professor of religion he was an
upright and moral man, a good citizen and knid neighbor. He d. June 27, 1852; res.
Marlboro, N. H.

2103. i. Benjamin, b. May 25, 1802; m. Elmira Stimpson.

2104. ii. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1796; m. June 2, 1819, Solomon Sawtell, of Rindge,

N. H. She d. Apr. 17. 1864. He was b. Apr. 6, 1786; d. Dec. 13,
1861; was a shoemaker. Ch.: Benjamin Whitney Sawtell, 20
Bartlett St., Charleston, Mass.; John L. Sawtell, Mansfield, Mass.;
Mrs. Jane L. S. Richardson, 51 Arlington St., Fitchburg, Mass.;
Amaziah Sawtell, 292 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich.; Edwin Saw-
tell, 695 N. Main St., Brockton, Mass. Benjamin Whitney
Sawtell m. Rebecca Ann Jessop, Nov. 6, 1844. Their children
were 7: Benj. Whitney Sawtell, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1845, d. Aug. 19,
1856; Harriet Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18. 1847, d. Jan. 28, 1867; Re-
becca Addielade, b. Aug. 26, 1849; m. Sept. 27, 1883 to Charles
W. Marsh, residing Fells Station. Melrose, Mass; then two
small children died in infancv of Benj. W. Sawtell's family;
afterwards were Ida Whitney.'b. Nov. 5, 1867; m. July 4, 1889,
to Charles S. Chapman, residing 20 Bartlett St., Charlestown,
Mass. (one child), Mildred Viola Chapman, b. Apr. 4. 1890; Her-
bert Russell Sawtell, b. Sept. 16, 1869, res. 20 Bartlett St.,
Charlestown, Mass.

2105. iii. RuHANNAH. b. Jan. 11, 1798; m. Mar. 28, 1826, Jeremiah R. Need-

ham, of Hollis, N. H., 2 sons. She d. in Hollis.

2106. iv. Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1799; m. May 14, 1829, Joel Barker, of Milford,

N. H. She d. there.

2107. v. Lydia, b. May 15, 1800; m. Dec. 6, 1836, Abner Bailey, of Jaffrey,

N. H. She d. there Mar. 7, 1872.

2108. vi. Sophronia, b. Nov. 25, 1803; m. Jan. 22, 1829, Moses Parmerter;

res. Pepperell, Mass., and she d. there. He was b. Aug. 19,
1803; d. Nov. 11, 1863. He was a cabinet maker. Ch.: Eliza
Maria Parmenter, b. Nashua, N. H., Feb. 28, 1830; m. to James
Hobart Sept. 15, 1853. Present address Ea. Pepperell, Mass.;
ch., James Francis, b. Ea. Pepperell July 14, 1854; m. Nov., 1878.
Present address, Hartford, Conn., "The Linden," roorh 47; Hattie
Hobart, b. July 18, 1861, E. Pepperell, Mass.; m. Oct. 15, 1880,
at E. Pepperell, Mass. Present address, Mrs. Hattie Hobart,
Libby, E. Pepperell, Mass.; Charles Whitney Parmenter, b. in
East Wilton, N. H., Jan. 10, 1832; d. Nashua, N. H.; Mrs. E.
Maude Harvey, 36 Otterson street, Nashua, N. H.

2109. vii. Jonas, b. July 4, 1805; m. Charlotte Farman.

2110. viii. Syrena, b. Oct. 16, 1808; m. Mav 7, 1846, Louis Mclntire, of Ash-

burnham, Mass., where she d. July 9. 1851.

2111. ix. Harriett, b. May 22, 1812; m. Sept. 15, 1835, James Hobart; res.

Pepperell, Mass.

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2114.

2115.

2116.

iii.

2117.

iv.

2119.

vi.

2120.

vii.

2121.

viii

2122.

ix.

2112. X. Ben-jamin, b. Oct. 29, 1796; d. infancy.

2113. xi. Lucv, b. Oct. 8, 1807; d. Nov. 11, 1807.

881. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney (Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. Abigail Frotheringham; b. May 24, 1760. He was born in Water-
town in 1759, and in early life was a teacher, afterward a trader and farmer. For sev-
eral years he was justice of the peace, town clerk and selectman. During the
Revolutionary war he was in the Watertown company commanded by Capt. Brooks,
He d. Dec. 17, 1833; res. Watertown, Mass.

Nathaniel R., b. May 27, 1782; m. Sally Stone.

Polly (or Martha), b. Feb. 10, 1784; m. Skelton.

James B., b. Mar. 23, 1786; d. bef. 1833.

Francis, b. June 29, 1788. A Francis Whitney whom I have been

unable to place, but probably this one, m. Mary and

resided in Natick, Mass. Their child, Frances, died there Apr.
30, 1819, aged eight months, and was interred in the South
Natick grave yard. Francis' name is not found, however, on
the Natick town or church records or tax lists.
2118. V. Hannah, b. July 5, 1791; m. Mar. 12, 1815, pub. Joseph Frothing-
ham Tafts, b. July 19, 1790. He was a tanner and agent for
various trusts. She d. Aug. 15, 1872. He d. Sept. 17, 1854; res.
Cambridge, Mass. Ch.: James B., b. Jan. 14, 1817; Joseph F,,
b. Nov. 11, 1819; Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1822; George F., b. Oct. 19,
1825; Alfred, b. Aug. 14, 1829.
George C.b. Aug. 18, 1793.
William, b Oct. 20, 1795.
Simon, b. Oct. 30, 1797; m. Mary Walker.
John, b. Oct. 10, 1800.

890. Richard Whitney (Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Water-
town, Mass., Jan. 12, 1782; m. in Amherst, Apr. 23, 1816, Mary Elizabeth Parker,
b. May 20, 1797; d. May 13, 1879.

He was a carriage trimmer and harnessmaker by trade. He d. Nov. 25, 1863;
res. Amherst, Mass.

2123. i. Simon W., b. Nov. 21, 1817; m. Emeline L. Belding, Sarah Ingram

and Samantha Atherton.
Richard S., b. Feb. 13, 1819; m. Amelia Arrington.
Samuel F., b. July 18, 1820; res. Emery St., Springfield, Mass.
Sarah A. M., b. June 25. 1822; d. Oct. 28, 1824.

Elisha p., b. June 19, 1824; m. .

Sarah A. M., b. Oct. 24, 1826; d. Mar. 2, 1861.

Caroline Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1828; m. Simons; d.

June 19, 1863.

895. Charles Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 16,

1780; m. Sybil Chenery, b. ; d. Feb. 28, 1868. He was a stonemason. He d.

June 9, 1850; res. Watertown, Mass.

2130. ii. Bradshaw S., b. June 4, 1817; m. Nancy Ruggles.

2131. i. Anne Aspinwall, b. June 24, 1812; m. May 17, 1839, Thomas

Learned. He was a farmer, was b. Jan. 12,18)1; d. Aug. 28,
1848; res. 69 E. Main St., Marlboro, Mass. Ch.: Ann Augusta,
b. Nov. 17, 1840; m. June 13, 1888, Loring A. Barnard; res.
69 E. Main St., Marlboro; Eleanor Sargent, b. Oct. 19, 1844; m.
Dec. 23, 1866, Geo. B. Starbird; res. 35, 15th St., Buffalo, N. Y.

902. Daniel Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., July 3, 1763.

He was born in Worcester, Mass., and when quite a young man served in the
Revolutionary war for three months. He suffered severely from exposure, and had
a pension granted him Mar. 4, 1831. He was a farmer, and d. in Oxford, Me., in
1852; res. Oxford, Me.

2132. Leafy, b. ; m. Rich; res. Lawrence, Mass.; res.

Lawrence, Mass.

903. William Clark Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 19, 1765; m. Mar. 23, 1799, Sophia Fuller, of Hebron, Me., b.

2124.

ii.

2125.

iii.

2126.

iv.

2127.

v.

2128.

vi.

2129.

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Mar. 23, 1779; m. 2d, Dec. 6, 1816, Deborah Patch, of Otisfield, Me., b. July 20, 1787,
•d. Dec. 26, 1873.

William Clark Whitney was born in Worcester, Mass., and with his brother
Daniel, became a proprietor of lands at Paris, Me., by purchase from his father
Joshua. William C. commenced his career four miles through the woods in township
No. 4, now Paris, Me., and clearing up land, after a few years went to Hebron,
where he lived about thirty-seven years. In 1832 he moved to Norway, where he
died in 1859. He was a prominent business man, having filled the offices of justice
<3f the peace, one of the associate justices of the Court of Sessions, representative
to the General Court of Massachusetts, high sheriff of the County of Oxford eight
years, selectman of the town of Hebron 17 years, besides other offices of
honor and trust. He was a live man, in every sense of the word, and never idle. He
was a very capable and successful business man, and amassed one of the largest
estates ever accumulated in that county. He d. Oct. 6, 1859; res. Worcester, Mass.,
Paris, Topsham, Hebron and Norway, Me.

2133. i. Marv C, b. Mar. 7, 1800; d. Aug. 25. 1801.

2134. ii. Harriet, b. Apr. 9, 1801; m. Dr. Solomon P. Cushman, of Bruns-

wick Me., and d. 1843.

2135. iii. Fanny, b. Jan. 6, 1803; m. Stephen Cummings. He d. in Norway,

Me., in 1863; she d. 1842.

2136. iv. Sophia F., b. Oct. 10, 1806; m. William Goddard. of Bethel, Me.,

and Dec. 7, 1843.

2137. v. William C, b. Nov. 21, 1809; d, unm.. Mar. 1861.

2138. vi. Jane F., b. Oct. 25, 1812; m. 1838, James S. Greenleaf ; res. Norway,

He was b. Feb. 5, 1814; d. Dec. 13, 1860; was a carpenter. Ch.:
Chas. F., b. Sept. 20, 1839; m. Euphemia J. Bradbury, Mar. 10,
1864; address, Norway, Me.; Helen, b. Oct. 28, 1841; m. Philo S.
Cherry; address, Red Creek, N. Y.; she was married Nov. 5,
1859; Solomon, b. Jan. 17, 1846; m. Susan Compton, of Gifford,
S. C, Apr. 15, 1871; he d. Nov. 2, 1882, leaving a widow and two
children; Mary J., b. Apr. 25, 1848; address, Norway, Me.; unm.;
Flora, b. Oct. 15, 1850; unm.; address, Sedalia, Mo.; James, b.
Mar. 23, 1853, d. May 20, 1884; unm.

George P., b. Aug. 13, 1819; m. Ermina P. Packard.

Deborah P., b. Mar. 22, 1822; d. May 27, 1822.

Sarah P., b. Mar. 22, 1822; d. Apr. 3, 1822.

Sarah D., b. June 2, 1824; d. July, 1863.

Edwin, b. Sept 8, 1829; d. June 19, 1832.

907. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., June 17, 1773. He was born in Worcester, Mass.; was a farmer. In 1826 he
resided in New York State. It is said he died in Quebec; res. m New York State.

2144. i. Isaac, b. .

908. Israel Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., Apr. 6, 1781; m. in Worcester, Feb. 23, 1799, Lucy Mahan; b. Oct. 18, 1780; d.
Dec. 16, 1858. He was born in Worcester, Mass.; was a farmer. His will is dated
Mar. 28, 1854, and proved Mar 4, 18.56. Isaac Davis and Widow Lucy were execu-
tors. He d. Feb. 1, 1856; res. Worcester, Mass.

214.5. i. John, b. Apr. 9, 1820; m. Martha Parks.

2146. ii. Sarah, b. June 13, 1800, m. Daniel Goddard. She d. Aug. 21, 1888;

res. Worcester, Mass. Son Luther D.; res. Worcester.

2147. iii. Nancy, b. Sept. 8, 1802; m. Capt. Bezaleel White. She d. June 8,

1854; res. Worcester, Mass. and Paris, Me. He was captain of
the militia company that escorted Lafayette from Worcester to
Boston in 1824. In 1828 he removed to Maine. He d. June 27,
1874. Ch.: Mary Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1825; d. Sept. 30, 1841; Lucy
Jane, b. June 20, 1827; m. Francis E. Richards; res. Oxford;
Eunice M., b. Aug. 20, 1830; m. Paul Weixler; res. W.; Eliza W..
b. Mar. 7, 1833; d. Mar. 4, 1872; Wttt. B., b. Aug. 28, 1835, was
colonel in the war; res. Quincy, Mass.; Sarah J., b. Oct.. 20, 1837;
d. Aug. 30, 1854; Geo. C, b. Apr. 4, 1843.

2148. iv. Mary, b. May 2, 1805; m. Calvin Flagg of West Boylston, 1834.

She d. Apr. 20, 1868.

2139.

vii.

2140.

vui

2141.

IX,

2142.

x.

2143.

xi.

160 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2149. V. Julia, b. June 30, 1807; m. Jan. 2, 1828, John C. Greenleaf of War-

ner, N. H. She d. Feb. 10, 1887. Son Levi C. Greenleaf. stock
yards, Chicago.

2150. vi. Abigail, b. Jan. 11,1813; m. Jonas Hartshorn. She d. Mar. 23,

1862; res. Worcester.

2151. vii. Almira, b. Feb. 2, 1818; m. Nov. 24, 1836, Loren H. Wrisley of

Norway, Me.; s. p.

2152. viii. Joshua, b. Mar. 30, 1815; m. Sept. 28, 1839, Caroline Pope. He

d. Mar. 2, 1859, s. p.; res. Worcester, Mass.

2153. ix. Eliza, b. Jan. 17, 1822; m. Jan. 28, 1846. David B. Fiske; res.

Framingham, Mass. He was b. Aug. 13, 1820. Ch.: Sarah
Emma. b. Apr. 15, 1848; m. Feb. 11, 1886, Dr. Elisha M. W^hite of
Boston, who d. July 14, 1890; Ella Whitney, b. Aug. 1. 1850. Both
res. in F.

2154. X. Lucy M., b. June 14, 1809; m. 1832. Asa Thayer of Paris, Me. She

d. Jan. 15. 1850.

914. Henry Whitney (Henry, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,
Mass., ; m. at Dummerston, Vt., Fanny Miller; res. Dummerston, Vt.

2155. i. Betsey, b. in 1802; m. Jan. 24, 1821, Noble Holton.

2156. ii. Lydia, b. ; m. Oct. 23, 1828. Jerry Perry.

2167. iii. Fanny, b. ; m. June 15, 1829, Worden Babcock.

2158. iv. Mary, b. ; m. Wm. Rice.

2169. v. Hannah, b. ; m. Plympton.

2160. vi. Maria, b. .

2161. vii. Catherine, b. .

2162. viii. Freedom, b. .

2163. ix. Lucy. b.

2164. X. William, b. .

2165. xi. Henry, b. .

2166. xii. Charles, b. .

920. Israel Whitney (Israel. Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,
Mass., Mar. 10, 1775; m. at Needham Jan. 1, 1799, Mary Fuller, b. Oct. 16, 1780; d.
Jan. 18, 1859. He was postmaster for years. He d. July 16, 1846; res. Needham,
IVIrss

2167. i. Permelia, b. Oct. 14, 1799; m. Jan. 24, 1819, Ira Allen, b. July 11,

1797. She d. Apr. 25, 1836. He was proprietor of a line of
teams running between Pawtucket and Providence, R. I. Ch.:
Emily, b. Feb. 23, 1820; Emily. 2d. b. Mar. 14, 1822; m. W^m.
White; Fanny, b. May 8, 1823; William Pitt. b. Jan. 19, 1832; m.
Nov. 3, 1851, Elizabeth J. Pratt, at Pawtucket, R. I. Present
address, 194 Cottage St., Pawtucket, R. I.; his dau. is Emily
F.; res. Boston, Mass.; p. o. box 2177; Mary Frances, b. Mar.
18. 1834; Frances Whitney, b. Mar. 26, 1836.

2168. ii. Mary Richards, b. June 11, 1802; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Henry C.

Snell; res. Medway, Mass. She d. s. p. May 31, 1886.

2169. iii. Ann Frances, b. Apr. 13, 1808; m. Apr. 20, 1826, Lemuel Lyon,

She d. Apr. 9, 1842. He was b. Feb. 2, 1806; d. Yokohama,
Japan, Apr. 6, 1871; was a merchant. Ch.: Israel Whitney, b.
Apr. 27, 1827, 88 Maiden Lane, N. Y.; Sarah Brown, b. Oct. 23,
1828; Ellen Frances, b. May 23, 1831; E. Mary Maria, b. May
22, 1832; Levina Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1835; Lemuel Elisha. b. Oct.
11. 1837; Henrv and Harriet, twins, b. Sept. 1840.

2170. iv. Levina, b. Feb.' 11, 1804; m. Mar. 26, 1844, Stephen Utley; m.

Sept. 26, 1849, Jonathan S. Fuller; m. 3d Nov. 12, 1851, Elisha
Converse, of Palmer. She d. Apr. 21, 1888.

921. Israel Whitney (Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. at Beverly,
Nov. 4. 1797; m. there May 10. 1826. Mary Hopkins Flagg; b. July. 1804, in Beverly;
d. in Boston, Aug. 9, 1872.

Israel Whitney, in his early life, was a shipmaster and supercargo in the East
India trade, and sailed in the employ of Col. Israel Thorndike, of Beverly. "Our
older citizens will remember the burning of the ship Beverly at sea. in the year
1827, with Mr. Whitney, supercargo, the thrilling incidents connected with it, his

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 161

heroic efforts to save the burning ship, his coolness and bravery, and his great suffer-
ings from exposure in an open boat at sea for many days." [From the Beverly
Citizen.] This account might have added their capture and imprisonment as pirates,
at Algiers, and Mr. Whitney's journey across the desert to obtain ransom for his
companions. Upon retiring from the sea he became interested in manufacturing,
and was a member of the firm of Stanton, Nichols & Whitney. Afterwards he
became treasurer of the Lowell Manufacturing Corporation, was a director in the
Merchants' bank for thirty years, a director in the National Insurance Company for
thirty years, treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing, and one of the leading officers
in the Boston Marine Society. He was also a large buyer of cotton for the factories
which called him to New Orleans, where he resided part of the time to facilitate the
business entrusted to his charge. He was a sagacious business man, his superior
business qualifications made him a wise counselor, and he was called upon to fill
several oftices of trust. " He was one of those men, of whom it may be said, he had
not an enemy in the world, or if he bad, it must have been one so unworthy and per-
verse himself that no man would desire him for a friend." He d. Nov. 12, 1871; res.
Lowell and Boston, Mass.

2171. i. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1828; m. July 19, 1849, Salem Towne

Lamb; res. High Street, Brookline, Mass.; b. in Charlton, Mass.,
Sept. 19, 1821; d. Apr. 16, 1883. Ch.: Henry Whitney, b. Bos-
ton, Oct. 13, 1853; P. O. address, Lamb & Ritchie, Cambridge-
port, Mass.; res. High Street, Brookline, Mass.; Augusta Towne,
b. Boston, Mar. 8, 1855; P. O. address, High street, Brookline,
Mass.; Elizabeth Whitney, b. Boston, Oct. 18, 1859; m. Arthur
Williams, Jr., Brooklme, June 26, 1888; P. O. address, Brook-
line, Mass.
Israel G., b. Jan. 30, 1831; m. Christiana K. S. Sargent.
George, b. Nov. 1, 1832; m. Mary E. Rea and Elizabeth Whitney.
Eunice, b. Sept. 22, 1834; d. June 15. 1888.
Stanton, b. Sept. 21, 1836; m. Alice R. Sutton.
Fred'k, b. in 1838; d. July, 1840.
Charles, b. Dec. 20, 1840; m. Jessie G. Perkins.
Fred'k, b. June 22, 1843; res. Bos' on.
Frank, b. July 2, 1846; res. Boston.
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1849; res. Boston.

Edward Farley, b. Apr. 26, 1851; res. Boston; address, 43 State
Street; in banking business; res. 37 Chestnut street.

Michael Whitney (Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John John), b. Beverly,
m. Nancy Leech; m. 2d Elizabeth Leech. He d. in 1867; res. Bev-

W^M. Michael, b. June 12, 1820; res. Beverly. Dau. Elizabeth
m. George Whitney.

Elisha, b. ; res. Beverly.

Sarah Ellen, b. ; m. Dr. Charles Haddock; res. Beverly.

935. Rev. Peter Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Sept. 6,
1744; m. Mar. 11, 1768, Julia Lambert, dau. of William, of Reading, b. Apr. 9,1742.

Rev. Peter Whitney, A. M., the son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, was born in Peters-
ham, Mass., Sept. 6. 1744. After attending the schools of his native town he entered
Harvard College, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1762.
When he entered the university he was only thirteen years and ten months old — an
age much younger than but few have entered since. One of the first acts of the
newly incorporated town of Fitchburg was to note in town meeting, Nov. 26, 1764,
"To have Sabbath days preaching the winter insuing." It was also voted. "To
have preaching in Thomas Cowdin s house," and the committee on preaching were
instructed "to apply to Peter Whitney." among others Accordingly the committee
applied to and secured the Rev. Peter Whitney, who went there and preached in the
tavern of Thomas Cowdin, during the summer and winter. In the year 1766 there
was not any preaching, and the inhabitants of the town were obliged to attend in
Lunenburg. In 1767 application was made to Rev. Peter Whitney, but having
recived a call elsewhere, he declined. He was ordained minister at Northborough,
Mass., Nov. 4, 1767. He was the author of an excellent history of Worcester County
(Worcester, 1793), single sermons and papers in the " Memoirs of the American
Academy." He was a very methodical man, always walking with his wife to meeting,
followed by his ten children, always in the exact order of their age. He was an easy-

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going man, perhaps more absorbed in the political issues of his day than in direct
aggressive work. We give the following as illustrating a state of things which was
once a matter of importance, but which has entirely passed away: A family in
Northboro lost a member, and Dr. Puffer, of Berlin, was invited to officiate at' the
funeral. He complied, whereupon Rev. Peter Whitney, the minister of the town,

wrote that unless the matter was satisfactorily explained,
all ministerial intercourse must cease. This was founded
on the fact that the old parishes had territorial limits, be-
yond which a minister was regarded as an interloper. Dr.
Puffer recognized this claim, but explained his action in
this case in such a way that Mr. Whitney was satisfied,
and amicable relations were restored. The correspondence
is a fine specimen of precise, dignified and courteous com-
position. But what a change I No one would think cf
restricting a protestant family in the choice of a minister
on the sad occasion of a funeral. The following notice of
Mr. Whitney is quoted from the " History of Northborough,"
by his successor, as a just tribute to his memory: "Dis-
tinguished for the urbanity of his manners, easy and
familiar in his intercourse with his people; hospitable to
strangers, and always ready to give a hearty welcome to his

numerous friends; punctual to his engagements; observing

EEv. PETEK WHITNEY. an cxact method in the distribution of his time; having a

time for everything, and doing everything in its time,
without hurry or confusion; conscientious in the discharge of his duties as a Christian
minister; catholic in his principles and in his conduct; always taking an interest in
whatever concerned the prosperity of the town and the interests of religion — he was
for many years the happy minister of a kind and affectionate people." His will
was probated Sept. 28, 1813. Nahum Fay, Esq., of Northboro, was executor, and the
document mentions his wife Julia; daughter Elizabeth; son Maj. Thomas Whitney;
son Rev. Peter Whitney; daughter Julia, m. Capt. Antipas Brigham; daughter Mar-
garet, m. Dr. Josiah Adams; son Capt. William Whitney; son Abel Whitney; son John
Whitney; son Aaron Whitney; daughter Sally, m. Lemuel Bracket. He d. Feb. 19,
1816; res. Northboro, Mass.

2185. i. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1775; m. in Quincy, Mass., Ebenezer

Adams. She d. s. p. Sept. 26, 1856.
Peter, b. Jan. 19, 1770; m. Jane Lambert Lincoln.
Abel, b. Nov. 3, 1781; m. Susanna White.

Thomas L., b. Dec. 10, 1768; m. Mary Lincoln. He d. June, 1812.
John, b. Sept. 29, 1785; m. Sophia Vinal.
Julia, b. Aug. 25, 1772; m. 1799, Capt. Antipas Brigham. She d.

Nov. 29, 1800.
William, b. Dec. 14, 1776; m. Zilpah Eager.

Julia, b. ; d. in infancy.

Aaron, b. Aug. 17, 1778. Went west.

Sally, b. Nov. 3, 1781; m. Jan. 6, 1806, Lemuel Brackett, of
Quincy. She d. May 3, 1864. He was b. Sept. 8, 1780; d. Feb.
14,1869. Was in real estate business. Ch.: Sally Whitney, b.
Jan. 7, 1808; m. Jeffrey Richardson, of Boston, at Quincv, Sept.
16, 1828; d. Dec. 2, 1837; Samuel Eaton, b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. in
Boston to Carolina S. Callender, June 11, 1834; d. November 3,
1890; Rebecca Richardson, b. Mar. 26, 1809; m. to William
L. Whitney, of Cam., at Quincy, July 28, 1840; d. Dec. 3, 1881;
James, b. Nov. 26, 1810; m. to S. Elizabeth Whitney Jan. 31,
1856; d. Aug. 21, 1827; Julia Lambert, b. June 18. 1812; m. Jef-
frey Richardson, June 27, 1839, at Quincy; d. Mar. 13, 1886;
Nancy, b. Aug. 31, 1813; unm.; living; Jeffrey Richardson, b.
Oct. 27, 1815; m. to Sarah C. Richardson, of Boston, Feb. 24,
1851; d. Oct. 26, 1871; son of Samuel Eaton, Geo. C. Brackett,
227 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; dau. of Sally, Mrs. Charles F.
White, 213 Commonwealth Ave., Boston; dau. of Rebecca, Miss
Lucy N. Whitney, 31 Hawthorne St., Cambridge; no children
of James; son of Julia Lambert, Dr. William L. Richardson, 225
Commonwealth Ave., Boston; Nancy, unm. and living; son of
. Jeffrey, Jeffrey R. Brackett, 10 Madison St., W. Baltimore, Md.

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2195. X. . Margaret, b. Feb. 12, 1774; m. Dr. Josiah Adams, of Quincy.
She d. Feb. 3, 1849.

936. Dr. Paul Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Mar. 23,
1753, in Petersham, Mass.; m. Oct. 2, 1763, Charlotte Clapp; b. East Cambridge,
Mass., Jan. 10, 1763. She m. for her 2d husb. Rev. Martin Tullar. She d. Apr. 7,
1833

Dr. Paul Whitney, born March 23, 1753, died Feb., 1795, was the fifth son of
Rev. Aaron Whitney, one of the earliest graduates of Harvard College, who was born
in Littleton, March 14, 1714, and afterward settled in Petersham, Dec, 1738, died
in 1779. He was a clergyman distinguished in his day and generation for piety and
literary attainments, and in common with the clergy of that time took an active part
in the stir»-ing events prior to, and at the time of the breaking out of the American
Revolution, He was supposed to have had an extensive correspondence with the
•descendants of the Whitney family in England, and to have possessed much valu-
able statistical information relating thereto.

Epitaph

While this stone shall last, let it commemorate

Paul Whitney A M & M D

A deacon of the church in this place, who, March 9th 1795 aged 42 departed this

life— a man of an honest & noble heart, and though without office, was capable in

any office, of doing honour to his Country.

Columns and Urns but vainly show
A Scene of decorated woe.
The friend who's faithful and sincere,
Will need no help to force the tear.
Regardless of the labourd verse.
It ffows spontaneous o'er his hearse.
And flow it will, while virtue's friend.
Or kindred souls a tear can lend.
He d. Mar. 9, 1795; res. Westfield, Mass.

Wm. Barron, b. Aug. 30, 1784; d unm. in 1832.
Henry, b. Apr. 18, 1786; m. Nabby Tullar.
George, b. Jan. 12, 1788; rev. to Maine; m., but d. s. p.
Paul, b. Apr. 16, 1789; m. Lucy Cushing Stone.
Charlotte Clapp, b. June 12, 1791; m. at Royalton, Vt., Rev.
Chester Wright. He was b. Hanover, N. H., was a Congrega-
tional minister; d. at Montpelier, Vt., Apr. 16, 1840. She d. June
16, 1859. Ch.: Jonathan Edwards, b. Mar. 15, 1813; m. Fanny
Wyman Houghton, 3 ch.; Charlotte Whitney, b. Mar. 13, 1814;
Julia, b. Jan. 11, 1817; m. at Hardwick, Vt., July 6, 1837. Joseph
Wilder Howes, b. Nov. 5, 1813; d. at Boston, May 13, 1890, s. p.;
res. Montpelier, Vt.; William Wilberforce; Eliza Maria, b. Oct.
8,1819; Mary. All deceased but Mrs. Howes.
2201. vi. Charles Fred'k, b. May 6, 1794; d. infancy.

937. Major Abel Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Peter-
sham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1756; m. Dec. 23, 1783, Clarissa Dwight, b. July 4, 1762; d. at
Northampton Aug. 22, 1820. After his death she was married in 1809 to Calvin
Waldo, Esq., of Dalton.

Mrs. Whitney was an intelligent and lovely woman, faithful to her household,
and a patient, gentle, earnest and careful mother and wife. After the death of her
second husband she resided with her son, Josiah, at whose house, in Northampton, she
died.

From the Dwight Book: " Major Abel Whitney, a merchant of Westfield, Mass.,
born Petersham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1756 (son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, of Littleton, Mass.,
and Alice Baker, of Phillipston, Mass.), grad. Harvard 1773, and studied law with
Col. John Worthington, but abandoned the pursuit of the profession on account of
the troublous times of the Revolution, and entered into mercantile life. He was a
man of more than ordinary talents, and held several government offices, as commis-
•sioner of taxes, postmaster, etc. He was also a Major of militia and aid to Gen.
Sheperd, who was the commanding officer in Springfield in the battle had there in
the Shay's rebellion. He was a decidedly religious man. He m. Dec. 23, 1783,
Clarissa Dwight, of Springfield, b. July 4, 1762, dau. of Josiah Dwight and Elizabeth
Buckminster." He d. Mar. 2, 1807; res. Westfield, Mass.

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2202. i. Elizabeth Buckminster, b. Jan. 4, 1785, unm.; d. at Northamp-

ton, Jan. 31, 1860.

2203. ii. JosiAH DwiGHT, b. July 9, 1786; m. Sarah Williston and Clarissa

To rri pc

2204. iii. Clarissa, b. Mar. 22, 1788, unm; d. Jan. 24, 1871, in North-

ampton.

2205. iv. Franxes, b. Dec. 5. 1789; m. Oct. 8, 1810, Rev. Horatio Waldo, b.

iMar. 5, 1778; d. May 3, 1846. She d. Dec. 26, 1871. He was a
son of Dr. John Waldo and grad. at Williams College in 1804,
was a tutor there 1806-7. Settled in Griswold, Conn., 1810-30,
but on account of poor health resigned and removed to Portage,
N. Y., where he preached occasionally. Ch.: John, b. Aug. 10,
1811; m. Eunice Flint; he d. Dec. 1, 1868; Dwight, b. Nov. 26,
1814; m. Julia Ball and Juliette Hitchcock; Sarah, b. June 7,
1818; m. Elmon D. Smith; Frances, b. June 24, 1820; m. Dr.
Jas. S. Cowdrey; res. Lafayette, Ind.; Harriett, b. May 11, 1822;
m. Wm. S. McNair; Margaret, b. Oct. 28, 1824; m. Dr. Lorin J.
Ames; res. Mt. Morris, N. Y.

2206. V. A Son, b. Aug. 3, 1791; d. same day.

2207. vi. Fran-CIS, b. Oct. 10, 1792, unm.; d. at N. Dec. 30, 1863.

2208. vii. Robert, b. Aug. 18, 1794; m. Margaret Dwight.

2209. viii. Sarah, b. July 8, 1796; m. Sept. 5, 1821, Henry Marsh, b. Feb. 9,

1797; d. June 4, 1852. The grandson of Dr. Perez, grad. Harvard
Coll., 1748. She d. Racine, Wis., Mar. 11, 1883. He grad. Will.
Coll. 1815; res. at Dalton and Pittsfield, Mass., Racine, Wis.,
Sandusky, O., and St. Louis; m. at Northampton, Mass. Was
a lawyer, merchant and manufacturer. Ch.: Henry Lawrence,
b. July 9, 1822; Rev. Dwight Whitney, b. Nov. 5, 1823; Col. Cal-
vin Waldo, b. Apr. 8, 1825; Robert, b. Apr. 25, 1828; d. Dec. 18.
1828; Elizabeth Willard, b. Nov. 28, 1829; d. Apr. 24. 1882;
Clarissa Dwight, b. Feb. 4, 1834; Sarah Williams, b. May 24,
1836; d. May 14, 1841; Charles Francis, b. Oct. 11, 1842; all b. at
Dalton except C. F.,b. at Pittsfield.

2210. ix. Caroline, b. May 10, 1798; d. Aug. 21, 1804.

2211. X. Abel, b. Mar. 15, 1800; m. Pamelia Babcock and Belinda Baxter

Bliss.

2212. xi. Hannah Buckminster, b. Dec. 28, 1802; d. Aug. 12, 1804.

939. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Mose^. Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Sept. 5, 1746; m. 1772. Hannah Stearnes, b. Nov. 14, 1748; d. Feb. 1, 1784; m. 2d
Sept., 1784. Hannah Willard; b. Oct. 14, 1754; d. Sept. 28, 1812.

He was the fourth son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, of Petersham. His first wife
was dau. of Rev. David Stearnes, of Lunenburg. After his death his widow m. Mar.
16, 1794, Asahel Pomeroy, of Northampton, by whom she had one child, Hannah, b.
Jan. 31, 1795, who m. Robert Edwards. Aaron was a merchant in Northfield, Mass.
He d. Apr., 1790; res. Northfield, Mass.

2213. iii. William Henry, b. Jan. 22, 1779; m. Clarissa Wolcott.

2214. i. Aaron Stearns, b. Aug. 27, 1773; d. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 6,

1796.

2215. ii. Sally Baker, b. Feb. 28, 1775; m. Erastus Barnard; res. Canan-

daigua, N. Y. She d. July 15, 1825. Ch.: Maria Augusta, b.
Nov., 1800; Sally, b. Sept., 1803; Erastus Stearns, b. May, 1805;
d. N. O., La., 18;34; Charles Backus, b. Apr., 1807; Selah Eben-
ezer, b. July, 1809; Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1812; David, b. June,
1815; Manning Goodwin, b. Apr., 1818.

2216. iv. Nahum H., b. Aug. 15, 1781; res. Vt.; unm.

2217. V. David S., b. Dec. 22. 1783; d. young.

2218. vi. Susanna W., b. Sept. 17, 1785; d. Jan., 1786.

2219. vii. Susanna W., b. Dec. 14, 1786; m. Theodore Lyman; 10 ch.; see

Lyman Gen.

2220. viii. David S., b. Aug. 22, 1788; m. Hannah H. Partridge.

2221. ix. Hannah S., b. Mar. 27, 1777; m. Nov. 3, 1798, Oliver Sparhawk,

Esq., of Walpole. He was b. in Walpole, July 16, 1771; d,
July 6, 1824; gr. Dartmouth College, 1793, a lawyer and for
many years clerk of the court. He m. his cousin, Hannah

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 165

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Stearnes Whitney, who d. Aug. 25,1818; m. 2d his cousin, Sept.
5, 1819. Naomi Sparhawk. Ch.: Marietta, b. Aug. 12, 1801; d.

unm. Dec. 9, 1840; Thomas O., b. 16, 1803; a druggist;

res. Greenfield; Julianna, b. Sept. 4, 1804; m. Calvin Carter;
res. Lapeer Co., Mich.; Hannah S.,b. July 22, 1806; res. G.; unm.;
William, b. May 12, 1808; d. June 24, 1834; Lucius H., b. Oct.
11, 1810; d. June, 1813; Sarah Whitney, b. Sept. 15, 1812; m.
Thomas S. Speed; res. Bardstown, Ky.; she d. 1843; 3 ch.;
Rebecca S., b. Oct. 20, 1814; d. Oct. 14, 1833; Sophia Ann, b.
Dec. 4, 1816; d. Elba, Mich.. Oct. 13. 1844.

946. Jacob Whitney (Abraham. Abraham. Moses, Richard, John), b. July 7,
1754; m. in Bolton, Sept. 30, 1779. Esther Walcott, of Bolton; b. Mar. 5, 1761; d. Dec.
18, 1837. He served in the Revolutionary army, in the Bolton company, under Capt.
Sargent. He d. Oct. 24. 1844; res. Stow. Mass.

■ Jacob, b. Oct. 8. 1787; m. Maria Goldsmith.

Levi, b. Nov. 11, 1780; has son Charles in California.

Keziah, b. Nov. 11, 1782; m. Page; res. New Salem, Mass.

josiAH. b. June 11, 1785; d. Aug. 10, 1823.
Jesse, b. Jan. 26. 1790; m. Rebecca Newell.
Abraham, b. Jan. 6. 1794; d. Oct. 16. 1815.
Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1796.

Isaac, b. Dec. 4, 1798; m. Marcia J. Barclay.

Eunice, b. Nov. 8, 1807; m. Eliakam Hutchings, of Westford.
Mass. Ch.: Whitney, res. Templeton. Mass.; Milo. res. Bille-
rica; Carrie, m. Emery J. Whitney; res. Littleton, Mass.; New-
ton; res. Lowell, Mass.

948. Dea. Isaac Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Feb. 1, 1749; m. May 12, 1774. Lucy Mead, of Boxboro. He d. Apr. 29, 1815;
res. Stow and Harvard, Mass.

2231. i. Polly or Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1779; m. Cyrus Whitney, s. of Isaiah.

(See.)

2232. ii. Moses, b. Feb. 14, 1782; m. Lucv Gates.

2233. iii. Susan, b. Mar. 26. 1785; m. Apr. 16, 1807, Phineas Conant, of Stow.

He was born in Stow, Mass., in 1783. and resided there until
1827, when he moved to Maine, and in 1836 to Constantia, N. Y.,
where he died July 18, 1842. He was selectman and postmaster
tor years. Ch.: Daniel Gates, b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. young; Jona-
than Newell, b. Aug. 13, 1810; m. Sarah Jewell; res. W. Vienna,
N. Y.; prominent citizen; been postmaster and justice of the
peace for 22 years; Charles, b. July 5, 1812; Andrew, b. May 18,
1814; m. Ann B. Jewell; res. Rock Island, 111.

2234. iv. Asa Willard, b. Apr. 24, 1787; m. Abigail Whitcomb.

2235. V. Clarissa, b. Oct. 28, 1795; d. childhood.

2236. vi. Isaac, b. Apr., 1775; m. Mary Hill and Hannah Haskell.

949. Capt. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Stow, Jan. 7, 1752; m. Mav 10, 1780, Hitty Ware, b. Aug. 3, 1758; d. Sept. 25, 1793;
m. 2d, Sarah Whitman, b. 1760; d. Mar. 29, 1795; m.-3d, Nov. 13, 1796, Catherine
Wood, b. 1766; d. Apr. 7, 1802; m. 4th, Mrs. Sarah (Conant) Jewell, widow of Ezra
Jewell, b. Dec 4, 1762; d. July 21. 1855.

Capt. Abraham Whitney was a native of Stow, Mass., and resided there until
1805, when he moved to Waterford, Me. At one time he was high sheriff of Mid-
dlesex County. On settling in Maine he erected a grist mill in 1810, and that year
was elected one of the selectmen of W. He was in the Revolutionary army, prob-
ably in the company from Bolton, Apr. 10, 1818; he was granted a pension from
Kennebec Co., Me., when 76 years of age. He d. Waterford, Me., 1814; res. Stow,
Mass.. and Waterford, Me.

Nabby. b. Nov. 12. 1780; m. Mar. 9, 1803, James Williams.

Rhoda, b. Dec. 3. 1782; d. Jan. 4, 1785.

Sally, b. Dec. 10, 1783; m. Bancroft Williams.

Joseph, b. Jan. 16, 1787; d. Dec. 13, 1789.

Lucy. b. July 23, 1790.

John, b. Oct. 14, 1792.

Wetherbee, b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. June 22, 1796.

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2244. viii. Jonathan, b. ; m. Abigail Brooks.

2245. ix. Catherine, b. in Waterford, Me., July 12, 1804; m. 1825, Joseph

M. Thompson, b. 1804, res. Gorham, N. H., prop. Glen House.
She d. 1889. Ch.: Caroline E., m. Joseph R. Lafkin; Abraham
W., m. Frances E. Stevens; Charles M., m. Annette E. East-
man; Geo. F.; Harriett N., m. Stephen H. Cummings.

2246. X. Abraham, b. Sept. 16, 1805; m. Mary A. Hopkins.

2247. xi. Cristopher, b. Dec. 5, 1806; m. Dolly Brooks.

959. Jonas Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, May 3,.
1756; m. Relief Holt.

He was a member of the company commanded by Capt. David Moore, from
Bolton, in the Revolutionary war, and participated in the reoccupation of Rhode
Island, Oct. 25, 1779. On his return home the following year, 1780, he was elected
one of the town committee on correspondence and safety. In 1786 he was elected
selectman. With four others he built the first aqueduct in Harvard, in Nov., 1796,.
laying wood pipes to carry water to his residence from a spring near by. Jonas
Whitney's widow's dower: She is appointed and authorized on oath to appraise all
the real estate whereof Jonas Whitnev, late of Harvard, deceased, left, and to set off
to the widow. Relief Whitney, her thirds, Feb. 4, 1804. He d. Nov. 26, 1803; res. Har-
vard, Mass.

Zebudah, b. Feb. 28, 1782.

Jonas, b. June 10, 1784; d. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 23, 1807.

Nabbv, b. Mar. 25, 1786; d. unm.

R.ACHEL, b. Apr. 17, 1788; m. Russell.

Sally, b. Oct. 26, 1789; m. John Ellis.

Levi, b. Aug. 23, 1793; m. Mary . She d. 1889. He kept

the Commercial Coffee House in Boston, Mass.

2254. vii. Relief, b. Nov. 4, 1799; m. Oct. 31, 1826, Gillum Barnes, b. Mar.

5, 1800; he d. Mar. 11, 1884; she d. Feb. 25, 1870. Ch.: Francis
Gillum, b. Aug. 5, 1829; m. Lydia J. Coombs, Mar. 1, 1854; d. May
31, 1888; George Henry, b. July 8, 1831; m. Georgiannia Hart-
well, Oct. 31, 1855; P. O. address, Brighton, Mass.; Luther
^ Edward, b. Feb. 2, 1834; m. H. Louisa Hale, Jan. 10, 1861; d.
Nov. 21, 1869; Theodore Loring, b. July 5, 1836; d. Apr. 4, 1864;
Mary Metcalf.b. Mar. 25, 1839; m. Horace Blaney, June 28, 1866,
P. O. address, Georgetown, Fla.; Levi Whitnev, b. Feb. 4, 1841;.
m. Laura E. Cook, Dec. 25, 1863; d. Sept. 5, 1869.

2255. viii. Sophronia, b. Sept. 3. 1802; m. John Ellis.

2256. ix. Infant, b. ; d. Aug. 4, 1780.

961. Lieut. Salmon Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,.
Feb. 16, 1760; m. Hepsabeth Raymond, b. 1761. d. Dec. 6, 1850. She made her will
Nov. 10, 1845. It was probated Jan. 7, 1857.

He was born in Harvard, where he always resided, was a farmer, and when the
Revolutionary war broke out he enlisted at once. The first record of his enlistment
that has been found was July 10, 1776, for 8 months' service at Dorchester Heights in
Capt. Sawyer's Co., from Lancaster. In 1777 he was in Capt. Joseph Sergeant's Co.,,
from Princeton, in Col. Steam's Regt., for service in Rhode Island. In 1780 he was
a Lieut, in the company of Capt. Wm. Scott. He was then 20 years of age, and 5
feet 7 inches in height.

On his memorial tablet in the Harvard Cemetery are these lines, which are.
much admired:

"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness."

He d. in 1844; res. Harvard, Mass.

Salmon, b. Jan. 31, 1788; m. Eliza Sumner and Alsa P. Pond.
Ephraim, b. June 12, 1791; Dr. and d. Apr. 1846; res. Cambridge

St., Boston, Mass.
John, b. Sept. 1, 1803; m. Mary A. Jewett.
Justin, b. July 24, 1801; m. Mary C. Cotton.
Nathan, b. Aug. 1, 1793; m. Nancy Farwell.
PERSis,b. Aug. 12, 1796; m. Jan. 2, 1822, Simeon Wetherbee, of

Boxboro; had dau. Caroline R. She d. Nov. 1. 1868, at Boxboro^

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962. Joel Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass.,
Oct. 15, 1762; m. in Rindge, N. H., 1786, Lydia Willard; b. Harvard, Mar. 6, 1786; d.
Jan. 8, 1856, in Sublette, 111.

While in the employ of Rev. Seth Payson at Rindge, N. H., he met his future
wife, who was a member of the minister's family. She was smart, active, intelli-
gent, and unusually neat. She was a devout Christian, and the marriage was a happy
one. Mr. Whitney served in the army during the Revolutionary war in the Massa-
chusetts Continental line, and during the latter part of his life drew a pension from
Nov. 24, 1832. He also served in the war of 1812. Those who knew him say his
word was as good as his bond. He d. Feb. 1, 1842; res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.

2263. i. LvDiA, b. Oct. 21, 1787; m. May 23, 1817, Abial Foster. He was
born in Tewksbury, and enlisted in the Continental army when
but' sixteen years of age and remained in active service until its
close. He was wounded in the leg by a bullet which he carried
through life. During the Revolutionary war he was captured
by the British and taken as a prisoner of war to England. He
was subsequently exchanged and returned to this country. He
drew a pension from the government, and Amos A. Parker, aged
101 years (now 1893), the oldest living college graduate, has a
receipt signed by Abial Foster. She died Sept., 1846, in Fitch-
burg, Mass. He res. in Tewksbury, Mass., and was b. June 25,
1763; d. Jan. 25, 1832. Ch.: Daniel Whitney, b. June 16. 1818; d.
unm., Mav 17, 1844; Julia, b. Sept. 5, l!^20; m. Oct. 12, 1840, Jonas
Brooks of Dublin, N. H.; had 7 ch., and d. Feb. 10, 1890;
Zebuda, b. Dec. 12, 1822; m. Samuel Whitney (see); Willard, b.
. Dec. 18, 1825, n. f. k.
Lemuel, b. July 7, 1789; d. unm. in 1862, Deerfield, Mass.

Joel, b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. .

Jesse, b. Nov. 8, 1794; m.

2264.

ii.

2265.

lii.

2266.

IV.

2267.

V.

2268.

VI.

2269.

vu.

Daniel, b. May 9, 1797; d. in Boston, Mass., 1817.
Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801; m. Benjamin B. Morse.
Willard, b. Feb. 13, 1804; d. Apr. 7, 1825.

963. Israel Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 16, 1767, in
Harvard; m. there Mar. 30, 17^8, Susannah Gerrv; b. Harvard, Apr. 10, 176y;d. North
Hero, Vt., Feb. 11, 1848.

He was born in Harvard, Worcester Co., Mass.; worked on his father's farm.
Soon after his marriage he moved to Littleton, Mass., then to Fitzwilliam, N. H.;and
soon after a short residence in Sudbury to North Hero, Vt., where he afterward
resided. He d. Feb. 12, 1842; res. Littleton, Mass.; Fitzwilliam, N. H., and Sudbury
and North Hero, Vt.

2270. i. Israel, b. Littleton, May 31,1790; d. unm., killed by a falling tree,

at North Hero, Vt., in 1816.

2271. ii. Susannah, b. Sept. 24, 1792; m. John Darrow of Alburgh, Vt.; b.

; m. Lucien Clark; res. Dickinson, N. Y.

2272. iii. Betsey, b. July 26, 1794; m. Sept., 1816, Aaron Davis of Bradford,

\t. He was a shoemaker. Ch.: Levi W., b. Julv 1, 1817, North
Hero, Grand Isle Co., Vt.; m. Oct. 12, 1843; res. Pittsford, N. Y.;
Nelson, b. Aug., 1818, North Hero, Vt.; Loren, b. Aug., 1820,
North Hero, Vt. Loren died at Lone Rock, Wis., 1863; do not
know the address of any of his children. (Nelson's, Oconto,
Wis.) There were five of the Hazen children: Harris, Harriet,.
Harvey, Dan, Josephus. Harris, Harriet, Josephus died in Can-
ada; Harvey is in Dickinson, N. Y.; Dan in Burlington, Vt.

Peter, b. Aug. 16, 1799; m. Lucina Fisk and Laura Farr.

Gary, b. ; m. Patty Hazen.

Levi, b. ; d. at North Hero, unm.

LucENA, b. May 10, 1809; m. Sept., 1827; Daniel Hazen of North
Hero. He was b. Mar., 1800; d. Mar. 30, 1828. She m. 2d, Jan.,
1837, Ralph Hazen. She d. Aug. 27, 1867. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug.
13, 1827; m. Sept. 8, 1852, Laura Ann Kinsley; res. Hiawatha,
Kan.; Cevlon, b. May 9, 18:^; m. July, 1857, Jennette Roach; res.
Rolf, la.;' Ann Augusta, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. Oct. 12. 1850.

2277. viii. Abigail, b. ; m. Henry H. Hazen of North Hero. Ch.: Sum-
ner L.,b. ; m. ; res. Malone, N. Y.

2278. ix. Sealand, b. Nov. 2, 1799; m. Sybil Landon.

2273.

iv.

2274.

V.

2275.

VI.

2276.

Vll.

2281.

iii.

2282.

IV.

2283.

V.

2284.

vi.

2285.

VII

168 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

965. Levi Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard June 23,
1751; m. Sept. 12, 1772, Sarah Lawrence; d. Oct. 19, 1783; m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1783, Hepsi-
beth Fay, or Westboro, Oct. 1, 1759. At the time of his marriage he resided in Con-
cord. He d. in 1786; res. Concord and Westminster, Mass., Rindge and Marlboro,
N. H.

2279. i. Sarah, b. June 12, 1774.

2280. ii. Lydia, b. May 20, 1776; m. in 1796 Tarrant Cutler. He was b.

Sept. 10, 1770, and d. at Royalston in 1841. Ch.: Sarah, b. Apr.
19, 1798; m. Benj. Heywood; Melinda, b. Mar. 16, 1880; m.
Abijah Richardson; m. 2d Benoni Peck; John, b. Oct. 13, 1802;
m. Elizabeth Jacobs; res. Exeter, Me.; Lysander, General, b.
Feb. 16, 1807; m. Catherine Bassett; res. Milwaukee, Wis.; Lydia,
b. Mar. 27, 1809; Levi,b. Aug.7, 1811; m. PriscillaTibbetts; m.2d
Sarah Hill; m. 3d Ann S. Hogeboom; res. Ghent, N. Y.; Tarrant,
b. Sept. 8, 1813; res. Fitchburg, Mass.; George, b. July 20, 1815; m.
Mary Howe; res. Bangor, Me.; Otis, b. Oct. 17, 1817; res. Port-
land, Me.

Levi, b. May 12, 1778; d. Dec. 1, 1780.

John, b. Aug. 26, 1780.

Betsey, b. Apr. 5, 1783.

Levi, b. Sept. 28, 1784; m. and res. Plymouth, Vt.

Amos, b. 1786; m. Sophia Harris.

967. Judge Lemuel Whitney (Ephraim. Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Petersham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1764; m. there Sept. 6, 1787, Lydia Bryant; b. in 1767; d.
May 27, 1800, in Springfield, Mass.

Hon. Lemuel Whitney was born in Petersham, Mass. He moved to Vermont in
1785, and first resided at Newfane, where he was sheriff of the county and one of the
prominent men in that part of the state. By trade he was a silversmith. In 1790 he
moved to Brattleboro, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of that place.
For ten years he was representative; from 1801 to 1824 clerk of the Supreme Court;
1801 to 1820 clerk of the county; 1817 to 1828 judge of probate; 1790 to 1847 justice of
the peace. He was retentive in memory, frank, tree and fearless in the expression
of his sentiments. He d. Apr. 17, 1847; res. Petersham, Mass., and Brattleboro, Vt.

Samuel, b. May 23, 1791; m. Amelia Hyde.'

Harry, b. P., Sept. 2, 1789.

George, b. .

Lemuel b. .

Susan, b. P., Nov. 22, 1787; m. Ellis, and left 3 children.

Laura, b. 1796; d. in Woodstock, in 1875, unm. She was blind.

969. Samuel Winslow Whitney (Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.

Petersham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1769; m. . He d. in 1852; res. Brattleboro,

Vt., and Malone, N. Y.

2292. i. Edward Winslow, b. in 1801; m. Lavinia Bruce Bemis.

970. John Whitney (Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., July 1, 1760; m. Nov. 8, 1787, Hannah Bigelow; b. 1768; d. Aug. 8, 1828.

He was born in Petersham, Mass., and moved to Newfane on a farm. Later he
moved to West Dummerston, where he followed farming and ever after resided. He
d. Oct. 13, 1849; res. Newfane and Dover, Vt.,Coleraine, Mass., and West Dummers-
ton, Vt.

RuFUS, b. Aug. 28, 1793; m. Lois Miller.

Daniel Bigelow, b. Mar. 1802; m. Lucretia Fletcher.

Mary, b. July 7, 1796; d. unm. Oct. 14, 1826.

Sarah, b. .

Arad, b. 1790; m. and left two daus., Mrs. Mary A. Smith and

Louisa; res. Glens Falls, N. Y.
Ephraim, b. Feb. 26, 1805; m. Mary Ann Dennison.
Levi, b. Dec. 18, 1791; d. unm. at Dummerston, Apr., 1861.

Richard, b. .

John, b. Apr. 29, 1800; m. Sarah Wilson, and d. Oct. 12, 1844. Ch.:
Geo. T., b. Nov. 8, 1840; d, in army during the Civil war; Will-
iam G., b. Mar., 1843; d. in army during the Civil war.
2302. X. Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1798; d. unm. Dec. 23, 1842.

2286.

i.

2287.

11.

2288.

ni.

2289.

iv.

2290.

V.

2291.

vi.

2293.

2294.

ii.

2295.

ill.

2296.

IV.

2297.

v.

2298.

vi.

2299.

Vll.

2300.

Vlll.

2301.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 169

2303. xi. Augustus, b. May 20, 1788. He was m. and left several ch., one

of whom was Richard.

■ 976. Abel Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass.,
Sept. 19, 1762; m. ; res. Harvard, Mass.

2304. i. Abel, b. in 1786; m. Abigail H. Townsend.

977. Simon Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
June 28, 1766; m. in Petersham, Mar. 20, 1783, Lucy Hammond, of Newton, dau. of
Enoch, b. Petersham, Dec. 24. 1766; d. 1846.

May 20, 1824, Oliver and the widow Lucy, were appointed executors of Simon's
will. In it were mentioned, wife Lucy, sons Oliver, Lewis and John Whitney, daus.
Nancy Whitney and Julia Ann Whitney, son Timothy, daus. Lucy Bryant, Betsey
Bowker, sons Simon and George. He a. Mar. 12, 1826; res. Petersham, Mass.

2305. i. Oliver, b. Aug. 14, 1783; d. unm. in P., Apr. 10, 1866.

2306. ii. Lucy, b. May 17, 1791; m. at Essex, \'t., Amasa Bryant. Shed.

at Essex, Jan. 16, 1876. He was b. Oct. 18, 1791; d, Aug. 12, 1861
res. Essex, \'t.; he was a prominent citizen and farmer. Ch.
Charlotte Eliza, b. July 7, 1825; m. Nov. 1, 1849, Hiram R. Prate
res. Colorado Springs, Col.; Ellen Amelia, b. July 23, 1834; m
Nov. 27, 1856, Enoch Howe; res. Burlington, Vt.

2307. iii. Nancy, b. Apr. 29, 1786; d. Sept. 12, 1786.

2308. iv. Timothy, b. Apr. 2, 1789; m. Lucy Bryant.

2809. V. Betsey, b. Dec. 19, 1793; m. Nov. 10, 1814, John Bowker, b. Mar.
10,1791; d. Jan. 22, 1871. She d. Jan. 17, 1844. Farmer; res.
Petersham, Mass. Ch.: John, b. Aug. 6, 1816; d. Aug. 6, 1815;
Eliza, b. Aug. 27, 1817; m. Apr. 2. 18.38. Wm. Willard Loring;
res. Barre, Mass.; Henry, b. Nov. 8, 1818; m. Apr. 19, 1843,
Sarah Davis; res. Greenfield, Mass.; Laura, b. Sept. 23, 1820; m.
Apr. 27, 1842, Dexter Cheney; res. Athol Center, Mass.; John, b.
July 8, 1822; d. July 17, 1822; Ellen, b. Feb. 14, 1824; m. Feb.
20, 1844, John W. Bryant; res. Orange, Mass.; Mary, b. Nov. 20,
1826; d. Nov. 20, 1825; Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1827; d. Aug. 2, 1832;
Amelia, b. May 31, 1829; d. Jan. 30, 1831; Lucia, b. June 10.
1831; d. Dec. 8, 1837; Mary Frances, b. Mar. 21, 1835; d. Apr. 4,
1838.

2310. vi. Simon, b. Nov. 25, 1795; m. Sarah Holmes.

2311. vii. George, b. Feb. 12, 1800; m. Lucy Kellogg, Mrs. Emeline Tyler,

and Mrs. Caroline Walton.

2312. viii. Lewis, b. June 12, 1803; m. Pamelia V. Day.

2313. ix. John, b. Dec. 11, 1806; m. Harriett F. Bruce.

2314. X. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1807; m. Sept. 26, 1830. Eleazer Metcalf

Wilson, b. July 25, 1804; d. Dec. 24, 1890, in Pembroke, N. H.
She d. Nov. 4. 1869. Ch.: Helen M.. b. Nov. 8, 1832; res. Pem-
broke, N. H.; Julia F.. b. Nov. 11, 1834; m. Chas. E. Eaton; res.
S. Worthington St.. Boston, Mass.; he d. Oct. 7, 1886; Georgi-
ana, b. Dec. 12, 1836; m. Frank P. Reed; res. Pembroke;
Charles E., b. May 6, 1839; d. May 1868; Catherine S. C, b.
Oct. 3, 1842; m. Frank D. Abbott: res. Concord, N. H.; John M..
b. Dec. 26, 1849; d Dec, 188Ji.

2315. xi. Nancy, b. Apr. 21, 1787; d. unm. Mar. 6, 1846.

2316. xii. Amory, b. Sept. 26, 1797; d. Sept. 12, 1800.

979. Peter Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 20, 1760; m. Mary Blair; d. Mar. 11, 1826. He was a tailor and resided
at Chester, where he conducted his business. Was buried in Huntington. He d.
Mar 6, 1826; res. Chester, Mass.

George, b. May 20, 1806; m. Amanda M. Henry.
Solomon Blair, b. in 1785; m. Mary Dear.

Hezekiah, b. ; res. Huntington, Mass.

Theodore, b. ; m. Manila Ann Avery.

Eliza, b. Sept. 20, 1804; m. Aug. 19, 1828, John Wells Loomis. b.
May 23. 1806. He was a manufacturer of tobacco and cigars;
res. Suffield, Conn. She d. there Mar. 22, 1871.
Laura, b. .

2317.

2318.

2319.

iii.

2320.

iv.

2321.

v.

2322.

vi.

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170 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2323. vii. Nancy, b. Chester; m. at Salisbury, Conn., Elisha Avery; was a

farmer and d. at Montgomery, Mass.

2324. viii. Polly, b. ; m. Francis Harwood; res. Huntington, Mass.

980. Silas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Apr. 29, 1762; m. at Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 4, 1789, Mamre Bradley, b. 1765, d. Apr.
20, 1835.

Silas Whitney was a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He
was honest and much respected and beloved by his fellow citizens in Stockbridge.
He d. Apr. 11, 1807; res. Stockbridge. Mass.

2.325. i. Abigail Tarbox Pepoon, b. ■ ; d. unm.

2326. ii. Harriett, b. Feb. 9. 1793; m. at Stock. Elisha Curtis. He was

b. July 15, 1789; d. Aug. 28, 1840; was a merchant. Ch.: William

Brown; res. New Rochelle, N. Y.; Silas Whitney, d. ;

Catherine, d. Dec. 12, 1828, ae. 9; Mary Mamre, d. Apr. 22, 1885,

ae. 61; George Elnathan, d. ; Robert Galpin, d. — ;

Henry Elisha.

2327. iii. George, b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Parmela F. Fenn.

2328. iv. William, b. ; m. Anna Jones.

2329. V. Cornelia, b. — ; m. Luke Ashburner. He was b. in England.

They had one son, William, who m. Emeline Field, dau. of
Stephen, one of the Field family in Stockbridge. He d. in
California in 1891, s. p. The widow res. at 1014 Pine St., San
Francisco, Cal. "William was appointed by the President of the
U. S. in 1864 as a Stale Commissioner to manage lands.

2330. vi. Mary, b. — ; d. unm.

2331. vii. Charlotte, b. ; m. Hon. James Fowler, of Westfield,

Mass.; his second wife. She d. s. p.

981. Timothy Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., Apr. 22, 1766; m. Lois Baker; b. May 30, 1770; d. Mar. 2,1826; m. 2d Mrs.
Smith.

Timothy Whitney was born in Petersham, Mass., but moved to Lanesborough
early in life. He had all his children by his first wife, Lois Baker. He was a medium
sized man, rather stocky in his old age, bald-headed, blue-eyed, very amiable, and
fond of children, jolly, popular, and respected. He was the chief merchant in Lanes-
borough and postmaster for many years; also Register of Deeds for Berkshire Co.
He was a fine penman, accurate, and methodical. Was a prominent member of the
Congregational church. He d. Feb. 14, 1.541 ; res. Petersham, Otis, and Lanesborough,
Mass.

2332. iii. Richard, b. Aug. 2, 1800; m. Clarissa Tower.

2333. i. Silas, b. ; d. voung; unm.

2334. ii. Sophia, b. Feb. 18," 1796; m. Henry Hubbard. She d. Sept. 9,

1863. He was b. in Sheffield, Mass., May 22, 1783; d. Dec. 25,
1863. He was a leading lawyer there. Ch.: Henry, b. Jan.
21,1816; d. unknown; Douglas S., b. Jan. 21, 1817; d. Sept. 19,
1885; John W., b. Jan. 9, 1819; res. Waterville, N. Y.; Sophia,
b. Apr. 2, 1820; d. Mar. 21, 1826; Elizabeth A., b. May 1, 1822;
m. at Albany, N. Y., in June, 1864, Joseph E. A. Smith, b. Feb.
4,1822. He is the well known historian; res. Pittsfield; Frances,
b. Sept. 9, 1825; d.l825; Fred, b. Nov. 1,1826; d. Jan., 1890. Agnes,
child of Douglas, res. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harry T., child of Fred,
res. New York City.

2335. iv. Eliza, b. ; m. 1823, Socrates Squier; she d. 1826. Ch.:

George L., only child, b. 1824. He resides in Buffalo, N. Y.;
is president of the Geo. L. Squier Mfg. Co., manufacturers of
sugar, rice, and coffee machinery, agricultural implements, and
mill engines.

2336. V. Adeline, b. ; m.; a dau. is Mrs. J. W. Peck; res. New

Britain, Conn.

982. Dea. Hezekiah Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Oct. 14, 1766; m. Mehitable Haven.

He was a farmer all his life and resided in the east part of Otis, Mass. He
chronicles the following: "One Sunday, July 11, 1819, God visited us with lightning

2337.

i.

2338.

ii.

2339.
2340.

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and thunder and destroyed the south part of the house and preserved our lives in
the north end of the house." The house was struck by lightning while the family was
at prayer one warm Sabbath evening. A curious fact was that every room in the
house was damaged but the one occupied by the family at the time. No one was hurt,
although his daughter, Julia, was struck to the floor, as she stood near a window.
The house is yet standing, I think. He married his wife against the wishes of his
father, but he was soon reconciled. " Mehitable was a very handsome girl and
remarkably smart." He was a very patient, gentle man, was a deacon in the Pres-
byterian church. He d. Oct. 25, 1839; res. Otis, Mass.

Paul, b. June 18, 1793; m. Rebecca Desire Freeman and Mrs.
Harriett (Wheeler) Roberts.

Julia, b. ; m. Jesse Williams; res. Sandisfielo, Mass. A

son, Orville, is a physician. She d. Aug. 6, 1856, in New Boston,
Mass.

Hannah, b. ; m. Isaac Snow; res. Otis.

Mehitable, b. ; m. Galpin. Had 2 sons. Mehit-
able Whitney, daughter of Hezekiah Whitney, was a small,
frail woman, waist measure when a girl less than eighteen
inches; her whole figure well proportioned. Yet this frail, little
woman, once in winter when the deep snow made stout
men wait before braving it, found the supply of fuel almost
gone and her father too ill to go for any. She donned her
lather's coat and trousers, boots and mittens, yoked the oxen,
and with shovel to help clear away the snow, went into the
woods alone, cut down, drew home, and cut for the fire wood
enough to last till her father was well again.

2341. V. Hezekiah, b. ; d. unm. at Buffalo, N. Y.

2342. vi. William, b. ; d. in infancy.

2343. vii. Juliette, b. ; m. John Bowen.

2344. viii. Sally, b. ; m. John Bowen. After her death he m. Juliette.

2345. ix. Lucy, b. ; m. Chatfield.

2546. X. Tabitha, b. ; m. John Bowen.

983. Dr. Jonathan Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Otis,
Mass., Sei-t. 14, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 18U0, Dolly Smith; b. Mar. 17, 1782; d. in Cayuga,
N. Y., in 1846. Her father was a sea captain.

He was l)orn in Otis, Mass., the son of Timothy and Alice (Whitney) Whitney.
With his parents he moved to Petersham, Mass., where he passed his early life and
where he studied medicine. Soon after his majority he started for the west, locating
in Cayuga, N. Y., where he was one of the earliest settlers. He was a physician of
eminence and, with a few others at the beginning of the century, made the eastern
shore of Cayuga Lake famous throughout the state. Dr. Whitney was highly
respected by the entire community. Cayuga bridge was built in 1797. There was
only a log tavern, built by Mr. Hardenburg at Auburn, when he passed through.
Cayuga at that time was the county seat. He first located in Cayuga. After remain-
ing there a few years he sold his rigs and moved to Batavia, N. Y. After a year's
residence there, the physician at Cayuga died and the people sent for him to return,
which he did, and remained there the rest of his life. He d. Julv, 1850; res. Cavuga,
N. Y.

2347. i. William, b. Aug. 15, 1815; m. Elizabeth J. Turner.

2^:^48. ii. Charles H., b. Jan. 25, 1824; m. Elizabeth Lowe. .

2:349.. iii. Edwin H., b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. Jane Horton and Eliza ]. Kvle.

2350. iv. Mary Brainerd, b. Sept. 12, 1801; m. Feb. 15, 1827, Cutler L.
Laflin. He was b. in Southwick, Mass., Oct. 17, 1799; d. at
Westfield, Oct. 2, 1877. She d. there Dec. 25, 1885; res. West-
field, Mass. He was emphatically the architect of his own
fortunes. Honesty, economy, and application tell the story of
his successful career. From a clerkship at Suffield, Conn., he
went to Gorham, Me., and engaged in the powder business.
Later he was in the fur trade in Montreal and Quebec. Dis-
posing of this business, he returned to the States and engaged
m the manufacture of paper at Lee, Mass. The business at
Lee was finally discontinued, when Mr. Laflin opened a commis-
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172 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

New Marlboro, under the name of Laflin, Steavens & Co. This
business was continued for some years, and he finally sold out to
Mr. Steavens, his partner. He then became connected as
special partner in the firm of C. Yale, Jr., & Co., in importation
of silks. This business arrangement ceased somewhere about
184H, at which time he removed to Westfield in order to be near
his father, who still lived in Southwick. In the fall of 1851 Mr.
Laflin purchased the interest of Alexander Jessup in the Woro-
noco Mills for his son, G. L. Laflin, when the well known, suc-
cessful and popular firm of Jessup & Laflin was organized.
Since going to Westfield, Mr. Laflin has never engaged in any
active business. He was also one of the founders of the West-
field Savings Bank, in which he was for along time a prominent
and an active director. In 1864 he withdrew from the Old
Westfield Bank, and in company with Mr. Jessup and his
brother Heman Laflin, now of New Haven, and his son, Geo. L.
Laflin, established the First National Bank of Westfield in the
room now occupied by the Westfield Savings Bank. After a
successful existence of two years the capital stock was increased
from aiOO,000 to $260,000, and the Westfield Bank merged into
it. He was always the largest stockholder of the bank, and as
a director he was something more than a figure-head. He
always, and wisely, too, dictated the policy of the bank, and in
him Mr. Hooker, the trusted and efficient cashier, always found
a sound and reliable adviser. In 1871 the Hon. William G.
Bates resigned the presidency of the bank and Mr. Laflin was
then elected the president, a position which he held up to the
time of his death. Mr. Laflin was also the chairman of the
finance committee of the Westfield Savings Bank, whose interest
he guarded with jealous care. In all his transactions he was a
man of integrity, upright in all his dealings. Occupation of
Cutler Laflin, paper manufacturer; religion of both, Protestant.
Ch.: Geo. Lester, oldest child, b. at Lee, Mar. 8, 1828; m. June
20, 1865, Martha M. Clark of Newark, N. J., at Westfield, Mass.;
res. Westfield; 8 ch., Geo. Lester, b. Oct. 26, 1866; d. Jan. 18,
1867; Geo. Lester, b. Nov. 19, 1867; d. Oct. 21, 1870; Mary
Frances, b. Feb. 4, 1869; Charles Walter, b. June 26, 1870; Ger-
trude, b. Dec. 8, 1872; Cutler, b. Mar. 9, 1874; Jere Horton, b.
Feb. 19, 1876; Catherine Eldredge, b. Mar. 27, 1879. Mary
Frances, 2d child, b. at Lee, Nov. 19, 1829; d. at Westfield,
unm., Aug. 7, 1862; Adelaide, 3d child, b. at Lee, Jan. 11, 1886;
d. at Lee, Mar. 11, 1839. Politics of Cutler, Whig and Repub-
lican.

2361. v. Clarissa Smith, b. Aug. 15, 1804; m. in Cayuga, Dec. 17, 1823,
WMlliam Foote. She d. Dansville, N. Y., 1846. He was b. Dec.
8, 1802; d. June 22, 1877; was a farmer, later a grain dealer.
Ch.: Elizabeth Coe, b. Jan. 16, 1826; m. Sept. 27, 1843, Olney
Bryant Maxwell; res. Oakland, Cal.;2 ch.; Julia Louisa, b. May
18, 1826; m. May, 1846, Henry Kingsbury; d. Feb. 13, 1870. They
had one dau., b. Rochester, N. Y., July 12, 1847. Is now matron
of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y.; Mary Adaline, b. June 3, 1828;
m. 1866, Isaac O. Adams. She d. Chicago, May, 1869, leaving 3
ch., Harry F., Harriett M., and Norman; Harriett Amelia, b.
Aug. 9, 1831; m. Howard Phillips. She d. Chicago, May 26,
1870; 2 ch., Howard M. and Louise H.; Almeda Cornelia, b.
Sept. 30, 1839; d. Jan. 13, 1846.

2352. vi. Fannie, b. Nov. 7, 1812; m. Sept. 2, 1833, Dr. John A. Thompson.
She d. Mar. 2. 1892. He was b. May 30, 1810; d. Feb. 17, 1879;
res. Auburn, N. Y. Ch.: Charles DeWitt, b. Cayuga, July 16,
1834; m. Mary E. Comstock of Chicago. 111., Feb. 17, 1866; d. in
New York, Aug. 3, 1890; Harriet Lettitia, b. Mar. 20, 1842; m.
ValorusSouthworth.June 4, 1872, whod. Sept. 22, 1882; m.2d to
Homer P. Bender, Dec. 27, 1883, who d. Mar. 6, 1889; address
140 E. 48th St., New York; George Edwin, b. May 10, 1844; d.
in New Orleans, Jan. 11, 1879; Mary Frances, b. June 11, 1849;

2856.

i.

2857.

ii.

2.358.

111.

2359.

iv.

2860.

V.

2361.

VI.

2362.

VII.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 178

m. John B. Finn, Jan. 3, 1871; address 118 E. Genesee St.,
Auburn, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
2853. vii. George S., b. Feb. 25, 1810; m. Elcie Kellogg and Mrs. Rhoda
Bond.

2354. viii. Harriett Amelia, b. Aug. 28, 1818; m. Dec. 20, 1855, Hon. Morris

B. Flinn, b. Apr. 27, 1811; d. June 24, 1891, s. p. She res. Rush-
ville, N. Y. He was a hardware merchant.

2355. ix. Ann Maria, b. Aug. 18, 1820; m. Jan. 15, 1850, Lyman Carr; res.

Mt. Morris, N. Y. He was b. Nov. 9, 1816; merchant. Ch.:
Marion \V., b. Oct. 25, 1851; Fannie C, b. Sept. 5, 1856; d. May
31, 1861.

984. Jonas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Oct. 21, 1770; m. in Blandford, Mass., Mary Noble. She d. ae. 77 years. He
was a blacksmith. He d. in 1845; res. Otis, Mass.

Barnabas, b. May 1, 1791; res. N. Y. state.

Harvey, b. July 23, 1795; d. s. p.

Erastus Marvin, b. July 28, 1797; m. Mrs. Mary E. (Jackson)
Davidson.

Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1801; d. in Chester, Mass., and left one dau.

Alice, b. Mar. 21, 1803; d. at Hartford, Conn., leaving one dau.

Silas N., b. Apr. 4, 1805; m. Ann Fay.

Milton, b. Apr. 17, 1807; res. in Iowa.

987. Paul Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., Apr^ 13, 1777; m. at Hinesburg, \'t., Dollie Darwin; m. 2d, St. Albans, \'X.,
1807, Lucinda Marsh, b. Dec. 13, 1786; d. Feb. 3, 1863.

Paul Whitney, born in Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass., was known from early
manhood as a teacher by profession. During the first years of the century while
teaching in Northern Vermont he met and married Miss Dollie Darwin, of Hines-
burg, Vt., daughter of Samuel Darwin, of Rutland, Vt., who was so loyal to King
George, over the sea, and the Tories, his lands were confiscated and he removed to
Hinesburg. She was a person of acknowledged beauty, and to them was born one
son, Samuel D., named for her father. Paul was a twin brother of Barnabas Whit-
ney, also a teacher, and so alike in personal appearance they could exchange places
in the schoolroom without being generally observed by the pupils. Both had fine
faces, blond in complexion, tall and erect in form, with a dignified and graceful
bearing. Paul possessed a poetic nature and gentle disposition, and was in Ma.,
verse and rhyme, in writing epitaphs, and ever ready with some anecdote or
pun, making him a genial companion even in declining years. And though esthetic
in taste, he had an admiring eye for fine horses and was very fond of animals and
pets, and this characteristic is especially marked in this branch of the family. He
spent the greater portion of his life in Dunham Ca., near the Vermont line, where
he removed while still young, and married a second wife. To them were born ten
children, all of whom have died but one daughter, Harriet, Mrs. Leavitt, who still
resides in the Dominion. The names of the sons were Caius, Marcus, Wm. Wallace,
Paul and Barnabas, the youngest. Here he was civil magistrate for more than thirty
years, continuing his profession, teaching in the government schools. He was a
member of the Church of England. He lived to a good age, his mind clear and
active, his body elastic, until prostrated with dropsy of the heart, which continued
for some time and of which he died at 82 years. He was one to make friends every-
where and was always a welcome guest. To know him was to love him. He d. Oct.
30, 1859; res. Bolton Centre, Canada.

Caroline, b. May 28, 1809; m. Simon Blake; res. Tamworth, N,
H.; had ch., Ira, Cyrus and Lucinda.

Caius Cassius, b. Dec. 2, 1810; m. Mary Ann Austin and Abigail
H. Leach.

Marcus T. C.,b. Oct. 25,1812; m. Hannah Maria Lewis and Betsey
W. Hall.

Phebe Porter, b. Feb. 3, 1815; m. John Gushing and Joseph
Bailey and d. s. p. Mar. 16, 1865, in Dover, N. H.

William Wallace, b. Apr. 29,1817; m. Betsey Winter, Mrs.
Perry, and Sarah Maria Eaton.

Samuel D., b. Oct. 18, lb04; m. Clarissa Read.

Lucinda, b. May 5, 1819; d. May 15, 1833.

2363.

i-

2364.

ii.

2365.

iv.

2866.

V.

2367.

vi.

2368.
2369.

vii.
viii

174 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2370. ix. Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1821; m. David Powell, of Bolton, P. Q. Ch.:

Oscar F. A., Parker P., res. East Bolton, P. Q., and Delia A.;
d. Oct. 27, 1865.

2371. X. Paul, b. Mar. 28, 1824; m. Josephine Stow. They died about

same time. He d. Dec. 27, 1861, and left one dau., Alice.

2372. xi. Harriett Heileman, b. July 7, 1826; m. Aug. 17, 1858, Joel

Leavitt; res. Bolton Centre, P. Q. Ch.: Cynthia Perkins, b. Julv
5, 1859; d. Aug. 30, 1869; Charles Joel,b. July 9, 1860; m. in 1883,
and res. Newport, Vt.; Hiram Paul, b. Jan. 29, 1862; m. July,
1885; res. Bolton Centre; Lucinda Marsh, b. Aug. 11, 1864;
James Lincoln, b. and d. June 21,1867; Elijah, b. Apr. 7, 1869; d.
1876.

2373. xii. Barnabas, b. Aug. 27, 1828; m. Emily Bracey.

988. Barnabas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 13, 1777; m. Sept. 16, 1804, Harriett Heileman; b. June, 1783; d. Sept. 26,
1849.

He was born in Harvard, Mass., and received an excellent education at the com-
mon and private schools. At an early age he engaged in teaching, which profession
he followed all his life. He was prmcipal of the schools in Blandford, Mass., Berk-
shire, New Haven, Monckton, and Charlotte, Vt., and later taught writing schocjl \n
Boston, where he died. He d. July 27, 1846; res. Blandford and Boston, Mass.

2374. i. Frances Amelia, b. May 29, 1805; m. Dec. 5, 1833, Dr. Lucian

W. Caryl. She d. Feb.' 15, 1883. He was b. Feb. 27, lb06; d.
Apr. 15, 1837. Was a practicing physician. Ch.: Harriett E., b.
Nov. 21, 1834; res. 82 Myrtle St., Boston, Mass

2375. ii. Fred'k H., b. Sept. 25, 1807; m. Abigail B. Bumstead.

2376. iii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 6, 1812; m. Dec. 25, 1834, Judson Niles

Farrar. She d. Oct. 2, 1890. He was b. Mar. 20, 1808. Was
cashier in a bank. Res. Abingdon, Mass. Ch.: Mary A. "Cox,
b. Sept. 22, 1835; d. Sept. 22, 1857; Lucian W., b. Mar. 24, 1839;
d. Aug. 18, 1859; Judson C, b. Apr. 28, 1841; d. Sept. 23, 1841;
Granville Heileman, b. Sept. 16, 1844; d. Sept. 19, 1847; Nathan-
iel B., b. June 15, 1847; Harriett Amelia, b. Dec. 5, 1854; Gran-
ville Robinson, b. Sept. 9. 18—; d. Apr. 19, 1883.

2377. iv. Harriett Heileman, b. Dec. 9, 1814; m. May 28, 1835, Joseph

Wait. He was son of Marmaduke and Amelia Heileman Wait,
and was b. in Randolph, Yt., Mar. 24, 1806. For many years he
was a merchant in BurHngton, and later engaged in busniess
in New York, residing in Jersey City, where he d. Feb. 22, 1869.
Mrs. Wait, after the death of her husband, moved to Chicago
to reside with her son, Horatio L., where she d. Apr. 10, 1891.
She was a woman of lovely character and beautiful presence.
Ch.: Horatio Loomis, b. Aug. 8, 1836; m. 1860, Clara Conant
Long, res. 4919 Madison Ave., Chicago, 111. He is master in
chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and was b. in
New York City. His father was a merchant in that city. His
grandfather, Alarmaduke, served in the second war with Eng-
land, and his great-grandfather, Joseph Wait, of \'ermont, was
a colonel in the first war, serving under Gen. Ethan Allen.
Horatio was educated at Columbia College grammar school.
Went to Chicago in 1856. Read law with Joseph N. Baker, but
before being admitted to practice the civil war broke out. He
entered the navy and remained there for nine years, joining the
European squadron after peace was declared. Mr. Wait left
the navy in 1870, and the same year was admitted to the bar
and opened an office in Chicago, soon finding a good busi-
ness on his hands. In 1876 he was appointed master in chan-
cery, and since that date has made a specialty of chancery
practice. He ignores politics entirely, attends exclusively to
the study and duties of his profession. A gentleman who
knows Mr. Wait well, thus wrote to the editor of the Bench and
Bar of Chicago : " Mr. H. L. Wait is a polished gentleman, a
scholar of unusual attainments, and a conversationalist of marked
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175

he is well read, of excellent judgment, and of un-impeachable
integrity. He has for some years occupied the position of
master in chancery in Chicago of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, by the appointment of the judges of that court." He is
a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, and
a man of high standing in the community; ch., James Joseph, b.
Mar. 1, 1861. He graduated at the Hyde Park school in 1878,
and entered the N. Y. Nautical School Ship " St. Mary's" the
same year. Made a voyage to Lisbon, Portugal, and Madeira,

HON. HOEATIO L. WAIT.

2378.
2379.

V.

vi.

graduating in 1879, receiving the first medal. Sailed from N. Y.
in 1879, made a voyage to Shanghai, China, and Iloilo, Philip-
pian Islands. On the return voyage the ship was disabled in a
gale by the springing of her rudder head. Put into Cai)e Town,
Africa, for repairs, and returned home in 1880. At present he
is freight contracting agent for the North Chicago Rolling Mills.
Henry Heileman, b. Oct. 27, 1^:69; res. at home; Maria Amelia,
b. Sept. 28, 1843; res. Chicago; unm.; Isabelle Heileman, b. July
20, 1847; res. Chicago; unm.

Katherine, b. Oct. 30, 1809; d. unm. Feb. 4, 1893.

Calista Stuart, b. Nov. 11, 1818; m. in Boston in Apr., 1840,
Andrew J. Loud; d. Aug., 1878. She d. s. p. Nov. 17, 1840, in
Boston. He was a banker.

996. Moses Whitney (Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),b. Oct. 5, 1775, in

Harvard; m. Patty ; res. Harvard, Mass,

Sally, b. Aug. 17, 1798.

Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1800.

Elbridge, b. Nov. 23. 1802.

Eliza, b. May 13, 1806.

Marion, b. Dec. 11,1808.

Harriett Whitcomb, b. Sept. 7, 1811.

2380.

2381.

ii.

2382.

iii.

2383.

iv.

2384.

v.

2385.

vi.

2386.

2387.

2388.

iii.

2389.

iv.

2390.

V.

176 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

997. Capt. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Nov. 7,
1777, in Harvard; m. Sally Flagg, of Holden; d. June 9, 1814; m. 2d, 1816, Mrs. Susan
(Hartwell) Fletcher, of Littleton, wid. of Samuel. He d. Mar. 29, 1864; res. Harvard,
Mass.

Laurilla, b. Mar. 27, 1808; m. Head; res. Syracuse, Iowa.

George, b. Dec. 26, 1809; m. Abbie Bemis.

Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1812.

Sally, b. May 28, 1814; d. .

Nancy, b. May 28, 1814; m. Feb. 22, 1836, Richard H. Whitney,
of Albany, N. Y.

2391. vi. Susan H., b. Oct. 20, 1818; m Oct. 20, 1839, Allen B. Wood. Ch.:

Susan Whittmore, of Fitchburg, Frank A., Aaron, Flora, and
Daniel W.; res. Westminster.

2392. vii. Samuel F., b. Oct, 20, 1821; m. Sarah T. Gardner.

2393. vtii. Sally, b. July 8, 1823.

2394. ix. Daniel, b. Sept. 5, 1825.

2395. X. Abel, b. Nov. 23, 1830; d. Nov. 30, 1840.

1003. Hezekiah Whitney (Elias, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John),b. Stow, May

26, 1761; m. Sarah . His will was probated in 1812; mentions his wife and all

his children. He d. Oct. 14, 1812; res. Stow, Mass.

2396. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1797.

2397. ii. Mary Ann, b. May 27, 1800; m. Brooks. She d. Sept. 29,

1879.

2398. iii. Hezekiah, b. Aug. 20. 1803.

2399. iv. Almira, b. Feb. 4, 1806.

2400. V. Amos, b. .

2401. vi. Rachel, b. in 1811.

1006. Amos Whitney (Elias, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass..
m. at Sterling, Patty Wilder; b. June 21, 1784; d. Oct. 5, 1837. He was a farmer; res.
Stow, Mass.

2402. i. Joseph W., b. Feb. 25, 1815; m. and d. s. p. July 16, 1892, in Wal-

tham, Mass.

2403. ii. LucebaC., b. Sept. 6. 1816; m. Silas Newton. She d. Nov. 30,

1865. He was a blacksmith and d. Feb. 19, 1856. Ch.: Joseph
Newton, Marlboro, Mass.; John Newton, Bolton, Mass. ; Henry
Newton, Brockton. Mass., Mary Newton, b. Sept. 1, 1856; m.
Albert Taylor, Mar. 22, 1877; res. Hudson, Mass.

2404. iii. James W., b. Mar. 13. 1818; m. Sultina V. Bartlett.

2405. iv. Jonathan W., b. Nov. 22, 1821; m. at Hubbardston Rebecca

Gay, b. May 19. 1819; d. Nov. 28, 1893, s. p. He is a painter;
res. Lincoln Square, Worcester, Mass.

2406. V. Mary E., b. Jan. 16, 1825; m. Clark Watron.

2407. vi. Martha M., b. May 16, 1823; m. Sept. 20, 1844, William A. Shum-

way, 63 Orange St., Worcester. He was b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. Sept.
9, 1867; was a teamster from Boston to Worcester before rail-
roads; also a farmer. Ch.: Persis E., b. Jan. 20, 1846; m. June
6, 1867; d. Nov. 6, 1874; m. Randolph Walker; Augustus L.. b.
Feb. 8, 1848; d. Sept. 15, 1866; James L., b. Nov. 14, 1850; d. Jan,
5, 1874; Joseph H., b. Mar. 7. 1856; m, July 3, 1883; m. Mar. 29,
1890; Frank A., b. Feb. 8, 1858; m. July 19, 1885; Mattie M., b.
Jan. 9, 1860; m. Sept. 18, 1882, to James H. Ware; res. 63 Orange
St., Worcester, Mass.

1010. Lemuel W^hitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Jan. 25, 1767; m. Dorcas Gates; d. Mar. 7, 1823. He was a farmer. He d,
1825; res. Stow, Mass., Grafton, Vt.. and East Sudbury, Mass.

2408. i. Leonard, b, Feb. 22, 1815; m. Sarah Ayer and Mrs. Betsey

Parker.

Peter, b. ; d. infancy.

Dorcas, b. ; d. infancy.

Peter, b. . 2412. v. Jotham, b. ,

EzEKiEL, b. 2414. vii. Susan, b. .

Betsey, b. . 2416. ix. Jane, b.

2409.

ii.

2410.

Ml.

2411.

IV.

2413.

vi.

2415.

VUl,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 177

2417. X. Mary, b. . 2418. xi. Elmira, b. .

2419, xii. Lucy Ann, b. . 2420. xiii. Louisa, b. .

2421. xiv. Ann, b.

1018, Ukial Whitney (Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Shirley, Mass.
Sept. 11, 1757; m. at Gorham, Me., Dec. 16, 1784, Lydia Whitmore, b. Aug, 1, 1764; d
Mar. 6, 1818.

He was b. in Shirley, and at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war enlisted
in Col. Prescott's regiment. The enlistment bears date of Apr. 19, 1775. After
the war he located in Gorham, Me., where he married his wife. In 1798 he pur-
chased land in No. Yarmouth, Me., to which place he removed his family soon after.
He ever after resided there, and was a noted school teacher, being familiarly known
as " Master Whitney," He was held in high esteem as a citizen and as a Christian;
was a member of the Congregational church in Pownal, Me., Rev. Percy Chapin,
pastor. He was granted a pension Apr. 28, 1818. He d. Nov. 10, 1835; res. Gor-
ham, Me.

2422. i. Statira, b. Dec. 24, 1785; d, Dec, 31, 1785.

2423. ii, Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1787; m. Retire Drinkwater; res, Durham, Me.

3 ch. She d. May 2. 1824.

2424. iii. Statira, b. Dec. i, 1789; d, Aug. 11, 1794,

2425. iv, Joel, b. Aug. 7, 1791; lost at sea about 1812.

2426. v. Beulah B., b. June 3, 1793; m. Nov. 2, 1817, Enos Small, b. Nov.

28, 1788; d. Feb. 5, 1881. She d. Apr. 21, 1879. Ch.: William
Lathrop, b. Oct. 29, 1819; m. Clara W. Pierce; d. Feb. 1, 1886;
Sarah L., b. Feb. 17, 1822; m. John A. Andrews; d, Nov. 8, 1854;
Uriel Whitney, b. July 23, 1825; m. Mary E. Gilman; res. 682
Tremont St., Boston, Mass. He graduated at Amherst Col-
lege in the class of 1804, and at Andover Theo. Seminarv in
1858; Mary Scott, b. Mav 4, 1828; d. lune 1, 1879; Beulah. b.
Aug. 18, 1833. She gra'd. Mt. Holyoke Female Sem. 1856;
taught in Marion, Iowa, 5 years; at Rockford, 111., 4 years; now,
and for the last 18 years, a teacher in Boston, Mas?.

2427. vi. Betsey, b. May 27 1795; m. James Mitchell; res. Freeport, Me,

She d. Feb., 1849. Ch.: Ansel L.,b. Dec 1, 1828; res. Falmouth,
Me.; Major W., b. Sept. 13, 1830; John W., b. Nov. 24, 1831;
Statira M., b. Mav 24, 1833; Roxanna, b. Sept. 7, 1834; Eliza-
beth, b, Jan. 17, 1840; Harriett S., b. June 25, 1842.

2428. vii. Sally, b. Dec. 16, 1796; m. Daniel Soule; res. Pownal, Me. She

d. Mav 20, 1827, and he m. her sister.

2429. viii. Harriett, b. Apr, 28, 1798; m. Daniel Soule. Ch.: Mrs. Sarah

W. Clifford, 37 Folsom St., Dorchester, Mass. He d. July 30,
1843; ch.: Elisha B., b. June 18, 1828; d. Dec. 12, 1853; Perez
C, b. Mar. 3, 1830; d. "Mav 15, 1871; Samuel W., b. May 30,

1831; d. ; Daniel, b. Jan. 13, 1834; Clarence, b. Oct. 16,

1835; d. Oct. 16, 1857; Harriet A., b. June 6, 1837; Sarah, b. May
24, 1839; Lewis W., b. Mar. 12, 1841.

2430. ix, Charlotte, b. May 12, 1800; m. Levi'Davis. She d. July 6, 1851;

res. No. Yarmouth, Me. Ch.: Lewis, b. Jan. 5, 1828; Charlotte, b.
Oct. 21, 1831; d. Mar, 22, 1875; Augusta C, b. Oct, 6, 1836; res.
Yarmouth, Me.

2431. X, Statira, b, Apr. 26, 1802; m. Nathaniel Merrill; res, Pownal,

Me, Ch.: Charles H., b. Feb. 16, 1829; Joseph, b. Dec. 21, 1832,
She d. July 21, 1878.

2432. xi, Urial, b. July 4. 1804; m. Mary Hoit.

2433. xii, Lewis, b. Sept. 21, 1806; m. Mary Small.

1022. Amaziah Whitney (Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. prob.
Shirley, Mass.; m. Sarah Boyngton; d., ae. 86. He was in the Revolutionary army
in a company from Worcester Co., under command of Capt, Boutell; res. in Mass.,
Albany and Maryland, N. Y,

2434. i. Amaziah, b. ; m. and had 2 ch.

, 2435. ii. Arathusa, b. July 24, 1804; m., 1824, Decatur Winters, b. 1802.
Ch.: Stephen D., b. Dec, 1826; d. 1852. He was a lawyer and
was admitted to practice the year before he died; Lucinda, b,
1833; d., ae. 3 mos; Amaziah, b, 1831; d,, ae, 6; Maria, b, 1828;

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2437.

iv.

2438.

V.

2439.

VI.

2440.

vu.

2441.

viii

2446.

i.

2447.

li.

2448.

111.

2449.

iv.

m. David Hatfield; res. Erie, Pa.; Arathusa, m. 2d 1836, Patrick
Lee; ch., John P., b. Feb, 22, 1837; res. Syracuse, N. Y.; Ellen
M., b. Dec. 13, 1839; m. Dec. 19, 1856, John M. Davis; res. Bing-
hampton, N. Y., 23 Walnut St.

2436. iii. Sallie, b. ; m. John Brock. Ch.: William, Ethel, John,

Clinton, Addle and Annie.

Abner, b. Feb. 2, 1801; m. Matilda P. Sherwood.

Polly, b. ; d. unm.

Betsey, b. ; m. Smith, d. s. p.

Caleb B., b. Feb. 16, 1809; m. Adocia Stevens

Marchia, b. ; m. Joseph Witherell. Ch.: Ansel, Sarah

and James.

2442. ix. Nathan, b. : m. Julia AUington. He was a Baptist min-

ister; had 8 ch. Two living, Julia, Mrs Breece; res. Horseheads,
N. Y., and Rose, Mrs. Matthews; res. Ashley, Pa.

2443. X. William E.,b. ; m. Eliza Saxton. He was a physician and

had two ch., Edgar and George ; d. when his ch. were quite young.

2444. xi. Nathaniel R., b. June 15, 1818; m. Charlotte S. Rice.

2445. xii. Lucretia, b. ; m. Everts.

1023. Samuel Whitney (Abner, John. Moses, Richard, John), b. in Me. in
1769; m. in 1780, Hannah Thompson; b. in 1760; d. in 1814. He was in the Revolu-
tionary army, and when 78 years of age was granted a pension. He d. Sept. 26,
1836; res. Falmouth, Readfield and Farrington, Me.

Ephralm, b. Sept. 22, 1799; m. Nancv F. Skinner.

William, b. July 24, 1786; m. Olive Parlin.

Stephen, b. May 4, 1784.

Dorcas, b. Sept. 16, 1794; m. June 23, 1816, Jonathan Brown, res.
W. Freeman, Me. He was b. Sept. 16, 1794; d. July 11, 1870;
he was a school teacher and farmer. Ch.: Adaline, b. Mar. 9,
1817; m. Dec. 25, 1834; d. Mar. 31, 1849; ch., G. W^ Clarke, King-
field, Me., son of Adaline Brown Clark; Mary, b. Ian. 9, 1819;
m. Dec. 17, 1844; d. Aug. 27, 1850; ch., Mrs. G. H. Hamlin,
Phillips, Me., daughter of Mary Brown Sprague; Sarah, b. Jan.
5, 1821; m. Nov. 4, 1845; d. July 10, 1889; ch., G. W. Richards,
Kingfield, Me., son of Sarah Brown Richards; Jefferson, b. Feb.
27, 1823; m. Jan. 18, 1848; d. Dec. 15, 1855; ch., C. C. Brown, No.
• Freeman, Me., son of Jefferson Brown; Hannah T., b. May 13,
1827; m. July 1, 18.53; d. May 16, 1870; ch., Mrs. ^L A. Will,
Strong, Me., daughter of Hannah Brown Buckley; Clarissa .A..,
b. Mav 14, 1829; d. July 23, 1849; Jonathan, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1833;
d. Feb. 9, 1860; Arietta D., b. Jan. 1, 1839; m. Mar. 4, 1867; d.
Feb. 19, 1869; Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1825; m. 1st, Feb. 25, 1855;
m. 2d, Mar. 21, 1867, P. O., West Freeman, Me.

Samuel, b. Oct. 16, 1782.

Barzelia, b. Aug. 8. 1788.

Polly, b. June 11, 1792.

Sally, b May 30, 1797; m. Mayo.

Greenleaf, b. Sept. 9, 18n3.

1028. Lieut. Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Dec. 11, 1749, in Stow; m. Dec. 10, 1778, Sarah Durarit, of Bedford. His will was pro-
bated in 1806 and alj his children were then living. He d. Sept. 28, 1805; res. Stow,
Mass.

Asa, b. June 22, 1779; m. Sally Brooks.

Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1781; d. Nov. 4, 1803.

Anna, b. Apr. 22, 1783; m. Jan. 14, 1802, Samuel Foster, of Billerica.
Ch.: Dudley, b.

Daniel, b. Apr. 19, 1785; m. Sarah Marble.

Sally, b. June 13, 1787; d. Nov. 6, 1803.

John, b. May 28, 1789; m. Harriett Tower.

Artemas, b. Apr. 22, 1791.

Joseph, b. June 30, 1793; m. Susan Whitney.

Manning, b. Sept. 8, 1795; m. Brooks.

Richard, b. Apr. 18, 1798; m. Eunice Cogswell.

2450.

v.

2451.

VI.

2452.

vn.

2453.

vin

2454.

ix.

2455.

i.

2466.

n.

2457.

iii.

2468.

iv.

2459.

V.

2460.

VI.

2461.

vii.

2462.

Vlll

2463.

IX.

2464.

x.

2472.
2473.

2474.

i.

ii.
iii.

2475.
2476.

liii
iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 179

2465. xi. Lucy, b. Aug. 26, 1801 ; m. Brooks. Ch. : William, b. ;

res. Franconia, N. H.
1029. John Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Nov. 24, 1747; m. Feb. 3, 1778, Mary Farnsworth, ot Groton. He d. bef. July
1782; res. Stow, and Lincoln, Mass.

2466. i. Polly, b. Oct. 8, 1778.

2467. ii. Jonathan, b. June 16, 1780.

2468. iii. Sarah, b. July 28, 1782 (posthumus).

1032. Ephraim Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Sept. 29, 1755; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Sarah Burgess, of Harvard. He was in the
Revolutionary war in Capt. Longley's company from Bolton. He d. Nov. 17, 1784;
res. Stow and Ashburnham, Mass.

2469. i. Ephraim, b. ; d. Apr. 13, 1781.

2470. ii. Rachel, b. Apr. 10, 1783.

2471. iii. Dolly, b. Jan. 10, 1785.

1033. Silas Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Feb. 26, 1758; m. (int.) Sept. 3, 1780, Patience Goodnow, of Stow. She d. in
Charlestown, Tvlass., Feb., 1842.

He was born in Stow, where he resided until soon after his marriage, when he
moved to Ashby, Mass.. where several of his children were born. He afterward
moved to Boston, Mass., and was noted for his great strength. During the Revolu-
tionary war he served in one of the companies from Stow. He d. Charlestown, Mass.,
1838; res. Stow, Ashby, Boston and Charlestown, Mass.

John, b. Nov. 22, 1782; m. "Susannah Vilas.
Silas, b. Jan. 26. 1781; m. Abigail M. Shedd.

SrSAN, b. July 1, 1792; m. Joseph Whitney, of Boston, son of
Daniel, and her own cousin. She d. in Boston, in 1884, ae. 92.

James, b. .

Samuel, b. ; he d. s. p. in 1826. He resided in Charlestown,

Mass., where he was a merchant. If he was married, she died
before his decease. He was a member of the firm of Whitney
& Hyde, general dealers.

2477. V. Ephraim, b. ; m. Eunice .

2478. vi. DoLLY,b. Apr. 1, 1797; m. Nov. 20, 1814, William Beals, Sr. He
was b. Dec. 16, 1785; d. Dec. 8, 1870; res. Boston, Mass. Ch.:
Frances A., m. George Baker; Maria A., d.; m. Sumner Flagg;
Elizabeth B, m. Isaac Kendall; William, m. Nancie W. Mar-
chant, and after her d. Sophie B. Mauvan; res. 125 Newbury St.;
James H., m. .-Xttnie M. W. Reed; Harriet M., m. Geo. W. Tux-
bury; Louisa A., m. John Wetherbee; Emily C, m. Edward C.
Mitchell; John W., m. \'irginia Simmons; Joshua G., m. Edith
Simmons. All the children reside in Boston, with the exception
of Mrs. Baker, who res. at 78 East 55th St., New York; Mrs.
Wetherbee at "The Warren," Roxbury, and Sumner Flagg at
Brookline, Mass. Death of William Beals, Esq.: "After a long
and useful life, this well-known gentleman passed to the eternal
world this morning. He was the senior proprietor of the Boston
Post, with which he had been connected forty years. It was
here that he made an independent fortune by strict attention to
every detail that came under his charge. He was universally
and justly esteemed as one of the most honorable, straightfor-
ward business men in the community. His word was always as
good as his bond; what he said no power on earth could induce
him to gainsay. He was honest to the last nick in every per-
sonal obligation. As prosperity came to him, others shared it,
and his neighbors will bear ample testimony that his charities
were liberal. He was the last man to make any display of benevo-
lence. No poor and worthy printer ever made application to him
for assistance without getting relief. It was often said of him
that he was a 'true man.' In his domestic relations Mr. Beals
was very happy. He was married 56 years. He had ten chil-
dren and forty grandchildren. He was an active member of
the Baptist church, a regular attendant at the Old South prayer

180 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

meetings, and often took charge of them. He has left a name
of which all connected with him have reason to be highly satis-
fied. The deceased will be remembered by the older genera-
tion as one of the publishers of the Commercial Gazette, for
many years before he became identified with the Boston Post.
He was a publisher when Benjamin Russell and Joseph T.
Buckingham were leaders of the Boston press. Mr. Bucking-
ham in his 'Reminiscences of the Boston press,' says he was one
of the ablest financiers ever connected with the American press.
He was an active and industrious man, and the financial success
of the journals with which he was identified was due to his
ability and careful management of the business department.
Everybody knew him, but few knew his real worth. It is not
too much to say that he possessed a kind and genial heart. By
sound judgment, fair dealing, scrupulous honesty, he achieved
success and left an ample fortune for his own and his partner's
family."

2479. vii. Betsey, b. ; m. Bates.

- 2480. viii. Polly, b. ; m. Gault.

1038. Jacob Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b Harvard,
Mass., Mar. 24, 1748; m. May 25, 1772, Lois Hapgood; m. 2d, June 29, 1794, Mary
Patch of Littleton, b. 1751; d. Dec. 27, 1833.

He was in the company of Capt. Jonathan Davis in Col. Asa Whitcomb's regi-
ment Oct. 6, 1775, in the Revolutionary army. Part of the companies in this regi-
ment were ordered to reinforce Col. Prescott in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17,
He made his will Nov. 8, 1815. It was probated Oct. 18, 1825. Son Elias was exec-
utor. He d. July 11, 1825, in W.; res. Harvard and Winchendon, Mass.

Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1772; m. Carpenter.

Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1776; m. Keyes.

LoiS, b. Aug. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 13, 1802, Daniel Ward, b. June 21,
17!<1; d. Mar. 8, 1856; was a farmer. She d. Apr. 6, 1853. Ch.:
Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1805; d. Jan. 27, 1864; Josiah Wilder, b.
May 18, 1807; d. June 18, 1831; Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1809; d.
Aug. 26, 1812; Calvin Thomson, b. Nov. 24, 1812; d. June 19,
1867; Emery Whitney, b. Oct. 4, 1815; d. Apr. 6, 1833; Charles
Kendall, b. July 7, 1819; present address Denver, Colo., 358
Lincoln Ave.; Adaline Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1822; d. Aug. 30, 1856.

2484, iv. Nancy, b. Aug. 8, 1785; m. Ward. A son is John Ward;

res. Pavilion Center, N. Y.
Jacob, b. Oct., 1776.
Eli, b. May 17, 1783.

Emory, b. Oct. 1, 1791; m. Lydia Locke and Thankful G. Morey.
Silas, b.

2481.

2482.
2483.

iii.

2485.

V.

2486.

vi.

2487.

vii.

2488.

viii.

2489.

ix.

2490.

X.

2491.

xi.

2491 J^

j.xii.

Elias, b. June 16, 1797; m. Fannie Demary.
Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1794; d. July 26, 1797.
Martha Ann, b. May 22, 1812; d. young.
Mary Percy, b. July 25, 1814; d. young.
Emery W. Whitney, of Sturges, Mich., and Mrs. Seneca Whitney Upton, of
Keene, N. H., are descendants of Jacob Whitney.

1039. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Feb. 2, 1752; m. Dec. 15, 1772, Mercy Willard.

He was born in Harvard where he always resided. April 19, 1775, he was in
Capt. Fairbanks company from Harvard in the provincial regiment of foot of alarm
men in Col. Whitcomb's regiment which marched to Cambridge. In July, 1777, he
was in the reinforcements sent from Harvard to assist Gen. Benj. Lincoln who was
then harassing the rear of the invading army. During 1777 he served in the com-
panies of Capt. Hezekiah Whitney and Capt. Hills from Harvard. In Aug. and
Sept., 1778, he was in Capt. Sawyer's company that took part in the operations in
Rhode Island. In 1799 and 1800 he was selectman; res Harvard, Mass.

Betsey Willard, b. June 5, 1774.

Polly, b. Mar. 26, 1777.

Levi, b. Apr. 16, 1781; m. Sarah .

Polly, b. Apr. 15, 1789.

2492.

i.

2493.

ii.

2494.

111.

2495.

iv.

2496.

2497.

ii.

2498.

Ill

2499.

T'

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 181

1041. Reuben Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, 21, 1758; m. Lucy Fairbank; b. Mar. 24, 1764.

He was born in Harvard and worked on his father's farm. When but eighteen
years of age he enlisted in the Revolutionary army in the company of Capt. Sarg-
ent of Princeton, and regiment commanded by Col. Stearns of Lunenburg. This was
assigned to a special brigade which was raised to repulse the advance of Sir Henry
Clinton in Rhode Island. He was selectman in 1801, 1804 and 1805; res. Harvard,
Alass

Lucy, b. Jan. 24, 1782.

Reuben, b. Aug. 11, 1783; m. Milley Pollard.

Mercy Fairbank, b. July 25, 1786.

ZiMRi, b. May 29, 1795.

1042. James Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard
May 29, 1760; m. May 27, 1783, Rachel Lawton, b. Dec. 7, 1760; d. Apr. 14, 1803; m.
2d, Oct. 20, 1803, Lucy Reed; m. 3d, Dec. 8, 1811, Susan Whitney, b. in 1785; d. Sept.
19, 1848. He was selectman in 1808-9.

James Whitney's widow's dower, late of Harvard, asks for her dower; name of
•wife Susan, Mar. 13, 1817. James Whitney's real estate, late of Harvard; Richard
Whitney, Jr., asks for a settlement Feb. 9, 1819. Richard Whitney, Jr., Amos Batch-
eller, Rachel Batcheller, John Whitney, Isaac Whitney, guar, for Lucy Whitney Jef-
ferson, Mary and Hiram sign, saying they are satisfied, Feb. 27, 18l9. He d. Feb.,
1817; res. Harvard, Mass.

2500. i. Richard, b. Mar. 30, 1784; m. Sally Turner.

2501. ii. Jeremiah Lawton, b. Aug. 13, 1788. He was a clockmaker and

res. in Shirley. His estate was settled in 1815. Richard, Jr., of
Harvard, was admr. At the auction sale of his effects his
brother John bought his watch.

2502. iii. Rachel, b. July 21, 1791; m. Dec. 15, 1812, Amos Batchelor, of

Boxboro.
John, b. July 20, 1796.
Lucy, b. July 23, 1804.
Jefferson, b. Apr. 26, 1806.
Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1809.
Hiram, b. Mar. 11, 1815; m. Martha Ann Whitney.

1045. Josiah Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Feb. 25, 1753; m. in Harvard, Jan. 10, 1776, Anna Scollav, bap. Apr. 18, 1756;
d. Nelson, N. H., Mar. 8, 1824.

Josiah Whitney, son of Gen. Josiah Whitney, was born in Harvard, Mass., where
he resided until shortly after the Revolutionary war, when he moved to Nelson, N.
H., where he ever after resided and conducted an extensive farm. " Josiah Whitney,
Jr., was a private in the Minute Men from Harvard, Mass., at the Lexington alarm,
April 19, 1775. Also private in Capt. Manassah Sawyer's companv, Col. Dike's regi-
ment, Massachusetts Militia, 1776, at Dorchester Heights." He d. Jan. 2, 1827; res.
Harvard, Mass., and Nelson, N. H.

2507. i. Nancy, b. Apr. 12, 1777; m. Nathaniel Breed, of Nelson. He d.

Oct. 10, 1837, at Alstead, N. H. She d. Mar. 23, 1859. Ch.:
Whitney, b. Apr. 27, 1810; m. Oct. 26, 1837; Persis B. Hatch, res.
Alstead Center, N. H.

2508. ii. Sally, b. June 26, 1778; m. June 15, 1802, Capt. Pius Upton Bur-

nap. She d. Feb. 26, 1846. He was b. in Reading, Mass., Feb,
5, 1775; d. Aug. 11, 1827; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.: John, b. Apr.
4, 1803; d. May 13, 1803; Upton, b. June 20, 1804; m. Harriet
Batchelder, and d. Aug. 13, 1854; Josiah, b. Aug. 26, 1805; m.
Miranda Adams; d. 1892; Eli, b. Feb. 15, 1807; d. Jan. 22, 1837;
Polly, b. Sept. 20, 1808; d. May 1, 1811; Nancv, b. May 13, 1810;
m. Sept. 30, 1828, Asa Taft, and d. Feb. 22, 1887; a dau., Nancy
Marietta Taft, res. Keene, N. H.; Mary, b. June 26, 1812; m.
Mar. 5, 1840, Reuel Nims, and d. Mar. 24, 1869; Lura, b. Apr. 3,
1814; m. Nov. 14,1837, Maynard Wilson; James, b. Sept. 6, 1816;
m. Oct. 17, 1840, Mary Gilman; George, b. July 15, 1818; m.
Susan M. Sherwin, Mary F. Reynolds and Charlotte Harris
Atwood; Laura, b. Oct. 13, 1819; d. Aug. 28, 1822; Lorin, b. Oct.
13, 1819; d. Sept. 11, 1822.

2503.

iv.

2504.

V.

2505.

vi.

2505)4

.Vll.

2506.

VllI

182 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2509. iii. Lois, b. Mar. 15, 1781; m. Ezra Wardwell. They res. Nelson, N.

H. He d. in Sullivan, N. H., June 3, 1845; she d. there Jan. 16,
1859. Ch.: Lois, b. Apr. 1. 1801; d. July 20, 1880; Ichabod
Nichols, b. Dec. 6, 1802; d. Mar., 1859; Ezekiel, b. Aug. 18, 1804;
m. Mary Gate; d. abt. 1840; Phebe, b. Aug. 1, 1806; d. in infancy,
no date; Lucy, b. May 30, 1808; d. Apr. 27, 1859; Emily, b. Apr.
8, 1810; d. May 3, 1811; Ezra, b. Mar. 17, 1812; d. Sept. 24, 1850;
Harriet, b. June 11, 1314; d. 1874; Hersey, b. Feb. 4, 1817; m.
Sarah M. Emerson, and d. Aug. 1, 1871; a ciau. m. Charles Stay,
and res. Greenfield, Mass.; Granville, b. Dec. 9, 1819; d. June
24, 1858. The children of Lois Whitney and Ezra Wardwell
. are all dead; for further information in regard to their descend-
ants reference is given as follows: Those of Lcrts Wardwell,
to J. R. Beal, Keene, N. H.; of I. N. Wardwell, to Mrs. Albert
G. Nims, Keene, N. H.; of Lucy, to W. H. Buckminster, Keene
N. H.; of Ezra, to Granville Wardwell, Winchester, N. H.; of
Harriet, to Mrs. J. N. Nims, Sullivan, N. H.; of Granville, to
Mrs. Mary L. Campbell, Great Falls, Mont.

2510. iv. Stephen, b, July 1, 1784; m. Mary A. Burgess.

2511. V. Lucy, b. ; m. June 4, 1811, Asa Lawrence, b. Aug. 21, 1795;

d. Oct. 8, 1862. Shed. Jan. 16, 1829; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.:
Laura, b. Oct. 28. 1812; m. Sept. 1831, Geo. W. Towns, and d.
Mar. 5, 1858; Lara, b. Mar. 6, 1815; d. July 29, 1818; Justus, b.
Feb. 19, 1817; m. Nov. 4, 1852, Caroline E. Trust, of Derby, Vt.;
he d. Dec. 21, 1872; Loren Woodbury, b. May 3, 1819; d. Sept.
29, 1865, at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands; Lara, b. Apr. 15, 1822;
d. Apr. 4, 1825; Josiah Whitney, b. June 6, 1827; d. June 22, 1832.

2512. vi. Josiah, b. Feb. 24, 17^2; m. Sarah Ernes.

2513. vii. James, b. Dec. 26, 1789; m. Anna Goss.

2514. viii. Lydia, b. July 6, 1795; m. 1818, Henry Melville, b. ; d.

. She d. Jan. 8, 1864; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.: Sarah

Minot, b. Oct. 5, 1818; m. Dr. Leonard French; d. in Ashby,
Mass., Sept 11, 1849, leaving son Leonard Melville French, b.

July 26, 1849, who m. Blood, and res. in Manchester, N. H.;

Josiah Henrv, b. Dec. 18, 1820; m. Nancy Rebecca Nesmith,
Oct. 15, 1857; d. Mar. 19, 1885, in Nelson, N. H.; 3 ch., (1)
Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1858.

Mr. Melville, for four years last past secretary of the Repub-
lican Club of the city of New York, and of the Harvard Law
School Association, and now one of the non-commissioned offi-
cers of Company " B " Seventh Regiment, was graduated at
Dartmouth in 1879, and in 1884 took the Master's Degree and
LL. B., cum laude, at Harvard. He prepared for college at the
Rev. Dr. Leach's school at Keene, N. H.

At Dartmouth he was a member of a well known local soci-
ety, the Kappa Kappa Kappa, one of the oldest and best in the
institution, and, on the completion of his course, was a com.-
mencement debater with the Hon. Hiram D. L'pton, late speak-
er of the N. H. House of Representatives on the question, " Is
Suffrage a Birthright?"

After spending two years as principal of the high school at
Winchendon, Mass., he entered Harvard, where he remained
three years, and was honored by being appointed by the faculty
to represent the law school, at the university commencement
in 1884, with an oration on the subject of " National Regulation
of Inter-State Commerce."

Coming from there to New York, he entered the office of
James C. Carter, the distinguished leader of the local bar, and
was admitted to practice in June, 1885. In December of that
year he formed a business association with Senator Roscoe
Conkling, which continued till the latter's death in 1888. Later
he became a member of a partnership with Hon. Daniel Dough-
erty and William A. Sweetser (assistant corporation counsel),
and also was one of the editorial writers in an edition of
" Smith's Leading Cases."

HENRY MELVILLE.

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184 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He has at all times taken an active interest in public affairs
and in the Presidential campaign of 1888 made upward of
thirty speeches for Harrison. As a National Guardsman he
engages enthusiastically in rifle practice, and has gained some
distinction by his shooting in competitions as a member of his
company's team.

He is a member of the Harvard Club, Republican Club, Bar
Association, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, and Sons of the Revolu-
tion. Apropos of the latter, it is interesting to note that on less
than eight of his ancestors fought for American independence,
viz.: Josiah Melville, Josiah Melville, Jr., Capt. Jonas Minot,
James Nesmith, Reuben Gregg, Sergeant Adam Dickey, Gener-
al Josiah Whitney and Josiah Whitney, Jr. The two Melvilles,
two Whitneys and Minot were at Concord, the elder Whitney
and Nesmith at Bunker Hill, and Dickey and Gregg at Ben-
nington.

Mr. Melville stands well' among his contemporaries at the
New York bar, and reflects credit upon Dartmouth, his alma
mater.

(2) Arthur Nesmith, b. Aug. 10, 1861; d. Jan. 13, 1883; (3) Car-
oline Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1865; d. Aug. 15, 1885, in Nelson, N. H.;
Caroline Lydia, b. Jan. 17, 1822; m. Francis W. Wright, of Ash-
by, Mass.; d. in Ashby, Mass., Jan. 4, 1864; buried in Nelson,
N. H.; 2 ch., (1) Henry Melville, d. young; (2) Dascomb Francis;
(4) Ann Maria, Ij. Apr. 9, 1825; m. Dr. Leonard French (2d wife), d.
Jan. 6, 1864; one child, Henry Minot, b. Apr. 1, 1853; Dr. Leon-
ard d. in Manchester, N. H., Feb., 1892; (5) Lucy Eveline, b. Dec.
12, 1828; d. Feb. 5, 1832,in Nelson, N. H ; (6) Mary Jane, b. Nov.
17, 1832; m. Rev. Samuel H. Tolman; d. Aug. 31, 1875; buried
in Nelson, N. H.; ch., Mary Melville, b. June 9, 1858; Edward
Howe, b. Apr. 30, 1860; d. Mar. 14, 1877.

2515. ix. ScoLLAY, b. Oct. 6, 1798; m. ; d. Lynn, Mass.

2516. X. Betsey, b. June 4, 1801; m. Dec. 31, 1822, Capt. Asa Spaulding,

res. Nelson. He was b. May 14, 1796. Ch.: Sylvester, m. Sarah
Searles, of Townsend, Mass.; res. Keene, N. H.; Alfred, m.
C. Ann Bromley, of Danby, Vt. She d. Mar. 7, 1869.

1047. Stephen Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, Mass., May 1, 1757; m. Feb. 6, 1783, Persis Locke; b. 1757; d. June 25, 1806, in
Deerfield.

He was born in Harvard, and resided in Roxbury, N. H. He sensed in the Revo-
lutionary war, and participated in the battle of Bennington, in 1777; was in the com-
pany from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Whitney. From 1798 to 1808,
he kept an inn at Bloody Brook, in Deerfield, Mass., near the site of the Indian mas-
sacre of 1675. In 1809 he resided in Sterling. He d. in Lynn, Mass.; res. Shutes-
bury, Deerfield and Lynn, Mass.

2517.
2518.
2519.

Polly, b. Mar. 2, 1783; m. Benjamin Marsh, of Deerfield.
i. Stephen, b. June 6, 1785; d. Julv 20, 1786.

ii. Betsey, b. Sept. 8, 1787; m. lS08, Abraham Sanderson, Jr., b
Aug. 2, 1781; d.l821; m.2d Lucius Graham; b. ; d

m. 3d Ebenezer Saxton; b. ; d. . She d. 1840. Ch.

Perises, b. Oct. 30, 1809; m. Ansel C. Delano; she d. Sept. 1838
Clarissa, b. May 31, 1812; m. Henry Church; res. Ohio; Try-
phena, b. Nov. 2, 1814; m. Alson Cole, d. s. p. 1850; Dwight
Whitney, b. Mar. 1, 1817; m. 1850, Harriett N. Grover; res. Sun-
derland; Tryphosa Elvira, b. Feb. 10, 1820; m. Ephraim H.
Curtiss; res. Newton; Lucius (Graham), b. Mar. 7, 1824; m.
Minerva Kingsbury; 3 ch.; res. Conway.

2520. iv. Cynthia, b. Apr. 14, 1790; m. Jan. 1, 1814, Jonathan Currier, of

Concord, N. H. Ch.: Wm. Jackson, b. Feb. 21, 1815; graduated
Andover and Amherst, M. D.; m. Susan B. Spalding; Chas. W.,
b. Mar. 9, 1817; studied medicine and went to Texas; Simon
Pender, b. Aug. 19, 1822; m. Elizabeth Wakeman; res. Milwau-
kee ^^is.

2521. v. CLARissA.b. May 27, 1793; d. unm. at L., Mar. 20, 1811.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 185

2522. vi. Susan, b. June 9, 1795; m. Aug. 8, 1816, Richard Richards. He
d. Dec. 19, 1851; res. Lynn, Mass. Ch.: Lydia M., b. Apr. 29,
1817^ m. 1832, Albert T. Goodwin; res. Lynn; Jos. W., b. May 25,
1820; m. Jan. 22, 1821; Bridget H., b. Apr. 26, 1825; m. 1839,
Amos W. Fisher.

2528. vii. Stephen, b. Aug. 6, 1797; d. at D., Aug. 24, 1803.

2524. viii. Elvira, b. Mar. 2, 1804; m. William Watts, of L.

1053. Capt. Lemuel Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Sept. 19, 1784; m. Dec. 4, 1804, Elizabeth Hall; b. Feb. 6, 1788; d. Apr. 30, 1852.

Capt. Lemuel Whitney was the son of Gen. Josiah, and was born in Harvard,
Mass. He was eleven years of age when his father moved from Harvard to Ashby.
He was captain in the militia, and an officer for six years. He was fatally injured
by falling from a load of hay, and died within a few days. He made his will July 6,
and it was probated Sept. 6, 1853. He d. July 9, 1853; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

2525. i. Henry H., b. June 11, 1805; m. Caroline F. Bailey.

2526. ii. Dwell, b. Sept. 10, 1807; m. Emily Derby, and Mrs. Rebecca

(Gilson) Crouch.

2527. iii. Otis, b. Nov. 14, 1809; m. Hannah Parker.

2528. iv. Betsey, b. Mar. 18, 1812; m. Feb. 2, 1832, Josiah Derby, b. July 4,

1805, d. Apr. 4, 1876; farmer; res. Leominster, Mass. Ch.: Sarah
E., b. May 23, 1833; d. June 13, 1844; Mary A., b. Sept. 28, 1834;
m. Dec. 19, 1860, Wm. Flint; he d. in the army; she m. 2d fona

E. Goodwin; she d. Sept. 7, 1887; Jane E., b. July 9, 1836; m.
Feb. 25, 1869, John W.Whitney, and live at 36 Burnap street,
Fitchburg, Mass.; Emily A., b. Jan. 14, 1838; m. July 29, 1860,
George L. Fuller, of Shirley; she d. July 7, 1867; left one dau.,
Nellie M.; Euranie, b. Apr 30, 1839; m. June 2, 1859, Boardman

F. Warren, of West Townsend, Mass.; they live there now;
Josiah, b. Nov. 20, 1840; d. June 17, 1844; Franklin G., b. June
10, 1842; d. July 20, 1842; Julia R., b. May 26. 1843; m. Nov. 21,
1866, Joseph N. Day, of Lancaster; live in Leominster, Mass.;
has one son, Melvin J., b. Nov. 6, 1870; Joseph H., b. Oct. 21,
1844; d. May 26, 1866; Harriet E., b. July 31, 1846; m. Mar. 23,
1875, Lafayette W. Pierce, Esq., of Winchendon; live in
Gainesville, Ga.; Sarah A., b. Sept. 6, 1848; m. Oct. 10, 1874,
Lewis Morse, of St. Albans, Vt.; live in Townsend, Mass.;
Francena E., b. Oct. 3, 1850.

2529. v. Lemuel, b. Aug. 9, 1818; m. Almira G. Pollard.

2530. vi. Nancy, b. June 23, 1822; res. Ashby,

1054. Daniel Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Oct. 25
1786; m. Mar. 10, 1808, Hannah Shedd, of Waltham, Mass.

Daniel Whitney was born in Mass. He was a master mason builder, and
moved with his family from Boston, Mass., in 1825, on a sloop with all his worldly
goods and family, consisting of ten children. It took a week to make the trip. He
resided in New York City, and died at the age of 82. He made all the arrange-
ments for his funeral one year before he died — chose eight pall bearers from among
his most intimate friends of long standing. He had a presentiment one year before
he died that he would die that year. There are many elegant residences standing
now that he erected. He was very active after the great fire of 1835. He. d. Apr.
18, 1869; res. Waltham and Boston, Mass., and New York City, N. Y.

Daniel J., b. Feb. 11, 1809; d. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10, 1850.
Hannah Maria, b. Oct. 10, 1810; d. unm. Dec. 25, 1859.
George, b. Oct. 30, 1812; d. at sea.
Josiah M., b. Jan. 19, 1814; m. Mary Jane Ayers.
Edward Oliver, b. Dec. 24, 1816; m. Eliza Lawrence.
Lucy Jane, b. Dec. 16. 1818; m. Oct. 19, 1854, George B. Revere,
b. Jan. 26, 1823; d. Dec. 11, 1882. She d. Jan. 11, 1861. Ch.:
Susanna W., b. Apr. 23, 1857; res. 572 No. Carey St., Brockton,
Mass.; Paul, b. Feb. 20, 1860; m. and res. W. Bridgewater, Mass.
This was Mr. Revere's second marriage. By his first wife he
had two ch. After Lucy Jane's death he m. 3d, Oct. 4, 1868
Arabella Groves in Yarmouth, Me.; ch., Jennie Belle, b. Aug. 2
1869; d. Sept. 8, 1870.
13

2531.

2532.

2533.

iii.

2534.

IV.

2535.

v.

2536.

VI.

186 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2537. vii. Susanna, b. Feb. 24, 1821; res. 68 Bank St., New York Citv.

2538. viii. Benjamin Shurtliff, b. Nov. 6, 1822; d. Aug. 6, 1850.

2539. ix. Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1824; m. Theodore Crowell; res. Dillsburg,.

Pa. Ch.: Whitney, b. ; res. Arlington, N. J.

2540. X. William Minott, b. Jan. 2, 1827; m. Amelia Cook.

2541. xi. Warren Webster, b. Mar. 12, 1829; m. Jenny A. Bard.

2542. xii. Sarah Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1881; d. Aug. 14, 1832.

1056. Moses Gill Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Feb.
4, 1791; m. Ann Shields; res. Bennington, Vt.

2543. iii. Josiah, b. ; m. Sarah Dickenson.

2544. i. Lewis, b. ; m. . He d. in Greenfield, Mass., leaving

two ch. The widow and son went west and d. there. The
other child was a dau.

2545. ii. Royal, b. ; m. . He m. twice and d. in Bennington,

Vt., leaving a dau.

2546. iv. Moses Gill, b. Apr. 30, 1821; m. Nov. 28, 1844, Charlotte W.

Farnsworth, b. Dec. 6, 1820. He d. s. p. Jan. 26, 1852; res.
Chicopee, Mass.

2547. V, Dau, b. ; d. infancy.

1059. Joshua Whitney (Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard,.
Feb. 18, 1764; m. in Sterling, Mass., 1783, Vashti Knight, b. 1759. His widow peti-
tions the court for her third of the estate Oct. 20, 1812. She d. Sterling, Oct., 1832.
He d. July, 1812; res. Gardner, Mass.

Oliver, b. Apr. 28, 1784; m. Rebecca Nichols.

Joshua, b. Feb. 9, 1786; d. Feb. 16, 1792.

Dorcas, b. Jan. 14, 1798; m. Edmond Nichols. Ch.: Joel and
Betsey. They res. Gardner, Mass.

Dolly, b. Mar. 28, 1790; d. May 9, 1791.

Joseph, b. Mar. 24, 1792; m. Nancy Sawin.

Dolly, b. Sept. 27, 1793; m. Asa Holden.

Joshua, b. Mar. 24, 1795; d. May 2, 1795.

John, b. Apr. 21, 1796; m. Rachel Osgood.

Joel, b. Apr. 13, 1798; d. Mar. 15, 1801.

Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1800; d. bef. 1812.

Silas, b. Nov. 11, 1804; d. bef. 1812.

Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1807; m. John Sawyer.

1065. Jonathan Whitney (Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Sept.
18, 1768; m. Lucy Wheeler, b. June 6, 1771. She d. Sterling, Mass., Jan, 2, 1856. He
made his will Apr. 13, 1835, and it was probated May 1, 1847. He d. Feb. 18, 1847;
res. Sterling, Mass.

2560. i. Lucy, b. May 11, 1794; m. Sept. 2, 1813, Calvin Wheeler, b. Aug.

4, 1788; d. Jan. 2, 1860. She d. Apr. 11, 1871. Ch.: Mary Hap-
good, b. Apr. 22, 1814; d. Aug. 14, 1842; Jonathan Whitney, b.
Nov. 7, 1816; m. Aug. 15, 1850; d. July 22, 1889; Levi, b. May
22, 1819; m. Apr.. 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1883; Betsey, b. Nov. 4,.
1821; d. Aug. 31, 1825; Lucy. b. Oct. 30, 1826; d. May 18, 1837;
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1830; m. Feb. 4, 1851, D. F. Messinger; res.
29 Myrtle St.. Worcester, Mass.; Lydia Ann, b. Oct. 31, 1831; d.
May 10, 1837; George Gay, b. Oct. 7, 1835; d. Oct. 14, 1844;
Charles, b. July 1, 1838; res. Lake Forest, 111.

2.561 ii. Priscilla, b. Jan. 9, 1797; m. in 1816, Leonard Mason, b. Jan. 25,
1789; d. Feb. 7, 1863. She d. Apr. 6, 1879. Ch.: Mary, b. Dec.
28, 1817; m. May 17, 1837, Amos E. Kendall; res. E. Princeton,
Mass.; Betsey M., b. Jan. 26, 1820; m. May, 1843, Lysander B.
Barnes. She d. Oct. 31, 1863; Joel W., b. Oct. 30, 1821; m. May

5, 1847, Mary E. Thomas. He d. July 5, 1894. He was b. in
East Princeton. At his death he was senior member of the firm
of J. W. Mason & Co., chair and furniture manufacturers in
New York City and at Hunter. His character was firm and
commanding, but with a keen sense of the humorous — at all
times ready to see and appreciate a joke, and always ready
with a pleasantry. He looked on the bright side of life, was

2648.

i.

2649.

11.

2550.

111.

2561.

iv.

2552.

v.

2553.

VI.

2554.

VII,

2556.

Vlll.

2556.

IX.

2567.

x.

2658.

xi.

2559.

xn.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 187

never discouraged, but bravely met and,overcame all obstacles-
Meanness of any description excited his contempt, and honesty
and integrity were his constant precept and practice. He was
born to command, and was only satisfied when command de-
volved upon him. It may be recollected by some that while
Hon. Chester A. Arthur was President of the United States he
visited Hunter as the guest of Col. Mason. He held many posi-
tions of honor at various times; Fanny, b. Sept. 30, 1823; m.
Nov. 23, 1842, Peter M. Keyes; res. E. Princeton; Silas, b. Apr.
6, 1826; m. Clementina Ballou and Maria Wheeler; res. Heart-
wellville, Vt.; Jonathan W., b. July 20, 1827; d. Aug. 26, 1827;
Jonas B., b. j;uly 15, 1828; d. July 30, 1832; Marshall, b. May 25,
1830; m. twice; Mar. 15, 1854, Lucena M. Janes, and Apr. 8,
1863, Elizabeth P. Safford; res. St. Albans, Vt.; Louisa E., b.
Jan. 31, 1832; d. Mar. 23, 1832; Hezekiah W., b. June 12, 1833;
m. May 7, 1854, Phcebe A. Hunt; res. Baldwinsville, Mass.

2562. iii. Betsey, b. ; m. —Church; res. Templeton, Mass.

2563. iv. Caleb, b. .

2564. V. Jonathan, b. July, 1802; m. Lucy Spaulding, and Lorena French.

2565. vi. Joel, b. ; m. Seraph W. Sawyer.

2566. vii. Hezekiah, b, ; m. Eliza I. . He d. s. p., Fitchburg,

Mass., Feb. 3, 1876.

2567. viii. Joseph, b. Sterling, Nov. 22, 1810; m. .

1075. Wetherbee Whitney (Simon, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, Johnj.b. Har-
vard, Mass., May 3, 1746; m. there July 7, 1774, Abigail Warner; b. Feb. 7, 1746. He was
a farmer. His will was probated Aug. 28, 1776. He d. Oct. 14, 1775; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2568. i. Artemas, b. June 8, 1775; d. Mar. 1, 1777. The wid. m. 2d, Sept.

12, 1778, Nicholas Patterson; res. Harvard. He was b. Mar. 22,
1740. ^s'icholas took up land at Otter Creek, Vt. His family
remained in H. While living there in a hut he d. in 1790. Ch.
by Abigail: Abigail, b. July 22, 1779; d. infancv; Abigail Willard,
b. June 13, 1780; d. June 23, 1813; Artemas, b. Apr. 7, 1781;
Lucinda, b. Feb. 25, 1783; d. 1832; Anna Willard, b. Mar. 5, 1785;
Alexander, b. May 15, 1787; d. unm. at sea.

1086. Simon Whitney (Simon, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard.
Mar. 17, 1770; m. there May 22, 1792, Polly Welch; d. 1840. He was a licensed store
keeper in Harvard from 1792-7. Simon Whitney's will, late of Harvard, wife Mary.
Gives to widow of brother Reubin Meeds and her three children. The residue
between brother Judah Whitney's children, sister Sarah Taylor's children, sister
Patience Willard's children, sister Hannah Priest's children, sister Amy Draper's
children, brother Reubin Meeds' children; Thomas Welch Bolton, exec, Nov. 17,
1818. Mary Whitney's will, of Harvard. Gives to Mary, wife of Wm. Lock, of New-
ton; Mary, dau. of brother Thom. Welch. Gives to Mary Ann and Sophia, daus. of
brother Silas Welch ; brother Thomas Welch, of Leominster, Orange and Silas Welch,
children of Silas Welch; Thomas Welch, exec, Sept. 5, 1822, 1st Tues., July, 1840.
He d. 1818, s. p.; res. Harvard, Mass.

1091. Corp. Phinehas W^hitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Richard, Richard. John),
b. Harvard, July 3, 1747; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Keziah Farnsworth. She d. June 26, 1827, at
Norway, Me.

He was in the Revolutionary war from Harvard, Mass. First served in Capt.
Joseph Moore's company, from Groton, in Col. Wm. Prescott's regiment, enlisting
when the war broke out. From Feb. 5, 1777, to Jan. 28, 1780, he was corporal in Capt.
Benj. Brown's company in Col. Michael Jackson's regiment. In 1781 he re-enlisted
for three years. At this time, 1781, his age, is given at 23, which is incorrect. He
was 5 feet 11 inches tall, dark complexion, and by occupation a farmer. He was at
the battle of Bunker Hill in the rear of the breastworks, against which the British
troops were advancing. He had just put the last charge in his gun when a British
officer mounted the works and cried out " Rush on, the fort is ours." Whitney shot
the officer and clubbing his musket escaped, though badly wounded. When he was
75 years of age he was obliged to have one of his limbs amputated on account of the
wound. April 11, 1818, he was given a pension by the U. S. government for Revo-

188 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

lutionary services. The town clerk at Norway, Me., writes as follows: According to the
Norway town history, Phinehas Whitney lived in that part of Norway known as the
" Waterford Three Tiers," and was said to be a Revolutionary soldier, and in the battle
of Bunker Hill. I am unable to learn anything of his family, although the history
speaks of his having one son. He d. May 21, 1830, of old age; res. Harvard, Mass.,
and " Waterford Three Tiers," Norway, Me.

2569. i. Mary, b. May 15, 1766, at Harvard.

1108. Ebenezer Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer. Richard, John),b. Mansfield,
Conn., ^iay 28, 1762; m. in Uxbridge, Mass., Dec. 18, 1786, Rachel Perne Rawson, of
Uxbridge; b. Mendon, Apr. 3, 1764; d. Montague, Mass., Nov. 15, 1819; m. 2d, Feb.
24, 1821, Lavinia Burnham Potter; b. Jan. 25, 1788; d. Nov. 30, 1866.

He was born in Mansfield, Conn . , in 1762, on a farm, where he resided until three
years of age when he moved with his parents to Montague, Mass., where he lived
until about his majority, on attaining which he went to Worcester and enlisted as a
private m the Continental army in the company commanded by Capt Joshua Pierce
in Col. Bigelow's regiment, in which he served from Sept. 14, 1777, until Dec. 31, 1779.
In 1780, according to the army books, he was a private in Col. Bigelow's regiment.
In 1786, after the war was over, he was married in Uxbridge and returned to Mon-
tague, where he ever after resided, except for a short when he lived in Conway,
Mass. He received a pension from the government which began Apr. 9, 1818; at that
time it was stated he was of the Massachusetts continental line. He followed agri-
cultural pursuits all his life after the war. He was given a pension by the govern-
ment May 6, 1818, when 70 years of age. He d. Mar. 31, 1855; res. Conway and Mon-
tague, Mass.

• Asa R., b. Jan. 31, 1803; d. unm. at Montague, 1871.

Isaac, b. Jan. 22, 1788; m. Laura Montague.

Emory, b. Oct. 6, 1794; m. Rosanna Selleck.

Otis, b. Feb. 1, 1790; m. Thirza Glazier.

Appollus, b. Dec. 2, 1791; m. Charlotte Hamilton.

Ebenezer, b. June 29, 1799; m. Dianna Hildreth.

Sophia, b. Dec. 13, 1796; m. Ira Benjamin. She d. Mar. 19, 1850.

Joseph M., b. Jan. 11, 1824; m. Mary Hunt.

1119. Ezekiel Whitney (Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Plain-
field, Conn., May 15, 1758; m. at Stamford, Nov. 17, 1788, Phebe Hoyt, of Stamford.
He was in the Revolutionary war and bore the character of an excellent pious man
and was beloved, esteemed and respected by all. He d. Apr. 25, 1835; res. Stam-
ford, Conn, and Waterford, N. Y.

2578. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1785; m. at W. May 23, 1801, Daniel McGiver;

res. W. He d. there Feb. 23, 1827, ae. 52. She d. Mar. 7, 1872.
He was in the war of 1812.
Ezekiel Hoyt, b. Apr. 16, 1788; m. Elizabeth Ostrander.
Phebe, b. Mar. 19, 1794; d. Sept. 9, 1795.
Lucy, b. Oct. 7, 1797; m. Foster King. She d. Dec. 22, 1868.
Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1797; d. May 30, 1802.

1123a. Sergt. Ebenezer Whitney (Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Worcester, Mass., in 1759; m. there Martha Gates, b. Apr. 1760: d. Sept. 18,
1847, He was in the Revolutionary war for six and one-half years, first serving in a
Worcester company. He d. June 17, 1836; res. Worcester, Mass.

2581a. 1. Ebenezer, b. May 23, 1788; m. Annis Kingsbury.

2582a. ii. Betsey, b. 2584a. i v. Ann, b.

2583a. iii. Polly, b. 2585a. v. Patty, b.

All d. in Worcester, Mass.

1125. Enoch Whitney (David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John;, b. Harvard,

Mass., Sept. 25, 1756; m. Hannah . He was in the Revolutionary war in the

company from Harvard commanded by Capt. Sargent; res. Harvard, Mass.

2582. i. Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1780; m. Nov. 1, 1808, at Harvard, Elijah

Dwinell.

2583. ii. William, b. Feb. 27, 1786; m. Betsey Farnsworth.

2584. iii. Lydia, b. July 27, 1792.

1126. Isaac Whitney (David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Nov. 27,
1761, in Harvard; m. Mar. 22, 1785, Susannah Fletcher; res. Harvard, Ashburnham
and Ashby, Mass., 1786.

2570.

2571.

11.

2572.

111.

257;3.

IV.

2574.

v.

2575.

VI.

2576.

Vll.

2577.

Vlll.

2578.

ii.

2579.

111.

2580.

IV.

2581.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 189

2585. i. Isaac, b. Jan. 18, 1787; m. 1809, Sally Broughton; res. Ashburn-

ham and Ashby, Mass.

2586. ii. DAViD.b. Mar. 14,1789. 2589. v, Polly, b. Feb. 3, 1796.

2587. iii. Susannah, b. Mar, 14, 2f.90. vi. Nabby, b. Mar. 12, 1798.

1791. 2591. vii. Samuel, b. July 2. 1807.

2588. iv, BETSEV,b. Oct. 30, 1792.

2592. viii, Zimri, b. June 17, 1809; d. 1879. He m. 1834, Nancy Lawrence.

He d.feh de se\ res. Ashby, Mass.

2593. ix. David, b. Mar. 1, 1809; m. Charlotte Blanchard.

1128. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Shutes-
bury or Shelburne, Mass., Feb. 28, 1748; m. Dec. 15, 1771, Abigail Barnard; b. Jan. 5,
1751; d. Dec. 27,1813.

He was probably born in Shelburne, where he was married and was a farmer.
During the Revolutionary war he served in one of the companies from Shelburne,
and his name is found on the Revolutionary records in the State House of Boston.
His farm was located one mile north of the old center. He and his wife were both
interred in one grave. They were admitted to the church by letter in 1778, probably
from Shutesbury. He d. Dec. 29, 1813; res. Shelburne, Mass.

2594. i. Moses, b. Sept. 24, 1772; m. Lydia Allen.

2595. ii, LuciNDA,b. Jan. 18, 1776; m. July 3, 1794, Joseph Merrill; res. Shel-

burne. He was a cutlery manufacturer and kept a store in S. in
1801. She d. Jan. 24, 1858. He d. Sept. 29, 1844.

2596. iii. Hannah, b. July 20, 1788; m. July 14, 1793, Igal Fellows. He d.

May 28, 1849. Was b. July 14, 1783; res. Shelburne. She d.
Apr. 11, 1859.

2597. iv. Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1786; m. Oct. 2, 1808, Rev. Amariah Chan-

dler. He was m. three times, this being his first wife. Rev. Dr.
Amariah Chandler was born Oct. 27, 1782, in Deerfield, Mass.
He graduated at college in Burlington, Vt.; was ordained at
Waitsfield, Vt., in 1810, and preached later at Hardwick, Vt.,
and Greenfield, Mass. His wife died at the latter place Jan.
19, 1833; ae. 47. He d Oct. 20, 1864. Ch.: Henry Satterlee
Lewis, b. Aug. 20, 1809; m. Merietta Joslyn; Clarissa Naomi, b.
Jan. 25, 1811; m. Geo. F. Kidder; Moses Eliphalet, b. May 15,
1818; dau. res. Allegan, Mich.,d. Nov. 26, 1857; Joseph Whitney, b.
June 20, 1815; m. Adaline Goodnow; Abigail Barnard, b. May 1,
1818; m. Wm. Lyman; Lydia Cerentha, b. Jan. 23, 1822; m.
Joseph C. Prentiss; Amariah, b. Apr. 4, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1834;
Susan Barron Jubilee, b. July 4, 1826; m. Elisha G. Arms.

Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1781 ; d. June 11, 1787.

Abigail, b. May 19, 1783; d. Aug. 3, 1786.

Lidia, b. Feb. 21, 1778; d. Aug. 31, 1852.

Betsey, b. Mar. 21, 1794; d. Jan. 5, 1814.

Clarissa, b. Feb. 13, 1792; m. Dec. 24, 1812, Philetus Childs; b.
1785; d. Sept. 13, 1858. She d. Sept. 17, 1860; res. Shelburne.
2603. X. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1774; d. in Shutesbury, Oct. 23, 1775,

11.32. Silas Whitney (David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. prob.
1737; m. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Mar., 1758, Jane Pearson, of that place.

He was born probably in 1737. In 1758 he went to No Town (Princeton) and
purchased land. He was a blacksmith and followed that trade. His wife, whom he
married soon after going to No Town, was from Shrewsbury, where they were mar-
ried. In 1763 he moved to Winchendon, and soon after, in Feb., 1773, to Rindge,
N. H., from which place he was warned out of town. While residing in Winchendon
he kept hotel at the center, and in 1764 was chosen church warden and surveyor of
boards and shingles. Later he moved to Clarendon, Vt. In the county of Worces-
ter, Mass., Registry of Deeds, lib. 57, fol. 50, there is a record of a deed of Silas Whit-
ney and wife Jane, of Princeton, to one Jones, July 2, 1762. This is the land he had
purchased four years before. Res. Princeton and Winchendon Mass., Rindge, N. H,
Clarendon, Vt.

2603. i. Love, b. Dec. 18. 1758.

2604. ii. David, b, Aug. 31,1761; m. Sarah Wilson.

2605. iii. Silas, b. June 12, 1762; res. St. Armand, P. Q., where he d and

was buried.

2598.

V.

2599.

VI.

2600.

vii.

2601.

viii.

2602.

ix.

190 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2615.

i.

2618.

IV.

2619.

V.

2621.

Vll.

2606. iv. Oliver, b. in W., Sept. 16, 1764; m. Abigail Crampton.

2607. V. Baktholomew, b. June 30, 1766; m. Lois ; res. Clarendon,

Vt., and had a son, Joel, b. Sept. 9, 1791.

2608. vi. jANE,b. June6, 1768.

2609. vii. PHEBE.b. Dec. 1, 1770.

2610. viii. Samuel, b. Winchendon, 1771 or 1772; m. Eunice Whitney and

Martha Parmeuter.

2611. ix. Mercy, b. Rindge, N. H., 1773.

2612. X. Benjamin, b. Dec. 16, 1777; m. Mary .

2613. xi. Solomon, b. .

2614. xii. Lucv, b. ; m. — Brown.

1134. Capt. Benjamin Whitney (Solomon, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),

b. Petersham, Mass., June 10,1753; m. in Petersham . Reserved in the

Revolutionarv war in the Petersham company as second lieutenant, and later was
under Gen. Lee and iinally commissioned a captain. She d. in Simpson, P. Q. He
d. in 1830; res. Petersham, Mass., and Simpson, P. Q.

Benjamin, b. — . 2616. ii. JoB,b. — . 2617. iii. Solomon, b. .

Newall, b. May 1, 1791; m. Elizabeth Whitehead.

Lucinda, b. ; m. Gushing. 2620. vi. Miriam, b. .

Susan, b. ; m. Oct. 24. 1802, Joseph Gleason; b. Apr. 7, 1781.

He was a farmer; res. Petersham. Ch.: (See Hist, of Mid Go.,
Stow for sketch.) Benjamin W., b. Oct. 12, 1806; m. Aug. 31,
1831, Louisa Fessenden, of Shrewsbury; 5 ch.
2622. viii. John, b. . 2623. ix. Lvdia, b. .

1138. David Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Aug.
14, 1761; m. in Goncord, June 1, 1786, Betsey Darby, b. 1766, d. lt<43.

David Whitney married his wife in Goncord, Mass., and soon moved to a farm
in Rindge, X. H. After a short residence there he purchased a large farm in Bol-
ton, Mass., one of the best in that town, and ever after resided there. He made his
will in 1833, dividing his estate. He d. Sept. 17, 1838; res. Rindge, N. H., and Bol-
ton, Mass.

Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1788; m. Fanny Hudson and Mrs. Lydia

(Sawyer) Whitney.
Betsey, b. Jan. 2, 1792; m. in Lancaster, Mar. 29, 1814, Robert

Hudson, Jr., of Lancaster; res. Boylston.
Nancy, b. Mar. 20, 1794; m. Oct. 4, 1814, Joseph Powers of Rut-
land. She d. July 20,1832, leaving 5 ch.; res. Belchertown.
Sally, b. May 20, 1796; m. July 1, 1823, William B. Sanger of

Templeton. She d. Jan. 15, 1851, leaving 1 ch.
David, b. Apr. 14, 1798; d. Mar. 7, 1816.
Lucv.b. June 6, 1800; m. Dec. 28, 1818, Joel Brown of Goncord;

11 ch.; res. Boylston.
Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1802; m. Eliza Saunders.
Nathan, b. July 30, 1804; m. Eliza Stevens.

1145. Samuel Austin Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. July 28, 1801, Ruth Perkins, b. 1772; d. Sept. 15, 1849.

He was an enterprising merchant and ship owner, remarkable through life for
his great energy and personal courage. About 1799 Mr. Samuel Austin Whitney
owned several ships, one of which, believed to have been th« " Hiram," he com-
manded himself when she was captured by a French armed vessel. The crew were
taken out, with the exception of Capt. Whitney, his young brother, Henry, a lad of
16 years, and the cook, and the ship was placed in charge of a force of ten men under
an officer. Capt. Whitney had secreted his pistols in a crate of ware, and made known
to his brother and the cook his determination to recapture the vessel. He imme-
diately began to put out of the way everything that could be used as a weapon
against himself, the Frenchmen, with the exception of their commander, being un-
armed; and seizing an opportunity when but two of the crew were on deck, one at
the wheel and one asleep on a hen-coop, by the aid of his two companions he retook
the ship. The man at the wheel he threw overboard, and ran to the other, the prize-
master, intending to serve him in the same way, but he grasped the chains and held
on. Hearing the scuffle, the men below came up, when Capt. Whitney aimed a
pistol at the one in advance, who turned, and with his companions ran like a flock of

2624.

i-

2625.

ii.

2626.

iii.

2627.

iv.

2628.
2629.

V.

vi.

2630.
2631.

vii.
viii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 191

sheep around the long boat, young Henry, armed with a dirk and the cook with boil-
ing water, bringing up in the rear. In their panic, following their leader, the men
rushed below, when the companion way was closed and the cook stationed with a
junk bottle to beat them down should they attempt to come up. This was the work
•of a moment. The prize-master, who had in the meantime regained the deck,
stabbed Henry in the side and disabled him, but Capt. Whitney felled the officer by
a blow from a handspike, and shortly after placed him below with the crew. He
jiow made sail for an English port, when he was again captured by another French-
man. Mr. Whitney used to relate that the mortification and rage of his new captors
when they learned the state of affairs on board was most amusing. His brother,
Henry and the cook were now taken ofT, and seventeen men being placed in the
ship, he was tauntingly told that he was to be left on board to retake her if he could,
although he was really left to assist in the navigation. He secretly accepted this
challenge, basing his hopes on putting the instruments out of order; and at length
succeeded in so changing them that his captors were completely lost. Capt. Whit-
ney in the meanwhile, having kept his own reckoning, had altered the ship's course
and was quietly taking her into New York, and the high lands were in sight before
the crew knew where they were. He now told them that if they would allow him to
take them in he would pledge himself for their safety; but after consultation, not
dreaming by whose means they had got where they were, they concluded to try
again, and shaped their course for the West Indies. Capt. Whitney again disar-
ranged the instruments, and carried the ship into an English port (Jamaica it is
thought), alongside of an English frigate lying at anchor. The frigate sent off a
barge to them, which was the first intimation the Frenchmen received of their hav-
ing been outwitted. The English took possession and claimed the vessel as a
capture from the French, but Capt. Whitney argued that he himself recaptured the
ship by running her into port under their guns. The case was taken into their Court
of Admiralty, where an award of $10,000 was made to the frigate. This sum Mr.
Whitney paid, shipped a new crew, and brought his vessel safely into New York.
.(Condensed from family MSS). He d. Oct. 15, 1846; res. Lincolnville, Me.

Samuel, b. July 30, 1802; m. Rebecca W. Howe.

Lucy, b. Apr. 1, 1804; m. Nov. IT, 1829, Dr. William Ludwig; 2 ch.

John Perkins, b. Dec. 30, 1805; m. Tempe P. Johnston.

Mary Jane, b. July 2, 1811; m. Dec. 10, 1843, William A. Schenck;
2ch.

2636. V. Phebe, b. Julv 5, 1816; m. May 22, 1843, Dr. Edward Wm. Hook;

4ch.

1146. Joseph Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Sept.

19, 1771; m. Sept. 24, 1793, Sally Collins; b. 1773; d. at Newburyport, Mass., of
yellow fever, Sept. 22, 1799; m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1803; Catherine Smith, b. ; d. June

20, 1809; m. 3d, Mrs. Catherine Whitney, b. 1774; d. May 27, 1836. He is buried in the
■Granary burial ground. He d. June 24, 1812; res. Boston, Mass.

2637. i. Joseph, b. June 11, 1796; m. Elizabeth Pratt.

1149. Cyrus Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 24,
1774; m. Dec. 28, 1795, Mary Brewer; res. Geneva, N. Y.

2688. i. , b. ; m. David B. Downing; res. Geneva, N. Y.

1151. Henry Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 29,
1783; m. Mar. 27, 1807, Lucy Perkins. He d. Havre, France, Apr. 27, 1837; res. Cas-
tine. Me.

Nancy, b. July 15, 1808; m. 1825, Joshua C. Adams; d. Jan. 1.5,

1852; 15 ch.
Henry, b. Feb. 15, 1810; merchant; unm.; res. Liverpool, Eng-
land.
William, b. Nov. 17. 1811; d. Feb. 8, 1814.
Lucy, b. Aug. 15, 1813; m. Moses Gay, Jr. She d. s. p. at Havre,

France, Sept. 26, 1841.
William Cutler, b. July 20, 1815; d. Sept. 30, 1816.
Charles, b. Oct. 29, 1817; drowned Penobscot Bay, Oct. 1. 1831.

Samuel Austin, b. ; m. Ann E. Auld, and d. s.p., N. O., La.,

Oct. 28, 1850.
2646. viii. John Perkins, b. Jan. 20, 1820. He. d. unm. at N. O., Aug. 11,
1839.

2632.

2683.

2634.

iii.

2635.

iv.

2639.

i.

2640.

ii.

2641.
2642.

iii.
iv.

2643.
2644.
2645.

V.

vi.
vii

192 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2647 ix. Frances, b. Apr. 3, 1823; m. Oct. 7, 1847, Leonard T. Whiting; 2
ch. She m. 2d, May 1, 1869, Samuel K. Whiting; 3 ch.

2648. X. Sarah, b. June 15, 1825; d. Apr. 2, 1842.

2649. xi. Phebe, b. May 11, 1829.

1153 Ebenezer Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Boston, Mass., Mar. 17, 1780; m. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 27, 1807, Bathsheba Tin-
kin Heston, He d. Feb. 3, 1823; res. Glassboro, N. J.

2650. i. Samuel, b. Oct. 21, 1808; d. Jan. 17, 1810.

2651. ii. Abigail Cutler, b. June 4, 1810; m. Apr. 28, 1839, Woodward

Warrick. She d. Oct. 31, 1854; 5 ch.

2652. iii. Thomas Heston, b. Jan. 4, 1813; m. Josephine H. Whitney.

2663. iv. Harriett, b. Dec. 6, 1814; m. Dec. 28, 1842, Dr. Myles Synnott;

4ch.

2664. V. Eben Wharton, b. Jan. 28, 1817; m. Lucy Warrick.

2665. vi. Samuel Austin, b. July 7, 1819; unm.

1154. Aaron Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow,

Mass., July 31, 1752; m. ; was a farmer. He d. in 1791; res. Conway,

Mass.

2656. i. Otis, b. May 24, 1781; m. Sarah Edwards.

2657. ii. Chester, b. Dec, 1783; m. Polly Waite Green.

2658. iii. , b. ; m. — — — Gun; res. Conway.

1164. Lieut. Timothy Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Nov. 29, 1753; m. Phebe Reed. Timothy Whitney was a lieutenant in Capt.
Joseph Warren's company in Sept., 1777, from Grafton; res. Marlboro, Mass.

2659. i. Thomas, b. June 16, 1777; m. Abigail Hapgood.

2660. ii. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 2664. vi. Phebe, b. Mar. 12,

1782. 1795.

2661. iii. Nathan, b. Aug. 15, 2666. vii. Henry, b. Nov. 6,

1784. 1797.

2662. iv. LEWis.b. Apr. 7, 1788. 2666. viii. Sophia, b. Dec. 25,

2663. V. Edward W., b. Jan. 1799.

29, 1793.

1166. Elijah Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Apr. 21,
1761; m. May 29, 1785, Mindwell Hardy, b. Nov. 27, 1763; d. Apr. 28, 1853. Elijah
Whitney, b. April 21, 1761, was the son of Thomas Whitney, of Shrewsbury, and his
wife, Anna Gould; and by the history of the town belonged to the John Whitney
family, of Watertown. He (Elijah) died Aug. 24, 1817. m his 67th year. His wife,
Mrs. Mindwell (Hardy) Whitney, was born Nov. 27, 1763, and died Apr. 28, 1853,
ae. 89 years, 5 months, and 1 day. Elijah Whitney was a handsome man, and an
excellent farmer; and his father Thomas seems to have relied upon him mainly for
business advice. When the "Shoe," in 1762, was annexed to Westborough, Thomas
(the father) wanted to remain a citizen of Shrewsbury, and his request was gratified;
but he, however, yielded to Elijah's request, Mar. 12, 1793, and his farm, which had
become Elijah's property, was annexed to Westborough. He was kind to his chil-
dren, and allowed his son Elijah to leave his trade and pursue a course in the col-
leges, and graduate as a learned man. His comparatively early death was a fearful
blow to his sons, who were just passing into manhood. He was frugal and careful
in his life, and left a fair amount of real estate to be divided among his children;
but there were so many that each one received but a small share. He d. Aug. 24,
1817; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

2667. i. Azubah, b. Oct. 13, 1786; m. Adams.

2668. ii. Naham, b. Jan. 7, 1788; m. Susanna Adams.

2669. vii. Elijah, b. Nov. 26, 1798; m. Cornelia L. Pratt and Wealthy

Bryant.

2670. iii. Aseneth, b. Mar. 12, 1790; m. Bryant.

2671. iv. Joel, b. May 12, 1792; m. Sept. 6, 1813, Ebial Nason; res. Grafton

and Westboro, Mass.

2672. v. David, b. June 9, 1796; m. Samaria Wheeler.

2673. vi. Levi, b. Mar. 26, 1797; d. May 1, 1797.

2674. ix. Mindwell Clarinda, 2675. x. Orestes O., b. June

b. Feb. 11, 1801. 28, 1806.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 193

2676. xi. Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1807; m. Nancy and Sarah F. .

2677. xii. Dexter O., b. Sept. 17, 1809; m. Catherine .

2683.

1.

2685.

111.

2686.

iv.

2687.

V.

2689.

Vll

res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

2678. i. ' William K., b. Apr. 5, 1795; m. Deborah Woodard and Mary

Ann Billings.

2679. ii. Artemas H., b. Jan. 14, 1797; m. Nabby Skinner and Caroline M.

Alden.

2680. iii. Joseph H., b. Feb. 25, 1799; m. Lucy Green.

2681. iv. John Flint, b. May, 1805; m. Sophia Bulkley.

2682. V. Washington, b. .

1169. Jonah Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 25,
1771; m. May 21, 1797, Anna Rider. He was killed while moving a building. His
widow requested the Probate Court to grant her an assignment of her dower, accord-
ing to law Apr. 13, 1813. He d. Oct. 3, 1810; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

■ Phila, b. Apr. 12, 1798. 2684. ii. Patty, b. May 17, 1800.

Seraph, b. Apr. 4, 1802; d. Oct. 16, 1803.

Orlando, b. Julv 23, 1804; m. Susan M. Wood.

Polly, b. Oct. 9, 1806. 2688. vi. Margaret Ann, b. Feb. 1,

Jonah, b. Mar. 29, 1811. 1809.

1171. Eleazer Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Dec.
5, 1777; m. Oct. 31, 1799, Alice Peabody, b. June L 1779; d. Oct. 9, 1867. He d. Feb.
1, 1838; res. Henniker, N. H.

2690. i. Asa, b. Nov. 26, 1800; m. Patty Rice and Mary L. Childs.

2691. ii. Lois C, b. Apr. 4, 1803; m. Mar. 15, 1^32, Capt. Zebulon Foster,

Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1797. She d. Aug. 24, 1852. He was captain of
the Henniker Rifles and selectman eight vears; rep. two years.
Ch.: Caroline F., b. Nov. 6, 1835; m. Nov. 6, 1861, W. O. Folsom.
She d. 1866.

2692. iii. Frederic, b. Oct. 5, 1806; m. Fidelia Woods and Mrs. Hannah

B. Carter.

2693. iv. Benj. Carroll, b. Dec. 23, 1808; drowned June 3, 1819.

2694. V. Alexander, b. Apr. 11, 1812; drowned June 3, 1819.

2695. vi. Alice B., b. June 2, 1816; d. Sept. 26, 1854. .

1175. Alexander Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Henniker, N. H., Dec. 5, 1789; m. there Nov. 24, 1814, Lydia Foster, b. Nov. 2, 1795; d.
Apr. 27, 1875. Was a farmer: was a hard working, industrious, and honest citizen,
and respected by all who knew him. He moved from Henniker to New London in
1826. He d. Nov. 26, 1878; res. Henniker and New London, N. H.

Aaron Foster, b. Mar. 26, 1815; d. Jan. \, 1830.

Mary Story, b. Mar. 29, 1817; d. unm. Dec. 14, 1836.

Oilman H., b. Nov. 30, 1819; m. Sarah Jane Durgan.

Wm. S., b. Nov. 1, 1822; m. Mary B. Durgan.

George A., b. Feb. 11, 1825; m. Sept. 1, 1852, Ann Eliza Jones. He
d. s. p. June 14, 1854. Was a lumberman,and was killed by light-
ning while peeling bark.

Alonzo, b. Nov., 1827; unm.; res. N. L.

E.meline L., b. June 16, 1830; unm.; res. Ridgewav, Iowa.

Livonia M., b. Feb. 6, 1833; m. Dec. 4, 1862, Daniel S. Piper.
Ch.: Girl, b. Mar. 9, 1870; d. Mar. 11, 1870; Myra Alice, b. Nov.
15, 1873; res. Medford, Minn.

2704. ix. Harriett N., b. Sept. 8, 1835; m. Oct. 13. 1867, at Sutton, N. H.,

Erwin G. Gate. Ch.: Alice Carrie, b. Jan. 22, 1878; res. Bos-
cowen, N. H.

2705. X. Charles S., b. Mar. 1, 1837; m. Laura A. Pearson.

2706. xi. Jannett M., b. Mar. 10, 1840; d. Mar. 28, 1872, unm.

1176. Stephen Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. lune
10, 1792; m. Feb. 22, 1825, Sarah Bailey, b. Mar. 3, 1801; d. Dec, 1869. He was a
farmer. He d. Oct. 26, 1864; res. Henniker, Claremont, and Newport, N. H.

2696.

1.

2697.

11.

2698.

111.

2699.

IV.

2700.

v.

2701.

vi.

2702.

Vll.

2703.

viii

194 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2707. i. Edwin R., b. Nov. 19, 182.5; m. at H. Sept. 12, 1849, Prudence S.

Connor. She was b. Apr. 18, 1830. Is a farmer; res. Ashland,
N. H.
2708 ii. EuGAR M., b. Nov. 19. 1825; d. Sept. 17, 1826.
2709. iii. Sarah Jank, b. Dec. 25, 1827; m. Sept. 12, 1849, Barnabas C.
Whipple of Croydon; res. Sutton, N. H. He is a farmer; was
b. Jan. 1, 1823. Ch.: Edgar B., b. Nov. 12, 1850, Orange' Co.. Fla.,
res., Leona Haven; Warren L., b. Apr. 6. 1852, m.; res., Goshen,
N. H.; Mason E.. b. Mar., 1854, d. June 4. 1858; Rubie J.,b. July 6,
1860, m. William E. Drew, Merrimack, Mass.; Aaron M.,b. Oct.
20, 1863; m. Cora Merrill, Roby's Corner, N. H.; Alice J., b. Apr.
14, 1866, m. Stephen Pillsbury, Biddeford, Me.

Stephen Page, b. Apr. 9, 1830; m. Mary J. Pollard.

Geo. Fked'k, b. Aug. 12, 1832; m. Ann E. Durgan.

Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Hon. Edmund Burke of
Newport.

1199. Luther Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. July 25,
1780; m. Jan. 13, 1803, Hannah Gordon; b. June 24, 1778; d. Dec. 13, 1804; m. 2d,
Nabby Wood; b. May 9, 1777; d. Jan. 16, 1816; res. Henniker, Canaan and Wash-
ington, N. H., and Saratoga, _N.Y,

'^710.

iv.

2711.

v.

2712.

VI.

2713.
2714.
2715.
2716.

Hannah, b. 1804; d. Oct. 10, 1804.

Hannah, b. Nov. 7, 1807.
i. Livonia, b. June 13, 1809.
V. Orpha, b. ; m. Wm. Wood of N. Y.

2716>^.v. Martin, b. ; res. Mich.

1202. John Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Henniker,
N. H., July 23,1787; m. Jan. 1, 1810, Lucy Chamberlain; b. Sept. 14, 1788; d. Apr. 7,
1863. He was a blacksmith. He d. Aug. 27, 1844; res. Henniker. N. H.. and Sandis-
field. Mass.

2717. i. Emeline. b. Mar. 3, 1810; m. Sept. 24, 1833, William Chittenden,

Jr. He was a farmer; b. Sept. 14, 1809; d. Feb. 5, 1845. res. in
Sandwich, 111. Ch.: Georgianna Theresa, b. Feb. 17, 1837; m.to
Benjamin Comstock, at Sandwich, 111., Jan. 6, 1860; P. O. address.
Sandwich, 111.

2718. ii. Lucy, b. Mar. 26, 1811; m. Aug. 31, 1830, Todd. She d. in

Winsted, Conn. Her dau. is Mrs. Mary Putnam, of Winsted.

Livonia, b. Apr. 16, 1813; m. Apr. 10, 1837. She d. Jan. 10, 1845.
John Harmon, b. July 26, 1815; m. Nov. 22, 18o9; res. Sandisfield.

Mass.
Lorenzo C, b. Apr. 5, 1818; m. Clestia A. Fosdick.
Clarinda, b. June 12. 1821 ; m. Oct. 20, 1845, Ingham. She

d. Feb. 9, 1867.
Edward A., b. Sept. 1, 1823; m. Harriett E. Couch.
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 11, 1826; m. Nov. 5. 1844, Henry S. Langdon;

res. Algona, Iowa. He was b. Sept. 28, 1821; d. May 8, 1893;

was a merchant. Ch.: Eugene Wellington, b. June 9, 1848; m.

Aug. 6, 1882; Henrietta Josephine, b. Mar. 24, 1850; m. Nov. 7,

1872, Augustus Pretsch; Ellen Clerinda, b. June 3, 1853; Emeline

Ardelia, b. Aug. 13, 1855; m. Jan. 9, 1883, Daniel D. Townsend;

Albert Henry, b. Nov. 20. 1859; d. Apr. 27. 1887.

1203. Silas Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Mar 30,
1791; m. July 23, 1818, Sally Butler, b. Jan. 7. 1788. in Sudbury, Mass.; res.'Henniker
and Canaan. N. H.

2719.
2720.

iii.
iv.

2721.

2722.

v.

vi.

2723.
2724.

vii.
viii.

2725.
2726.
2727.

Bela Butler, b. Oct. 21, 1819.

Stephen M., b. Feb. 26, 1823; d. June 26, 1824.

Moses S., b. Jan. 13, 1826.

1210. Elnathan Whitney (Elnathan. Elnathata. Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Goffstown, Apr. 4, 1791; m. Feb. 16, 1815, Lydia Stickney, b. Mar. 16, 1791; d. June
17.1880.

He was born in Goffstown and always resided there on the farm purchased by
his father. He followed agricultural pursuits until a few years before his death. He
■d. June 30, 1862; res. Goffstown. N. H.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 195

2728. i. Mary, b. Apr. 13, 1820; m. Apr. 5, 1842, David M. Poore, b. Mar.

2. 1820, d. 1860; m. 2d Samuel Teel; res. Goffstown Centre, N. H.
Ch.: Darwin M., b. Mar. 7, 1843; m. Carrie F. Hadley; res. 85
Blodget St., Manchester; Charles B., b. Feb. 19, 1845; m. Mary
J. Gatley; Frank H., b. May 4. 1847; d. Jan. 16. 1866; David
M., b. July 8, 1849; m. Viola B. Worthen; res. Goffstown Centre.

2729. ii. Sylvester, b. Feb. 29, 1816; m. Anne M. Palmer.

2730. iii. Elvira, b. Jan. 28, 1818; m. ; a dau. is Mrs. Ella McDonald,

Fort Gratiot, Mich.

2731. iv. Lydia M., b. June 27, 1824; m. Jan. 29, 1850, Joseph G. Young; res.

Chemung, 111. He was b. Aug. 13, 1821. He is an engineer and

machinist. Ch.: Eva J., b. Mar. 18, 1851; m. 1876, Reid;

res. C; Herbert E., b. Oct., 1853; m. 1880; d. 1892; wid. res.
Capron, 111.; M. Homer, b. 1858; d. 1864.

2732. V. Sarah E., b. Sept. 3, 1826; m. Roberts; res. Goffstown Cen-

tre, N. H.

2733. vi. Lrcv E., b. Mar. 20, 1834; m. Apr. 12, 1855, Charles Spencer; res.

Goffstown Centre, N. H.

2734. vii. Elnathan, b. Apr. 16, 1822; m. Sylena F. Henry.

1212. Gen. Moses Whitney (Jacob, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 2,
1775; m. Apr. 14, 1797, at Milton, Rebecca Dunbar; d. Feb. 4, 1824; m. 2d, at Andover,
Mrs. Mary P, Kittredge.

Gen. Moses Whitney was born in Spring street, West Roxbury, on the 20th of
Jan., 1775. He was the youngest of six children of Jacob and Rachel (Whiting)
Whitney, the dau. of Nathaniel, of the same place. In 1787 he went to Blue Hill,
Milton, to learn the leather business. His second wife was the widow of Dr. Thomas
Kittredge, of Gloucester; she outlived him several years, dying in Milton, 1865. He
■commenced business in 1796, moved to Dorchester in 1797, and removed to Milton in
1805. He purchased the " Rising Sun" estate in 1806, and the Nancy Paine estate in
1809, extending from the Old Plymouth Road to the Neponset River. He enlarged
the wharf, and built a tan house in 1810. In 1819 he built the Whitney house on
Milton Hill, and purchased Swift's wharf at the same time in part, filling up the dock
between the wharves. After this the lumber and wood business was carried on exten-
sively by him for twenty years. He was in active business for sixty-three years, not
including his apprenticeship. He was appointed postmaster in Milton, in 1805;
resigned in 1816; captain of militia, 1816; colonel, 1821. He was afterward brigadier-
general of first brigade, first division, Massachusetts Militia. He died in his house on
Milton Hill, Dec. 24, 1859; res. Dorchester and Milton, Mass.

Hannah, b. Dorchester, Nov. 19, 1797; d. s. p. in 1832.

Moses, b. D., Oct. 7, 1802; m. Elizabeth G. Sanderson.

Mary, b. D., Apr. 17, 1805; d. in 1890.

Seth Dunbar, b. Milton, Sept. 13, 1807; m. Adeline Dutton Train.

Warren Jacob, b. in 1811; m. and d. in 1S91.

1218. Abraham Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury,
Mass., Apr. 25, 1779; m. Rebecca Hudson; b. 1777; d. Jan., 1862. He d. in 1853; res.
Hartland and Hartford, \'t.

Jackson, b. Sept. 7, 1806; m. Caroline Matilda Baker.

HoLLis, b. ; m. and res. in Morrisville, Vt., and New York

state. Had 2 ch.
Benjamin Hudson, b. June 20, 1810; m. Rosella Baker.
Leonard, b. — — — ; d. unm.

Betsey, b. in 1801; m. Jan. 27, 1827, Almon Russ. She d. in Mor-
risville, Vt. Ch.: Albert and Williani; res. Hyde Park, \'t.

2745. vi. Hortensia, b. ; m. Charles M. Wetherell; res. 29 David-

son St., Hyde Park, Mass. Ch.: Wm. Herman, Lizzie Webster,
Henry Lathrop, Anna May.

2746. vii. Fanny, b. ; m. John Noyce; has 4 ch.

1220. Jacob Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),b. Springfield,
Vt., May 2, 1784; m. Nov. 11, 1810, Lucy Adams; b. Sept. 19, 1792; d. May, 1873. He
■was a farmer. He d. Apr. 30, 1824; res. New Salem, Mass.

2747. v. John B., b. Sept. 19, 1820; m. Lucinda Bardwell and Katherine A.

Pratt.

2735.

2736.

ii.

2737.

111.

2738.

IV.

2739.

V.

2740.
2741.

i.

ii.

2742.
2743.
2744.

iii.
iv.

V.

196 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2748. iii. Jonas, b. Apr. 4. 1816; d. Oct. 6, 1816.

2749 li. LouizA, b. Oct. 9, 1813; m. Dec. 11, 1832; Sylvester W. Bangs; res.

Ware, Mass.; b. Sept. 14, 1811; d. July 25, 1884. Ch.: Martha

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1834, in Ware; m. George Goodwin Hall,

Sept. 3, 1856; Dwight Whitney, b. Mar. 3, 1840; d. Sept. 9, 1842;

Jane Louisa, b. June 14, 1846; m. Chas. H. Ellis, Sept. 3, 1867; d.

July 1, 1877; Lucia G., b. Aug. 3, 1855, in Ware; m. Geo. Bliss

Cutler, Dec. 11, 1882.
2750. I. Leonard, b. Sept. 12, 1811; m. Abby E. Day.

2751 iv. Jonas, b. Dec. 11, 1817; m. Mary L. Hunter and res. in Deerfield,

Mich.

2752. vi. Lydia Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1822; m. Apr. 17, 1843, Rufus S. Mixter.

They had one son, Frank, who died young.

1221. Abner Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury,
Mass., July 19, 1780; m. Polly White. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 27, 1866; res.
Orange, Mass.

2753. V. Harrison H., b. Oct. 31, 1819; m. Onda Kendall.

2754. i. Mary, b. ; m. A. Thayer.

2755. ii. Arathusa, b. ; m. Samuel Adams; son James W. res.

Orange, Mass.

2756. iii. Sarah, b. ; m. Amos Adams; son Geo. F. res. Montague

City, Mass.

2757. iv. Alexander, b. ; m. Mehitable Davis.

2758. vi. Emily, b. ; m. Thomas Tenney; res. .

2759. vii. Harriett, b. . 2760. viii. Charles, b. .

1224. Jonah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, lohn), b. Harvard, June
19, 1758; m. Sept. 25, 1783; there Lois Hill; d. Jan. 10, 1794. An old Bible in pos-
session of a daughter of Amos S. Whitney, at Minneapolis refers to her as Miss
Lidia Whitney; m. 2d in Henniker, N. H., 1804, Jane Stone, b. 1783; d. 1864.

Jonah Whitney was born in Harvard, Mass., in 1758. He served in the Revolu-
tionary war from Harvard, in 1780, in Capt. Williams' company, and his age was then
given as 21. After the death of his first wife, in 1805, he moved to Henniker, N. H.
It is reported that his father paid for the land which he took up with a half barrel of
silver dollars. He served in the war of 1812, and died from the effects of a fever
sore contracted while sleeping on the ground and camping out. He d. in Harvard in
1834; res. Harvard, Mass., and Henniker, N. H.

2761. i. Lois Hill, b. Julv 25, 1786; m. Nov. 14, 1806, James Turner; she

d. Apr. 25, 1818.

2762. ii. Amos Stone, b. Apr. 27, 1807; m. Mrs. Emeline Jakway, Holden.

2763. iii. Cyrus J., b. Apr. 26, 1812; m. Mary J. Morrison.

1226. Dr. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Dec. 13, 1765; m. there Apr. 20, 1788, Dorcas Whitman, dau. of Dr. Charles,
of Stow; b. Apr. 7, 1767; d. July 11, 1844.

Dr. Isaiah Whitney studied medicine with Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, who
was surgeon in the Revolutionary war, and subsequently was married to his daugh-
ter. They moved to Rindge, N. H., in 1790, where he ever after resided. He was
much respected as a citizen, and as a skillful and conscientious physician. He was
appointed postmaster, Apr. 15, 1830, and died while holding the office. Isaiah Whit-
ney and his brother Jonah, a blacksmith, lived on the old farm. Jonah sold out, left
shop, and set up in the center of the town, two miles away, and finally deeded one
half of the farm to his son Cyrus, who made certain payments to Amos and Isaiah,
and agreed to support his father the remainder of his life, when he was to have the
other half of the farm of 110 acres. Mrs. Whitney was drowned near Burlington,
Vt., by the upsetting of a stage coach in which she was journeying. She fell into the
river near the highway. He d. Nov. 30, 1839; res. Rindge, N. H.

2764. vi. Isaiah, b. Jan. 25, 1799; m. Henrietta A. Nickerson, Sarah L.

Small, and Mrs. Hannah E. Crosby.

2765. i. Clarissa, b. in 1788; m. June 27, 1812, Lemuel Page, Jr., b. Jan.

20, 1780, d. Mav 8, 1825. He was captain in the war of 1812, and
colonel in the State militia; m. 2d Joseph Jones, of Troy, N. H.;
she d. Feb. 16, 1844. Ch.: Sarah J., b. Nov. 28, 1815; m. John
Dunckler, of Phila., Pa.; Harriett J., b. 1817; m. Leonard

2766.

11.

2767.

111.

2768.

IV.

2769.

V.

2770.

vii.

2771.

Vlll

2772.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 197

Johnonnett, of Burlington; Lemuel W., b. Apr. 30, 1821; m.

Susan Sanders and Carrie E. Hemmenway; res. Burl.
LovELL, b. June 20, 1790; m. Rebecca Witt.
Charles W., b. Nov. 16, 1791; m. Mary Griffin.
Henry, b. Oct. 26. 1794; m. Mary Goldin.
Felicia, b. May 26, 1796; m. Samuel Nichols, of Burlington. Ch.:

Chas. and Samuel; res. N. J. She d. 1869.
Stephen, b. Dec. 19, 1800; m. Lovilla Goldin.
Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d. Feb. 10, 1838.
SoPHRONiA, b. Aug. 18, 1803; m. Sept. 28, 1844, Joseph Jones. She

d. Jan. 10, 1872, s. p. He m. her sister.
2772>^.x. Dorcas, b. June 25, 1799; m. Dec. 6, 1822, Henry Hubbard; his

second wife. He d. s. p. in Shrewsbury, Mass.

1227. Dr. Amos Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Moses, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., 1768; m. June 9, 1793, Rhoda Cutter; b. Aug. 20, 1770; dau. of Nathan. She
m. 2d Jasper Temple. She was of Rindge, N. H. They moved to Henniker in
1795, and resided in the southeast part. ^He was a skillful physician and much
respected. He d. Feb. 23, 1802; res. Henniker, N. H.

2773. i. Horace, b. Sept. 18, 1793; was soldier in war 1812; d. Concord.

2774. ii. SoPHRONiA, b. Jan. 10, 1795; m. Apr. 18, 1813, Hon. Jacob Gibson;

b. Oct. 24, 1784. He d. Greenbush. Wis., Dec, 1869. Ch.: Dr.
A. C, b. 1823; res. Greenbush; Randolph, b. 1819; d. Manches-
ter; John S., b. 1830; res. Mo.; Saphalia, m. R. P. Eaton; res.
Green Bav, Wis.; Sophronia, m. Randall Hoyt.

2775. iii. Dolly, b. June 14, 1796; m. Mr. Moore, of Hillsboro.

2776. iv. Calista, b. Feb. 3, 1798; m. Wm. K. Howe; b. Sept. 30,1791.

Was selectman several years in Henniker. His wife d. May 19,
1828. He was m. three times. 2 ch., Roxana C. (adopted), b.
June 19, 1820.

2777. v. Cynthia, b. Jan. 19, 1800; d. Apr. 7, 1816.

1228. Cyrvs Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Aug. 17,
1771; m. June 19, 1796, Aseneth Harris, d. 1801; m. 2d, Mar. 22, 1802, Mary (Polly)
Whitney, dau. of Dea. Isaac and Lucy, b. Dec. 13, 1779; d. Nov. 19, 1857.

Cyrus Whitney was a good farmer and business man. Started a cotton factory
in his native town, which was not very successful, was interested in a gold mine in
H. (A hole said to be 100 feet deep is shown in side hill now) helped build Union
Turnpike from Concord through his farm to Harvard and Lancaster, which joined
road to Fitchburg. Built a substantial square brick mansion soon after his last
marriage where his wife presided with dignity, ability and grace over many a social
gathering. She had the first piano in town, the first carriage, left in her attic a
loom for weaving homespun cloth and carpets, as well as flax wheels, wool spinning
wheels and other evidences of her industry, skill and thrift. A well worn copy of the
Scriptures and another of Baxter's Saint's Rest witness her piety, and well do her
grandchildren remember her excellent cooking, her cheery tones, her loving care.
Cyrus, like many another Whitney was ingenious, making use of the blacksmith shop
left by his Uncle Jonas, and a bench for wood work, for repairs of farming utensils.
He had a cider mill where at first the native fruit was ground up, and later the less
marketable portion of the grafted crop. His cellars had the best of bottled cider of
all ages; his barns were crowded with hay for his large herd of cattle, his lands
were surrounded by heavy walls, his field near his house ornamented with an arti-
ficial pond which was well stocked with fish and lilies, surrounded by his orchards of
peaches, pears, as well as apples. She made her will Feb. 14, 1856; it was probated
Jan. 5, 1858. Sons Edwin, Isaiah and Isaac were executors. He d. Aug. 24, 1847; res.
Stow and Harvard, Mass.

2778.
2779.
2780.

Edwin, b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Lushea Mead Whitney.

i. Clarinda, b. Oct. 24, 1795; d. infancy.

ii. Clarinda, b. Oct. 24, 1797; m. Sept. 20, 1817, Nathan Woodbury,
of Bolton, Mass., where he was b. Aug. 13, 1794; d. Rindge, N. H.
Nov. 10, 1877; res. Rindge, where she d. June 21, 1889. Ch.:
Asenath H., b. Apr. 17, 1819; m. Albert Mann; res. Winchendon,
Mass; she d. Apr., 1891; had 7 ch.; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1821;
m. Samuel Page; res. Winchendon; she d. June 14, 1889; Nathan
G. b. Apr. 16, 1823; m. Angelia Bryant; res. Keene, N. H.; Har-

198 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

rison, b. Mar. 19, 1826; d. Oct. 10, 1830; Lauretta W., b. May 20,
1828; m. Nelson Parks; res. Winchendon; Lucinda B., b. Feb. 4,
1832; m. Henry I. Newman; res. Rindge, N. H.; Clarinda A., b.
Mar. 23, 1834; m. Daniel H. Sargent; res. Rindge; Maria A., b.
May 20, 1837; m.Geo. F. Wallace; res. Winchendon; Andrew C,
b. Dec. 25, 1840; unm.; res. Old Point Comfort, Va.

2781. iv. AsENATH, b. Mar. 18, 1800; d. Nov. 4, 1810.

2782. V. Joseph Addison, b. Oct. 23, 180i:;m. Hannah Fletcher.

2783. vi. Benj. F., b. Mar. 21, 1804; m. Louisa Lawrence.

2784. vii. James Fordyce, b. Apr. 14, 1806; m. Mary G. Whitney.

2785. viii. Richard Harris, b. Nov. 2, 1808; m. Nancy F. Whitney and

Dorcas Fisk.

2786. ix. Lauretta, b. Oct. 25, 1810; d. young.

2787. X. Isaiah, b. Sept. 22, 1815; m, Mary A. Gove.

2788. xi. Isaac, b. July 24, 1818; m. Dorcas Whitney Hoar.

2789. xii, Mary, b. Feb., 1824; m. Nov. 20, 1846, Wm. Stearns Locke, b. Nov.

21, 1813; res. Lancaster, Mass. Ch.: Lauretta Irene Locke Had-
ley, b. Jan. 17, 1848; m. June 15, 1878; res. Sudbury, Mass.; Frances
. Ann Locke Ordway, b. Feb. 14, 1850; m. Oct. 14, 1873; res. Hud-
son, Mass.; Edward Cutter, b. Mar., 1852; d. Mar. or Apr., 1854;
Warren Shattuck, b. June 10, 1854; m. Oct. 8, 1885; res. Lancas-
ter, Mass.; Edwin Whitney, b. Aug. 10, 1857; m. Mar. 29, 1892;
res. Lancaster, Mass.

1230. Israel Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 13, 1775; m. at Boston, Phoebe Jennison; b. Boston, June 22, 1781; d. Dec.
4, 1868, in Boston.

He was born in Harvard on the old homestead, where he resided until he was 20
years of age. He bought his time of his father for ^20 and started for Boston to
seek his fortune. He engaged in the shoe business and was quite prosperous. His
store was on Court street. l3uring the war of 1812 he enlisted ana was soon com-
missioned an officer in his regiment. He took an active part in this war much to the
detriment of his business and great pecuniary loss. The result was a general break-
down, from which Mr. Whitney never recovered from this misfortune. He had a
sterling and able wife, who at the helm, managed admirably, and with the assistance
of the sons came out all right. He d. June 17, 1843; res. Roxbury, Mass.

2790. i. William, b. Nov. 15, 1803; m. 1827, Adeline Richardson. He d.
Sepi.26, 1S35, leaving one ?-on, William, who d. in the west, ae. 45.

Eliza, b. Apr. 9, 1805; d. unm. June 20, 1890.

Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1807; d. Sept., 1808.

CHARLES.b. Mar. 10, 1809; m. at Worcester, Jan. 24, 1840, Elizabeth
P. Day; b. Nov. 24, 1816; d. Sept. 5, 1891, s. p. When eleven
years of age he worked in a shoe store, but soon left for Maiden,
Mass., where he remained for seven years. Wishing to acquire
a more complete education he attended an academy at Stow for
three years. At his graduation he engaged in teaching, and
later in surveying. He followed civil engineering and survey-
ing until 1891. He had purchased a fruit farm in New Jersey,
upon which he resided for twenty years. This he disposed of
and has since resided in Roxbury.

Charlotte, b. Mar. 10, 1809; m, Francis McKenna. He d. 1847.
Ch.: Andrew, Alfred, and John. She d. Dec. 4, 1879.

Harriett, b. Feb. 3, 1811; unm.; res. 12 Thornly St., Dor-
chester, Mass.

Martha A., b. Dec. 2, 1813; m. Warren O., Rogers. She d.
Dec. 18, 187 6, s. p.

Henry A., b. Jan. 15, 1815; m. Hannah Stickles.

Alfred, b. Feb. 11, 1817; d. June 7, 1834.

Caroline, b. Sept. 30, 1820; d. 1822.

2791.

11.

2792.

iii

2793.

iv,

2794.

V.

2795.

vi.

2796.

vii.

2797.
2798.
2799.

viii.
ix.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 199-

1236. Oliver Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., May 16, 1786; m. there Mar. 16, 1809, Mercy Whitcomb, b. Aug. 24, 1791; d,

Sept. 5, 1865.

Oliver Whitney, the youngest child of Israel and
Hannah Mead Whitney, was born May 16, 17S6, at
Harvard, Mass. When a little over two years of age
his mother died, and he went to live with his oldest
sister, Hannah, who had married Phineas Sawyer, and
was then living in Marlboro, Mass. Soon after the
second marriage of his father (to the " Widow Puffer ")
he returned to live on the home place, and, as he grew
to manhood, he followed his father's occupation of
farming. The farm products were then carried to Bos-
ton several times a year, and these journeys were
about his only travels. When he married Mercy Whit-
comb, Mar. 16, 1809, he took her to live on the old
place, and there five children, Susan, Hannah, Mercy,
Waldo, and Charlotte, were born. On May 10, 1821,
_,„._„,..„„.,_,. thev moved to Lunenburg, Mass., where their young-

est child, Israel, was born, and where they spent their
remaining years. When young, Oliver attended the Congregational Church in
Harvard, but in middle life he "joined " the Methodists, and at his house the itiner-
ant preachers always found a warm welcome. In politics he was an Anti-Federalist,,
and later became a Democrat. He looked after the farm interests until two years
before his death, when he allowed the management of affairs to pass into the hands
of his youngest child, Israel. After gradually failing he passed away June 5, 1855.
He made his will Apr. 18, 1845; it was probated July 3, 1855. He d. June 5, 1855;
res. Harvard and Lunenburg, Mass.

2800. i. Susan, b. Jan. 23, 1811; m. Nov. 27, 1832, Henrv S. Whitney.

2801. ii. Hannah Mead, b. Jan. 22, 1813; m. Feb. 14, 1832, in Lunenburg,

Albert Stratton, b. Apr. 14, 1807; d. Jan. 1, 1881. She d. Feb. 11,
1880; res. Leominster. Ch.: .Martin W., b. Nov. 14, 1833; m. Mary
J. Litchfield and Martha A. L. Gale; res. Reading, Kan.; Capt.
Joel A., b. Mar. 9, 1837; served in war, was capt. Co. C, 58d
Regt. Mass. Vols.; was wounded at Port Hudson June 14, 1863;
■ m. Hannah W. Comey; res. Reading; Albert 0.,b. Apr. 19, 1839;
was in the war 3 years in 37th Regt. Mass. Vols.; was in nine-
teen battles and skirmishes; clothing hit five times with bullets;
m. Mar. 7, 1866, to Jennie Spencer Stone; now lives in Meriden
(Allen Ave.), Conn.; ch.. Charlotte A. S., b. Oct. 13, 1841; lives
in Leominster, Mass., Adaliza Hannah Stratton, b. Sept. 22,1851,
in Leominster, Mass.; m. to Warren J. Lewis July 1, 1869; thev
now live in Leominster, Mass.; Rev. Porter Raymond, b. July
13, 1855, in Leominster, Mass.; is now pastor of M. E. Church,
at Oakdale, Mass.; he m. Annie Jewett, in 1880, at Leominster,
Mass.

2802. iii. Mercy, b. Jan. 10, 1815; d. Aug. 10, 1881.

2803. iv. Waldo, b. Apr. 16, 1817; m. Sept. 8, 1842, in Lincoln, Mass.,

Hannah Matylda Benjamin; she d. s. p. Dec. 1887, in Leo-
minster.

2804. V. Israel, b. July 4,1823; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Mary A. Benjamin; she

d. s. p. Dec. 31, 1892; res. Leominster, Alass.

2805. vi. Charlotte Barnes, b. Jan. 4, 1820; m. Jan. 20, 1842, Hiram

Walker; res. Leominster, Mass. He was b. in Rindge, N. H.,
Dec. 20, 18-. Ch.: Henry S.,b. Aug. 21, 1843; m. Dec. 13, 1871;
d. Sept. 15, 1878; Randall F., b. Dec. 5, 1845; m. June 22, 1870;
Leominster, Mass.; Arthur H., b. Feb. 21, 1848; m. Jan. 12,
1871; d. Nov. 30, 1881; Hiram L., b. Sept. 28, 1850; m. Dec. 24,
1879, Whitefield, N. H.; Alfred L., b. Oct. 28, 1852; m. Oct.
28, 1880; address Leominster, Mass.; Helen C. b. Feb. 7, 1855;
m. Dec. 11, 1878; address Helen C. Duncan, Hancock, N. H.;
Frank W., b. Mar. 25, 1857; m. Sept. 22, 1881; address Babylon,
N. Y.; Fred I., b. Mar. 7, 1860; m. Oct. 15, 1885; address Leo-
minster, Mass.

200 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1237 Luther Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Feb. 5, 1790; m. there Jan. 3, 1814, Melinda Wetherbee.b. 1797; d. May 4, 1847.

He was born in Harvard on the farm which his grandfather had purchased
before the town was incorporated. He always resided there, and at his death the

Kroperty passed into possession of his son Luke. He d. Mar. 12, 1871; res. Harvard,
lass.

2806. i. Luke, b. Sept. 9, 1815; m. Charlotte M. Turner, Abigail Knight

and Lydia H. Hartwell.

2807. ii. William, b. ; m. Jane .

2808. iii. Jonathan W., b. Nov., 1819; m. Mercy R. .

2809. iv. Clarissa, b. ; d. .

1240 John Whitney (John, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Topsfield, Mass.,
Apr. 13, 1780; m. in Topsfield, Mass., in 1809, Mary Mundy, b. Nov. 30, 1790; d. July 25,
1878, in Goffstown.

He was born in Bolton and married his wife in Salem, Mass. Soon after his
marriage he moved to New Hampshire, settling in Weare and engaging in the manu-
facture of oil at a small village, which took its name from the oil mill and is at
present known as Oil Mill Village. After a few years he sold his mill and purchased
a farm at Goffstown and passed the remainder of his days on his farm. He d. June
26, 1865; res. Goffstown, N. H

2810. i. Artemas, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. Jan. 30, 1810.

2811. ii. Millie, b. Jan. 24, 1810; m. Dec. 29, 1829, Silas Barnes, b. May 3,

1800, d. May 16, 1874. He was a clothier and farmer. She d,
July 11, 1874; res. Goffstown, N. H. Ch.: Mary Alice, b. June
4, 1831, d. Dec. 31, 1845; Albert W., b. Jan. 9, 1833; m. Dec. 26,
1873; no ch.; res. Henniker, N, H.; Elizabeth R., b. Sept. 18,
1834; m. Mar., 1879; d. July 27, 1890; Geo. A., b. Sept. 29, 1836,
d. Apr., 1881; Caroline M., b. Apr. 21, 1838, d. Mar., 1853.

2812. iii. Albert, b. July 21, 1811; m. Elizabeth Rice and Susan R. Rice.

2813. iv. Artemas, b. Feb. 27, 1814; m. Mar. 26, 1844, Louisa Philips; m.

2d, Jennie Barnes. He d. s. p. Aug. 1879.

2814. V. John, b. Nov. 3, 1818, d. Feb. 20, 1823.

2815. vi. John, b. Apr. 5, 1824; m. Eliza H. Fisher.

2816. vii. Mary Jane, b. Oct. 21, 1821; m. Nov. 2, 1848, Samuel J. Tenney.

She d. s. p. Oct. 21, 1856. He was b. 1820. He m. for 2d wife
Rhoda F. Worthley, b. 1838, d. 1871; m. 3d Clara Scribner; res.
Goffstown, N. H.; one child bv second wife.

2817. viii. Alice, b. Oct. 26, 1829; d. Aug. 24, 1830.

2818. ix. Harriett, b. Oct. 6, 1831; m. Feb. 9, 1857, Franklin E.Johnson.

She d. Aug. 22, 1871. Ch.: Clarence A., b. Jan. 7, 1858; m.
Aug. 15, 1882; res. Denver, Colo.; W. M., b. Oct. .31, 1860; dead;
Bess L., b. Nov. 12, 1862; m. Nov. 22, 1887, Charles Fohn; res.
Winchester, Mass.; Mabel W., b. May 12, 1864; res. Nahant,
Mass.

1250. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Nov. 29, 1779; m. Apr. 3, 1802, Alice Houghton; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2819. i. Mercy, b. July 16, 2821. iii. Almira, b. Oct. 24,

1802. 1805; d. Jan. 10, 1811.

2820. ii. ABEL.b. Feb.20, 1804. 2822. iv. Maria, b. Nov. 15,

1807.

1251. Josiah Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Aug. 18, 1781; m. Feb. 6, 1803, Sally Puffer. He d. about 1805; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2823. i. Luke, b. Apr. 22, 1803. 2824. ii. Jefferson, b. Nov.

29, 1804.

1252. John Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. in Har-
vard, July 31, 1783; m. Nov. 23, 1804, Sally Stowe; res. Harvard, Mass.

2825. i. Lucy Stowe, b. July 12, 1805; m. Ethan Wetherbee, and had

two ch.

2826. ii. Sullivan, b. Dec. 22, 1808; d. young.

2827. iii. John, b. Mar. 16, 1813; m, Mary Nourse.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 201

1254. Simeon Howard Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Mar. 2t), 1787; m. in Lancaster, Aug. 9, 1811, Nancy Barnard; b. May 22,
1786; d. Jan. 9, 1856, in Fitchburg. He was born on the old Whitney place, followed
farming and his trade, that of a stone mason. He resided in Harvard and Lancas-
ter, but died in Leominster. He d. Apr. 29, 1859; res. Bolton and Lancaster, Mass.

2828. i, Jerome Blake, b. Apr. 3, 1812; m. Jan. 19, 1837; res. Boxboro,

Mass.

2829. ii. JosiAH Dudley, b. Sept. 7, 1816; m. Catherine A. Harvey.

2830. iii. Elhaxan Winchester, b. Oct. 21, 1819; m. Sarah A. Bogert.

2831. iv. Ann Barnard, b. July 10, 1824; m. May 15, 1843, Henry Gates,

Leominster, Mass. She d. July 7, 1859. A dau., Anna A., res.
Leominster, Mass.

2832. V. Abigail Boylston Moore, b. Oct. 24, 1826; m. Nov. 24, 1847,

George W. De Witt; res. 886 Main street, Waltham. Ch.: Nanna
Aroline, b. Sept. 8, 1848; Abby Anna,b. Nov. 15, 1849; d. Jan. 15,
1890; Clara Whitney, b. Dec. 21, 1851; res. 9 Silver street, Wor-
cester, Mass.; Leroy Elvine, b. Apr. 8, 1854; res. Leominster;
Herbert Barnard, b. Oct. 14, 1856; res. Leominster; George
Washington, b. Nov. 9, 1859; d. Aug. 18, 1879.

2833. vi. LvDiA Parker, b. Dec. 29, 1828; m. Oct. 30, 1851, John B. Hoar;

res. W. Acton, Mass. He was b. 1829; d. Oct. 13, 1872. Ch.:
Katie Louisa, b. Aug. 20, 1852; d. Oct. 20, 1872; Arthur Cephas,
b. Sept. 21, 1854; m. Ella A. Ewings. Name changed to Whit-
ney; 166 Devonshire street, r. 42, Boston, Mass.; Ellen Gertrude,
b. Aug. 14, 1856; m. Edwin M. Wheeler. He d. May 31, 1882;
res. West Acton; John Sherman, b. Mar. 4, 1860; m. Miimie R.
Hart; res. West Acton; Crosby Abner, b. Oct. 17,1862; name
changed to Whitney; res. Newport, R. I.; Edwin Barker, b.
Nov. 18, 1865; m. Emma Reitz; name changed to Whitney; res.
2109 A, Washington street, St. Louis, Mo.; Alice Josephine, b.
Nov. 7, 1871; res. W. Acton.

1267. Samuel Whitney (Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John) b. Bolton,
Mass., Sept. 10, 1778; m. in Acton, Oct., 1807, Lucy Handley; b. Oct. 14, 1788; d. Nov.
15, 1874. He was a cooper by trade, but followed farming most of his life. He d.
July 29, 1868; res. Bolton, Mass.

2834. i. Samuel Ivory, b. Mar. 13, 1809; m. Eliza Cannon.

2835. ii. Franklin, b. Sept. 19, 1811 ; d. New Bedford, July 22, 1866.

2836. iii. Amasa, b. Jan. 13, 1813; m. Susan Cannon.

2837. IV. Sidney S., b. Feb. 25, 1815; m. Marv C. Getchell.

2838. V. Urania, b. Jan. 6, 1817; m. Geo. Cannon. She d. Nov. 6, 1891. He

was b. Apr. 17, 1817; d. Jan. 3, 1878. Ch.: Susan A., b. in N. B.,
July 20, 1842; d. July 28, 1883; Albert, b. in N. B., Oct. 10, 1844;
m. Oct. 30, 1879; res. New Bedford, Mass.; Caroline L., b. N. B.,
Mav 17, 1847;d. Apr. 6, 1866; George S., b. in N. B., Nov. 1,1851;
d. Jan. 13, 1860.

Daniel, b. Apr., 1810; d. In 1813.

Almira, b. Sept. 21, 1822; m. Isaiah H. Potter.

Lucy, b. June 10, 1824.

Alonzo, b. Nov. 29, 1826; m. Sarah H. Cooledge.

1278. Capt. Jonas Whitney (Jonathan, Zaccheus, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 27, 1772; m. there June 2, 1803, Mary Hawkes. He d. Jan. 14,
1846; res. Lancaster, Mass.

2843. i. Mary, b. Mar. 7, 1804.

1279. Zaccheus Whitney (Jonathan, Zaccheus, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.

Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 11, 1774; m. there Fanny . He d. 1845; res. Boston

and Cambridge, Mass.

2839.

vi.

2840.

vii.

2841.

VHl

2842.

ix.

2844.
2845.
2846.

William S., b. 1822; d. Oct. 4, 1823.
i. Edmund T., b.

iii. Sarah F., b. ; m. Joseph P. Hewlett.

1285. Amos Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Feb. 11,1766;
m. in Concord, Apr. 16, 1789, Anna Brown. He was in the coopering business at
Chelmsford, now Middlesex village, where he lived, and where he acquired a large
property in that trade. He d. Oct. 2, 1854; res. Chelmsford, Mass.

14

202 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2847. i. Amos, b. 1790; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1873. Amos Whitney was never

married. He was a man of exemplary character, without being^
particularly enterprising. In 1864 his father died and left him a
large amount of wealth, though his means were ample without
this inheritance. He left a will at his decease, giving $20,000 to-
relatives, $2,500 to the "Old Ladies' Home" at Lowell, and
made Tuft's college the residuary legatee. His estate was
valued at over $50,000.

2848. ii. Sewell, b. ; d. .

1286. Asa Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. in 1767; m,
Feb. 25, 1790; Mary Wallis, d. Feb. 11, 1846. Asa Whitney was a hard working, hon-
est and upright man. All his children were born on Nissequassick Hill, in Town-
send. He d. Dec. 27, 1851; res. Townsend, Mass.

2849 i. Polly, b. May 29, 1790; m. Sept. 12, 1811; James French, of Hen-

niker, N. H., b. Feb. 28, 1789; d. Mar. 30, 1862. She d. Mar. 17,
1861. He was a farmer and superior manufacturer of bas-
kets which business he followed many years. Ch.: Mary, b.
Aug. 28, 1813; m. Hiram Bell; Jas. M., b. Jan. 29, 1818; m. Mary
C. Barker.

2850. ii. Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1791; m. Clarinda Williams.

2851. iii. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1794; m. Polly Wallace and Kezia Gage.

2852. iv. SEWELL,b. Mar. 18,1796; d. Oct. 26, 1818. He d. unm., and was the

only one of the family who worked on wood, the others being
disciples of Tubal Cain. He made bowls, bottles and trays.
His gallon bottles were made of poplar, one piece of wood
turned inside and outside while the wood was green. Seasoned
heads of the same wood were then put in and when dried were
air-tight.

2853. V. Rebecca, b. May 3, 1800; m, George Hartwell and d. Sept. 28, 1829.

2854. vi. Levi, b. Mar. 19, 1802; m. ; res. Maryfield, O.

2855. vii. Joel, b. June 8, 1807; m. Esther M. Treadwell.

1288. Aaron Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Townsend,.
Mass., 1772; m. Mar. 16, 1797, Phebe Dunklee, b. Dec. 20, 1778; d. Jan. 31, 1800; m.
2d Olive Lund, b. Aug. 1779; d. Jan., 1867.

He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1812 was the postmaster at Amherst. His
shop was burned in 1815, and in 1819 he moved to Calias. He was a prominent citi-
zen in Amherst for some time. He d. Feb. 16, 1845; res. Nashua, N. H., and Am-
herst, Mass., and Calais, Me.

2856. i. Levi, b. July 7, 1798; m. Jane Whitney.

2857. ii. Luke, b. Jan. 2, 1800; m. Cynthia Smith King and Mary Thankful

Smith.

2858. iii. Mark, b. Jan. 2, 1800; d. Feb. 22, 1807, in Amherst, N. H.

2859. iv. Aaron, b. Dec. 15, 1801; m. Rebecca Perkins.

2860. V. James, b. July 8, 1808; m. Julia A. Dorr.

2861. vi. Olive, b. May 15, 1805; res. Westbrook, Me.

1307. John Whitney (James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 10, 1742;.
m. Hannah Holbrook, b. June 3, 1741; d. in Sherborn. He was a farmer. He d. Feb.
17, 1825; res. Sherborn and Wrentham, Mass.
James, b. in 1770; d. in 1770.
John, b. in 1770; d. in 1770.
John, b. in 1772; m. Clarissa Slack.
Nathaniel, b. in 1774; m. Deborah Fames.

Hannah, b. in 1776; m. Henry Pratt, of Sherborn. She d. in
Sherborn in 1842. Ch.: Jacob, b. 1806; m. Mary A. Hooker and
Phebe Whitney; William, b. 1808; d.l808; Eleanor, b. 1810; d.
1810; William, b. 1813; d. 1831; John W., b. 1819; m. Elizabeth
Moore, of Natick.

2867. vi. Patty, b. in 1778; d. in 1778.

2868. vii. James, b. in 1779; m. Lois Blodgett.

2869. viii. Ezra, b. in 1781; m. Sally F. Slack and Mary W. Allen.

1316. James Whitney (Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 1755;
m. Susannah Hill, b. in 1761; d. Sept. 25, 1841. He was in Capt. Brooks' comoany

2862.

2863.

ii.

2864.

ni

2865.

iv,

2866.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 203

from Sherborn, in the Revolutionary war. He d. in Dover, Mass., in June, 1800; res.
Sherborn, Mass.

2870. i. Isaac, b. in 1782; m. Mary Moore and Sarah Thayer.

2871. ii. Benjamin, b. in T., 1785; m. Hepsibeth Moore.

2872. iii. Martin, b. June 17, 1787; m. Nancy Orne, Moriah, N. Y.
2873 iv. Sylvia, b. Dec. 2, 1795; d. young; res. Attleboro.

2874. V. Patty, b. Mar. 5, 1792; d. young.

2875. vi. Susan, b. in 1790; d. young.

1317. Joseph Whitney (Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Sherborn,
1762; m. Sally Parks. He d. in 1846; res. Gardner, Mass.

2876. 1. Henry, b. in 1793; m. Mary Ann Bassett.

2877. ii. Sally, b. in 1795; m. Luther Alden.

2878. iii. Esther, b. in 1797; m. Jonas Brick, b. Oct. 10, 1796. Ch.: Mary

Ann and Esther.

2879. iv. Joseph P., b. in 1798; m. Roena Bickford.

2880. V. George, b. in 1801; m. Sophia Greenwood.

2881. vi. Charles, b. in 1804; d. 1824.

2882. vii. Samuel, b. in 1806; d. in 1826.

2883. viii. Anna P., b. in 1809; m. Read.

1318. James Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Mendon, Dec.

15, 1764; m. ; m. 2d ; m. 3d Mary Robinson, of Oxford, b.

Oct. 8, 1771; d. Jan. 18, 1805. He d. at C. in 1822; res. East Woodstock, Conn., Ox-
ford, Mass., and Craftsbury, Vt.

Job, b. Sept. 29, 1788; m. Abigail Buckman.

Ezra, b. Jan. 1790; m. Lucy Waters.

Newell, b. in 1796; m, Anna Leonard, Clarissa Clark and L.
Tillotson.

Henrietta, b. May 17, 1797; m. Feb. 19, 1823, Ephraim Baylies,
of Uxbridge.

Mercy, b. ; m. Perley Lyon and Asa Buckbee, of Wood-
stock, Conn., s. p.

James, b. Mar. 6, 1800; m. Prudence Allard and Lavina Lee.

Mary. b. Dec. 3, 1801; m. Feb. 4, 1827, Josiah Allen; res. Crafts-
bury, Vt.; a son Job; res. Craftsbury.

MiCAH, b. Oct. 20, 1803; m. Diantha Walker and Elizabeth Chan-
dler.

Schuyler, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Sally Litchfield.

Bezaleel, b. Apr. 16, 1808; m. Abigail Collins.

Ruth H., b. Oct. 12, 1809; m. Apr. 24, 1838. Alanson Howard, in
Uxbridge; b. 1803; d. Sept. 28, 1849; and George Towne; m. at
East Woodstock, Conn., Nov. 26, 1863. He was b. Feb. 18, 1795
d. Sept. 30, 1879. She res. 9 Henshaw St., Worcester, Mass
Ch.: Josephine E., b. Mar. 30, 18.39; res. Thompson, Conn
Charles A., b. May 8, 1840; res. Wilsonville, Conn.; Timothy F.
b. July 28, 1843; res. Worcester, Mass.; Sarah C, b. Jan. 25, 1849
d. May 9, 1872.

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 12, 1809; d. young.

William G., b. May 12, 1811 ; m. Marita Draper. He d. s. p. Apr.
15,1844.

Daniel, b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Ruth Watson.

Samuel B., b. Sept. 17, 1814; m. 1842, Sophia Walker and, 1849.
Martha Draper.

Clarissa, b. Apr. 29, 1816; d. 1837, unm.

Betsey H., b. Mar. 29, 1818; m. 1839, Ziba Harriman, of Greens-
boro, Vt., and 1869 Burrill Hoyt.

Pliny C, b. July 30, 1819; m. Nancy Lincoln.

Otis, b. Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Joanna W. Howard and Medosa Albee.

FiDDiA, b. Mar. 11, 1823; d. Mar. 21, 1824.

1320. Ezra Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John;, b. Nov. 29, 1760; m.
-; res. Douglass, Mass.

2884.
2885.
2886.

i.

ii.

iii.

2887.

iv.

2888.

v.

2889.
2890.

vi.
vii

2891.

vii

2892.
2893.
2894.

ix.
x.

xi.

2895.
2896.

xii.
xiii.

2897.
2898.

xiv.

XV.

2899.
2900.

xvi.
xvii

2901.
2902.

xvii
xix.

2903.

XX.

2904. i. Eliza, b. . 2906. iii. William, b.

2905. ii. Harriett, b. .

204 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1321. Col. Moses Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1756; m.

Hannah ; m. 2d, Apr. 3. 1796, Mrs. Nancy (Mann) Tyler*. He served in the

Revolutionary war, first in a Douglass company and later in the company from Ux-
bridge, in which he was sergeant. He d. Apr. 10, 1826; res. Uxbridge and

"^^"2907.^' i.^^^" Anna Wyett, b. Apr. 18, 1787; d. Oct. 20, 1792.
2908 ii. John Andrews, b. Jan. 10, 1789.

2909. iii. Samuel B., b. Dec. 18, 1791.

2910. iv. Nancy Wyett, b. Apr. 4, 1797; d. s. p. 1888.

2911 v JULIAN Ann, b. June 25, 1798; m. Nov. 27, 1821, Benjamin Allen

Tillinghast, b. May 2, 1799. He d. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1887. She
d. Mar. 7, 1850. He m. 2d, May 10, 1853, Harriett Cornell, b.
Apr, 3, 1806. Ch.: Thomas Allen, b. Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 9,
1822; d. Troy, N. Y., June 10, 1879, ae. 57; m. Margaret Scott

Griffith, of Troy, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1847; b. ; d. Dorchester,

Mass., Apr. 14, 1890; 5 ch.; Charles Whitney, b. East Green-
wich, R. I., May 23, 1824; m. Mary B.Southwick, at Trov, N. Y..
Dec. 1, 1852; b. Apr. 7, 1832; 2 ch.; address Troy, N. Y.; William
Henry, b. Warwick, R. I., May 11, 1826; m. Phebe Wycoff, of New
York'City, June 21, 1855; noch.; address 26 East Sixty-fourth St.,
New York City; Joseph Joslin, b. Trov, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1831; m.
Mary J. Sullivan, at Madison, Ind., Dec. 9, 1863; b. Aug. 13,
18;Mi 2 ch.; address Troy, N. Y.; Alice Ann, born Troy, N. Y.,
Mar. 3, 1834; d. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1872, ae. 38; ra. Plinev A.
Meore, at Troy, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1867; b. 1814; d. Troy, N. Y., 'May
30, 1877 ae. 63; no ch.

2912. vi. Hannah Tillinghast. b. Feb. 7, 1800; d. 1804.

2913. vii. Benjamin, b. m 1782; m. Rachel Nye Spooner.

2914. viii. Timothy, b. . His granddaughter is Mrs. L. H. Kingsbury,

Dedham, Mass.

2915. ix. Esther, b. ; d. unm. 1891.

2916. X. Charlotte, b. ; d. 1802.

2917. xi. Ellen Maria, b. Feb. 29, 1808; m. May 11, 18-35, at Wrentham,

Henry Jackson Wilde; b. in Hallowell, April 6, 1804. He was
the son of Samuel Sumner Wilde and Eunice Cobb, his wife.
Samuel S. Wilde was judge of the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts, and when Maine became a state. Judge Wilde moved
his family to Ne'wburyport, that he might still be a resident of
Massachusetts. One of Mr. Wilde's sisters married Judge
Emmons, of Hallowell, and another married Hon. Caleb Gush-
ing, of Newburyport. Two of Mr. Wilde's brothers studied
law and practiced, but Mr. Wilde never followed any profession,
and his life was full of changes. Like other Newburyport
boys he went to sea. Rounding Cape Horn he remained in the
Andes, in the silver mines for a time, returned to the United
States and went into a store in Boston. Later he was married
to Ellen Maria Whitney and went into the coal business in
Pottsville, Pa., where his daughter, Anne Doane, was born. He
moved to Albia village, a part of Troy, N. Y., and after a few
years moved to Washington, D. C. For a time he was in the
office of his brother-in-law, Caleb Gushing, then for a number
of years he was in the navy department. In 1847 he moved
his family to Boston and made his home with his father. Judge
Wilde, who was a widower, living in that city. Mr. Wilde was
in the custom house, and later was naval storekeeper at Charles-
town, Mass. In 1855 Judge Wilde died and Mr. Wilde moved to
one of the suburbs. He d. when away from home in Pepperill,
Mar, .30, 1873. She d. Dec. 27, 1864. Ch.: Anne Doane, b. July
8, 1838; m. Oct. 9, 1864, Henry W. Daniell; res. Boston; Ellen
Maria, b. Jan. 1, 1841; res. Milton, Mass.

2918. xii. Susan, b. ; d. 1813.

2919. xiii. Adeliza, b. Nov. 6, 1811; m. Nov. 9, 1837, Edmund J. Felt; was a

farmer and manufacturing jeweler. She d. Dec. 5, 1861. He

May 25. 1790, Moses was appointed guardian of Polly Wells Tyler, a child of second wife by
her first husband.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 205

was b. Nov. 30, 1812; d. Aug. 1, 1892. Ch.: Edmund Selwyn, b.
in Wrentham, Nov. 28, 1838; d. in Flint, Mich., Sept. 21, 1878; m.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Robinson) Pratt, in New York City, April 30,
1868; res. Flint Mich.; no children; James Mann,b. in Wrentham,
July 10, 1841; d. July 21, 1858; David Shepard, b. in Wrentham,
Sept. 13, 1843; m. in Troy, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1873, Sarah A. Meader,
dau. of Hiram and Eliza (Mann) Meader; res. in the city of
Albany, N. Y.; Henry Wilde, b. June 10, 1881; m. Sept. 5, 1893,
Ludlow, Vt., Lily E. A. Robbins, dau. Fred'k C. and Eliza (Chap-
man); Oliver, b. in Wrentham, Mar. 1, 1853; m. Carrie (Owen).

1322. Samuel Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. ; m.

Azubah ; he d. Aug., 1789; res. Douglass, Mass. Inventory of his estate

returned to probate court at Worcester, Sept. 1, 1789. His bro. Ezra was admr.

2920. i. Samuel, b. July 30, 1789; m. Mary Willard.

2921. ii. Mary, b. ; m. James Whiting.

2922. iii. Mercy, b. ; m. John Crafts; res. Monson, Me.

1326. Amos Whitney (Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Sherborn, 1762;
m. Catherine Hunt. He was a merchant in Boston. He d. in 1804; res. Sherborn,
Mass., and Boston, Mass.

2923. i. Wm. Scott, b. . 2925. iii.- Amos, b. .

2924. ii. Daniel White, 2926. iv. Catherine.

b. .

1330. Aaron Whitney (Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1772; m. Eda
Fiske. He d. in 1818; res. Sherborn, Mass., and Providence, R. I.

John F., b. in 1795; d. in 1814.

Mary, b. in 1801; m. Moses Stratton, of Natick, and d. 1822.

Ch.: Mary W., b. 1822.
Elizabeth, b. in 1803; d. in 1824.
Daniel, b. in 1805; m. Hannah Smith.
Aaron, b. in 1809; m. Marie E. Delavie.
Miriam L., b. in 1811.
Sarah H., b. in 1813.
John F., b. in 1816; d. in 1816.

1331. Thomas Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Ashford,
Tolland Co., Conn., Sept. 18, 1770; m. Royalton, \'t., Sept. 19, 1799, Mary Taina Jen-
nings, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary, b. Windham, Conn., Apr. 27, 1777; d. May 12,
1862.

He was born in Tolland, Conn., and in 1790 moved to Tunbridge, Vt. Along in the
thirties with his family he moved to Ohio and for a number of years lived near Dan-
ville, Knox Co. Later they lived with their son John J. Whitney, who owned the
first farm of two hundred acres east of Londonville, on the Wooster and Ashland
roads. In 1856 after the sad death of their son, they went to live with their daughter
Emily, Mrs. Robert McMahan, in Londonville. Mrs. Whitney died there at the age
of 83 years, and Mr. Whitney died at the home of his son Dr. B. F. Whitney, at
Mansfield, at the advanced age of 96 years, and both are buried in the Londonville
cemetery. They were considered very good old people, were members and founders
of the Londonville Baptist church. He d. Aug. 6, 1863; res. Tunbridge, Vt., Ran-
dolph, \'t., Mansfield, O.

■ Wait, b. Oct. 29, 1800; m. Barbara Burkholder.

Eli, b. Aug. 9, 1802. He was a lawyer, d. unm. at West Hart-
ford, Vt., Dec. 30, 1826.
Daniel, b. July 8, 1804; d. unm. at N. H., Dec. 20, 1829.
Ebe.n Jennings, b. Dec. 6, 1806; m. Sarah Boardman.
John J., b. Nov. 8, 1813; m. Matilda Robeson.
Benjamin F., b. Feb. 27, 1815; m. Sarah Renfrew.
Emily, b. Feb. 5, 1810; m. Feb. 23, 1839. Robert McMahan; res.
Portage, O. He was a merchant. Ch.: Whitney; res. Bowl-
ing Green, O.
2942. viii. Marcy Maria, b. May 6, 1812; m. at Dansville,'0., Sept. 6, 1860,
Joseph Sapp, a merchant, who was b. in Jefferson Co., O., and
died in O.; m. 2d at Mansfield, O., May 29, 1863, Elijah Bemis,
who was b. in Mass., but who died in Lyne, O. She res. s. p. at
Bowling Green, O.

2927.

i.

2928.

11.

2929.

iii.

2930.

IV.

2931.

V.

2932.

VI.

2933.

VU.

2934.

viii

2935.

i.

2936.

11.

2937.

iii.

2938.

IV.

2939.

V.

2940.

vi.

2941.

vii

206 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1332. Peter Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Tolland, Conn.,
Oct. 81, 1776; m. Edith Davis; m. 2d Sybil Ainsworth. He was a blacksmith. He
d. in 1838; res. Hartford, Vt.

294.3. vi. Sybil, b. Hartford, Vt.; m. Smith; res. So. Royalton, Vt.

2944 i Erastus b. .

2946! ii. Paschal'p., b. Dec. 13, 1806; m. Malvina Stillman.

2946. iii. Amanda Melvina, b. ; m. Sept. 12, 1832, Calvin Eaton;

res. Concord, N. H.

2947. iv. Mary Maria, b. ; m. 1838, Albert Langmaid; res. Concord,

N. H.

2948. V. Jane, b. .

2949. vii. Horace, b. . His name was changed to Eaton; res. Boston,

Mass.

2950. viii. George L., b. Aug. 17, 1825; m. Caroline Jane Goss.

1333. Jonathan Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Tolland,
Conn., Feb. 20, 1766; m. at Randolph, Vt., Dec. 16, 1796, Eunice Story; b. Nov. 4,
1779; dau. of Asa and Abia; d. Sept. 9, 1804; m. 2d, Jan. 2, 1806, at Hartford, Vt.,
Dora Marsh, b. Nov. 1768; d. Sept. 25, 1806; m. 3d at Stockbridge, Vt., Mar. 17, 1808,
Zylpha Holt, b. Feb. 2, 1776; d. Mar. 8, 1830; m. 4th, Dec. 14, 1830, Mrs. Betsey But-
ton, b. Sept. 7, 1783; d. Oct. 12, 1867.

Jonathan Whitney, the oldest son of Peter Whitney, was born in the state of
Connecticut, Feb. 20, 1766. He came to the state of Vermont about the year 1787,
and was employed as a surveyor. That season he surveyed and lotted the towns of
Chittenden and Philadelphia, on the west side of the Green mountains, going into the
wilderness with three men in the month of April, and remaining there until late in
October of the same year, not going out to any settlement in the time. His associates,
other than the men, were the beasts of the forest, such as panthers, catamounts,
bears, wolves, moose and deer, which disputed his right of way into their domain.
The next season he surveyed other townships on the east side of the Green mount-
ains, and on his return to Connecticut he succeeded in persuading his father to make
a settlement in Vermont, which settlement was commenced in Tunbridge in 1790, he
coming with his father and assisting him in building a log house and clearing some
land, after which, for 18 years, he taught school in winter, and assisted his father in
clearing land and carrying on his farm in summer. He married, 1st, Eunice Story,
of Randolph, Vt., by whom he had three children, viz.: Zabad, Zebinaand Polly. He
rnarried for his 2d wife Dora Marsh, of Hartford, who died without issue. He mar-
ried for his 3d wife Zilpha Holt, of Connecticut, by whom he had six children, three
of which died in childhood and three lived to mature age, viz.: Laura, Albert G. and
James M. Laura married Daniel Brown, and died at Bloomingdale, 111. He married
for his 4th wife Betsey Button, of Royalton, Vt., who died without issue. He was a
self-made man in every respect. His father being a soldier in the Revolution, the
care of the family devolved upon him, therefore, he was deprived of any chance to
attend even a district school, never attending school but 18 days in his lite. Through
his own effort he acquired a good education, was one of the greatest mathematicians
of his day, and a man that was sought for as authority on almost any subject. He
came into possession of the farm on which his father settled and lived until his death.
Being one of the early settlers he had his share of privations and hardships incident
to the settlement of a new township. He was a great reader, and well posted in all
that was transpiring in the whole country; was a free mason in high standing in the
• order, and was one of the founders of Whitney chapter, which was named for him.
He d. Apr. 12, 1853; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2951. i. Zabad, b. Dec. 10, 1797; m. Sophia Dewey.

2952. ii. Zebina, b. Dec. 9, 1799; m. Harriett Cozzens.

2963. iii. Polly, b. Nov. 21, 1801; m. at T., Roswell Dewey, of Royalton,
She d. May 28, 1848, at Northfield. He was a singer and music
teacher. Ch.: George, m. a Walton, and d. New York City;
Roswell, res. unm. Northfield, Vt.; Mary, m. a Pinney.

2954. iv. Roswell, b. Oct. 15, 1803; d. Sept. 16, 1806.

2955. V. Rebecca, b. June 25, 1811; d. infancy.

2956. vi. Laura Fiske, b. July 24, 1813; m. at T., Daniel N. Brown, of

Northfield, Vt. He was a farmer, and res. in Bloomingdale, 111.
Ch.: Lucy, m. Gilbert Cass. He has been passenger conductor
on the railroad from Chicago to Elgin for 20 years; res. 206

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 207

2961.

ii.

2962.

iii.

2963.
2664.

iv.

V.

Center St., Elgin; Lucia, m, Henry L. Woodworth; res. 440
Concord St., Aurora, 111.; Charles D., res. 291 South 4th St.,
Aurora.

2957. vii. Albert Galatin, b. July 27, 1817; m. in Northfield, Vt., May 19,

1844, Adaline Leonard, d. Aug. 19, 1859; m. 2d at Worcester,
Vt., Oct. 24, 1866, Wealthy Connor, b. July 8, 1841 ; d. July 8, 1872.
He res. s. p. on a farni in Bethel, Vt.

2958. viii. James Monroe, b. Nov. 4, 1821; m. Eliza Cozzens.

2959. ix. RoswELL, b. Oct. 1815; d. young.

1345. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, Josiah.Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. May 1, 1791;
m. May 28, 1818, Almira Ellsworth, b. June 7, 1803; d. Jan. 14. 1884.

Josiah Whitney, was born in East Granville, Mass. He spent 18 months in the
army during the 1812 war. Went to Ohio 1815 m which state he remained until his
■death. He d. Oct. 7, 1869: res. Rootstown, O.

2960. i. Flavel J., b. May, 31, 1819; m. June 7, 1847, Louisa Norton; res.
Rootstown. He d. Feb. 8, 1882, at Buffalo Prairie, 111.

Lucius E., b. Dec. 21, 1822; m. Dec. 31, 1848, Lucretia R. Eatin-

ger; res. R. He d. Dec. 4 1890.
Charles M., b. Dec. 31, 1835; m. Oct. 11, 1866, Henrietta S.Dem-

ing; was in the war in the 104th Ohio Regt. in Co. I.
Mary Dolly, b. Oct. 28, 1840; teacher; res. Rootstown, O.
Artemitia a., b. Apr. 14. 1828; m. Oct. 17, 1853, Edward L. Clark;

res. Leeds, Mass.

2965. vi. Jonas E., b. Rootstown, [O., Oct. 28, 1825; d. Helena, Ark., of

disease contracted while in the civil war in Co. B, 126th Illinois
Vols., Aug. 20, 1863.

2966. vii. Albert R., b. Jan. 26, 1821; m. Betsey Case and Lydia Hogan.

1347. David Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepper-
cll, Mass., Feb. 11, 1766; m. at West Randolph, Vt., Nov. 21, 1793, Susanna Hunting-
ton, b. July 28, 1766. He d. 1850; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2967. i. Benjamin, b. Feb. 18, 1796; m. Sibbel Parker and Mrs. Elizabeth
Hall Whitney.

David, b. Dec. 15, 1795; m. Lvdia Parker.

Daniel, b. Oct. 28, 1809; m. Julia Hall.

Ann, b. ; m. at T., Mar. 15, 1830, Azro Burton Curtis; res.

Fort Atkinson, Wis.; son, David W.; res. F. A.
Betsey, b. ; m. Mar. 7, 1839, John Whitney, of Chelsea;

a dau. m. Comfort Barnes.
Cyrus, b. Dec. 21, 1802; m. Betsey Curtis.
William, b. Feb. 10, 1800; m. Elizabeth Hall.

1348. Abel Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 15,
1770; m. Phebe Scott; d. Mar. 23, 1839.

Abel Whitney was born on a farm in Pepperell, Mass. Soon after his mar-
riage, in 1794, he moved to a farm in Tunbridge, Vt., where he ever after resided.
He d. July 19, 1845; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2974. i. Lewis, b. Jan. 6, 1800; m. Emeline Nutting.

2975. ii. Henry, b. Apr. 3, 1808; m. and his. wid. res. S. Royalton,Vt. He

d. Sept. 1892. His son, Horace L., res. 9 Pelham St., Boston,
Mass.

2976. iii. George, b. Sept. 1, 1812; m. Arathusa Gates; had five boys-

Albert, Milo F., John, Lewis, Orlando.

2977. iv. Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1804; m. Mary Hall.

2978. v. Joseph, b. Jan. 27, 1806; m. Caroline Pierce.

2979. vi. Sally, b. Dec. 27, 1801; m. Mar. 28, 1832, Darius S. Durkee; res.

No. T. She d. 1883. Ch.: Simeon P.. res. No. T; Caroline.

2980. vii. Nancy, b. Mar. 24, 1810; m. Jan. 24, 1833, Roswell Durkee; b.

Oct. 20, 1808; d. Nov. 18, 1890; res. No. T. Ch.: John, b. Jan. 2,
1834 (physician); m. Mary J. Belknap; res. T.; Horace, b. Jan.
17, 1837; m. Luttera P. Smith; res. T.; Abby C„ b. Aug. 27, 1840;
m. Ezekiel Drew; res. Barre, Vt.; George W., b. Oct. 5, 1843; m.
Alice E. Noves; res. T.; Charles, b. Oct. 7, 1845; res. T.

2981. viii. Harriett, b.'Aug. 6, 1797; m. Aug. 12,1828, Moses Ordway. Ch.:

George, res. East Granville, Vt.; , res. California; John,

2968.
2969.
2970.

ii.

iii.

iv.

2971.

V.

2972.
2973.

vi.

vii.

208 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

b. ; d. 1864 in Govt. Hospital at Louisville, Ky.; was in

First Wis. Cavalry; Henrietta, b. ; m. Daniel Hunt; res.

No. Tunbridge; Harriett, b.-

2982. ix. John, b. Sept. 28, 1793; m. .

2983. X. William, b. Oct. 29, 1795; m. and d. s. p.

2986.

ill.

2987.

X.

2988.

IV.

2989.

V.

2990.

VI.

2991.

vii.

2992.

vni

2993.

IX.

1.349 Thomas Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pep-

perell Ma-^s., July 15, 1780; m. , Betsey Wallis, b. July 20, 1784; d. I eb. 5, 1826;

m. 2d 'in Brookfield, Vt., Apr. 13, 1827, Annie York, b. Aug. 25, 1794; d. June 9, 1884;

res. Tunbridge, Vt. „ ^„„ ^ . -^

2984 i Charles Fitch, b. Dec. 12, 1806; m. Louisa Kemp.

2985 ii Olive Hall, b. Jan. 21, 1810; m. Oct. 21, 1838, Nathan G. Smith, b.

luly 25, 1803; d. Feb 9, 1873. She d. Mar. 9, 1875. He was a
farmer. Ch.: Nathan Franklin, b. Apr. 26, 1843; d. May 6,
1864. Killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Va.; Betsey Anna,
b. July 20, 1845; m. Elihu Tuller Jan. 26, 1864; P. O. address,
of all is Tunbridge, Vt.; Olive Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1847; m. Charles
W. Smith Dec. 25, 1866; Thomas Whitney, b. Nov. 11, 1849; m.
Emma Blake 1872.

David, b. Mar. 11, 1812; m. Maria Smith.

York, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Marietta Whitney.

Harriett, b. Nov. 15, 1818.

John, b. Dec. 18, 1821; m. Lorinda Bragman and Eunice Martin.

Thomas, b. Feb. 20, 1824; m. and d. June 29, 1862; a son, Willis;
res. No. Tunbridge.

Lewis, b. Nov. 28, 1828; d. Jan. 8, 1844.

Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 1830. She d. unm. June 9, 1885.

Charlotte D., b. July 24, 1832; m. June 30, 1852, Elhanan W.
Farwell, of Brooktield. She d. July 4, 1882; res. East Ran-
dolph, Vt.

1350. Abijah Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepper-
ell, Mass., Aug. 22, 1781; m. May 28, 1818, Lydia Tarbell; b. Aug. 17, 1792; d. Nov.
12, 1864. He was a carpenter. He d. Mar. 30, 1856; res. Pepperell, Mass.

2994. i. Eliza, b. Jan. 5. 1820; m. Nov. 28, 1843, Simon Durant, She d.

Wells River, \^t., Dec. 12, 1860.

2995. ii. Henrietta, b. Feb. 10, 1823; m. June 3, 1847, Sumner Graves.

She d. Groton, Mass., Apr. 10, 1858.

2996. iii. Mary Ann, b. May 30, 1833; m. Apr. 16, 1856, Phinehas P.

Fletcher. She d. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 24, 1883.

2997. iv. Joseph, b. June 25, 1827; m. Mary P. Baker.

1.352. Aaron Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepper-
ell, Mass., Feb. 22, 1786; m. there, June 7, 1814, Betsey Parker; b. Jan. 13, 1796; d.
Jan. 18. 1867.

He was born in Pepperell, Mass., and soon after his marriage moved to Tun-
bridge, Vt. There he erected a temporary log cabin until he could make the brick
and build a brick house in which he ever afterwards resided. The place is known
to this day as Whitney Hill. Aaron was a farmer. He d. Feb. 22, 1860; res. Pep-
perell, Mass., and Tunbridge, \t.

2998. i. Aaron P., b. Oct. 2, 1815; m. Phyrilla Durkee.

2999. ii. SiBBEL E., b. Sept. 28, 1817; m. Nov. 5, 1837, Nathaniel Hall. She

d. Mar. 4, 1893. Ch.: S.Norman, res. Chicago; is on Board of
Trade.

3000. iii. Rebecca F., b. Oct. 7, 1820; m. Nov. 15, 1847, Nathaniel King;

res. Tunbridge, \'t.

3001. iv. Henrietta W, b. Dec. 11, 1822; m. June 24, 1844, Charles W.

Bliss; res. Bethel, Vt. He is a farmer; was b. Sept. 16, 1814.
Ch.: Willis Whitney, b. July 28, 1845; m. Oct. 18. 1867; d. Mar.
22, 1888; William Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1847; m. Sept. 9, 1873, Mid-
dleburv, Addison Co. Vt.; Daniel Webster, b. Feb. 18, 1852; m.

June, 17, 1891, , Bethel, Windsor Co., Vt.

8002. V. Wm. F., b. May 8, 1825; m. Jane Sprague.

3003. vi. Abijah. b. Feb. 6, 1829; d. Oct. 13, 1837.

3004. vii. Carlos, b. May 5, 1831; m. Helen M. Corwin.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 209

3005. viii. Sarah A., b. May 14, 1833; m. Oct. 26, 1864, James Lewis. She d.

June 9, 1859, at Chelsea, Vt. Mr. Lewis now resides in Worces-
ter, Mass. Ch.: Flora E., b. Oct. 6, 1855; d. Mar. 21, 1859; Har-
riett Ellen, d. June 18, 1869.

3006. ix. Ellen, b. Dec. 14, 1837; m. Mar. 13, 1865, Elizur F. Howe, b. julv

17, 1837; res. Tunbridge, Vt. Ch.: Anne R., b. Dec. 10, 1867;
Wm. Whitney, b. Aug. 19, 1872; Sadie A., b. Dec. 16, 1875;
Elmer E., b. Oct. 22, 1882.

1355. Franklin Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Tun-
bridge, Vt., Nov. 30, 1810; m. there Apr. 7, 1842, Catherine Kemp, b. Feb. 22, 1821;
d. Jan. 26, 1881. He d. Jan. 5, 1880; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

3007. i. Martha Jane, b. Sept. 14, 1842; m. Giles, and d. Aug. 6,

1860.

3008. ii. Marietta, b. Mar. 4, 1847; m. York Whitney.

3009. iii. George Franklin, b. Sept. 16, 1861; m. Hattie M. Corwin.

1368. Joseph Dix Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Fran-
cistown, N. H., Apr. 4, 1791; m. Apr. 4,1811, Susanna Drury, of Alstead, N. H.; b.
Apr. 19, 1790; d. Oct. 10, 1847. He was a farmer. He d. Oct. 5, 1877; res. East Brook-
field, Vt.

3010. i. Susannah W., b. Oct. 21, 1811; m. May 10, 1849, . Shed.

Feb. 6, 1870.

3011. ii. Pamelia, b. Dec. 3, 1816; m.Apr. 3, 1843, . She d. Feb. 23,

1861.

3012. iii. Rebecca, b. Dec. 3, 1818; m. Jan. 3, 1839, Charles Parker (see).

She d. Mar. 14, 1888. He was b. Sept. 24, 1810, son of Phinehas
and Polly (Whitney) Parker; res. East Randolph, Vt. Ch.:
Willard W., b. July'30, 1840; m. Oct. 10, 1873; res. Chelsea, Vt.;
Samuel D., b. May 8, 1843; d. Apr. 3, 1866; Augusta S., b. Feb.

12, 1849; m. Dec. 21, 1869, Edgar J. Rich. She d. Dec. 25. I8s4.
Mary J., b. Dec. 24, 1850; m. Mar. 16, 1871, David Dickerman;
res. Chelsea; Eliza M., b. Mar. 31, 18-53; m. Dec. 23, 1881, Fred
H.Tuttle; res. Tunbridge, Vt.; Charles, b. Sept. 18, 1855; Ella
M., b. July 17, 1858; d. June 1, 1879.

3013. iv. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 25, 1822; m. Feb. 14, 1843, Shed. July

27, 1864.

3014. V. Eliza M., b. June 13, 1825; m. June 9, 1860, . She d. Feb.

9, 1851.
3016. vi. Leonora, b. Apr. 28, 1828; m. Jan. 5, 1861, Gardner Parker; b.
Aug. 16, 1824; d. Feb. 26, 1889; res. Chelsea, Vt.
Of the living descendants of this family are Mrs. David Dickerman, East Ran-
dolph, Vt., and Mrs. Stillman L. Rich, of Chelsea, \'t.

1369. Isaac W. Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Mar.
31, 1793; m. Polly Blood; b. Mar. 1, 1790; d. Nov. 28, 1843. He was "a blacksmith.
He d. Jan. 6, 1876; res. Chelsea, Vt.

3016. i. Mary Jane, b. June 29, 1813; m. Aaron P. Godfrey; b. 1807; d.

Dec. 1, 1870. He was a carpenter. Ch.: Ellen, b. Jan. 30, 1835;
m. John T. Wilson, Nov. 17, 1852; address, Ashburnham, Mass.;
Lucy, b. Sept. 27, 1838; m. Chester B. Gale, Mar. 16, 1859;
address, Ashburnham, Mass.; Aurora, b. July 21, 1840; m.
Edwin Sanborn, Mar. 15, 1869; Chelsea, Vt. All were born in
Chelsea, \'t.
. 3017. ii. Lucy, b. Aug. 10, 1816; m. probably in 1840, James Flanders; res.
Potter Place, N. H. She was his second wife. He d. Apr. 4,
1878. Ch.: Perry B., b. Sept. 14, 1841; m. Abbie J. Cilley,
Lorana Chase (Whitehead), widow; no ch.; Cynthia A., b. Mar.

13, 1843; m. Solomon Lovering; no ch ; Charles S., b. Dec. 7,
1845; m. Amanda Wells; one ch., Owen L.; Julia A., b. Oct. 29,
1852; m. Moses H, Prescott; ch., Roy and Gertie; she d. June
18, 1884.

3018. iii. Sally, b. Nov. 6, 1817; m. Nov. 14, 1837, Simon French; res.
Aver Village, Mass. He was b. Apr. 30, 1812; is a carpenter
and builder. Ch.: Simon, Jr., b. Aug. 23, 1838; m. Nov., 1863;

210 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

East Pepperell, Mass.; Jennette C, b. Apr. 16, 1842; m. May
27, 1867; Mrs. Willard Noyes, 78 Auburn St., Haverhill, Mass.;
Sarah Jane,b. July 28, 1847; m. Feb., 1876; Mrs. C. W. Foster, 49
Green St., Haverhill, Mass.; George W., b. Sept. 18, 1850; m.
Apr. 1, 1872; 25 Moore St., Haverhill, Mass.; Mary M., b. Dec.
12, 1852; m. June 9, 1880; d. Dec. 26, 1893.
3019 iv DiANNA, b. July 15, 1820; m. at Chelsea in 1842, Guilford Dudley
George, b. Oct. 17, 1819; d. July 24, 1874. Ch.: Mary Jeanette,
b. Oct. 10, 1844; res. 42 Lake Ave., Melrose, Mass.; Diana d.
Dec. 26, 1851.

3020. V. Arvilla, b. Jan. 30, 1823; m. Aug. 9, 1846, James F. Woodward;

b. Nov. 11, 1819; is a shoe tool mfr. at Wakefield, Mass. She
d. Feb. 3, 1876. Ch.: Charles P., b. Nov. 19, 1852; res. Wake-
field, Mass.; Minnerville W., b. Jan. 5, 1862; m. Geo. A. Whit-
ney; res. Wakefield, Mass.

3021. vi. Andrew Jackson, b. Jan. 29, 1828; m. Arvilla Bohoman, Mrs.

Rosina Ramsdell, and Adelia M. t)ewey.

3022. vii. Aravesta Janet, b. Sept. 19, 1834; d. Mar. 16, 1844.

3023. viii. Alvah W., b. Dec. 16, 1832; m. Mahala M. Jones and Maria E.

Lewis.

1370. John Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Acworth,
N. H., May 4, 1795; m. at Chelsea, Aug. 27, 1818, Polly Lewis; b. Mar., 1795; d. July,
1838. He was a farmer. He d. Nov. 1, 1869; res. Chelsea, Vt.

3024. i. Mary G., b. Mar. 31, 1820; m. Barnes; d. in Wis.; left one

dau.

3025. ii. Emma, b. Oct. 20, 1822; d. Oct. 8, 1841.

3026. iii. Eliza, b. July 3, 1825; m. Mar. 23, 1854, Asa A. Annis. Hewasb.

Feb. 10, 1828. Is a farmer. Ch.: Susan A., b. Mar. 10, 1855; d.

Jan. 22, 1864; Carrie, b. Oct. 27, 1856; m. Feb. 20, 1877,

Grant; res. Chelsea, Vt.; John W., b. Mar. 2, 1858; m. Dec. 25,
1877; res. Boston, Mass.; Lila M., b. Mar. 9, 1861 ; m. June 6, 1882,

Gray; res. Chelsea, Yt.; Lucinda E., b. July 17, 1867; m.

Feb. 17, 1891, Salter; res. South Barre, Vt.

Amanda, b. June 11, 1828; d. July 6, 1844.

Joseph Lewis, b. Oct. 13, 1831; d. Dec. 8, 1833.

William L., b. June 12, 1833; m. .

Mary E., b. Jan. 25, 1826; m. Oct. 10, 1866, ; res. Bridgton,

Me.

3031. viii. Irene F., b. July 29, 1838; d. May 6, 1846.

1371. Leonard Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepper-
ell, Mass., June 4, 1797; m. m Acworth, N. H., Aug. 8, 1820, Philanda Blood; b. Jan. 8,
1805; d. July 25, 1888. He was a farmer. He d. July 26, 1886; res. Acworth and Lang-
don, N. H.

3032. i. Elisha L., b. Oct. 29, 1835; m. Jane M. Howard.

3033. ii. Clarinda M., b. Dec. 14, 1824; m. at Bellows Falls, Vt.,Tulv 4,

1842, George A. Wallace, b. Acworth, N. H.. Feb. 14, 1819; d.
Jan. 24, 1865; m. 2d Willard H. Howard; res. Acworth, N. H.,
and Brookfield, Vt. Ch.: Tennie C, b. June 18, 1843, in Acworth,
N. H.; m. in 1887 to R. C. Boutwell, of Wilton, N. H.; Nancy
E., b. July 2, 1847; d. 1850, Nashua, N. H.; George H., b. Sept.
18, 1851, Nashua, N. H.; m. in 1873 to Nellie McHeene; address
Drewsville, N. H.; Sumner L., b. Mar. 31, 1855; d. 1872.

Parthena a., b. Nov. 7, 1827; m. 1850, Howard G. Colburn; res.
Alstead, N. H.

Caroline G., b. Feb. 20, 1833; m. Horace Blake, and d. Oct. 17,
1886.

Mariah p., b. feb. 5, 1822; m. in 1848, Josiah Guillow, Gilsum,
N. H.

Geo. L., b. Sept. 14, 1843; m. Lucretia E. Miller.

Horace L., b. July 17, 1845; m. Etta Ellis, and d. Dec. 7, 1884.

Abbie Jane, b. July 27, 1849; m. Edwin Fairfield, and d. Feb., 1893.

1376. Orlando Whitney (James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. ;

m. at Ludlow, Vt., Feb. 16, 1792, Asaneth Stiles; res. Ludlow, and St. Johnsbury, Vt.

3027.

iv.

3028.

V.

3029.

VI.

3030.

vn

3034.

iii.

3035.

iv.

3036.

V.

3037.

3088.
3039.

vi.
vii.

viii

3040.

i.

3041.

11.

3042.

Ill

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 211

BoYLSTON, b. Nov. 29, 1792; m. Lucy Spaulding.
ASENATH, b. Sept. 18, 1799.
Calvin, b. Sept. 4, 1795.

1377. Daniel Whitney (James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Ludlow, Vt.,
in 1777; m. in Ludlow, Feb. 25, 1796, Content Stiles; b. in 1777; d. in 1863. He was a
cordwainer. He d. in 1863; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt.

3043. i. Asaph S., b. Apr. 5, 1804; m. Abigail Miller.

3044. ii. Calvin, b. Feb. 19, 1806; m. Roxana Wheelock.

3045. iii. Ira, b. ; m. Lucinda Hudson; a dau. is Mrs. Julia Strong;

res. Cavendish, Vt.

3046. iv. Hiram, b. ; 1818; m. Arvilla Herrick.

3047. V. Betsey, b. ; m. Harsha Nickols, and went west.

3048. vi. Content, b. ; m. Hezekiah Mooe; a son Nelson res. in

Shrewsbury, Vt.

3049. vii. Salome, b. ; m. Handel Webster; son Addison res. Plym-

outh, Vt.

3050. viii. Nancy, b. ; m. James Merrell; a son Henry res. Reading,

Vt.

3051. ix. Mary, b. ; m. Obediah Miller; d. s. p.

1379. Jazamiah Whitney (James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Sept. 1,
1780; m. at St. Johnsbury, Vt., Rebecca Whipple, b. Oct. 17, 1782; d. May 23, 1853.
He was a carpenter by trade. Member of the Baptist church. He d. Apr. 12, 1869;
res. St. Johnsbury, Vt., and Newport, N. H.

Sally M., b. Aug. 11, 1804; m. Moses B. Hatch, of Littleton, N. H.

Orlando, b. Mar. 26, 1806; m. Eliza Ann Motley Carlton.

Orange, b. May 8, 1808; m. Emeline Harris.

Harriett, b. June 22, 1810; d. July 31, 1817.

Lambert, b. Oct. 10, 1812; m. Sallie Senter.

TURZAH, b. July 30, 1815; d. July 30, 1820.

1386. John Whitney (John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Fitzwilliam, N.
H., Dec. 10, 1789; m. Mar. 2, 1816, Mrs. Augusta (Fisk) Brooks, b. Aug. 2, 1792; d. in
1852. He was born in New Hampshire on a farm. Resided in Troy some time and for
many years followed the sea. He was a great sailor, visited many ports in Europe.
Asia and Africa, as well as those of North and South America. On one of his trips
he circumnavigated the earth. After his marriage in 1824 moved to Dunkirk, N. Y.
There he followed agricultural pursuits until the railroad through that section was
built. As it passed through his farm he sold out and moved to Fredonia, N. Y.
While living m Dunkirk he ran a vessel on the lake. He d. in 1862; res. Troy, N. H.,
Dunkirk and Fredonia, N. Y.

Lemuel, b. Nov. 7, 1816; m. Fanny M. Gould and Julia M. Gould.
Densmore, b. Jan. 7, 1818; d. unm.

Sabrina, b. Jan. 7, 1819; m. Norman Pier; res. Murray, N. Y.;
dau. Ella, m. Thomas McGovern, and her son James, 12 years
of age, res. Morris, 111.
3061a. iv. Caroline, b. Mar. 28, 1820; m. Aug. 16, 18-39, John Culver and
had 4 ch.: Sarah, m. Peter Thompson, merchant and inventor;
res. Union, Pa.; Edward, res. Oil City, Pa.; Henry and Rufus,
res. Union, Pa.
3062a. V. Asa, b. May 4, 1821; m. June. 1842, Caroline P. Tyler; res. Bert,

Kan. Ch.: Omer, res. Elkhorn, Neb.; Sarah Carrauth.
3063a. vi. Jefferson B., b. May 4, 1822.

3064a. vii. Harlow Jones, b. Sept. 6, 1825; m. Oct. 20, 1847, Harriett Mac-
kentire; res. Grand Island, Neb. Ch.: John, and Eunice, who
m. 1888, Simeon Woodruff; res. Joliet, 111.

3065a. viii. T. Augusta, b. ; m. S. M. Underwood and had2ch., Samuel

Marion; res. Morris, 111., a merchant; Charles Curtis; res.
Gardiner, 111., a merchant.
3066a. ix. Esther ANN,b. Sept. 2, 1832; m. Lucius T. Gould, b. Feb., 1829;
d. Dec. 4, 1861 ; m. 2d, Rev. Hiram P. Eustis. Ch.: Charlotte A.,
b. Apr. 21, 1861; m. Apr. 6, 1894, Joseph Hampson; res. St. Paul,
Minn.; Harriett Beecher, b. July 5, 1853; ni, June 12, 1869,

3052.

3053.

ii.

3054.

iii

3055.

IV,

3056.

V.

3057.

vi

3058.

i.

3059.

ii.

3060.

111.

212

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Howard; res. Rockwell, la.; Edgar Fletcher, b. July 22, 1855;
m. Nov. 18, 1880; res. South St. Paul, Minn.; Mary C, b. Oct. 4,
1857; m. June, 1876; res. Arago, Ore.

1389 Luke Whitney (John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Fitzwilliam,
N. H., Dec. 25, 1798; m. Sept. 10, 1835, Louisa White; b. Oct. 12, 1806; d. July 31, 1886.

Luke Whitney had no other opportunities for obtaining an education than the
common schools of his native town, but such time as could be given to that purpose
was faithfully improved. Although a good farmer he did not devote all of his time
to that business, but became quite a large dealer in horses, buying them in Canada
and taking them to Boston for sale. It was on one of these trips to Boston -that he
contracted the disease of smallpox, from the effects of which he died. He was a
farmer. He d. July 12, 1841; res. Fitzwilliam and Troy, N. H.

3061.
3062.

3062;^.iii.

Charles O., b. May 4, 1838; m. Frances F. Bent.

Ann Eliza, b. Mar. 15, 1837; m. Nov. 27, 1862, Goodhue Tenney;

b. Oct. 16, 1824; d. June 9, 1892; res. Marlborough, N. H. Ch.:

(adopted) Flora Belle, b. Aug. 19, 1872.
Francis Luke, b. Mar. 16, 1840; was a soldier in the Union army

in the war of the rebellion, and d. of wounds received at the

battle of Cold Harbor, June 16, 1864.

1391. Lieut. Joseph Whitney (Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Fitzwilliam, N. H., June 7, 1774; m. Dec. 22, 1805, Sophia Oliver, b. Dec. 6, 1784; d.
Mar. 3, 1860, at Wilson, N. Y. He was a farmer, was a soldier in the war of 1812,
and acted as a lieutenant and quartermaster. He d. Jan. 5, 1860; res. Wilson, N. Y.

3063a. i.

Benjamin, b. 1807; m. in 1832; d. Jan. 4, 1856. Left 4 ch. N;ewton

Ledyard m. Mary A. — ' "

who res. in Eustis, Fla.
attaining their majority.

and died in 1884, leaving Le Borne,

3064a.
3065a.

3066a.
3067a.

n.

ni.

IV.

3068a. vi.
3069a.

3070a.
3071a.

3072a.
3073a.
3074a.

vu.

vm.
ix.

X.

xi.

xii.

He had two daughters who died before
Another son was William Wallace,

who died and left a widow and three sons; one was Percy.
Abigail, b. Mar. 27, 1808; m. John S. Cudaback. She d. June 4,

1845, leaving 5 ch.; one was William; res. Olcott, N. Y.
Zervah Oliver, b. Mar. 21, 1812; m. Rolph. She had 9

ch. She d. Dec. 17, 1891, at Battle Creek, Mich. A dau.

is Mrs. Edward Smith, res. Coldwater, Mich., and a son is B. F.

Rolph, res. Tekonsha, Mich.; Joseph W., res. Eaton Rapids,

Mich.; dau. Mrs. Orisa Rhodes res. Hart, Mich.
Joseph W., b. Feb. 16, 1815; m. and res. Coldwater, Mich.; has 4

children.
Franklin P., b. Apr. 14, 1817; m. and d. in 1865, leaving 2

sons; one son died in the army in 1864; left a son res. in Kid-
der, Mo.
Ferdinand, b. Aug. 23, 1819; res. Mattison, Branch Co., Mich.;

m. and has 11 ch.
Lorin Jerome, b. Feb. 20, 1824. He was in the Civil war and

was with Sherman when he marched to the sea. He d. June,

1865, in the District of Columbia. He left a widow and 4 ch.

She m. a Mr. Prior. A son, Jesse M., res. Clayton, Fairbault

Co., Minn.
Albert, b. July 1, 1826; m. Teressa Martha Phelps.
Milton, b. Sept. 27, 1830; res. Wilson, N. Y.; m. May 1, 1857,

Charlotte Wilson; b. June 7, 1835. Ch.: Eugene, b. M,ar. 27,

1858; d. Jan. 4, 1863; Erwin, b. Dec. 10, 1863; Nellie May, b.

Mar. 18, 1865; d. Aug. 31, 1893.
George, b. Dec. 4, 1809; d. Aug. 15, 1810.
George, b. Apr. 27, 1811; d. same day.
Sophia, b. Mar. 24, 1822; d. Sept. 10, 1823.

1394. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Wind-
sor, Vt., Apr. 6, 1783; m. at Mansfield, O., 1820, Miranda Marvin.

He was born in the Green Mountain State; his descendants say at Windsor. He
migrated to Ohio, where he worked on a farm and where he was married. Soon after
their marriage they moved to Indiana, about Brown county. He finally moved to
Iowa, where he died. He d. in 1876; res. Vermont, New London, O., Brown Co., Ind.,
and Poweshiek Co., la.

3063.

3064.

ii.

3065.

111.

3066.

IV,

3067.

V.

3068.

vi.

3069.

Vll.

3070.

Vlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 213

James, b. May 16, 1833; m. Nfary Helms.

Miranda, b. ; m. — Redmon; res. Elliott, la.

Sarah E., b. 1832; m. Parr; res. Montezuma, la.

Isaac, b. 1837; res. Lingrdve, la.

Theodore, b. Dec. 25, 1824; m. Isabella Quinn and Susan Puffer.

Hannah E. b. ; m. — — — Gerbrige.

Eliza Ann, b.

3071.

3072.

ii.

3073.

111.

3074.

IV.

3075.

V.

3076.

VI.

3077.

Vll.

Hiram, b. July 23, 1835; m. .

1396. Calvin Whitney (Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Wood-
stock, Vt., May 25, 1788; m. Eliza Everton, b. 1800; d. Feb. 20, 1861.

Calvin Whitney was born in Woodstock, Vt., resided there for awhile and with
his brother Haynes emigrated to Thomason, Me., where he died in 1832. After
his death his widow married Joseph Thompson and she died in 1861. He died Oct.,
1832; res. Woodstock, Vt., and Thomason, Me.

Calvin F., b. Apr. 7, 1816; m. Nancy J. Clark.

Henry, b. Apr. 25, 1818; d. in the south.

William E., b. Jan. 23, 1822; m. Sophia A. Fales.

Joshua G., b. Nov. 10, 1823; m. ; res. Rockland; was a

soldier in the 4th Me.

John K., b. June 19, 1826; res. Th. and rem. Cal.

Mary E., b. July 31, 1830; m. Americus Long; res. Thomason, Me.

Joshua, b. 1833; m. ; res. Rockland.

1397. Haynes Whitney (Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Wood-
stock, Vt., Dec, 1788; m. Jan. 24, 1816, Jane Robinson; b. Sept., 1790; d. Jan. 16, 1885.
He d. Sept. 18, 1825; res. Woodstock, Vt., and Thomason, Me.

3078. i. William, b. Oct. 29, 1816; m. Eliza Brown and Elizabeth Jordan.

3079. ii. Maria R., b. June 24, 1818; m. Oct. 20, 1844, Joseph C. Stafford;

res. Boston, and d. St. Louis, 1845.

3080. iii. Charles R., b. June 16, 1820; m. Mary Edgcom Thurston.

3081. iv. Reuben H., b. Nov. 10, 1823; lost overboard from the bark Val-

halla, Dec, 1838.

3082. V. Elizabeth Howard, b. Nov. 22, lb'25; m. Sept. 1, 1844, Charles

A. Green of Boston; m. 2d, Stephen Styles of Cambridge. She
d. Nov., 18^5; son Franklm H. res. No. Avenue, No. Cambridge,

1398. Christopher Whitney (William, William, Joshua, Johni, b. at Salis-
bury, Conn., Sept. 28, 1751; m. at Sharon meeting house. Conn., Dec. 1, 1774, Mary
Ticknor; b. Sharon, Conn.

He was born in Salisbury, Conn., where he resided until his majority. He was
united in marriage at Sharon, Conn., meeting house, and with his bride was said to
be the handsomest couple ever married at that place. Soon after his marriage the
war with Great Britain broke out, and he enlisted in his country's behalf. After the
war, with other continental soldiers, he was paid off in lands; he received a grant of
60 acres of land in the town of Solon, Cortland Co., N. Y. He probably removed
there about 1790 or thereabouts from Tinmopth, \'t., when he moved from Connecti-
cut. Res. Sharon, Conn., Tinmouth, Vt., and Solon, N. Y.

RuLUFF, b. June 25, 1777; m. Susanna Glenny.
BiLLA, b. May 12, 1775; m. Clarinda French.

Olive, b. Mar. 18, 1780; m. at Cortlandville, N, Y.,Col. Moses Hop-
kins. He was colonel of militia, sheriff of Cortland county. He
died in 1870, ae. 85; was highly respected and esteemed by all.
She d. in Cortland, N. Y.,' in 1872.

3086. iv. Christopher, b. Nov. 12, 1782; m. Rhoda Wilder.

1401. Cornelius Whitney (William, William, William, Joshua, John), b. Sal-
isbury, Conn., Dec. 31, 1753; m. 1775, Hetty Green. He was in the Revolutionary war,
and in 1809 sold land in Sheffield. He d. Nov. 6, 1829; res. Canaan and Sheffield,
Conn.

3087. i. RuLUFF Dutcher, b. Mar. 3, 1794; m. Bathsheba Fuller.

3088. ii. Everett, b. 1800; m. and res. East Pembroke, N. Y., leaving son,

Alphonso, who res. in Salisbury, Conn.

1407. Joshua Whitney (Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John), b. Nov. 27,
1748; m. Hannah Green, b. Sept. 14, 1748; d. Aug. 17, 1793. He d. of yellow fever on
his return journey from Philadelphia, where he had been to purchase merchandise,
at Wind Gap, Pa. He d. Sept. 26, 1793; res. Nobletown and Binghamton, N. Y.

3083.

ii.

3084.

i.

3085.

iii.

214 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3089. i. Joshua, b. Aug. 24, 177'; m. Rhoda Jewell and Julia Crooker.

3090. ii. Sarah, b. May 8, 1776; m. William Guthrie. She d. in Bain-

bridge, N. Y.

3091. iii. Thomas, b. Aug. 5, 1778; m. Polly Gilbert.

3092. iv. John, b. June 31, 1780; m. .

3093. V. Hannah, b. Jan. 29, 1782; m. Dec. 2, 1823, Dea. Samuel Stow. She

d. Nov. 27, 1849. He was b. Apr. 4, 1787; d. July 13, 1870. Ch.:
Wm. Whitney, b. Sept. LS, 1824; m. Apr. 4, 1849. Alice E. Pat-
terson. They have 6 ch. and 11 grandchildren; res. Pine St.,
San Francisco, Cal.; Betsey, b. May 9, 1826; d. May 20. 1826.

3094. vi. Lucy, b. June 26, 1784; m. William Morse.

3095. vii. Olive, b. Nov. 21, 1786; m. 1809, Christopher Eldridge. He

was b. Jan., 1785; d. Oct. 14, 1864; 12 ch.: Hallam, b. Feb. 19.

1810; d. Oct. 21, 1810; Jane, b. Nov. 21, 1811; d. ; m. Nov.

21, 1831, Jas. S. Hawley; Hallam and Sarah, b. Aug. 12, 1813;
Hallam d. Aug. 23, 1813; Sarah d. Aug. 28, 1813; Charles, b. Oct.
6, 1814; d. July 2, 1866; m. Pamela Janette Waterman; James, b.
Dec. 31, 1817; m. Charlotte B. Timpkins Eldredge; Robert, b.
Apr. 29. 1820; d. 1844; Hallam. b. Dec. 16. 1821; m. Dec. 9, 1851.
Anne Elizabeth Zane, in Natchez, Miss.; John and Henry, b.
June 16, 1824; John d. Dec. 16, 1868, and Henry d. 1856; Henry
m. Mary T. Cox; Hobart, b. Dec. 15, 1825; d. 1860; m. Char-
lotte B. Timpkins; William, b. Dec. 19. 1827; d. Jan. 27. 1867.

3096. viii. Ebenezer, b. July 27, 1789; m. Sally Green.

3097. ix. William, b. Apr. 21, 1791.

1411. William Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, William, Joshua, John), b. Addison
Co., Vt., May 24, 1795; m. in Warren Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1833, Martha Ann Perlee.

He was a farmer all his life; was born in Vermont, where he resided for twenty-
two years, lived in Ohio for thirty-seven years. Iowa seventeen years, and Kansas
until his decease; res. Glen Elder, Kan.

3098. i. George L., b. -.

1413. Aaron Whitney (Benjamin. Joshua, William, Joshva, John), b. Gran-
ville, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1798; m. June 23, 1818, Electa Leach, d. Nov. 1. 1798; res. Find-
ley's Lake, N. Y.

3099. i. Isaac, b. 1819; m. Apr. 7, 1844; Betsey Nason; res. French Creek,.

N. Y. Ch.: Wm. Benj., b. June 25, 1846; is a farmer; m. Jan. 15,
1870. Mary Ireland, and d. May 2, 1873. He was in the war in
the 112th N. Y. Volunteers. One son Wayne, b. Feb. 15, 1872;
res. Broken Straw, N. Y. Aaron Leech, Isaac. Sarah Roydia..
Emma, Lyal.

3100. ii. James, b. ; unm.; res. Findley's Lake.

3101. iii. Phebe, b. ; m. Dec. 2, 1852, Lorenzo Flower; res. Mina^

N. Y.

3102. iv. Samuel, b. ; m. Feb. 2, 1846, Lucy Lewis; res. Rosabach,.

Iowa. Ch.: Sally, Electa. Joshua, Samuel, Mercy, Charles,

James, Elizabeth, George, Lucretia.
Electa, b. ; m. Sept. 7, 1844. Morgan B. Tanner; res. Mina,

N. Y.
Miranda, b. ; m. Apr. 4, 1849, Jared Chittenden; res. Mina..

N. Y.

Aaron, b. ; res. Kane Co., III.; unm. in 1874.

Hiram, b. ; m. 1849, Emily Jackson, and d. July 4. 1852.

Ch.: Francis Ellie.
Benjamin, b. ; m. Dec. 8. 1859. Mary E. Coe; res. Mina, N. Y..

Ch.: Edith.
Zebulon. b. ; m. Aug. 27, 1865, Mary A. McDowell. Ch.:

William J. and Miranda A.

Sally, b. ; d. June 10, 1840.

Polly, b, \ unm.; res. Findley's Lake.

1417. Joseph Whitney (Elijah, John, William. Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn...
July 21, 1776; m. Mary P. Persons, b. Bristol. Conn.. 1776; d. June 5, 1824. He d. 1836;.
res. Scriba. N. Y.

3103.

1

V.

3104.

vi.

3105.
3106.

vii.
viii

3107.

ix.

3108.

X.

3109.
3110.

xi.
xii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 215

3111. i. Salome, b. ; m. Adams. Ch.: Walton, b. ; res.

Bundy's Crossing, N. Y.

3112. ii. WoLCOTT, b. Dec. 20, 1804; m. Almeda Snow.

3113. iii. Joseph, b. Scriba, N. Y., widow and 1 son, J. S., res. Dewatto^

Mason Co., Wash.

3114. iv. Beckey, b. in Scriba, N. Y.; m.; a son Joseph, res. Brooklyn, Mich.

3115. V. Polly, b. m. William Burt; res. Scriba, N. Y. Has old

family Bible.

3116. vi. Irene, b. ; m. Cyrenius. Ch.: L. H., res. Los Angeles,

Cal.

3117. vii. Charles L., b. Scriba, N. Y.; m. Julia Broadwell; res. Fulton, N.

Y.; d. s. p. She res. Oswego Falls, N. Y.

3118. viii. Norman Knox, b. Dec. 2, 1816; m. Mary Harman.

1419. William Whitney (Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John), b. Hartford,.
Conn., Feb. 22, 1784; m. at Norwich, Vt., 1807, Prudence Brown, b. Norwich, Vt., Nov.
14, 1790; d. Oct. 20, 1856, in Boston, Mass. He d. Nov. 14, 1859; res. Norwich, Vt.

3119. i. Samuel Brown, b. Jan. 28, 1817; m. Sarah Brown.

3120. ii. William, b. June 6, 1819; m. Sophronia .

3121. iii. Henry Joshua, b. Oct. 22, 1812; m. .

3122. iv. Dorothy, b. Feb. 25, 1815; d. May 1, 1882.

3123. V. Alfred, b. Mar. 6, 1821; m. Edna N. Haskell.

3124. vi. Joseph Paul, b. Mar. 1, 1825; m. Troy G. Hope.

3125. vii. Mary Electa, b. Feb. 6, 1828; m. John Somes, b. ; d. ;.

m. 2d Talf ; res. Boston. She d. East Douglass, Mass.,

Jan. 8, 1885. Son John L. Somes res. 19 Florence St., Wor-
cester.

3126. viii. Anna Weltha, b, Jan. 17, 1830; m. Frank L. Penny. She d. in

Boston, Mar. 19, 1889, and is buried at Upham's Corners, Dor-
chester.

3127. ix. Levi Charles, b. Jan. 6, 1832; m. Eliza Evans.

3128. X. Lewis L., b. Jan. 6, 1824; m. Hannah H. Clapp.

1425. Archibald Whitney (Lebbeus, Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. May
28, 1785; m. Aug., 1808, Marv Drennes.

3129. i. Claudius George, b. Nov. 24, 1809.

3130. ii. Eugenia M. A., b. Apr. 6, 1811.

3131. iii. Elvira Martha, b. Jan. 5, 1812; m. Nov. 7, 1832, Peter J. Suder;

d. 1852. Ch.: Martha Ann, b. ; m. C. E. Kirk; res. Colum-
bia, S. C; Mary E., Wm. H., Geo. Y., Archibald W., Elvira

A., Mary A. W., b. ; Peter J., Alice E., Eugenia D.;

Everline E., Wm. A.

3132. iv. Adalina Margaret, b. July 7, 181.3.

3133. V. OcTAVius L., b. Mar. 22, 1815; m. Elizabeth Luther.

3134. vi. Cornelius D., b. Dec. 26, 1816; d. young.

3135. vii. Theodore A., b. Aug. 26, 1818; m. Sarah McC. Vandyke.

3136. viii. Cecelia M., b. June 28, 1820.

3137. ix. Caroline E., b. Mar. 23, 1822.

3138. x. Cornelius G., b. Feb. 10, 1824; m. Elizabeth Burrell.

3139. xi. Irvenia D., b. Oct. 25, 1825.

3140. xii. Lebbeus D., b. June 20, 1827.

3141. ' xiii. Margaret G., b. June 17, 1829.

3142. xiv. Alonzo Geo., b. Apr. 16, 1831.

3143. XV. Wm. D., b. June 9, 1833.

3144. xvi. Placidia E., b. Oct. 25, 1834.

1427. Jedediah Whitney (James R., Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. N. Y.,.
Mar. 3, 1782; m. May 7, 1805, Keziah Barrett; b. Sept. 25, 1786; d. Oct. 18, 1831, at

Edenville, S. C. He d. Sept. 2, 1826; res. .

.3145. i. Maria Austin, b. July 17, 1806; d. Sept. 22, 1807.

3146. ii. James Barrett, b. Sept. 28, 1809; drowned at sea, Sept. 10, 1837,

in shipwreck bet. N. Y. and N. O., La.

3147. iii. Margaret Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1813; m. Mar. 26, 1835, William M.

De Lorme; b. Nov. 28, 1800; d. Dec. 6, 1870, at Sumter, S. C.
She d. Sept. 27, 1886, at Sumter. Ch.: John F. W., b. Jan. 10,.

216 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3150.

11.

3151.

111.

3152.

IV.

3153.

V.

3154.

VI.

3155.

vii.

3156.

Vlll

1836; m. Elizabeth M. James; res. Sumter, S. C; Susan M. b
■ Jan. 11, 1838; m. Marion L. La Far; res. Sumter; Jas. J. \V., b
Sept. 23, 1839; d. Sept. 30, 1840; Franklin AI., b. Jan. 3. 1842
killed Aug. 29, 1862, 2d battle Bull Run, buried on the field
Elizabeth O. H., b. Jan. 28, 1845; m. J. C. Dove; res. Dovesville
S. C; Charles W., b. Sept. 20, 1846; d. Sumter, Mar. 24, 1865
Anthony W., b. July 13, 1848; d. Sept. 29, 1849; Samuel M., b
May 24,1850; d. July 27,1850; Wm. Moultrie, b. June 28, 1851

3148. iv. John J., b. Dec. 13, 1814; m. Frances A. Lewis.

1428. Lebbeus Whitney (James R., Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. Oct. 8,
1785; m. 1808, Elizabeth Ford, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 9, 1786; d. Feb. 3, 1873.

His parents emigrated from New York to Georgia, in 1785, and while on their
way thither he was born at Hillsboro, N. C. When a lad he went from Georgia to
Charlestown, S. C, and thence before his majority to Philadelphia. For many years
he was teller in the Schuylkill Bank. In July, 1832, he moved to Port Carbon, Pa.,
and was cashier of the branch of the bank there until 1840, when he went to a farm
near Orwigsburg, Pa., and thence to Pottsville, in 1845, where he died. He d. Sept.
7, 1849; res. Pottsville, Pa.

3149. i. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 24, 1810; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Oliver C. Bosbyshell.

He d. Nov. 9, 1888. Ch.: Lebbeus W., b. May 10, 1836; d. Feb.

1, 1886, at Philadelphia; Chas. A., b. May 10, 1836; m. Elmira Drill;

res. Philadelphia; Oliver C, b. Jan. 3, 1839; m. Martha E. Stem;

Supt. U. S. Mint at Philadelphia.
Laurence Ford, b. Oct. 5, 1812; m. Hannah Pott.
Charles A., b. Mar. 5, 1815; m. Sophia Faure.
John F., b. Sept. 22, 1817; m. Elizabeth R. Ruckel.
Catherine, b. Feb. 28. 1820,
Wm. Lebbeus, b. Jan. 16, 1823; m. Ann T. Potts and Emma St. C.

Nichols.
Elizabeth Ford, b. Jan. 1, 1826.
Anna Margaret, b. Nov. 27, 1828; m. Sept. 30, 1856, Dr. Anthony

Heger, asst. surg. U. S. Armv. He was b. Vienna, Austria, Dec.

4, 1828. She d. Sept. 24, 1864, at Point Lookout, Md. Ch.:

William Simcoe, b. June 17, 1857.

1430. Rev. William Whitney (James R., Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b.

1790, in Georgia; m. . She d. s. p. soon after marriage; m. 2d ,

Sarah Leggett. She d. 1821, at Fayette, Miss.; m. 3d, July 31, 1823, Mrs. Mary
(Coleman) Smith; d. Jefferson Co., Miss.; m. 4th, 1831, Mrs. Henry (Witherspoon)
King; d. Meadville, Miss., July, 1832, s. p. He d. Apr. 22, 1864; res. Georgia, Louis-
iana, and Mississippi. Buried in Jefferson Co., in the latter state.

3157. i. James J., b. Georgia, 1815; d. Selserstown, Miss., Aug., 1832.

3158. ii. Caroline, b. Georgia; m. Mar., 1832, George W. Weast. She d.

1842, at Washington, Miss., leaving William, Sarah, George, and
one other; all are now deceased.

3159. iii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 3, 1820; m. Apr. 24, 1844, Absalom Spielman;

b. Mar. 24, 1810; d. July 26, 1887, at Greenville, O.; 11 ch.

3160. iv. Elizabeth Jones, b. Sept. 5, 1828; m. June 3, 1875, Elias B.

Thompson; b. Apr. 4, 1820, s. p.; res. Natchez, Miss.

3161. V. Mary, b. 1830; d. 1840, at Washington, Miss.

1431. John Merrick Whitney (James R., Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b.
Franklin, Ga., June 4, 1792; m. Oct. 19, 1818, Clarissa Montgomery, b. Apr. 21, 1798;
d. June 9, 1871. He d. Nov. 18, 1867; res. Fayette, Miss.

3162. i. Alexander M., b. Jan. 19, 1817; m. and res. in La.; was clergy-

man in the M. E. Church.
Wm. H., b. Aug. 15, 1818; d. Augusta, Ky., Nov. 14, 1835.
John S., b. Apr. 19, 1820; m. Malissa A. Coleman.
Catherine L., b. June 23, 1823; d. Fay., May 21, 1824.
Emily, b. May 13, 1825; m. Oct. 16, 1845, Rev. Horace M. Booth,

b. Oct. 23, 1815; 5 ch.; res. Rockport, Tex.
Samuel F., b. Aug. 19, 1827; m. Mattie Emanuel.
Charles W., b. Oct. 15, 1829; m. Sarah C. F. Darden.
Catherine L., b. Dec. 12, 1831.

3163.

ii.

3164.

iii.

3165.

iv.

3166.

V.

3167.

vi.

3168.

vii.

3169.

viii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 217

3170. ix. James J., b. Jan. 11, 1834; m. Josephine Darden.

3171. X. \Vm. H., b. Apr. 19, 1836; d. July 28, 1841, at F.

3172. xi. Prosper K., b. Sept. 23, 1838; m. Helen S. McCaleb.

3173. xii. May Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1841; d. Holly Springs, Jan. 12, 1857,

1432. Matthias Whitney (Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
Killinglv, Conn., May 25, 1776; m. May 14, 1795, Betsey Barnes, b. 1774; d. June 12,
1851. He d. Dec. 18, 1857; res. Mexico, N. Y.

3174. i. Oliver C, b. Jan 31, 1806; m. Louis Grossman.

3175. ii. Orrin, b. Dec. 27, 1795; m. Enieline Ames.
8176. iii. Orson, b. .

3177. iv. ORLAH.b. ; m. • . He was county judge of Oswego

Co., N. v.; res. Mexico.

3178. V. Laura, b. ; m. Goit.

3179. vi. Achsah, b. .

1433. James Whitney (Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Kill-
ingly. Conn., Aug. 27, 1779; m. at Wells, Vt., 1800, Betsey Law, b. in 1779; d. May
26, 1863, at Pavilion, N. Y. She m. 2d at Mexico, Luther Evarts, b. Hartford, Conn.,
Aug. 27, 1793; d. Aug. 2, 1873, at Angelica, N. Y.; was a carpenter. James was a
carpenter. He d. Mar., 1817; res. Granville and Mexico, N. Y.

3180. ii. Alvin L., b. Sept. 14, 1803; m. Betsey Cook.

3181. i. Fidelia, b. Sept. 6,1801; m. Ephraim Keeler; res. La Fayette

Station, N. Y.

3182. iii. Chauncey B., b. 1805; m. Sophia Doolittle and Mary Ann .

3183. iv. FiLiNDA, b. ; m. Joel Goss; res. Vernon, N. Y.

3184. V. Luther Day, b. Mar. iB, 1810; m. Aroline Perrin; physician; res.

Jackson and Big Rapids, Mich.

3185. vi. ' Eliza, b. ; m. Dun; res. Covington, N. Y.

3186. vii. James Puffer, b. Sept. 25, 1815; m. Nerissa Crittenden.

3187. viii, Ellen E. (Evarts), b. Nov. 23, 1829; m. Spencer Franklin; res.

29 Grove St., Bradford, Pa.

1434. Eliphalet Whitney (Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, loshua, John), b.
Granville, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1781; m. in 1805, Lucv Ellsworth; b. June" 10, 1783; d. Jan.
1, 1874. He d. Jan. 7, 1847; res. Mexico, N. Y. '

3188. vi. Cyrus, b. Feb. 19, 1814; m. Jane E. Brown.

3189. i. Horace, b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. Laura Sherman.

3190. ii. LuciNDA, b. Aug. 12, 1J<08; d. Feb. 9, 1878.

3191. iii. Ermina, b. Feb. 18, 1810; m. Feb., 1831, Joshua Whitney. She d.

Mar. 19, 1851 (see elsewhere).

3192. iv. Lyman E., b. Mar. 27, 1812; m. Jane S. Whitney.

3193. V. Oscar F., b. Apr. 27, 1816; m. Caroline Whitney.

3194. vi. James R., b. Mar. 6, 1818; m. Carolme Adams.

3195. vii. Avis E.,b. Jan. 29, 1820; m. George Tilton. Ch.: Albert, b. ;

Nellie, b. ; Frank, b. ; res. Colosse, N. Y.

3196. viii. Henry S., b. Jan. 7, 1822; m. Harriett R. Gillett.

3197. ix. Helen C, b. Apr. 16, 1824; m. Jan., 1848, Everett H. Gillett; res.

Mexico, N. Y. Ch.: Ellert J., b. Nov. 27, 1848; m. Jane Car-
penter; ch., Ethel and Gladys.

3198. X. Lucy A., b. Nov. 18, 1826; d. Nov. 22, 1857.

14.35. Cornelius Whitney (Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
Granville, N. Y., Tan. 27, 1782; m. Jan. 1, 1806, Rhoda Gould, of G., b. Apr. 25, 1790;
d. Apr., 1840.

He resided in Killingly, Conn., in early life, but soon moved to Granville, N. Y.,
where he married. In 1816 he moved to Ontario, and in 1837 to the Ridge road,
where he ever after lived. He served in the war of 1812. He d. June 19, 1845; res.
Mexico and Pineville, N. Y.

3199. i. Ebenezer Gould, b. Feb. 27, 1808; m. Maria Wickware.

3200. ii. Silas, b. Oct. 10, 1809; m. Matilda Cross.

3201. iii. Lucius, b. Jan. 15, 1811; m. Clarissa Ingersoll.

3202. v. Maria, b. Feb. 16, 1816; m. Mav 15, 1838, Jesse Enos. He was

b. Aug. 23, 1806; d. Nov. 6, 1870; res. New Haven, N. Y. She
d. May 16, 1886. Ch.: Rufus, b. June 14, 1840; m. Jan. 6, 1867,
Ettie Smith, and Dec. 10, 1884, Ann E. Gardner. She d. Nov.
15

218 WHITNEY GENEALOGV.

3203.
3204.
3205.
3206.

iv.
vi.
vii.
viii.

3207.

ix.

3208.

X.

3209.

xi.

14, 1883; res. Mexico; Rhoda, b. May 4, 1842; d. Mar. 4, 1886;

Rosina, b. May 19, 1845; res. Mexico; Marv, b. Mar. 1, 1848; d.

July 20, 1868; Adelbert, b. July 16, 1851; d. Dec. 23, 1853; Brav-

ton, b. Nov. 29, 1855; m. Oct. 13, 1880, Adella Snell; res. New

Haven.

ESECK. b. Mar. 29, 1814; m. .

La Fayette, b. Feb. 29, 1820; m.

Tho.mas, b. Jan. 29, 1822; m. Annie Jewel. .

David Dixon, b. Oct. 15, 1825; res., unm., Oshkosh, Wis., 958

Alogoina St.
Russell, b. Mar. 23, 1828; m. Emily . He died and his

wid. res. in Newell, la.
Eleanor, b. July 10, 1830; m. Jerry Cole; res. Elkhorn, la. Son

Jerry, ^larne, la.
Oscar F., b. July 19, 1823; m. Laura W. Whitcomb.

1440. John Whitney (Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Johsua, John), b. Gran-
ville, Washington Co., N. Y., Jan. 2, 1804; m. Mar. 4, 1827, Nancy Huntington; b.
May 31, 1801; d. Oct. 21, 1834; m. 2d, Jan. 14, 1835. Caroline ^L Herbert; b. May 9,
1813; d. Sept. 2. 1858; m. 3d, Mrs. Page; d. s. p. in Iowa; m. 4th, Nov. 15, 1871, Mrs.
Elizabeth Moran; b. Dec. 15, 1811; d. in Iowa, s. p.

John Whitney was born in Washington, N. Y. He was a farmer during his life
and died in Cass Co., la., where he had resided a number of years, and was also one
of its pioneers. His wife's name was Nancy Huntington, a native of New York,
who diod in Oswego Co., that state. He d. Nov. 2, 1879; res. Oswego Co., N. Y., and
Atlantic la

3210. '\y2. Franklin H., b. Feb. 10, 1832; m. Elinor Graham.

3211. xi. Alice Josephine, b. July 12, 1855; m. Sept. 15, 1875, Henry

Shank; res. Des Moines, la. He was b. Feb. 2, 1847; is an
undertaker. Ch.: Lulue Maude, b. Aug. 3,1876; Henry Clay-
ton, b. and d. Mar. 27, 1878.

3212. iii. John Adam Clark, b. Feb. 11, 1841; is a farmer; unm.; res.

Neola, la.

3213. iv. Celia Ann, b. Sept. 19, 1836; d. Mar. 20, 1865.

3214. i. Frederick F., b. Aug. 27, 1828; d. Sept. 18, 1828.

3215. ii. Noel Byron, b. Oct. 10, 1829; d. Feb. 9, 1833.

3216. V. Albert Peck, b. Jan. 21, 1839; d. Aug. 6, 18.59.

3217. vii. George Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1844; m. Nov., 1874, Hattie Craig; b.

1838; d. Mar. 16, 1883. He res. Neola, la. He is deputy sov-
ereign for the Woodmen of the World.

3218. ix. Casper Cole, b. Sept. 17, 1849; m. .

3219. x. Luther Day, b. July 23, 1851; m. Lettie A. Irons.

3220. vi. Ruth MALARV.b. Apr. 17, 18.34; d. Sept. 11, 1834.

3221. viii. Nancy Caroline, b. Oct. 7, 1846; d. Aug. 29, 1847.

1441. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Rutland,
Vt., June 10, 1782; m. in Rush, N. Y., Mar. 19, 1809, Huldah Markham, b. Jan. 12, 1791 ;
d. Oct. 3, 1878. He was a cabinetmaker and carpenter by trade. He d. Feb. 13,
1859; res. Rutland, Vt., and Girard, Mich.

3222. i. David Day, b. Jan. 28, 1817; m. Fanny .

3223. ii. Wm. Markham, b. Aug. 7, 1810; m. Rosina Crow.

3224. iii. Caroline, b. Feb. 7, 1825; m. Dec. 29, 1846, John G. Frounfelter;

res. 29 Pierce St., Coldwater, Mich. He was b. May 2.3, 1822; d.
Apr. 28, 1847. Ch.: John F., b. Oct. 3, 1847; d. June, 1869.

3225. iv. Phebe, b. Nov. 29, 1812; d. Dec, 1885.

3226. v. Lydia Lavina, b. Jan. 2, 1815; m. 1831, Dailey; res. How-

eoge, N. Y.

3227. vi. Huldah, b. July 6, 1820; m. 1849, Adams; res. Coldwater,

Mich.

3228. vii. Almira, b. 1827; d. 1850.

3229. viii. Joshua, b. 1829; d. 1851.

3230. ix. Jane Allen, b. Mar. 25, 1832; res. Cottage Grove, Ore.

1457. Calvin Whitney (David, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Canada;
m. Heltha Scott; m. 2d, Caroline Conkline; m. od, Isabella Harrison. He d. in
Canada; res. Prescott, Ontario.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 219

3231. i. A.MARiLLA, b. Jan. 16, 3237. vii. Calvin, b. .

1836. 3238. viii. Marv Elizabeth, b. .

3232. ii. Frances Maria, b. 3239. ix. James Harvey, b.

3240. X. Martin Luther, b.

3233. iii. John, b. . 3241. xi. Geo. Jacob, b.

3234. iv. LiCY.b. Oct. 1,1840. 3242. xii. Thomas, b. .

3235. V. Sarah M., b. . 3243. xiii. Anna Jane, b.

3236. vi. Caroline, b. — - — . 3244. xiv. Charlotte, b.

3247.

ii.

3248.

Ill

3249.

IV.

3250.

V.

1465. Warren Whitney (Samuel, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Dec,
6, 1805, in Eastford, Conn.; m. Diana R. Johnson; d. July 17, 1872. He d. Sept. 7
1885; res. Eastford, Conn.

3245. i. Lorenzo Milo, b. Nov. 5, 1828; m. Esther M. Moore.

1467. Benja.min Cadv Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John)'
b. Conn. Apr. 14, 17>^8; m. Feb. 16, 1820, Betsey Marchant; b. Nov. 27, 1792; d. Nov
5, 1887, at Jamestown, N. Y. Was a farmer. He d. Pcrtageville, N. Y., Apr. 2, 1859;
res. Conesus, N. Y.

3246. 1. Deborah Maria, b. Jan. 9, 1822; m. Oct. 23, 1839, William Tur-
ner; 2 ch., both adopted; res. Battle Creek, Mich.

DvANE, b. Nov. 25, 1824; m. Sarah Augusta Waldo.

Orlando H., b. Autr. 22, 1826; m. Marv C. Lemmon.

Wm. Rodney, b. Sept. 21, 1830; m. 1857; d. s. p. Jan. 21, 1868.

LrciA Amelia, b. Dec. 31, ls34; m. Oct. 12, 18.54, George W.
Tew; res. 413 Main St., Jamestown, N. Y. He was b. Jan. 6,
1832. Ch.: Georgia Lucia, b. Aug. 10, 1873; m. Oct. 26, 1893,
George Persons; res. lamestown; Herbert Whitnev. b. Apr. 8,
1861; m. .A.pr. 29, 1886, Cora Sheldon; res. J.

3251. vi. Laira Parker, b. Jan. 15, 182-; d. unm. at Jamestown, June 25,

1888.

3252. vii. John J., b. Aug. 11, 1837; m. Agnes Revnolds Tew.

3253. viii. Mary Adaline, b. Feb. 24, 1832; d. Sept. 8, 1851.
32.54. ix. Adeline, b. ; d. Oct. 23, 1824.

1471. Sidney Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Gran-
ville, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1801; m. at West Walworth, Dec. 25, 1827. Caroline Palmer; b.
May 6, 1811. He was a farmer. He d. Julv 20, 1874; res. Ontario, N. Y.

3265. i. Nathan P.,b. Dec. 3, 1831; m. Jan. 1, 1862, Orilla Gould; d. s. p.

Sept. 6,1876; res. Ontario, N. Y. He was accidentally killed
while taking his gun from a wagon.

3266. ii. Oscar Eugene, b. July 19,1828; m. Apr. 15, 1873, Libbie Hooker

at West Walworth. She was b. 1847; res. s. p. Union Hill, N. Y
Is a farmer.

3257. iii. Adeline Matilda, b. Oct. 11, 1829; res. Union Hill, N. Y.

3258. iv. George C, b. Oct. 17,1833; d. Mav 30, 1835.

3259. V. George Cornelius, b. Jan. 29, 18^9; d. Apr. 30, 1842.

1479. William Whitney (Joseph, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Gran
ville, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1798; m. there Aug. 22, 1822, Deborah M.'Duel; b. Dec. 12, 1801;
d. Dec. 25, 1869.

William Whitney, third son of Joseph Whitney, born in Granville, N. Y., Dec. 7,
1798; reared a farmer. Married Deborah "SI. Duel, daughter of Ezra Duel, of the
same place, and granddaughter of Archibald Stark, brother of John Stark; moved to
Ontario, N. Y., in 1827, at a time when that region was little better than a wilderness;
purchased a farm from Richard Sutfin, with only sufficient of the heavy timber
cleared away to make a beginning for a home, and at a time when "ague and chill
fever" prevailed so generally that there were not well people enough in all that
country to care for the sick. There he lived and reared his family; but, after his
children had gone out from the parental roof, seeking homes of their own, he sold his
farm and moved to Lincoln, in the adjoining town of Walworth, where his wife died
Dec. 25, 1869, and he Sept. 1, 1872. In politics he was a Whig till the organization
of the Republican party, which he naturally affiliated with; in religion, a Baptist. He
d. Sept. 1, 1872; res. Ontario and Walworth, N. Y.

3260. i. Milo, b. Mav 4, 1823; res. Utan, Neb.

3261. ii. Vernelea, b. July 2, 1825; m. July 9, 1848, Sumner Fitts. She d

Dec. 3, 1860, leaviag one son Edgar, who has since died.

220 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8274.

■ vi.

3275.

vn.

3276.

vin.

3262. iii. Maria D., b. July 8, 1880; m. Sept. 2, 1851, Nelson A. Fitts; res.

Rochester, N. V.
3263 iv. LORON M., b. Aug. 22, 1838; m. Aug. 22, 1860, Frances Elvira

Rogers; b. Sept. 16, 1883. She d. s. p. May 7, 1887. He res. at

Carlo, O.

3264. V. Lewis, b. Mar. 23, 1836; d. Oct. 22. 1858.

3265. vi. Mary A., b. Apr. 18, 1889; m. and d.

3266. vii. Lucv, b. June 6, 1841 ; d. Mar. 12, 1844.

3267. viii. Franxes F., b. Apr. 16, 1847; d. Mar. 7, 1857.

3268. ix. William M., b. Sept. 28, 1828; m. Sarah L. Clark and Lois

Spencer Colton Morgan.

1484. Sylvester Whitney (Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
Hancock, Mass., Aug. 14, 1785; m. at Granville, N. Y., Laura Yale, b. Wallingford,
Conn., 1795; d. Feb. 26, 1865, at Batavia, N. Y. He d. Feb. 25, 1855; res. Riga,
Batavia, and Oakfield, N. Y.

3269. i. Mary, b. Aug. 13, 181 1 ; m. Woodhull.

3270. ii. Sylvester, b. Feb. 13. 1813; res. Akron, N.Y.

3271. iii. Almira, b. Mar. 28, 1815; m. William Wolcott; res. Oakfield, N.

Y.; a son, Wm. L. Walcott, res. Oakfield.

3272. iv. Celestia, b. June 8, 1817; m. Starkweather.

3273. v. Laura, b. Aug. 25, 1819; m. Oct. 22, 1840, John Martin; res.

Akron, X. Y. He was b. Johnstown, N. Y., Feb. 5, 181U; d. Dec.

24, 1824; was a farmer. Ch.: George E., Oakfield, N. Y., b. July
■ 25, 1841; John S., Oakfield, N. Y., b. Apr. 9, 1844; Hiram N.,

Batavia, N. Y., b. Apr. 24, 1849; Wallace S., Newstead, N. Y.,

b. June 17, 1854; Edwin E., Newstead, N. Y., b. June 11, 1860; d.

Aug. 8, 1860; Minnie C, Newstead, N. Y., b. Sept. 12, 1862;

address, Akron, Erie Co., N. Y.
Matilda, b. Apr. 11, 1822; m. Samuel Knickerbocker.
Nelson, b. Mar. 11, 1826; m. Ellen F. Miller.
Silas, b. Apr. 2, 1828; m. Mary J. Bogart.

1488. John Whitney (Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Mar. 7, 1798,
in Hancock, Mass.; m. there Christana Stafford. He was a civil engineer, which
profession he followed with surveying. He was also an extensive farmer. Res. Han-
cock, Mass.

3277. i. John W., b. ; a son John res. Highland, Mich.

3278. ii. Levina E., b. . 3279. iii. Caroline S., b. .

8280. iv. WiLLARD S., b. Sept. 27, 1821; m. Mary Ann Whitney, Mary Ann

Butman, and Mary Jane Raymond.

8281. v. Irene D., b. ; unm.; res. Petoskev, Mich.

3282. vi. Christaing M.,b. . 8283. vii. ' Celestia E., b. .

3284. viii. Matthias S., b. ; res. Rochester, N. Y.

3285. ix. Julius S., b. Apr. 9, 1830; m. Jennie E. Partridge and Lucy A.

Partridge.

3286. X. Andrew N., b. ; res. Lansing, Mich.

3287. xi. Louisa L.,b. . 3288. xii. Douglass G., b. .

1489. Matthias Whitney (Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John),b. Han-
cock, Mass., Oct. 3, 1794; m. Aug. 23, 1849, Rebecca B. Otis; b. June 8, 1820. He was
a farmer; was a soldier in the war of 1812. He d. Dec. 19, 1877; res. West Gran-
ville, N. Y.

3289. i. Sarah Davy, b. Feb. 27, 1852; m. Feb. 18, 1872, William Ward.

She d. Oct. 12, 1891, leaving 4 ch.: Helen M., Willard, Otis
Sardis, and Betsev Rebecca. Res. Ft. Ann, N. Y.

3290. ii. Mary Lawrence,!). Dec. 3, 1854; m. Sept. 7, 1876, James Race;

res. W. G. Ch.: \'ernon Whitney, b. Sept 19, 1877; Mary Law-
rence, b. Sept. 12, 18^0.

1490. William Graves Whitney (Rufus, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Granville, N. Y., bept. 16, 1800; m. Feb. 16, 1820, Lydia Marchant, b. Apr. 28,
1803, d. Feb., 1883. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 18, 1859; res. Granville, Warsaw,
and Wiscoy, N. Y.

3291. i. William G.,b. May 19, 1837; m. Sylvia J. Baker.

3292. ii. E M.,b. Sept. 19, 1827; m. Laura A. Pride.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 221

3293. iii. Allen F., b. Apr. 28, 1^33; m. Calista C. Durver.

3294. iv. Morris W.,b. May 31, 1^44; d. July 10, 1848.'

1491. Chauncey Parker Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Feb. 11, 1789; m. Mar. 10, 1811, Sally Edson. He d. Apr. is, 1864; res. Aurelius
and Livonia, N. Y.

3295. i. Chauncey Edson, b. Mar. 24, 1812; m. Oct. 16, 1831, Minerva

Howe; res. Livonia, X. Y.

1493. Willard Washington Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 10, 1810; m. Oct. 6, 1831, Laura Wheeler Pearsall, at Troy, Mich. She
m. 2d, ■ Philbrick; res. Los Gatos.Cal.

He was born in New York state, moved to Avon, Oakland Co., Mich.; owned
and conducted a large farm, and died when only 28 years of age. He d. Feb. 22,
1838; res. Avon, Mich.

3296. i. Clark J., b. July 12, 1832; m. Eleanor M- Van Deventer.

3297. ii. Marlin Enos, b. Mar. 20, 1835; d. Nov. 22, 1862.

3298. iii. Willard W., Jr., b. Sept. 10, 1838; m. Elizabeth P. Fairbank.

1494. Capt. Asa Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan
Conn., Feb. 23, 1784; m. there Mar. 11, 1806, Betsey Childs; b. Groton, June, 1782; d'
Apr. 16, 1836.

He was born in Connecticut and moved to Oswego Co., X. Y., in 1807. He was
the first man that began clearing up a farm in the town of \'olney. Was captain in
the state militia and served in the war of 1812. Participated in the battle of Oswego
and at other places along the northern lakes. He resided in \'olney twenty-six
years. In 1830 he sold his farm and moved to the town of Penfield, in Monroe
county, state of New York, where he remained four years, then sold his farm; in 1835
moved to Silver Creek, Chautauqua county, X. Y., bought a farm and kept a public
house twenty years; then retired to private life. He. d. May 18, 1860; res. Silver
Creek X Y

3299. 'i. William C, b. Oct. 7, 1807; d. unm. Julv, 1832.

3300. ii. Adaline, b. Oct. 11, 1809; m. in 1^40 and d. s. p.

3301. iii. Charlotte, b. Dec. 17,1816; m. 1835, Beatty; res. Toledo,

Ohio. She d. 1876, leaving one dau. Mrs. Bertha Boschert;
res. T.

3302. iv. Edward B., b. Feb. 7, 1819; m. Eliza A. Homan.

1495. Noah Ashley Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Salis-
bury, Conn., Dec. 26, 1770; m.at Lanesboro, Mass., Oct. 26, 1796, Olive Dorwin;b. Lanes-
boro, Oct. 13, 1777; d. Feb. 22, 1817; m. 2d, July 10, 1817, Mrs. Elizabeth Rose, b.
^; d. Sept., 1834.

He was born in Salisbury, Litchfield county. Conn., but early moved to Lanes-
borough, Mass., where he was married. For many years he was in the iron business,
but during the latter part of his life was a farmer. He d. Xov., 1834; res. Pittsfield,
Mass., Oswego Falls, X. Y., and Toledo, O.

Thomas Porter, b. May 20, 1801 ; m. Sybil H. Green.
XoAH Ashley, b. Julv 11, 1799; m. three times.
Harriett, b. Mar. 9, 1814; m. Jan. 19, li;<34, Samuel L. Collins;
res. Toledo, O., cor. Detroit and Cherry Sts. He was b. Apr.
4, 1805; d. Feb. 2, 1889; was in the mercantile business and real
estate. Ch.: Harriett, b. Apr. 28, 1835; m. Edward X. Perry, of
Woodstock, Conn., in 1856; Daniel Augustus, b. Aug. 31, 1837;
m. Eva B. Terry, of Waterville, X. Y., in 1866; Annie, b. .A.pr.
26, 1850; d. the same year; Ashlev, b. July 10, 1842; d. in infancv.

3306. iv. LARANiA,b. Aug. 17, 1797; d. in Pittsfield, Sept. 30, 1798.

3307. V. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 5, 1803; m. Cone. She d. Apr. 16, 1869.

Ch.: Noah A., b. ; res. Auburndale, O.

3308. vi. Milton Dorwin, b. Sept. 22, 1805; m. . He d. May 29,

1839, at Port Lawrence, O.; a dau. m. Ambrose Cone; res.
Sylvania, O.

3309. vii. Sally, b. June 16, 1807; d. Sept. 21, 1808.

3310. viii. Marriett, b. Mar. 7, 1809; d. Mar. 24, 1809.

3311. ix. Augustus, b. Sepf. 17, 1811; d. unm. at Oswego Falls, N. Y.,Sept.
17, 1837.

3312. X. Anna Elizabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1818; d. Sept. 5, 1842.

3313. xi. Joshua, b. Jan. 30, 1821 ; d. Aug. 6, 1826.

3303.

1.

3304.

ii.

3305.

iii.

222 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1497. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Jan. 4, 1777, in
Canaan, Conn.; m. in Pittsfield, Mass., May 20, 1798, Eunice Clark; b. July 6, 1773;
d. Dec. 31, 1838.

He was born in Canaan, Conn. Soon after his marriage, with his father, Joshua,
and his eldest brother, he engaged in the manufacture of iron, which was largely
made into anchors, and also in mercantile business. After the death of his father he
remained on the farm and cared for his mother. He d. Apr. 9, 1849; res. Pitlstield,
Mass., and Toledo, O.

3314
3315
3316

Clark, b. 1799; d.

Sophia, b. 1801; d. 1838.

Caroline, b. Feb. 28, 1803; m. Aug. 30, 1824, Ira Belden. She d.
in 1882. He was b. Dec. 23, 1802; d. Sept., 1891. Ch.: Mrs. N.
S. Ganson, b. Aug. 30, 1826; address, 396 Delaware Ave., Buffalo,
N. Y.; O. W., b. Mar. 9, 1829; d. Mar. 10, 1876; Chas. W., b.
Julv 2, 1835, 106 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.; Carrie E.Adams,
b. Feb. 4, 1838. Grand Rapids, Mich.;^ F. W., b. May 8, 1841.

3317. iv. Geo. W., b. Feb. 22, 1805; m. Juliette Tyler Colt, Mary Keyes, and

Mrs. Mary Chapel.

3318. V. James S., b. Apr. 6, 1807; m. Eliza Neff.

3319. vi. Ann Maria, b. Oct. 11, 1812; m. Oct. 25, 1831, Josiah B. Beckwith;

b. Feb. 8, 1805; d. May 28, 1889. He was a hardware dealer;
res. Cleveland, O. Ch.: Frances Martha, b. May 28,1833; m.

Bostwick; res. Medina, O.; Mary Sophia, b. Jan. 2, 1840;

m. Gerry; res. St. Paul, Minn.; Fred'k Root, b. July 1,

1845; res. Cleveland, O.

3320. vii. Frances Elvira, b. Aug. 4, 1816; m. Oct. 7, 1836, Dr. Blakesley

H.Bush; b. Mar. 25,1808; d. Aug. 28, 1873. Ch.: Frances C.
Haughton, b. Dec. 25, 1838; m. Aug. 3, 1863; address, Toledo, O.;
Elizabeth A. Bishop, b. Feb. 20. 1844; m. Oct. 30, 1872; address,
Auburndale, O.; Maria P. Schansenbach, b. June 18, 1846; m.
Feb. 27, 1873; d. Feb. 27, 1881; lived in Ogden, Utah; children
there now.

1507. Shubael Whitney (Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Preston, Conn.,
Aug. 15, 1772; m. in Groton, Conn., Sarah Mitchell, b. May 10, 1776; d. Oct. 16, 1855.
She was the daughter of Mr. Geo. Mitchell, of Maryland, who was born in Scot-
land, and who went north with Gen. Washington, with whom he served as aid-de-
camp. His wife was Content Allen, of New London, Conn. He was killed at the
time of the Revolutionary war at White Plains, N. Y. He d. Sept. 5, 1852; res. Groton,
Conn., and Wadsworth, O.

3321. i. George W., b. Mar. 23, 1817; m. Althea F. Beebe.

3322. ii. Angelina, b. ; m. J. Lloyd Brooke and John Beach. Ch.:

Henrietta, m. Frank M. Wolcott; res. Weeping Water, Neb.;
Luman, res. Seattle, Wash.

3323. iii. Joshua, b. Jan. 1, 1800; m. Lydia Palmer and .

3324. iv. Lucy Aver, b. Nov. 16, 1822; m. June 18, 1845, Clement Wright,

b. Mar. 15, 1822; res. Tallmadge, O. He is a merchant. Ch.:
Geo. Mitchell, b. Aug. 8, 1^47; m. Lucv J. Hale; res. Tallmadge,
O.; Charlotte Adella, b. Dec. 3. 1849; d. Sept. 20.1851; Clara
Whitney, b. Mar. 21, 1853; d. Aug. 31, 1854. George Mitchell
Wright was born in Tallmadge Township, Summit County, O.
He was educated at the public schools and Tallmadge Academy,
and at Western Reserve College, but left college early in the
course. Studied law for two years and a half at Akron, O., with
Hon. Sidney Edgerton (ex-chief justice of Idaho, and ex-gov-
ernor of Montana), and Hon. Jacob A. Kohler (late attorney-
general of Ohio); was admitted to the bar in Ohio, June 16,
1873; practiced Inw at Akron, O., continuously from that time
until August, 1882, being for several years in partnership with
Hon. Henry McKinney (who was afterward a common pleas
judge of Cuyahoga County, O.) For several years, while study-
ing and practicing law, pursued studies in geology, lithology,
mineralogy, chemistry, and physics; was appointed assistant
geologist, United States Geological Survey, August, 1882;
engaged in geological field work in Nevada and California dur-

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

223

8325.

3326.
3827.

3328.
3329.
3331.

8332.

GKOBGE M. WEIOHT.

ing field season of 1882, on scientific staff of Division of the
Great Basin, U. S. G. S.; stationed at headquarters of this divis-
ion, at Salt Lake City, Utah, during winter of 1882-88; trans-
ferred to scientific staff of Yellowstone National Park Division,
U. S. G. S., June, 1883; during field seasons of 1883, 1884, and 1885,

engaged in geological field work in
. . ., . Yellowstone National Park, and in

, ■ Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and,

during the winters of these years, sta-
tioned at New York City, N. Y., and
Washington, D. C, for study and sci-
entific investigations; specialties in
geological work and investigations, the
study of volcanic and crystalline rocks,
and problems of volcanology, and also
some special work in glacial geol-
ogy and general surface geology; re-
signed as assistant geologist, U. S. G.
S., June 80, 1886, and resumed practice
of law at Akron, O., where he has con-
tinued in active practice since that
time. Mr. Wright was commissioned second lieutenant in the
First Regiment of Light Artillery, Ohio National Guard, June
21, 1892, the only organized regiment of light artillery in the
United States at the present time (1895). He is a member of
the Philosophical Society of Washington, D. C; an associate
member of the Military Service Institution of the United States,
and also of the United States Cavalry Association. He is also
a member of the Society of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, and of the Alpha Delta Phi college fraternity. He has
long taken and continues to take great interest in military
affairs, and has contributed articles on military subjects to The
Jou7-nal of the United States A rtz7/ery (Fonress Monroe, \'a.)
and The Journal of the Military Service Institution (Governor's
Island, New York harbor). Mr. Wright was married at Akron,
O., Oct. 18, 1876, to Lucy Josephine Hale (born March 14, 1854).
the third daughter of James Madison Hale and Sarah Allen, his
wife. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Wright (all born at Tall-
madge, O.) are: Clement Hale Wright, born July 4, 1082; Allen
Whitnev Wright, born July 17, 1889; and George Maltby
Wright,' born June 24, 1892.

Asa, b. Mar. 14, 1797; m. Monroe and Mrs. Catherine

Moore Campbell.

Ann, b. ; d. Nov. 8, 1849.

Sarah, b. ; m. Reuben Dewey. She d. Nov. 4, 1860. Ch.:

VI.

vii.

viii.
ix.

xi.

xii.

Joshua, George, Shubael, Edward, Harris.

, b. .

, b. . 8830. X. , b. .

Clara, b. ; m. Munson S. Robinson; res. Diamond Springs,

Cal. She d. s. p.
Elizabeth, b. ; m. Dr. Hanson Hard. She d. Oct. 10, 1850.

1509. Appleton Downer Whitney (.\sa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b.
Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 4, 1779; m. Esther Jewett; m. 2d Dolly Wyman; d. Sinclair-
ville, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1878. He d. Jan. 16, 1851 ; res. Pittsfield, Mass., and Berea, O.
3833. i. Geo. Ransom, b. Mar. 14, 1801; m. Harriett M. Bronson.

3884. ii. Martha Cleveland, b. in Pittsfield, Jan. 1, 1818; m. in New
Lebanon, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1884; Robert Temple Shaw; res. Sin-
clairville, N. Y. He was b. Jan. 23, 1814; d. Apr. 9, 1859.
Farmer. Ch.: Francis Eugene, b. Nov. 19, 1840; m. Aug. 5, 1879;
address, Dunkirk N. Y.; Henry Appleton, b. Dec. 15, 1842; d.
Nov. 23, 1846; Gideon Wheeler, b. June 25, 1845; m. Sept. 8,
1874; address, Sinclairville, N. Y.; Laura Helen, b. Nov. 8, 1847;
m. July 24, 1866; address, Sinclairville, N. Y.
3835. iii, Albert A., b. Dec. 10, 1811; m. Jenette Brown.

^24 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3339.

iv.

3340.

V.

3841.

VI.

3342.

VII.

3343.

VIll

1513. MiLTOX Whitney (Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Pittsfield, Mass.,
Apr. 7, 1786; m. there Jan. 8, 1809, Lydia Cleveland, b. Sept. 18, 1786; d. Pittsfield, O.,
Aug. 23, 1869.

Milton Whitney was born in Pittsfield, Mass., where his children were all born.
In 1830 he moved to Ohio, became a large land owner and prominent business man.
He d. Sept. 4, 1839; res. Pittsfield, Mass., and Pittsfield, O.

3336. i. Asa Watrovs, b. Jan. 11, 1810; m. Mary A. Wightman.

3337 ii. Clarissa Weller, b. Mar. 2, 1813; m. Hiram Humphrey. She

d. Dec. 28, 1879; had 7 ch.
3338. iii. Welthy Ann, b. May 12. 1815; m. July 6, 1835, Lorenzo Wads-
worth. He was b. Becket, Mass., Aug. 27, 1813; d. Sept. 26,
1869. Was a prominent citizen. She d. Apr. 8, 1851. Ch.
Frank, b. Oct. 14, 1838; m. Ella Leonard; res. Wellington, O.
Frances Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1843; m. Wrn. Babcock; res. Marshall,
Tex.
Oliver W., b. Feb. 23, 1817; m. Esther Rising.
Silas D., b. Mar. 3, 1820; m. Electa \. Parsons.
Chas. Henry, b. Apr. 6, 1824; m. Elvira Sheldon.
Fred'k Centre, b. June 15, 1828; unm.; res. Pittsfield, O.
Chauncv, b. Apr. 29, 1811; d. Mar. 21, 1812.

1519. David Whitney (Samuel, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Chittenden
Co., Vt., Mar. 4, 1796; m. in Almond, X. Y., Mar. 19, 1823, Margaret Karr, b. Oct. 28,
1800; d. Sept. 10,1887.

David Whitney was left alone as to near relatives at the age of 18 years. He
carried a musket at the battle of Platsburg banks in 1812, being then 16 years old.
He left A'ermont when 18 years old and settled down in Allegany Co., N. Y., as a
farmer. By hard work became the. owner of a good farm and the head of a family.
Sold out and moved west in 1836, with wife and five children. Purchased and put
under improvements a half section of land, at the same time doing considerable in
stock raising. Sold out in Ohio in 1856 and settled in Olmsted Co., Minn., where he
put a nice farm under good improvements. Sold out again in 1870, and bought in
Jasper Co., Mo., where he lived as farmer until his death, 1876. He d, Nov. 10, 1876;
res. Almond, X. Y., and Scotland, Mo.

3344. i. Lucy, b. Mar. 10, 1824; m. Jan. 3, 1842, John Bamber. She d. Oct.

16, 1855. He was b. Nov. 1, 1814; res. Clallam Bay, Wash. Ch.:
Archie, b. Mar. 21, 1843; address Rochester, Minn.; Mary L., b.
June 17, 1849; m. J. H. Marlette, Sept. 6, 1862; address Clallam
Bay, Wash.; Thad S., b. June 22, 1849; address Ruby City,
Wash.

3345. ii. Samuel, b. Nov. 19, 1828; d. Apr. 2, 1851.

3346. iii. Matilda, b. Apr. 7, 1832; m. Jan. 1, 1852, Henry O. Xearing;

res. Tontogany, O. He was b. Dec. 14, 1827; farmer; s. p.

3347. iv. Charles, b. Jan. 30, 18:34; m. Orrilla Paine.

8;:{48. V. Caroline, b. Dec. 12, 1836; m. Dec. 12, 1856, O. J. Snvder; res.
Clallam Bay, Wash. She d. Mar. 21, 1876. He was b' Sept. 23,
1828; d. Mar. 12. 1862; was a farmer. Ch.: O. A., b. Oct. 22,
1857; m. Nov. 20, 1877; res. Scotland, Mo.; John C., b. July 5,
1860; d. Oct. 27, 1867.

3349. vi. John, b. Feb. 16, 1841; d. Mar. 21, 1876.

3850. vii. Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1825; d. June 15, 18:34.

3351. viii. Maria, b. Sept. 6, 1829; d. Oct. 28, 1835.

1520. RuFUS Whitney (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Dec. 18,
1796, in Poultney, Vt.; m. Mav 19, 1839, Laura Maria Picket, b. Oct. 8, 1819. He d.
Jan. 22, 1861; res. Almond, X! Y.

3:352. i. Albert Russell, b. Sept. 19, 1840; m. Sarah Treat. He served

in the Union army in the war of 1861, was captured by the rebels
and died from disease contracted in Andersonville prison pen
while on his way home, Xov. 5, 1864. Had a son, Lewis R., who
at one time res. at Almond.

3353. ii. Edwin Henry, b. Sept. 21, 1842; m. Adelia Perry.

1521. Williams Whitney (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Hunt-
ington, Pa., Apr. 2:3, 1802; m. Hornellsville, X. Y., Nov. 23, 1823, Louisa Allen, b.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2-25

Springfield, Yt., Apr. 5, 1808; d. Burns, X. Y., Sept. 3, 1886. He was a farmer and
with his wife is buried in Hope Cemetery in Almond. Was member of the Baptist
church. He d. Aug. 'S, 1880; res. Almond, N. Y.

8854.
885.5.
3a56.

o8oT.

3358.

Lawren'CE T., b. Sept. 14, 1827; m. Josephine Barber,
i. John Allen, b. Dec. 14, 1829; m. Diantha Fuller,
ii. Sarah Louisa, b. July 18, 1836; m. at Howard Flats, X. Y., Apr.
2, 1856, Joshua S. Moore, a shoemaker, b. Apr. 8, 1880; d. Xov.
12, 1870. Ch.: Emma Josephine, b. Hartsville, Oct. 20, 1857; m.
John Hartnett, Aug. 1," 1880, a farmer; Fred, b. Dec. 13, 1865;
killed Apr. 3, 1891, at Vandalia, head brakeman; head end col-
lision; buried Hornellsville cemetery; unm. She m. 2d, Dec. 23,
1891, Francis M. Jaynes, a blacksmith; res. Burns, X. Y.

iv. Adelaide A'irginia, b. Nov. 3, 1844; m. Mar. 2, 1862, John A.
Gload, b. July 8, 1884; d. Jan. 8, 1878; m. 2d, Xov. 10, 18"79, Rev.
John Bezoni.'b. May 17, 1853; res. Latham, Mo. Ch.: Williams
A., b. Apr. 27, 1864; m. Oct. 21,1891; res. 5759 Chamberlain Ave.,

St. Louis, Mo.; Emma L., b. Feb. 27,1866; m.Oct.6, 1884, —

Carson; res. Elreno, Okla.; J. Frank, b. Dec. 18, 1868; m.
Oct. 9, 1890; res. Lebanon, Mo.; Adelaide F., b. Feb. 16, 1871;
res. Latham, Mo.; Georgia, b. June 8, 1875; res. Latham, Mo.;
Joseph W., b. Dec. 4, 1877; d. Mar. 31, 1878; Charles Arthur, b.
Aug. 19, 1880; Homer A., b. May 13, 1882; Ethel V., b. June 8,
1885.

v. Mercy Fidelia, b. Aug. 1, 1832; d. Feb. 12, 1859.

1522. Capt. Ami Whitney (Tarball, Solomon, David, loshua, John i, b. July 28,
1793; m. Xov. 9, 1815, Rachel Osgood, b. Swanzey, X. H.,"May 22,' 1797; d.'May 4,
1865, s. p. He served during the war, and at its close was captain in the X. Y. state
militia. Has held many offices in the gift of his townsmen; res. Almond, X. Y.

1524. Solomon Whitney (Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, Tohni, b. Apr. 29,
1790, Poultney, \'t.; m. July 4,1818, Sarah A. Haskins, b.'Dec. 15," 1798; d. July 24,
1834. He was a farmer. He d. Xov. 26, 1848; res. Almond, X. Y., and \'an
Buren, Ind.

8359. i. Ami, b. July 28, 1815; m. Elizabeth Ferguson and Caroline

Borders.
3360. ii. Temperance, b. Jan. 4, 1818; d. Aug. 6, 1822, from burns caused

by her clothing taking fire.
3861. iii. AsENATH, b. June 2, 1820; m. Aug. 1, 1839, Stephen Ketchum; res.
Primrose, Wis. She d. Mar. 28, 1886. Stephen Ketchum was
b. Oct. 29, 1818; d. Aug. 24, 1856, from the effect of being
kicked in the bowels by a horse, only living about twenty min-
utes after being injured. This occurred at Van Buren, Ind.
Stephen and Asenath had nine ch.: Edwin S., b. Sept. 28, 1840;
Albert, b. July 25, 1842; d. July 17, 1846; George, b.Oct. 16,1844;
d. at Madison, Wis., with the measles shortly after enlisting in
a Wis. volunteer regt. during the Rebellion; Ann Eliza, b. Dec.
27, 1846; Hubert, b. May 7, 1848; Loren L. and Lawrence L.,
twins, were b. Dec. 28, 1850; Loren res. Madison, Wis.; Ami
Whitney, b. Aug. 13, 1854; d. Dec. 10, 1878; was murdered at
Plumb Creek, Xeb.

3362. iv. Sarah Ann, b. July 9, 1823; m. Xov. 12, 1844, Rev. Caleb H. Blanch-

ard; res. Wolcottville, Ind. He is a Baptist clergymaii, and for
fifty years has preached to one congregation — quite an honorary
record for a country pastor. He was b. Dec. 11, 1817, in Rut-
land, Co., Yt. Is s. p. They celebrated their golden wedding
Nov. 12, 1894.

3363. v. Solomon, b. Mar. 22, 1827; m. Sarah Struble and Mrs. Selena

Lomax.

3364. vi. RuFUS, b. Sept. 28, 1829; m. Lodema Bartle.

1526. John Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Poultney,
Vt.,Sept. 1, 1791; m. there Sally Hollenbeck. He was a farmer and died in Poultney,
s. p.

226 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

15'^8. Solomon Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Poult-
ney, Vt., June 4, 1793; m. there in 1818, Nancy Hurlbut; b. in 1798; d. Oct. 28, 1856.

He settled in Poultney, \t., where his children were born. He learned the tan-
ner's trade, followed it, carrying on shoemaking until he was between sixty and seventy
years of age; also he had a' farm. His son Newton concluded to go west after stay-
ing with him until he Vvas past thirty years, and they sold out and went west in 1855.
He lived to be eighty-two years, and was buried in Deep River, la. He d. Jan. 13,
1876; res. Poultney, \'t., and Deep River, la.

3365. i. Albert, b. Jan. 14, 1820; m. Marv Marshall.

3366. ii. Newton, b. Sept. 26, 1822; m. Catherine Dillon.

3367. iii. Mary Jane, b. Mar. 16, 1824; m. May 13, 1850, R. F. Hendee; res.

Webster, N. Y. He was b. Oct. 18, 1823. Ch.: Newton L., b.
Oct. 6, 1853; lives in Webster, N. Y.; Lorin A., b. Apr. 14, 1855;
res. Charlotte, Mich.; Alice M. (Webster), b. May 16, 1857; Rob-
ert F., b. Sept. 30, 1862; d. May 12, 1875; Wm. H., b. Sept. 20,
1864.

3368. iv. Myron, b. Mar. 10, 1826; m. Sophia Greer.

3369. V. Helen, b. Sept. 10, 1833; m. A. C. Armstrong; res. Grinnell, la.;

s. p.

3370. vi. Elon G., b. in 1828; d. Poultnev, 1839.

3371. vii. Julia, b. Dec. 10,1835; m. June 10, 1857, Edwin M. Couch; res.

Ada, b.'Sept.'20,'l868;' d.Dec. 16, 1871;' Edwin Francis, b. Dec!
16, 1876.

1536. Ebenezer Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. ;

m. ; res. in Maine.

3372. i. Eleazer, b. . 3373. ii. Ebenezer, b. .

3374. iii. Thomas G., b. .

1538. Thomas E. Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. ;

m. ; m. 2d, Mrs. Thornton; res. Maine.

3375. i. Abiah, b. ; unm.; res. Augusta, Me.

3376. ii. Thomas R., b. ; m. Harriett Waite and Emeline Wyman.

3377. iii. Warren, b. ; d. infancy.

3378. iv. Tryphena, b. ; m. David Bangs.

3379. V. Eliza, b. ; m. Jonathan Bangs; d. s. p.

1539. Amos Whitney (Jonathan, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. Bath, Me.,
Apr. 18, 1766; m. 1797, Abigail Springer. He was a rope spinner and died in his
factory. He d. Sept., 1833; res. Bath and Bowdoinham, Me,

3380. i. , b. ; res. Bowdoinham, Me.

3381. ii. Simeon, b. Aug. 19, 1800; m. Rosanna Smith.

3382. iii. David, b. May 2, 1802; m. Mercy Reed.

3383. iv. Joel, b. 1804; m. ; res. Moscow, Me.

1542. Benjamin Whitney (Abraham, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Nov.
29, 1776; m. 1807, Bethiah Woodward, b. Lisbon, Me., May 17, 1787; d. Nov. 3, 1864.
He d. Nov. 14, 1853; res. Lisbon, Me.

3384. i. Jane, b, Oct. 25, 1808; m. Dec. 9, 1830, Rufus Soule, of Pownal;

b. May 27, 1806; res. Lisbon. She d. June 28, 1845; he m. 2d,
Sept. 16, 1846, Lucy Cousins, of Poland, and had 2 ch.: res. W.
Falmouth. She d. July 7, 1869, and he m. 3d, 1870, Mrs. Louisa
Jane Hawkes; he d. Windham, Me., Oct., 1874-5. Ch.: James
Tedford, b. Oct. 9, 1832; d. Jan. 27, 1843; Caroline Whitney, b.
Aug. 1, 1834; m. Horatio S. Curtis; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.;
Alfred, b. Sept. 20, 1836; m. Ann E. Swett; res. Portland, Me.;
Henry, b. Mar. 11, 1840; m. Mariel B. Green; res. Portland,
Me.; Augusta Jane, b. May 16, 1842; m. Benj. M. Swett and d.
Feb. 18, i885; Melissa Perkins, b. Jan. 17, 1845; m. Stillman H.
Saunders; res. Hillsdale, N. |.
33S5. ii. Priscilla Woodbury, b. Dec. 22, 1810; m. Nov. 5, 1829, Jesse-
niah Gould of L. He is a farmer; b. Jan. 27, 1805. Ch.; Rufus

3386.

3387.

iii
iv

3388.

V.

3389.

vi

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 227

S., b. July 9, 1831; d. unm. Sept. 13, 1855; Charles Melvin, b. Mar.
31, 1833; m, Mary F. Oilman; he d. Apr. 15, 18t^5; Benjamin
Whitnev, b. Feb. 25, 1835; d. Mar. 13, 1836; Priscilla Jane, b.
Apr. 24,1837; m. J. B. Treat; res. Monroe, Wis.; Octavia Whit-
ney, b. May 14, 1843; m. Charles L. Usher; she d. at L. Jan. 13,
1871; Harry Leonard, b. July 28, 1848; m. Abbie Stevens; he d.
at L. Aug. 12, 1886.

Melvin Stow, b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. Sarah Langley.

Peleg Tallman, b. Nov. 12, 1814; m. Mary E. Varney and
Louisa V. McLachlan.

Joseph Davis, b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. LoradaH. Whitney, Ann Sarah
Whitney and Margaret Masterson.

BiANCA, b. Jan. 22, 1819; m. 1844, John H. Whitten; res. Orono,
Me. Ch.: Melvin, b. Apr. 1846; Lorada, b. Mar. 1848; Bianca
d., Oct. 5, 1851.

3390. vii. Hezekiah W., b. Jan. 22, 1821; m. Emeline Chandler and Har-

riett M. Treat.

3391. viii. Stephen Gould, b. Feb. 2, 1823; d. Sept. 11, 1838.

3392. ix. Caroline Godfrey, b. Aug. 9, 1825; d. Oct. 2, 1834.

3393. X. Octavia, b. Feb. 9, 1827; m. Dec. 31, 184S, Albert C. Xeal; res.

Portland, Me. She d. Feb. 21, 1889. Ch.: Benj. F., b. Feb. 25,
1852; Jennie Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1856; m. Thomas F. Horn; res.
Lisbon.

3394. xi. Charles, b. Aug. 1831; d. Apr. 21, 1832.

1550. Samuel L. Whitney (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. in
Mass., 1767; m. at Phillips, Me., Dellnda S. Howard; d. Auburn, \\'is. He d. Aug. 8,
1863; res. Lincoln, Me., and Auburn, Wis.

3395. i. Bernard K., b. ; m. .

3396. ii. Andrew D., b. ; m. .

3397. iii. Charles, b. ; was in Co. I, 49th Wis. Vols.

3398. iv. Jacob W.,b. ; m. .

1551. James M. Whitney (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Phillips,

Me., Oct. 9, 1790; m. Hinckley. He was in the war of 1812; res. Phillips, Me.;

Appleton, Wis.

3399. i, Hannah, res. Ap- 3400. ii. Jacob, res. Phillips, Me.

pleton. Wis. 3401. iii. Isaac, res. Phillips, Me.

3402. iv. James, res. Appleton, Wis.

3403. V. Abram H., b. Apr. 1, 1817; m. Mary Wilber.

1552. Christopher A. Whitney (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Apr. 3, 1793, at Phillips, Me.; m. there June 1, 1823, Adeline Howard; b. 1803; d. 1883,
near Black River Falls, Wis. He was in the war of 1812; res. Phillips until 1866,
then moved to Greenfield. He d. at Tomah, Wis., Aug. 23, 1869; res. Phillips, Me.,
and Greenfield, Wis.

Samuel, res. Phillips, Me.

Benjamin, b. Apr. 2, 1828; m. Huldah Whitney.

RuFUS G., res. Cambridge, Me.

Louise.

Naomi, m. George Prescott; son Albert res. Tomah, Wis.

Atwood. 3410. vii. Lucette.

1558. Abiezer Holbrook Whitney (Nathan, Benj., John, Benj. John), b.
Me., Mar. 29, 1794; m. at Litchfield in 1816, Elizabeth White; b. Oct. 21, 1794; d.July
2, 1841; m. 2d Mrs. Susan '^'eaton, of Hollowell, Me. He was a millwright. He d.
July 17, 1865; res. Augusta, Me., and New Orleans, La.

3411. i. Martha White, b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. at N. O., Oct. 17, 1854,

Thomas Godfrey, son of John and Mercy (Whitney) Godfrey, of

Lisbon, Me., who m. for 1st wife Marica Ann Woodward.

He d. in New Orleans, La., June 13, 1860, and she m. 2d, Oct.

7, 1869, Dr. S. C. Russell; res. N. O. Ch.: John Thomas, b.

Ian. 11, 1856, d. Mav 23, 1856; Bertha Aphia, born June 15,1857;

d. June 2, 1860; Ida, born, July 2, 1859; m. Sept. 20, 1881, A. H.

Brackett; Mattie Chapin, b. August 3, 1870; Edward Ernest,

3404.

3405.

ii.

3406.

iii.

3407.

iv.

340S.

v.

3409.

VI.

228 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

b. June 30, 1872; d. Feb. 3, 1875; Anna Gertrude, b. May 15,
1877. The postoffice address of the living is in New Orleans,
excepting Ida Godfrey Brackett, of No. 717 17th St., east, Min-
neapolis, Minn.
3412. ii. David W., b. Aug. 12, 1817; m. Philena Church and Olena E.
Church.
Sarah, b. Jan. 3, 1819: d. Oct. 3, 1891.
Albert, b. June 20, 1821 ; m. and d. Dec, 1881.
Julia A., b. June 27, 1823; m. Aug. 27, 1848; she d. Sept., 1892.

Hannah, b. Nov. 10, 1825; m. .

HAViLAH.b. Nov. 15, 1827; m. .

Louisa C, b. Oct. 22, 1829; ni. .

Edwin, b. Mav 15, 1833; d. June 17, 1837.

Martha W., b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. Oct. 17. 1854, Thomas Godfrey;
b. Sept. 17, 1815; d. Jan. 13, 1860; m. 2d, Oct. 7, 1869, Dr. S. C.
Russell, b. Sept. 25, 1819. Godfrey was a stevedore and Russell
a physician. Res. New Orleans, La.

Frances, b. Dec. 4, 1837; m .

Charles Edwin, b. 1845; d. in. N. O., leaving a son, Wm. R.
Mills Whitney, b. 1869; res. 104 Orange St., N. O.
The following are the P. O. addresses of Abiezer H. Whitney's children, or, if
deceased, their children: Mrs. L. B. Philbrick, Salem, Mass.; Mrs. Hannah Gill,
Oak Park, 111.; Mrs. Havilah Dutton, Morristown, N. J.; Mr. G. C. Fory, Allen's
Grove, Scott Co., la.; Mrs. S. C. Russell, 104 Orange St., New Orleans, La.; Mrs.
lohn Dane, Jr., Orange, N. J. Children of Abiezer's brothers and sisters: Rev.
Wilson Whitney, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minn.; Otis Folsom, Belfast, Me.

1561. John Godfrey Whitney (Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Lisbon, Me., Mar. 3, 1798; m. Oct. 20, 1823, Mary Allen; b. July 24, 1804. He was a
farmer and by trade a carpenter and joiner. He d. July 2, 1883; res. Readfield, Me.

3423. i. Wilson, b. Mar. 5, 1845; m. Mary Aphia Goodell.

3424. ii. J. Chester, b. -; res. 304 20th Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn.

1563. Elias Scott Whitney (Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Mass., 1809; m. in Brunswick, Me., Sarah Godfrey; d. in 1872. He d. New Orleans,
La.: res. Augusta, Me.

3413.

in.

3414.

IV.

3415.

V.

3416.

VI.

3417.

VII.

3418.

Vlll

3419.

IX.

3420.

X.

3421.

xi.

3422.

xii.

3425.
3426.
3427.

Alfred C, b. Sept. 30, 1835; m. Annie Goutier.

i. Mary A. P., b. May, 1837; d. .

ii. Harriett Francis, b. Sept., 1849; res. Brockton, Mass.

1572. Jacob Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 14,
1804; m. ; res. Lisbon, Me.

3428. i. Increase G. 3431. iv. Washington D.

3429. ii. Mary J. 3432. v. Christiana.

3430. iii. Martha M.

1578. Enoch Whitney (Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gor-
ham. Me., 1769; m. Eunice Newcomb; d. 1824; m. 2d Mrs. Kendall, mother of Ned
Kendall, celebrated cornet player; m. 3d, Mrs. Dennett.

He resided in Livingston, Standish, Buxton, and moved to Harrison, Me., in
1810. His ten children were born by his first wife. He d. in Brownfield, May 1,
1857; res. Standish and Harrison, Me.

3433. i. Freeman, b. Mar. 9, 1800; m. Mary S. Gray.

3434. ii. Daniel, b. Jan. 22, 1793; m. Susan'Harmon.

3435. iii. Mary, b. ; m. William Decker, of Casco.

3436. iv. Eli, b. .

3437. V. Eunice, b. May 30. 1870; m. Mar. 4, 1824, Simon Newcomb.

She d. Aug. 29, 1856; res. Harrison, Me. He was b. June 6,
1803. He m. 2d, in 1857, Mary Richards. Ch.: James R., b.
June 26, 18M; res. Monroe, Me.; Andrew H., b. June 20, 1826;
res. Newburyport, Mass.; Susanna C, b. Dec. 6, 1829; Eleazer
W., b. Oct. 16, 1831; res. Plattsmouth, Neb.
8438. vi. Eleazer, b. 1809; d. at sea, unm., 1829.

3439. vii. William G., b. Aug. 4, 1812; m. Agnes Smith.

3440. viii. John, b. ; d, young.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 229

1580. Capt. Richard Whitney (Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,

John), b. Gorham, Me.; m. . He was a sea captain; res. Lubeck, Me.

;^41. i. Samuel, b. ; sea captain.

3442. ii. George, b. ; jailor, Bangor, Me.

3443. iii. Andrew, b. .

1581. Samuel Whitney (Moses. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Harrison, Me., in 17^0; m. at Belfast, Me., Margaret Darrow; b, 1790; d. Feb. 1883.
He d. in 1869; res. Belmont and Morrill, Me.

3444. i. Henry, b. June 24, 1824; m. Ellen M. Merriam.

3445. ii. Doty L., b. . He had two daus., one, Helen, married

Ephraim Sheldon; res. M.

3446. iii. Edmund C, b. ; res. Big Timber, Mont.

3147. iv. George A., b. Jan. 8, 1835; m. Nellie W. Thorne.

3448. V. Lydia Ann, b. ; m. Geo. Pratt; res. Charkstown, Mass.

3449. vi. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Nathan Carsley; res. Me.

3450. Yii. Harriett, b. ; m. Eben Rowe and Cyrus Acorn; res. Me.

3451. viii. Emily, b. —; m. Ephraim Redman; res. Portland, Me.

3452. ix. Martha Ann, b. ; m. Richard Dixon; 3 ch.; res. Col.

1587. Josiah Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in Cape Cod,
Mass.; m. at Gorham, Me., Elizabeth Hardmg; b. Gorham, Me., 1749; d. at Alfred in
1841. They belonged to the Shakers, and died while living in the colony at Alfred.
He d. in Alfred, ae. 80; res. Gorham and Alfred, Me.

3453. i. Silas, b. June 23, 1779; m. Elviia J. Lane.

3454. ii. Ebenezer, b. . 3457. v. Seth.

3455. iii. Eunice. SibS. vi. Abigail.

3456. iv. Betsey.

The above never married, and all resided with the Shakers and were members
of that colony at Alfred, Me.

1589. John Whitney (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. To-
ronto. Canada, in 1781; m. in Quebec, ; d. 1832.

He was born in Toronto, Canada, was a farmer, and during the war of 1812
served in an English company, raised in Canada. He was a devout member of the
Church of England, and in politics was a Conservative. He was granted a pension
from Chelsea Hospital of 6d. sterling per day. He d. 1864; res. Sherbrook and Chip-
man, N. S.

3459. i. Belle, b. Jan. 2, 1816; m. in Chipman, Can., 1841, Matthew Glen;

res. Salmon River, Queens Co., N. B. Pie was b. 1816. Is a
farmer. Ch.: Mary Jane, b. 1846; m. 1868, Mr. Paschel; res.
Harcourt, Kent Co., N. B.; Josiah, b. 1848; m. 1885; res. Lake
Stream, N. B.; Matthew, b. 1851; m. 1892; res. Fulton Brook,
N. B.

3460. ii. Elenok, b. 1823; m.l851, John McDuff; res. Doaktown, Northum-

berland Co., N. B.

3461. iii. Charlotte, b. 1828; m. 1853, Freeman Arbo; res. Elm Hall, Mich.

1591. Eliab T. Whitney (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gaspy, Lower Can., Dec. 17, 1789; m. Lydia Butterworth, dau. of William. She d.
1826; m. 2d, in Cape Breton, N. B., 1827,' Lydia Williams, b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 10,
1810; d. Apr. 2, 1866, in Edgecomb, Me. He was a cooper. He d. Apr. 2, 1865; res.
New Castle and Edgecomb, Me.

Nancy Ann, b. May 30, 1828; m. Mar., 1859, Morrison; res.

Auburn, Me.

Sarah Jane, b. 1830; m. July 18, 1856, Merry; res. Dama-

riscotta, Me.

Emeline, b. Mar. 9, 1833; m. Nov. 8, 1852, Merrv; res.

Sherman Mills, Me.
WiLLlA.MS, b. Aug. 30, 1835; m. Rosalina H. Merry.
Alpheus, b. Feb. 16, 1840; m. Georgia F. Hilton.

Albion, b. ; m. 1863; res. Gloucester, Mass.; a son was

Benjamin L.
David J., b. Nov. 23, 1838; unm.; res. Bath, Me.
Benj. F., b. May 12, 1842; d. in hospital, Dec. 4, 1864.

3463.

i-

3464.

ii.

3465.

iii.

3466.
3467.
3468.

iv.
v.

vi.

3469.
3470.

vii.
viii

230 WHITNEY GENEALOGY,

3471. ix. Hannah A., b. May 13, 1845; m. 1863, Soiett; res. Bath, Me.

3472. X. Alonzo L., b. Aug. 9, 1847; m. 1872; res. Pigeon Cove, Mass.;

dau. Gertrude.

3473. xi. Georgiana, b. Jan. 1, 1850; m. 1877, Young; res. Bath, Me.

3474. xii. Lvdia. 3475. xiii. Eliab. 3476. xiv. Betsey.

1596. Rev. George W. Whitney (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Gorham, Me., June 14, 1792; m. at Buxton, Mar. 7, 1817, Mary Whitney, b. North
Yarmouth, Mar. 7, 1795; d. Rochester, N. H., June 12, 1853.

Rev. Geo. W. Whitney was born in Gorham, state (or district) of Maine. June
14, 1792. His parents were Asa Whitney and Phebe (Hopkins) Whitney, who were
married in Gorham. His father d. Dec. 17, 1806, when he was about 14 years of age.
His father being a farmer he continued in the same occupation till the age of 18
years, living with his mother when they sold the old homestead and moved to Bridg-
ton, Me., which was a new town recently incorporated and being rapidly settled;
there they purchased a new farm which they cultivated with fair success, his mother
and sisters continuing to live with him for several years. In the war of 1812-15 he
enlisted in one of the Maine regiments raised for the defense of the sea coast and
was stationed at Portland and its fortifications for the defense of the city and harbor,
where he served till honorably discharged. March 7, 1817, he married Mary Whit-
ney, of Buxton, Me. He continued to live on his farm till 1842, when he disposed of
his interest therein and removed to the town of Gray, Me. About the year A. D.
1832 he was ordained as a minister in the Free Baptist denomination and soon
became pastor of the churches in Bridgton and Harrison, an adjoining town, which
pastorate continued until his removal to Gray, A. D. 1842, when he became pastor of
the church in that town which was continued for several years. Having received a
call to become the pastor of the church at W. Bethel, Me., he accepted the call, where
he continued till A. U. 1847, when he moved to Rochester, N. H., and became pastor
of the church in that town, and remained there till 1854. In 1853 his wife died and
soon after he resigned his charge there and subsequently supplied at Berwick,
Hiram and Parsonsheld, Me. He continued in active ministerial life till the age of
80 years, when he retired from the ministry and removed again to Rochester to live
with his daughter, Mrs. S. F. Hayes, where he died Sept. 18, 1878, at the age of 86
years and 3 months. He was a man highly esteemed, of sound judgment, good
address, a successful minister and faithful pastor. The Free Baptist church at
Rochesterville, N. H., is largely indebted to his efforts for its existence. He d.
Roch.^Sept. 18, 1878; res. Bridgton, Me., and Rochester, N. H.

Asa P., b. luly 19, 1819; m. Eunice C. Kneeland.

Jonathan'W., b. Mar. 26, 1823; m. Nov. 30, 1845; d. at Waupun,
Wis., Dec. 21, 1876.

Mary J., b. Dec. 10, 1825; d. June 16, 1852.

Phebe A., b. Nov. 19, 1828; m. May 14, 1846, — Cummings;

res. 35 Palis St., Portland, Me.

Amanda E., b. July 28, 1830; m. Sept. 9, 1851. She d. Aug. 6,
1868.

Sarah F., b. Aug. 30, 1832; m. S. F. Hayes; res. Rochester, N. H.

George W., b. Apr. 12,1834; m. June 19, 1857; is a physician; res.
Cookville, Tenn.

3484. viii. Charles H., b. Jan. 16, 1838; m. and res. Cookville. Tenn.

1597. Rev. Samuel Whitney (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gorham, Me., Aug. 29, 1777; m. at Gorham, in 1798, Hannah Snow, dau. of Capt. Snow,
of Barnstable, Mass.; d. in Gorham; m. 2d, at Brooks, Me., Mary Rich, b. Feb. 15,
1778; d. Aug. 17, 1822; m. 3d, Newport, Me., Sept. 10, 1823, Mrs. Mary (Piper) Ring;
d. Aug. 31, 1863.

Rev. Samuel Whitney was a Free Will Baptist preacher of marked ability, and
preached at different times at Monmouth. Hallowell, and Bath, Me. He was a lead-
ing member of the Constitutional convention of Maine, of 1819, under whose consti-
tution Maine was admitted to the Union. He was in the House of Representatives
of Maine for several years, beginning in May, 1820, representing Brooks, Knox,
Jackson and Thorndike. He was in the senate for several years, about 10,
from Waldo county. He was a member of Gov. Albion K. Paris' council. When
the state capitol was to be removed from Portland to Augusta, the governor of the
state for the time being had to locate it, and he commissioned Mr. Whitney to fix a
site, and he selected Augusta. He was a most modest man, and disliked

3477.

3478.

i.

ii.

3479.

3480.

iii.
iv.

3481.

v.

3482.
3483.

vi.
vii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 2:31

exceedingly to speak of himself or his exploits. He was dignified and austere,
and never perpetrated a joke in his life. His head was as large as that of
Daniel Webster. He was urged over and over again to run for congress by every-
body of note in his district, but would not consent; he also declined to run for gov-
ernor, but named A. K. Paris, who was elected. Col. Whitney served on Gov.
Paris' staff at the executives' earnest solicitation. Their friendship was of the high-
est and best. Mr. Whitney was an abolitionist, the most conspicuous one in Maine,
He was a great preacher; men who recollect him say he was the greatest preacher
they ever heard, but he would not make political speeches, and the reason he was in
public life so long was that the people almost unanimously voted for him, and he
had to go, there were no conventions then, each man voted for whom he pleased,
and nearly all voted for ]\Ir. Whitney. He was a fine looking man, and often related
to his grandchildren of riding in his chaise in the forests of Maine, when the wolves
would follow him. He is buried at Dixmont, Me., and on his gravestone is:

" He is not here; he has arisen."
He d. Oct. 13, 1859; res. Brooks and Dixmont, Me.

3485. i. Alfred M., b. June 5, 1805; m. Lucinda Ring.

3486. ii. Hannah, b. Mar. 2, 1799; m. May 4, 1822, Daniel Fogg, Jr., of Gor-

ham. He was b. June 3, 1801; d. July 5, 1883. She d. julv 3,
1876, at Waterford, Me. Ch.: Edwin AIoiko, b. Mar. 5, 1838;
m., and has a son. Rev. Charles Grant Fogg, a clergyman; res.
35 Wareham street, Boston, Mass.; Elizabeth Ann; Harriett
McClure; res. So, "VVaterford, Me.; Albert B., son Walter grad.
BowdoinColL; Jane W. Webb; res. Bridgton, Me.; Irene; Emily
W.; res. 34 Ball Street, Roxburv, Mass.
:34>^7. iii. George, b. 1806; m. Abigail Martin. He d. Oct. 15, 1837.

3488. iv. Samuel, b. 1808; d. Aug. 3. 1827.

3489. V. Harriett, b. ; m. John McClure; res. Waldo, Me. A son

is the leading merchant in Bangor, Me.

3490. vi. Abigial, b. — ; m. Warren Davis, of Bangor, Me.; res. Cal.

3491. vii. jANE,b. ; m. Charles Cummings. Dau.: Mrs. Ellsworth; res.

Oakley Ave., near Jackson St., Chicago, 111.

3492. viii. Olive, b. ; m. "William Hall, of Brooks, Me. Son, res.

Frankfort, Me.
349.8. ix. Emily, b. 1818; d. May, 1839.

3494. X. Mary, b. ; m. Henry Merrill; res. Newport, Me. Desc.

res. in Portland, Ore.

3495. xi, Albion Paris, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. Mary Jane Pease and Nancy F.

McEwen.

3496. xii. Frances ANN.b. ; m. John H. Cook; res. Springfield, Mass.

1598. Rev. John Whitney (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gorham, Me.; m. Rich; Kes. Thorndike and Dexter, Me.

3497. i. Nelson, b. 1812; m. Dorothv Dwellev.

3498. li. Eunice.

3499. iii. Esther. Res. Le Grange St., Boston, Mass.

3500. iv. Martha.

3501. v. , b. ; m. Kingsbury; res. Dexter, Me.

3502. vi. Frank, b. ; res. Dexter, Me.

1606. Nathaniel Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.

; m. . He was a soldier in the Revolutionary v/ar, and belonged to the

artillery service. Res. Gorham and Standish, Me.

3503. i. Nathaniel, b. —; m. Zilphia Marten.

3504. ii. Reuben, b. ; m. Mercy Baker,

3505. iii. Joseph, b . He lived and died with the Shaker Family at

Alfred, Me.

3506. iv. Levi, b. May 15, 1778; m. Happy Higgins.

1608. Capt. Ephraim Whitney (Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Jonesboro, Me. r Nov. 7, 1770; m. there July 9, 1794, Sarah Noyes,

He was the first white child born in Chandler's River, now Jonesboro, Me., the
eldest son of his parents. He married there and settled on a farm, where he died.
Besides being a husbandman he was a merchant and did quite an extensive business.
He erected the Kennebec mill, was representative in the General Court in 1810, mem-

232 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3511.

ii.

3512.

111.

3513.

IV.

3514.

V.

351.5.

VI.

ber of the Constitutional convention of 1820, and representative in 1823. He d. Apr. 16,
1858; res. Jonesboro, Me.

3507. iii. Beriah, b. June 25, 1802; m. Lucy Hall.

1609. Paul Whitney (Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Jonesboro,
IMe., Jan. 10, 1785; m. at St. Stephens, X. B., Catherine Barker, of St. S. They
resided in Milltown in Calais, Me. He d. June 7, 1841; res. Calais, Me.

3508. i. Madison, b. Jan. 3, 1813; m. Joanna Carpenter.

3509. iii. Cordelia Eveline, b. Sept. 28, 1817; m. May 12, 1840, C. C. P.

Peabody, of Calais, Me. One son, Charles, was living in Mill-
town in 1874.

1620. Joel Whitney (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., Mav 7, 1787; m. at Phillips June, 1815, Sally Dyer, b. Maiden, Mass., May 10,
1789; d. at Phillips May, 1834; m. 2d at Farmington, 1836, Sarah Compton. She d.
at Plymouth; m. 3d, 1840, at Trinity, Betsey Chase.

He was born in Gorham, Me., married at Phillips, where he was a general mer-
chant. In 1838 he moved to Plymouth, Me., where, after a residence of ten years,
he moved to Portland. In 1851 he moved to St. Paul, where he died the following
year. He was buried at Phillips. He d. Mar. 22, 1852; res. Phillips, Plymouth and
Portland, Me., and St. Paul, Minn.

3510. i. Sophia Dyer, b. Jan. 1, 1816; m. Dec. 6, 1832, Moses Sherburne;

res. St. Paul, Minn.
Charles T., b. Sept. 18, 1817; m. Martha C. Thaver.
Julia Ann, b. June 19, 1819; d. Phillips Nov., 18^4.
Joel E., b. Mav 18, 1822; m. Elsie Ayer.
Eliza Jane, b.'june 20, 1824; d. St. Paul, Apr., 1866.
Sarah"Gustanza, b. Apr. 2, 1826; d. Plymouth, Me., Mar. 23,

1848.

3516. vii. Andrew J., b. Apr. 20, 1828; m. 1855, Bertha L. Burbanks; res.

Kansas City, Mo.

3517. viii. Eliab Latham, b. June 6, 18-30; m. 18-54, Helen M. Burbanks. He

d. Feb. 8, 1868; res. St. Paul, Minn.

1624. Andrew Whitney (Micah, Al:iel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. May 5,
1795; m. June, 1816. Huldah Sweetser; res. Phillips, Me.

851b. 1. Huldah, b. Sept. 7,1835; m. Apr. 15, 1853, Benjamin Whitney, son

of Christopher A.
3519. ii. John. 3520. iii. Jane. 3521. iv. Cynthia.

3522. V. Betsey. 3523. vi. Mary. 3524. vii. Phcebe.

3525. viii. Lilias.

1627. William Perse Whitney (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Me., Mav 3, 1783; m. there Nancv I. Carlton. She d. Marysville, Kans. He d. in 111.,
Dec. 30,1865; res. Me.

3526. i. Hiram Elias, b. ; m. ; was a physician; res. in

Shellsborough, Iowa.

3527. ii. Nancy Perse, b. ; m. Kenyon; res. Sycamore, 111.

8528. iii. Sally, b. ; m. Ouimby; res. Phillips, Me.

3529. iv. Geo. W., b. ; m. and res. Marysville, Kans.

16.30. Benjamin Whitney (Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gray,
Me., 1806; m. at Phillips, Me., Susan Wells. She d. at Gray, ae. 86. He d. in Mav,
1890; res. Madrid and Gardiner, Me. •

3530. i. Benj. Dexter, b. Dec. 25, 1841; m. Annis B. Ross.

8531. ii. Martha Van Buren, b. ; res. Sabattus, Me.

3532. iii. Joseph Clement, b. ; Dr., res. Thorndike, Me.

37;33. iv. Mary Clementine, b. ; m. Cushman; res. Phillips,

Me.

3534. v. Royal Thaxter, b. ; res. El Paso, Texas.

3535. vi. Phebe Cobb, b. — ; m. Andrews. Ch.: Emola, b.

; res. Gardiner, IVle.

3536. vii. Melvina Susan, b. ; m. Adams; res. .

1632^ Jesse Whitney (Daniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. ; m.

at Saco, Me., Marv Sawver; d. Oct. 16, 1815; m. 2d, Julv 16,1817, Charity
1785; d. Feb. 18, 1836 (?)'; m. 3d, . He d. Jan. 19, 1832; res. S

Saco, Me.

-; b.

3540.

i.

3541.

iii.

3542.

iv.

3543.

VI.

3544.

vn.

3545.

ix.

3546.

X.

3547.

XI.

3548.

XU.

3550.

XIV,

3551.

XV.

3552.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 233

3537. viii. Abner, b. Dec. 21, 1800; m. Mary Grayham.

3538. ii. Hepzibah, b. Sept. 8, 1788; m. Thomas Dyer. Ch.: Abby Young
who m. David Bryant. She d. July 9, 1861.

3539. v. Sarah, b. Feb. 17,1795; m. John Bryant. Ch.: David, m. Abby
Young Dyer; ch., H. W. (sec. Maine Hist. Soc).

Marv, b. Nov. 8, 1786; m. Spencer. She d. Apr. 16, 1816.

Hannah, b. June 10, 1790; m. Bryant. She d. Aug. 26,

1838
David, b. Dec. 8, 1792.

Eunice, b. June 2, 1796; m. Clark.

James S., b. Dec. 15, 1798; m.; had 6 ch., three boys and three

girls; one s. John, res. Brookline, Mass.
Stephen, b. May 12, 1802.
Abraham, b. June 25, 1803.

Olive, b. May 23, 1807; m. Berry. She d. 1854.

Susan, b. Oct. 23, 1818. 3549. xiii. Jessie, b. Dec. 11,1820.
Abigail, b. June 8, 1822.
Charles, b. Apr. 10, 1824.
Elmira, b. Jan. 8, 1826.

1634. Edmund Whitney (Isaac, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., May 4, 1774; m. 1803, Martha Meserve. He d. May 25, 1853; res. Gorham, Me.

3553. i. Merrill, b. ; res. \V. Gorham.

3554. ii. RoBiE, b. ; res. G.

3555. iii. Marshall, b. ; res. G.

1637. Isaac L. Whitney (Isaac, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham,
Me., May 29, 1781; m. at Raymond, Mar. 5, 1807, Margaret C. Leach. He d. Oct. 20,
1856; res'. Raymond and Naples, Me.

3556. i'. Sophia, b. ; m. Bray; res. Oshkosh, Wis.; s. p.

3557. ii. S. Newell, b. ; son Ralph res. Minneapolis, Minn.

3558. iii. Zachariah L., b. Dec. 17, 1807; m. Elizabeth C. Havden.

3559. iv. Mary A., b. ; m. Buckley. Ch.: Maggie W., b. ;

m. Coombes; res. Moore's Station, Cal.

1641. Stephen Whitney (Stephen, Isaac, Nath'l Benjamin, John), b. Me.,
May 5, 1799; m. Mayberry; res. Mechanic's Falls, Me.

3560. i. Wm. Mayberry, b. — ; res. So. Meriden, Conn.

1643. John Whitney (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Pawlet,
Me. He was in the war of 1812; res. in Me.

3561. i. John H., b. ; was in war of 1861.

1644. Sewell Pitt Whitney (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Pawlet, Me., Mar. 19, 1798; m. 1816, Annie Tuttle. He was in the war of 1812. He
d. Aug., 1866; res. Freeman, Me.

3562. i. Constant Hopkins, b. Apr. 17, 1824; m. Elizabeth Potter.

3563. ii. John Converse, b. May 7, 1822; m. Lucy Soule.

3564. iii. James C, b. ; m. ; res. No. 111.

3565. iv. Wesley, b. —\ m. ; res. Freeman; 4 daus.

1646. Hon. Marshall H. Whitney (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Pawlet, Me., Jan. 15, 1800; m. at Milton, Jan. 1, 1819, Lavina Luce.

He was a senator from Maine in 1837. Was appointed postmaster in 1838, and
excepting eight years served till he resigned the office in 1863. His son Summer
lived in Rockland, Me., in Oct., 1874, of the firm of S. Whitney & Son, manufacturers
of lime, and dealers in corn flour. West India goods and groceries. He printed a
partial record of the family. He d. June 20, 1865; res. Freeman, Me.

3566. i. Sum.mer, b. .

1652. Henry Whitney (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Chester-
ville. Me., Feb. 7, 1804; m. there Nov. 24, 1825, Rebecca Fellows. He d. Oct. 16, 1871;
res. Chesterville, Me.

3567. i. Isaac T., b. So. Meriden, Conn.

3568. ii. Henry, b. .

16

234 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3577.

3578.

3579a.

111.

3580a.

IV.

1654. George Washington Whitney (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Chesterville, Me., Oct. 8, 1^09; m. in E. Livermore, in ls,32, Violette Haines,
b. Jan., 18H; d. Jan., 1888. He d. Aug., 1866; res. Farmmgton, Me.

3569. i. Geo. Edwin, b. Sept. 19, 1836; m. Mary L. Swearingen.

3570. ii. Franklin W., b. Oct., 1839; d. in army, 1861.

3571. lii. Henry A., b. Nov. 28, 1841; m. Virginia Tiernan.

3572. iv. Columbia F., b. Jan., 1848; m. 1873, J. Currier Tarbox; res. Farm-

ington, Me.

3573. V. Fred'k Eugene, b. Nov. 26, 1850; m. Edith Adams.

1655. Hiram Whitney (Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Chester-
ville, Me., 1815; m. in Boston, Mar. 22, 1842, Susan P. Lunt; b. July 10, lbl4. He was a
merchant. He d. Julv 6, 1870; res. Boston and Melrose, Mass.

3574. i. 'Charles Sumner, b. May 31, 1856; res. Miles City, Mont.

3575. ii. Edward H., b. Jan. 22, 1845; m. Emma L. Williams.

3576. iii. Ella, b. ; m. Chadbourne; res. 35 W.Vernon street,

Lowell, Mass.

1661. Major Hachaliah Whitney (Jesse, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
Jonathan, John), b. Apr. 5, 1762; m. June 29, 1786, .Abigail Nelson; b. July 30, 1765; m.
2d, Oct. 9, 1842, Mrs. Olive (Madden) Cobb; b. June 1, 1777; d. 1849.

He was in the Revolutionary war in the Mendon and Milford companies, and
later was captain, and in 1809 major, of the local military regiment. He inherited part
of the old homestead on which he always resided. He d. Nov. 14, 1848; res. Milford,
Mass.

Ethan, b. Apr. 22, 1878; m. Betsey Miller Green.

Iesse, b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. Rebecca Fisk.

"Nelson, b. Mar. 24, 1790; d. July 19, 1790.

Abigail, b. Jan. 6, 1(^03; res. Milford.

1670. N.A.THAN Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.
Conwav, Mass., Oct. 18, 1761; m. there Nov. 1, 1780, Olive Whitney, dau. of Lieut.
Jesse, b. Feb. 19, 1758; d. Nov. 17, lb29; m. 2d, Thankful Caldwell.

He was born in Conway, Mass., where he resided until 1792, when he emigrated
to Seneca Castle, N. Y., where he was one of the first pioneers. Nearly all of his
children were noted for their longevity. He was a farmer. He d. Apr. 19, 1838;
res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

3577. I. Luther, b. Aug. 20, 1782; m. Hannah Witter and Hannah L.

Smalley.

3578. ii. Otis, b. Oct. 19, 1786; m. Betsey Hawley.

3579. iii. Jonathan, b. Sept. 3, 1798; m. Betsey -^ .

35?^0. iv. Nathan, b. Jan. 22, 1791; m. Sarah Gray.

3581. V. Cheeney, b. Apr. 21, 1795; m. Olive Colwell.

3582. vi. Theodore, b. Mar. 4, 1785; d. June 29, 1792; killed by a falling

tree.

3583. vii. Polly, b. Sept. 19, 1788; m. Aug. 31, 1806, Seth Whitmore. She

d. Mar. 7, 1?^23. He was born in Conway, Mass., Mar. 17, 1783;
d. Aug. 27, 1869. Ch.: Electa Ann, b. Aug. 15, 1807; d. Aug. 16,
1816; Mary Adaline, b. Aug. 31, 18u9; d. Oct. 18, 1835; Wm.
Wallace, b. Oct. 13, 1811; m. Sarah A. Mead, Harriett E. Bush-
nell, and Mary A. Gardner; Seth Havden, b. Dec. 25, 1813; d.
May 5, 1873; Lois Augusta, b. July 28, 1816; d. Feb. 26, 1823;
Nathan Whitney, b. Mar. 10, 1819; d. Sept. 15, 1843; Oilman
Hurlbert, b. Apr. 4, 1821 ; d. July 18, 1830.

3584. viii. Olive, b. Sept. 28, 1797; m. Simeon A'an Aukin. She d. Jan. 15,

1821.

3585. ix. Julia Ann, b. Dec. 17, 1799; m. Dr. Sartwell; d. Apr. 28, 1824.

Conn., June 21, 1768; d. Seneca Castle, N. Y., May 11, 1851. He was a well-to-do and
respectable farmer and highly esteemed for his sterling integrity. He d. Jan. 31, 1825;
res. Conway, Mass., and Seneca Castle N. Y.

3586. iii. Joel, b. Mar. 1, 1796; m. Esther Belding.

3587a. i. Ezra, b. Oct. 14, 1791; m. but no ch. living.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 235

Sb'i^si. li. Phila, b. Feb. 23. 1794: m. Mar, ^, ISIO. Selah Han, b. Jii'.y 7,
17";^: d. Tune 4, 1»'7'J. He was a farmer. Ch.: Caroline, b. Apr.
24. 1-11;' Calista. b. Aug, 20, 1^13: Matilda, b. Tulv 20. 1615:
Luther, b. Mar. 24, 1616: Electa, b. Dec. 6, 16-21; MaW Ann, b.
Feb. 10, 1626: Henry L., b. Apr. 14, 1626: res. 40 Park Place,
Geneva, X. Y.: Sher'on.b. Apr. 14,1^31.

3569a. iv. Esther Parkhirst, b. Jan. 16, 1796: m. Feb. 5, 1616, Benjamin
Howes, b. Apr. 6, 17'?7: d. Apr. 27, 1663. Ch.: Helen, b. Tar.. 11,
1617: Toel Whitney, b. Apr. 5, 1619: Clarissa Hayden, b. ^Iay2'),
l'^21:'Tane Howes Bailev, b. Mav 5, 1626: Henrv, b. Apr. 25,
16::J1; Almus, b. Jan. 23, iSi^: Guernsey, b. Apr. 23, 16:39: Helen
Howes Morehouse, Port Byron, X. Y.; Whitney Howes, Eagle
Harbor. X. Y.

.3590a. V. Clarissa, b. Feb. 26. 1600.

^591a. vi. Sibyl, b. Dec. 24, 1^01; d. unm.

1675. Jox.^s Whitney 'Tonathan. Jonathan, Tonathan. Beniamin, John b. May

12, 177.^: m. Xov. 29, 1795. Catherine Parker. He d. Sept. 27, 1«23: res.' .

:3567. i. Walter, b. Tan. 21. 3590. iv. Minerva, b. Tan. 27,

1797. ' 1604.

3586'. ii. Wealthy, b. Mar. 12, 3591. v. HARRiETT,b. Mar. 16,

1799. 16<'j6.

3569. iii. Wm. .Morris, b. Jan. 3592. vi. Henry.

5, 1>K)2. 3593. vii, Jefferson.

3594. viii. George.

1677. Ami Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin. John ., b; C<jn-
wav. Mass., Jan. 16. 17^1: m. at Hopewell, X. Y.. t)ec. 7. 18Ckj. Anna Amsden; b. Dec.
7, 1764: d. Apr. 30, 1658. He d. Dec 14, 1667: res. Conwav, Mass., and Flint Creek,
X. Y.

Theodore, b. Jan. 2, 1602; m. Experience Warner and Xabby E.

Smith.
Jasper, b. Xov. 8, 16<»3; ni. Elizabeth Ganwer.
is.\AC .\msden, b. Sept. 17, 16<J5; m. Jane Miore.
Wm. G., b. Mav 17. 1607, m. and res. Litchfield. Mich.
Anna, b. Aug. '24. 1609: d. 16<J9.
Charles, b. Sept. 11, 1610: d. Oct. 11, 1625.
Ezra, b. Oct. 6, 1612: d. July ;3'J, 1616.

Ami. b. Tune 22, 1614; m. Ann Shearman and Rebecca C. Rippey.
Jonathan, b. Xov. 3, 1616: m. and d. July 12, 1692, at Allen, Mich,
and xi. Tavin dais., b. Feb. 5. 1''19: d.'l^i9.
Esther .-Xnn, b. May 2-, 1^20: d. Sept. 29, 1621.
Elizabeth A., b. Jan. 5, 1822; m. Jan. 29, 1^45. John Lewis: res.

Hopewell. X. Y.
3606. xiv. Esther Gates, b. Dec. 5. 1^23: m. Sept. 5. 1644, Franklin M.

Hooper: res. Fon Tones, Cal. He was b. Xov. 12. 1617; d. Feb.

11. 1>7.5. Ch.: Elia Elizabeth, b. June 3. 1>47: m. Mar. 3. 1^65,

loseph Short: res. Fort Tones; Cora Esther, b. Sept. 12. 164;^: d.

Xov. 12, 1^50; Frank Whitnev, b. Aue. 7, l*^'; m. bept. 27, 1^9<;•;

res. Fort Jones; Esther Ruthi b. May 29. 1^>2: m. Dec. 31. 1>67,

Eller: res. Etna Mills. Cal.: Roben Culver, b. May 12.

1665; res. Fort Tones.
36«j9. XV. .Anna H., b Mar^ 10, 1626: m. Oct. 25. 1649. James Wilson: res.

Geneva, X. Y. A son is Captain Wm. \Vilson, M. A., at

Geneva, X. Y.

1678. Gen. Parkhurst Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan. Jonathan, Benjaniin,
John', b. Sept. 25, 1764; m. Oct. 10, 1605, Celinda Cowing; b. Mar. 17, 1763: d. June
12, 1'!^, at Xiagara Falls.

Gen. Parkhurst Whitney lived around with his brothers and sisters till he was
nineteen years of age, when he went to his own land, his father having left him some.
In 1610 he went from Phelps to Xiagara Falls and lived on a farm on the Niagara
river, about five miles above the present village of Xiagara Falls. In 1?12 he moved
to the village of the Falls and rented Poner's saw mill. In 1614 he rented the Eagle
tavern, a log one on the site of the International hotel, and began tavern keeping on

:5595.

i.

:5596.

ii

3597.

iii.

:-JM.

iv.

3599.

v.

W>f*

vi.

360i.

vii.

36«>2.

vri.

3603.

ix.

36':»4-5. X.

:-»:t6.

Xll.

3607.

Xlll

236 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

a small scale. Twice during the war of 1812-15, he was driven away by the British.
At one time the alarm was given that the British and Indians were coming from
Lewiston and they left the breakfast on the table and fled. The British set fire to
the village. The Eagle tavern was of logs, 24 feet square, and had one room. In
1819 he bo'uo-ht the property and built a frame addition to it, and celebrated the fin-
ishing- of it h\ a dinner July 4, 1820. At that time most of the pleasure seekers went
to the Canada side. In 1831 Gen. Whitney bought the Cataract House, which had
been built in 1825, and kept it as a sort of 'lodging house for the surplus business of
the Eagle. In 1835 he built a stone addition to the Cateract. In 1836 he disposed of
the Eagle property to Benjamin Rathburn, of Buffalo. In Sept., 1836, he rented the
Cataract to Milton Hawley, who was unsuccessful, and in August, 1838, he took the
house again, with his son, S. M. N. Whitney, and his son-in-law, D. R. Jerauld,
and kept the hotel under the firm of P. Whitney & Sons. The addition to the
Cataract, in 1835, was a four-story stone building, 40x56 feet. In 1842^3 he made
another addition of stone, 40x54 feet. In 1845 he added another stone addition, five
stories high, 42x133 feet, containing the dining room. In 1845 he built a stone kitchen
addition two stories high, 25x30 feet. In the spring of 1846 he disposed of all the
property to S. M. N.Whitney, D. R. Jerauld, and 1. F. Trott, who carried on the hotel
under the name of Whitney, Jerauld & Co. In 1841-43 he purchased some river lots
and connected the buildings with the hotel.

An Interesting Occasion. — An event which few men see was celebrated at
the Cataract House, Niagara Falls, on Wednesday evening last. It was the celebra-
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Gen. Parkhurst Whitney and wife.
For fift\ years had this couple stemmed life's vicissitudes, and on this occasion the
numerous friends and kindred of this remarkable couple gathered in social commun-
ion to bestow congratulations and renew the recollections of early days. The cere-
monies of the " golden wedding " were touching and imposing and were conducted
bv Rev. E. W. Revnolds, of this city. Gen. Whitney emigrated to this country with
his wife forty-five years ago, and they have well earned their health and happiness
which is with them in their old age. That it may remain with them for many years
to come is the wish of all. — Buffalo (N. Y.) Covnncrcial, Oct. 17, 1855.
He d. Apr. 26, 1862; res. Niagara Falls, N. Y.
8610. i. AsENATH B., b. Jan. 22, 1809. Asenath Beecher Whitney was the

eldest child of Gen. Parkhurst Whitney, of Niagara Falls, N. Y.
She was born in Geneva, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1809. When she was a
vear old her parents moved to Niagara Falls. Her father was
employed as a surveyor for the Holland Land Purchase Com-
pany. Parkhurst Whitne\' was a very intelligent man and
gave his children every advantage possible in those days. Asen-
ath Whitney was in many ways a remarkably brilliant woman.
She was a very fine scholar and linguist, sj^eaking French, Ital-
ian and German fluently, and she also was a great reader and
possessed of brilliant con\ersational powers and was an excep-
tionally good musician. In 1837 there came to Niagara Falls a
Polish gentleman who was a teacher of languages. This gentle-
man, Pierre de Kowalewski, wasan exile, having been an officer
in the 10th Lithuanian Lancers, and after the downfall of Poland,
his estates being confiscated by the Russian government, he came
to America in company with several other noblemen — all offi-
cers and men of fine presence and courtly manners. He was a
fine linguist, speaking ten languages, and thus became a pro-
fessor of languages. At Niagara Falls he met Asenath Whit-
ney in 1836 and in 1837 they were married at Niagara Falls.
He died at Havana, Cuba, in May, 1854. The result of this
union was four children, only one of whom, Linda Alice, b. Mar.
27, 1849, is now living. All these children showed a special
aptitude for studv, music and the acquirement of languages.
Olympia M., the eldest, b. Mar. 20, 1><39, d. May, 1865," was a
most brilliant musician; Helena, b. ]\Iar. 9, 1842, d. Sejit., 1864, a
fine German scholar and organist; and Frederic Whitney, b.
Dec. 22, 1843, d. Mar. 1, 1861, an unusual student, a lad of the
brightest promise. Linda, the youngest, has also kept up the
family record. She has studied the Polish language and in 1890
translated "The Jew," which was published by Dodd, Mead &
Co., of New York. It is an historical novel bv one of Poland's

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 237

greatest authors, Joseph Krasyewski. In 1891 she translated
"Corine," from the French of Louis Enault, which was pub-
lished by Little, Brown & Co., of Boston. She has also written
poems and short stories for the magazines and is an artist, being
a member of the Buffalo Society of Artists, and exhibiting each
year original sketches from nature. Sept. 30, 1868, Linda de
Kowalewski married Robert Fulton at Niagara Falls. Robert
Fulton was born in Lew,ston, N. Y., July 17, 1847, and is of
Scotch-Irish descent, as his ancestors came over to the north of
Ireland from Scotland in Cromwell's time. He is a great-grand-
son of Lieut. -Col. James Forrest Fulton, of the Gordon High-
, landers of the English army, who was first cousin to Robert

Fulton of steamboat fame. ]\Ir. Fulton was for some years asso-
ciated with his brother, the late James T. Fulton, proprietor of
the International Hotel, Niagara Falls, N. Y,, and their com-
bined efforts have done much for the prosperity of Niagara
Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton reside at 826 Franklin street, Buf-
falo, N. Y.

3611. ii. MvRON Holly, b. Sept. 10, 1810; d. Aug. 12, 1815.

3612. iii. Angeline Parkhurst, b. ; m. D. R. Jerauld.

3613. iv. Sally Eliza, b. Mar. 19. 1814; d. July 31, 1815.

3614. V. Solon M. N., b. Oct. 7, 1815; m. Frances E. Drake.

3615. vi. Celinda Eliza, b. lulv 12, 1817; m. at N. F. Sept. 9, 1844, James

F. Trott, b. Mar. 25, '1815; res. N. F., 1139 Main street. She d.
Jan. 4, 1892. Ch.: John Winslow, b. Feb. 21, 1^47; m. Caroline
Alice Babcock Nov. 9, 1870; ch., Alice Babcock, b. Nov. 7, 1871;
John Winslow, Nov. 9, 1881; res. N. F.; James Parkhurst, b.
Apr. 4, 1849; Elizabeth Celinda. b. Feb. 8, 1851; Solon Whitney,
b. Apr. 10, 1854; d. Jan. 17, 1856; Mary Chilton, b. Sept. 28, 1859;
d. Jan. 20, 1865. James FuUerton Trott was born in Purchase
street, Boston, Mass., Mar. 25, 1815. He was educated at the
Boylston grammar public school, where he received a Franklin
medal. He was also three years in the English high school.
His mother was a Winslf)w, a hneal descendant of John Wins-
low, who married Mary Chilton. His mother was the seventh in
direct descent. Her father. Gen. John Winslow, was a member
of the Order of Cincinnatus, the sixth signer and first treasurer of
the society, of which he was an honored member. James Ful-
lerton Trott married Celinda Eliza Whitney, at the Cataract
bouse, Sept. 9, 1844. In 1846 he became one of the proprietors,
the firm being under the name of Whitney, Jerauld & Co. He
was proprietor for forty years, and carried on all the financial
business. He not only kept up the reputation which Gen. Whit-
ney had established, but added to it, so the hotel became famous.
In 1886 he retired from the firm, after forty years of honorable
work. He was supervisor for six years, being elected by the
Democratic party. He has been a trustee of the schools for
forty-five continuous years, and also had charge of the district
library. He has proved himself to be one of the most public-
spirited and upright men in Niagara Falls, N. Y. The "Three
Sisters Islands" at Niagara Falls were named after Mrs. Trott
and her two sisters, in 1830. They were the first white women
ever on them.

1679. Jonathan Whitney (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.

Conway, Mass.. Mar. 13, 1770; m. there Jan. 13, 1791, Lucy Washburn. He d. ;

res. Conway, Mass.

3616. i. David, b. Jan. 29. 1803; m. Elizabeth S. Granger.

3617. ii. Orlando, b. Mar. 27, 1792; m. and went to Texas. I suppose

died there. It is supposed that a school teacher by the name of
Whitney, who, with her school, was attacked by Indians in
western Texas a number of years ago, and who lost her life in
successfully defending her pupils, was a daughter of Orlando,
but could get no positive proof.

238 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3618. iii. Prudence, b. Aug. 6, 1796,

3619. iv. Harriett, b. Jan. 20, 1794.

1691. Mellen Whitnev (Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. IMilford,
Mass., Dec 9, 1774; m. Jane Richardson. He first moved to Barton, Vt., from Mass.,
and was in that town in 1816, afterward resided in Barre, Yt., previous to and after
the time Lafayette visited this country. This fact is fixed by an incident connected
with the French General's stay in Barre, in which Mellen played a part. His children
were all born in Barre. In 1826 he moved to Peru, N.Y., where he and his wife died.

3620. i. Nora. 3621. ii. John.

3622. iii. Nancy, b. ; m. Howland; res. Barre.

3623. iv. Eliza, b. ; m. and rev. to Virginia.

3624. v. Fidelia. 3625. vi. Anstrus. 3626. vii. Vinal. •

1694. Jonathan Whitney (Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Ja'ffrey,
N. H., May, 9, 1781; m. Milford, Mass., Sept, 29, 1806, Lavina Coombs; b. 1785; d,
June 1, 1843. They resided near the old homestead. He d. in Milford in 1863; res.
Milford, Mass.

3627. i. Tamsin, b. Julv 8, 1807; m. May 12, 1833, Orlando F. Sparrow; b.

Aug. 4, 1803; d. Apr. 1877. Ch.: Deborah Maria, b. Apr. 23,
1834; m. Charles J. Randall; res. Wrentham, Mass.; Philena
Lavina, b. Aug. 22, 1836; d. Aug. 20, 1839; Philip Orlando, b.
Apr. 6, 1838; unm.; res. Easton, Pa.; LydiaAnn.b. Feb. 9, 1846;
m. Daniel Higgins; res. So. Framingham, Mass.

3628. ii. Elmira, b. Sept. 24, 1809; m. Benjamin F. Reynolds. She d. s. p.

3629. iii. Elias, b. Feb. 7, 1811; m. Zelona S. Carpenter and Fannie P.

Leland.
36.^0. iv.' Charles B., b. Apr. 16, 1814; m. Mary A. Cary.

3631. v. Llxy Ann, b. Mar. 12, 1816; m. Aug. 3, 1837, Benjamin F. Reynolds;

res. Sharon, Mass.; b. Nov. 19, 1804; d. Sept. 17, 1854. He was
a farmer. Ch.: Frances Adelaide, b. Oct. 12, 1838, Sharon, Mass.;
Benjamin, b. Sept. 11, 1842; m. Dec. 28, 1871; res. Sharon, Mass.;
Alfonso, b. Dec. 10, 1845; d. Apr. 9, 1880; Clara Jane, b. June 6,
1847; res. Boston, Mass.; Isabella, b. Apr. 4, 1849; res. Sharon,
Alass

3632. vi. Lydia, "b. Sept. 28, 1818; m. Sept. 28, 1840, Joseph H. Welch, of

Boston; b. Oct. 13, 1813; d. Sept. 1, 1890; res. Prov., R. I., 633
No. Main St.; s. p.

3633. vii. George, b. Mar. 15, 1821; m. Louisa P. C. Lincoln.

3634. viii. Mary, b. ; m, Feb. 13, 1844, Shepherd Carpenter. She d.

June 11, 1881. Ch.: A. Alden and Eugene; res. Sharon, Mass.

3635. ix, Jonathan H„ b. Apr. 16, 1830; d. Jan. 15, 1832.

1695. Laban Whitney I Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Jaffery,
N. H., Oct. 24, 1783; m. June 27, 1805, Olive Green, b. 1784; d. Dec. 7, 1867. He d.
June 20, 1818; res. Bellingham, ]\Iass., and Milford, Mass.

Betsey, b. Oct. 18, 1808; d. 1840.
Lemuel, b. Jan. 4, 1817; m. Fannie Darling.
Laban, b. Jan. 6, 1815; m. Marv Sickles.
Hannah, b. 1805; d. Jan. 2, 1838.
Ruel, b. 1811; d. 1841.

1697. Isaac Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b.
Sept. 26, 1768; m. in Suffield, Conn., Caroline Harman; b. Mar. 21, 1764; d. Mar. 9,
1813. He d. Sept. 29, 1797; res. Suffield, Conn., and West Rupert, Vt.

3641. i. Erastus, b. July 16, 1790; m. Thurza Harmon.

3642. ii. Clarissa, b. June 4, 1788; m. Isaac Hays. She d. in Rupert, \'t.,,

July 25, 1861, leaving Whitney, Caroline, Maria, and Betsey E.,
who m. Perkins, and res. W. Rupert.

3643. iii. Eunice, b. Feb. 10, 1793; d. s. p.

3644. iv. Chartsey, b. Sept. 18, 1795; m. Martin Frazer. She died in

Plymouth, Mich., leaving Cordelia, Eunice, James, Oscar,
Caroline, Maria, Helen, and Mary;' Oscar res. Plymouth.

1703. Asaph Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b.
Dalton, Mass., June 21, 1780; m. in Preston, Conn., Bethiah Hopkins, b. there June 2,

3636.

v.

3637.

ii.

3638.

iii.

3639.

i.

3640.

iv.

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1777; d. Cato, N. Y., 1830. He was a turner; manufactured brush handles, bedsteads,
etc. He d. Amboy, N. Y., 1858; res. Rupert, Vt., Greenwich and Ambov, N. Y.

3645. i. Olive, b. Apr. 14, 1798; m. May, 1820, Ezra Woodruff; b. Feb.

22,1797; d. Nov. 29, 1873; res.' Amboy. She d. Mar. 22, 1882.
Ch.: Harriet, b. Feb. 14, 1821; unm., res. A.; Emily, b. June 20,
1823; m. \Vm. Felter; res. A.; Horace, b. Sept. '25, 1825; res.
Chicago; Edwin, b. Jan. 13, 1828; res. Chicago; Pvrena, b. Oct.
12, 1829; m. July 8, 1848, James Cox; res. A^; Morris Willis, b.
Sept. 25, 1831; res. Chicago.

3646. ii. Zebina, b. Feb. 4, 1800; res. Jordon, Onondaga Co., K. Y.; was a

wheelwright and distiller.

3647. iii. Pyrena, b. Mar. 8, 1802; m. Aaron Hopkins; b. July 14, 1800; d.

Mar. 24, 1891. He was a farmer. She d. Oct. 24,1829. Ch.:

Caroline, b. Sept. 16, 1825; m. Apr. 18.1850, Codding;

res. Blaine, Kan.; Benjamin B., b. June 19, 1828. He d. in Deep
Bottom, \'a., in union army, Aug. 13, 1^64.

3648. iv. Jerisha, b. Apr. 26, 1804;' m. Anson Hopkins; b. ; d. in

Amboy. Ch.: Anson, b. ; res. Amboy; Helen, b.

m. Geer; res. A., N. Y.

3649. v. Eunice, b. Sept. 16, 1806; m. Apr. 29, 1834, John Russell; res

Freeborn, Minn.; b. Sept. 4, 1806. Heisa farmer. Ch.: Lucin
da, b. Mav 18, 1837; m. May 6, 1873, W. N. Fav; res. Hermosa
S. D.; Jos'ephine Eliza, b. Apr. 29, 1839; m. Ma'r. 26, 1868, Ira O
Russell; res. Granite Falls, Minn.; Henrv, b. Sept. 16, 1841; d
Oct. 28, 1842; James H. b. Sept. 24, 184'4; m. Nov. 186^, Cor-
nelia ^Iitchell; res. Russell, Kan.; William L., b. Mar. 22, 1847
res. Willis, Mont.

Mary Ann, b. Feb. 4, 1809; m. Root.

Anna, b. July 30, 1811; m. Chaffee.

Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1813.

Ja:\ies, M., b. Apr. 5, 1819; m. Marv E. Huntlev.

Asaph K., b. Jan. 27, 1822; m. '- .

Geo. \V. b. Dec. 14, 1816; m. Mary Hutchins and Dorothea F.
'J'hompson.

1706. Jason Whitney (Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Middlesex,
N. Y. He d. in Texas; res. Ala. and Texas.

3656. i. ,b. .

3657. ii. Napoleon, b , He served in the Mexican war and was

killed.

1709. Sa.muel Whitney (Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Middlesex,
N. Y.. July 9, 1811; m. at Macomb, Mich., Apr. 21, 1836, Ann Stroup; b. Mar. 5, 1819.
He was born in Middlesex, Ontario Co., N. Y., now Potter, Yates Co. He
migrated to Michigan in 1834, settling in Detroit, where he resided for two years,
going then to a farm at Macomb, which he purchased of the government, where he
ever after resided. He d. Apr. 26, 1889; res. Macomb, Mich.

Jason C, b. Feb. 9, 1839; m. Elida Berney and Lettie E. Heyman.
SOPHRONIA, b. Mav 16, 1837; unm.; res. 'Mt. Clemens, Mich'.
Wm. H., b. Dec. 16, 1840; m. Mary Euretta Kellogg.
Esther A., b. Sept. 1, 1842; m. Aug. 27, 1873, Warren Crawford;

res. Kings Mill, Mich.; 5 ch.
George Clay, b. July 13, 1844; m. Martha A. Fries.
Milton I., b. June 4, 1846; m. Elizabeth M. Fuller.
Samuel Emory, b. Mar. 28, 1848; res. 23 Adams Ave.. Detroit,
Mich. S. Emory Whitney was born at Mt. Clemens, Mich.
His father, a native of New York, was raised on a farm, occa-
sionally as a diversion teaching district school for a term, or
commanding a boat for a season on the Erie canal. In 1834,
when 23 years of age, he emigrated to Michigan, purchased 200
acres of land near Mt. Clemens from the government, upon
which he lived till the time of his death. S. Emory lived on his
father's farm till well along \\\ his teens, attending district
school three or four months of the year. Abandoning the farm,
he chose teaching as his profession, attended the Normal school

3650.

vi.

3651.

vii.

3652.

viii

3653.

ix.

3654.

X.

3655.

XI.

3658.

3659.

ii.

3660.

HI.

3661.

IV.

3662.

V.

3663.

vi.

3664.

vii

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

of his state, from which he graduated in 1872, since which time
he has been employed in his profession. Since graduation he
has occupied the position of supt. of schools at Armada, Marine
City, and Hancock, Mich., coming to Detroit in 1885 as princi-
pal of the Cass school — one of the most prominent public schools
in the state. Of a social as well as professional nature, he is a

S. E. WHITNEY.

member of several fraternal societies, ranking high in masonic
circles, and has also held several elective offices. A recent
publication entitled, " Prominent Educators of Michigan " con-
tains a very complimentary notice of him and his work. The
subject of this sketch is unmarried.

Laton Dennis, b. Mar. 8, 1850; res. Mt. Clemens. Farmer at
Macomb.

MiLO Herbert, b. Mar. 5, 1852; res. Mt. Clemens. Farmer at
Macomb.

LORA A., b. Apr. 16, 1854; m. Sept. 20, 1876, Ira H. Briggs; res.
Mt. C.

Allen Sisson, b. June 16, 1857; res. Saginaw. For several years
he was superintendent of the public schools there.

Clarence Eugene, b. June 2, 1860; res. 23 Adams St. Detroit,
Mich. He is a teacher in the Detroit public schools.

Florence Hattie, b. July 17, 1865; res. Mt. C.

1710. John Fisher Whitney (Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Middle-
sex, Yates Co., N. Y., Oct. 25, 1809; m. Chesterfield, Mich., Phebe Nelson; b. Dec. 24,
1819; d. Apr. 8, 1890.

He was born in Middlesex Co., N. Y., in 1809, and by the death of his father
was left an orphan at an early age. In 1834 he migrated to Michigan, and two years
later purchased a farm, then in the wilderness at Mt. Clemens, on which he has ever
since resided. Res. Mt. Clemens, Mich.

3671. i. Sarah Ann, b. May 20, 1839; m. Feb. 23, 1867, Chris Geo. Hart-

way bhe d. Sept. 21, 1876. Ch.: Edwin, b. Mar. 3, 1869; John,
b. Apr. 28, 1875.

3665.
3666.
3667.
3668.
3669.
3670.

vni.

IX.

X.

XL

xn.

xui.

S672.

ii.

3673.

iii.

3674.

iv.

3675.

V.

3676.

VI.

3677.

vu,

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Mary Rebecca, b. Aug. 8, 1842; d. Sept. 13, 1865.

Electa Mahala, b. Dec. 26, 1845; m. Mar. 15, 1864, Dr. Julian

H. Axtell; res. Omaha, Neb. Ch.: Charles W., b. Aug., 1^65.
Stephen, b. May 12, 1850; m. Emma S. Immers.
Florence Gertrude, b. Sept. 7, 1853; d. Oct. 15, 1865.
Charles, b. Sept. 13, 1856; d. Oct. 4, 1865.
Courtland, b. Aug. 23, 1862; m. Mary Augusta Cluby.

1711. IsaacWhitney (Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John),b. Middlesex, N. Y.,
Nov. 12, 1817; m. Mar. 5, 1839, Sarah Stroup; b. Nov. 27, 1808; d. June 18, 1874; m.
2d, Aug. 17, 1875, Mahala Stroup; b. Aug. 3, 1825. Res. Mt. Clemens, Mich.; s. p.

1712. Jesse Whitney (Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, Johnj, b. Middlesex,
N. Y., Mav'3, 1808; m. 1835, Eliza C."Shepherd, b. 1819. He was a farmer. He d.
Nov. 11, 1853; res. Macomb, Mich.

3678. i. James \'oak, b. Jan. 4, 1839; m. Mary E. Taylor.

3679. ii. Horace Isaac, b. July 10, 1836; m. Minnie Preston and Mary

Elizabeth.

3680. iii. Lewis Dodge, b. 1845; d. unm. Jan., 1865, in Libby prison; was

in the 8th Mich. Cavalrv.

3681. iv. Hannah H. O., b. Nov. 14, 1847; m. May 23, 1867, Luther Parker.

1713. James Watkins Whitney (Fisher, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Italy, N. Y., June 21, 1803; m. June 10, 1828, in \'ermillion, Ohio, Betsey Harper, b.
Mar. 17, 1806. She res. Kingston, 111., with dau. Mary.

Yates county, town of Italy, New York, on the 2ist of June, 1803, witnessed the
birth of James Watkins Whitney, the son of Fisher Whitney and Patty Watkins, his
wife. The boy James was early doomed to orphanage, for in March, 1805, the father,
after an illness of three days, died, leaving James not yet two years, and Patty, his
sister, not yet five years old. Yates county is mountainous, rocky and sterile, and
just how its people, in those early days, wrought a livelihood is something of a
mystery. • But to him who hath patience and industry nothing is denied. There was,
however, another requisite to insure success, in that forbidding land, viz., much hard
labor. And in after years James W. Whitney often told his sons that he never
remembered a time when he did not have to work. Those Yates county hill-
sides must be cleared of the forests, and the valleys must be made fruitful. James
therefore found, as he grew up, more than enough to do; and many days that ought
to have been passed in the school house saw him, ax in hand, on the hill side. By
and by his mother married a Mr. Wm. Lee; but still the opportunities for school
were limited. We find him therefore at twenty-one accomplished about as farmers'
boys of that period, viz., reading, writing, spelling and arithmetic. With his majority
he struck for newer and more prosperous fields and settled in Berlin, Erie county,
Ohio. Here, after some further years of hard toil, he saved enough to purchase a
farm, and then began in real earnest the battle of life. But a piece of good fortune
was just here awaiting him, for by accident. Miss Betsey Harper, a young and
sprightly school teacher, a relative of the celebrated Harper Brothers, publishers, of
New York, crossed his path, and forthwith young Whitney found that he had met his
fate. In June, 1828, he married Miss Harper and took her to his farm, about one
mile north of Berlin Heights. Here was his home for six years, when he sold out
and bought again some four miles farther south, where he remained until May, 1848,
when he removed to Kingston, DeKalb county, Illinois. His farm in Kingston was
one of the most beautiful in the state; but in those early days times were hard, and
the farmers often hauled their wheat 60 miles to Chicago and sold it at 50 cents per
bushel. There is not much to be said usually about the daily round of a farmer's
life. The crops are planted in the spring and garnered in the fall. The seasons
come and go, the children grow up and marry and make homes of their own. In
this family there were eight children — three sons and five daughters. But when the
war of 1861 broke upon the country, these three boys all went into the army, and the
father would have gone, too, but the government refused to accept him. Meanwhile
one of his daughters (Elizaj had married and settled at Quasqueton, Buchanan
county, Iowa, and on a visit to her in 1870 he was so favorably impressed with the
place that he sold his Kingston farm to his son Samuel, and settled in Quasqueton.
His life here was quiet and uneventful, and on July 24, 1081, after an illness of
three days he died and is there buried. He was not a rich man, neither was he a
poor man. He died leaving a competency to his widow, and a name respected by
all who knew him. He d. July 24, 1882, in Iowa; res. Berlin, Ohio, and Kingston, 111.

242 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3682. i. Esther A., b. Aug. 12, 1830; m. John Read; m. 2d James B. Bell;

res. Kingston.

3683. ii. Martha J., b. July 6, 1832; m. Jan. 1, 1851, George W. Bishop, b.

Jan. 8, 1824; res. Chicago, 111. He was b. Jan. 8, 1824; d. Feb.
14, 1888. Ch.: Wm. \\\, b. Oct. 20, 1851; d. Aug. 28, 1852; Ida J.,
b. Apr. 27, 1853; m. Herbert C. Dexter; res. 442 37th St., Chicago;
Chas. \V., b. Nov. 26, 1854: m. Minnie Moak; res. Tinlev Park,
111.; Frank H., b. Sept. 24, 1856; m. Paulina Rauscher; res. 4240
Wabash Ave., Chicago; b. Geo. E., b. Nov. 23, 1858; d. Feb. 17,
1887.

3684. iii. Loren H., b. Sept. 12, 1834; m. Rebecca Foster and Marv Munson.

3685. iv. Samuel D., b-. Oct. 26, 1836; m. Harriett Vail.

3686. V. Eliza S., b. Jan. 5, 1838; m. Sardis L. Adams; res. Frank-

lin, Neb.

3687. vi. Wm. H., b. Oct. 24, 1840; m. Marcy Hamer.

3688. vii. Nancy C, b. Jan. 19, 1843; m. ]'. Lampson; res. 911 Rock St.,

Rockford.

3689. viii. Mary. b. Apr. 21, 1846; m. Dr. Henry W. Dockham; res. s. p.

Kingston.

1716. David Morse Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Natick, Mass., Nov. 1, 1807; m. Apr. 3,1828, ^lary Ann Gilmore, of Wrentham, b. Oct.
8, 1805; d. Dec. 7, 1843; m. 2d, Jan. 28, 1844, Mrs. Nancy (Whitney) Wheeler, b. Nov.
26, 1810; dau. of Jason, Jr.

He was born and always resided in Natick, Mass.; was a well known citizen.
For several years he was assessor of taxes. He was the best musician and most
noted singing master in that section. In 1836 he began the manufacture of shoes, in
which business he was engaged for many years. He d. Dec. 2, 1867; res. Natick,
^lass

3690. i. Esj-her Louisa, b. Mar. 8, 1829; m. Nov. 23, 1847, Theodore Par-

ker; res. 115 So. Division St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Shed. Mar.,
1894; buried at Fort Wayne. He was b. Jan. 11, 1825; d. Feb.
18, 1888. He was a locomotive engineer. Ch.: Lizzie Blanche,
b. Oct. 22, 1849; Edmund Jonas, b. Mav, 1850; d. June 6, 1850;
David Whitney, b. Feb., 1853; d. June 5,' 1855.

3691. ii. Geo. Henry, b. Sept. 18, 1830; m. Mary Jane Hubbard.

3692. iii. Samuel B. Homer, b. Oct. 11, 18.32; m.'Mrs. Hiram Thurston.

3693. iv. Charlotte Travis, b. Mar. 21, 1836; m. Jan. 23, 1854, Geo. H.

Andrews, 78 Douglass Ave., Fort Wayne, Ind.

3694. v. Harlan H., b. Mar. 7, 1838; m. Marian S. Stowell.

3695. vi. Harriett Wilson, b. July 9, 1811; d. July 3, 1842.

3696. vii. Frank H., b. July 28, 1845; m. Adelaide Green.

1718. George Collander Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamm, John),
b. Natick, Mass., Feb. 3, 1809; m. Dec. 2, 1829, Persis Robbins Broad, b. Dec. 20,
1806. He was a farmer and shoe manufacturer. He d. in Chicago; res. Natick,
Mass., and Chicago, 111.

3697. i. Charles Henry, b. ; res. Chicago, 111.

3698. ii. Sarah, b. ; m. — Oliphant; res. Chicago, 111.

1719. Freeman Sears Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Natick, Mass., Feb. 6, 1812; m. there, Apr. 4, 1833, Eveline Perry, of Natick; b. Aug.
19,1811; d. May 26, 1884.

Freeman Sears Whitney was named for Freeman Sears, the first Congregation-
alist minister; settled in Natick, Mass., in 180G. In 1830 he learned the currier's
trade, working at this until 1845, when he began the manufacture of shoes. In 1858
he gave up manufacturing for himself, but continued in this business quite a number
of years, working for other firms. The last years of his life he worked as a gardener
and pruning trees and shrubs. He and his family always resided in Natick. He
was much interested in music. In his younger days he played the violin for years in
the Congregational church. A few years ago he instituted the Veteran Musical
Association there in the place. The association was composed of those that played
and sang in 1830, 1845 and 1850. These, after they were banded together, played
and sang with just as much vim as was displayed by them in their vounger days. He
d. Sept. 30, 1888; res. Natick, Mass.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 243

3699. i. Joseph L., b. Aug. 18, 1835; m. Martha Jane Richards.

3700. ii. Lucie Maria, b. [an. 8, 1838; m. in So. Framingham, May 18, 1854,

Selah Bennett Alden, b. Lyme, N. H., May 18, 1833; d. May 25,
1864, in Natick, from wounds received in the battle of the
Wilderness, May 8, 1864, after serving three years in company
D, 18th Mass. regiment. She m. 2d, Aug. 22, 1866, Charles
Henry Child, b. Boston, Mar. 18, 1837. He is a foreman in a
shoe factory; res. Natick. Ch.: Eugene Llewellvn, b. Dec. 25,
1859; d. Sept. 4, 1860.

1720. Dr. Samuel Stillman Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John),
b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 6, 1815; m. Sept. 27, 1838, Sarah W. Spalding, dau. of Dr. S. H.
Spalding, of So. Natick, Mass., who died July 15, 1866. A native of Chelmsford, he
was educated as a physician and practiced a few years in Dublin, N. H., with good
success. At length he was mvited to establish himself in South Natick, Alass.,
where the greater part of his life was spent, and where he succeeded in securing an
extensive and successful practice. His services were widely sought and were highly
valued. For several years disease and the infirmities of advancing age led him to
withdraw from the active duties of his profession. In his last days he suffered much,
but he bore his sufferings with Christian patience and fortitude. The funeral service
was held in the Unitarian church, of which church and parish he was a member. It
was attended by a large number of friends who thus testified their regret at his loss,
and their respect to his memory.

Samuel Stillman Whitney was born at Natick, Mass. He fitted for college at
Leicester, and entered Harvard University at the age of 14. After remaining a year
at Cambridge, he removed to Amherst to finish his collegiate course there. Toward
the close of it, however, a long sickness having interrupted his studies, so as to pre-
vent his graduating with his class, he concluded not to take a degree. His parents
had intended to eaucate him for the ministry; but being strongly inclined toward
medicine, with their consent he immediately entered the office of Dr. S. H. Spalding,
then practicing at Natick, and applied himself with great diligence to his medical
studies. The following year he entered the office of the late lamented and eminent
Dr. John D. Fisher, of Boston, whose friendship and confidence he always possessed.
The last six months of his studentship were passed at the City Institutions at South
Boston. He received his diploma at Boston, in February, 1838. While at Snuth
Boston, a vacancy occurred at Newton Upper Falls, by the death of Dr. Alfred Hos-
mer, and by the advice of friends he at once opened an office there. He succeeded
rapidly in gaining the confidence of the community and consequent practice, and m
the course of the year was married to Miss Sarah Spalding, only child of his first
preceptor. During the six years which Dr. Whitney spent at Newton he secured a
practice extending far beyond his immediate neighborhood, requiring very long and
tedious rides, but he still found time, stolen from the night, to prosecute his studies
and keep himself well informed of all the additional contributions to medical science.
Having disposed of his practice at Newton, Dr. Whitney re-removed to Dedham in
1844, carrying with him a well-established reputation. Before, however, perma-
nently settling in Dedham, he passed a year in Europe, making careful use of its
advantages. Dr. Whitney was thoroughly educated in auscultation and percussion
under the tuition of Dr. Fisher, and it may be safely said that few ever surpassed
him in delicacy and quickness of ear. In addition to his large general practice at
Dedham and vicinity. Dr. Whitney paid |jarticular attention to surgery. He was
successful in all the greater operations, and more especially in the arts of modern
surgery for the cure of congenital or accidental deformities. The operation for cleft
pjalate he (lerformed many times, and treated with success a gentleman from Canada,
who had been unsuccessfully operated upon by the celebrated Dieffenbach. For this
operation, in addition to his fee, his grateful patient presented him with a silver tea
service. His surgical cases came from distant parts of the country. In the fall of
1848, in the midst of these active pursuits. Dr. Whitney was attacked with diarrluLa
and sub-acute enteritis. He died in his residence at Dedham, peaceful and
resigned, in the bosom of his young and beloved family, June 30, 1855, aged
40. Few men have accomplished more at so early an age. Cast in a tall and
manly mould, his i)er5onal appearance was calculated to make an impression
upon those with whom he came in professional contact. An anchylosis of one
knee, the result of an accident received in his academic days, instead of detract-
ing from, rather added to the dignity of his carriage. He was remarkably
generous in disposition, and this, with a peculiar suavity in his manner, and

244 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

unbounded confidence in his skill, strongly attached to him a large circle of
students, patients and friends. So great was the confidence of the public in Dr.
VVhitney's ski 1, that his frequent absence and sickness did not seriously interfere
with hi? business. Even up to the last moment patients continued to solicit his
advice, and when he could no longer see them, desired to have their symptoms
reported to him in order to receive the benefit of his counsel. He d. June 30, 1855;
res. Dedham, Mass.

3701. i. Sarah Wilder, b. May 10. 1854; d. Sept. 23, 1855.

8702. ii. Stillman S., b. Aug. 4, 1849; m. .

1721. John Aniger Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John) b. Natick,
Mass., Dec" 20, 1817; m. Oct. 26, 1852, Emily Walker, of Natick; m. 2d, Lizzie Thom-
son, of St. Johns, N. B.; res. Natick, Mass.

He was born in Natick and has always resided there; has been a prominent citi-
zen. For some years he was assessor of taxes, later was enumerator for the United
States census. Also conducted a farm and engaged in the manufacture of shoes.

3703. iii. John C, b. Aug. 8, 1856; m. Nov. 8,1880, Flora Mabhousa; res.

Natick, Mass.

3704. i. George Burgess, b. in Dedham in 1853. He was a soldier in

Co. H, 18th Mass. Regt.; was a book-keeper and shoe manufac-
turer and was killed in a railroad accident in Natick, Julv 23,
1878.

Herbert Thompson, b. ; d. .

Louis Mitchell, b. June 14,1858; m.Sept. 6, 1881, Emma Hortnn;
res. Natick, Mass.

Wm. Oscar, b. Nov. 12, 1859; res. N.

Emily Blanche, b. Oct. 15, 1862; d. .

James C, b. Sept. 5, 1863; m. Louise M. Horton.

Waldo, O., b. June 2, 1865; res. Natick.

Lizzie Maude, b. ; res. N.

1722. Ebenezer Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick,
Mass., Dec. 20, 1820; m. Mar. 21, 1842, Sarah F. Leighton, of Westford, b. Feb. 25,
1824. He was a shoe manufacturer and merchant. He d. May 2, 1892; res. Dan-
vers and Natick, Mass.

8712. i. Emilie A., b. Jan. 12, 1846; m. May 19, 1869, James M. Forbush.

He was b. Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 15, 1846; res. Natick, Mass.
He was educated at the common schools, and in 1861 moved to
Washington with his father's family. While there, was a clerk
in the Treasury Department until 1867. After 1874 was in the
Internal Revenue service in Mass., and at present is in the
insurance business in Natick. Is general agent for the New
England States for the German American Ins. Co. of New York.
Is director in an insurance company, trustee of a savings bank,
and superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School. (See For-
bush Genealogy bv Fred C. Pierce, p. 15.) Ch.: Gavle 1 i'ton,
b. Mar. 31, 1870; Emilie Bessie, b. June 15, 1872.

Samuel S. 3714. iii. Mary E., b. ; m.

Eben F. Turner; res. N.

Geo. F., b. ; res. Natick, Mass.

Harvey H., b. Feb. 18, 1854; m. Lizzie M. Sanders.

Samuel S., b. ; 3719. viii. Emily Ann, b. ; d.

d. . .

1723. Alvin Fisher Whitney (George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Natick, Mass., 1824; m. Elviria Clemence. He was a shoemaker by trade, was a
noted musician, and for many years followed farming. He d. in Maine in 1860, s. p.;
res. Natick, Mass.

176". John Whitney (John, Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John),b. Warwick, Mass.,
Apr. 8, 1783; m. ; d. Sept. 27, 1831; res. Warwick, Mass.

3705.

ii.

3706.

IV.

3707.

V.

8708.

VI.

3709.

vn.

8710.

vni

3711.

IX.

3713.

ii.

8715.

IV.

3716.

v.

3717.

vi.

3718.

vii.

3720.

3721.

ii.

3722.

ni.

b.
-,b.
-, b.

d. Nov. 5, 1828.
d.Aug. 13, 1831.
d. Aug. 19, 1831.

1769. Elisha Whitney (Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John. John), b. Feb. 4,
1780; m. Feb. 26, 1804, Sarah Heath, b. Mar. 1, 1784; d. Feb. 8, 1865. He d. Feb. 12,
1823; res. Roxbury, Mass.

3723.

i.

3724.

11.

3725.

111.

3726.

IV.

3727.

V.

3728.

VI.

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Abigail H., b. in 1804; m. Gay. She d. Fel). 9, 1880.

John H., b. Mar. 8, 1808; m. Sarah Skinner.

Sarah, b. Dec. 25, 1811; unm., res. W. Roxbury.

William H., b. Jan. 25, 1810; unm., d. Jan. 27, 1842.

Caroline, b. Jan. 16, 1814; unm.

Nathaniel Davis, b. Dec. 11, 1816; m. Laura A. Langton.

Elisha, b. in 1806; d. in 1810.

1770. Asa Whitney (Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John), b. in Boston,
Mass., May 18, 1782; m. in Pomfret, Conn., Dec. 31, 1805, Mary Hammond; b. Dec.
7, 1787; d. '1845. He d. Mar. 4, 1826; res. Pomfret, Conn., Roxbury, Cambridge, and
Boston, Mass.

3730. i. Benj. Duick, b. Nov. 6, 1807; m. Elizabeth Williams and Char-

lotte Genella.

3731. ii. Daniel H., b. Oct. 7, 1809; d. Oct. 6, 1817.

3732. iii. Sarah Hammond, b. May 23, 1812; d. June 2-3, 1817.

37.33. iv. Mary, b. May 5, 1815; m. Prof. Cornelius C. Felton, of Har. Univ.
Felton, Cornelius Conwav, scholar, b. in West Newbury, Mass.,
Nov. 6, 1807; d. in Chester, Pa., Feb. 26, 1862. He was gradu-
ated at Harvard in 1827, having partially supported himself
through his course by teaching in Concord and Boston, and at
the Round Hill school in Northampton, Mass. In his senior
year he was one of the conductors of the " Harvard Register,"
a students' periodical. After teaching for two years in Geneseo,
N. v., he was appointed Latin tutor at Harvard in 1829, became
Greek tutor in 1830, college professor of Greek in 1832, and in
1834 was given the Eliot professorship of Greek literature. He
was also for many years regent of the college. In 18.53-54 he
revisited Europe, studying the various collections of art and
antiquities, and spent five months in Greece, where he devoted
himself not only to the topography of the country and the
remains of ancient art, there, but to its present language and
literature, to which he attached great importance. He was an
enthusiastic defender of the modern Greeks, by whom he was
known, during his stay among them, as the "American pro-
fessor." He visited Europe a second time in 1858, and in 1860
was elected president of Harvard college, which office he held
until his death. President Felton was a member of the Massa-
chusetts board of education, and one of the regents of the
Smithsonian Institute. His literary labors were extended and
he was one of the most profound and enthusiastic classical
scholars in the country. Besides making large contributions to
current literature, he published a translationof Menzel's "Ger-
man Literature" (3 vols., 1840, in George Ripley's " Specimens
of Foreign Literature"); " ClassicaL Studies," original and
translated selections, in connection with Prof. Sears and
Edwards (1843); a translation of Prof. Arnold Guyot's lectures
on "The Earth and Man " (1849); a selection from the writings
of Prof. Popkin, with a memoir (1852); " Life of William Eaton,"
in Sparks' "American Biographies " (New York, 1853); a revised
edition of Smith's " History of Greece," with a continuation from
the Roman conquestto the present time (1855); and" Selections
from Modern Greek Writers " (1856). After his death appeared
"Familiar Letters from Europe," giving an account of his last
trip (Boston, 1864), and "Greece, Ancient and Modern," his
most important work, composed chiefiv of his lectures before
the Lowell Institute (2 vols., Boston, 1867). He was also the
author of several Greek text books, including an edition of
Homer, with Flaxman's ill strations (1833|.

3734. v. Emily, b. Sept. 27, 1817; m. Sept. 27, 1841, Dr. Joseph Sargent, of
Worcester. He was born in Leicester, Dec. 31, 1815, the son of
Col. Henry. He entered Harvard Universitv in 1830, and grad-
uated in 1834. Studied medicine with Dr. Edward Flint, of
Leicester, and Dr. James Jackson, in Boston, and attended med-
ical lectures in the latter city and Philadelphia. He took his

246 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

degree of M. D. at Harvard in 1837, and at once entered upon
the office of house physician at the Mass. General Hospital. In
1888 he went to Paris, where he remained until 184U, when he
settled in Worcester. In 1850 he again visited Europe for pro-
fessional improvement. He ranks high in the medical profes-
sion in Massachusetts and is held in high esteem by his fellow-
citizens. He d. Oct. 13, 18-'8. Ch.: Joseph, b. Oct. 17, 1842; d.
Feb. 26, 1845; Emily Whitney, b. Nov. 26, 1843; d. July 28, 1892;
Mary Felton, b. Dec, 16, 1845; Joseph, b. May 15, 1849; m.Dec.
5, 1872, Nellie Louise McClure; Henry L., b. July 29, 1853; d.
Apr. 26, 1854; Henry Leight, b. July 14, 1856; m. Oct. 24, 1877.
Lydia Hughes, of Lawrence, Mass.
3785. vi. Asa H.,b. June 17, 1819; m. Laura L. Henshaw.

3736. vii. Sarah, b. July 13, 1822; m. Frederic W. Gale, of Worcester. Both

lost on the steamer Arctic Sept. 27, 1854.

3737. viii. Catherine Dean, b. Dec. 17, 1824; m. Mav, 1849, Dr. Henry Sar-

gent. He d. Apr., 1858. She d. Sept. 9, 1849. He was born in
Leicester (the brother of Dr. Joseph), Nov. 7, 1821. Entered
Yale College in 1837, and graduated in 1841. Studied medicine
with his brother also, in Boston and Philadelphia, and in the
hospitals in Paris. In 1847 he took the degree in medicine at
Harvard, and began practice in Worcester. His health failed
and he made frequent trips to Europe. His remains are
interred in Mt. Auburn in Cambridge.

1775. Amariah Whitney (Caleb, Caleb, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Nov.
18, 1767; m. Sarah Trull; res. Danvers, Mass.

3788. ix. Daniel S.,b. Feb. 4, 1810; m. Hannah S. P. Cotton.

1784. Stephen Whitney (Timothy, Moses, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Roxbury, Mass., in 1774; m. there Ruth Whittemore; res. West Roxbury, Mass.

3739.
3740.
3742.

William, b. ; m. Harriett Faxon.

i. John, b. . 3741. iii. Mary, b.

V. NIartha, b. ; m. Knowles; res. Boston, s. p.

3743. V. Maria, b. — — ; m. Burley; d.; m. 2d, Richards;

res. Lowell, Mass.; 3 ch.

1792. William Bartholomew Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Worcester, Mass., Oct. 4, 1778; m. in Prince Edwards Co., Canada,
June 6, 1805, Lydia Ann Lawrence; b. in 1780; d. Apr. 1869.

He was born in Wt)rcester, Mass., in 1778; from 1782 to 1798 he resided in Gil-
sum, N. H. During the latter year he went to Littleton, Mass., to learn the trade
of ]\Iorocco leather dressing. After his marriage they resided in Lynn, Mass., where
he worked at his trade until the spring of 1812 when they moved to Lower Canada
and kept a tavern nine miles from St. Johns for three years. They then moved to
Burlington, \'t., and kept a tavern three years and then moved to Kingston's Mills,
Upper Canada, and farmed it for two years. Later he moved to Hallowell, U. C,
and then after five years to Sophiasburg, U. C, where he died, and was buried in
Sand Point cemetery. He d. in Apr. 1849; res. Belleville, Ont.
Clark, b. June 7, 1806; m. Elizabeth — - — -.
William B., b. Oct. 4, 1803; ni. Charity Weese.
Samuel, b. Dec. 1, 1809; m. Mary Cole.

Lydia, b. Dec. 18, 1811; m. June 23, 1831, John Cole, a farmer, b.
Mar. 8, 1813; res. Nosier, Ont.
3748. V. Joshua, b. June 21, 1829; m. Mar. 14, 1857, Mary Eliza Williston;
res. Demorestville, Ont. Ch.: Ichabod Franklin, b. Jan. 21,1858,
Mary Lydia, b. Nov. 9, 1862.

1793. Capt. Samuel W^hitney (Samuel, Joseph, Timothv, John, John, John) b.
Gilsum, N. H.. Julv 14, 1781; m. Nov. 26, 1801, Hope Blish;'m. 2d, in 1822, Elsey
Evarts, b. in 1796; d. Aug. 28, 1876.

Capt. Samuel Whitney was born in Gilsum. Soon after his marriage he moved
to Chesterfield, N. Y., where he was one of the earliest settlers. He was captain of
the local militia, and in the war of 1812 participated in the battle of Plattsburg. He
was a farmer, and at one time engaged in lumbering. W^as a deacon and one of the
original members and organizers of the Presbyterian church in Keesville, N. Y.

3744.

3745.

3746.

iii

3747.

iv

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 247

Elsey Evarts went to Keesville, X. Y., from New England at an early day, and
joined the Congregational church before there was any church edifice. She was
untiring in her efforts to help build the church and sustain it in its work. Her hus-
band died in 1840, and upon her devolved the arduous work of rearing the large
family of children. She performed her work nobly and well. He. d. Oct. 11, 1840;
res. Chesterfield, N. Y.

8749. i. Norman, b. May 16, 1802; m. Mary Wilcox Forsyth.

8750. ii. David, b. Jan. 3', 1804; m. Maria Wright.

3751. lii. DiMis Elmika, b. June 11, 1807; m. Hiram Perry; res. Ft. Cov-
ington, N. Y. Had one son, Samuel. She d. July 3, 1833.
.37.52. iv. Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1811; d. Keesville, N. Y., unm!

3753. V. Harriett Zephia, b. Sept. 29, 1819; m. Henry D. Andrews, and

Heber S. Hurlbut. She d. Dec. 1, 1854, leaving one dau.,
Mvra Ellen, b. Oct. 3, 1850; m. John Ogleby Dav; res. Mil-
waukee. He was b. Oct. 22, 1849. Ch.; Daniel, R., b. Feb. 27, 1878;
Charlotte E., b. Jan. 22, 1^84; Elsey Whitney, b. July 2.5, 1885.

3754. vi. Daniel Milo, b. July 23, 1815; m. Emily Reynolds.

3755. vii. John C, b. May 19, 1821; m. Harriett Y. Dickinson.

3756. viii, Luther, b. Feb. 19, 1825; m. Jane E. Bigelow and Mary Emily

Watson.

3757. ix. Lyman B., b. Dec. 5, 1828; m. Roxanna K. Hurlbut.

3758. X. Clarence ]., b. Nov. 1, 1834; m. Sarah E. Colvin.

1794. Joshua Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 10,
1784; m. Harriett . He d. in 1860; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.

3759. i. Harriett, b. ; m. Farlin. Ch.: Dudley, m.; res. s. p.

Albany, N. Y.; Joshua Whitney, b. Nov. 16, 1836; m. Mar. 5,
1861, Amanda F. King, b. June 3, l8o9. He d. June 6, 1893. She
res. 64 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 111. Mr. Farlin resided in
Chicago for nearly forty years, and had long stood high among
respected citizens. He was b. in Warrensburg, N. Y., in 1836,
ami was 57 years of age at the time of his death. He came to
Chicago as a boy of 19, and his entire life was that of a Christian
gentleman. For the last twenty years he was engaged in the
real estate business, and was a large buyer of suburban and
city property. He laid out and subdivided the town of Maple-
wood, and conducted other large transactions which gave him a
high standing in the business world. He was an acti\e mem-
ber of the Chicago Real Estate Board, and for years ably man-
aged the Tuttle King estate. His wife was the second daughter
ot Mr. King, and survives him. The philanthropic side of Mr.
Farlin's nature was well developed. He omitted no oppor-
tunity to do good, and a large portion of his time in late years
was taken up with the management of the affairs of poor widows,
who looked upon him as their trusty friend. He was one of
Mr. Moody's principal supporters in his Chicago Avenue
Church, and his religious work was marked by deep earnest-
ness, liberality and untiring devotion. For years he was asso-
ciated with the Young Men's Christian AsscKiation, and he took
a deep interest in the work of the Chicago Bible Society. He
was active in Railway Chapel matters, and has been the presi-
dent of the Free Dispensary from the date of its organization.
Ch.: Myron Whitney, b. Nov. 3, 1876; Susie F.,m. Geo. H. High,
son of George M. High; res. 63 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, 111.;

Harriett, b. ; m. Lewis H. Davis, attorney; res. s. p. 146^

Mich. Ave., Chicago, 111.

1797. Luther Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, lohn, John, |ohn), b. Apr.
15, 1791; m. Sept. 20, L-<14, Betsey Dart, b. June 3, 1791; d.Nov. 15, I88i.

Luther Whitney, in 1813, while residing in Gilsum, N. H., had a tailoring estab-
lishment on the brook south of his father's house. It was burned by fire in 1817; a
new shop was erected on the spot occupied by the old one. Later he conducted a
woolen factory which he erected, and which he afterward sold in 1829 to David
Brigham. It was destroyed by fire in 1830. He was often chosen on important
committees of the town, was selectman 1817-21-22-23-25-26, representative 1825 and

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 249

1827, justice of the peace from 1827 to 1832, was one of the organizers of the Congre-
gational church in 1815. In 1830 he moved to New York state and died at Law-
renceville. He d. July 30, 1869; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.

3760. i. Luther, b. July 26, 1815; m. Rebecca J. Irwin.

3761. ii. Edgar, b. June 25, 1818; m. Maria R. Shepard and Sarah

Church.

3762. iii. Joshua, b. Jan. 25, 1820; d. unm., Mobile, Ala.

• 3763. iv. Pascal, b. Nov. 4, 1823; m. Pema Shepard and Amanda Rock-
well. He d. Dec. 3, 1883; res. Osage, la.

1799. Daniel Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Gil-
sum, N. H., Sept. 3, 1795; m. at Middlebury, Vt., Sept. 1, 1826, Emeline S. Henshaw,
b. Middlebury, Vt., July 21, 1803; d. Oct. 25, 1890. The deceased will be long remem-
bered for her true Christian character and her charitable deeds. Her benefactions
were performed without ostentation, bringing life and joy where sickness and poverty
had laid their withering hand. Her influence, like that of the rain upon the thirsty

land, was always for good. The writer of this item desires
to lay a wreath of immortelles upon her resting place in
the memory of her deeds during dire sickness many long
years ago— ministrations that were as pure and hallowed
as the manna that fell from Heaven— and it was a sample
act of her daily life. [Green Bay paper.]

Mr. Whitney was born in the town of Gilsum, N. H.,
Sept. 3, 1795, and went to Green Bay, Wis., in the summer
of 1819, being then 24 years of age. He established him-
self in mercantile business near Camp Smith, two and
a half miles above the present site of Green Bay, where
the village then was, and this was the starting point of
all his numerous enterprises. He was the first American
who opened a store and it was the most extensive west of
the lakes. Wisconsin and all the west and north, was
DANIEL WHITNEY. thcn au entire wilderness, inhabited only by the wild

Indians, comprising within the limits of the present state
at least six different nations, and other nations still more fierce and warlike held all the
country west of the Mississippi. This did not prevent him from making many long
journeys to the interior, and pushing his investigations wherever he thought good loca-
tions for trade could be found. He explored the Fox river to its source, and the Wis-
consin from the rapids to the Mississippi. In 1821-22 he was sutler for U. S. troops at
Fort Snelling on the St. Peter's river, Minnesota. He established several trading posts
on the Mississippi, where he supplied traders with goods; and had also a trading post
at Sault St. Marie. During the winter of 1822 he traveled on foot from Fort Snelling
to Detroit, with only an Indian for a companion to assist him with his provisions and
bedding, which they drew on a hand sled. During this whole journey (about 1,000
miles) he met but one white man and saw but two cabins. An incident occurred on
this trip, which showed the perseverance and daring of the man. In crossing one of
the numerous rivers on the route, he found the ice bad. The Indian guide was afraid.
Mr. Whitney crossed over and drew the sled and loading with him. The Indian
would not follow. Mr. W. recrossed; Indian would not be persuaded to try it; Mr.
W. had broken through with one foot, ice was thin, the water was deep and the cur-
rent strong. Mr. Whitney provided himself with a rope from the sled and a cudgel,
and compelling the Indian to lie down upon the ice, with the rope drew him over in
safety. In the fall of 1824 he had a vessel, loaded with goods and provisions for
Green Bay, frozen in near Mackinac. As such an accident in those times threatened
serious consequences to the settlements, and, although starvation was impossible
when fish and venison were plenty, yet many must suffer inconvenience, and Mr.
W. great loss, unless the supplies could be reached. As soon, therefore, as cold
weather had insured a bridge of ice along shore, and across the rivers and bays, he
fitted out an expedition consisting of himself and several Canadian Frenchmen
with horse-trains, and made the trip to Mackinac on the ice, where the vessel was,
and returned with all he could put on, of the most necessary goods.

In order to carry on his extensive operations he went several times to Canada
and procured large numbers of men used to voyaging and the trader's life. With
these as companions and assistants he traversed the country on foot, in the bark
canoe and the Mackinac boat, exploring new sections of country, and transporting
goods to his trading houses. Many of these men are still in the county and have
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250 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

become most substantial farmers. From these early times until the light of civiliza-
tion shone across the country, and settlements were formed, and roads opened from
the lake shore to the interior, and until the improvements of the Fox river had so far
progressed as to admit of partial steamboat navigation, Mr. Whitney was 1 .rgely
engaged in the transportation business. For many years all the supplies for Forts
Winnebago and Crawford and the upper Mississippi, for troops, Indian treaties, etc.,
were conveyed in boats from Green Bay by the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and few
persons, not familiar with those times can form any idea of the immense labor and
cost involved in carrying it out. Between the years 1825 and 1830 Mr. Whitney
explored the upper Wisconsin, and built mills at Plover Portage, and for more than
fifteen years was engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber and running it
down the Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers to the St. Louis market. This was the
first lumbering establishment erected on the Wisconsin river, and probably the first
on any tributary of the Mississippi. During the same period he also built a shot
tower at Helena, on the Wisconsin river, and inaugurated an extensive business at
that point. From the time the Stockbridge Indians came into the state to commence
their new homes, in 1827 or '28, until their removal to their present location in
Shawano county, he kept a supply store among them and transacted their business
for them, and during the whole time, about thirteen years, possessed their entire
confidence as a strictly honest man, and a fair and liberal dealer, and down to the
time of his death these Indians looked up to him as their father and friend. In the
year 1831 he abandoned his residence near Camp Smith and moved his family and
store to Navarino, now Green Bay, near the mouth of the river, where he continued
to reside. From his earliest acquaintance with the locality and surroundings of
Green Bay, he entertained the most unbounded confidence in its capabilities and
fitness to become the most important commercial town in the state, and, acting upon
this faith, he as early as possible secured the land where the city now stands, and in
1828 or '29 laid out the town of Navarino, since incorporated as Green Bay, and
commenced building a city. In 1830 he had completed a wharf and spacious ware-
house, ? nortion of the Washington house, a school house, and some dwelling houses
for his mechanics and laborers. From 1830 to 1840 he continued to build, and as
fast as materials could be obtained, erected eight or ten stores and a large number
of dwelling houses to rent, and in the meantime gave away a considerable number of
lots to mechanics and others who were desirous of building homes for themselves..
He also contributed very largely towards the completion of the Episcopal church
edifice, the first protestant house of worship built in that city, and the first in the
state. This church edifice was always a special object of interest to him, and from
its completion in 1838 until all cares ended with him on earth, he never ceased to
watch about it, and many a dollar has he expended in repairs from time to time
which no one but himself ever noted or recorded; for which the congregation can
never cease to owe him a grateful remembrance. During the last fifteen years of
his life he pursued no regular business, but devoted his whole time to the care of an
immense landed estate. His early life in the wilderness, upon the rivers, and upon
the bay, was full of incidents, interesting, as showing the intrepidity of his character,,
and his indomitable perseverance under the most discouraging difficulties. On one
occasion, while returning home from Grand Kaukauna with horse and train on the
ice, in the night, his horse broke through. Being alone, and finding himself unable
to extricate the horse without aid, in order to keep the horse's head above water tied
it to the train, and then went three miles for assistance, rather than let his horse be
drowned, as most men would have done. He returned with help and saved the
horse. Whenever there was danger in his path he was always at the head of his
party and never required a man in his employ to go where he was afraid to lead.
He was never a candidate, and never held an office. Honest and upright in all his
dealings, he always possessed the confidence of his employes and dependants and
all who had any business transactions with him. His heart was ever kind; and the
poor, the unfortunate and the afflicted, in his death, have lost a friend who never
forgot them. Many is the time that such in their greatest want have found the
needed supply in the doorway, or at the kitchen corner at nightfall, or at the day-
dawn, without ever knowing the hand that relieved them; and oft has the Christmas
tide brought with it happiness when else no merry Christmas jubilee would have
found its way around the fires where no Yule log was wont to burn, but for his ever
benevolent and open hand. Such will remember him with affection, and it is feared,,
look in vain for one to take his place. He died in the house where he had resided
almost thirty years, on the 4th day of November, 1862. at the age of 68 years, and by
his will left his large and valuable estate entirely under the control of his widow, as.
sole executor. He d. Nov. 4, 1862; res. Green Bay, Wis.

3764.

i.

3765.

VI.

3766.

11.

3767.

111.

3768.

iv.

3769.

V.

3770.

Vll

3773.

iii.

3774.

IV.

3775.

V.

3776.

vi.

or-"-*-

vii

3778.

ix.

377^.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 251

Daniel H., b. June 7, 1827; m. Eva Rosina Baeder.

Harriett H., b. Oct. 18, 1842; res. G. B., unm.

Joshua, b. Aug. 30, 182f<; m. Elizabeth F. Irwin.

Wm. B., b. Apr. 4, 1832; m. Laura M. Clewell and Emma G.

Varian.
Chas. R., b. Sept, 27, 1837; d. Nov. 27, 1841.
John P. K., b. Nov. 10, 1840; d. Oct. 3'>, 1841.
Kenry Clay, b. Apr. 12, 1847; d. Sept. 28, 1847.

1802. Joseph Whitney (Palmer, Joseph, Timothv, John, John, John), b. in
Orange, Mass., Aug. 8, 1798; m. Nov. 20, 1823, Sophronia Taylor, b. Nov. 10, 1805; d.
Jan. 10, 1882.

Joseph Whitney who married a daughter of Joseph Taylor, resided in Gilsum
from 1823 to 1826; he then moved to Java, N. Y., and finally settled in Thomson, 111.,
where he died. He was a farmer. He d. Nov. 24, 1872; res. Gilsum, N. H., Java, N.
Y., and Thomson, 111.

3771. i. Joseph H., b. Mar. 20, 1824; d. unm. in G.

3772. ii. Nancy, b. Oct. 5, 1825; m. Feb. 19, 1862, French; res.

Thomson, 111.; b. Apr. 20, 1828. He is a farmer. Ch.: Louie C,

b. Mav25, 1864; m. Apr. 8, 1885, Rupple; Melvin E., b.

Apr. 26, 1865; d. Aug. 24, 1869; William N., b. July 20, 1866; d.

Sept. 20, 1869.
Alonzo, b. Mar. 6, 1827; m. and res. Thomson, 111.
Edward, b. Aug. 7, 1829; m. Catherine Plough.
Jasper, b. Aug. 23, 1831; m. Sarah E. Alden.
Susannah B., b. July 28, 1834; d. Sept. 30, 1837.

Elvira, b. Aug. 8, 1839; m. Taylor; res. N. Y.

Luther, b. Dec. 7, 1841; m. Ellen A. Willey.
Susanna, b. July 28, 1834; d. unm.

1803. John Whitney (Palmer, Joseph, Timothv, John, John, John), b. Orange'
Mass., Aug. 18, 1804; m. at Wyoming, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1826, Rachel Ward; d. 1837; m.
2d, Feb. 7, 1839, Mariah Blood; b. June 28. 1812, in Tompkins Co., N. Y. He was a
farmer. He d. Nov. 21, 1854; res. Wyoming, N. Y., Campton, Kane Co., 111.

Daniel, b. Jan. 3, 1840; m. Altha Maria Babbitt.

Seymour, b. Sept. 10, 1827; m. Sarepta Warren and Addie Ward.

Alden, b. July 14, 1829; m. Charlotte Maria Cowles.

Rachel, b. July 3, 1842; m. Dec. 17, 1877, Charles L. Probert; b.
Dec. 1, 1825; s. p.; res. Wasco, 111.
3784. V. Mary Ann, b. Apr. 9, 1844; m. Dec. 24, 1865, George A. Downey;
res. Appleton, Wis. He was b. Feb. 7, 1842. Ch.: Charles W.,
b. Aug. 15, 1867; m. May. 18, 1892; address Box 112, North
Kaukauna, Wis.; Hattie A., b. Nov. 1. 1869; m. July 22, 1890;
address Wasco, III.; present name Hattie A. Marten; Mariah C,
b. Nov. 19, 1871; m. July 31, 1892; address Appleton, Wis.;
present name Mariah C. Haaman; Lucy, b. April 22, 1874; m.
July 1, 1893; present name Lucy Eastman; address St. Charles,
111.; George, b. April 11, 1876; d. Sept., 1876; Sarah Grace, b.
Sept. 11, 1877; Maggie May, b. May 10, 1880.

John, b. Feb. 23, 1846; m. Etta Shipman.

Maria, b. June 23, 1848; d. Mar. 28, 1870.

Melvin, b. Feb. 20, 1851; m. Adella Millen.

Charlotte, b. Dec. 4, 1852; d. Aug. 16, 1870.

1804. Mark Whitney (Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. :

m. Caroline Ward. He d. ; res. .

3789. i. David M., res. Lamont, Iowa.

1805. Benjamin Franklin Whitney (Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John,
John), b. Java, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1818; m. there Nov. 20, 1840, Lucinda Potter, b. Nov.
21,1821.

He was born in Java Village, N. Y., and has always lived upon a farm. Fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits in Illinois until he moved to Coin. Res. Coin, Page Co., la.

3790. i. Ann E., b. Aug. 15, 1841 ; m. Nov. 20, 1867, F. R. Sebolt; res. Coin.

Ch.: Bessie E,, Frank R,, and Linda A.

3780.

3781.

3782.

ii.

3783.

v.

3785.

vi.

3786.

Vll.

3787.

viii

3788.

IX.

252 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3791. ii. Emma E., b. Nov. 12, 1842; d. Oct. 12, 1844.

3792. iii. Mary A., b. Nov. 14, 1845; d. Nov. 24, 1856.

3793. iv. Harry F., b. Nov. 10, 1847; m. Maggie Shields Hanna.

3794. v. Clara C, b. Apr. 9, 1850; m. Nov. 28, 1873, King; res. Coin.

Ch.: Elton, Roy, Flory, Valentine, Theron and Herman.

3795. vi. Eva I., b. Feb. 1, 1852; m. Nov. 10, 1874, McLeod; res. Coin.

Ch.: Jessie, Hollie, Nina, Frank, Grace and Merle.

3796. vii. Henry Foster, b. May 2, 1856; d. Jan. 8, 1879.

V 3797. viii. Freddie Warren, b. July 17, 1861; d. Mar., 1862.

3798. ix. Zine A., b. Aug. 19, 1866; m. Apr. 11, 1886, Anderson; res.

Coin, s. p.

1806. Lemuel Palmer Whitney*( Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Java, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1821; m. there Jan. 8, 1844, Lydia M. Van Slyke; b. July 10,
1823; d. Nov. 27, 1885. He is a farmer; res. Belleville, Kan.

3799. i. Louisa M.,b. July 24, 1845; m. in 1868, A. C. Nelson; res. Bradford,

Pa.

3800. ii. Newton P., b. Dec. 9, 1847.

3801. iii. Edwin James, b. Jan. 16, 1850; m. 1873; res. Genoa, 111.

3802. iv. Emma E., b. July 22, 1852; m. in 1873, 1. O. Coarson; res. Marengo,

111.

3803. V. Ida G., b. Sept. 16, 1854; m. in 1876, D. C. Ide; res. Belleville.

1807. Jarvis Whitney (Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. War-
wick, Mass., Mar. 25, 1811; m. about 1833 Nancy Potter; m. 2d, at Java, N. Y., July 10,
1842, Mary Catherine Rimmer; b. in Liverpool, England, Aug. 6, 1821; d. Aug. 5,
1886; he was a carpenter. He d. Oct. 5, 1855; res. Java and Pekin, N. Y,, and
Campton, 111.

3804. i. Mark J., b. Apr. 19, 1843; m. Matilda Ann Freeland.

3805. ii. William, b. June 2, 1845; m. Millie Freeland.

3806. iii. Franklin, b. Feb. 24, 1847; m. at Minneapolis, Sophia Hanson;

is a grocer; res. s. p. 500 Lake street, Minn.

3807. iv. Mary Jane, b. June 23, 1852; m. Dec. 25, 1869, Isaac P. Michael;

res. Davenport, Wash. He was b. June 2, 1843; is a farmer.
Ch.: Jessie, b. May 14, 1876; John F.,b. Nov. 30, 1878; Pearl K.,b.
Nov. 4, 1880; Rosa Ellen, b. May 1, 1871; d. Oct. 2, 1873.

3808. v. John D., b. June 12, 1849; m. Angie Woodin.

3809. vi. Nancy M., b. Aug. 10, 1856; m. Feb. 21, 1874, Andrew C. Pingree;

res. Minneapolis, Minn. He was. b. Oct. 3, 1849; was formerly a
farmer at Pingree Station, Kane Co., 111.; now in the fuel busi-
ness. Ch.: Hattie May, b. Feb. 19, 1879; Pingree street; Elmer
F., b. Aug. 24, 1883; Burlington, 111.; Daisy E., b. 1885; Elgin, 111.

3810. vii. Alsera, b. Nov. 28, 1834; d. abt. 1860.

3811. viii. Anna, b. Aug. 22, 1836; d. abt. 1857. She was married and left

one child, a daughter now residing in Iowa, at Manchester.

1813. James Foster Whitney (Lemuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Warwick, Mass., Sept. 12, 1808; m. at Charleston, 111., Elizabeth S. Morton.

He was born in Warwick, Mass., the only son of Lemuel and Sally (Pratt)
Whitney, and in his youth resided in Ohio. With his parents he moved to Charles-
ton, Coles Co., 111., where he was married. He was a merchant engaged in general
business, and died when 42 years of age. He d. Aug. 14, 1850; res. Charleston, 111.

3812. i. George L., b. May 20, 1837; m. Tillitha C. Stoner.

3813. ii. Charles T., b. ; d. 1842.

3814. iii. Susan S., b. Jan. 4, 1842; m. May 4, 1864, Oliver H. Ames. She

d. Aug. 12, 1886; res. Mattoon, 111. He was b. Nov. 16, 1840;

is a farmer. Ch.: William H., b. July 11, 1865; Charles F., b.

Jan. 1, 1867; Mary O., b. Oct. 13, 1870; Harry D., b. February 20,

1877; Gertrude, b. Sept. 14, 1883; William H., d. June 15, 1890;

Charles F., m. April 10, 1889.
James F., b. Sept. 4, 1843; m. Alice Hambler.

Henry M., b. ; d. in July, 1865, in the army.

Charles T., b. Dec. 29, 1849; m. Minnie Jane Peaks.

Sallie, b. Feb. 7, 1851; m. Jan. 5, 1870, W. Scott Pinnell; res.

Kansas, 111. He was b. Nov. 28, 1848; is a dealer in hardware

3815.

iv.

3816.

V.

3817.

vu

3818.

Vll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 253

and agricultural implements. Ch.: Flavia V., b. Oct. 10, 1870;

' Orrin Frederic, b. Feb. 23, 1873; Bessie Fern, b. Sept. 12. 1880;

Arthur Whitney, b. Jan. 80, 1888; Florence Louise, b. November

20, 1891 ; d. Apr. 9, 1893; all single. Present address, Kansas, 111.

1821. Ephraim Whitney (Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Upton, Mass., May 13, 1756; m. in Grafton, Oct. 1, 1778, Jemima Whipple;
b. in Grafton, 1753; d. in Upton, 1795; m. 2d, June 4, 1795, Joanna Sadler; d. May 2.
1839.

He was born in Upton, worked on his father's farm, and at his death came into
possession of one-half of it. He served as a soldier in the Upton Company, com-
manded by Capt. Woods, in the Revolutionary war. Was an honorable and genial
man. He was much given to story telling, especially of the war, of which he had a
great memory. He d. Sept. 29, 1827; res. Upton, Mass.

3819. i. Joel, b. Sept. 11, 1779; d. June 27, 1803; unm.

3820. ii. Daniel, b. Sept. 11, 1781; d. Mar. 2, 1796.

3821. iii. LYDiA,b. Dec. 10, 1783; m John Rockwood. She d. Oct. 16,1862.

Ch.: Emily, b. May 17, 18U5; m. Dec. 25, 1826, Elijah Forbush.
She d. Nov. 3, 1840, and he m, 2d, Olive Adams; res. Upton,
Mass.; Deborah, b. 1807; m. John Pickett; Gregory S., b. 1811;
m. Silence Brown.

3822. iv. Moses, b. Aug. 31, 1786; m. Susannah Hall.

3823. v. Sophia, b. Aug. 25, 1789; m. Elias Warfield. She d. Jan. 27, 1859.

Ch.: Addison, b. 1816; m. H. A. Rockwood; Sophia, b. 1820; m.
Elijah Ballard; Elias, b. 1823; Ruby,b. 1826; Whipple, b. 1828;

3824. vi. Chole, b. Oct. 14, 1791; d. unm. Nov. 2, 1867, in Upton.

3825. vii. Jemima, b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Francis Hapgood. She d. Aug. 14,

1848. She was his second wife and d. s. p.; by his first wife,
Dorcas Willis, he had Gilbert, Salome, Hannah, Jonathan, Sarah,
Samuel, Martha, Robert, Olive Mason and Francis.

1822. Amos Whitney (Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Upton, Mass., June 29, 1759; m. Eunice Taft.

He was born in Upton where he always resided. At his father's death he inher-
ited part of his farm, on which he lived. He d. Sept. 22, 1841; res. Upton, Mass.

3826. i. Esther, b. ; m. Dea. Morse. Ch.: Henry, Lewis and Eu-

nice.

3827. ii. Elijah, b. ; m. Sarah Reed.

3829. iii. Amos, b. Aug., 1793; m. Nancy Warren.

3830. iv. Hannah, b. ; d. unm.

3831. v. Polly, b. ; d. unm.

3832. vi. Sally, b. Sept., 1801; m. Apr., 1827. Eron Fiske. He was b. May

12,1800; d. Apr. 26, 1885; was a carpenter. Ch.: Philo W., b.
Apr. 5, 1832; m. Nov., 1856; d. June, 1879; Dennis T., b. Apr. 7,
1837; m. Aug. 8, i860; Ellen L., b. May 18, 1839; m. Feb., 1864;
Leona W., b. Feb. 30, 1842; m. Apr., 1865; Dennis T., Upton,
Mass.; Ellen L., Mrs. Z. B. Grandy; Leona W., Mrs. A. J. God-
dard, Grafton, Mass.

3833. vii. Joel, b. Apr. 19, 1804; m. Mary J. Whitney.

1823. Major Ezra Whitney (Oliver, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,

John), b. in Upton, Mass.; m. ; d. before her husband. His will was presented

for probate Sept. 9, 1846, and allowed May, 1847. Jono. Bradish was executor. He
was second major in a Worcester regiment during the Revolutionary war. He d. 1846;
res. Upton, Mass.

3834. i. Hepsibeth, b. ; m. Stearns; res. Upton. Shed. bef.

her father, leaving ch., Luther, and Harriett, who m.

Brown.

3835. ii. Polly, b. ; d. unm.

3836. iii. Dorcas, b. ; d. unm. in 1861. She made her will Jan. 10,

1861. It was probated Sept. 3, 1861. Polly, her sister, was men-
tioned. Aaron Partridge was executor.

1825. Jacob Whitney (Oliver, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Upton, Mass., in 1770; m. in Grafton, Sept. 27,1795, Patty Whipple, b. 1770; d. July 21,
1851. He was a farmer. He d. Jan. 3, 1855; res. Upton, Mass.

254 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3837. i. Jacob, b. ;d. young.

3838. ii. Annie, b. ; m. Hiram Fowler, of W. Ch.: Samuel, Eliza

and John.

3839. iii. Betsey, b. in 1804; m. in Worcester in 1882, Luther Legg, b. Jan.,

1794; res. W. Ch.: Lucy, d. unm.; Perley, b. Nov. 14, 1882; res.
unm. in Upton, Mass., and Mira, d. unm. Betsey d. 1892. He
was a farmer, and d. 1872.

3840. iv. Sebra, b. ; m. Samuel King; res. W. Ch.: Emory, Davis,

Lawson and Curtis.

1832. Joseph Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, NathanielNathaniel, John, John),
b. Nov. 27, 1767; m. Polly Stockwell; d. Oct. 29, 1844. He d. Aug. 4, 1843; res.
Grafton, Mass.

3841. i. Joseph H., b. Mar. 29, 1803; m. Damaris H. Rice and Sarah

Ingraham.

3842. ii. Daniel S., b. Nov. 24, 1804; d. Dec. 19, 1832. He made his will

Oct. 20, 1832. It was probated Feb. 5, 1833. Mentions father
Joseph, brother Nath'l G., sister Hannah R., sister Harriett \V.
Nath'l Whitney, exec.

3843. iii. Polly J., b. Oct. 29, 1806; m. Jan. 1, 1829, Solomon L. Prentice, b.

1802. She d. ; res. Grafton, Mass. Ch.: Ann M., b. Mar.

18, 18.80; Sarah R., b. Feb. 2, 1833; Mary E. b. July 10, 1885; d.
Aug. 9, 1837.

3844. iv. Nathaniel G., b. July 4 1810; m. Charlotte Thompson.
384.3. V. Hannah R.,b. Aug. 25, 1812; m. Nov. 6, 1834, John C. Cody.
3846. vi. Harriett R., b. Jan. 19, 1817.

1886. Eli Whitney (Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
boro, Dec. 8, 1765; m. Jan., 1817, Henrietta Frances Edwards, June, 1768; d. Apr. 16,
1870. She was dau. of Hon. Pierpont Edwards, gr. at Princeton Coll. in 1768; was a law-
yer in New Haven, Conn., soldier in the Revolution, member of the Continental
Congress, and judge of the U. S. court for Conn, at the time of his death. He was a
frequent member of the Conn. Legislature, was the first grand master of the Masonic
fraternity in Conn. She was a granddaughter of Rev. Jonathan Edwards, president
of New Jersey college.

Eli Whitney, inventor, born in Westboro, Mass., Dec. 8, 1765; died in New
Haven, Conn., Jan. 8, 1825. During the Revolutionary war he was engaged in making
nails by hand. Subsequently, by his industry as an artisan and by teaching, he was
able to defray his expenses at Yale, where he was graduated in 1792. In the same
year he went to Georgia under an engagement as a private tutor, but on arriving
there found that the place had been filled. He then accepted the invitation of the
widow of Gen. Nath. Greene to make her place at Mulberry Grove, on Savannah
river, his home while he studied law. Several articles that he had devised for Mrs.
Greene's convenience gave her great faith in his inventive powers, and when some
of her visitors regretted that there could be no profit in the cultivation of the green
seed-cotton, which was considered the best variety, owing to the great difficulty of
separating it from the seed, she advised them to apply to Whitney, " who," she said,
"could make anything." A pound of green-seed cotton was all that a negro woman
could, at that period, clean in a day. Mr. Whitney up to that time had seen neither
the raw cotton nor the cotton seed, but he at once procured some cotton, from which
the seeds had been removed, although with trouble, as it was not the season of the
year for the cultivation of the plant, and began to work out his idea of the cotton-
gin. He was occupied for some months in constructing his machine, during which
he met with great difficulty, being compelled to draw the necessary iron wire him-
self, as he could obtain none in Savannah, and to manufacture his own iron tools.
Near the end of 1792 he succeeded in making a gin, of which the principle and
mechanism are exceedingly simple. Its main features are a cylinder four feet long,
and five inches in diameter, upon which is set a series of circular saws half an inch
apart and projecting two inches above the surface of the revolving cylinder. A
mass of cotton in the seed, separated from the cylinder by a steel grating, is brought
in contact with the numerous teeth in the cylinder. These teeth catch the cotton
while playing between the bars, which allow the lint, but not the seed, to pass.
Beneath the saws is a set of stiff brushes on another cylinder, revolving in an opposite
direction, which brush off from the saw teeth the lint that these have just pulled
from the seed. There is also a revolving fan for producing a current of air to throw
the light and downy lint that is thus liberated to a convenient distance from the

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 255

revolving saws and brushes. Such are the essential principles of the cotton-gin as
invented by Whitney, and as it is still used, but in various details and workmanship
it has been the subject of many improvements, the object of which has been to pick
the cotton more perfectly from the seed, to prevent the teeth from cutting the staple,
and to give greater regularity to the operation of the machine. By its use the planter
was able to clean for market, by the labor of one man, one thousand pounds oi cotton
in place of five or six by hand. Mrs. Greene and Phinehas Miller were the only ones
permitted to see the machine, but rumors of it had gone through the state, and before
It was quite finished the buildmg in which it was placed was broken into at night and
the machine was carried off. Before he could complete his model and obtain a
patent, a number of machines, based on his invention, had been made surreptitiously,
and were in operation. In May, 1793, he formed a partnership with Mr. Miller, who
had some property,, and went to Connecticut to manufacture the machines, but he
became involved in continual trouble by the infringement of his patent. In Georgia
it was boldly asserted that he was not the inventer, but that something like it had
been produced in Switzerland, and it was claimed that the substitution of teeth cut
in an iron plate for wire prevented an infringement on his invention. He had sixty
lawsuits pending before he secured a verdict in his favor. In South Carolina the
legislature granted him 850,000, which was finally paid after vexatious delays and
lawsuits. North Carolina allowed him a percentage for the use of each saw for five
years, and collected and paid it over to the patentees in good faith, and Tennessee
promised to do the same thing, but afterwards rescinded her contract. For years,
amid accumulated misfortunes, lawsuits wrongfully decided against him, the destruc-
tion of his manufactory by fire, the industrious circulation of the report that his ma-
chine injured the fiber of the cotton, the refusal of congress, on account of the south-
ern opposition, to allow the patent to be renewed, and the death of his partner, Mr.
Whitney struggled on until he was convinced that he should never receive a just
compensation for his invention. In 1791 the amount of cotton that was exported
amounted to only 189,500 pounds, while in 1803, owing to the use of his gin, it had risen
to more than 41,000,000 pounds. Despairing of ever gaining a competence, he turned
his attention in 1798 to the manufacture of fire-arms near New Haven, from which he
eventually gained a fortune. He was the first manufacturer of fire-arms to effect
the division of labor to the extent of making it the duty of each workman to perform
by machinery but one or two operations on a single part of the gun, and thus made
interchangeable the parts of the thousands of arms in process of manufacture at the
same time. His first contract was with the U. S. government for 10,000 stand of
muskets, to be finished in about two years. For the execution of this order he
took two years for preparation and eight more for completion. He gave bonds for
$30,000, and was to receive 813.40 for each musket, or 8134,000 in all. Immediately
he began to build an armory at the foot of East Rock, ten miles from New Haven, in
the village of Whitneyville, where, through the successive administrations, from that
of John Adams, repeated contracts for the supply of arms were made and fulfilled to
the entire approbation of the government. The construction of his armory, and
even of the commonest tools which were devised by him' for the prosecution of the
business in a manner peculiar to himself, evinced the fertility of his genius and the
precision of his mind. The buildings became the model by which the national
armories were afterwards arranged, and many of his improvements were taken to
other establishments and have become common property. His advance in the man-
ufacture of arms laid this country under permanent obligations by augmenting the
means of national defense. Several of his inventions have been applied to other
manufactures of iron and steel and added to his reputation. He established a fund
-of 8500 at Yale, the interest of which is expended in the purchase of books on me-
chanical and physical science. In 1817 he married a daughter of Judge Pierpont
Edwards. Robert Fulton said that "Arkwright, Watt and Whitney were the three
men that did the most for mankind of any of their contemporaries," and Macaulay
said: "What Peter the Great did to make Russia dominant, Eli Whitney's invention
of the cotton-gin has more than equaled in its relation to the power and progress of
the U. S." See " Memoir of Eli Whitney," by Denison Olmsted (New Haven, 1846).
He d. Jan. 8, 1825; res. New Haven, Conn.

3847. i. Francis Edwards, b. Nov. 2.3, 1817; m. Dec. 1, 1842, Charles L.

Chaplain. She d. May 7, 1849. He was b. Oct. 17, 1816; d. Mar.
7, 1892. Ch.: Henrietta E.. b. Feb. 10, 1843; res. 259 Church
St.. cor. Grove, N. H., Ct.; Wm. R. J., b. Feb. 7, 1844; Francis
Edwards, b. May'28, 1847; res. with Henrietta; Elizabeth S., b.
Dec. 19, 1848; res. with Henrietta; Charles F., b. May 4, 1859.

256 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3848. ii. Elizabeth Fay, b. ; d. .

3849. iii. Eli, b. Nov. 24, 1820; m. Sarah P. Dallibie.

3850. iv. Susan Edwards, b. Jan., 1821; d. Sept., 1823.

1838. Benjamin Whitney (Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Sept. 13, 1768; m. Sibbel Blake; d. Sept. 29, 1827. He d. Dec. 28, 1842; res. West-
boro, Mass.

3851. i. George Harlow, b. Mar. 11, 1805; d. s. p.

3852. ii. Caroline Susanna, b. Dec. 17, 1806; d. Oct. 27, 1837.

3853. iii. Sibbel Blake, b. Jan. 7, 1809; d. s. p.

3854. iv. Eli, b. July 10, 1812; m. in Fitchburg, Mass. He d. there and his

widow and daughter Louise, reside there now.

3855. V. Benj. Foster, b. Sept. .30, 1816; d. s. p.

1842. Moses Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 26, 1767; m. May 4, 1789, Bernice Locke, b. Apr. 11, 1768, in
Pelham, Mass; d. Nov. 28, 1855.

He was a farmer and resided in Marlboro, Vt. In going from Bennington, Vt.,
to Hoosick, N. Y., with a span of horses and a loaded wagon, when on the bank of
the river the wagon slid upon some ice off the road down a steep bank, when he was
thrown from his seat and so badly injured that he only survived thirty-six hours and
died in Hoosick. His son Zenas was with him at the time and rendered every possi-
ble assistance for his relief. The remains were taken to Marlboro for burial. He
d. Jan. 19, 1834; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Hoosick, N. Y.

William Ayres, b. Jan. 20, 1790; m. Cynthia Merrill.

Russell, b. May 17, 1792; m. Polly Lamb.

ToRRY, b. July 1, 1794; m. Betsey Lamb.

Stephen, b. July 26, 1796; m. Annice Winchester.

Barnard, b. Feb. 5, 1799; m. Lydia Buell.

Moses Allis, b. June 11, 1802; m. Amanda Morgan and Louisa
L. Fletcher.

Brittania, b. Oct. 18, 1805; m. June 28, 1832, Waters Gillet, of
Wilmington, Vt.; had 8 ch.; they settled in Whitingham.

Bernice, b. May 11, 1808; d. June 10, 1824.

Zenas H., Jan. 12, 1812; m. Polly Ingraham.

1844. Guilford Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 2, 1769; m. Feb. 6. 1793, Anna Locke, b. May 18, 1771; d. Apr.
8, 1843; she m. Mr. Finney, of Oberlin, O.

Guilford Whitney was born in Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 2, 1769; was married there and
continued to reside there until 1816, when the family removed to Strongsville, O.
He was at once admitted to the church and elected deacon, which office he held until
his death in 1831. His widow married Mr. Finney, of Oberlin, O. He d. Jan. 29,
1831; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Strongsville, O.

3865. L HOLLIS, b. Dec. 30, 1793; m. Charlotte Wallis and Sarah Burnett.

3866. ii. Bernice, b. Aug. 24, 1795; m. 1815, John Willard. She d. May

26, 1833. Ch.: Eliza, b. 1815; m. Thos. Scott, res. 111.; Franklin,
b. Aug. 3, 1817; m. Cynthia Briggs, res. Minn.; Philander, b. July
26,1819; d. July 6, 1849; Martin, b. Sept., 1822; m. Lucy Sawtell,
res. Wis.; Matilda, b. Aug. 16, 1825; m. Franklin Briggs; Caro-
line, b. Feb. 25, 1829; d. 1830; Sarah, b. July 20, 1830; d. 1834;
John, b. May 18, 1833; d. 1836.

3867. iii. Vina, b. Julv 27, 1797; d, Apr. 1, 1802.

3868. iv. Betsey, b. Dec. 3, 1799; d. Apr. 15, 1802.

3869. v. Vina, b. June 19, 1802; m. June 24, 1819, G. Strong, b. June 25,

1797. She d. June 2, 1842. Ch.: Annie, b. Apr. 30,1823; m.
Robt. Ashley; Mary D., b, July 3, 1825; m. Wm. Ashley; Samuel
S., b. May 12, 1827; David M., b. Aug. 22, 1829; Clarinda,b. Apr.
13, 1831; d. 1831; Harriett E., b. May 23, 1832; Vina, b. July L
1834; Lavinia, b. Apr. 7, 1837; d. 1841; Newton G., b. Dec. 31,
1838; Jubel, b. July 30,1840; d. 1840; Betsey L., b. May 31, 1842;
d. Aug. 20, 1842.

3870. vi. Flavel, b. Sept. 30, 1804; m. Clarinda Tuttle, Electa Hervey»

Amelia Allen, and Mrs. Catherine Amanda Barnes.

3871. vii. Jubel, b. Aug. 6, 1806; m. Abigail Gilbert.

3856.

3857.

ii.

3858.

HI.

3859.

IV.

3860.

v.

3861.

VI.

3862.

vii.

3863.

viii.

3864.

IX.

3876.

i.

3877.

in.

3878.

iv.

387i^.

V.

3880.

VI.

3881.

vii.

3882.

via.

3883.

ix.

3884.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 257

3872. viii. Lucy, b. Aug. 4, 1808; d. Mar. 30, 1816.

3873. ix. Samuel Franklin, b. July 28, 1811; d. Dec. 14, 1813.

3874. X. Betsey, b. Sept. 25, 1814; m. Dec. 31, 1832, Willard Wilkinson, b.

Aug. 12, 1813. Ch.: Bela B., b. Oct. 28, 1833; Abigail Jane. b.
Aug. 25, 1840; Emily, b. May, 12. 1836.

1846. Samuel Whitney (Samuel. Samuel. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Apr. 18, 1772; m. Apr. 7, 1792, Susanna Kimball, b. Mendon, Mass.,

July 24, 1769: d . They joined the Mormons and died in that colony and were

buried in Kirkland. He d. Feb., 1846; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Kirkland, O.

3875. ii. Newel Kimball, b. Feb. 5, 1795; m. Elizabeth Ann Smith,

Emmeline B. Woodward, and Anna Houston.
Caty, b. July 3. 1793.
Rebecca A., b. Julv 4, 1797,
BuRDiCK, b. July 18, 1799.
Priscilla, b. Nov. 7. 1801.
Samuel Franklin, b. Mar. 17, 1804. He d. in Kirkland, O,

leaving a son, Samuel F., Jr., who resides at Mentor Plains.

Lake Co., O., and the latter's dau., Mrs. A. G. Reynolds, res.

at Painesville, O.
Susanna K.. b. Nov. 30. 1806.
Clark Lyman, b. May 6, 1809.
Phebe K., b. June 26, 1812.
Caroline, b. Mar. 10, 1816.

1849. SiMCi Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b,
Marlboro, \'t., Apr. 10, 1781 ; m. Silence Tucker, of Shrewsbury, Mass., dau. of Daniel,
b. Apr. 9, 1785; d. Dec. 2, 1846. He d. Sept. 10, 1847; res. Marlboro. Vt.

3885. i. Annis. b. ; m. Sept. 15, 1825, Apollos Halliday.

3886. ii. Barilla, b. ; m. July 8, 1823, Nathan Jacobs, Jr.

3887. iii. Samuel Noyes, b. .

3888. iv. Miranda, b. —; m. Guilford Seaver.

3889. V. Martin, b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Electa Buell.

3890. vi. Henry, b. ; m. Maria Buel.

3891. vii. SiLENA, b. 1815; d. Jan. 3, 1829.

3892. viii. Mary Ann, b. ; m. Myrtle Rice, of Cavindish, Vt.

3893. ix. Cynthia Bernice, b. ; m. Henry Allen, of Shrewsbury.

Mass.

1852. Solomon Whitney (Nathaniel, Samuel, N'athaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 7, 1781; m. Dec. 9, 1805, Lucy Lyman, b. June 6, 1786; d. at
Springfield, Mass., Mar. 1, 1829, dau. of Rev. Dr. Gershon C. Lyman; m. 2d, June 17.
1829, Mrs. Sybil (Armes) Goodenow, d. July 12, 1873.

Solomon Whitney was born in Marlboro, Vt., March 7, 1781; received the general
education of those early times, working on the farm most of the time, yet developing
quite a mechanical skill in painting, glazing, and working in wood. Dec. 9, 1805, he
married Miss Lucy Lyman, daughter of the Rev. Gershon C. Lyman, pastor of the
Congregational church at Marlboro, of which he was early an influential and con-
sistent member. Here he lived, worked, reared, and educated his family until
about the year 1831, when he moved to Whitingham, Vt., and purchased a farm one
mile west of the middle of the town, near Sadawga Pond. Later he purchased a
carding mill and cloth dressing establishment, where he made a success in carding
the wool and dressing the homespun goods for the people of that vicinity. Here he
met with an accident that made him a cripple for life. In going into the wheel-pit
for some purpose while the big wheel was in motion, he slipped and one foot was
caught in the great wooden cogs which cut and mangled foot and leg clear to the
body. He was taken out and cared for by the best physician to be had, but for long
and weary days his life was despaired of. But wonderful as it seems, his strong
physical constitution, combined with as strong a will, brought him out with compara-
tively a good leg, a trifle short, and stiff in the ankle. A few years later he sold his
cloth dressing and wool carding establishment and built a chair factory on his own
farm, getting a ready sale for all the goods he could make. And here he spent the
last years of his life, a thoroughly good man and consistent Christian, loved and
respected by all. He was a thorough musician for those days, both vocal and instru-
mental, for years the leader of the choir in his church, and a member of a musical

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258 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

band. In politics a Whig, a Freesoiler, an Anti-slavery man, and had he lived would
have been a Republican, for he was always open to conviction and ever heralded all
measures of reform with enthusiasm. He d. Feb. 18, 1856; res. Marlboro and Whit-
ingham, Vt.

3894. i. Emily, b. Oct. 6, 1806; m. June 1, 1830, Henry Closson, b. Feb. 1,

1799. in Springfield, Vt., d. Apr. 24, 1880. Hon. Henry Closson
was born in Springfield, Vt., Feb. 1, 1799, and was the youngest
son of a family of 9 children. His father, Ichabod Closson, was
a farmer, his land lying on what is now known as " Parker's
Hill." He died May 9, 1808, of quick consumption, brought on by
exposure in clearing land. At his father's death Henry Closson
was taken in charge by his maternal uncle, Noah Safford, likewise
of Springfield, tinder him, much against his own will, he
learned the carpenter's trade. In the summer of 1817 Mr.
Safford went to Rochester, N. Y., to fulfill a contract he had
obtained, taking his 'prentice with him. At the end of the sum-
mer, however, he finally yielded to the prayers of his nephew,
and bestowed on him his freedom and SIO besides. With this
amount Henry Closson set out on foot from Rochester for
Springfield. The last day's journey brought him from Man-
chester, Vt., to Springfield, with his capital €tock reduced to
S1.50. He studied during the rest of the fall in Isaac Holton's
law office; the same now occupied by J. W. Pierce. In the win-
ter he taught school, as he did for several years after. The
ordinary pay for a 12 weeks' term was S86; once he received 840.
In 1818 he attended Chester academy for three terms. In his
twentieth year he commenced the study of law in the office of
Judge Asa Keys, then of Putney, Vt., and continued with him
until admitted to the bar at Newfane, Vt., March term, 1824.
The same year he began practice at Mt. Clemens, Mich. There
he remained till 1826, when he moved to Lodi, N. Y., where he
practiced for the next two years. He then removed to Whit-
ingham, Vt., where he remained five years. During this time he
married, June 1, 1830, Miss Emily Whitney, of Marlboro, \'t.
In 1835 he returned to Springfield, and there remained through
life in the practice of his profession. He was town clerk from
1836 to 1844, and state's attorney for the county in 1830-32. In
July, 1856, at the death of Judge Dutton, he was appointed by Gov.
Fletcher probate judge for the district of Windsor. At the next
election he was elected to the office, and annually thereafter for
twelve years, till 1868. He was a member of the legislature in
1839 and '40, and a member of the constitutional convention of
1870, and a delegate to different nominating conventions of his
party. For many years previous to his death he had been clerk
of the Congregational society of Springfield. He died April 26,
1880, aged' 81 vears 2 months 26 davs. Ch.: Henry Whitney,
b. June 6, 1832; m. Olivia Burk; d. June, 21, 1866; m. 2d, Julia
Wardsworth Terry; res. Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga.; Colonel
U. S. A.; Emily Safford, b. Sept. 26, 1833; m. Albert Melvin
Fellows, res. Parsons, Kan.; Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 26, 1844; m.
Henrv Martyn Arms, res. Springfield, ^'t.; Gershon Lvman, b.
Apr. 20, 1838; m. May 21, 1862, Lina Wells Loveland;' cashier
First National Bank, Springfield, Vt.

3895. ii. Diana, b. Feb. 20, 1808; d. s. p. Dec. 20, 1812.

3896. iii. Electa, b. Mav 31, 1812; m. June 21, 1831, Enoch Jacobs, b. June

30, 1809. She'd. Nov. 27. 1887. There are four children living,
viz.: Electa, b. Feb. 19, 1833, single; Enoch George, b. Nov. 24,
1839, widower; Chas. Edward, b. Aug. 20, 1845, carpenter, wife
and six children; Emily, b. July 6, 1851; m. to Prof. Falkinburg,
in 1872, teacher; 3 boys and 1 girl; res. Mount Airy, O. Mr.
Jacobs, was born in Marlboro, and went to Brooklyn, N. Y., in
1827; moved to Cincinnati, O., in 1843. He engaged in the man-
ufacture of iron mostly for southern trade and when the war
broke out lost heavily. He went into the army as correspondent
for the Cincinnati Cojnmercial and gave the first published

3897.

iv.

3898.

V.

3899.

VI.

3900.

Vll.

3901.

Vlll.

3902.

IX.

3905.

i.

3906.

11.

3907.

111.

3908.

IV.

3909.

V.

3910.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 259

account of the battle of Mill Spring, was also in the battle at
Fort Donalson, soon after lost the use of his right arm; was
elected justice of the peace in Cincinnati, served three years,
went to San Domingo with the Govt, commission in '71 and was
appointed U. S. consul to Montevideo in '72.

LvMAN Hubbard, b. July 2, 1814; m. Emeline Goodnow.

Kenrv, b. July 12, 1817; d. Springfield, Mass., Mar. 15, 1828.

Frank H., b. June 25, 1822; d. Apr. 22, 1831.

Jane M.\tilda, b. Dec. 15, 1823; d. Sept. 14, 1847.

Julia Ann, b. Jan. 17, 1827; d. Feb. 9, 1827.

Ann Ross, b. Mar. 18, 1830; m. Stephen French; res. Orange,
Mass.

3903. X. Solomon, b. Mar. 10, 1832; m. Sarah Chase and Lucy J. (Crosby)

Cozard.

3904. xi. Lucy Lyman, b. Nov. 18, 1809; m. May, 1831, Milo R. Crosby, of

Wilmington, and shed, there May 21, 1848.

1856. Luther Whitney' (Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Marlboro, Yt., Oct. 2, 1777; m. Jerusha ; res. Whitney's Grove, Han-
cock Co., 111.

Pamela, d. Nov. 20, 1803.

Chloe.

CooLEY', d. unm.

Edson, b. ; murdered by a Spaniard in St. Louis, Mo.

Delia.

Horace.

1862. Nathaniel Whitney (Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Marlboro, \'t., May 24, 1779; m. in Brattleboro, \t., 1802, Sallv Stewart, dau.
of Gen. John of Brattleboro, b. Sept. 19, 1778; d. Apr. 18, 1848; m. 2d,'Nov. 30, 1848;
Mrs. Lucy (Houghton) Hatch, dau. of Philemon and widow of Ezra Hatch. He d.
July 27, 1852; res. Marlboro, Yi.

Charles, b. July 2, 1803; d. Aug. 5, 1805.
Emory Siewart, b. Feb. 28, 1805; m. Sarepta Hale.
Harriett Maria, b. Feb. 27, 1807; d. Nov. 5, 1812.
Lurissa Newton, b. Jan, 17, 1809; m. May 9, 1837, Henry Good-
now; b. Oct. 1, 1809; res. Whitingham. He was a prominent
merchant and citizen. They had eleven children and only two
are now living, Charles S. and Henry S. They both res. in
Whitingham; the former has been chairman of the board of
selectmen for years; is an extensive farmer. Henry has been
postmaster for several years and is a retail dealer in musical
instruments.

3915. V. Charles Stewart, b. Apr. 5, 1811; m. Mar. 25, 1837, Cynthia

Crouch; res. Adrian, Mich.

3916. vi. Harriet Maria, b. Mar. 28, 1813; res. Marlboro.

3917. vii. Geo. Washington, b. May 2, 1815; m. Mar. 17, 1840, Mehitable

Cronk. He d. Feb. 18, 1843; res. Whitingham, \'t.

3918. viii. Infant Son, b. ; d. July 16, 1817.

3919. ix. John Stewart, b. Oct. 12, 1818; m. Ann White and Hannah

Barney.

3920. X. Nathaniel Packard, b. Mar. 18, 1821; m. .

1882. Phinehas Whitney, (Phinehas, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Mar. 10, 1788, m. Martha Mattison; m. 2d, Deborah Palmer. He d. Sept. 2.
1847; res. German Flats, N. Y.

3921. i. Martha, b. .

3922. ii. Cole Mattison, b. Feb. 23, 1814; m. Catherine Gettman.

3923. iii. MoNDANA, b. ; m. Jacob Seckner; res. Cedarville, N. Y.

3924. iv. Polly, Marietta, b. ; m. Rudolph Gettman; a son b. res.

Ilion, N. Y.

3925. V. Phinehas Gorton; a son res. Frankfort, N. Y.

3926. VI. Emergency, b. .

3927. vii. Esther, b. ; m. Jeremiah Folts; res. West Winfield, N. Y.

3911.

1,

3912.

11.

3913.

111.

3914.

iv.

260 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1883. John Whitney (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Oct. 20, 1774 at Spencer, Mass.; m. at Springfield, Vt., Nov. 16, 1797, Elizabeth Saf-
ford Rowley, b. Jan. 29, 1775; d. Westport N. Y., July 15, 1852.

John Whitney married Elizabeth Safford, in Springfield, Vt., and about 1810
moved to Westport, N. Y., bought a farm adjoining his brother Benjamin's on the
Bouquet river, one mile above Wadham's Mills. The town line between Westport
and Essex ran between the houses of John and Benjamin. They were both farmers.
John spent much time in trying to perfect a reaping machine, which he invented
probably about 1815. His life was uneventful, was highly esteemed by his neigh-
bors; was a member of the Congregational church, and his homestead is now occu-
pied bv his grandchildren, Lemuel Whitney and Elminer Eliza. He d. April 30,
1834. Res. Springfield, Vt.; Wadham's Mills, N. Y.

3928. i. Abigail S., b. Oct. 28, 1799; m. Feb. 19, 1823, Oliver H. Barrett,

She d. Jan. 2, 1834. He was b. Oct. 26, 1794; d. Apr. 3, 1842.
She d. at Westport, N. Y. Ch.: John Whitney, b. Dec. 21,

1823. 1st m. : 2d m. ; res. 232 Monticello Ave.

Chicago, 111.; Benjamin Albert, b. Dec. 6, 1825; bachelor; res.
1000 Kansas Ave. N. Topeka, Kan.; Oliver Dana, b. Sep. 28,
1828; m. Feb. 14, 1861; res. Washington Loan & Trust Build-
ing, Washington, D. C. He was born in Westport, Sept. 28,
1828, on his father's farm one mile west of Wadham's Mill. At
the age of five his mother died and then he went to live with
Daniel Safford, the husband of his grandaunt, Sallie Whitney.
She was the " Little Sallie" that figured so prominently in an
interesting work published by Luthera Whitney, entitled, " Days
and Ways of a Hundred Years Ago." Daniel Safford was a
brother of his grandmother, Elizabeth Whitney, nee Safford.
He lived with his granduncle and aunt until Oct., 1842. The
next year he lived with his uncle, Joel F. Whitney on the home-
stead of his grandfather, John Whitney, and the year following,
he resided in Cambridge, Vt. He finally entered the University
of Vermont, and graduated in 1854. He then accepted the

professorship of Greek and mathemat-
ics in the Valley Seminary, Fulton, N.
Y. Subsequently he accepted the prin-
cipalship of the West Randolph Class-
ical Academy of Vermont. On the 14th
of Feb., 1861, he married Mrs. Sallie
Sutton, nee Currie; went to Washing-
ton, D. C, the next day, and has resided
there ever since. There he was admit-
ted to the bar and for several years was
associated in the practice of law with
the Hon. Caleb Cushing, and that asso-
ciation continued until he accepted the
position of counsel in the Geneva Ar-
bitration cases. About 1878 he became
associated in the practice of law with
OLIVER D. B.A.EEETT. General Benj. F. Butler, and that asso-

ciation continued to the day of But-
ler's death, January 11, 1892, and he is now practicing law in
Washington, D. C; Henry Safford, b. Oct. 30, 1831; res. Thom-
son, 111.

3929. ii. Lemuel, b. Nov. 24, 1802; m. Roxannia , and d. s. p. Nov.

24, 1838.

3930. iii. Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1812; d. Mar., 1812.

3931. iv. Thankful G., b. Jan. 21, 1804; m. Thomas Hadley. She d. s. p.
June 2. 1868.

3932. v. Sally, b. Sept. 27, 1806; d. unm. at Westport, Sept. 17, 1854.

3933. vii. Caroline, b. Jan. 3, 1815; m. Laertius Tuttle; res. Westport, N.
Y. She d. 1862.

3934. viii. Joel F., b. Oct. 14, 1817; m. Eunice Boutwell and Emily J. Dan-
iels.

3935. ix. John R., b. Apr. 18, 1813; m. Elmira E. Fisk.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

261

MRS. ELIZABETH FAIECHILD.

3936. vi. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 17, 1809; m. at Wadham's Mills Benjamin Fair-

child; res. Burden, N. Y. He was b. June 8, 1787; d. Jan. 15,
1855; a farmer. Ch.: Elizabeth Smith, b. June 16, 1847; m.
Nov. 7, 1872, J. N. Stower; res. Burden;
Benj. Smith, b. Sept. 22, 1849; m. Nov.
15, 1871; d. Jan. 15, 1876.

3937. xi. Lemuel, b. Dec. 21, 1801; d. Dec. 29,

1801.

1884. Cyrus Whitney (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Sept. 20, 1770; m. Apr. 12, 1796,
Ruth Mayo, b. Sept. 2, 1770; d. July 10, 1818; m. 2d Jerusha
Stebbins.

Cyrus, son of Lemuel and Thankful Griffith Whitney,
was born Sept. 20, 1770, in Spencer, Mass. He moved with
his father's family to Tolland, Conn., in 1778, and to Spring-
field, Vt., in 1780. The family moved in the primitive
fashion, which was then the only possible one, carrying their
own food and driving their live stock before them. It was
Cyrus' task, on the way to Vermont, to lead two wild colts.

At Bellows Falls he separated from his family, who kept to the east side of the Connec-
ticut river, and took his way alone, save for the company of his colts, along the rough
pathway and through unbridged streams m the bleak December weather to Eureka,
a little settlement in Springfield, 15 miles away, where he arrived in safety though he
was at that time barely ten years old. The colts, let us here say, were of the stock of
the captured horses of Burgoyne's officers, and become noted horses in the new state.
Cyrus was sent to school six months there, in Connecticut, to be taught to read, and
three in Vermont to learn to write. He was an msatiate reader, particularly of his-
tory. The Bible he regularly read through every year after his conversion, and
toward the close of his life he read it through three or four times a year. He was
well acquainted with the Apocryphal books and had read the entire works of
Josephus twice. He was a farmer, and was able to do many kinds of handicraft
which the farmer now seldom undertakes. He was a Baptist, and a Whig with
strong anti-slavery principles. He d. May 20, 1860; res. Springfield, Vt.
3988. i. Arathusa. b. Jan. 30, 1797; d. Feb. 10, 1797.

3939. ii. William Wilson, b. Mar. 7, 1798; m. Matilda Wolkes.

3940. iii. Abiah. b. Nov. 11, 1799; d. unm. Jan. 13, 1862.

3941. iv. Lemuel, b. ; d. young.

3942. vi. Ruth, b. ; m. Ephraim Walker. Ch.: Jane U., m. J. W.

Knegot; Cyrus, Cornelia, Agnes. She d. 1845; dau. Mrs. A. R.
W. Brigham, Rogers Park, 111.

3943. vii. Sally, b. July 11, 1808; d. unm. Jan. 5, 1825.

3944. viii. Norman K., b. Nov. 14, 1800; m. Mary Pratt.

3945. ix. Emeline, b. July 23, 1823; res. unm. Rogers Park, 111.

1885. Benjamin Whitney (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Springfield, \t., 1774; m. in Essex, N. Y., Betsey Bragg, b. 1772; d. May 22, 1857.
Benjamin Whitney moved from Springfield to the town of Essex, N. Y., about 1810
and engaged in farming. He d. Mar. 20, 1827; res. Springfield, \'t., and Wadhams
Mills, N. Y.

8946. i. Alexander, b. June 21, 1798; m. Sophronia Streeter.

3947. ii. Lucius, b. Feb. 29, 1804; m. Thankful French and Minerva

Smith.

3948. iii. Phinehas, b. Dec. 25, 1800; he d. Nov. 28, 1866.

3949. iv. Philena, b. ; d. unm. April 12, 1870.

3950. V. Benjamin F.,b. ; m. Lovina Hodgkin and Mrs. Mary \"iall,

Sayre. He d. Mar. 2, 1879.
8950K.vi. Betsey, b. ; d. .

1106K Lemuel Whitn£y (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Jan. 3, 1779; m. Ellen Kimball. Left 2 ch. in Warrenton, O.

Lemuel Whitney moved to Springfield, Vt., 1780, with his father. About 1800
he became a traveler, and during the next ten years he traveled through nearly
every state in the Union. In 1811 he went to Ohio and married Ellen Kimball,
of Warrenton, O. In 1813 he served on the frontier. After his return he started

3952.

ii.

3953.

Ill

3954.

iv

3955.

V.

3956.

vi.

262 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

with merchandise for New Orleans, going down the river with the intention of return-
ing by Springfield, Vt. Nothing has since been heard from him.

1888. Dea. Elijah Whitney (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John^
John), b. Springfield,Vt., July 3, 1788; m. Jan. 1, 1812, there, Susannah Oaks; b. Cohas-
set, Mass., Jan. 14, 1793; d. July 29, 1854; m. 2d, Jan., 1855, Susan James.

Elijah Whitney, youngest son of Dea. Lemuel and Thankful Griffith Whitney,
was born in Springfield, Vt. He was a man of large frame and powerful muscular
development. In his youth and early manhood he was very fond of athletic sports,
in which he excelled. He was also very fond of gunning and trapping, and in early
life added not a little to his income by sales of peltry. He was a farmer most of his
life, but at one time owned a saw mill, in which he was very seriously hurt, after
which he returned to farming. He inherited his father's aptitude in the use of tools,
which in turn was inherited by his son James. He studied the veterinary science so far
as it was then understood, and successfully practiced the art for many years. In 1822
he joined the Congregationalist church in Springfield and in 1832 was elected to the
office of deacon. He was a man of earnest raith, and one of his wealthiest townsmen
said, while looking into his open grave, "I would give all I am worth if I could die with
Dea. Whitney's trust." Dea. Whitney died from the effects of a fall on the staircase
of his own home. He d. Apr. 24, 1855; res. Springfield, Vt.

3951. i. LucRETiA O., b. Nov. 3, 1815; m. Mar. 6, 1840, James Lovell; one

dau., Mary O., b. 1841, res. Rogers Park, 111. The mother d. July
29, 1853.

Thedotia H., b. Mar. 20, 1819; d. Feb. 12, 1826.

JAMES, b. July 1, 1823; m. Martha Damon.

Thedotia M., b. Jan. 1, 1826; d. June 7, 1879.

Mary Jane, b. June 13, 1830; d. Oct. 18, 1832.

Julia Ann., b. June 8, 1833; d. June 22, 1835.

1889. Joseph Whitney (Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Springfield, Vt., Feb. 21, 1786; m. in 1810, Orinda Stafford; b. in 1789; d. May 28,.
1870.

He resided in Springfield, Vt., where he was reared, until 1829, when he removed
with his family to Uniontown, Lower Canada, and engaged in farming, lumbering
and general merchandise, where he remained until his removal to Moores, N. Y.,
where he died. He d. Sept. 9, 1855; res. Springfield, Vt., and Moores, N. Y.

3957. iv. Joseph C, b. Apr. 14, 1818; m. Eliza Baird.

3958. V. Louisa A., b. 1821; m. Mar. 14, 1850, Jonathan Mather; res. Whal-

lonsburg, N. Y. He was b. 1821; is a farmer. Ch.: Roswell H.,
b. May 7, 1851; m. Frankie Brown; res. W.; Elisha N., b. Oct.
18, 1S52; m. Ella Reynolds; res. W.; Sarah C, b. Aug. 17, 1854;
m. Chas. W. Tucker; res. Essex; Mary L., b. Apr. 13, 1856; m.
Erwin W.Avery; res. Willsborough; John, b. Dec. 7, 1859; all
res. W.

3959. i. Lemuel G., b. Dec. 10, 1812; m. Catherine E. Conrow.

3960. ii. Kingsbury, b. ; d. unm., killed by horses running away.

3961. iii. Elijah, b. ; d. unm., killed by horses running away.

1891. Warham Whitney (John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b..
Mass., Apr. 27, 1786; m. June 30, 1811, Nancy Mordoff; b. Feb. 2, 1792; d.
Oct. 21, 1843. Died, at Rochester, on the 21st day of October, in the 51st year of
her age, Mrs. Nancy Whitney, relict of the late Warham Whitney, Esq. "Did not
her holiness of life proclaim (as man can know) her interest in those promises of
endless happiness which are conditionally made to us in the gospel covenant of
grace? Did we not know her will? Did we not prize her worth? And it is for us
now to praise that Christian character, one of whose eminent and peculiar features
it was to retire as far as possible from human gaze and be content with spreading the
light of holy example, as the best of sisters, daughters, and mothers, around an
extensive circle of most devoted relatives, and conveying into the chamber of distress
and hut of poverty not only the comforts of time, but also the hopes of eternity!
Blessed with abundant means for such relief, how did she, as one of that band of
sisters who are seeking out in the abodes of our city the suffering and the lost, indus-
triously pervade street after street, and in secret minister those sympathies and
avails which her sex only can confer upon the human family! What thanksgivings
has he who is addressing you heard uttered for her kindness by the poor sufferer,.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 263

whom she has raised from the lowest depth of destitution, and to whom, without hope
of Christ and on the verge of the eternal world, she introduced him, that he might
administer the holy consolations of the gospel! And how unobtrusive, and how
modest, and how retiring in all her goodness! Few knew of the abodes of woe
which she had visited till the blessing which she left behind her told them of her pres-
ence. There was no noisy public display when she did good. She stepped a hair-
breadth out of her own path to assume duties which properly belonged to those of a
different sphere and another sex. Hers was the ornament of that meek and quiet
spirit which in the sight of God is of the greatest prize, though by mortals often over-
looked, amidst the glare o^ those who will make themselves conspicuous by touching
functions which they have no business whatever to assume. And to the regular
services of our sanctuary and our week-day assemblies of liturgy, praise and prayer
how punctually did she (when possible) resort thereby to strengthen more and more
the spiritual vigor of her soul! In these devotions hers, doubtless, was the rich fore-
taste of that sublime enjoyment which pertains to the adorning of heaven. 'We
need not wonder that the last end of such a one was peace!'" [Extract from a
funeral sermon.]

He was born in Massachusetts and with his parents moved to New York state.
After a short residence in Plymouth and Verona, early in the twenties he moved to
Rochester, X. Y., and erected at the Second Falls, in 1826, what is now known as the
Whitney mills. He built a wooden residence on State street, between Brown and
Waterloo Sts., which is still standing; some years later built a large brick house on
Jay street, on his farm, which is now known as the Whitney tract and all built up. At
the time of his death he owned a large farm on the Lake road half way between
Rochester and Charlotte and which was divided between his sons, George and James,
and the lower or James M. Whitney farm is now the Holy Sepulcher cemetery and
the other is also owned by the Catholics, and the new St. Bernard's Seminary has just
been completed on part of it. Of the late Mr. Warham Whitney, of whom the usual
brief obituary notice has been promulgated, permit one who was long and intimately
acquainted with him to sacrifice to his memory, by a brief recital of his many virtues
and sterling qualities as a man and fellow-citizen. Possessed of a mind strong in its
own resources, of an indomitable and untiring industry, an endearing observance of
all the charities of life, and due appreciation of duties he owed to his fellow-man his
course through life has been blessed by many benefits he has conferred on the public
as well as individually; with competence and respectability to his family, and that
well-earned trophy which is his best mausoleum, an honest man and fellow-citizen
An early settler in this city, he was one among the first to give an impetus to the ball
of permanant public improvement, which conducted it to its present proud station
among the wonders of our happy country, and its citizens cannot but lament that a
fatal disease has thus cut him off in the midst of his usefulness, and consigned him
thus early to " that bourne fiom whence no traveler returns." Let friendship be tol-
erated to say that his manly virtues, integrity and upright conduct, while a sojourner
in this vale of tears, must remain a rich legacy to his bereaved family, and endear
his memory to all classes of community, over which detraction shall have no influence,
nor time any power, till our sensibilities shall become blasted and our memories pass
away with the frail tenements they now inhabit. The universal commiseration of
the whole community with his highly respected family and connections speak more
feelingly to the heart than high-wrought eulogiums, heraldic honors or the feeble
tribute of one who loved him in life, and deplored his loss in death. Requiscat in
pace. [Obituary in Rochester paper]. He d. Mar. 14, 1840; res. Plymouth, Verona
and Rochester, N. Y.

3962. i. Caroline, b. Plvmouth, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1812; m. June 19, 1833,

Gen. John Williams. She d. Dec. 23, 1836.

3963. ii. Olive, b. Verona, June 19, 1814; m. Jan. 2, 1840, Gen. John Wil-

liams. She d. Aug. 24, 1867. He married for his second wife
the sister of his first wife. He was b. Jan. 7, 1807; d. Mar. 26,
1875; was a merchant miller. The following obituary of Mrs.
Williams is from the Rochester Daily Union :

Death of Mrs. John Williams. — The sorrow that per-
vades this community to-day— that it is known that Mrs. Gen.
John Williams is no more— is sincere, and the sympathy for her
immediate relatives in their afHiction is measured best by the
esteem in which she was held. Mrs. Williams was taken'ill a
few days since while in Orleans county, and returned home in a
condition quite critical. Since that time the hopes and fears of

264 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

her friends have alternated until this morning, when she expired

f)eacefully and happily. Mrs. Williams was a daughter of the
ate Warham Whitney, one of the early citizens of Rochester,
remembered only by those who have resided here thirty years or
more. She was the sister of Mrs. S. G. Andrews, Geo. J. Whit-
ney and James M. Whitney, of this city. She spent a long and
useful life in our midst, raising a family of children who proved
a source of comfort to her m the decline of life, and died
regretted and lamented not only by those who had been the
object of her tender care and solicituc^e, but by all who had her
acquaintance. Her bereaved husband, children and other
relatives are thus borne down by a weight of affliction that
human sympathy can do but little to lighten. Ch.: Edward
Warham, b. Oct. 20, 1840; m. June 18, 1863; d. Mar. 25, 1893;
Geo. Daniel, b. Feb. 22, 1843; m, Sept. 28, 1864; d. June 28, 1880;
Whitney, b. Aug. 6, 1846; m. Feb. 2, 1876; res. 709 E. Main St.,
Rochester, N. Y.

3964. iii. Lois Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1816; m. May 19, 1842, Hon. Samuel Geo.

Andrews; b. Derby, Conn., Oct. 16, 1796. He was engaged in
the milling business in Rochester, N. Y.; dealt largely in real
estate; was a Republican, one of the founders of the anti-Ma-
sonic party and in 1857 was elected to Congress. Later served
as mayor of Rochester. He d. June 11, 1863. Ch.: James Sher-
lock, b. Oct. 6, 1846; unm.; res. Rochester, 111 No. St. Paul
street.

3965. iv. George Jay, b. Jan. 26, 1819; m. Julia Bullard.

3966. V. James M., b. Rochester, Feb. 24, 1821; m. Martha Louise Pond.

3967. vi. Laura Jane, b. , 1824; m. June 18, 1852, Col. DeLancy

Floyd Jones. She d. , 1852.

3968. vii. Wilson, b. 1826; d. 1834.

1892. John Whitney (John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Mas-
sachusetts, May 5, 1795; m. Nancy Van Tuyl; b. 1801; d. Feb., 1883.

John Whitney was born in Massachusetts and went to western New York in 1815;
he was an extensive contractor. In 1826 he was implicated in the abduction of the
celebrated Wm. Morgan, at the time of the anti-Masonic agitation in central New
York. Morgan was a Mason who had written a book exposing Masonry and soon
after mysteriously disappeared. Whitney admitted he was with Morgan in a
carriage on the night he was abducted and also afterwards at Niagara. The Crafts-
man of June, 1829, says: "Of the character of John Whitney through his career in
life thus far, it is almost irrelevant to speak, for the voice of the community, the un-
willing testimony even of those who for purposes best known to themselves have
seen fit to persecute him, is lifted up in his praise. He was the useful citizen, the
kind neighbor, the generous friend, the industrious mechanic, the faithful husband
and the fond father." Nancy Van Tuyl was the daughter of John Van Tuyl; b. Jan.
12, 1767; d. Oct. 9, 1836; and Isabel McVickar; b. Apr. 1, 1762. He d. May 2, 1869;
res. Rochester, N. Y., and Chicago, 111.

3969. i. John B., b. June 13, 1832; m.; res. Kendall, 111.

3970. ii. Henry, b. July 26, 1829; m.; res. Kendall, 111.

3971. iii. Uriah, b. Aug. 4, 1838; accidentally shot at Calumet by Vincent

Bell, while hunting, Apr. 1, 1856.

3972. iv. Adaline, b. Dec. 26, 1820; m. Frank Parmelee. She d. Jan. 10,

1864. For more than 40 years the transfer and baggage ex-
press business of Chicago has been controlled by one man,
Franklin Parmelee. He started the first regular omnibus in that
city May 9, 1853. The original outfit was six omnibuses and
thirty horses, and required the work of a dozen men. At pres-
ent he employs 80 omnibuses, 70 baggage-wagons, 250 horses,
and over 200 men. His eldest son is in charge of the city office.
He married a second wife, and resides at the Palmer House,
Chicago, 111. Ch.: John Whitney, Frank Jr., Charles K., all
unm.; res. Chicago; and Adaline W., m. Charles Wheeler; res.
Auditorium hotel, Chicago, 111.

3973. V. Harriett Jane, b. Apr. 14, 1822; m. June 9, 1841, Charles A.

Harrington; res. Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. He was b. Aug.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 265

19, 1815; d. Oct. 11, 1878. Charles A. Harrington was an
ardent anti-slavery Whig and Republican, a warm sup-
porter of Seward in the months preceding the war, and
one of the strongest supporters of government throughout
wartimes; was largely engaged in contracts on canals and rail-
roads in this country and Canada from 1850 to 1870; went to
New York in 1875 and took contracts on Southern boulevard,
and was engaged in these and other contracts and in furnishing
supplies for such contracts until his death in 1878; was one of
the organizers and strongest supporters of Episcopal church in
Albion, of which he was always vestryman or warden, and one
of most active and energetic promoters of all public enter-
prises for benefit of town or country. She d. Dec. 22, 1878. Ch.:
Clara, m. Henry Harrington; res. Denver, Col.; Belle W.; m.
G. H. Lockley, Jr.; res. buffalo, N. Y.; Rollin Whitney, d. in-
fancy; Emma, Adeline and Harriett W.; res. Albion, Orleans
Co., N. Y.

3974. vi. Charles, b. May 4, 1835; drowned in the Erie canal, N. Y., Apr.

30, 1839.

1895. Alanson Whitney (John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Mar. 31, 1797; m. Sept. 14, 182-:{, Catherine \'oorhies, b. 1802. He was a farmer and
res. Chenango and Kendall. N. Y. He d. July 27, 1855; res. Kendall, N. Y.

3975. i. Sarah Electa, b. May 14, 1826; m. June 6, 1850, Rufus King; res.
Rochester, N. Y.

Mary Ann, b. Oct. 18, 1829; res. Kendall, N. Y.

Eliza R., b. Sept. 30, 1836; m. Feb. 26, 1867, De Loss Butler.

She d. Kendall, July 5. 1867.
Elizabeth M., b. Aug. 7, 1840; m. Feb. 5, 1863, William Merrick;

res. Albion, N. Y.
Alanson, b. Sept. 11, 1838; d. Jan. 23, 1861.

Henry, b. Sept. 5, 1824; m. Rowena Crane and Susan Douglass.
James Riley, b. Jan. 3, 1828; m. Annie C. Jones.
Rosamond, b. Dec. 31, 1831; d. Sept. 3, 1833.
Charles, b. Jan. 6, 1833; d. Sept. 3, 1833.
Ira I., b. July 4, 1834; m. Isabella G. Whitney.
Catherine, b. Apr. 1, 1844; m. Aug. 9, 1865, Charles Moore.

1909. John Whitney (Oliver, David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Nel-
son, X. H., Jan. 21, 1784; m. at Ludlow, Vt., May 9, 1813, Mary Spaulding, b. May 22,
1796; d. Oct. 19, 1880. He was a farmer. He d. Sept. 27, 1852; res. Ludlow, Vt.

3986. i. Mary, b. Mar. 26, 1814; m. Apr. 2, 1835, Joseph Smith. She d.

Aug. 26, 1893. He was b. Sept. 8, 1809; d. Sept. 21, 1881. Was
a farmer. Ch.: Solon J., b. Sept. 12, 1845; m. Nov. 7, 1868; res.
Clinton, la.; Granville, b. Oct. 3, 1848; res. Lincoln, Col.; Henry,
b. Mar. 12, 1839; d. Mar. 28, 1839; Asahel, b. July 22, 1843; d.
Aug. 28, 1851.

3987. ii. Granville M., b. Apr. 22, 1816; m. Feb. 22, 1842, Emeline

Wilder, and d. s. p. July 5, 1848.

3988. iii. Jo^n H., b. Sept. 21, 1819; m. Sarah Jane Manning.

3989. iv. Adaline E., b. Nov. 17, 1824; m. Feb. 22, 1842, Oliver Farmer.

3990. V. James S., b. Apr. 28, 1827; m. Nov. 28, 1848; res. 101 Chapel street,

Lowell, Mass.

3991. vi. Jephtha D., b. Mar. 15, 1830; d. July 10, 1852.

3992. vii. Amanda M., b. Nov. 16, 1834; m. Apr. 18,1855, Wm. Henry Field;

res. 13 Chestnut avenue, Rutland, Vt. He was b. Oct. 12, 1822;
is a contractor and builder. Ch.: Rolin Denison, b. Mar. 3,
1857; m. Dec. 24, 1877; res. Brandon. Vt.

1914. George Whitney (Ephraim, David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Natick, Mass., Feb. 22, 1772; m. Jan. 21, 1795, Miriam Hunt. He d. Feb. 8, 1845.
Res. Ellington, Conn., and Scottsville, N. Y.

3976.

ii.

3977.

iii.

3978.

iv.

3979.

v.

3980.

vi.

3981.

vu.

3982.

viii

3983.

IX.

3984.

X.

3985.

XI.

3993.
3994.
3995.
18

David, b. Feb, 18, 1799; m. Eliza Edgeworth.

Almera, b. ; m. Titus.

Miriam, b. ; m. Titus.

4001.

11.

4002.

111.

4003.

IV.

4(J04.

V".

4005.

VI.

4006.

VII.

4007.

Vlll

266 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3996. iv. George L., b. Jan. 24, 1804; m. Louisa Struce.

3997. V. Wm. WoOD.b. ; res. Mazo Manie, Wis.

3998. vi. Sakah V., b. ; m. Ball.

3999. vii. Gilbert T., b. ; res. Mazo Manie, Wis.

1919. Hon. William Whitney (William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. in 1766; m. Jan. 13, 1791, Anna Heywood; b. Jan. 28, 1770; d. Jan. 21, 1846.

Hon. William Whitney, was born in Winchendon, Mass., in 1765; he early moved
to Gardner, where he was a leading and influential citizen. He owned a large farm.
For eleven years he was one of the board of selectmen, for twenty-five years assessor,
and for three terms representative in the legislature. For many years he was justice
of the peace. He d. Jan. 18, 1846; res. Winchendon and Gardner, Mass. Both buried
at the same time.

4000. i. William, b. Sept. 17, 1791; m. Sybil C. Greenwood andDulsenah

Turner.

Seth, b. Dec. 8, 1792; m. Sally Wood and Chloe Lincoln.

Joseph, t). Feb. 28, 1794; m. Nancy Putnam.

Althima, b. Apr. 2, 1796; m. Richard Baker; res. Gardner, Mass.
Ch.: William, b. Jan. 22, 1817; Lucv, b. Mar. 3, 1818; d. Dec. 26,
1884; Marv. b. Apr. 22, 1819; Walter, b. Nov. 5 1821; d. Oct. 14,
1843; Betse),b. Oct.l4, 1823; Francis L., b. Jan. 3i>, 1827; Richard
B., b. July 25, 1830; res. So. Gardner, Mass.; Calvin, H., b. Apr.
10, 1832; res. West Gardner, Mass.; Lucv Ann, b. Nov. 12, 1834;
Angeline, b. Nov. 22, 1838.

Anna, b. Oct. 23, 1797; m. Charles Bruce of Phillipston, and d. s. p.

HoLLis, b. Aug. 11, 1801; d. s. p.

Amasa, b. June 19, 18u5; m. Dolly Scholly and Lucy Coolidge.

Lucy, b. June 19, 1805; m. Oliver Esty. Mrs. Lucy Giles and
Emma A. Esty, Westminster, Mass., daughters of Lucy.

1920. Capt. Phinehas Whitney (William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John); b. Apr. 1, 1766; m. Jan. 17, 1793, Phebe Stearns; b. 1774; d. Apr. 7, 1794; m.
2d, Feb. 15, 1796, Bethiah Barrett, of Barre; d. Aug. 2, 1849.

Capt. Phinehas Whitney was the most prominent business man in Winchendon
from 1800 to the time of his death in 1831. Besides a large farm he kept tavern, owned
an oil mill and woolen factory and raised horses and cattle. Though esteemed by
his townsmen he was rarely in office because of his business. He was the first to
enlist to put down the Shays rebellion, being then but twenty years of age; after-
wards he was captain of a cavalry company. He was always active in religious and
temperance matters. Beihiah Barrett was a model countrywoman. She was small in
stature, comely, with blue eyes and brown hair, very intelligent, dignified and grave.
She was much loved and highly esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. She
was easily the first woman in Winchendon in her time. She died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Rev. Giles Lyman, in Marlboro, N. H. He d. May 10, 1831, at New-
ton; res. Winchendon, Mass.

4008. i. Phinehas, b. 1794; d. July 12, 1804.

4009. ii. Phebe, b. Apr. 5, 1797; m. 1>:17, Asa Washburn, b. Mar. 5, 1790;

d. Oct. 2, 1824; she m. 2d at Winchendon, Apr., 1827, John
Woodbury, b. Aug., 1784; d. Dec. 6, 1870. She d. Mar. 7, 1876.
Ch.: Nelson P., b. Oct. 14, 1818; m. Elizabeth A. Hills; res.
Claremont, N. H.; 2ch. He is a large boot and shoe manufac-
turer; William Barrett, b. Jan. 31, 1820; m, Sept. 6, 1847, Hannah
A. Sweetser; 6 ch. ; res. Greenfield, Mass., one son Wm. N., res.
Greenfield. Gov. William Barrett Washburn, was born in
Winchendon, Mass., Jan. 31, 1820, and died in Springfield, Mass.,
Oct. 5, 1887. He was graduated at Yale in 1844 and became a
manufacturer at Greenfield, where he was for many years pres-
ident of the National bank and which he represented in both
branches of the legislature in 1850-54. He was identified with
the republican party from its organization in 1856 and at the
beginning of the civil war contributed liberally to the national
cause. In 1862 he was sent to Congress as a Republican and he
was returned biennially till on Jan. 1, 1872, he resigned his seat
to become governor of Massachusetts. This office he resigned
also during his third term to fill the vacancy that was made in

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 267

the U. S. Senate by the death of Charles Sumner, serving from
May 1,1874, till Mar 8, 1x75, when he withdrew from pul^lic
affairs. Besides holdmg many offices of trust under corpora-
tions, he was a trustee of Yale, of the Massachusetts Agricul-
tural college, and of Smith college, of which he was also a bene-
factor and a member of the board of overseers of Amherst from
1864 to lb77. Harvard conferred the degree of LL. D. upon him
in 1872. By his will he made the American board and the
American Home .Missionary association residuary legatees, leav-
ing to each society about S50,0(JO. He was also a great benefactor
of the Greenfield public library. He died suddenly while attend-
ing a session of the American boardof commissioners for foreign
missions of which he was a member; Mary Jane, b. Mar. 11,
1828; d. Oct. IJ, 1840.
4010. iii. Lucv, b. June 4, 1799; m. in Winchendon in 1825; Rev. Benjamin
Rice, of So. Deerheld. He was b. in Sturbridge, Mass., May 9,
1784, graduated at Brown college in 1808, studied theology at
Andover, and settled in the gospel ministry first at Skeneateles,
N. v., next at Deerheld, Mass., and afterwards at New Glouces-
ter and Buxton, Me.; he returned to Mass., and settled in Win-
chendon, where he died July 11, ls47, in his 64th year. He was
married three tmies — first to Elizabeth Bennett, who died in
Sharon, Conn., in Feb., 1818. His second wife was Almira
Whipple, of Charlton, and his third Lucy Whitney, bv whom
he had William Whitney, b. Mar. 7, 1826; m. at Stamford', Conn.,
Nov. 21,1855; Cornelia A. Moen, b. 1833, d. June 16,1862; m.
2d, at Worcester, Sept. 28, 1875, .Alice M. Miller, b. julv 22, ls40.
Ch.: William Whitney, Jr., b. May 31, 1858; d. Feb'. 10, 1864;
Charles Moen, b. Nov. 6, 1860, res. Worcester. He was prepared
for college at Phillips, Exeter (N. H.), academy, entered Har-
vard college in 1878, and was graduated in 1882'; studied law at
the Harvard law school, also in his father's office, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1886; is now practicing his profession and
member of the firm -of Rice, King & Rice. ' Hon. Wm. Whitney
Rice was pre[)ared for college at Ciorham academy, Gorham,
Me. He entered Bowdoin college at Brunswick in 1842, and
was graduated in 1846. He was preceptor at Leicester (Mass.)
academy for four years, studied law in Worcester with Hon.
Emory Washburn, and with Hon. George F. Hoar, U. S. senator
from Mass., and was admitted to the bar in 1854, where he has
ever since resided and practiced his profession. He has been
eminently successful in his profession, and is recognized as one
of the ablest lawyers m that section of the state. In 1858 he
was appointed judge of insolvency for the county of Worcester.
In 18^0 he was elected mayor of Worcester, and served one
term in that office. He was district attorney for the middle dis-
trict of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1874, and member of .Massa-
chusetts general court in 1875. He was elected to the 4oth,
46th, 47th, 48th, and 49th congresses as a member of the house
of representatives from the Xinih or Worcester district. He
was an able, efficient and influential member of congress
during his long term of service, and took an active part both on
the floor and in the committees. He is a republican in politics,
conservative upon the tariff and monetary questions, andhas
always kept well in advance with the progressive element of his
party. In the councils of his party his opinions are always
sought for, and have been and are influential in formulating
party policy and molding public opinion. He was a model
public man, who during his long public life served his constitu-
ents and the public with disinterested patriotism and unselfish
devotion to the jiublic welfare. He is a member of the board
of overseers of Bowdoin college, member of the board of trus-
tees of the Worcester County Institute of Industrial Science,
member of the board of trustees of Clarke university, also trus-
tee of Leicester academy; Lucy A., b. Sept. 26, 1827; m. Sept.

HON. WILLIAM WHITNEY RICE.

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269

4011
4012.

IV.
V.

4013. vi.

4014. vii.

4015. viii.

24,1857, Rev. Milan H.Hitchcock; res. Hubbardston, Mass.;
Charles Jenkins, b. July 2, 18)8; m. Sarah M. Cummings, s. p.;
d. May 8, .1892; Mrs. Lucy (Whitney) Rice, now in her 94th
year, resides in Winchendon.

VVm. Barrett, b. June 14, 1801; m. Lois Stone.
Mary, b. Mar. 17, 1803; m. Jan. 22, 1828, Dr. Alvah Godding; b.
Nov. 5, 1796; d. Jan. 11, 1875. She d. Nov. 15, 1870; res. Win-
chendon, Mass. Dr. Alvah Godding was b. in Troy, N. H.,
Nov. 5, 1796. He d. at Winchendon, Mass., Jan. 11, 1875, aged
78 years, 2 months and 6 days. Dr. Alvah Godding studied
medicine with Dr Amos Twitchell, of Keene, N. H., and was
graduated in medicine from Bowdoin Medical college, Maine,
in 1825. He practiced his profession for a short time at Royal-
ston, Mass., as a partner of Dr. Stephen Batcheldor, and subse-
quently removed to Winchendon, Mass., where he continued to
successfully practice his profession until his death in Jan.,
1875, a period of nearly half a century, and was greatly beloved
by all who knew him. For several years he was member of the
general court. Ch.: William Whitney, b. May 5, 1831 ; m. Dec.
4, 1860, Ellen R. Murdock, Supt. National Insane Asylum,
Washington. D. C. Dr. William Whitney Godding was pre-
pared for Cvjllege at Winchendon academy, Winchendon, Mass.,

and at Phillips academy, Andover,
Mass He entered Dartmouth college,
Hanover, N. H., and was graduated
in the class of 1854. He studied medi-
cine with his father, attended lectures
at the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons, New York City, and at the
Castleton Medical College, Vermont,
and was graduated from the latter
institution in the class ol 1857. After
his graduation he practiced his pro-
fession with his father until 1859, when
he was ajjpointed assistant physician
at the New Hampshire Asylum for
the Insane, Concord, N. H. In 1862
he resigned his position in the New
Hampshire Insane Asvlum and went
into private practice at Fitchburg,
Mass. In the autumn of 1863 he was
appointed assistant physician of the
Government Hospital for the Insane, at Washington, D. C. In
1870 he was appointed superintendent of the State Lunatic
Asylum at Taunton, Mass., where he remained until the sum-
mer of 1877, when he was appointed superintendent of the Gov-
ernment Hospital for the Insane at Washington, which position
he now holds. He has spent the greater part of his professional
life among the insane, and has made the study and treatment
of the diseases of the unfortunate class a specialty, and he is
to-day recognized and admitted to be one of the highe?t authori
ties in the country on the subject of insanity and the treatment
of the insane. In 1882 Dr. Godding published a small volume
entitled "The Hard Cases; Sketches from a Ph%sician's Port-
folio."

Phixehas, b. May, 1K06. He d. Mar. 5, 1809.

Nelson, b. May, 1808; d. Mar. 5, 1809.

Sarah A., b. Jan. 30, 1809; m. Aug. 28, 1832, Jcsiah Brown, b. 1801 ;
d. Sept. 29. 1836; m. 2d. April 23, 1839, Charles Wm. Bigelow.
Ch.: Cieorge R. Brown, b. May 5, 1835; d. Nov. 5, 1838. Chas.
Wm. Bigelow, b. Jan. 15, 1810; d. Jan. 6, 1880. She d. Ian. 24,
1884; ch., Charles E., b. Winchendon. Mass, Mar. 18, 1^43; m.
Jennie M. Robbins. He grad. Williams Coll., and has charge
of the N. Y. house of the Knowles Steam Pump Works.

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4017.

i.

4018.

11.

4019.

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4020.

iv.

4021.

V.

4022.

vi.

402H.

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4024.

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4016. ix. Louisa, b. May 30, 1812; m. Dec. 14, 1835, Rev. Giles Lyman, b.
Mar. 16, 1802. He d. 1837, s. p. He was grad. at Amherst in
1827, and at And. Theo. Sem. in 1831. Was pastor of the Cong.
church in Jaffrey, N. H., 1832-7; from 1840-69 he was settled in
Marlboro, N. H., and preached frequently at Fowlerville, N. Y.,
Ashburnham and Gardner, Mass. She d. Dec, 1892.

1922. Joseph Whitney (William, William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
May 20, 1775; m. in Winchendon 179i^, Hannah Perley, b. Dec. 8, 1777; d. Dec, 1854.
He d. in 1853; res. Winchendon. Mass.

Joseph, b. Oct. 10, 1800, m. Abigail Flint.

Dudley, b. July 12, 1802; m. Mary S. Shore.

Seba, b. Feb. 21, 1805; m. George Cummings.

Thomas, b. Mar. 1807.

Hannah, b. Aus^. 6, 1809; m. Joseph Adams, b. Oct. 20, 1805; m.

2d Horace Whitcomb.
Cynthia, b. Jan. 25, 1812..
William, b. July 29, 1814; m. Mary Glines.
Grover S., b. July 10, 1816; m. Laura A. B. Roby,
Betsey E., b. May 21, 1825; m. Almon H. Poland.

1923. Amasa Whitney (William, William, William, Xathaniel, John, John),
b. June 16, 1777; m. Dec. 9, 1802, Mary Goodndge, b. Mar. 20. 1779; d.june 11, 1855.

Amasa Whitney was born in Winchendon, where he always resided. He was a
prominent and influential citizen, and was one of three persons to lay the founda-
tions for the growth and pros])erity of the town. By his industry, frugality, foresight
and enterprise the business of the town was largely increased. He was in public
emjiloyment somewhat and had much influence in town and parish affairs. He was
engaged in manufacturing and was often on important town committees. He d.
Feb. 2, 1852; res. Winchendon, Mass.

4026. i. Webster, b. Oct. 6, 1803; m. Eliza P. Whitman.

4027. ii. Amasa, b. Apr. 24, 1806; m. Mary Murdock.

4028. iii. Harriett, b. Jan. 27, 1811; m. Nov. 18, 1833, C. C. Pierce; she d.

s. p. Nov. 18, 1867.

4029. iv. Wm. Lowe, b. Mar. 24, 1815; d. July 13, 1832.

4030. V. Baxter, D., b. June 28, 1817; m. Sarah Jane Whitney.

4031. vi. Mary Goodridge, b. Aug. 2, 1819; m. July 8, 1841, William Mur-

dock, s. p.; res. Winchendon, Mass.

4032. vii. John Milton, b. Dec. 18, 1823; d. Sept. 20, 1825.

1925. Luke Whitney (William, William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
in Winchendon, May 21, 17s3; m. Cynthia Partridge; b. Dec. 1, 1785; d. July 1, 1860;
he d. Sept. 1, 1838; res. Gardner, Mass.

4033. i. Oreson, b. Jan. 12, 1806; m. Amanda Chase.

4034. ii. Thuseba, b. Mar. 19, 1808; d. Dec. 5, 1813.

4035. iii. Luke, b. Feb. 14, 1810; m. Sarah A. Pierce, Mary Pierce and

Amanda Wood.

4036. iv. Cynthia, b. Jan. 26, 1813; m. Watkins; she d. June 25, 1885.

4037. V. Thursba, b. May 6, 1815; m. Jan. 22, 1833, Elisha Peirce, b. Dec.

11, 1806; d. Mar. 2, 1868. She d. Jan. 24, 1864; res. Fitchburg,

Mass. Ch.: Mary F., b. Dec. 16, 1834; m. Sept. 19, 1852, Geo. K.

Ray, of West; res. So. Gardner, Mass.; Nelson J., b. Mar. 3,

1839; m. Marv A. Putney; res. Reading, Mich.; Franklin W., b.

Aug. 29, 1845;' d. Oct. 16,' 1846; Leonard W., b. Oct. 29, 1836; m.

Laura L. Stoddard and Lydia A. Matterson; Franklin W., b.

May 9, 1849; res. Reading, Mich.
William, b. Aug. 30, 1817.
Anna, b. Apr 1, 1819; d. Aug. 10, 1838.
Jerome, b. May 6, 1^21; d. Aug. 6, 1838. '
Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1823; d. Aug. 1, 1838.
Eliza, b. Nov. 23, 1825; m. Nov. 9, 1851, Dr. Gilbert Clark, b. Dec.

30, 1822; d. s. p. Mar. 24, 1874; res. Franklin, Mass. •

4043. xi. • Asa P., b. Jan. 26, 1828; m.; res. So. Gardner, Mass.

1926. Thomas Whitney (Phinehas, William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Mar. 19, 1771, in Shirley; m. July 7, 1799, Henrietta Parker, b. July 3, 1775. He d.
Jan. 14,1844; res. Shirley, Mass.

4038.

vi.

4039.

Vll.

4040.

Vlll

4041.

IX.

4042.

X.

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4044. i. Thomas, b. Apr. 17. 1800; m. Sally Barrett.

4U45. ii. James P., b. Aug. 8, 1802; m. Lydia B. P. Treadwell and Sarah
Ann Treadwell.

4046. iii. George A., b. Aug. 80, 1809; m. Mary D. Hayward.

1927. Rev. Nicholas Bowes Whitney (Phinehas, William, William, Nathan-
iel, John); b. Mar. 21, 1772; m. Nov. 13, 1800, Ann Adams; b. Jan. 18.1776; d. Oct. 22,
1864.

He was born at Shirley, Mass., received an excellent preparatory education and
was graduated at Harvard college in the class of 1793. Was ordained a colleage
with Rev. Daniel Shute of the second parish in Hingham, Mass., Jan. 1, 1800. Re-
signed his pastorate Apr. 15, 1833. He was married at Acton to a daughter of Rev.
Closes Adams. She was born in Framingham and died in Hingham. He represented
Hingham in the State legislature in 1831 and 1832. Resided on Main street in South
Hingham and died in his 6dth year, respected by all who knew him. He d. Nov. 26,
1835; res. Hingham, Mass.

4047. i. Ann Catherine, b. Jan. 7, 1802; m. Dec. 25, 1821, Caleb Hersey.

Shed. May 23, 1842.

4048. ii. LvDiA Bowes, b. Aug. 27, 1807; d. unm. July 5, 1838.

4049. iii. Benjamin Lincoln, b. , 1810. He was a member of the

firm of Fearing & Whitney and died at Cambridge May 30,
1855.

1930. William Whitney (Phinehas, William, William, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Oct. 3, 1778; m. Mar. 29, 1802. Elizabeth Fiske; b. Apr. 7, 1783; d. Feb. 24, 1810; m.
2d, Mar. 29,1819, Martha Symonds. He d. Jan. 29, 18i7; res. Shirley, Winchen-
don and Boston, Mass.

4050. i. William F., b. May 19. 1803; m. Frances Ann Rice.

4051. ii. Geo. H.. b. Mar. 24, 1809; m. Elizabeth B. White.

1935. Charles Whitney (Phinehas, William. William, Nathaniel, John), b.
Jan. 2, 1794; m. Sept. 12, 1815, Dolly Davenport. He d. Oct. 6. 1832; res. Peterboro.
N. H.

4052. i. Charles W., b. Aug. 25, 1817; d. Dec. 13, 1820.

4053. ii. Elizabeth, D., b. Oct. 23, 1819; d. Dec. 18, 1820.

4054. iii. Charles A., b. Oct. 12, 1821; m. Mav 11, 1853, Mary F. Parker,

2d, May 11, 1871, Mrs. E. V. Holman. He d. May 23, 187s.

4055. iv. Henry A., b. Oct. 6, 1823; m. Lucretia Fall.

4056. V. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1825; m. Apr. 13, 1852, David S.

Cutting; res. Boston, Mass., 264 Boylston St.

1936. Moses Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass., Mav 19, 1789; m. in Hancock, N. H., Dec. 2, 1817, Mary Paige;
b. Oct. 2, 1799; d. Oswego, N. Y., June 29, 1885.

The following obituary of Mr. Whitney is taken fron the Oswego Palladium:
Mr. Whitney was one of the landmarks of Oswego, and has long occupied a promi-
nent position as a citizen of this community. He was born at Westminster, Mass., in
1789, was a graduate of Dartmouth college. He early moved into New Hampshire
and in 1826 settled in Oswego, where he embarked in the produce and vessel trade
and pursued it with enterprise and success until 1837, when he was prostrated by the
financial revulsion of that time. He saved something from the wreck of his fortune,
and did not afterwards embark in permanent active business pursuits. He was ever
among the most active citizens in advancing the prosperity of the city, and at an
early day gave encouragement to the cause of education. He was among the origi-
nators in 1831 of the Oswego Academy of whom but two or three remain. During
his protracted career, he occupied several official positions and evinced strong judg-
ment and varied intellectual and literary acquirements in every station. He enjoyed
a remarkable memory and his extended reading rendered him an interesting con-
versational companion. Few men were more familiar with ecclesiastical or church
history than Mr. Whitney. He was kind and frank in his intercourse with his fellow
citizens and decided in his opinions, and his domestic relations were cheerful, indulg-
ent and affectionate. He was identified with the history and vicissitudes of Oswego
and did much for her. Of late years owing to his failing health he had little inter-
course with the public. His last sickness was long and full of suffering, which he
bore with philosophic fortitude and calmness and the hope of the Christian. The

272 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

closing hours of his mortal life were eminently peaceful and calm, and, surrounded
by his family and kind friends, gently and without a perceptible struggle breathed
his last. Moses Whitney has departed to the better and immortal life leaving an-
other vacancy in the ranks of the pioneers of our city. He d. Feb. 23, 1860; res.
Concord, N. H., and Oswego, N. Y.

4057. i. Reid Paige, b. Dec. 17, 1818; d. unm. in Chicago, 111., Mar. 20,

1884.
4068. ii. Samuel, b. Jan. 23, 1821; d. from disease in the civil war Feb. 2,
1863.

4059. iii. Charles, b. Feb. 2, 1831; unm.; res. Chicago, address 700 Rialto

Bldg.

4060. iv. Henry H., b. Sept. 27, 1838; unm.; res. Chicago, address 700

Rialto Bldg.

4061. V. Katherine A., b. Aug. 12, 1834; unm.; res. Oswego, N. Y.

1987. Pliny Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass , Nov. 13, 1787; m. at Mount Vernon, N. H., Oct. 23, 1823, Caroline
Dean, b. Apr. 23, 1801; d. May 8. 1886. He d. Sept. 28, 1873; res. Milford, N. H.

4062. iii. Charles P., b. Apr. 22, 1838; m. Lydia A. Farnsworth.

4063. i. Caroline Dean, b. Oct. 14, 18.^5; m. Nov. 27, 1845, William C.

Kidder; res. M.

4064. ii. Harriett Lucinda, b. May 17,1831; m. July 21, 1865, John M.

Hale (her cousin); res. Boston, Mass.

1938. Smyrna Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass., Mar. 6, 1786; m. Nov. 26, 1812, Ruth Whitney, dau. of Nathan
and Eunice (Puffer), b. Nov. 12, 1790; d. Nov. 26, 1867.

He was born on a farm, was fitted for college at the academy at New Ipswich,
N. H., but was prevented from continuing his studies by sickness and death of his
father. He settled on the old homestead farm, where he lived till upward of sixty years
of age, when he sold out and moved to the village where he died. He taught school
several terms; was first selectman a long time. He married Ruth W^hitney and
raised a family of six children. He was a prosperous farmer and a substantial, hon-
ored citizen, active in public affairs, serving some years as selectman and as one of
the school committee, and in other less conspicuous places. He d. May 16, 1857; res.
Westminster, Mass.

4066. iii. Samuel, b. Mar. 9, 1821; m. Caroline A. Puffer.

4066. vii. George E., b. June 5, 1831; m. Sarah J. Tolman and Lura Lind

Nims.

4067. vi. Nathan, b. July 20, 1828; m. Mary S. Tolman and Charlotte M.

Belcher.

4068. V. Charles H., b. Nov. 10, 1824; m. Abbie A. Tolman and Isabel

H. Haves.

4069. i. Lucinda, b. Sept. 14, 1814; m. June 18, 1835, Josiah Page, b. May

27, 1811. Ch.: Porter F.. b. July 19, 1837; res. Westminster,
Mass.; Charles \\\, b. Sept. 7, 1845; supt. Danvers, Mass.,
Insane Asylum; Francis H., b. July 24, 1847; d. Apr. 16, 1865.

4070. ii. Eunice, b. Aug. 29, 1818; m. Aug. 13. 1840, Franklin Lombard.

She d. Apr. 11, 1891. Ch.: Charles F., b. Aug. 26, 1842; m., and
d. Jan. 29, 1886; Julia W., b. Aug. 7, 1844; m. Samuel L. Noyes;
res. Ashburnham, Mass.; George W., b. Jan. 26, 1848; res. Ash-
burnham; Francelia M., b. May 12, 1860; m. James Cogs-
well; res. Leominster; Eunice W., b. Feb. 27, 1852; d. Aug.
7, 1863; Edward Payson, b. Feb. 27, 1862; m. Adelaide Fair-
banks; res. Ashburnham; Mary Stella, b. Aug. 23, 1862; m.
Fred W. Mossman; res. Westminster.

4071. iv. Caroline, b. Jan. 21, 1823; d. Feb. 16, 1823.

1943. Jonas W^ard Whitney (Abner, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Apr. 22, 1780; m. May 27, 1800, Phebe Rand, b. 1780; d. Dec. 4, 1836.

He resided on the estate occupied by his father. He was a trusted and honored
townsman, serving five years as selectman, and in other useful positions. He d.
June 8, 1826; res. Westminster, Mass.

4072. i. Phebe, b. Sept. 8, 1800; m. Gideon Beaman. She d. W., Feb.

16, 1864.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

273

4073. ii.

4074. iii.

4075. iv.

4076. V.

4077. vi.

4078. vii.

4079. viii

4080. ix.

Flint, b. Feb. 8, 1804; d..Sept. 15, 1805.

Franklin, b. Sept. 15, 1806; d. Jan. 15, 1840.

Louisa, b. Sept. 4, 1808; m. Philena C. Brown. She d. W., Apr.

8, 1888.
Geo. W., b. Mar. 7. 1813; m. Dolly Jackson.
Jonas N., b. Aug. 29, 1816; m. Nancy Lynde.
John M., b. Mar. 30, 1819; m. Susan Winchester,

Aaron F., b. ; res. Fitchburg.

Lucy Ann, b. ; m. Milton Wetherbee; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

1944. Joseph Glazier Whitney (Abner, Samuel, W.illiam, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., June 22, 1783; m. Sept. 14, 1805, Levina Dunn, b. 1789;
d. June 24, 1875.

He was a farmer; resided in Ashburnham, Mass. He made his will in 1864, and
it was probated July 31, 1868. Perley Howe was executor. He made bequests to his
wife Levina and children John, Abner, Levina G. Gushing, Mary Puffer Howe,
Lucy Whitney Chase, Stephen Puffer, Belinda Gushing. He d. July 31, 1868; res.
Westminster and Ashburnham, Mass.

4081. i. John, b. Sept. 12, 1806; m. Eliza Gushing.

4082. ii. Abner, b. Apr. 1, 1808; m. Levina G. Whittemore.

4083. iii. Levina G., b. July 29, 1809; m. Apr. 13, 1834, Rev. Stephen Gush-

ing; res. Dorchester, Mass. He was b. in Boston, Mass., Mar.
13, 1813. In the spring of 1830 he moved with his family to
Ashburnham and resided there until active labor in the minis-
try influenced a residence in other places. He was a student at
the Wesleyan academy at WiJbraham nearly three years, and
subsequently he pursued a partial course of study at the Wes-
leyan university at Middletown, Conn. He was received in the
New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in
June, 1833, and for the ensuing twenty-four years he completed
with ability and faithfulness various pastoral charges. Answer-
ing the demands of impaired health he rested a year, and from
1858 to 1880 he supplied the pulpit in many churches. He made
several valuable contributions to the general and local history
of Methodism in Worcester county. He preached the semi-
centennial discourse in Ashburnham, and in 1883 at the annual
session of the conference in Boston he delivered an address
reviewing the progress of the church during the half century
since his admission to the ministry. For many years he effi-
ciently served the conference as secretary and trustee, and since
1881 he has been treasurer. In these varied and responsible
employments he enjoyed the merited approbation of his asso-
ciates. Ch.: Joseph Whitney, b. Jan. 26, 1837, a physician in
Boston; Stephen, b. May 29, 1841, a phvsician in Boston.

4084. iv. Mary Puffer, b. July 19, 1812; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Perley Howe.

He was b. in Gardner, Mass., Sept. 17, 1811. He was a farmer;
res. in Ashburnham, Mass., since 1884. Has been assessor and
selectman several years and acceptably filled other positions of
trust. He d. June 2, 1882. Ch.: Orange Eli, b. Dec. 23, 1835;
m. Maria A. Platts and Olive C. Shorev; res. So. .A.shburnham,
Mass.; Alvah S., b. Aug. 13, 1837; m. L.Annie Glazier. He d.
Woonsocket, R. I., Sept. 4, 1877; George P.,b. Mar. 12, 1^47; m.
Eliza J. Kelton and Mrs. Mary (Hamilton) Pierscn; res. Chelsea,
Mass.

4085. V. Belinda, b. May 20, 1815; m. May 30, 1838, Benjamin Gushing, b-

Feb. 19, 1817. She d. Jan. 5, 1841; he m. 2d, May 18, 1841, Lois
S. Holbrook. He was a farmer and resided on the old home-
stead in Ashburnham. Ch.: Sarah Page, b. Aug. 24, 1840. He
had ten children by his second wife.

4086. vi. Lucy, b. July 21, 1826; m. Feb. 19, 1847, Edward Chase; res. Chel-

sea, Mass. He was b. Mar. 6, 1815; d. May 6, 1882. Was a civil
engineer and later in the life insurance business. Ch.: Mary
Howard, b. Apr. 27, 1849; m. Hendricks A. Hallett, Sept. 17,
1872; address, 123 Chestnut street, Chelsea, Mass.; Rev. Edward

274

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Abbot, b. July 13, 1858; m. Caroline B. Hatch, Meriden, Conn.,
Dec. 17, 1884; address, 37 Farnam street, South Lawrence, Mass.
4087. vii. Stephen P., b. Jan. 10, 18'^1; m. Abigail Stone.

1949. Capt. Silas Whitney (Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Oct. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 31, 1801, Hannah Cashing; b. June 9, 1783; d. Mar. 5, 1864.

He was a farmer on a part of the homestead for several years, and was an officer
in the militia at an early age. He was lieutenant in 1803 and styled captain after
1805. He res. in Walpole, N. H., from 1810 to 1815; he then returned to Ashburnham,
where he died. He d. Sept. 4, 1846; res. Ashburnham, Mass.
Silas, b. Apr. 28, 1803; m. Olive Knight.

Hannah C, b. Sept. 15, 1805; d. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 26, 1826.
David C, b. Feb. 24, 1808; d. Aug. 6, 1809.
David C, b. Apr. 14, 1810; m. Tyla Buffum Bowdish and Harriett

A. Shepstone.
Susan, b. Aug. 21, 1812; d. young.
Charles, b. June 18, 1815; m. Susan Davis.
Joseph C, b. Jan. 23, 1818; m. Feb. 3, 1842, Florence E. Weston;

res. Baltimore, Md.
Sarah, b. June 22, 1820; m. Oct. 31, 1844, James W. Gardner. She

d. s. p. at Springfield, May 30, 1865.
Milton, b. Oct. 9, 1823; m. Annie M. Weston.

4088.
4089.
4090.
4091.

4092.
4093.
4094.

4095.

u.

V.
V.

vi.

vii.

viii.

4096.

IX.

1951. Samu
20, 1783; m. Aug
9, 1837. He was

el Whitney (Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May
12, 180-_', Abigail Wilder; b. Jan. 3, 1783; d. Oct. 23, 1861. He d. May
an enterprising and active man; res. Ashburnham, Mass.
Samuel, b. Oct. 28, 1802; d. Sept. 3, 1805.
Merrick, b. Dec. 31, 1804; m. Harriett Adams.
Jane V. W., b. Aug. 11, 1807; d. Sept. 10, 1810.
Samuel, b. Feb. 25, 1810; d. Dec. 17, 1810.
Austin, b. Dec. 21, 1811 ; d. Sept. 4, 1814.
Chas. W.,b. Jan. 10, 1814; m. Elmira M. Wilder.
Austin, b. Apr. 16, 1816; m. E. Augusta Holmes.
Jane E., b. July 7. 1818; d. Nov. 12, 1847.
Samuel W, b. May 25, 1820; m. Sarah A. Russell.
QuiNCY, b. Oct. 7, 1822; m. Mandana M. Whittemore;
Horatio N., b. Oct. 3, 1824; m. 1853, Mary Eliza Carlton. He d.
Feb. 18, 1858, s. p.; farmer.

1952. W^illiam Whitney (Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Aug 5, 1785; m. May 22, 1808, Lucy Brooks; d. Dec. 4, 1829; m. 2d May 7, 18?0, Mrs.
Mercy (Burgess) Bemis. He d. July 22, 1852; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

4097.

4098.

ii.

4099.

HI.

4100.

iv.

4102.

V.

4103.

vi.

4104.

vn.

4105.

Vlll

4106.

IX.

4107.

X.

4108;^

.VI.

4108.
4109. ii.

4110.
4111.

in.

IV.

4112.
4113.

V.

VI.

William, b. July 22, 1809; m. Julia Emerson, and Mrs. Catherine

H. Courtney.
Silas, b. May 26, 1811; m. 1844, Susan Eddy; and Mary E. Whit-

nev; res. Fitchburg, Mass.
George, b. Apr. 6, 1814; m. 1849, Marv Wedge, of Boston. He d.

May, 1858, s. p.
Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1818; m. Mav 7, 1837, Alonzo L. Willard, b. June

1, 1812; res. Ashburnham, Mass. Ch.: Albert T., b Feb. 22,
1838; m. Wealthy Kendall; res. Bethel, Vt.; Wm. H., b Mar. 4.
1842; m. Mary C. Barrell; Herbert A., b. Dec. 1, 1844; m. Julia
Brown; res. Ansonia, Conn.; Lucy C, b. Sept. 9, 1850; m. Geo.
E. Newton; res. Waltham.

Catherine, b. Feb. 3, 1820; m. William Brown; m. 2d, Charles

Davis.
Sarah A., b. Apr. 30, 1831; m. Apr. 5, 1849, Newton Hayden, b.

Dec. 5, 1827; res. Fitchburg. Ch.: Ella M., b. Dec. 29, 1849; m.

Charles A. Smith; Wm. P., b. July 14, 1852; Minnie B., b. Nov.

2, 1868.

1953. Ohio Whitney (Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John,) b. Mar.
22, 1789; m. Jan. 3, 1809. Mary Bolton, b. May 21, 1791; d. Aug. 30, 1843. She was the
daughter of Capt. Aaron Bolton, of Westminster, who was a minute man in the
Revolutionary army, and was afterward a captain in the state militia. He was active

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 275

in local affairs, and repeatedly received expressions of respect and honor from his
fellow townsmen; m. 2d, June 9, 1844, Mrs. Dorothy (Mavnard) Brown; d. Aug. 8,
1885.

Ohio Whitney was a man of ability and unusual force of character. The record
of his life and good works are engraven in the annals of Ashburnham. He was a
selectman for several years, and honorably discharged every trust. At all times and
under all circumstances he commanded the respect and affectionate regard of his
townsmen. Hon. Ohio Whitney was treasurer of Gushing Academy for many years,
and also a member of its executive committee. He also had the singular honor of
presiding as moderator at the town meetings for twenty-nine years in succession. He
d. Mar. 23, 1870; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

4114. i. Mary B., b. July 28, 1809; m. Sept. 20, 1827, James Adams, b. Nov.

24, 1804. She d. Oct 29, 1847; rev. to Brooklyn, Pa., and m. a sec-
ond wife. He. d. Dec. 25, 1880. Ch.: Luther B., b. Feb. 16,
1829; m. Mary B.Samson; Dolly, b. Nov. 9, 1880; d. Aug. 81,
1883; Ohio W., b. Jan. 9. 1833; m. L. Angle Harding; Francis
A., b. June 2, 1835; m. Catherine Rinehart; Jas. W., b. Oct. 21,
1889; m. Sarah J. Perrv; Jos. H., b. Dec. 30, 1^41; drowned,
Aug. 4, 1845.

4115. ii. Jason, b. Feb. 10, 1811; m. Elizabeth L. Sampson, Susan E. Bar-

rett and Esther Ball.

4116. iii. Ohio, b. June 9, i818; m. Mary R. Brooks.

4117. iv. Sarah, b. Apr. 5, 1815; m. Jan. 1, 1884, Walter Adams, b. Nov. 4,

1807; d. Jan. 7, 1876. Ch.: Ivers W., b. May 20, 1838; m. Sarah
E. Shepard; res. Dorchester, Mass.; Walton R., b. Feb. 7, lf<40;
m. Mary E. Pillsburv; Sarah A., b. Feb 26, 1843; m. Chas. A.
Robbms; Abbie A., b. Jan. 14, 1846; d. Aug. 27, 1848; Chas. F.,
b. Oct. 21, 1849; d. Dec. 19, 1876; Willis H., b. Mar. 8, 1852; d.
Aug. 27, 1853.

4118. v. Amos, b. June 7, 1817; m. Harriett J. Bemis.

4119. vi. Dully W.. b. Jan. 19, 1819; m. Julv 22, 1841, Joseph Adams, b.

Aug. 2, 1818; res. Ash. Ch.: Melvin O., b. Nov. 7; 1S47; m.
Mary Colony; attorney; res. Boston. Melvin O. Adams, Esq.,
son of Joseph and Dolly fWinshij)) Whitney Adams, was b. m
Ashburnham, Nov. 7, 1847. He passed his preparatory studies
in this town, and at New Ipswich, Appleton Academy, and grad-
uated with honors at Dartmouth College in the able class of
1871. He was sub-mater of the Fitchburg High School in 1871-
72, and read law with the Hon. Edward Avery, of Boston, and
Hon. Amasa Norcross, of Fitchburg, He recieved the degree
of Bachelor of Laws from Boston University, 1874, and the same
year he was admitted to the Suffolk County bar. Until the year
1876 he continued a legal residence in this town, and was mod-
erator of the annual March meeting 1874, '75, and '76. Mindful
o the partiality and appieciative regard of his townsmen, he has
responded to many invitations for addresses on miscellaneous
subjects. In his professional labors in Boston since 1874, he has
be.^n successful, and has won a merited reputation for charac-
ter r d ability. Since 1876 he has been assistant district attor-
ney r the district of Suffolk, and has probably been engaged
in t" •■ial of a greater number of the cases than has fallen to
thi . of any lawyer of his age in the state. In habit of thought,
he ,uick and vigorous. In attack or defense his resources are
at int command, and all his work is sustained by the weight
oi gi'ity and character. Mr. Adams is yet a young man,

pr -ng ability and opportunity to complete a career which

h. 1 ably and firmly outlined; Walter H., b. Nov. 11, 1851;

d , 1852.

4120. vii. H - J., b. Dec. 8, 1820; m. Mar. 10, 1840, Salmon W. Put-

-)pkinton, Dec. 10, 1815; d. Feb. 23. 1872. He went to

m early in 1837, and for a short time in connection

Ider brother, John, was engaged in business there.

amily moved to Fitchburg. In the establishment of

T Machine Co., in the conduct of an extensive busi-

and labors fill an eventful and an interesting page

4122.

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4123.

X.

4124.

XI.

4125.

Xll.

4126.

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276 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

in the annals of a prosperous city. He occupied with credit
many positions of trust, was a director in several monetary
' institutions, and thoroughly identified with the growth and pros-

perity of the town and city of Fitchburg. The sons have suc-
ceeded to the general management of the corporation, and have
frequently been elected to positions in municipal affairs. Ch.:
Henry O., b. Jan. 4, 1841; m. Sarah A. Smith; Salmon W., b.
Oct. 15, 1848; m. Emma J. Park; Chas. F., b. Aug. 5, 1845; m.
Coralie J. Lawrence; Harriett E., b. May 5, 1848; m. Loring
Sears; Wm. D., b. Stpt. 20, 1851; d. Aug. 19. 1852; Geo. E., b.
Oct. 15, 1854; an attorney; Laura J , b. Sept. 4, 1856; m. Rev.
S. J. Stewart; Mary A. I., b. Oct. 8,1858; m. Edward S. Crocker;
Marion M., b. Nov. 15. 1861.
4121. viii. Franxis A., b. Aug. 2j 1828; m. Lucy M. Lane and Sarah L
Watkins.

Walter, b. Jan. 1. 1825; m. Elvira Dunn.

IvERS B., b. Aug. 1, 1827; d. Sept. 8, 1829.

Aaron, b. Mar. 20, 1829; d. Sept. 5, 18P0.

Nan-cy, b. Feb. 28, 1881; d. Oct. 20, 1847.

Abbie E., b. Feb. 25, 1836; m. Dec. 5, 1857, Charles W. Barrell,

b. ; d. Mar. 23, 1865; m. 2d. ]an. 1, 1877. Simeon Merritt,

b. Mar. 21, 1823; d. Dec IS, 1882. He was selectman eight
years, road commissioner and repeatedly elected to office; was
a delegate to the constitutional convention in ) 853, and repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1877.

1967. Moses Whitney (Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
in Winchendon, Nov. 28,1789; m. Oct. 27, 1816, Sophia Cutter, b. Cambridge, Jan. 25,
1794; d. May 16, 1831. Res. Boston, Mass., and St. Louis, Mo.

4127. i. Sophia, b. Apr. 17, 1818; d. Apr. 17, 1818.

4128. ii. Hf.nry, b. Nov. 4, 1819.

4129. iii. Martha C, b. Sept. 8, 1821; d. Julv 12, 1853.

4130. iv. Moses, b. Oct. 18, 1828; d. same day.

4132. V. George K., b. July 14, 1826; m. Frances Maria Green and

Susanna Clendenin.

4133. vi. Samuel C, b. Aug. 14, 1828; m. Sept. 18, 1850, Abbie L. Bryant,

b. Mar. 11, 188;:!; res. s. p. Stoneham, Mass.

4134. vii. AzuBAH K., b. May 6,1881; d. same day.

1968. Cavt. Hananiah Whitney (Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., May 29, 1792; m. Mary Leavitt Beals; m. 2d, Oct.
19, 1820, Sarah Beaman, b. Sept. 29, 1802; d. May 18. 1891, in Lowell.

He was born in Winchendon, where he resided until 1830, when he moved to
Lowell, Mass. Bought a theater, turned it into a Free Chi.rch; of course it was a
failure, and from a fairly well to do man, his ch. became workers and self support-
ers. He never would compromise, always paying 100 cents on the dollar, and unfor-
tunately so good a credit and so obliging, he had many note-, to pay for which there
was no value received. Was very popular as a young man, securing his com. as
Capt. from Gov. Hancock. It is said on one occasion, w f i drilling his command,
they were surrounded by the lookers on with the pu' se of creating contusion.
Instantly the order was given to "form a hollow square," ilowed by, " charge bayo-
nets, marchi" A scattering rather lively of good natu 1 friends, and never any
more attempts to disturb the drill or parade. He d. ^ 1867, in Lowell, Mass.;
res. Winchendon, Mass.

4135.
4136
4137

Geo. Leavitt, b. ; d.

John Milton, b. Sept. 21, 1824; m. ' u Beals.

Mary B., b. July, 1825; m. Sept., 185 -don Reed; res. Lowell.

He d. Sept. 16, 1872; was a ma Ch.: Frank Sumner,

b. July 30, 1853; Lizzie Jane, b. . 1851; d. Oct. 5, 1851;

Josephine Frances Reed Cona- 26, 1860; m. Dec. 19,

1883; address, Lowell, Mass.

4188. iv. William M., b. May 15, 1826; m .le.

4189. V. Henry Martyn, b Aug. 21, 1? veil, April 25, 1854,

Harriett Bagley, b. Aug. 24, 18 '6; m. 2d at Salem,

Jan. 30, 1879, Mary W. Bemis ice, Mass. With

HENRY M. WHITNEY

278 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

only a common school education, he entered the counting room
of fiomer Bartlett, in Lowell, remaining 24 mos., then entered
the drug store of Carleton & Hovey for a service of five years.
During these nearly seven years, devoted as much time as pos-
sible to general culture, private evening school, etc., and con-
tinued after leaving Lowell in 1849, for Lawrence, Mass. After
two years as jr. partner, became sole proprietor. Has gradu-
ates in many of the states from Maine to Colorado. Graduated
one who became a lawyer and member of congress; two now in
the ministry. Somewhat active in the Epispl. Church as
treas., vestryman and warden. Trustee of our largest savings
bank. Pres. of Mass. State Pharm. Asso,, local sec. of the
Amer. Pharm. Asso., and member of the council. Pres. of
Mass. State Board of Registration in Pharmacy. Mr. Whitney
has been a member of the board since its creation in 1895, and
chairman continuously since. He inaugurated and carried
through many needed reforms, his aim being to elevate the
pharmacists' profession and have the druggist business di-
vorced from several disagreeable features which were caused
by unprincipled men unfortunately engaged in it. He gave
time and made personal sacrifices to accomplish these radical
changes for the good. Therefore, it is not at all singular that a
strong opposition should be exerted against his re-appointment,
and powerful influence did all it could to prevent a retention.
J In the face of all this the appointee did not make any move in
his own behalf, nor would he sanction his friends' intervention.
But it is understood that numerous unsolicited letters were for-
warded to Gov. Greenhalge by prominent gentleinen, many
engaged in the profession, urging his re-selection, for the
reason of his emment capability, faithful service, absolute
honesty and progressive record. The Massachusetts board, it
may truthfully be said, ranks in the van of any in the United
States, and in a great measure this is due to Mr. Whitney's
efforts. At present he is living in comfortable home of 17 acres
in North Andover, two and three quarters miles from place of
business.

4140. vi. Sarah A., b. ; m. Plagg; res. Wellesley, Mass.

4141. vii. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 16, 1836; m at Lowell, July 11, 1860, Joseph

A. Bailey, b. Dec. 1, 1836; d. Mar. 18, 1873. He' was a merchant;
res. S. Dartmouth, Mass. Ch.: Joseph A., res. Methuen;
Thomas Francis; Wm. Henry, res. Boston, Mass., P. O. box
5188; Sarah E , res. S. D.; m. 2d, Apr. 18, 1874, Capt. Spooner,
b. Sept 11, 1819; is a retired sea captain.

4142. viii. Abigail A., b. • ; unm; res. Lawrence, Mass.

4143. ix. Harriett A., b. ; unm.; res. Lawrence, Mass.

4144. X. Charles N., b. ; d. .

4145. xi. Martha B., b. Nov. 8, 1822; m. May 21, 1851. Joseph White; res.

West Newton. He was b. Oct. 1, 1823; d. July 27, 1884; was in
the woolen business. Ch.: Joseph Frederick, b. June 18, 1854;
d. May 12, 1857; Luther, b. Dec. 30, 1856; m. Feb., 1886, Mamie
S. Files; place of business, Boston, Mass.; Anna Bertha, b. Jan.
28, 1859; m. June 1, 1882, F. A. Libbey, Putnam, Conn.; children
were born in Lawrence, Mass.

4146. xii. Charles E., b. ; d. .

1975. Silas Stacy Whitney (Hananiah, Samuel, William Nathaniel, John,
John), b. in Winchendon, Mass., June 21, 1805; m. in Chichester, N. H., June 18, 1829,
Mary Bryant Gate, b. Feb. 9, 1811; d. June 13, 1892. He was born in Winchendon,
Mass., on a farm, and on leaving home worked in a mill carding wool. Later he
was engaged in the general merchandising business at Centre Harbor, N. H. About
1852 he removed to Pittsfield. N. H., in same trade. In 1855 or early in 1856 he sold
out and went to Dubuque, Iowa, for a short time, thence to Chicago and engaged in
the produce and grain commission business, which he continued, up to a short time
before his death. The family went to Chicago in Nov., 1856, from N. H. He d. Aug.
5, 1873; res. Chicago, 111.

4147.

i.

4148.

11.

4149.

111.

4150.

IV.

4151.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 279

James D. C, b. Mar. 28, 1838; m. Alice J. Jennings.
Charles W., b. May 18, 1843; d. Aug. 4, 1863.

William W., b. Mar. 18, 1845; m. .

Franklin, b. Mar. 22, 1850; m. Jennie M. Stevenson.
Mary Ella. b. Feb. 3, 1853; d. Aug. 26, 1859.

1977, Samuel Austin Whitney (Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,

John, Johni, b. Winchendon, Mass.. Nov. 10, 1809; m. ; b. Feb, 11, 1811;

d. Jan., 1879. He d. June, 1886; res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.

4152. i. Henry S.. b. Sept. 28, 1849; m. Clymena P. Farrow.

4153. ii. Abbie S., b. ; m. Foster; res. Westford, Mass,

4154. iii. Iennie N., b. ; m. Bridge; res. Winchendon.

4155. iv. Sybil E., b. ; m. Rice; res. Winch.

4156. V. Mary E., b. — ; m. Holbrook; res. Phil.

4157. vi. Azubah, b. ; m. Mayson; res. Marlboro, N. H.

1979. Abraham Johnson Whitney (James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Newtown, Conn., Mar. 28, 1778; m. Nov. 22. 1799, Philena Adams, b. Goshen,
Conn.. Sept. 6, 1783; d. Nov. 26. 1863. He was a clothier and wool carder; res. several
places in N. Y.. and finally located at Stamford; was in war of 1812. He d. Jan. 30,
1862; res. Stamford, N. Y.

4158. i, Alonzo a., b. Mav 6. 1801; m. Fannv Pitts.

4159. ii. Chloe Hatch, b. Feb. 27, 1803; m. Jan. 1. 1826. Christopher

Devo, b. June 21, 1801; res. Caxton, N. Y., where he d. July
29, '1862.

4160. iii. Elozia Gray, b. Oct. 28, 1805; m. Nov. 18. 1827. Oliver Wilkin-

son, b. Townsend, Vt., Nov. 18, 1795. She d. Sept. 23, 1857.

4161. iv. James L.,b. Mar. 12. 1808; m. Lucy Maria Hall and Maria Eldred.

4162. V. Eunice Johnson, b. July 22. 1816; m. Isaac Creamer. She d.

Varna, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1839; buried at Newfield.

4163. vi. Emeline Amanda, b. Nov. 4, 1818; m. July 17, 1838. Nelson

Cowan, b. July 2, 1816, at Cayuga; res. Gibson, N. Y.

1981. Zerah Wh;TNEV (James. Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Newtown, Conn., June 10, 1784; m. Feb. 19, 1808, Jane Demond; b. Dec. 22. 1788;
d. June 25. 1843.

He was born in Newtown, Conn., and was a tanner and currier by trade. Mov-
ing to New York state, he later located in Michigan, at Cascade. The village where
he resided was called Whitneyville. in his honor. He was in the war of 1812 and
received a pension. \\"r- '.istice of the peace for many years. Seventeen of his
sons and grandsons serve = .,i ''iti civil war and not one was wounded. He d. Jan. 15,
1873; res. Bradley. Mich.

4164. i. Martin V. B., b. Nov. 24, 1832; m. Harriett White.

4165. ii. Ruth Ann, b. Oct. 28, 1808; m. Apr. 5. 1828. Jonathan Mizener.

He was b. Apr. 7, 1803; d. Apr. 13, 1875. She d. Sept. 3, 1869.
Ch.: John; res. Grand Rapids, Mich.

4166. iii. Peter"!., b. Oct. 5, 1810; m. Betsev Porter.

4167. iv. Oscar F., b. Aug. 6, 1812; m. Electa A. Bryant.

4168. v. Ezra, b. July 29. 1815; m. Hannah De Puy.

4169. vi. Abraham J., b. Jan. 13, 1820; m. Julia A. Morse, \'irginia A.

Chatterdon and Frances Bennett.

4170. vii. Chester C.b. Sept. li^, 1822; m. Amanda De Puy.

1984. James Lewis Whitney (James. Samuel. Samuel. Nathaniel. John, John),
b. Newtown, Conn.. May 29. 1789; m. Maria Cass; res. Watkins. N. Y.

4172. i. Mary Ann. b. ; m. Starkey; res. W.

4173. ii. . b. ; m. Sweesey, attornev at law. Orange Co.,

N. Y.

1986. Philo Whitney (James, Samuel. Samuel, Nathaniel, John. John), b.
Newtown. Conn.. Aug. 27, 1792; m. Oct. 1, 1815, Jerusha Wheeler, b. Oct. 16, 1796; d.
Sept. 21, 1829; m. 2d. Dec. 14. 1829. Aurelia Wheeler, b. July 23, 1792. Was a black-
smith and was killed by a fracture of the skull. He d.. accidently killed, April 6,
1830; res. Newtown, Conn.

4174. i. Harriett, b. July 14. 1816; m. Dec. 9, 1835. Edward Fairchild, b.

Jan. 3, 1814. She d. May 14, 1849; res. Newtown. Conn.

4182.

i.

4183.

ii.

4184.

111.

4186.

iv.

4186.

V.

4187.

vi.

4188.

vii.

4189.

viii

4190.

ix.

280 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4175. ii. Joseph Botsford, b. Mar. 4, 1818; drowned in Croton river June

8, 1834.

4176. iii. James Wheeler, b. Nov. 27, 1819; m. Ann Maria Lewis,

4177. iv. Emily, b. Oct. 11, 1821; m. Dec. 26, 1841, Le Grand Fairchild, b.

Roxbury, Conn., Feb. 1, 1820; res. N.

4178. V. AuRELiA, b. Oct. 26, 1823; m. Oct. 24, 1849, Oliver Warner Moore;

b. Phelps, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1820; res. Le Roy, N. Y. He was for
some time a resident of Wash., D. C, and head of the Indian
bureau.

4179. vi. Ruth Ann, b. May 27, 1826; m. Oct. 28, 1847, Truman Hubbell,

d. Newtown, 1849; m. 2d, June 10,1850, Mark Leavenworth Hub-
bell; b. Apr. 18, 1830; res. Bethel, Conn. During the war he
was in the 24th N. Y. state cavalry.

4180. vii. Abraha.m Johnson, b. Oct. 3, 1828; m. Marietta Parmelee.

1987. Ezra Whitney (James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Sept.
18, 1793; m. ; res. Newfield, N. Y.

4181. i. Sarah, b. ; m. Eaton; res. Charlestown, Pa.

1988. Eli Whitney (James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. New-
town, Conn., Feb. 25, 1795; m. Dorcas Austin; res. Horseheads, N. Y.

Sarah Bronson, b. .

Charles Lewis, b. ; d. unm. Sept. 8, 1843.

Jerusha, b. ; d. Newfield, N. Y.

Lucretia Frances, b. June 8,1825; m. Sept. 28, 1843, Wm. Henry

Brace; b. Nov. 30, 1820; res. Caton, N. Y.

Theresa Pamelia, b. .

Samuel Austin, b. ; m. Lucinda Devoe; res. Elmira, N. Y.

Philo Lorenzo, b. May 30, 1833; m. Ann Elizabeth Zeak.

Henry Eli, b. ; res. Elmira, N. Y.

Alozia, b. — ; m. Albert McKinney; res. Southport, N. Y.

He was in the war, in 141st Regt. N. Y. S. vols.

1989. Ethiel Whitney (James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Newtown, Conn., May 6, 1796; m. Mar. 29, 1823, Elizabeth Leonard, b. Dec. 23, 1803.
He was a farmer and blacksmith; in his later years became blind; was a toldier in
the war of 1812; res. Covert, N. Y. and Plainfield, Mich.

MiNDRUS He.mkod, b. Jan. 1, 1824; m. Harriett Adelaide Watson.

Zerah, b. Mar. 12. 1825; m. Feb. 5, 1851, Ellen Janet Moffatt;
res. Plainfield, Mich.

Chauncev Lambert, b. Oct. 8, 1826; d. May 8, 1832.

Elizabeth Jane, b. July 26, 1829; d. Aug. 1, 1832.

Hermon Eastman, b. Dec. 7, 1830; m. Lydia Ann Moffatt.

Emeline, b. Jan. 12, 1838; m. Nov. 14, 1855, Chas. Roswell Hine. b.
Nov. 12, 1832; res. Lowell, Mich. He is a supervisor and direc-
tor of the local bank.

1990. Abel Whitney (James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Sept.
23, 1797; m, Oct. 1, 1821, Elvira Triphosa Beecher, b. Bidgewater, Conn., Mar. 28,
1802. He is a blacksmith by trade and has held a number of public offices in Ohio;
res. Newton, Conn, and W^akeman, O.

4197. i. Elvira, b. 1825; d. Apr. 12, 1831.

4198. ii. Annie Orena, b. Mar. 7, 1824; m. Apr. 6, 1851. Charles R. Shel-

ton; b. Oxford, Conn., Jan. 3, 1820, s. p.; res. W.

4199. iii. RuGGLES N., b. Apr. 6, 1826; m. Jane Sherman.

4200. iv. Lewis Becar, b. Feb. 9, 1828; d. Aug. 1846.

4201. V. Hannah Maria, b. July 31, 1832; m. Mar. 30, 1856, Leaverett

Benedict Hill, b. June 11, 1831 ; res. Larkspur, Cal.

4202. vi. Chas. Philo, b. May 23, 1834; m.Celinda E.Ennes.

4203. vii. Fred'k Augustus, b. Jan. 23, 1837; m. Fanny Maria Shoff.

4204. viii. Theo. Beecher, b. Apr. 21, 1840; m. Mary Elizabeth Parker.
4206. ix. Jane Amelia, b. May 2, 1842; m. Aug. 24, 1863, William Augus-
tine Canfield,b. May 27, 1841; res. W\

1998. Isaac John Whitney (Isaac, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Watertown, Conn., Dec. 20, 1803; m. at Clarkson, N. Y., May 7, 1845, Martha Ann

4191.

i.

4192.

ii.

4193.

iii,

4194.

iv

4195.

V.

4196.

vi,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 281

Rowell; b. May 18, 1818; d. Mar. 3, 1891. He d. Sept. 4, 1885; res, Brockport, N. Y.,
Main and Union Sts.

4206. i. Charles, b. Apr. 12, 1846; m. .

4207. ii. Mary Louise, b. Nov. 7. 1864; d. Sept. 5, 1856.

4208. iii. John Rowell, b. Dec. 12, 1868; m. Josephine Gibson.

1999. Zachariah Whitney (Zachariah, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),
b. Lunenburg, Mass.; m. . He d. in 1814; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

4209. i. Joseph H., b. Aug. 7, 1808; m. Eliza Derby.

4210. ii. JosiAH B., b. Apr. 30. 1811; m. Mary A. Patch.

4211. iii. Levina, b. Apr. 15, 1810; m. John Eaton, of Ashby, Mass. She m.

2d Jackson. She res. with her son, Henry Jackson, Fitch-
burg, Mass.

2004. Zachariah Whitney (John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b.
Lunenburg, Mass., Feb. 10, 1777; m. Feb., 1801, Abigail Snow; res. Cavendish, \'t.
Abigail Whitnev's will of Lunenburg, son, Ebenezer Robinson, exec. Made Oct. 10,
1822. Prob. Nov. 21, 1827.

4212. i. Lucy, b. ; m. Daniel Grout; res. Cav.

2005. ZiMRi Whitney (John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Lunen-
burg, Mass., May 14, 1776; m. May 28, 1801, Susanna Sanderson; b. May 16, 1782; d.
1866. He d. Aug. 24, 1862; res. Rindge, 1812, Jaffrey, N. H., 1814, and Peru, \t., 1826,
where he died.

4213. i. Isaac S., b. Apr. 7, 1802; m. Maria Orrington, and Hannah Crandall.

4214. ii. Abraham, b. Jan. 19, 1804; m. Adaline Sawyer.

4215. iii. Charles, b. Mar. 2, 1806; m. Adaline Strong. He d. Feb. 26, 1861

Had 10 ch.; res. Charlestown, Mass.

4216. iv. Alvah, b. June 27, 1808; m. Caroline Geyer.

4217. V. Susannah P., b. Aug. 22, 1810; m. Apr. 16, 1883, Benjamin Pen-

field; res. Gibsonburg, O. He was b. Apr. 6, 1811; d. Sept. 27,
1865; was a farmer. She res. at 414 Parker St., East Toledo, O.

Ch.: Annie M., b. Jan. 29, 1836; m. 1866, Williams; res.

Peru, Vt.; Mary E., b. Sept. 14, 1837; m. Dec. 2,1859,

Phillips; res. Peru, Vt.; Benjamin F., b. Nov. 14, 1839; d. Nov.
18, 1851 ; Nathan C, b. Feb. l^, 1842; m. Aug. 12, 1871 ; res. Man-
chester, Vt.; William A., b. June 3, 1844; m. Jan. 1, 1871; res.
East Toledo, O.; John W., b. Sept. 26, 1846; m. May, 1871; res.
Belleville, Kas.; Charles F., b. June 11, 1862; res. Cleveland, O.,
71 Lawrence St.

Hosea, b. Mar. 17, 1813; m. Charlotte Sawyer.

Thomas P., b. Aug. 29, 1816; m. Harriett A. Benjamin.

George S., b. Apr. 17, 1819; m. Eveline Barnard.

John S., b. May 21, 1822; m. Valissa P. Johnson. He d. Oct. 24,
1881; res. Jaffrey, N. H.; had 6 ch.

4222. X. Richard Baxter, b. June, 18, 1826; d. unm.

2006. John Whitney (John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),b. Lunenburg,
Mass., July 2, 1788; m. in Rindge, N. H., Dec. 8, 1812, Sophia Faulkner; b. Feb. 28,
1794; d. Apr. 16, 1868; m. 2d, Apr. 12, 1860, Mrs. Fanny Howe Blodgett. He was a
farmer. He d. Oct. 15, 1873; res. Lunenburg, Mass., and Rindge, N. H.

4223. i. Sophia, b. Dec. 30, 1813; m. Mar. 21, 1832, Brooks Wheeler, of

Lincoln, Mass. She d. Oct. 23, 1841.

4224. ii. Zachariah F., b. Apr. 15, 1816; m. Hepsibeth Smith.

4226. iii. Eunice, b. May 6, 1818; m. Sept. 14, 1841, George E. Smith, of
Rindge.

4226. iv. John 0.,b. June 12, 1821; m.Abbie L. Lvon.

4227. V. Ann, b. Aug. 21, 1823; m. 1840, Edmund 'Wheeler; res. Quincy, 111.

She d. Apr. 6, 1844.

4228. vi. Sarah, d. aged three years.

4229. vii. Sarah P., b. Apr. 16, 1827; m. William L. Whitney, son of Lovell

(sec)' res. W. Rindcrc

4230. viii. Charles A., b. Feb. 16, 1830; m. Lydia M. Lyon.

4231. ix. Susan E., b. Sept. 7, 1833; m. Apr. 29, 1856, Albert S. Marshall; b,

Mav 31, 1828; res. Rindge, N. H., and Lunenburg, Mass. Ch.:
Minnie A., b. Oct. 26, 1867; Albert A., b. Aug. 6, 1860; Charles E.,
19

4218.

vi.

4219.

vii.

4220.

vni

4221.

IX.

282 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

b. Apr. 8, 1863; Fred W., b. May 24, 1865; Susan A., b. Apr. 2,
1867; Annetta S., b. Sept. 11, 1871.

4232. X. George A., b. 1837; m. Mattie A. Colburn and Susie R. Con-

verse.

2014. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John),
b.inWatertown, Mass., Dec. 15, 1769; m. Apr. 9, 1793, Lucy* Parks, b. 1772; d. winter
1851, in Woburn, Mass.; res. Watertown and Marshfield, Mass. He had 18 ch., 3
dying in infancy.

4233. i. Samuel.

4234. ii. Jonathan.

4235. iii. Asa.

4236. iv. Abram.

4237. V. John.

4238. vi. Nathaniel.

4239. vii. David, b. Nov. 24, 1805; m. Catherine Horn.

4240. viii. Adams, b. Sept. 14, 1817; m. .

4241. ix. Francis.

4242. X. Susan.

4243. xi. Rebecca.

4244. xii. Lucy.

4245. xiii. Harriett.

4246. xiv. Mary Ann, b. ; m. Hadley, son Jonas; res. Maiden,

Mass.

4247. XV. Abbie.

2018. Abijah Whitney (Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. in
Weston, Mass., in 1784; m. there Jan. 7, 1808, Anne Lawrence, b. Aug. 17, 1785; d. June
8, 1831. He d. Apr. 20, 1862; res. Weston and Waltham, Mass.

4248.
4249.
4250.
4251.

Gardner, b. Sept. 17, 1811; d. Oct. 24, 1844.

Thomas Lawrence, b. Oct. 7, 1808; d. Oct. 3, 1810.
i. Henry, b. Aug. 18, 1822; m. Catherine Harvey.
V. Samuel Buttrick, b. Oct. 17, 1714; m. Mary Watson Crehore.

4252. V. Sarah Ann, b. Sept. 30, 1816; m. Joshua Lawrence; res. Concord.

2019. Nathan Whitney (Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b.
Weston, Mass., in 1786; m. Martha Stearns; b. Aug. 24, 1791; d. Aug. 30, 1855. He
was a cordwainer; he d. June 12, 1823; res. Waltham, Lincoln, and Concord, Mass.

4253. i. Nathan, b. ; m. ; has a son Frank res. in Waltham,

Mass.

4254. ii. Martha, b. Nov. 27, 1809; m. May 10, 1832, Benjamin F. Cheney.

He was b. Jan. 17, 1810; d. Jan. 19, 1892; was a shoemaker by
trade, but followed agricultural pursuits. Ch.: Martha S., b.
April 9, 1833; m. John F. Downing, Dec. 11, 1860; Somerville,
Mass.; Susan A., b. Dec. 6, 1834; d. July 8, 1857; Franklin E.,
b. May 8, 1837; d. Oct. 3, 1845; Rev. Nathan G., b. Sept. 29, 1840;
m. Elizabeth McLaughlin; present address. New Rochelle,
N. Y.; Joseph A., b. Aug. 19, 1842; d. Feb. 20, 1844; Henry E.,
b. July 1, 1845; d. Jan. 17, 1865; William A., b. Feb. 18, 1848;
m. Annie Skinner; present address, Los Angeles, Cal.

4255. iii. Joseph, b. ; m. ; res. in Waltham.

4256. iv. Maria M., b. ; m. Whitman; res. Newton.

4257. v. Louisa Ann, b. July, 1816; m. 1833, Austin Gove. Ch.: Wesley

A., b. Sept. 9, 1834; m. Mary J. Kelley; res. East Boston, Mass.;
Martha J. , b. 1836; m. 1853, Alden L. Kincaid; William S., b.
1843; d. 1865; Maria L., b. 1854; m. 1868, Geo. L. Warren.

4258. vi. William S.,b. Oct. 19, 1815; m. Sarah Wheeler.

4259. vii. Charles Henry, b. Oct. 9, 1821; m. Eliza Brigham.

4260. viii. Mary Jane, b. May 28, 1818; m. Oct. 4, 1840, Aaron Richards

Gay; b. Oct. 9, 1815, in Roxbury, Mass.; d. Apr. 7, 1859, in New-
ton, Mass. She d. Aug. 4, 1850. Ch.: Aaron Francis, b. in Bos-
ton, Oct. 15, 1841; m. Mary L. Loud, dau. Rev. Henry M.Loud,
of Medford, Mass., Oct. 2, 1866; d. at Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 2,
1884; Edwin Whitney, b. in Boston, Jan. 7, 1845; m. 1st, Henri-

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 283

etta D. Ricker, Jan. 19, 1871 ; 2d, Maria M. Ricker, June 14. 1884;
both daus. of James Ricker, of Newton, Mass.; res. Newton,
Mass.; Melvin Richards, b. in Boston. Sept. 21, 1847; m. Mary
L. Pellette, dau. of Wm. Pellette, of Oscoda, Mich., June 10,
1876, at Newburyport, Mass.; treas. Knoxville C. G. & L. R. R.,
Knoxville, Tenn.; res. Ypsilanti, Mich.; Albert Newton, b. at
Newton, Mass., June 1, 1850; d. Mar. 26, 1861.

2020. Amos Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b.
m. at Worcester, Nov. 20, 1793, Polly Kingsbury; b. 1772; d. Apr. 28, 1795, the

eldest dau. of Moses Kmgsbury; m. 2d, Oct. 1, 1800, Betsey Parker, of Shrewsbury,
b. 1769; d. Aug. 12, 1841.

Amos Whitney reed, of the town for nursing and boarding Jesse Wesson's wife
and child $34.78. At the March town meeting in 1795 and 1806 he was elected a
surveyor of the highways and collector of highway taxes. In 1802 he was elected
a member of the school committee. In 1806 he was on the venire for the Supreme
Court; 1809 candidate for the legislature; 1811 elected assessor. He d. bef. his wife;
res. Worcester, Mass.

4261. i. Ezra, b. ; d. June, 1795.

2021. Moses Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b.
; m. Martha ; b. — ; d. . Moses Whitney's will, late of Temple-
ton, wife Martha; daughter Priscilla; sons, William and Moses. Exec. Thomas
Fisher, of Templeton, Jan. 1, 1810. He d. 1810; res. Templeton, Mass.

4262. i. Pkiscilla.

4263. ii. William.

4264. iii. Moses.

2029. George Washington Whitney (Ezekiel, Ezekiel, John, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Watertown, Mass., Aug. 26, 1812; m. Nov. 28, 1833, Elizabeth Cook, b. Nov.
10, 1815; d. Nov. 1, 1860. He was section master on Boston iS; Albany R. R. He d.
Mar. 17, 1863; res. Boston and Allston, Mass.

George B., b. Jan. 13, 1835; res. New York Citv; sup. 9th av.
Elevated R. R.

Lizzie, b. ; d. ; her dau. Gertrude Griggs res. Mer-
rick, Fla.

Delphina, b. ; res. Merrick, Fla.

Anna Amelia, b. — ; res. Merrick, Fla.

Arabella, b. ; res. Merrick, Fla.

Wm. Ezekiel, b. Dec. 1, 1840; m. Margaret Kinder.

Frank, b. Mar. 28, 1844; res. Roxbury.

Alonzo D., b. in 1847; m. Zeaphine J. Gilliheon.

Edward, b. ; d. .

2036. Walter H. Whitney (Ezekiel, Ezekiel, John, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Watertown, Mass., 1819; m. at E. Boston, 1840, Lydia E. Doyle, b. 1822; d. Aug. 10,
1888. He is a baker; res. Newton and So. Lancaster, Mass.

Walter Henry, b. Oct. 1, 1839; d. at Baton Rouge, La., in 1862.

Lorenzo L., b. Apr. 1, 1842; m. Sarah Robertson.

Emma Isadora, b. Dec. 20, 1846; d. Nov. 17, 1862.

Adelaide Adela, b. Dec. 7, ll-!48; m. Mar. 25, 1866, Hartley \.

Wilson; res. 160 Shawnut St., Chelsea. Ch.: Alfred Sylvester, b.

Apr. 26, 1867; d. May 5, 1867; Lillian May, b. Feb. 6, 1869; d.

Apr. 12. 1869; Hartley Nichols, b. and d. Sept. 16, 1873; Ruby

Nichols, b. Aug. 30, 1885.
4279. V. Benjamin F., b. in 1856; m. Aug. 5, 1877.

2037. William Dexter Whitney (Stephen, Stephen, John, Benjamin, John,
John), b. in Lunenburg, July 20, 1803; m. Oct. 1(5, 1824, in Lancaster, Harriett Hawkes,
b. Nov. 20, 1803; d. Feb. 18,' 1882.

William D. Whitney was a remarkably reserved and quiet man. He served an
apprenticeship of seven years at cabinet-making at Lancaster, Mass. He married
and began business on his own account at Southbridge, where four children were
born. Later he moved to Boston and worked at his trade. At Boston he was
employed by Chickering & Sons on work in ivory. Did not hold public office, and
never sought preferment of that sort. Had a wonderfully fine musical taste and tal-

4265.

i.

4266.

ii.

4267.

iii.

4268.

iv.

4269.

V.

4270.

vi.

4271.

VH.

4273.

Vlll

4274.

IX.

4275.

4276.

ii.

4277.

ni

4278.

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284 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ent, and was a leader of musical bodies. This talent all his children inherited. He
died of dropsy at Lancaster. He d. Oct. 26, 1865; res. Lancaster and Boston, Mass.

4280. i. William Stephen, b. Nov. 28, 1825; d. July 16, 1827.

4281. ii. Maria Antoinette, b. Oct. 18, 1827; m. Dec. 9, 1846, Francis

Pratt; res. Southbridge. She d. Oct. 3, 1859. Ch.: Wm. Fran-
cis; res. Herman St., Winthrop, Mass.

4282. iii. Stephen William, b. Feb. 15, 1829; d. Sept. 30, 1831.

4283. iv. Sarah Ellen, b. Mar. 9, 1831; d. Sept. 18, 1854.

4284. V. John Dexter, b. Nov. 29, 1833; d., it is thought, in 1862 in Rebel

army. Went from Memphis, Tenn.
4285 vi. Edmund C, b. Dec. 28, 1835; m. Cornelia F. Shepherd.

4286. vii. Wm. Sidney, b. Mar. 21, 1838; d. Sept. 15, 1840.

4287. viii. Harriet Francis, b. Nov. 19, 1840; d. Dec. 6, 1841.

4288. ix. Georgiana Freeman, b. Feb. 6 , 1843; m. July 9, 1862, Joseph S.

French; res. 86 Union Ave. So. Framingham, Mass. He was b.
June 12, 1840; d. s. p. May 30, 1881.

4289. X. Marietta Isabell, b. Aug. 31, 1845; m. May 22, 1878, Mr. Cun-

ningham; b. Oct. 21, 1838; res. 24 Main St., Marlboro, Mass.
She was previously married to a Mr. Adams, and had one child.
Grace Francis, b. Mar. 27, 1866; who m. L. A. Mabee, and res.
East Carlton, Orleans Co., N. Y. Ch. by second m.; Geo. Wm.,
b. Aug. 23, 1880; Myrtie Winnifred, b. Jan. 8, 1879; d. Mar. 30,
1884; M. Maude, b. Aug. 16, 1885.

4290. xi. Francis Herbert, b. June 23, 1849; res. Howes Court, Marl-
^ boro, Mass.

2042. Benjamin Hvrd Whitney (Abijah, Stephen, John, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Oct. 15, 1813; m. May 1836, Mary Butters, b. in 1815; d. Oct. 3, 1840; m. 2d, Nov.
1844, Sarah Phelps.

Benjamin H. Whitney, son of Abijah, and Betsey Whitney of Lunenburg, went
to Westminster ab. 1836, and established the wheelwright business in the shop which
stood near the site of the Baptist meetinghouse, his place of residence being on
Bacon Street, where Israel Dickmson now lives. He m. 2d, Sarah Phelps of Lunen-
burg. Res. Westminster and Lunenburg, Mass.

4291. i. Emma, b. . (Adopted.)

2046. Francis Wolfe Whitney (Abijah, Stephen, John, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Lunenburg, Mass., July 15, 1825; m. in Phillipston, Huldah B. Frost, b.
1830. He was born in Lunenburg, Mass., and remained with his parents until nine-
teen years of age, assisting his father on his farm and working in his slaughter
house; but not liking the latter work left home to learn the carriage and wheelwright
trade with his brother. He was paid $40 a year and worked twelve hours a day; at
the end of the year he had managed to save $18 of this sum to which he added $7
which his father had paid him, and this amount he placed at interest. After being
away from home for two years his father was disabled so that it was necessary for
him to return and carry on the farm, which was finally sold. He then left to find a
place at Worcester to work at his trade. He stopped on his way at Leominster to
visit his sister and while there waiting for the stage he went into a piano shop, the
first he had ever seen. The proprietor wanted to hire him, as he very much needed
a man on one kind of work, and after showing him what it was he agreed to go to
work for him the next week. He worked for him ten years, till his employer gave
up the business on account of ill-health and losses, etc. Being out of business he
thought he would try his hand at making children's carriages, and after decidmg the
matter he proposed to his cousin, F. A. Whitney, who had worked for him one year
at piano work, to go in company with him, he accepted the offer. They had but
little capital, but began in a small way and were making some headway when the
shop was burned and they lost all their machinery, stock, etc., as there was no insur-
ance. After they had secured money from friends they erected a small shop on
leased land and began business again, which after thirty-five years has become one
of the most important in Leominster, employing from 160 to 200 hands and turning
out nearly 40,000 carriages a year. For the past few years Mr. Whitney has not
taken any active part in the business, owing to poor health. When able to work he
spends his time in his garden, which is well stocked with all kinds of fruits and ber-
ries. He also has an extensive vegetable garden and one of the most pleasantly
located homes in that beautiful New England town. Indirectly there has grown out

4292.

i.

4293.

ii.

4294.

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of his going to Leominster several other large manufactories which have resulted
in greatly increasing the number of the inhabitants and improving the town so that
now it is one of the most desirable for business and for a home in the state. He has
never held any public office in town affairs. He has had some influence in sustain-
ing the Methodist church, to which he belongs, at least in a financial way. He has
had some influence, directly and indirectly, in the prosperity of the town, and has
owned some real estate on which he built a number of dwelling houses, opening a
number of new streets on which there has been and is considerable building.

His wife was the daughter of Rev. Leonard Frost, and, being a Methodist min-
ister, had no permanent home. She was born in Lemj>ster, N. H., and taught school
before she was married. She has been interested m the Woman's Christian Tem-
perance Union and held various offices. Res. Leominster, Mass.
■""^ • Ida, b. Apr. 8, 1855; d. June 11, 1867.

Katie, b. Oct. 28, 1858; d. Jan. 28, 1875.
Arthur, b. Dec. 6, 1860; d. Aug. 1, 1870.

Nellie S., b. June 21, 1862; m. m Leominster, Fred H. Wells;
res. Leominster. Ch.: Ada Francis, b. Feb. 22, 1888; Katherine
Whitney, b. May 1, 1891.

4296. V. Fred A., b. June 11,1866; res. Leominster; unm. Fred A., with

his brother, Walter F., are engaged in the manufacture of paper
boxes. Tiieir present shop being too small for their increasing
business, they are now about building quite a large four-story
building. They find a sale for a large number of boxes in
Leominster, as many of the maimfacturers use them.

4297. vi. Walter F., b. Oct. 19, 1871; res. Leo.; unm.

4298. vii. Annie D., b. July 24, 1867; d. Jan. 28, 1868.

2052. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass., Mar. 28, 1793; m. Jan. 8, 1822, Anne Miles Whitney (see),
of Princeton, dau. Capt. Andrew and Lucy (Miles), b. Feb. 21, 1801; d. June 3, 1885.
He d. Dec. 10, 1831; res. Westminster, Mass. He was a farmer and cooper.

4299. i. William, b. Julv 23, 1823; d. Apr. 27, 1847.

4300. ii. Augustine, b. Apr. 9, 1825; m. Mary A. Titus.

2065. Aaron Whitney (David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. May
1, 1800; m. Jan. 2, 1822, Martha Raymond, b. 1798; d. Sept. 11, 1850.

Aaron Whitney, son of Deacon David and Elizabeth (Barron) Whitney, married
Polly (Martha), daughter of Jonathan and Patty (Downs) Raymond, Jan. 2, 1822,
and settled with his family on the ancestral estate, coming into possession of the
northwest part of the farm, with the corresponding section of the ancient dwelling
house in which he lived. He was a quiet, unpretending man, of excellent habits
and character, and an estimable neighbor and citizen. His death occurred by
drowning, at Pettaconsett, R. I., whither he had gone not long before to visit his
son Frederic. He d. Sept. 8, 1886; res. Westminster, Mass.

4301. i. Frederic, b. Oct. 17, 1823; m. Sarah Ann Randell, Janette C.

Vanderburg, and Jane McLean.

4302. ii. M. Elizabeth, b. May 5, 1825; d. unm. Oct. 26, 1883.

4303. iii. Martha, b. Feb. 26, 1828; d. Sept. 19, 1847.

4304. iv. Stillman, b. Apr. 11, 1833; m. Julia Moulton, Mary Moulton,

and .

4305. v. Emily, b. in 1836; m. Dr. Isaac Tabor; res. Cal.; 7 ch.

4306. vi. S. Adelia, b. Dec. 3, 1840; d. Nov. 24, 1875.

2067. Reuben Perkins W'hitney (David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., July 24, 1804; m. Mar. 8, 1827, Clarissa C. Woodward,
b. Princeton, Sept. 29, 1804; d. Sept. 28, 1862; m. 2d, Apr. 27, 1865, Mrs. Fidelia
(Beaman) Pierce, b. Apr. 12. 1807; d. Mar. 10. 1866; m. 3d, Dec. 1867, Mrs. Nancy R.
Thomas, b. 1815; d. Feb. 13, 1869.

He was born in Westminster, Mass., the son of Deacon David. He resided in
Princeton and W^est Boylston; carried on an extensive farm and conducted a large
saw mill. Was respected by all who knew him, and died in South Lancaster nearly
90 years of age. E. H. Hinds, administrator of the estate of Fidelia B. Whitney, W.
Boylston, d. Mar. 10, 1876. Husband, Reuben Whitney. Ch. of Fidelia: Chas. I. Pierce,
West Boylston; Delia M. Hardy. W^orcester; Sarah J. Moore, Worcester; John M.
Pierce, W. Boylston; Harlem B.Pierce, Worcester; appointed Apr. 3, 1876. He d.
Sept. 24, 1892; res. Princeton, West Boylston, and So. Lancaster, Mass.

286 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4307. i. Louisa Howe, b. Mar. 4, 1828; m. Sept. 5, 1850, Elias W. Thomp-

son; res. 320 Marks PI., Brooklyn, N. Y. He was born in
Mercer, Me., Apr. 8, 1824; is engaged in the real estate and
insurance business. Ch.: Fanny L., b. Jan. 16, 1853; d. Mar. 23,
1855; Clara W., b. May 26, 1856; m. Aug. 2, 1880; p. o., Fargo,
N. Dakota; m. to George W. Shotwell; Everett, b. Apr. 15, 1858;
d. Aug. 10, 1861; Lizzie B., b. Dec. 31. 1861; m. Harry S. Story,
Apr. 27, 1887; p. o. 20 Berkley PI., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Lewis B., b.
Apr. 22, 1873, Brooklyn, N. Y.

4308. ii. Jason W., b. Sept. 21, 1829; m. Lydia A. Davis.

4309. iii. Marv E., b. Dec. 23, 1831; m. Apr. 22, 1852, John A. Rice, b. Aug.

15, 1825; res. So. Lancaster; is a provision dealer. Ch.: Agnes
L., and Alice L., b. Mar. 12, 1865; address, So. Lancaster; Ellen
and Ella, b. Feb. 26, 1859; d. Aug., 1859; Mary W. and Mabel
W., b. Alar. 3, 1867; d. Apr., 1867; George A., b. July 10, 1868;
address, So. Lancaster.
4S10. iv. Orville p., b. Oct. 28, 1833; m. Dora E. Odell.

4311. V. Clara E., b. Sept. 26, 1836; m. Nov. 8, 1877; Dea. Joseph C.

Lovell, b. July 13, 1819; d. Sept. 19. 1887; res. So. Lancaster,
Mass. Ch.: Edith L., b. Nov. 15, 1878; d. Apr. 8, 1884.

4312. vi. George F., b. Sept. 11, 1838; m. Sarah M. Davis.

4313. vii. Lucia M., b. July 10, 1844; d. July 31, 1844.

2068. Isaac Whitney (David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Mar.
14, 1806; m. Sept. 9, 1832, Susan Barrett; b. Sept. 25, 1808; d. Mar. 24, 1842; m. kd,
Sept. 22, 1842, Eliza Perkins. He d. Aug. 4, 1846; res. Newark, 111.

4314. i. Lvcius, b. Feb. 24, 1836; m. Harriett J. Longhead.

4315. ii. John Howard, b. July 5, 1840; unm.; was corporal in Co. F, 36

111. \'ol. Infantry, and was killed by gun shot at Resaca, Ga.,
May 14, 1864.

4316. iii. Susan Barrett, b. Nov. 4, 1842; m. May 21, 1868, in Morris, III.,

James Webster Olson; res. Santa Rosa, Cal. He was b. Aug.
18. 1839. Ch.: Adda L., b. in Linn Co., Kan., Apr. 18, 1869; d.
May 28, 1884, at Ottawa, Kan.; Edyth Whitney, b. Apr. 6, 1872,
in Quenemo, Osage Co., Kan.; Bertha Pauline Chamberlain, b.
July 15, 1876, in Ottawa, Franklm Co., Kan.; Mary Webster
Geraldine, b. Apr. 24, 1881, in Williamsburg, Franklin Co., Kan.

2071. Dea. Calvin W^hitney (David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Dec. 1, 1813; m. Sept. 7, 1837, Huldah Brown; b. Sept. 8, 1818.

Calvin Whitney was born in Westminster and resides on the old homestead
selected by his grandfather, Capt. Nathan, when the place was known as "Narragan-
sett No. 2." In the kitchen in the old house is his grandfather's commission as cap-
tain in the King's Guards. He has numerous other relics of Revolutionary times,
including portraits of Capt. Nathan and his wife painted by a Capt. Dommos, a Hes-
sian prisoner whom they were keeping with others taken by our soldiers from the
British. In early life he was engaged in getting out chair stock, but afterward
devoted himself wholly to the management of his farm. Himself and wife have
been deeply interested in questions of moral and social reform, and through them in
the more liberal interpretations of Christianity, becoming at length members of the
Universalist Church, of which he was for some years dea. Two of their daus. have
displayed much talent in certain lines of art, and made a creditable reputation
for themselves in putting the same to practical use. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney are still
living in the enjoyment of a peaceful old age, having celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their marriage several years since, amid the congratulations and kind wishes
of a large circle of relatives and friends. Res. So. Westminster, Mass.

Lucy Brown, b. Sept. 23, 1838; d. Mar. 19, 1869.

Sarah Booth, b. Jan. 15, 1843; res. So. W.

Nathan B.. b. Jan. 2, 1846; d. Mar. 1, 1872.

Cecil C, b. Jan. 5, 1848; m. Eldora J. Gates.

Luella H., b. Apr. 23, 1853; m. June 11, 1881, Chester Canham;
res. So. Westminster. He was b. Nov, 14,1845; d. May 9, 1888,
s. p.

2073. Dea. John Whitney (John, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Feb. 20, 1797; m. prob. Sept. 20, 1821, Lydia Allen, b. Sept. 4, 1802; d. Dec. 19, 1843.

4317.

4318.

4319.

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4320.

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John Whitney, Jr., was born in Westminster, Mass. He was a farmer and did
not figure in political or professional circles. He was a stanch Christian, foremost
in all movements tending to the public good.

He succeeded to his father's estate and spent his life upon it. He m. Lydia, dau.
of Dea. Ephraim Allen, of Hubbardston, and had a family of eight children, all of
excellent character and reputation. Mr. and Mrs. W. were much interested in the
education of their children, and had a room in their house fitted up for school pur-
poses, where in conjunction with a few of their neighbors of a like spirit they main-
tained a private school for some time, the advantages of which were shared by the
writer of this notice. Having been converted to the views of the Baptist denomina-
tion in mid-life, they united with the church of that faith in town, and became active
and devoted members, he being appointed dea. A fearful visitation of typhoid
fever in the early winter of 1843-44 struck down nearly all the members of this house-
hold—the father, mother, and one child falling victims to it. He d. Mar. 15, 1844;
res Westminster, Mass.

4322. i. John Emerson, b. Sept. 13, 1822; m. Cleora Allen and Mrs. Mary

B. Ballou.

4323. ii. Su.MNER Allen, b. June 27, 1824; m. Lura Clark.

4324. iii. Ephraim, b. July 6, 1826; d. June 28, 1850.

4325. iv. Mary Alona, b. Oct. 22, 1829; m. Mar. 3, 1853, Charles M. Pen-

ley, b. Oct. 11, 1831. She d. Sept. 25, 1859. Ch.: Margaret A.,
b. Jan. 12, 1854; m. Nichodemus; res. 184 Front St., Wor-
cester, Mass.; Harriett V., b. Apr. 14, 1856; m. and res. Auburn,
Mass.; Charles E., b. Feb. 14, 1859; d. July 1, 1859.

4326. v. Harriett, b. May 29, 1832; m. June 2, 1865, Appleton Dadmun,

b. Julv 21, 1828; d. Nov. 2, 1869; m. 2d, June lU, 1875, Dr. Calvin
G. Goodrich, b. May 11, 1820; d. Nov. 20, 1880; res. 74 Elm St.,
Worcester, Mass. Ch.: Mary Louise, b. Apr. 2^, 1866; res. with
mother; Fred'k Appleton, b. May 31, 1868; d. Mar. 8, 1869.

4327. vi. Edward, b. Aug. 12, 1834; m. Susan L. Cutting and Emma L.

Rice.

4328. vii. Francis Stearns, b. Mar., 1840; d. Jan. 16, 1844.

4329. viii. Geo. Clarkson, b. Sept. 19, 1842; m. Amy E. Whidden.

2076. JosiAH Whitney, Jr. (Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Mar. 20, 1791, Watertown, Mass.; m. Jan. 1, 1816, Rebecca Rice, dau. of John, of
Ashbv, Mass.; b. in 1793; d. in Dec, 1859. He d. Sept. 4, 1818; res. Ashbv, Mass.

4330. i. Lucy Ann, b. Sept., 1816; d. ]une 13, 1844.

4331. ii. John M., b. Mar. 1, 1818; m. Emma A. Willard.

2078. Jonas Prescott Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. in Waltham, Sept. 22, 1793; bap. same day; moved to Ashby, 1799, and m. Rebecca
Piper; b. May 15, 1797; d. June 18, 1838; m. 2d, Louisa Wheeler; b. Apr. 14, 1804; d.
June 1, 1864.

Jonas P. Whitney, Fitchburg, will. Ch.: Rebecca Gushing, Ashby; Josiah D.,
Brattleboro, Vt.; Julius, Brattleboro, \'t.; Mary Ann Mansfield, Ashby; Milo, Boston;
Jonas, Fitchburg; Andrew, Fitchburg; Clara Hubbard, Fitchburg; Josiah Whitney,
exec; Aug. 1, 1869; Sept. 23, 1879. He d. Aug. 18, 1879; res. Ashby, Springfield and
Fitchburg, Mass.

4332. i. Rebecca, b. June 26, 1815; m. Sept. 16, 1841, Isaac Gushing; res.

Ashby, Mass.; b. June 30, 1813; d. Oct. 9, 1891.

4333. ii. Josiah D., b. Nov. 7, 1818; m. Lucy D. Chapin.

4334. iii. Mary Ann., b. Nov. 17, 1820; m. May, 1843, James A. Mansfield.

She d. Nov., 1885.

4335. iv. Jonas, b. Mar. 20, 1824; m. Elizabeth Corey Rice and Lucy

Damon.

4336. V. Andrew, b. Feb. 28, 1826; m. July 3, 1872, Dida Hudson. He d

Apr., 1886; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

4337. vi. Clara, b. May 6, 1828; m. May 8, 1861, William W. Hubbard; res.

Fitchburg. He was b. Sept. 12, 1827; s. p.

4338. vii. Sarah, b. Oct. 14, 1830; m. Jan. 11, 1865, Benjamin F. Dewing;

res. 11 Milford St., Boston, Mass. He was b. Jan. 24, 1836. He
is a contractor; s. p.

4339. viii. Ellen, b. June 11, 1832; d. June 19, 1832.

288 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4340. ix. MiLO, b. May 16, 1834; m. Malintha Hook; res. 73 Warren ave.,

Boston, Mass.

4341. X. Julius, b. May 28, 1836; m. Harriett A. Downe and Mary J. Whit-

ney.

2080. John Beadon Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Apr. 7, 1801; m. May 1, 1829, Harriett Gushing; b. Nov. 15, 1803; d. July 11, 1875. He
d. Aug. 26, 1882; res. Ashby and Fitchburg, Mass.

4342. i. JohnC, b. Feb. 9, 1832;m. Mary W. Pillsbury.

4343. ii. Mary Jane, b. Oct. 23, 1833; m. May 14, 1856, Augustus Welling-

ton; res. 195 Blossom St., Fitchburg.
4;^4. iii. Franklin Isaac, b. May 23, 1839; d. Dec. 10, 1855.

4345. iv. Theodore A., b. Apr. 29, 1830; m. Laura W. Miller.

4346. V. Marcus Morton, b. Feb. 1, 1843; d. Apr. 18, 1843.

4347. vi. Charles E.,b. Mar. 16, 1837; m. Lydia A. Dix.

2083. William Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. luly,
20, 1798, in Lincoln, Mass.; m. Dec. 23, 1823, Fanny Lmcoln; b. Sept. 26, 1803; d.
Aug. 5, 1888.

William Whitney, Ashby's oldest townsman and the most aged man who ever
resided there, passed away Sept. 4, 1894, quietly and painlessly, after a short illness,
at the advanced age of 96 years, his birthday having been celebrated within a few
weeks, when he was able to be about and join heartily with story and anecdote in the
jollity of the occasion. He was always exceedingly fond of hunting, trapping and
fishing, and his anecdotes of experiences while enjoying the sport have been a
source of pleasure to younger hearers many a time. Mr. Whitney was a man of
sterling integrity, upright, straightforward and sincere. As a neighbor, friend and
townsman, a landmark almost (for like the old mountain near which he lived so long
he had come to be a part of Ashby, known to and esteemed by every citizen), he will
be missed. His race has been noted for its longevity, one of his sisters, Mrs. Oliver
Kendall, having lived to be 97, and another Mrs. Oliver Wheeler, reached the age
of 93. He was born in Lincoln and when he was about seven years old, his parents
moved to Ashby and located on a farm in the extreme western part of the town,
under the shades of Watatic mountain. Some of his land extended to the summit of
the mountain. William was the fifth of a family of seven children, there being three
boys and four girls. He is the last of that family. In his boyhood days his father
used to drive into Boston once a year, in the fall. It would take a day to make the
journey, then one day would be spent in Boston marketing, etc., and the third day
the return trip would be made. Alost of Mr. Whitney's life has been spent in Ashby.
He worked on his father's farm until he was 21. Then he learned the trade of shoe-
making in New Ipswich, and worked for several years in the South Village. He
afterward bought a farm, but has long resided in a neat, cosy-looking white cottage
in the South Village, a short distance from the residence of the town clerk, Alonzo
A. Carr, a son-in-law. His son, Myron W. Whitney, has long been regarded as the
best bass singer in the world, and it is natural for Myron to have taste for music.
He must have inherited it from his father, who led the singing in the Ashby Congre-
gational church for a number of years. Long before the society bought an organ,
Mr. Whitney played a bass viol in the church. Lntil recently he has often played
on the harmonica at church sociables. His musical education was obtained at the
village singing school, which held sessions during the winter. Mr. Whitney had to
walk four miles to the school — eight miles in all — every time he attended. His
memory was remarkable and he remembered seeing the troops march through the
east end of the town on the way from Boston to Canada, during the war of 1812.
Myron followed somewhat in his father's footsteps as regards his early musical train-
ing, the foundation being obtained at the village singing school. He d. Sept. 4, 1894;
res. Ashby, Mass.

Myron, b. Jan. 11, 1826; d. Oct. 28, 1826.
Harriett Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1827; d. Nov. 26, 1841.
John P., b. Mar. 6, 1831; m. Jan. 1, 1857; res. Ashby. ,

Myron W., b. Sept. 6, 1836; m. Eleanor Breasha.
Harriett Maria, b. Oct. 27, 1845; m. Jan. 12, 1870, Alonzo A.
Carr; res. Ashbv, Mass. He was b. in Hudson, Mass., June 7,
1836. Is town clerk. Ch.: Blanche L., b. Nov. 9, 1870; Bertha
G., b. Nov. 12, 1872; Helen F., b. Aug. 27, 1874; Lawrence W.,
b. Aug. 26, 1876; Arthur W., b. Sept. 30, 1879; Myron A., b. Julv
20, 1886; d. Oct. 11, 1891.

4348.

i.

4349.

11.

4350.

iii.

4351.

IV.

4352.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 289

2086. Capt. Joseph Holden Whitney (Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Westminster, Dec. 27, 1799; m. in Westminster, Mass., May 18, 1822, Betsey
Pratt, b. Gardner, Nov. 16, 1799; d. Phillipston, Mar. 17, 1880.

He was active and influential in public life, held nearly every town office, pre-
sided frequently at town meetings, and was for four consecutive years a member of
the lower branch of the state legislature. He was greatly interested in military
affairs, and did much to keep the military spirit alive in the community. He rose to
the distinction of captain in the Westminster Rifle Co., and was elected to the same
office in a Co. of volunteers formed after the riflemen disbanded. After passing
middle life he rev. with his family to Phillipston, where he became also an active
citizen and where he d. Jan. 9, 1872; res. Westminster and Phillipston, Mass.
4358. i. George, b. Oct. 14, 1822; m. Aldice Adams.

4H64. ii. Lucy, b. Sept. 14, 1827; m. Aug. 10, 1858. Hiram Policy; res. Phill.;
b. June 2, 1820, s. p.

4355. iii. Eliza, b. Aug. 19, 1829; m. May 8, 1851, Francis A. Merriam; res.

West., Bx 113. He was b. Sept. 4, 1828; d. Feb. 16, 1891 ; a law-
yer, in West. Ch.: Sarah Ellen, b. Feb. 26, 1861 ; m. Jan. 9, 1878,
Frank H. Battles; res. West.; Clara Laura, b. July 27, 1864; d.
Aug. 30, 1865.

4356. iv. Sarah Ann, b. June 7, 1836; m. Nov. 25, 1858, Aaron W. Merriam.

She d. Apr, 18, 1877. Ch.: Katie E.; res. Westminster; Mrs.
Jennie L. Hillman; res. Furnace, Mass; Mrs. Lizzie E. Denton;
res. Templelon, Mass.

2088. Dea. Horace Whitney (Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Apr. 26, 1802; m. at Gardner, Apr. 8, 1829, Mary Sawin; b. Dec. 22. 1807; d. Jan. 7,
1891.

Horace Whitney was born in Westminster, Mass., and lived there until 1823,
when he removed to Boston for two (to 1825) years; then spent four (to 1829) years in
Fitchburg, Mass., having charge of the finishing department in the woolen mill.
Then returned to Westminster and engaged in farming and cooperage business for
four (to 1833) years. Then went to Hubbardston, Mass., and engaged in farming,
lumbering and box manufacturing. In 1845 returned to Westminster and engaged
in farming and chair manufacturing. A portion of this time acted as selectman for
the town. In 1856 took up his residence in Gardner, Mass., and engaged in the chair
business (building a house there). In 1865 removed to Boston, Mass., and engaged
in the chair business. In 1827 (June) joined the Masonic fraternity, and at the present
time is one of the oldest Masons in the state. He is a man of stern integrity and
honor, of fixed political and religious convictions, an ardent supporter of the Tem-
perance and Anti-Slavery reforms, and a conscientious member of the Orthodox Con-
gregational church, in which he served as deacon at Gardner. His life has been
exemplary, useful and happy, his devoted wife, an invalid for many years, dis-
playing through all her feebleness and suffering a wonderful calmness of spirit and
serenity of Christian patience, resignation and trust. Res. 75 Kendall St., Boston,
Mass.

4357. i. Justin, b. July 9, 1831; m. Betsey Jane Winchester Taylor, and

Emma Jane N'ash.

4358. ii. Walter, b. Nov. 30, 1832; m. Nov., 1854, Mary L. Stoddard.

Hed. s. p.July 17,1858.

4359. iii. Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1834; m. Aug. 14, 1856, John Tyler Emerson;

res. Claremont, N. H. He was b. Mar. 9,1834, is a paper man-
ufacturer. Ch.: Mary Lizzie, b. Jan. 16, 1862; m. June 9, 1887,

Stiles, and d. May 18, 1888, leaving John Emerson, b. Apr.

26, 1888; Sarah Tyler, b. Apr. 1. 1872.

4360. iv. Horace W., b. Apr. 7, 1836; m. Ellen Maria Blodgett.

4361. v. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11, 1838; m. Feb. 24, 1864, William S. Folger;

res. 258 Green St., Cambridgeport, Mass. He was b. Aug. 30,
1836; d. Sept. 8, 1878. Ch.: Susan Swain, b. Dec. 24, 1869;
Horace Whitney, b. Oct. 26, 1874.

4362. vi. Alfred, b. Aug. 8, 1840; m. Cordelia Knowles.

4363. vii. Catherine Damon, b. Feb. 27, 1845; m, Oct. 8. 1863, George E.

Woodman; res. 87 Walnut St., Chelsea. He was b. July 19, 1836.
Ch.: William Walter, b. Aug. 11, 1864; m. Henrietta P.Walker.
Apr. 4, 1888; address, 8 Gleason St., Dorchester, Mass.; no ch.;

4367.

4368.

ii.

4369.

111.

290 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Andrew Whitney, b. Nov. 10, 1866; Mary Emily, b. July 5, 1871;
George Edwin, b. Nov. 22, 1873.

4364. viii. Alvin, b. Nov. 24, 1847; m. Marrie A. Rich.

4365. ix. Cynthia Jones, b. Aug. 12, 1860; m. Dec. 13, 1880, Winthrop

Magee; res. Winthrop, Mass.

4366. X. Ellen Heywood, b. Nov, 7,. 1853; m. Aug. 3, 1876, George E. B.

Putnam; res. 958 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn, N. Y. •

2089. Theodore Whitney (Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Apr.
2, 1807; m. Nov. 4, 1835, Betsey Wheeler; b. Jan. 4, 1814; d. Mar. 31, 1884.

Theodore Whitney, m. Betsey, dau. of Josiah and Betsey (Puffer) Wheeler, and
set. on a small place near his childhood home, but later in life, purchased the Luke
Bigelow estate half a mile north of the village, where he res. till after the decease of
his wife. A misfortune in his early manhood made him more or less a cripple for
life. He has been a worthy, respected citizen of the town, having held the office
of assessor some fifteen years. For some time past he has res. with his surviving
dau. at Brattleboro, Vt.; res. Brattleboro, Vt., 49 Green st.

Theodore, b. Apr. 2, 1838; d. same day.
Ellen Maria, b. June 10, 1841; d. Nov. 26, 1842.
Mary Jones, b. June 2, 1843; m. Oct. 18, 1866, Julius Whitney,
of Fitchburg, Mass. Ch.; Louis Albert; b. Feb. 1874; res. Brat-
tleboro.

2093. Harrison G. Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Westminster, Jan. 2, 1812; m. May 18, 1837, in Westminster, Laura Louisa Carpenter,
b. 1816; d. Nov. 12, 18.54; m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1855, in Brimfield, Eliza Ann Solander, b.
1820; d. June 25, 1889.

Harrison G. Whitney, youngest son of Jonas and Betsey, m. 1st, Laura L. Carpenter,
daughter of Alanson and Avis, of Keene, N. H. He m. 2d, Eliza Ann, daughter of
Cheney and Mary Solander, of Brimfield. For many years Mr. Whitney was a merchant
in the Central village, but later in life he purchased the bakery and carried on awhile
the manufacture of the celebrated "Westminster Bread." Was also engaged some-
what at last in probate and insurance business. Po.=?sessing many of the qualities
which distinguished his father, he also shared to a large degree the regard and con-
fidence of the public. He held all the important offices in the gift of his fellow-
citizens, including that of representative to the general court for two successive
terms. He was a public-spirited citizen, lending his sympathy and co-operation to
whatever was deemed by him conducive to the general welfare. A thorough-going
temperance man, his influence was on the right side of that beneficent reform.
Hostile to the system of American slavery, he joined the so-called Free Soil party
of 1848, and its lineal successor, the Republican party of 1850, remaining its devoted
adherent to the last. Having considerable natural musical ability, improved by
training and practice, he was for many years the efficient leader of the Congrega-
tional church choir. His useful and honorable life came to its close at the ripe age
of 78. His second wife, an estimable woman, passed away a few months before.
He d. Jan. 17, 1890; res. Westminster, Mass.

4370. i. Harrison B., b. Feb. 24, 1841; m. Francilla Spaulding.

4371. ii. Ellen L., b. May 30, 1844; m. Aug. 9, 1864, John B. Day; res. 54

Appleton St., Boston, Mass. He d. in Jan., 1890. Ch.: Hattie,

b. May 7, 1867; address, Leominster; Jennie, b. ; address,

54 Appleton St., Boston; Avis, b. 1873; address, 54 Appleton
St., Boston ; Ellen, b. Apr., 1875; address, 54 Appleton St., Boston.

4372. iii. Jennie A., b. Oct. 15, 1847; m. June, 1867, Loring Burgess; divorced;

m. 2d, Oct. 1887, Hon. John H. Lockey. He d. 1890. Ch.: Marv
E., b. 1881, Smith college, Northampton, Mass. She d. July 23,
1889.
4373K.iv. Charles S., b. July 24, 1861 ; m. in Fitchburg, June 20, 1883, Flora
A. Davis; b. Jan. 6, 1858. He res. s. p. Westminster, Mass.

2098. Charles Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. in
Westminster, Mass., Mar. 21, 1797; m. May 8, 1823, Sarah Howard; b. Aug. 21, 1798;
d. Feb. 29, 1888.

Charles Whitney, m. Sally, dau. of Joseph and Hannah (Pollard) Howard, and
lived on the ancestral farm in Westminster, till after the decease of his f., when he
disposed of the property and spent a few years elsewhere in town. He finally rem.

4373.
4374.
4375.
4376.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 291

to Monticello, Minn., where himself and w. d. He was a cooper by trade. He d.
Mar. 12, 1879; res. Westminster, Mass., and Monticello, Minn.

Charles O., b. Feb. 4, 1830; m. Mary C. Gordon,
i. Merrill, b. Dec. 24, 1831; d. Jan. 20, 1863.
ii. Henry J., b. Mar. 4, 1834; res. Silver Creek, Minn.

.V. Sarah Howard, b. June 23, 1836; d. Mar. 18, 1858.

4377. V. Wm. H., b. Jan. 16, 1840; m. Mary J. McCurday.

2099. Joseph Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Mass., Dec. 18, 1794; m. there Nov. 20, 1823, Sally Harrington; b. Sept. 15,
1804; d. Jan. 26, 1859.

JoseJDh Whitney, s. of Jonas and Betsey (Raymond) Whitney, m. Sally, dau. of
Benjamin and Sarah (Woodward) Harrington. He was a carpenter by trade, and for
many years a leading contractor and builder in West, and neighboring towns. Sev-
eral meetinghouses in that general vicinity were erected under his supervision, his
thorough acquaintance with his business, and his well-earned reputation for integrity
and honor creating a demand for his services wherever he was known. He was a
strong temperance man, having the courage of his convictions, and was a member of
the first board of selectmen elected on that issue, in 1843. As the infirmities of age
came upon him, he disposed of his property in W. and rem. to Leominster, where his
chn. were living, spending his last days in the immediate neighborhood of his entire
familv. He d. Apr. 6, 1873, in L. Res. in Westminster, Mass., and Leominster.
'4378. i. William Blake, b. Aug. 23, 1841 ; m. Julia P. Tilton.

4379. ii. Sl'SAN Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 18j!6; m. Jan. 1, 1850, Philip Lathrop;

res. Leo.; 3 ch.

4380. iii. Francis Austin, b. Feb. 5, 1830; m. Marv L, Baker and Orocy

A. Taylor.

2100. Jonas Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Westmin-
ster, Mass., July 20, 1807; m. Lucinda Damon, b. 1810; d. Apr. 10, 1868.

Jonas Whitney, s. of Jonas and Betsey, m. Lucinda, dau. of Timothy and Phebe
(Miller) Damon, and settled on Bacon St., Westminster, where he res. through life.
He was also a carpenter by trade and an exemplary citizen. He d. Dec. 15, 1884;
res. Westminster, Mass.

4381. i. George, b. Oct 15, 1834; m. Julia Crocker.

4382. ii. Mary, b. Feb. 6, 1841; m. Jan. 11,1881, George W. Eaton; res.

W., s. p.

2103. Hon. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. May 25, 1802; m. Oct. 10, 1826, Elmira Stimpson, of Ashburnham, Mass., b.
Dec. 4, 1802; d. May 12, 1865. He was a school teacher in his younger days, was
representative six years and selectman for eight years, and was justice of the peace
for many vears. He d. July 19, 1887; res. Marlboro and Littleton, N. H.
4383.' i. JARED I., b. Aug. 1, 1883; m. Sarah J. Kidder.

4384. ii. Elmira Frances, b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. Nov. 18, 1856, Charles D.

Tarbell; res. Southern Pines, N. C. He was b. July 20, 183"-^.
Ch.: Frank Leslie, b. Mar. 20, 1859; d. Feb. 7, 1867, at So.
Keene, N. H. Mary Edith, b. Mar. 17, 1861; m. Fred E. Good-
all, May 24, 1883, Spokane, Washington; Anne Mabel, b. Sept.
14. 1869, in Bellows Falls, \'t.; m. H. Ashley Jackman, Aug. 8,
1888, at Weirs, N. H.; address, Willowdale, N.H. Flora Elmira,
b. Mar. 6, 1871. in Littleton, N. H.; res. Southern Pines, N. C.

4385. iii. George Edward, b. Aug. 2, 1843; d. Mar. 12, 1861.

2109. Jonas W^hitney (Benjamin, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Marlboro, N. H., July 4, 1805; m. Dec, 1835, Charlotte Farman, of Ithaca, N. Y. He
was graduated at Dartmouth college in 1833, after which he spent some time in vari-
ous places in New York state, then settled in Missouri. He d. Mar. 21, 1869; res.
Hematite, Mo.

4386. i. Emilie Charlotte, b. ; m. V. T. Crosby; res. St. Louis,

Mo.

Charles Benj., b. .

Mary Ellen, b. ; m. S. W. Clark; res. Festus, Mo.

Ida Isabel, b. .

Hattie, b. ; unm.; res. 2813 Arsenal St., St. Louis, Mo.,

with her mother.

4387.

ii.

4388.

iii.

4389.

iv.

4390.

V.

292 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4391. vi. Mary, b. ; d. .

4392. vii. Wm. Jonas, b. ; d. — .

4398. viii. Wm. Henry Bell, b. ; d. ,

4394. ix. Franklin, b. ; d. .

2114. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney (Nathaniel R., Simon, Daniel, Benja-
min, John, John), b. May 27, 1782; m. Dec. 1, 1806, Sally Stone, b. Oct. 15, 1784; d.
May 29, 1886, aged nearly 102 years. He was clerk of the Middlesex Courts. He
-d. May 17, 1873; res. E. Cambridge, Mass.

4395. i. Nathaniel Ruggles, b. Apr. 21, 1808; d. Jan. 27, 1836.
4.396. ii. Jonathan Stone, b. Apr. 20, 1811; d. Mar. 29, 1861.

4397. iii. Alexander, b. Mar. 12, 1810. He was graduated at Harvard

college in 1831, and d., unm., of consumption in E. C, May 13,
1842. Was a school teacher.

4398. iv. James F., b. Mar. 2, 1813; d. Dec. 17, 1886, leaving a son, Charles

S., who res. in Brooklyn, N. Y.

4399. V. Edward, b. June 6, 1815; m. Caroline A. Rogers.

4400. vi. Sarah Watson, b. July 18, 1817; res. Belmont.

4401. vii. Anne, b. Sept. 2, 1821. Anne Whitney, sculptor, born in Water-

town, Mass., Sept. 2, 1821. She was educated by private tutors,
and early manifested a love for poetry and sculpture, the latter
becoming gradually an absorbing pursuit. Her poetical writ-
ings were collected in a volume entitled " Poems " (New York,
1859). In the same year she opened a studio in her native place,
and subsequently making several visits to Europe, studied
there four years, producing two of her best works during that
time. On her return in 1873 she established a studio in Boston,
where she has since remained. She has executed portraits and
ideal works in groups, busts, medallions, and statues, including
a statue of Samuel Adams, of which two copies, one in bronze
and one in marble, are respectively in the capitol at Washing-
ton and in Boston (1863), "Roma" (1865), "Africa," a colossal
recumbent figure illustrating the Civil war in the United States
(1873), a statue of Harriet Martineau, belonging to W'ellesley
college (1883), and the fountain of " Leif Erikson " (1886). The
last was unveiled in Boston Oct. 27, 1887, and the statue above
the fountain represents the Norse-Icelandic discover of America
as a man of physical beauty and vigor, in the costume of the
ancient Scandinavian warrior.

2121. Dr. Simon Whitney (Nathaniel R., Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Oct. 30, 1797; m. May 6, 1824, Mary Walker.

Dr. Simon Whitney was born in Watertown. In early life he was a teacher,
having recieved his preparatory education in Newton and Brighton. He entered
Harvard College, and graduated in 1818. Later he taught school in Charlestown,
and, having studied medicine, he settled in Framingham, where he ever after
resided. He was representative in the state legislature in 1853. He d. Sept. 2, 1861;
res. Framingham, Mass.

4402. i. Elizabeth W., b. Apr. 8, 1825; m. Aug. 30, 1845, John W. Osgood,

M. D., of Saxsonville, Mass., and had three children. She d. in

1894, and was buried in Framingham.
Mary, b. Aug. 16, 1826; d. same day.

Allston Waldo, b. June 15, 1828; m. Sarah Ellen-Bishop.
Abby Walker, b. July 20, 1829.

Henry Augustus, b. Jan. 11, 1831; drowned July 22, 1840.
Harriett Lincoln, b. Oct. 3, 1833.
Clarence, b. Jan. 1, J838.
Jonas Bradish, b. Aug. 22, 1843; res. Reading, Pa.

2123. Simon Woodbridge \\'hitney (Richard, Simon, Daniel, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Amherst, Mass., Nov. 21, 1817; m. Sept. 11, 1839, Emeline L. Belding;
b. May 16, 1816; d. Dec. 28, 1854; m. 2d, June 7, 1855, Sarah Ingram, b. July 29, 1830;
d. Jan. 7, 1884; m. 3d, Sept. 28, 1884, Samantha Atherton, b. Jan 30,1834; res. Amherst,

4410. i. Sarah Lillie, b. Apr. 30, 1848; d. Aug. 20, 1849.

4411. ii. Lillie Sarah, b. July 1, 1857; d. June 29, 1863.

4403.

ii.

4404.

HI.

4405.

iv.

4406.

V.

4407.

VI.

4408.

Vll.

4409,

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 293

2124. Richard Seaver Whitney (Richard, Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Amherst, Mass., Feb. 13, 1819; m. in Salem, Mass., Apr. 4, 1854, Amelia
Arrington; b. Mar. 10, 1825. He was a carriage trimmer and harness maker. He d.
Nov. 30, 1880; res. Salem, Mass.

4412. ii. Alice Amelia, b. Apr. 26, 1860; res., unm., 147 Lafayette Street,

Salem, Mass.

4413. i. Ella Augusta, b. Nov. 17, 1855; d. May 9, 1857.

2127. Elisha Parker Whitney (Richard, Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John,

John), b. Amherst, Mass., June 19, 1824; m. . He d. Apr. 22, 1892;

res. .

4414. i. Hattie, b. ; m. Eaton; res. Amherst, Mass.

2130. Bradshaw Stearnes Whitney (Charles, Daniel, Daniel, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Watertown, Mass., June 4, 1817; m. there, Nancy Ruggles; b. July 4,
1818; d. Apr. 2, 1884. He was a farmer. He res. on the homestead of John Whit-
ney, Jr., and it has been in possession of the family since 1643; res. Watertown,
Mass.

4115. i. Emma F., b. Mar. 27, 1849; unm.; res. Wat.

4416. li. Bertha Marion, b. Apr, 11, 1852; m. April 27, 1881, Fred A.

Hubbard; res. Newton, Mass.

2139. George Peirce Whitney (William C, Toshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Hebron, Me., Aug. 13, 1819; m. Dec. 7, 1843, Ermina P. Packard at Blan-
chard. Me., b. Jan. 31, 1822; d. Sept. 29, 1879. Res. Oxford, Me., address. So. Paris, Me.

4417. i. Elizabeth Ermina, b. Nov. 30, 1844; m. Oct. 31, 1872, William

H. Motley. She d. May 12, 1878. He is a lawyer; was b. in
1840; res. Deering, Me. Ch.: Ada W. H., b. Jan 14, 1874; Wm.
H. J., b. Mar. 10, 1877.

4418. ii. George Edwin, b. Apr. 23, 1848; d. Apr. 10, 1850.

4419. iii. John Henry, b. Oct. 16, 1861; m. Lulu F. Colder.

4420. iv. Lillian May, b. Aug. 28, 1860; m. Sept. 19, 1881, Dr. Eugene B.

Holden; res. 249 D. St., So. Boston.

4421. V. Geo. Peirce, b. Dec. 28, 1863; m. Stella E. Millett.

2145. John Whitney (Israel, Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worces-
ter, Mass., Apr. 9, 1820; m. Nov. 20, 1847, Martha Parks, b. Nov. 18, 1826.

John Whitney was born in Worcester, where he always resided. He was a well-
to-do farmer. He died intestate and the widow was appointed guardian to the
children. The only data on the Worcester probate records is Mar. 3, 1860, when the
widow made a report of guardian's sale of real estate for the two minor children. He
d. Mar. 21, 1854; res. Worcester, Mass.

4422. i. George H., b. Nov. 5, 1849; unm.; is a watchmaker; res. at

31 Clinton St., Worcester.

4423. ii. Ida A., b. Mar. 10, 1852; m. E. E. Livermore; res. W.

2172. Israel Goodwin Whitney (Israel, Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Jan. 30, 1831; m. July 17, 1861, Christiana K- S. Sargent ;b. Feb. 8, 1837.

Israel Goodwin Whitney was born in Beverly, and received his preparatory edu-
cation at the Boston Latin School in 1847. All his class entered Harvard, but his
father could not afford to send him there unless he could earn his own living in one
of the professions after graduating. He knew enough at 16 to be aware that he was
no student, but he wanted to go on a sea voyage and loved the idea of becoming an
East India merchant. So he was placed in the commercial counting-room of Mr.
William Perkins, and in four years was sent to Calcutta in the ship "Walpole " as
supercargo. From that time, 1851, he made three voyages to India, and in 1853
established the house of "Whitneys"in Calcutta, then styled Whitnev & Young, and
in 1860 Whitney Bros. & Co., under which title it still exists with his two brothers in
control, and of which his cousin, W. M., and himself are the home partners. The
business has almost vanished, however, but it has proved a good workshop for his
father's seven sons, all of them having shared in the work over a period of more than
40 years. He has often thought that had the plan been carried out of giving him a
collegiate education in 1846-7 it would have seriously altered the fate of this Whitney
family of seven sons, as they all followed in his footsteps and all made moderate
fortunes. To the conservative element planted in his father's male issue their India

4425.

ii.

4426.

111.

4427.

IV.

4428.

V.

4429.

VI.

4430.

Vll

294 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

house is the only American foreign firm eastward of the Cape of Good Hope which
has not at some time in the past forty years failed. This is a fact, and includes China,
Manilla and Singapore, as well as India, and is considerable to say, and Mr. Whit-
ney can take pride in the thought that he was the pioneer of the house. In 1864
he returned to Boston and established an agency in that city. His domestic life
has been particularly happy. Res. Boston, Mass.; ad. 44 Kilbey St.

4424. i. Mary B., b.May 3, 1862; m. May 10, 1886, Henry S. Hunnewell;

res. Boston, Mass. Ch.: Christine, b. IMay 3, 1887; Henry, b.
Mar. 5, 1890; d. Mar., 1890; Gertrude, b. Apr. 24, 1891.

Henry S.,b. June20, 1864; d. Sept., 1867.

Christeaze S., b. Mav 6, 1866.

Margaret S., b. Aug.' 11, 1868.

Israel G., b. Mar. 16, 1871; d. Aug., 1877.

John Farley, b. Apr. 3, 1875.

Nelson, b. July 30, 1878.

2173. George Whitney (Israel, Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Lowell, Nov. 1, 1832; m. June 18, 1862, Marv Elizabeth Rea; b. Sept. 27, 1840; d.
May 23, 1864; m. 2d, Dec. 29, 1880, Elizabeth Whitney.

He was born in Lowell and his early life was as clerk in an E. India merchant's
office in Boston, and later he went to Calcutta, where he was six or seven years a part-
ner of Whitney Bros. & Co., a firm still doing business there, transacted by his
brothers. Of late years he has been president of the National Union Bank, Boston,
and before that, president of the North National Bank, and before he went to Cal-
cutta he was a member of the firm of Lombard, Whitney & Co., East India mer-
chants. Res. Boston, Mass., Nat'l Union Bk.,40 State St.

4431. i. Elinor, b. Feb. 20,1882.

4432. ii. George, b. Oct. 9, 1885.

4433. iii. Richard, b. Aug. 1, 1888.

2175. Stanton W^hitney (Israel, Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Sept. 21, 1836; m. 1876, Alice R. Sutton. He d. June 12, lb80; res. .

4434. i. Stanton, b. .

2177. Charles Whitney (Israel, Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Dec. 20, 1840; m. Jan. 27, 1877, Jessie G. Perkins; b. Mar. 3, 1855. Res. Boston, Mass.,
ad. 44 Kilby St.

4435. i. Charles Handasyde, b. Nov. 3, 1877.

4436. ii. Geoffrey Gordon, b. July 21, 1882.

2186. Rev. Peter Whitney (Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Northboro, Mass., Jan. 19, 1770; m. in Hingham, Mass., Apr. 30, 1830, Jane Lam-
bert Lincoln; b. Dec. 24, 1775; d. in Quincy, Mass., Nov. 11, 1832.

Rev. Peter W^hitney was born in Northboro. He entered Harvard College in
1787, taught school winters and graduated in 1791. Soon after he went to Hingham.,
where he was appointed assistant preceptor in Derby Academy, July 25, 1791. He
was elected, Apr. 21, 1813, one of the trustees, and was president of the board for
twenty-four years, resigning in 1837. He began preaching as early as 1793. In 1796
he preached in Hull. He was ordained pastor at Quincy, Feb. 8, 1800. His death
occurred in 1843, when he fell from a chair and expired. He was a member of the
legislature m 1825. Many of his discourses were published. He d. Apr. 3, 1843; res.
Quincy, Mass.

George, b. Apr. 2, 1804; m. Anne G. Gray.

Caroline Lambert, b. ; m. Capt. Charles Hill, of Salem,

Mass.

Mary Parsons, b. ; m. Richard Cranch Greenleaf, of

Quincy.

Fred'k Augustus, b. Sept. 13, 1812; m. Elizabeth P. Matchell.

Edmund Burke,, b. Mar. 26, 1815; m. Lydia A. Boune.

2187. Dea. Abel Whitney (Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Northboro, Mass., Nov. 3,1781; m. in Brookline, Mass.. Dec. 21,1809, Susanna White,
of Brookline; b. July 7, 1786; d. Dec. 14, 1867.

He was a cabinet maker by trade, which he followed in Cambridge, Mass. W^as
highly honored and respected. Was chairman of the selectmen in 1838 and 1839.

4437.
4438.

1.
ii.

4439.

iii.

4440.
4441.

iv.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 295

Was deacon of the First Church, Unitarian, of Cambridge from 18 until his death
in 1853. He d, Feb. 22, 1853; res. Cambridge, Mass.

4442. i. William L., b. Mar. 11, 1811; m. Lucy Ann Jones and Rebecca

Richardson Brackett.

4443. ii. Augustus A., b. Dec. 4, 1812; m. and died s. p. July 29, 1891.

He was deacon of the First Church in Cambridge from 1853 to
his death.

4444. iii. Benjamin W., b. Aug. 9, 1815; m. and died Dec. 19, 1879. He

was a lawyer and gr. H. C, 1838.

4445. iv. Susan E., b. Feb. 20, 1817; m. Jan. 31, 1856, James Brackett; res.

s. p. Cambridge, Mass.

4446. V. Abigail W., b. Apr. 10, 1827; m. Moses G. Hcwe; res. Cam-

bridge, Mass., s. p.

2189. John Whitney (Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. in North-
boro, Mass., Sept. 29, 1785; m. Sophia Vinal, of Scituate, Mass. He was a teacher
and merchant. He d. Jan. 2, 1850; res. Quincy, Mass., s. p.

2191. Col. William Whitney (Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Northboro, Mass., Dec. 14, 1776; m. in Northboro, Zilpah Eager, of Northboro.

Col. William Whitney was born in Northboro, Mass., where he always resided.
He was a prominent and well to do citizen; was often in town office, and for a while
was colonel in the Massachusetts militia. He d. July 24, 1834; res. Northboro, Mass.

4447. i. Adams, b. Jan. 4, 1826; m. Susanna Channel Burrell.

4448. ii. Peter Lambert, b. Nov. 23, 1818; m. Marv H. Smith.

4449. iii. Harrison Otis, b. Apr. 7, 1822; m. Ann E.' Marsh.

4450. iv. John Martvn, b. Oct. 14, 1816; m. Susan Maria Campbell; and

Elizabeth Nancy Chipman.

2197. Henry Whitney (Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Apr.
18, 1786, in Westfield, Mass.; m. Oct. 28, 1816, Nabby Fullar; b. Aug. 16, 1788.

Henry Whitney was born April 18, 1786, at Westfield, Mass., where he passed
the years of his early childhood and youth. He was the son of Dr. Paul Whitney
who was a practicing physician, and also for many years a teacher in the schools of
Westfield. When quite a young man, the subject of this sketch removed to Wiscas-
sett. Me., where he engaged in mercantile business and shipbuilding. He was also
for many years captain of the " Washington Light Infantry company," and conse-
quently known, during his residence there, as Capt. Whitney. On October 28, 1816,
he was married to a daughter of the Rev. Martin Fullar, of Royalton, Vt. To them,
eight children were born — five sons and three daughters; four of whom are still liv-
ing. In the year 1824 he was solicited by the board of directors of the New Eng-
land Glass Manufactory of East Cambridge, Mass., to become their general manager,
a position which he accepted and filled for nineteen years with very satisfactory
results. In the summer of 1843, realizing that advancing years would soon make it
necessary for him to engage in some less confining employment, he resigned his
position with this company, receiving from them the most flattering testimonials of
their esteem and appreciation of his services. For many months his attention had
been turned toward the great and growing west, and, becoming finally convinced
that this new section of country presented unusual advantages to a man with a large
family of sons and daughters, he decided upon Racine, Wis., as the place for his
future home, where he arrived in the fall of the same year. He remained in Racine
and vicinity for many years engaged in mercantile and manufacturing business,
until in 1852 he removed to La Crosse, Wis., where a married daughter had already
preceded him, and where he died, suddenly, of apoplexy, June 27, 1859, in the seventy-
fourth year of his age. Mr. Whitney was an ardent patriot, ever maintaining the
deepest interest in everything relating to the welfare of his country. In politics he
was formerly one of the " old line Whigs," and in after years, a very loyal Republican.
Regarding his religious beliefs, he held views peculiar to himself. He had never
united with any Christian sect, but was a life-long and constant attendant at the Con-
gregational church until the day before his death. He was a man of strict integrity of
character, combined with marked refinement and cultivation, constantly revealing
itself in a most intense " love of the beautiful " in nature and in art. He was also a
man of fine personal presence, and in the record of La Crosse Co., we find mention
of him as "one who is to-day remembered as the finest representative and type of
the gentlemen of the olden school," who had ever resided in the city. He d. June 27,
1859; ris. Wiscassett, Me., East Cambridge, Mass.

296 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4451. i. Henry, b. Apr. 5, 1821; m. Martha R. Hastings and Francina A.

Hastings.

4452. ii. Joseph, b. Apr. 10, 1823; m. Louisa Nudd.

4453. iii. James, b. Jan. 27, 1828; unm.; res. San P>ancisco, Cal. He has

resided in California for nearly forty-three years, having gone
there in July, 1851, and has been one of the most generous of
sons. He has been closely identified with one of the largest
wholesale establishments in San Francisco for nearly forty
years, that of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, at Market and Beale
streets, which is of itself a sufficient endorsement of his ability
and faithfulness. He is a most indefatigable worker, few men
having applied themselves so unremittingly to business for a
term of fifty years.

4454. iv. Abbv, b. Aug. 2, 1830; m. Sept. 17, 1854, Walter Brown; res. La

Crosse, Wis. He is a merchant and was b. Jan. 9, 1829. Had two

children, both died in infancy. Mrs.

Brown is an authoress of considerable

merit and ability, and her work " Can

She Atone? " is an honor to the author.

Mr. Brown's book on " Mitylene," a tale

of New England and the tropics, is a

highly meritorious work. Mr. Brown

was assisted in the latter literary effort

bv his wife.

4455. v. Thomas, b. Oct. 1, 1825; m. Mary L.

Clark.

4456. vi. Charles Fred'k, b. Nov. 13, 1819; d.

unm. Jan. 28, 1880.

4457. vii. Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1817; m. Jan. 21, 1845, mes. abby w. bbown.

Francis M. Rublee of Racine. She d,

Oct. 24, 1859, leaving one son, F. M.; res. No. Loup, Neb.

4458. viii. Susan, b. Nov. 24, 1817; m. Dec. 3, 1846, Sidney A. Sage of Racine,

and d. Sept. 4, 1857, leaving four children.

2199. Paul Whitney (Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John),b. in West-
field, Mass., Apr. 16, 1789; m. in Boston, Oct. 1, 1820, Lucy Cushing Stone, b. Feb. 15,
1785; d. Shrewsbury. Mass., Sept. 15, 1853.

Paul Whitney, for about a quarter of a century a well known Boston merchant,
and head of the mercantile firm of Whitney, Haskell & Co., was a son of Dr. Paul
Whitney, of Westfield, Mass., a physician and a graduate of Harvard College. He
died when his son was six years of age, and left his wife in moderately comfort-
able circumstances. She was not enabled to give her son the advantages of a colle-
giate education, which he greatly desired, and which his father and grandfather
had enjoyed before him. He fitted for college, however, at the academy in West-
field, and when still a youth went to Boston, and in a short time embarked upon his
mercantile career. There seems to be a little discrepancy about his age when he
died; but from data furnished by himself, in one of his letters, and from the gene-
alogy before me, I have come to the conclusion that he was born in 1789, died in
Shrewsbury, Mass., Mar. 14, 1854, and was 65 years of age at the time of his death.
Paul Whitney was tall of stature, erect and manly looking; and his whole appear-
ance gentlemanlike and imposing. He was scrupulously neat and orderly in his
dress and personal habits, and wore the white neckerchief and ruffles not unfre-
quently seen upon the elderly merchants of his day. He was a man of noble and
stately presence; with the dignified bearing, and graceful urbanity of manners, so
eminently characteristic of the " gentleman of the old school." About the beginning
of his business career he contracted a severe cold which settled in his head and
terminated in an incurable deafness. His children never spoke to their father without
approaching his person and speaking in his ear. His deafness altogether precluded his
hearing conversation in the social circle and even preaching of the gospel, which latter
deprivation, in particular, was a severe trial. But he had learned in early life to
look upon all the troubles and trials of life as so many blessings in disguise, brought
upon mankind for the purpose of weaning them from the world and fixing their
thoughts and attention upon a better world above; and to this afflicting dispensa-
tion of Divine Providence he bowed with Christian patience and resignation. His
genial hospitality was proverbial among his friends; few things yielded him more

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 297

pleasure than to see assembled under his roof, and gathered around his bounteous
board, the old and younp of the large circle of his relatives and friends; and during
the week of the " Alay Anniversary," when the clergy of New England assembled in
Boston, he invariably gave all that he could a cordial invitation to make his house
their home during their stay in the city; at that time it was generally filled, and the
respect and attention he-paid them, showed the reverence he felt for their sacred
calling, and in what high estimation he held the self-chosen servants of his Master
and his God. His benevolence and charity were strong and shining virtues. He
contributed largely to the support of foreign missions, and to this day his name, in
conjunction with his wife's, may be seen in the list of " Honorary Members "pub-
lished annually by the "A. B. C. F. M." He gave freely of his substance to relieve
the wants of the poor and needy. He was always ready to extend a helping hand to
worthy young men as he had opportunity, especially to those in his employ, who
always found in him a wise counselor and a firm friend. His infirmity isolated him
in no small measure from the society of his fellow-men, and at the same time, no
doubt, operated in a considerable degree, to draw nearer to his God, to cause him to
feel that utter dependence upon him for his life, his health, and for all things
together with that reverence, that deathless devotion and loving gratitude toward
Him, which was the crowning beauty of his life. And He, who "tempers the winds
to the shorn lamb," and "suffers not a sparrow to fall to the ground without His
notice," forgot not His servant, but everywhere, at all times, at home or abroad, in
the busy mart or crowded thoroughfare, in open day or in the silent watches of the
night, constantly and continually threw around him the powerful shield of His
divine love and protection. His Bible he took, indeed, " as a lamp to his feet, and a
light to his path;" from it he drew abundant sources of comfort and consolation;
upon that sacred volume he rested his hope of salvation, through the atoning blood
and merits of our blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He assembled his house-
hold morning and evening for reading of the Scriptures and the worship of God,
and solemnly impressed ujjon all the great importance of true religion, to insure
peace of mind and happiness here upon earth, and eternal happiness in the world to
come. He bore the honored name of one of the most distinguished and devoted of
Christ's apostles; like that " man of God," and faithful preacher of the " Word," he
loved his Master's cause. Like that famed soldier of the Cross he fought well the
good fight till he had finished his course; that he kept the faith, his dying words bear
ample testimony. He was a kind husband; a fond, indulgent father; in discipline
mild and gentle, yet singularly firm; beneath his stately and somewhat stern exterior
there beat a strong, manly and noble heart, that ever throbbed with tender love for
his wife and children. He was a beautiful and rapid penman, a chaste and elegant
writer; his mind seemed to be teeming with beautiful thoughts which he was wont to
express in the choicest flowers of language, called from the sublime and exquisite
poetry of the Bible. His letters to me while at Hardwick, Andover and other places,
and when on the eve of sailing for the East Indies, all of which were kindly sent to
me by my sister, are models of epistolary correspondence; they are replete with the
kindest expressions of parental love and pious solicitude for my temporal and eternal
welfare. They are of priceless value to me, and 1 wish to have them transmitted as
a valuable souvenir to my children and their descendants in homiiiis Diemorium.
That he was a worthy descendant of a race of godly men, a good man, a devout
Christian, his life and death eloquently attest. How straight the paths his feet have
trod. His record is above. He has passed away from earth, and the places that
have once known him will know him no more. " The dust has returned to the earth
as it was, and the spirit unto God who gave it," but his memory will be kept green
and sacred in the hearts of his children. No more shall we hear that loved familiar
voice in sonorous solemn tones, invoking upon our heads the choicest blessings of
" Israel's God." " No more the watchman's voice shall bid us fear, repent, rejoice."
He has gone where the deep song of his rejoicing is attuned to Celestial music;
where the heavenly spheres roll in their eternal rounds on their majestic course har-
monious strains of sweetest melody in their great Creator's praise; where the
angelic hosts in glorious measure, in everlasting, sing loud their glad Hosannas to
the Great Redeemer's praise.

" Gone to thy Heavenly Father's rest.

The Flowers of Eden round thee blowing,
And on thy ear, the murmurs blest
Of Siloam waters softly flowing.

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298 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

" Finished thy course, and kept thy faith
With Christian firmness unto death;

And beautiful as sky and earth
When Autumn's sun is downward going,

The blessed memory of thy worth
Around thy place of slumber glowing."

Henry M. Whitney.
San Francisco, September, 1864.

He d. Mar. 14, 1864; res. Boston and Shrewsbury, Mass.

4464. i. Wm. Phillips, b. Nov. 28, 1821; d. unm. Boston, Feb. 1, 1887.

4465. ii. Lucy, b. Dec. 14, 18^2; d. same day

4466. iii. Maria Louisa, b. Apr. 12, 1824; m. Lowell Mason. Mrs. Maria

Mason, the wife of Lowell Mason, died at her home at Mont-
rose, X. J., on Thursday morning, November 10, a little after
midnight. She was born in Boston, Apr. 12, 1824, and was a
daughter of Paul Whitney, a prominent merchant of that city,
and a leading member of the Old South Church She was mar-
ried in 1844 to Lowell Mason, and after residing for a time in
Cincinnati and New York, came to Orange in 1854, where her
home has been ever since. For many years she had been troub-
led with deafness and she had long been an invalid, her suffer-
ings increasing greatly during the closing years of her life. She
was excluded thus from general society, and lived her life almost
wholly in the circle of her own home. Her outward activity
was chiefly with her pen, but through this she was enabled
widely to extend her influence, and by her words of tenderness
and sympathy to hold her friends very near to her. For many
years she had written occasionally for the magazines, of late
almost exclusively for Scribner's. She had an imagination of
extraordinary vividness and delicacy, and the exquisite gift of
expression which often makes every word a picture. Through
her contributions to Scribner's she formed a pleasant intimacy
with the late Dr. Holland. "Afterglow" has a special tender-
ness from the experience which it enshrines, and from its asso-
ciation, now, with her own death. Though she was born in Bos-
ton her early home was at Shrewsbury, Mass., a few miles from
Worcester, and in the old burying ground there on the top of
Shrewsbury Hill are the four graves of her father and mother,
and a brother and sister, who died within a short time of one
another. These are the 'four mounds," ever kept green in her
memory, and so touchingfy commemorated in this her last com-
position;

AFTERGLOW.

Four mounds of earth lie side by side

Wliere summer sunshine far and wide

Its largess throwp. No dismal shade

From cjpres> or from yew is made ;

The sweet-briar trails across tlie sward

Wiiere bappy-Learted daisies guard

From rude approach the precious sod

That lies upon that hill of God.

An hundred throats their carols pour

rrom out a full, exhaustless store,

As if their rapture bore a long

Refrain from one undying song.

Tlie light, the song, the roses' breath.

Preclude the gloom and ciiill of death,

As calm, and still, the holy dust

Awaits the rescued spirit's trust ;

And joyous life upspringeth fair

Where they have climbed the heavenly stair.

Can love from out our lives be lost.
Whose fibres witli our owu have crossed?
Are yon bright angels' brows more fair,
'Neath glory of the haloed hair.
Than when they bent to me below-
All glistening with the Paschal-snow?

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 299

Do Hiey, in Jiappy life above,
Forieret their miuistry of love?
Tliough years on years of silence fall
Since they have answered to my call,
Their coming footsteps still I hear
(And stretch my arms to draw tliem near).
Their garments rustle on tlie stair.
Their tender accents thrill the air.
So cK>sc they seem, so calm, so bright.
The lonely way is touched with light.
Like afterglow in Eastern lands.
That flushes all the desert sands I

She d. Nov. 10, 1881; res. "Silver Spring," Orange, N. J.:

4467. iv. Henry iMARTYN, b. June 25, 1826; m. Emma Jane Merrill.

4468. V. Emery Stone, b. Feb. 25, 1828; d. Oct. 10, 1846.

4469. vi. Charlotte Clapp, b. Nov. 1, 1831 ; d. Mar. 7, 1854.

2203. JosiAH DwiGHT Whitney (Abel, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Westfield, Mass., July 9, 1786; m. Dec. 4, 1818, Sarah Williston; m. 2d, Oct. 13,
1834, Clarissa James, b. May 16,1801; d. Aug. 15, 1876.

Josiah Dwight Whitney was born at Westfield, Mass., July 9, 1786. In Decem-
ber, 1799, with his possessions in a handkerchief hung over his shoulder, he walked
to Springfield and went into the store of Jona. Dwight & Son. In 1807 (October) he
began business in Northampton as a general merchant, with the firm name of J. D.
Whitney & Co. In 1830 he became a broker and private banker, adding to this a
trade in flour, etc. In 1833 he helped to organize the Edwards church. In the same
year he became cashier of the Northampton Bank, serving till 1850, then president
one year, and director for three years longer. He was a justice of the peace and
notary public for many years. In 1813, soon after the war of 1812 broke out, he was
sent to England by the Dwights to buy goods; he sailed in July on a neutral vessel,
and landed at Cork. He spent two years in England, mostlv in Manchester. The
vessel on which he returned brought the first news of the battle of Waterloo; it was
published in Hale's paper in Boston as brought by him. Samuel Bowles wrote of
him: "Wise, prudent, faithful, pious, he was a representative specimen of the New
England village business gentleman of a generation ago." His neighbor, Hon.
Erastus Hopkins, wrote of him: "As a friend and neighbor he will be ever remem-
bered for all the qualities which make such relations endearing and perfect. His
benevolence and charities were unostentatious, but extensive and constant. His dis-
bursements in these directions, when considered in proportion to his means, give him
a place among the foremost of benefactors. "But the more permanent excellence of
his character is witnessed in his devotion and unwavering fidelity to the church of
Christ. Many children of other than his own household rise up and call him
blessed." He d. Jan. 29, 1869; res. Northampton, Mass.

4470. i. JosiAH Dwight, b. Nov. 23, 1819; m. Louisa Goddard.

4471. ii. Elizabeth Noble, b. Mar. 30, 1822; m. June 13, 1848, Samuel

Osgood Putnam; res. San Francisco, Cal.; res. 1012 Washing-
ton St.; is cashier of the California Steamboat Co., of San F.;
b. Aug. 17, 1818. She d. June 3, 1863, at San Francisco. Ch.:
Katharine Muzzy, b. May 2, 1849; m. Aug. 26, 1868, John D.
Hooker; res. 325 W. Adams St., Los Angeles, Cal.; ch., Lau-
rence Whitney, b. June 14, 1873; Marian Osgood, b. July 15, 1875;
Mary Elliot, b. July 14, 1854; res. 1223 Piue St., San Francisco,
Cal; Caroline Rankin, b. Dec. 12, 1855; res. 1223 Pine St., San
Francisco, Cal.; Elizabeth Whitney, b. Dec. 25, 18.58; res. 1223
Pine St., San P'rancisco, Cal.; Osgood, b. July 24, 1860; attorney-
at-law; res. 1012 Washington St., San Francisco, Cal.; Edward
Williston, b. Apr. 18, 1863; res. 1012 Washington St., San Fran-
cisco, Cal.

4472. iii. Sarah Birdseye, b. Feb. 11, 1824; m. Jan. 19, 1848, Rev. Robert

Coit Learned. He graduated at Yale Coll. in 18.37 and at N. H.
Theo. Sem. in 1841; settled at Twinsburgh.O., and later at Can-
terbury, Berlin, and Plymouth, Conn.; b. Aug. 31, 1817; d. Apr.
19, 1867. She d. July 9, 1864, at Plvmouth, Conn.; res. North-
ampton, Mass. Ch.: Dwight Whitney, b. Oct. 12, 1848; m.
Florence H. Rehard at Kidder, Mo., July 7, 1875; gr. Yale in
1870, and Ph.D. in 1873; res. Kyoto, Japan; Edward, b. Aug. 14,
1851; res. 211 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.; Grace Hallam, b.

4473.

iv.

4474.

V.

4475.

V'l.

4476.

Vll

300 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mar. 14, 1854; res. New London, Conn.; Margaret Williston, b.

Sept. 25, 1857; d. Dec. 4, 1857; Anna Coit, b. July 8, 1859; res.

New London, Conn.; Sarah Whitney, b. June 25, 1864; res. New

London, Conn.
William Dwight, b. Feb. 11, 1826; d. Apr. 3, 1826.
Wm. Dwight, b. Feb. 9, 1827; m. Elizabeth W. Baldwin.
Margaret, b. Mar. 12, 1829; d. June 23, 1836.
Maria, b. Nov. 12, 1830; unm.; res. Northampton. Has devoted

her time to "The Children's Aid Society."

4477. viii. Edward Payson, b. May 22, 1833; gr. at Yale in 1854; d. ,

1858.

4478. xii. Henry Mitchell, b. Jan. 16, 1843, m. Frances Wurts.

4479. ix. James Lyman, b. Nov. 28, 1835. He was born in Northampton,

Mass., and is unm. He graduated at Yale college in 1856,
where he remained from 1866 to 1857 as Berkeley scholar of the
house. While in college he was librarian of the Brothers in
Unity library. From 1858 to 1868 he was a bookseller in
Springfield, Mass., in which business he retained an interest
until 1887. In 1868 he was an assistant librarian of the Cincin-
nati public library. In 1869 he entered the service of the Bos-
ton public library, where he still remains. He is in charge of
the catalogue department of the library, and is the editor of
many of the catalogues and other publications of the library.
Mr. Whitney was chairman of the school committee of Concord,
Mass., from 1879 to 1887; has been secretary of the library com-
mittee of the free public library of Concord; chairman of the
book committee of the Bostonian society, and treasurer of the
American library association and chairman of its finance com-
mittee. He is appreciatively known for his valuable work in
the library circles of the country.

4480. xi. Alice Lincoln, b. Dec. 17, 1840; unm.

4481. X. Alice Clarissa, b. Sept. 26, 1839; d. Mar. 25, 1840.

4482. xiii. Ellen Douglass, b. Feb. 9, 1845; d. July 27, 1846.

2208. Robert Whitney (Abel, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug.
18, 1794; m. Sept. 11, 1820, Margaret Ashley Dwight; b. Sept. 2, 1795; d. May 16,
1891. He was a merchant in Westfield, Mass., for some years. In 1834 he moved to
Ohio, and was cashier of a bank at Sandusky. In 1838 he returned east and passed
most of his time in Springfield, Mass. He died in Peterboro. Res. Peterboro, N. H.

4483. i. James D., b. Aug. 19, 1821; m. Sophia A. Steele.

4484. ii. Jonathan Dwight, b. Jan. 24, 1823; d. unm. May 16, 1873. Was a

merchant in Sandusky, Ohio. During the late war he was in the
commissary department in the 4th Iowa Regiment. For some
years he was a farmer at Afton, Iowa, but later was engaged in
grape growing in Missouri. He died in St. Louis.

4485. iii. Robert Sanford, b. June 9, 1825; d. unm. Apr. 25, 1864. He

was cashier of a Savings Bank at St. Louis, and member of the
First Cong, church. In the records of the latter is the following:
"The name of Robert S. Whitney will long be dear to all among
us who loved modest, unassuming, genuine Christian worth, and
gentle, but firm Christian principle. His character, was one
pervaded, lighted up and established by a godly sincerity; one
of delicate and shrinking diffidence, but of thorough, genuine,
manly truth. His fidelity was like the sun; his honor and in-
tegrity among business men would have secured him any trust.
His aim was to be useful in any sphere. He was singularly free
from ambition of precedence or display."

4486. iv. Henry Gasset r, b, July 3, 1827; res. unm. in St. Louis, Mo., where

he has been variously employed in banks, government and rail-
road business.

4487. V. Frank, b. Nov. 22, 1829; unm. res. St. Louis, Mo.

4488. vi. Margaret Dwight, b. Aug. 9, 1832; res. unm. in Springfield,

Mass,
4469. vii. George, b. Oct. 12, 1834; d. Mar. 9, 1837.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 301

4490. viii. William, b. Mar. 12, 1838. He was b. in Sandusky City, O., was

a private in the late war in Co. G., 37th Mass. Regt., and "disap-
peared" in one of the battles of the wilderness, May 6, ls64.
Gen. Edwards, his commanding officer said of him, "he per-
formed his duties faithfully, and was about to be promoted at
the time of his death."

2211. Abel Whitney (Abel, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. W'estfield,
Mass., Mar. 15, 1800; m. Harpersfield, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1838, Pamelia Babcock, b. Dec.
13. 1809; d. June 21, 1849; m. 2d Sept. 26, 1850, Belinda Baxter Bliss, b. Dec. 5, 1814.
He was a bookseller with his son John, and was formerly in the wholesale flour busi-
ness. He d. Mar. 5, 1883; res. Lowell, .Mass.

4491. i. John Abel, b. Dec. 6, 1839. Is a bookseller in Lowell, Mass.; unm.

4492. iii. Edward Augustus, b. Mar. 24, 1843. Edward A. spent three

years in Europe in the study of geological engineering. Since
1872 he has been cashier of a national bank at West Union, la.;
is now located at Sheridan, W^y.

4493. ii. Clarissa Dwight, b. Aor. 24, 1841; d. Apr. 13, 1849.

4494. iv. Marv Louisa, b. June 10, 1845; d. Aug. 20. 1846.

4495. V. Henry Dwight, b. Feb. 21, 1252; d. Sept. 20, 18G0.

4496. VI. Mary Ella, b. Jan. 10, 1857; d. Nov. 27, 1867.

2213. William Henry Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Jan. 22, 1779; m. at Wethersfield, Conn., Clarissa W^olcott, b. .Mar. ix,
1783, d. Mar. 2, 1849.

William Henry Whitney was born Jan. 22, 1779, and died March 9, 1849. His
parents were Aaron Whitney (born Sept. 5, 1746), and Hannah Steanies. He mar-
ried Clarissa W^olcott, a daughter of Nathaniel Wolcott (born July 9, 1748, died July
27, 1810), and Dolly Evans, whose home was in Wethersfield, a short distance from
Hartford, Conn. He was a man of a muscular frame, about 5 feet 10 inches in
height, of massive, square, regular features, with a high forehead, and had large,
grey eyes, and very dark brown hair. His skin was light. L']Jon the occasion of his
mother's death, when he was in his teens, he left his father's house and shifted for
himself thereafter. He worked in an uncle's store at first, and later became a partner
of Si Bellows, a son of old Gen. Bellows, at Bellows Falls, \'t., in a general merchan-
dise business. Not far from 1810 he made his way by wagon to the vicinity of
Champion. Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he spent the remainder of his life, and now
lies buried with his wife in the village cemetery. He was a man of a good mind,
a great reader, and conversed freely and well on most topics. His language was
well chosen and fluent. When in the mood he detailed anecdotes, and was given
to fun. In his family he was very kind, and was especially thoughtful of his wife.
Upon her death March 2, 1849, he was overcome with grief, took to his bed imme-
diately, and died one week later. While personally not being religious, he desired
his family to freely follow their inclinations in church matters. However, his chil-
dren mostly were non-church-going people. They were all intelligent, good looking,
temperate, and industrious, and of muscular type. He died March 9, 1849; res.
Champion, N. Y.

Erastus H., b. Nov. 16, 1818; m. Lucy Cordelia Pierce.

Aaron Stearns, b. Julv 29, 1803; m. Hannah Bradish.

Wm. Henrv, b. July 4, 1805; d. Oct. 16, 1820.

Marietta Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1809; m. Edward Hubbard. She
d. 1884; only one child, Mrs. Chester Colburn, who had 2 cli.,
Jay and Eddie; res. Champion, N. Y.

Geo. Sparrack, b. Feb. 28, 1809; m. Emaline (Wright) W'hitney.

Nathaniel W., b. Feb. 22,1811; m. Emaline Wright. He d. .Mar.
18, 1828, s. p.

David Josiah, b. Jan. 22, 1814; m. Smith.

Elizabeth, b. June 26. 1816; d. unm.

, b. 1823; d. in infancv.

, b. 1823; d. Oct. 16, 1824.

Wm. Henry, b. June 16, 1821; m. Patience R. Johnson.

2220. David Stearns Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Northampton, Aug. 22, 1788; m. Aug. 4, 1834, Hannah H. Partridge, b. Mar. 8, 1802;
gr. dau. of Rev. D. Lyman, of Hatfield. She m. 2d, May 26, 1837, Hon. Joseph H.

4497.

viii

4498.

i.

4499.

ii.

4500.

iii.

4501.

iv.

450.^

V.

4503.

vi.

4504.

Vll.

4505.

IX.

4506.

X.

4507.

XI.

302 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Brainerd. She d. St. Albans, \t., Nov. 18, 1837. He then married her sister Fanny,
May 8, 1839. He d. Gainesville, Ala., Apr. 1, 1836; res. Northampton, Mass.

45U8. i. David S., b. Feb. 29, 1836, in Pensacola and d. in 1864; ae. 18.

2222. Jacob Whitney (Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Oct. 8, 178-;; m. in Stow, Mass., May 12, 1811, Maria Goldsmith; b. May 15, 1792; d.
Feb. 1, 1885, in Louisville, Ky.

Jacob Whitney was a native of Stow, Mass. Shortly after marriage he left
Massachusetts for western Pennsylvania, remaining only a short time, before descend-
ing the Ohio River. Was one of the original settlers in Jefferson Co., Ind., and died
young, leaving a large family. His wife was a remarkable woman, and trained her
children so that every one was strong and useful in their lives, the older boys becom-
ing quite wealthv. He d. Aug. 10, 1823; res. Madison, Ind.

4509. i. ' Edwin G.,b. Nov. 30, 1812; m. Maria Carver.

4510. ii. SoPHRONiA J., b. Dec. 13, 1814; m. Mar. 12, 1835, Benjamin F.

Baker; res. Madison, Ind. He was b. Mar. 6, 1811; d. Jan. 6,
1892. He was a merchant. Ch.: Ruth Maria, b. Feb. 14, 1837;
m. William Shippen, Oct. 14, 1857; d. Feb. 16, 1868; Henry
Franklin, b. Oct. 14, 1838; Florence Tucker, b. Sept. 21, 1841 ; m.
Geo. F. Baker, b. Nov. 18, 1869, New York City, Pres. 1st Nafl
Bank; Sada E., b. Feb. 13, 1844; Madison, Ind.

4511. iii. Roland A., b. Mar. 20, 1817; m. Eliza Hicks, and Annie E.

Lemon.

4512. iv. Alexander N., b. June 24, 1819; m. Elvira A. Smith.

4513. v. Makia Houghton, b. July 27, 1822; m. Jan. 30, 1845, Nestor W.

Conant; res. Long Hranch, N.J. He was b. Jan. 4, 1811 ; merchant.
Ch.: Carrie E., b. Dec. 30, 1845; m. Pincknev F. Green; b. Oct.
15,1867; res. Louisville, Kv.; Whitney, b.' Feb. 11, 1848; res.
Long Branch, N. J.; Roleria E., b. Jan. 6, 1856; d. May, 1857;
Nestor F., b. Oct. 23, 1863; d. Feb., 1864; Ruth M., b. Mar. 10,
1865; m. Chas. C. Doe, b. Jan. 15, 1889; res. South Newbury, Vt.

2226. Jesse Whitney (Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Mass., Jan. 26, 17S0; m. at Medfield, Mass., Nov. 19, 1818, Rebecca Newell,
b. Sherborn, Mass., Feb. 2, 1795; d. at Nashua, June 16, 1856.

He was born in Stow, Mass., where he resided until eighteen years of age, work-
ing on his father's farm and attending school as opportunity presented itself. When
nineteen years of age he went to Boston to learn the trade of boot and shoemaker.
After serving his apprenticeship for four years he went to Framingham to work for
a Mr. Buckminster, a boot and shoe manufacturer. A short time afterward he
became proprietor of the business, and continued it until the fall of 1825, when he
moved to Nashua, N. H., and entered the employ of the Nashua Mfg. Co. in their
cotton mills as belt maker (leather), and continued with them for ten years. Later
he was a trader in boots and shoes. Mr. Whitney was an upright and conscientious
man. Whig in politics, and had the respect and esteem of his townsmen. He and
his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. He died in Nashua, his wife
having preceded him some two years. He d. Jan. 18, 1858; res. Framingham, Mass.,
and Nashua, N. H.

4514a. i. Hflfn Loiisa, b. Oct. 4, 1819; m. Orlando Lund. She d. Jan. 8,

1893.

4514. ii. Geo. Henry, b. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Susan Glover Stickney.

4515. iii. Elizabeth \VHEELOCK,b. Oct. 19, 1822; m. Jan. 29, 1846, George F.

Adams; res. Derry, N. H. He was b. June 29, 1824. Ch.: Helen
Louise, b. Dec. 10, 1847; m. Feb. 10, 1874, Quincy Jeffers; res.
Dedham, Mass.; Lucy Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1860; m. Jan. 1,
1870, Geo. Proctor; res. 518 Broadway, So. Boston, Mass.; Sarah
Fitz, b. June 22, 1852; res. Derry. N. H.; Geo. Newell, b. Dec.
.27, 1853; m. June 22, 1891, Carrie Combs; res. 901 McGee St.,
Kansas City, Mo.; Frankie Wellman, b. Aug. 18, 1859; d. Feb. 1,
1867; Charles Eugene, b. June 23, 1861; m. Nov. 27, 1888, Ida
Swain; res. No. 6 Roslyn St., Salem, Mass.; Mary Whitney, b.
Sept. 4, 1863; d. Sept. 4, 1863; Marion Whitney, b. Jan. 7, 1867;
d. Feb. 3, 1877.
4616. iv. Mary Antoinette, b. Aug. 2, 1824; m. Apr. 25, 1844, Alfred
Lund, d. 1855; ni, 2d, Josiah Stone; res. Cortland, N. Y.

4517.

V.

4518.

vi.

4519.

Vll.

4520.

via

4521.

IX.

4522.

X.

4528.

i.

4524.

11.

4525.

111.

4526.

IV.

4527.

V.

4528.

vi.

4529.

Vll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 303

Eunice Newell, b. June 9, 1826; d. Dec. 4, 1833.
Edward Payson, b. May 2, 1828; m. Josephine Stickney.
Chas. Fred'k, b. Dec. 26, 1829; m. Helen L. Blaisdell.
Wm. Andrew, b. Sept. 20, 1831; d. Nov. 14, 1861.
Eugene Francis, b. Feb. 7, 1834; m. Carrie H. Clark.
Richard Dexter, b. Oct. 26, 1836; m. Laura A. Ingraham.

2229. Isaac Whitney (Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Bolton, Mass., Dec. 4. 1798; m. Danby, N. H., Oct. 29, 1839, Marcia J. Barclay, b.
July 11,1820; d. May 2, 1891.

He was born in Bolton, and after his marriage moved to Stow, where he ever
after resided. He was an extensive farmer. He d. Dec. 21, 1866; res. Stow, Mass.
William H., b. Sept. 19, 1840; m. Josephine S. Osgood.
Isaac N., b. Sept. 26, 1844; m. Lourana C. Maston.
Roland Alonzo, b. Sept. 25, 1848; d. Sept. 10, 1849.
Francis Eugene, b. Sept. 27, 1849; d. Nov. 24, 1873.
Mary Jane, b. Feb. 19, 1855; m. June 3, 1879, Francis A. Gillette;

res. New Boston, Mass.
Helen Josephine, b. June 11, 1856; d. Sept. 21, 1875.
Clara Maria, b. Oct. 8, 1865; m. Apr. 18, 1882, Seymour S.
Colby; res. Melrose, Mass.

2232. Capt. Moses Whitney (Isaac, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard-
John), b. Feb. 14, 1782; m. Apr. 17, 1806, Lucy Gates, b. Mar. 28, 1787; d. in Stow.
Nov. 5, 1875.

Moses Whitney was born in Harvard, Mass., and at the time of his marriage,
when twenty-four years of age, removed to Stow. He was a farmer, but took an
active interest in all town matters. He was captain of a company of troopers, or
home guards, for several years; tor two years was representative in the legislature,
and for several years was justice of the peace. He d. Oct. 1, 1856; res. Stow, Mass.

4530. i. Mary Gates, b. Aug. 31, 1807; m. James Fordyce Whitnev; d.

June 30, 1886.

4531. ii. Lucia Mead, b. Oct. 6, 1810; m. Oct. 26, 1841, Hon. Edwin Whit-

ney, of Stow, s. p. He d. Stow, Mar. 6, 1883; (See) res. No. 789
Cass Ave., Detroit, Mich.

2234. Asa Wii.lard Whitney (Isaac, Abraham, .Abraham, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Apr. 24, 1787, in Harvard, Mass.; m. in Bolton, Dec. 29, 1809, Abigail Whit-
comb; res. Harvard, Mass.

4532. i. Abba Eliza, b. Dec. 13, 1817.

4533. ii. Lucia, b. ; m. Blake.

2236, Squire Isaac Whitney (Isaac, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard,
John), b. April, 1775; m. Mary Hill; m. 2d, Apr. 15, 1829, Hannah Haskell. His will
is dated Apr. 19, 1854, and was probated May 6, 1856. Ebenezer Willard, of Har-
vard was exec. He was selectman, 1817-19-20; assessor, 1818-19-22; and town clerk,
1820-3. He d. Mar. 10, 1856; res. Harvard, Mass.; s. p.

2246. Abraha.m Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Sept. 18, 1806, in Waterford, Me.; m. 1833, Mary A. Hopkins; b. Milford,
N. H., Sept. l^, 1808; d. in Chicago, Apr. 19, 1881.

He was born in Waterford, Me., to which place his parents had moved from
Stow, Mass., He was united in marriage to his wife at St. Ann's church, Lowell,
.Mass., by the rector. After residing in Lowell, he moved to Waltham, Mass. He
d. Nov. 25, 1887; res. New Gloucester, Me., and Waltham, Mass.

4534. i. Mary Ann. b. 1834; d. 1838.

4535. ii. Helen E., b. ; m. Thomas J. Marsh, Jr., of Boston, Mass.

He was b. ; d. at Roberts, Wis., Sept. 25, 1891. She res.

455 Elm street, Chicago, 111. Ch.: Henry Wheelwright, b. at
Waltham, Mass., educated at Phillips, Exeter, N. H., and Har-
vard College, graduating in the class of 1885. Res. in Chicago;
of the firm of R. A. Waller & Co., LaSalle St.

4536. iii. Mary A., b. ; res. 3 Mt. \'ernon St.. Boston.

4537. iv. Adaline Peabody, b. ; m. 1877, Thomas S. Chard; res.

s. p. 534 North State St., Chicago, 111.

304 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4541.

11.

4542.

111.

4543.

iv.

4544.

V.

4545.

VI.

4546.

Vll.

4547.

VUl

4548.

i.

4549.

11.

4550.

Ill

4561.

IV

4538. V. John Howard, b. 1845; d. Sept. 21, 1869.

4539. vi. Caroline Burns, b. ; res. 3 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

2247. Christopher Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Waterford, Me., Nov. 5, 1807; m. Oct. 1831, Dolly Brooks of Stow, Mass.
He d. 1860; res.. Stow and Lynn, Mass.

4540. i. Catherine Sophia, b. Feb. 4, 1844; m. Dec. 1869, Joseph M.

Thompson, of Portland, Me. She d. in 1889 in New Glouces-
ter, Me.

ALBERT) b. Mar. 4, 1834.

Eben S. B., b. Mar. 12, 1886..

Abraha.m, b. Sept. 28, 1837; m. Mary E. Swan and Eliza Whit-
comb.

Silas B., b. Nov. 9, 1839.

Mary B., b. Jan. 2, 1842: m. Johnson; res. Lynn, Mass.

George F., b. Oct. 1, 1852.

Elizabeth, b.

2257. Salmon Whitney (Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Jan. 31, 1788; m. Eliza Sumner; m. 2d, Dec. 29, 1829, Alsa P.
Pond; b. Feb. 19, 1803; d. June, 1871. He was born in Harvard, Mass., worked on
the farm, and attended school winters as opportunity presented. He moved to Bos-
ton when but twenty-one years of age, and for half a century kept a salt fish store on
Long Wharf. He d. May 17, 1882; res. Boston, Mass.

^ " Davis S., b. Oct. 2, 1824; m. Mrs. Sarah T. Belcher.

Elizabeth Augusta, b. Oct. 22, 1882.

Henry Lyman, b. Nov. 13, 1834; d. Sept. 6, 1856.

Edward, b. Jan. 3, 1842; d. Apr. 2, 1846.

2259. Rev. John Whitney (Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Sept. 1, 1803; m. Oct. 15, 1835, Mary A. Jewett, dau. of Rev. David,
of Rockport, b. Nov. 28, 1808.

He was the fifth minister of the first church in Boxford, Mass., and was ordained
Oct. 15, 1834, and dismissed in 1837. He graduated at Amherst in 1831 and at An-
dover Theological Seminary in 1834, and at once settled in Boxford. He went to
Waltham at the conclusion of his first pastorate and was settled there for twenty
years. Then for ten years he was located at Canaan, N. Y. Later he moved to
Newton Centre, Mass., where he died. He was a scholarly man and kept up his
studies to the end of his life. He d. May 31, 1879; res. Boxford and Waltham, Mass.,
Canaan, N. Y., and Newton Centre, Mass.

4552. i. David Jewett, b. Sept. 30, 1836, in Marblehead; m. Dec. 5, 1861,

Martha Jane Hinkel; b. Aug. 15, 1836. He was for five years in
Boston in the dry goods business, and went to New York city
in 1857; he resided at 309 East 21st street; was educated at
Phillips Academy; is now a commission merchant; s. p.
John Raymond, b. Jan. 18, 1838; d. Sept. 27, 1838.
Mary Reed, b. Mar. 1, 1839; m. Nov. 20, 1862, F. W. Felton, a

lawyer; res. 181 W. Brookline St., Boston.
Elizabeth Jewett, b. Feb. 23, 1841; unm.; res. at home.
Martha Raps, b. July 24, 1843; d. Sept. 2, 1843.
Martha Raymond, b. June 6, 1844; d. Sept. 24, 1844.
Hannah Ann Jewett, b. Nov. 27, 1846; res. at home.
Maria Delano, b. Nov. 30, 1851.

2260. Justin Whitney (Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. July 24,
1801 in Harvard; m. in 1827 Mary Gushing Cotton, in Boxboro; b. Sept. 15, 1805; d.
May 25, 1891.

He was born in Harvard where he resided nearly all his life, was a farmer and
lived on the farm, which, tradition says, was originally purchased of the Indians. He
d. Aug. 7, 1862. Rcb. Harvard, Mass., and Leominster, Mass.

4-560. i. Justin Otis, b. June 10, 1829; d. unm., Oct. 13, 1853.

4561. ii. Maria Bird, b. May 14, 1831; m. 1852, Henry Richards; res.

Worcester.

4562. iii. Salmon, b. Mar. 24, 1833; d. unm., July 26, 1864. He studied law

in Lowell and at Harvard Law School; was admitted to the bar
in 1860 and opened an office at Groton Junction, now Ayer. He

4553.

ii.

4554.

111.

4555.

iv.

4556.

V.

4i)57.

VI.

4568.

vii.

4559.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

305

served in the Sixth and Fifty-third Massachusetts Infantry,
and died in Leominster. He enlisted Apr. 22, 186L and was dis-
charged for disability June 6, 1863.
4663. iv. Harriet L, b. Jan. 6, 1837; m. Feb. 18, 1866, Marshall P. Frost,
res. 183 Lincoln St., Worcester. Ch.; Daughler, b. Dec. 12,
1867; d. Nov. 29, 1874.

4564. V. Geo. Henry, b. July 18, 1839; m. Sarah C. Gould.

4565. vi. Ellen Frances, b, June 7, 1847; m. June 10, 1868.

4566. vii. Sarah Maria, b. Jan. 6. 1841; m. Oct. 17, 1860, Thomas Bennett

res. 14 Elliott St., Wore. He was b. Aug. 14, 1836: d. June 20,
1890. He was boatswain in the U. S. Navy. Ch.: Hattie Maria
b. Sept. 1, 1861; m. Oct. 19, 1886; present address (Mrs. Henry
L. Adams, Wilmington, Vt.); Minnie P>ances, b. Dec. 28, 1862
m. Oct., 17, 1882; address, Mrs. Minnie F. Bagley, widow, 14
Elliot St., Worcester, Mass ; George S. Bennett, b. July 30, 1866
present address, Deputy Clerk of United States Court, Boston
Mass.; one grandchild, Donald Bennett Adams, b. June 13,1890
at Wilmington, Vt.

2261.
Harvard,
d. in 1871;
4567,

4568,
4569,

4570,
4571.
4572.
4573,

4574
4575

Nathan Whitney (Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Mass., Aug. 1, 1793; m. May 23, 1816, Nancy Farwell; b. 1793; d. l855. He
res. Harvard and Chicopee, Mass.

Nathan, b. Nov. 3, 1816; m. Nancy A. Hay. ,

Nancy Lavina, b. Aug. 23, 1818; dead.

Newton, b. July 26, 1820; m. Mary P. White and Mary L. Hay-
ward.

Angelina, b. Apr. 15, 1822; res. C.

JULIANNA. b. Nov. 13, 1824; res. C.

Edwin, b. Aug. 22, 1826; m. and res. Holyoke, Mass.

Melissa A., b. Mar. 10, 1829: m.; a dau. is Mrs. Mary Melissa
McCann; res. Fall River, Mass.

Mary Farwell, b. Jan. 4, 1832; m. and left one son, James
Haskell.

Serena A., b. Aug. 22, 1834.

IV.

v.

vi.
vii.

viii.

IX.

2265. Joel Whitney (Joel, lonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Fitzwilliam,
N. H., Feb. 29, 1792; m. in Ohio.

He served in the war of 1812, was captured by the British and taken to England;
be finally returned and settled in Ohio, where he married and afterwards resided.
He was a farmer. He d. in Ohio.

2266. Jesse Whitney (Joel, Jonas, lonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Fitzwilliam,
N. H., Nov. 8, 1794; m .

With his brother Joel he went to Ohio, where he married and followed agri-
cultural pursuits. He amassed quite a fortune. Res. in Ohio.

2273. Peter Whitney (Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 16,
1799; m. Mar. 3, 1825,Lucinda Fisk, b. Mar. 18, 1810; d. Apr. 20, 1839; m. 2d, Sept. 24,
1839, Laura Farr, b. Sept. 17, 1812; d. Jan. 12, 1888. He d. Aug. 13, 1867; res. Dick-
inson, N. Y.
4576.

4577. n.

4578. iii.

4579. iv.

4580. V.

4581. vi.

4582. vii.

4583. viii.

Helen, b. June 25, 1829.

Barney, b. June 9, 1832; res. Ogdensburg, N. Y.

Allen C, b. Dec. 20, 1837; d. Sept. 30, i860.

Fayette, b. July 30, 1840; d. May 5, 1867.

Cyrus P., b. Feb. 12. 1843; m. Cynthia L. Davenport.

Byron A., b. June 14, 1845; m. Sally R. Hazen.

LuciNA, b. Oct. 22, 1848.

Justin A., b. Sept. 5, 1852; res. Alburgh, N. Y.

2274. Gary Whitney (Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. A'ermont;
m. Pattv Hazen. He d. ; res. .

4.584. i.

4585. ii.

4586. iii.

4587. iv.

4588. v.

4589. vi. Emogene, b

Warren, b. July 17, 18:38; m. Delia Martin and Mary E. Bisbee.

Am ASA H., b.' ; res. Potsdam, N. Y.

Viola, b. ; d. .

Lord Grenvile, b. Dec. 25, 1847; m. Ida H. Lincoln.

Inez, b. ; d. — — .

; d. .

306 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2278. Sealand Whitney (Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Sal-
isbury, Vt., Nov. 2, 1799; m. Sept. 2, 1827, Sybil Landon, b. So. Hero, Vt., June 27,
1806; d. Apr. 30, 1873. He d. in Malone, N. Y., Apr. 30, 1874; res. North Hero, Vt.,
and Malone, N. Y.

4590. i. Elisha Gerry, b. May 19, 1828; m. Eliza A. Hitchcock, Mrs.

May Clark McMann, and Mary Elizabeth Morgan.

4591. ii. Seymour Bangs, b. June 5, 1837; m. Calista M. Coburn.

4592. iii. Buel Landon, b. Dec. 10, 1845; m. Esther E. Harris.

4593. IV. Mykon Tho.mpson, b. Feb. 18, 1840; res., unm., Marshalltown, la.

He was born in North Hero, Vt., educated at the public schools,
and fitted for college at the Franklin academy in Malone, N. Y.
Entered Middlebury college in 1863, and was graduated in 1865;
later entered Amherst; was graduated in 1867. He studied elo-
cution in Boston in 1868. Went west, studied law at Marshall-
town, la., in 1869 and 1870, and was admitted to the bar the lat-
ter year. Since then has practiced his profession there with
success. Is much respected. Unm.

4594. V. Edward Wilbur, b. Oct. 1, 1850; m. Lizzie E. Taylor.

4595. vi. Ann Augusta, b. Apr. 10, 1834; d. Oct. 1, 1836.

2285. Amos Whitney (Levi, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Rindge,
N. H., 1786; m. Sophia Harris, b. 1786; d. 1877.

• Amos Whitney was born in Rindge, N. H. He moved to Leominster, and mar-
ried his wife in Fitchburg. In 1812 he moved to Royalston, and purchasing of Abel
Downe the John Osborne place lived there ever afterward. He d. 1874; res. Leo-
minster and Royalston, Mass.

4596. i. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 30, 1812; m. at Royalston, Mass., Benjamin

Wheeler, b. Jan. 17, 1810; d. Feb. 24, 1884; res. So. Royalston. Ch.:
Levi W.; res. So. R.; b, June 10, 1848; Mary A., d. Oct. 20, 1860.

4597. ii. Sophia, b. Feb. 19,1815; ra. Oct., 1836, Reuben Browning. He was

b. Mar. 17, 1814; d. Nov. 5, 1845. She d. at Royalston, July 1,
1865. Ch.: Martha A., b. in Holden, Aug. 2, 1838; m. David
W. Hodgkins, M. D., of Jefferson, Me., May 17, 1866; address.
East Brookfield, Mass.; ch., Robert B., b. in Waldoboro, Me., Oct.
17, 1867; d. same day; Isabelle Marion, b. E. Brookfield, Mass.,
June 21, 1869; George Whitney, b. E. Brookfield, Dec. 30, 1870;
d. Jan. 9, 1876, aged 5 years 10 days; David Harwood, b. E.
Brookfield, June 11, 1873; and Chester Hussev, b. E. Brookfield,
Jan. 9, 1875; Marion F., b. Nov. 8, 1840; m.'to Rev. Henry M.
Rogers, of Ware, Dec, 1862; address, Holden, Mass.; ch., Nellie
Marion, b. in Selinsgrove, Pa., Dec, 1863; Herbert Allen, b. Well-
fleet, Mass., Apr., 1866; Rupert Browning, b. Dalton, Mass.,
Aug., 1868; and Harry, b. W. Springfield, 1870; d. at 4 months.
Nellie Marion Rogers m. Charles A. Dawson, of Holden, Sept.,
' 1883; address, Holden, Mass.; ch., Rachel Dawson, b. in Holden,

July, 1894. Mary S., b. Aug. 28, 1842; m. to Henry W. Cotton, of
Monson, Mar., 1868; ch , Susan Browning, b. Milford, Conn,.
Sept. 21, 1869; m Henry S. Tufts«of Boston, Oct., 1890; address,
1859 Oakdale Ave., Lake View, Chicago. Henry W. Cotton, d.
in South Framingham, Dec, 1892; aged 57.

4598. iii. George, b. Sept. 21, 1817; m. Eliza J. Simpson and Mary E.

Carter.

4599. iv. Levi Harris, b. Nov. 2.5, 1821; m. Susan S. Whitcomb, b. 1829;

res. s. p. Athol, Mass.

4600. V. Abigail A., b. 182^ ; m. Chas. W. Forristoll; res. West Fitchburg.

2286. Samuel Whitney (Lemuel, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Brattleboro, \'t.. May 23, 1791; m. Guilford, Jan. 1, 1821. Amelia Hvde; b. G., Mar.
13, 1800; d. in W., May 18, 1851.

Samuel Whitney was born in Brattleboro, Vt. He attended the district school,
assisting his father on his farm when not acquiring his education. In 1820 he pur-
chased a small place between the two villages in Brattleboro, where he resided for
ten years, and where five of his children were born. He was often employed as clerk
at the hotel in the east village. This was in the davs of stages, and twelve or more
lines went and came from the house night and day. So he often was employed in

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 307

the winter, when he had less to do than in summer. His health became poor, and he
thought he must find employment more in doors, and took a hotel m Proctors-
ville, Vt., where he remained two years, moved to Hartford, Vt., for one year, then
to Hartland for three years. In the fall of 1835 he bought the hotel known as the
"Barber House," of Woodstock, where he lived till the death of his father in the
spring of 1847. He gave up the house to his son and went to Brattleboro to care for
his father's estate and a sister who was blind. He sold his father's place after a little
tmie and returned to Woodstock in the winter of 1849, buying a private house, where
he lived till the time of his death in 1872. For a few years after his return to Wood-
stock he employed his time in farming and looking after his property. For many
years he was proprietor of the Woodstock stages. He was much respected in the
community where he resided. He d. Dec. 81, 187J; res. Brattleboro, Cavendish and
Woodstock, \'l.

4601. i. Geo. Fred'k, b. Dec. 24, 1821; m. Augusta P. Eaton.

4602. ii. Emily Hyde, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. Oct. 24, 1849, Charles Cha])-

man; res. Woodstock, \'t. He was b. Apr. 1, 1818; d. Sept. 26,
1882; was a druggist. Ch.: Frank H., born March 8, 1861,
Woodstock; Carrie A., born Oct. 8, 1852, Woodstock; Lucy J.,
born Aug. 5, 1856, Woodstock; Henry B., born June 10, 1858,
Woodstock; Mary F., born March 2, 1860, Woodstock.

4608. iii. Susan Jane, b. Sept. 26, 1H25: d. unm.

4604. iv. Dana Hyde,. b. Mar. 6, 1828; d. unm. July 28, 1861. Shot in battle

at Newport News, \'a.

4605. v. Lucy Fitch, b. Feb. 28, 18.38; m. Oct. 10. 1859, James B. Jones; b.

Mar. 81, 1826. He is a merchant in Woodstock, \'t. Ch.: Wm.
Field, b. Apr. 23, 1862; Mary Wells, b. July 28, 1864; Ellen Hvde,
b. Sept. 10, 1866; Alice Whitney, b. Mar. 7, 1878.

4606. vi. Charles L., b. Feb. 28, 1832; m. Frances J. Gore.

4607. vii. Samuel Benton, b. June 4, 1842; address 125 Tremont St., Boston,

Mass. He is a composer and organist and was born in Wood-
stock, \'t. Was organist of Christ Church, Montpelier, \"t.; St.
Peter's in Albany, N. Y.; St. Paul's in Burlington, A't.; Old
Church, now New Church of the Advent m Boston. Is professor
in the New England Conservatory of Music and in the Boston
University. Among his compositions are two full communion
services, five te deums and numerous other pieces for church
service, organ music. Trio of Pf. and strings; Pf. music and
songs.

2292. Edward Winslow Whitney (Samuel W.,Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. at Brattleboro, \'t., 1801; m. at Brattleboro, \'t., Jan. 28, 1821, Lavinia
Bruce Bemis; b. 1798; d. Aug. 25, 18.54, at Fort Covington, N. V".

Edward Winslow Whitney was a tanner and currier bv trade; worked at his trade
in Keene, N. H. Afterward proprietor of the Emerald House, Keene; was interested
in a line of stages from Keene to Boston, of which line Benj. Cheney, of Cheney,
Fiske &■ Co , was driver From Keene he moved to .A.lbany, N.Y., where he took
charge of the Franklin House, near the head of State St., directly opposite the then
railroad depot. He died m Albany. He d June 1, 1848; res. Dummerston, \"t., and
Fort Covington and Albanv, N. Y.

4608.^ i. Charles Marsh, b. Feb. 10, 1828; m. Delia Minerva Safford.

4609. ii. Elias Bemis, b. Dec. 2, 1821; m. Kate Craft and Rhoda S.Bur-

leigh.

4610. iii. Elizabeth Parmilla, b. ; m. G. B. I. Sav.'ver, s. p. Shed.

May, ls'93, at Waukegan, 111.

4611. iv. Lemuel Bannister, b. ; d. unm., was killed by explosion

in Hague St., N. Y.

4612. V. Edward Sidney, b. ; d. Mav, 1861, at Malone, N. Y.

4618. vi. Mary Jane. b. Mar 11, 1835; m. Dec. 24, 1856, Edward W.

Upham; b. May 30, 1834. He was born in Chateaugay, N. Y.;
went to Chicago in the early fifties, about 1854; moved thence in
a year or so to Waukegan, where he was married and where,
with the exception of one year— about 1858-9 — he has since lived.
During that year he was in Keokuk, la. He has always been
in the dry goods or general merchandise business, beginning
operations for himself in 1869 or 70 in the firm of Huson tlsc

308 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Upham, in 1872 or 73 alone and in 1888 becoming a member of
his present firm, G. R. Lyon & Co. About 1880 and for a few
years thereafter, he was active in local politics and held the
office of supervisor for Waukegan in Lake county. Ch.: Edward
Darwin, b. Mar. 13, 1858; unm.; 307 People's Bank Bldg.,
Denver, Col. During the years 1875 to 1880 he was a teacher in
Lake county schools, the last three years being in the Wauke-
gan city schools. He graduated from Amherst College, degree
B. A., in 1884, and the following year was principal of the Wil-
liams Academy and Stockbridge High School at Stockbridge,
Mass. He continued his law studies, theretofore begun under
Judge Francis E. Clarke, of Waukegan, in the office of Stiles &
Lewis, of Chicago, and was admitted to the Illinois bar in Sept.,
1886. He lived in Lincoln, Neb., from Nov., 1886, till June, 1887,
when he went to Colorado. Is a lawyer in general practice.

4614. vii. HarrieIt Mercy, b. ; m. J.W. Robinson and W. E. Peake;

s. p. She d. June, 1894, at Mason City, la.

2293. RuFUS Whitney (John, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard,- John), b. Dover,
Vt., Aug. 28, 1793; m. Dec. 25,"1826, at Brandon, N. Y., Lois Miller, b. Mar. 19, 1790;
d. Mar. 9, 1865. He was a farmer. He d. May 9, 1863; res. Bangor and Brandon,
N. Y.

4615. i. Hortentia, b. Sept. 9,1827; m. Apr. 19, 1861, Samuel Wright;

res. East Dickinson, N. Y. He was b. Feb. 28, 1822, is a farmer.
Ch.: Mary Lois, b. Dec. 20, 1864; m. May, 1883, Geo. Doolittle,
and d. Jan. 10, 18^!9; Emma Louise, b. Dec. 13, 1866; m. Julv 2,
1885, Wells S. Bentlev; res. West Bangor, N. Y.

4616. ii. Mary Franxes, b. Mar, 28, 1830; m. Jan. 1, 1852, James Spooner;

res. W. Bangor, N. Y. Ch.: Fred Whitney, b. Mar. 11, 1855; d.
Dec. 7, 1872; Geo. Miller, b. Dec. 13, 1859; d. May 24, 1875;
Betsey Frances, b. Jan. 8, 1865; m. May 2, 1894, Charles S. Bar-
num; res. Danburv, Conn.; Rufus, b. Jan. 18, 1869; d. Jan. 19,
1873; Spooner was b. Sept. 9, 1S19; d. July 28, 1892; was a
farmer.

2294. Daniel Bigelow Whitney (John, Ephraim, ]onas, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Newfane, Vt., Mar., 1802; m. at Putney, \'t., Lucretia Fletcher; b. Aug. 3, 1802; d.
Feb. 26, 1867.

He was born in Newfane, \'t., and settled in Fort Covington, N. Y., and estab-
lished himself as a cabinet maker. He increased his business until he became an
extensive manufacturer of cabinet work and chairs. He had quite a trade in Canada,
even extending across the St. Lawrence river. Fort Covington being located on the
line with Canada. He always remained in the same house which he built. All the
family resided in the house until his death. The place is now owned by his son John
F. He was a member of the Baptist church, living a consistent Chrisiian life, a
strong opponent to the use of tobacco in any form, and of temperate habits. He was
a stanch Whig and later on a Republican in politics. He neversought or held a pub-
lic office, but adhered industriously to hi:- business of furniture manufacturing. Rev.
Nathaniel Culver, Baptist preacher, remarked to him, "you are always in a hurry in
this life, I do not know how it will be in the next " He died in the faith of inheriting
eternal salvation. He d. Ian. 22, 1876; res. Fort Covington, N. Y.

4617. i. Sarah" Lucretia, b. July 21, 1832; d. Mar. 6, 1868.
John Fletcher, b. June 13, 1834; unm.; res. Boston, Mass.; has

been in Boston Directory office, 155 Franklin St., for 23 years.
Hannah Valeria, b. Aug. 27, 1836; m. James Shearer; res.

Cornwall, Ont.
Harriett Sophronia, b. Aug. 23, 1838; received a certificate of

academic scholarship Dec. 1, 1868, and d. May 4, 1869.
Achsah Ann, b. 1842; d. Mar. 2, 1860.
Charlotte Elizabeth, b. 1847; d. 1848.

2298. Dr. Ephraim Whitney (John, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
b. in Dummerston, Vt., Feb. 26, 1805; m. Dec. 21, 1834, Mary Ann Dennison, b. julv 10,
1808; d. Feb. 20, 1880.

He graduated at Hanover College with high honors, attended lectures at Pitts-

4618.

ii.

4619.

iii

4620.

iv.

4621.

4622.

v.

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field, Mass. With the exception of a short time at Canton, N. Y.,and Detroit, Mich.,
he practiced for over 50 years in Massena. A local paper says: "One of our oldest
physicians, Dr. E. Whitney, died last week; he had been spending the winter with a
daughter in St. Albans, Vt. He was known and trusted at the bedside of many of
the families in this locality. To him was given the confidence such as an honest,
faithful physician will always command. Plain, unostentatious, seeking how much
good he could do for others, not how much he could make. He had a great memory
and to him was referred every debatable question as to date. Faithful in discharge
of all duties." He d. May 20, 1884; res. Canton, N. Y., and Massena, N. Y.

4622a. i. Ephraim, b. Oct. 31, 1885; m. .

4623a. ii. Josephine Augusta, b. Mar. 14, 1838; d. Apr. 21. 1881.
4624a. iii. Mary Louise, b. Oct. 14, 1839; m. Aug. 29, 1871, Jerome Ira
Nightingale, b. July 12, 1838; he is a farmer, res. Massena, N.Y.
Ch.: Marguerite Dennison, b. Aug. 24, 1872; Irene Louise, b.
Apr. 9, 1874; Charles Whitney, b. June 17, 1875; Cora Elizabeth,
b. Nov. 24, 1876.
4625a. iv. Jane Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1844; m. Aug. 29, 1871; d. Mar. 26,
1889. Her dau. is Jessie W. Kinney; res. Canton, N. Y.

2304. Abel Whitney (Abel, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. in ,

1786; m. in Lancaster, Mass., Feb. 8, 1817, Abigail Holman Townsend, dau. of Robert,
b. in L. Apr. 1, 1795; d. Sept. 24, 1823, at her father's in L. Robert Townsend was a
shrewd man. He had a brick yard and built the Lancaster House. He was deputy
sheriff at one time and held other employments. One of his interesting daughters
was married to the schoolmaster, Abel Whitney.

Abel Whitney, of Boston, was one of the teachers of the Lancaster academy,
which was founded in 1815. He taught for some years prior to this. His school was
of larger pretensions in its size and fitted up more elaborately, besides it had a
greater number of scholars and was more advanced in studies, than any other in the
town. It embraced pupils from all parts of Lancaster. Mr. Whitney was a stout
man with dignified step, and self-possessed, resolute aspect. He always spoke
pleasantly. He was by no means a hard master, though severe. He maintained
good order in the school and his examinations were always highly spoken of by the
committee men in attendance. Jared Sparks, the historian, and at one time presi-
dent of Harvard college, was for a short time a teacher in the academy. He d. May
30, 1853; res. Boston, Lancaster and Harvard, Mass.

4623. i. Giles H., b. Jan. 18, 1818; m. Lydia Ann Davis.

4624. ii. Alfred, b. ; m. and res. in Cambridge, Mass.

2308. Timothy Whitney (Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
in Petersham, Apr. 2, 1789; m. there Oct. 28, 1817, Lucv Bryant, b. July 1, 1799; d.
Sept. 23, 1843. He d. June 20, 1871; res. Essex, Vt., and Petersham, Mass.

4625. i. George T., b. Apr. 4, 1819; m. Charlotte M. Brigham.

4626. ii. Helen L., b. Mar. 21, 1832; m. June 19, 1851, Dr. James C. How

b. Mar. 12, 1829; d. Oct. 6, 1888; res. Haverhill, Mass. Ch.: Cal
vin W., b. Grafton; d. June 15, 1852; James C; res. Bath, Me.
Charlotte A., b. New York City; d. Oct. 3, 1854; Helen O., d
Mar., 1854; Wm. E., b. Jan. 10, 1857; res. Haverhill; Emma J.
b. 1866; d. 1888.

2310. Simon Whitney (Simon, Timothy, Jonas. Moses, Richard, John), b.
Petersham, Mass., Nov. 25, 1795; m. Sarah Holmes. He d. Jan. 24, 1846; res. Scitu-
ate, Mass.

4627. i. George R., b. May 27, 1829; m. Pauline B. Hilliard.

4628. ii. John H., b. .

4629. iii. Lucy H., b. .

4630. iv. Julia, b. .

2311. George Whitney (Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Petersham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1800; m. Mar. 24, 1823, Lucy Kellogg, b. Oct., 1798; d.
Sept. 10, 1851; m. 2d, Mar. 12, 1852, Mrs. Emeline Tyler, b. Essex, Vt., 1800; m. 3d,
Mrs. Caroline Walton He d. Nov. 24, 1882; res. Shelburne, Vt.

4631. i. Julia A., b. Feb. 29, 1824; d. Nov., 1843.

4632. ii. Charles K., b. June 4, 1»28; m. Hannah P. Haselton and Chas-

tina Hodge.

310 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2312. Lewis Whitney (Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. June

12, 1803; m. Oct. 17, 1848. Pamelia V. Day, of Essex, Vt., b. ; d. Rockford, 111.

He d. Feb. 14, 1873; res. Petersham, Mass.

4638. i. Lewis Herbert, b. Oct. 23, 1849; d. Aug. 1. 1853.

46.34. ii. Lewis Edgar, b. Oct. 22, 1854; m. Nov. 18, 1875, Florence P.

Clough, of Bethel, Me. He d. in Petersham, Mass., Mar. 10,

1879.

2313. John Whitney (Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Peters-
ham, Mass., Dec. 11, 1805; m. Jan. 1, 1838, Harriet F. Bruce, b. Aug. 3, 1819.

John Whitney, Esq., generally known as "Honest John Whitney," died Monday
after a long and painful illness. Mr. Whitney was a native of Petersham, in this
county, where he was born Dec. 11, 1805, and was consequently in his 76th year. He
had, however, been a resident of this town for many years, having been prominently
identified with the leather business from 1836 to 1870. His business career was
marked by the strictest integrity, his course in all his dealings with others having
always been dictated by a nice sense of honor and a sincerity of purpose. An obli-
gation made by him was considered sacred, and its conditions, whether the obliga-
tion was pecuniary or otherwise, were always sure to be fulfilled; his honesty
faithfulness, and unswerving integrity winnmg for him the name of " Honest John
Whitney." He was a member of the legislature in 1849, and had repeatedly filled
local positions of honor and responsibility. He married a daughter of the Hon.
Joseph Bruce, of Grafton, and his wife and one daughter survive him. He d. Apr.
25, 1881; res. Grafton, Mass.

463.5. i. Helen B., b. Oct. 3, 1838; m. June 8, 1859, Cyrus D. Aldrich; res.

Grafton. She d. Mav 4, 1873. Ch.: May.

4636. ii. Lucy H., b. May 27, 1841; unm.; res. Grafton.

2317. George Whitney (Peter, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Chester, Mass., May 20, 1806; m. Dec. 17, 1835, Amanda M. Henry, b. Apr. 9, 1809.
He was a manufacturer in Chester, Mass., until 1846, when he moved to Hartford.
Res. Hartford, Conn.

4637. i. Helen E., b. Oct. 30, 1836; d. Nov. 18, 1837.

2318. Sergt. Solomon Blair Whitney (Peter, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Chester, Mass., 1785; m. at Detroit, Mich., 1806, Mary Wear. She d.
Canon, Mich., Mar. 6, 1865.

He was b. m Chester, Mass., and was a cordwainer by trade. Emigrating west
he married at Detroit, Mich. Before his marriage he enlisted in Boston in the army
and was stationed at Detroit, Mich., from 1805 to 1812. At the breaking out of the
war of 1812 he was appointed Sergeant in Capt. Dyson's Company of Artillery and
participated in the battle at Brownstown. He was one of the men surrendered by
Gen. Hull, was taken prisoner and transferred to Halifax, N. S. When released he
went to Boston, Mass., and thence to Albany, N. Y., and to the northern frontier and
served to the close of the war, when he returned to Albany and re-enlisted in the
Second Regt. U. S. Infantry, and was sent to Sackett's Harbor. He was appointed
Q. M. Sergt. and remained there until his death in 1825. He is buried there. He d.
June 20, 1825; res. Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.

Solomon B., b. Nov. 29, 1809; m. Amanda Martin, Sarah M. Kyle,

and Sophia A. Ray.
Cynthia, b. Jan., 1808; m. in Hamtramck, Mich., in 1833, Elias

Jewell; res. Wheaton, 111.
Jonathan D., b. Detroit, Mich., 1811; d. Saginaw, Mich., Jan. 7,

1850.
Charles, b. Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1820; d. Geneva, III., 1839.
William E., b. Nov. 9, 1821; m. Hannah L. Pratt.

2320. Theodore Whitney (Peter, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Chester, Mass.; m. at Montgomery, Mass., Marilla Ann Avery, b. May 3, 1799.

He was a farmer and a manufacturer of window blinds and shades. He resided
at Chester, Mass., but soon moved to Norwich, Mass., finally locating in Charlotte,
Canada, where he kept hotel until after the war of 1837. He then returned to West
Suffield, Conn., and thence to Agawam, Mass. During the rebellion of 1837 the mili-
tary occupied his house, and it was used for the officers' headquarters, the dancing
hall being used to store the soldiers' rations. No person was allowed to leave or

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4639.

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4642.

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enter the house without giving the countersign. The children saw three men killed
in front of the house at different times, they not being able to give the password.
It was there that he lost most of his property. He also had to be christened by dif-
ferent tribes of Indians. The ceremony consisted of dancing, whoops, and hand-
shaking. He d. Aug. 7, 1861; res. Chester, Mass., and Agawam, Mass.

4643. i. Charlotte Adelia, b. Nov. 27, 1820; m. at Danbury, Conn., Apr.,

1864, Aaron Frink; res. Bridgeport, Conn.

4644. ii. Frances Amelia, b. Oct. 6, 1822; m. May 1, 1844, James Hezron

Harmon, a grocer and hardware dealer, b. June 14, 1821; res.
W. Suffield, Conn., and moved to Wallingford, Conn. He was
son of Deacon Ozias Harmon, who was noted for his great
piety, being considered one of the pillars of the church. The
house was the oldest in the village, being formerly owned and
occupied by Rev. Daniel Waldo, who lived at the great age of
102 years. Her children, two sons and two daughters, were all
born at the old homestead.

4645. iii. Martha Sheldon, b. July 3, 1824; m. Nov. 1, 1842, Hezekiah King

Nooney. He was a blacksmith; res. Hartford, Mich.

4646. iv. Elizabeth Allen, b. July 12, 1828; m. May 18, 1854, Goodrich

Barnes; m. 2d, May 12, 1862, Elisha Vinner Pomeroy. She d.
June 21, 1872; res. Brandford, Conn.

4647. V. Catherine Fowler, b. June 18, 1830; m. Francis Ashbury

Grover, who d. Dec. 20, 1869; res. Wallingford, Conn.

4648. vi. Alice Pelton, b. Sept. 19, 1832; m. at Agawam, Roland Harmon;

res. W. Suffield, Conn.

4649. vii. Marilla Ann, b. Nov. 27, 1835; m. Mar. 24, 1862, at W. Meriden,

Conn., Henry Graves Smith. She d. at W. M. June 13, 1871.

2327. George Whitney (Silas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.Stock-
'bridge, Mass., Jan. 6, 1795; m. at Lebanon, N. Y., July, 1817, Parmela Fellowes Fenn;
b. Feb. 28, 1794; d. July 26, 1872.

George Whitney was born in Stockbridge, where he always resided. After fin-
ishing his education he studied law wilh Judge Byington, and afterward practiced
with him at Stockbridge. He was one of the registers o; probate, in Lenox, from
1823 to 1824, and later was elected a representative in the Massachusetts Legislature.
He d. Dec. 18, 1825; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

46.50a. i. Wm. Hopkins, b. May 14, 1818; m. Matilda Irwin.
4651a. ii. George Fenn, b. Feb. 29. 1820; m. Mary E. Lynch.
4652a. iii. Cornelia, b. June 14, 1822; m. July 12, 1847, Major Joseph Caun-
cey Canning: res. Orange, N. J., and Stockbridge. He was b.
May 30, 1821; d. Sept. 25, 1868. Major Canning started in life
as auditor in the hall of records of the city of New York, and
left for a pursership on board the S. S. Baltic of the Collins line
of steamers, the first to run between New York and Liverpool.
Wfien given up he returned to New York in business, and
enlisted, when the war broke out, as paymaster on board the
U. S. S. " Cambridge," afterward in same position on the " Mohi-
can," and one of the Monitors. He was in the naval engage-
ment at Hampton Roads between the "Merrimac" and
" Monitor," as well as both battles of Fort Fisher; was honorably
discharged at the end of the war, and entered government ser-
vice on land in Washington, afterward in New York internal
revenue office as deputy collector, where he was at the time of
his death in 1887. Ch.: Reginald, b. July 21, 18.50; m. Oct. 29,
1873; d. in W^ilmington, Del, Jan. 18, 1895; Josephine, b. Mar.
31, 1852, unm.; res. Stockbridge, Mass.; Isabel, b. Aug. 25, 1855;
m. Nov. 7, 1878, D. C Knickerbocker; res. 145 W. 128th St.,

New York City; Ada, b. Sept. 1, 1857; m. June 17, 1885,

Thomas; res. 71 Halsted St., East Orange, N. J.

2328. Dea. William Whitney (Silas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Stockbridge, Mass.; m. Sept. 2, 1822, Anna Jones; b. Dec. 5, 1801.

The death of no citizen of Stockbridge would have been felt as a more severe
blow or a greater loss than that of Wm. Whitney, Esq., who died on the 26th inst.,
aged 69. A native of the town in which he died, his long life was one of respecta-

312 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

bility and influence. No one was more honored by his fellow-citizens; his opinion
was looked for with interest on all occasions. A man of ardent feelings, positive
opinions and marked idiosyncrasies, he was one to be felt and to be influential in any
society. A person of inquiring mind, proving all things and holding fast that which
seemed good; never believing simply because others did, nor yet desirous of dif-
fering from others for the sake of peculiarity. No opposition or dissent of others
prevented his thinking and acting out his own convictions. He was ever ready to
aid others by advice or otherwise; the poor remember him with the warmest
regard. He was long known as an advocate of the rights of the slave; when even
in Massachusetts to be an abolitionist was odious and unpopular he had no hesita-
tion in standing up in behalf of the poor bondman. In the church of which he
was a consistent member and with which he had been connected longer than any
now livmg member, he had been a deacon for almost twenty years. He was truly a
pillar in the church and in the state. May his mantle rest on one worthy to wear it.
He d. in S.; s. p.; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

2332. Richard Whitney (Timothy, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Lanesborough, Mass., Aug. 2, 1800; m. at Waterville, N. Y., Oct., 1826, Clarissa
Tower, b. Pans, N. Y., Mar. 2, 1802; d. Sept. 8, 1887.

He was born in Lanesborough, Mass., where his father was one of the most prom-
inent citizens, and where he always resided. He was a nverchant, postmaster, and
register of deeds for Berkshire County all his life. He was a small man, bald, with
black eyes, very amiable and never had an enemy, and was much respected and
beloved. He was a member of the Congregational church, and sung in the choir all
his life. He d. Mar. 24, 1869; res. Lanesborough and Pittsfield, Mass.

4650. i. Charles B., b. Oct. 6, 1827; m. Laura L. Sherman and Abbie G.

Pope.

4651. ii. Silas F., b. Sept. 29, 1830; d. Nov. 23, 1853.

4652. iii. Eliza A., b. Oct. 4, 1835; m. May 28, 1862, Almon H. Harrison;

res. Pittsfield, Mass. He was b. Dec. 4, 1834. Is a merchant.
Ch.: Mary W., b. Apr. 12, 1865; Frank W., b. Feb. 7, 1869.

4653. iv. Henry F., b. July 24, 1841 ; d. Dec. 31, 1853.

2337. Paul Whitney (Hezekiah, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Otis, Mass., Jan. 18, 1793; m. Tolland, Mass., Mar. 26, 1812, Rebecca Desire )■ reeman,
b. Cape Cod, Nov. 8, 1795; d. Sandisfield, Mass., Sept. 7, 1847; m. 2d, Oct. 5, 1848,
Mrs. Harriett (Wheeler) Roberts.

He was a farmer and conducted an iron foundry and blast furnace. From 1814
to 1844 he resided at Salisbury, Conn., after which he moved to SandisfiehJ, Mass.,
where his wife died and where he married again. In 1861 he went to live with his
son Isaac, and died at his home in Groveland, III.

Paul Whitney was drafted during the war of 1812, and went as far as Lenox with
others who were drafted from his native town. He, with a few others, was lodged at
the house of a widow, poor but energetic. Next morning, seeing her cutting wood to
cook breakfast for the prospective soldiers, he took the ax from her and in splitting
the fuel was so lamed by the ax glancing one side and cutting off two toes from his
left foot, that he was obliged to return home. Before the wound was healed ihe war
ended. He d. Feb. 5, I8b8; res. Otis, Mass., Salisbury, Conn., and Sandisfield, Mass.

4654. iii. Isaac Sparrow, b. Dec. 17, 1816; m. Belle Allen; res. Groveland,

111.

4655. i Thankful Freeman, b. Oct. 31, 1813; m. Nov., 1842, Benajah

Camp. She d. near Hartford, Conn., July 15, 1870. Ch.: Harriett
Eliza; m. Geo. T. Chipman; res. CoUinsville, Conn.; Ann
Amelia, m. Deloss W. Teed; res. Somers, N. Y, Herman
Lorenzo Camp, son of Thankful Freeman Whitney, was, during
the late war, drummer in the 162d Reg. N. Y. S. volunteers for
one year. Only 13 years old, a prey to long illness in winter and
constitutionally a coward, he lett his home, which had been with
his aunt, Mrs. Hallock, for six years, and unknown to any one
he went alone in a dark night and on foot to Peekskill, N. Y.,
thirteen miles distant. There worked his passage on a freight
boat to N. Y. city; induced a policeman to enlist him, giving
him for the service part of his bounty money. The most careful
search failed to give any clue to him. His frequently expressed
wish to drum in the army and tottooing the milk pails pointed
to his probable position. When his regiment had left New

4656.

11.

4657.

IV.

4658.

V.

4659.

VI.

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York and was at Alexandria, Va., waiting to join Banks' expedi-
tion, Herman wrote, begging pardon and asking to obtain his
release from the army. Mrs. Hallock went at once to Alexandria,
and found that the last remnant of Herman's regiment had left
four hours before her arrival. A personal interview with Gen.
Hallock, her husband's relative, and with Mr. Stanton, then Secre-
tary of War, failed to free the child. At last a letter to Gen. N. P.
Banks giving the prominent facts in Herman's case, reached the
general's hands, and m one day less than a year the drummer
boy came home, having been in two battles, one at Port Hudson,
the other on Red River. Herman's restless spirit took him m
a few years on a whaling voyage. He sailed in the barque
'• Roman," from New Bedford, Mass., in the last of Aug., 1868.
In Sept. of that year he went in a small boat with the captain to
one of the Canary Isles. The captain, one man and Herman
all died within three days after of African fever. Herman was
buried at sea off the coast of Africa.

\Vm. Frederick, b. May 16, 1815; d. Feb. 20, 1820.

Joseph Lorenzo, b. Jan. 16, 1819; m. Elizabeth Moulton Swift.

Mary Selina, b. Nov. 11. 1820; d. Oct. 27, 1827.

Eliza Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1822; m. at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1854,
Ednmnd Hallock, b. Apr. 21, 1815; res., s. p., Somers, N. Y.
Before her marriage she studied at America seminary two years,
taught in Wesleyan seminary, at Newark, N. J., two years,
and at Louisa, Va., and Somers, N. Y.

Sally Desire, b. Dec. 23, 1824; unm.; res. Somers.

Amelia Selina, b. Oct. 3, 1828; m. Hosea More. She d. at Sandis-
field, Mass., July 21, 1861.

SrsAN Carolina, b. Aug. 6, 1830; m. at N. Y. city, Rodney Sid-
nev Garrett; res. Collinsville.

Wm.' Edwin, b. Aug. 22, 1833; d. at Somers, Aug. 28, 1868.

Edward Walcott, b. Oct. 23, 1835; d. Otis, Aug. 6, 1856.

Franklin Edward, b. Apr. 22, 1850; unm.; res. New Haven,
Conn.; a steam and gas fitter.

2347. Dr. William Whitney (Jonathan, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Cayuga, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1815; m. at Troy, Oct. 7, 1841, Elizabeth J. Turner,
dau. of John B. Turner; b. Malta, Saratoga Co., N. Y., Aug. 12, 1810. She res. on
Schiller St., Chicago, with her brother, Henry A. Turner. Capt. Turner was one of
the originators of the Chicago & Galena Railway, and later its president. This road
is now known as the Chicago & Northwestern. He was also president of the
North Chicago Street Railway Co.

Dr. William Whitney died at his residence in Chicago Friday morning, Nov. 13,
1863, of pneumonia. He was born at Cayuga, N, Y., Aug. 15, 1815, and graduated
at Geneva College in 1839, and afterward studied medicine, the practice of which he
followed in western New York for ten or twelve years, but was then compelled to
give it up on account of his health. In 1847 he emigrated to Chicago, where he
since continued to reside. He was son-in-law of Capt. John B. Turner and was con-
nected with several of the most respectable families in that city. He was a man of
fine talent, generous impulses and sterling integrity. He has been especially noted
for his kindness to the poor, and spent a large portion of his time in ministering to
their needs. He d. Nov. 13, 1863; res. Mt. Morris, N. Y., and Chicago, 111.

4666. i. Charles Turner, b. Nov. 13, 1842; d. unm. Nov. 7, 1866.

4667. ii. Elizabeth Watkins, b. Oct. 4, 1852; d. unm. Dec. 8, 1891.

4668. iii. Mary Clarissa, b. Dec. 2, 1853; m. Sept. 25, 1879, Edward Fisher

Chapin; res. Lake Forest, 111. Ch.: Louisa, b. June 30, 1882;
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 5, 1884; Edward F., Jr., b. Jan. 13, 1886; Mary
Whitney, b. Sept. 18, 1888. Mr. Chapin was born in Brookline,
Mass., June 21, 1846. He came to Chicago in Mar., 1876, and
is at present senior member of the firm of Chapin & Edwards,
commission merchants, 6 and 8 Sherman St , Chicago, 111.

2348. Charles Henry W^hitney (Jonathan, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Cayuga, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1824; m. in Chicago, June, 1852, Elizabeth Lowe,
dau. of Capt. Samuel J., sheriff of Cook County, 111., in 1839.

21

4660.
4661.

vii.
viii

4662.

ix.

4663.
4664.
4665.

X.

xi.
xii;

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He was High Constable of Cook Co., 111., in 1839, for three years; tirst asst. eng.
of the Chicago Fire Department. In 1840 he was captain of the local military com-
pany. In 1842, as sheriff, he sold the first and, I think, only black man, Edwin
Heathcock, at public sale for the munificent sum of 26 cents to M. D. Ogden.

He is a well known resident at Dansville, N. Y., and has followed agricultural
pursuits all his life. He was one of the founders of the town of Fairbanks, Florida,
where at one time he owned an extensive orange grove; res. Dansville, N. Y.

4669. i. Fannie L., b. Feb. 1, 1855; m. June 9, 1879, Edward F. Gorton;

res. s. p. Lake Forrest, 111. Attorney at law, 107 Dearborn
Street, Chicago, 111. He was b. Ashtabula, O., May 6, 1854. He
was brought up in Rochester, X. Y., where he ajtended the
public schools, and graduated at Wilson's private school. In
1871 he went to Columbus, where he remained until 1883, when
he went to Chicago. He studied law at the Union College of
Law, and was graduated with honors in June, 1876, and was at
once admitted to the bar and began practice. He is an able
and successful advocate and counselor.

4670. ii. George William, b. Nov. 19, 1865; unm.; res. Dansville, N'. Y.

He is a native of Dansville, and is the proprietor of one of the
most extensive nurseries in the state.

2349. Squire Edwin Herbert Whitney (Jonathan, Timothy, Jonas, ]\Ioses,
Richard, John), b. Cavuga, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1806; m. May 29, 1850, Jane Horion, b. Jan.
20, lt26; d. Feb. 11, 1858; m. 2d, May 18, 1859, Eliza J. Kyle, b. Oct. 15. 1818; d. Feb.
5, 1890.

He was the eldest son- of Dr. Jonathan Whitney, of Cayuga. Possessed of a
most genial temperament, which attached to him all who were brought within his
influence, active in business, and with a capacity to take a prominent place in any of
the growing cities of New York, he was nevertheless content to pass a long life of
humble usefulness in the village of his birth, enjoying the independence of such posi-
tion and happy in the opportunities which it afforded. Through most of his mature
life he was a justice of the peace of his town, the counselor and advisor of the com-
munity in matters of business, and the kind friend to whom all looked for sympathy
and assistance in time of affliction or pecuniary disaster. In his temperance, cheer-
fulness, industry and benevolence he blessed his own life and the lives of all about
him. Few men in Cayuga Co. were so well known as he. A Rochester paper in a
lengthy obituary says: "It is doubtful if there survives him any one born within the
county who has attained a more advanced age and certainly no one more respected
through a long life in the community in which he lived." He d. Mar., 1891; res.
Rochester, N. Y.

4671. i. Mary H., b. July 23. 1851; d. Jan. 19, 1870

4672. ii. Clara L., b. Sept. 23, 1854; m. May 2, 1878, James R. Mercereau;

res. 18 Boardman Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Ch.: Eliza Mav, b.
Sept. 20, 1881; d. Sept. 30, 1881; Edwin H., b. Jan. 4, 1883; d.
June 21, 1884; Ruth Clara, b. Feb. 20, 1892.

4673. iii. Lilly Pomroy, b. Nov. 5, 1857; d. Sept. 15, 18.58.

2353. George Shaler Whitney (Jonathan, Timothy, lonas, Moses, Richard,

John), b. Cayuga, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1810; m. Elcie Kellogg; b.' -^ ; d. — ; m. 2d,

Feb. 24, 1870, Mrs. Rhoda Bond; b. Mar. 24, 1829. She res. Norwich, Conn. He d.
Oct. 31, 1884; res. Corning, la.; s. p.

2358. Erastus Marvin Whitney (Jonas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Otis, Mass., July 28,1797; m. there Mrs. Mary E. (Jackson) Davidson; b.Apr.
5, 1797; d. Oct. 17, 1876. He was ablacksmith. He d. May 17, 1869; res. Otis, Mass.

4674. i. Leveret, b. Sept. 28, 1824; d. July 26, 1826.

4675. ii. Mary Elmira, b. Apr. 28, 1828;'m. Sept. 2, 1853, ElishaBrown;

b. Oct. 27, 1816; res. Blandford, Mass.

4676. iii. Harriett Amelia, b. June 26, 1831; m. May 8, 1851, Lorenzo D.

Loveland; b. Sept. 9, 1818. He is a farmer in Otis, Mass. Ch.:
Mary A.,b. Mar. 16, 1862; John Lewis, b. Mar. 18, 1873.

4677. iv. Charlotte Jackson, b. Oct. 22,1833; m. May 8, 1851, William

H. Hawley;b. June 24,1828; res. Sandisfield, Mass. He is a
farmer. Ch.: Flora Elizabeth, b. Mar. 13, 1858; m. June 25,188'j,
Martin Luther Butler; he d. Sept. 20, 1885; she m. again, A]ir.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 315

20, 1891, Amos Spring; she d. Mar. 24, 1898; Frank Edward, b.
May 7, 1868; m. Rosie Langdon, Jan. 27, 1887; p. o. West Otis,
Berkshire Co., Mass.; Fannie Hattie, b. Mar. 25, 1865; m. June

20, 1889, Charles H. Leonard; p. o. Montville, Berk. Co., Mass.
467^. V. Miles F., b. Mar. 26, 1888; m. Sarah Jane Blunt.

2361. SiL.AS N. Whitney (Jonas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Otis, Mass., Apr. 4, 1805; m. there in 1826, Ann Fay. He was a shoemaker. Res.
East Otis and West Sprint^field, Mass.

4679. i. William H., b. Sept. 10, 1828; m. Mary M. Keys.

4680. ii. Eliza Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1880; m. Oct. 25. 1848, Charles H. Babb;

res. No. Blandford, Mass. He was b. in 1825; is a farmer. Ch.:
Frances A. Reed, b. Aug. 23, 1860; Henry C, b. Oct. 11, 1858;
James L., b. Aug. 2, 1856; Jenny L. Higin, b. Dec. 16, 1854;
William H., b. Mar. 15, 1852; Lucius M., b. Aug. 4, 1850.

4681. iii. Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1881; m. Nov. 13, 1851, Alonzo W. Clark; res. W.

Springfield, ^lass., Merrick p. o. He was b. Jan. 31, 1824; d.
June 11, 1885. Ch.: Harriet A., b. June 21, 1853; m. Nov., 1872,
James M.Walker; res. Webster, Mass.; Maria E., b. Feb. 14,
1855; m. Mar. 12, 1874, Cornelius A. Barnes; res. Winsted, Conn.;
Fred A., b. Apr. 11, 1858; Jennie M., b. Nov. 23,1860; Frank H.,
b. Mar. 17, 1862; Eva M., b. Aug. 24, 1866; m. July 29, 18!^;
Carrie E., b. Oct. 23, 1869; d. Sept. 17, 1887; Edward O., b. July

21, 1872; m. Jan. 17, 1891; d. Apr. 20, 1892.

4682. iv. Henry, b. ; d. 1864.

4683. V. Orrin. b. ; d. 1880.

4684. vi. Jane, b. ; d. 1862.

2364. Caius Cassrs Whitney (Paul, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Dunham, P. Q., Dec. 2, 1810; m. 1837, at Bolton, P. Q., Marv Ann Austin, b. 1815;
d. June 9, 1850; m. 2d, 1851, Abigail H. Leach; d. Aug. 20, 1888. He d. June 12, 1878;
res. Bolton, P. Q.

4685. i. Edwin R.,b. May 28, 1838; m. Arretta F. Hoyt.

4686. ii. Enos B., b. Sept. 6, 1846; m. Alwilda A. Hoyt.

4687. iii. Francina, b. Apr. 14, 1841; m. Aug., 1866, Eugene Baldwin; res.

West Fitchburg, Mass. Ch.: Nattie, b. Oct. 10, 1864; Ora R., b.
Apr. 8, 1862; Florence, b. Mav 16, 1873.

4688. iv. Alfaretta M., b. Apr. 28, l;-'52; m. Sept., 1872, C. D. Gidding;

res. Worcester, Mass.

4689. V. Ira J., b. Nov. 12, 1855; m. Jennie Maria Rexford.

4690. vi. Caivs C, Jr., b. Jan. 28, 1859; m. at Newport, \'t., in Jan., 1892, Mary

G. Currie; b. Jan. 30, 1876. Is a farmer; res., s. p., Bolton Cen-
tre, P. Q.

4691. vii. Giles L., b. Sept. 19, 1861; res. Bolton Centre, P. Q.

4692. viii. James E., b. Mar. 28, 1864; m. June 29, 1893, May Belle Wheeler;

b. Nov. 14, 18^5; res., s. p., Penacook, N. H.

4693. ix. Adelbert H., b. June 29, 1869; m. Oct. 21, 1893, at Lowell, Mass.,

Nellie Edith Biown; b. Stanstead, P. Q., July 28, 1872; res., s. p.,
Penacook, N. H.

4694. X. Abbie J., b. Aug. 4, 1856; m. Sept., 1875, A. C. Gidding; res. 174

St. Antoine St., Montreal, P. Q.

2365. Marcus J. C. Whitney (Paul, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
New Haven, \t., Oct. 25, 1812; m. Dec, 1836, at Middlesex, Vt., Hannah Maria
Lewis, b. Aug. 8, 1815; d. Apr. 8, 1841; m. 2d at No. Trov, Vt., Aug. 20, 1843, Betsey
W. Hall, b. July 23, 1824.

Sketch of' the Life of Marcus T. C. Whitney.— When the war of 1812 was de-
clared his father, Paul Whitney, was teaching school at Missisquoi bay, now Philips-
burg, P. Q. Being an American citizen, he took his family and went to NewHaven, \'t.
There the subject of this sketch was born Oct. 25, 1812. At the close of the war his
parents moved to Dunham, P. Q., and there and in Sutton, an adjoining town, his
childhood and youth were passed, his father being engaged as principal teacher in
the free school at Dunham Flat, P. O. In 1831 his father moved to a farm at Bolton
Center, P. Q. The eastern townships of Lower Canada at that time were but little
better than a wilderness. The clearings were small and scattered, and the habita-

316 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

tions were the log cabins of the pioneers. Game was plentiful, and the savage
beasts of the forest were not scarce. Encounters with bears and wolves were fre-
quent. I will mention two in which Mr. Whitney had a part while in his teens. He
and an older brother had a two-year-old colt that they wished to turn out in the
spring to pasture. As their grass land was all needed for hay for winter use, they
thought they would fence in a beaver meadow that lay about a mile from their clear-
ing back in the woods. Early one morning the first of June, they took their axes and
went to the meadow to fell a " slash fence " around it. The day was warm, and the
work of felling trees was quite hard, and becoming thirsty, he went to the brook for a
drink. He quenched his thirst, walked down the brook a short distance, and there,
lying in the brook, was a large gray wolf. As soon as the beast saw the boy he
snarled at him, trotted off a short distance, and howled. His call was answered from
a half dozen different directions. The boys knew what that meant, and picked up
their axes and ran for home with all the speed they were capable of. 1'he wolves
followed them to the edge of the clearing, but were too cowardly to approach any
nearer the house in daylight. It was owing to the above fact that the boys escaped.,
for they had only a few rods the lead when they came out of the woods. The fence
was never finished, and the colt had a corner of the clearing near the house to graze
in. At another time he was sent to the nearest store for tea and a bottle of alcohol.
The " store " was at the " head of the bay," an arm of Memphremagog lake, four miles
from his father's, and thick woods all the way. He was in no hurry to start for
home, and did not leave the store till dark. Ihe first two miles were quickly trav-
eled, but not so quickly as the last two. For just at the half-way point is a long
hill, and at the foot of the hill he was stopped by a low growl in the path just in front
of him. Stooping so as to bring the animal between him and the sky overhead, he
saw a large bear, standing on his hind feet, ready to "hug" him. He had nothing
to defend himself with but a pocket-knife and his quart bottle of alcohol. Taking
the knife open in his left hand and the bottle by the neck in his right, he hurled the
bottle with all his strength in the direction of the bear, at the same time shouting at
the top of his voice. The bottle hit the bear squarely in the chest, and the surprise
was so sudden and complete that he left the path and ran a half dozen rods off into
the woods and then stopped. When the bear stopped he started, and he said that
he did not believe a man ever ran two miles in the dark through woods so quickly as
he made that two miles. The settlers followed the bear all the next day, but he
made good his escape.

In April, 1835, he and his brother William left Bolton and went to Middlesex,
Vt., and hired out as farm-hands to William Lewis. In Nov., 1836, he married the
daughter of his employer, Hannah Maria Lewis. His wife died Apr. 8, 1841, leaving
him one child, a daughter, Elmina M. From 1838 to 1842 he drove stage from Mont-
pelier to St. Albans, by way of Morrisville and Hyde Park, making the trip of fifty
miles twice a week. In the latter year he went to North Troy, Vt., and went into
business there, opening a general store and buying and fitting horses for the Boston
market. He used to drive all the way from Troy to Boston, a distance of nearly 300
miles, his drove of 20 or 30 horses following his team after the first day, without a
•driver. It used to take from 30 to 40 days to make the trip and dispose of the horses,
which can be made by rail now in as many hours. On August 20, 1843, he married
for his second wife Miss Betsey W., daughter of James Hall, Jr., one of the pioneers
of that section of the Missisquoi valley. He followed the business of buying horses
for a number of years, but in the spring of 1850 moved on to a farm in the township
of Bolton, P. Q. In June, 1853, he went to California, but the climate did not agree
with him, and he returned in November of the same year. He followed the life of a
farmer till 1871, when he disposed of his farm and moved to West Derby, Vt. There
he followed the profession of farrier and veterinary surgeon until about two years
before his death, which occurred Apr. 21, 1887. At present he is survived by eight
children and fifteen grandchildren. Of his father's five sons he was the shortest,
and he was six feet in his stockings and weighed 215 pounds. He was an athlete
and quite a noted wrestler in his younger days. He d. Apr. 21, 1887; res. North
Troy and West Derby, \'t.

4695, i. Marcus Caryl, b. Sept. 14, 1844; unm.; is a contractor and

builder; res. 327 Pearl St , Manchester, N. H.
Sketch of the Life of Marcus C. Whitney. — Marcus C.
Whitney was born Sept. 14, 1844, his parents being Mar-
cus T. C. Whitney and Betsey W. (Hall) Whitney. His
birthplace was the little village of North Troy, Vt., situ-
ated on the Missisquoi river, about one mile south of

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 317

Canada line. His childhood and youth were passed on his
father's farm. His education was obtained in the "district"
school of his neighborhood, Missisquoi Valley academy at North
Troy, and Derby academy at Derby Center, Vt. He taught
school nine years after leaving the academy. At this time his
health was somewhat impaired, and also on account of failing
eyesight he quit teaching and turned his attention to the car-
penter's trade and building. In 187.5 he went to Montpelier,
\'t., and worked at his trade till 1882, when he moved to Man-
chester, X. H. At present he is engaged in the business of con-
tractor and builder.

4696. ii. Francise Amelia, b. Feb. 11, 1846; m. Jan. 1. 1868, Thos. C.

Gale; res. Newport, \'t. Ch.: Oscar M., b. Jan. 20, 1869; res. Belle-
view, Fla.; Harry L., b. Jan. 17, 1871; Lena R., b. June 13,
1876; d. Aug. 14, 1877; Anna M., b. Feb. 10, 1878; d. Jan. 12,
1887; Ivah W., b. Jan. 18, 1880; Fannie R., b. Feb. 18, 1882; d.
Jan. 6, 1887; Pearl A., b. Mar. 16, 1885; Alfred E., b. Mar. 2,
1889. All but Oscar res. Newport, \'t.

4697. iii. James Paul, b. Mar. 26, 1847; m. Tinnie M. Drew.

4698. iv. Betsey Adaline. b. Dec. 18, 1850; m. Aug. 20, 1872, Hiram S.

Nott. Ch.: Amos L., b. June 14, 1873; Roy H., b. Oct. 10, 1875;
Archie S., b. Aug. 6, 1877; Hany W., b. Nov. 29, 1884; Win-
fred E., b. May 5, 1885; res. West Derby, \t.

4699. v. Martin Augi'Stine, b. Nov. 28, 1852; unm.

4700. vi. Sarah Porter, b. Aug. 27, 1856; m. Sept., 1881, Leon G. Field.

Ch.: Maud S., b. Nov. 1, 1883; res. Newport, Vt.

4701. vii. Edith Mason, b. Oct. 7, 1862; m. Dec. 31, 1889, Frank Fair-

child; res. Manchester, N. H.

4702. viii. Marion Idilla, b. July 2, 1868; m. June, 1888, Archibald N.

McLean; res. Manchester, N. H.

4703. ix. Elmina M., b. Apr. 14, 1838; m. Apr. 8, 1855, Stephen Bascom.

He was b. at Worcester, Vt., Apr. 20, 1828. Ch.: Willie S., b.
June 13, 1881; res. 327 Pearl St., Manchester, N. H.

2367. Dr. William Wallace Whitney (Paul, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard
John), b. Cowansville, P. Q., Apr. 29, 1817; m. Betsey Winter, of Montpelier, Vt.; rn.
2d, Mrs. Perry, of Biddeford, Me.; m. 3d, in Boston, Sarah Maria Eaton; b. Apr. 2.
1821; res. Sprmgfield, Mass.

He learned the shoemaking trade when a boy, but not liking it, studied medicine
and veterinary surgery, and was considered one of the best veterinary surgeons in that
section. He also farmed several years, and at his death, in 1884, was running a drug
store m Springfield, Mass. He died from erysipelas. I believe he was an Episco-
palian in belief. He d. Apr., 1884; res. Atkinson, N. H., and Springfield, Mass.

4704. i. Marcella, b. ; m. Wm. Parmalee, of Waterloo, P. Q.; res.

Ottawa; 7 ch.

4705. ii. Angeline R., b. ; d. ae. 12.

4706. iii. Harriett Augusta, b. May 20, 1847; m. Aug. 31, 1869, Dr. Albert

R. Whitney; b. 1837; d. Sept. 11, 1872; m. 2d, Feb. 16, 1874,
Gen'l Dennis T. Kirby, of New Orleans, La. He was b. Sept.
15, 1838; res. Washington, D. C, 132 11th St., S. E. Albert
Reed Whitney was born in Williston, Vt., in 1835, on the 11th
day of April, and was raised at said place. When he finished
his school education he went to St. Louis, Mo., and entered the
St. Louis College of Medicine. He enlisted while attending the
medical college on a hospital steamer on the Mississippi river
and was in charge of a hospital at Natchez, Miss. At the close
of the war he returned to medical college and graduated with
honor on March 1,1865. He then went to Waterproof, Tensas
Parish, La., where he became a merchant, and practiced his
profession as a physician until he was elected to state (La.)
Senate in 1869 for a term of four years. He served in this posi-
tion but three years, dying at Mallett Bay, \'t., Sept. 9, 1872.
Brevet Biigadier-General Dennis T. Kirby was born in Niagara
County, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1837, moved with his parents to

318 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Buffalo, N. Y., in 1847, and to St. Louis, Mo., in 1854. He en-
tered the service as captain, Company E, Eighth Missouri
Volunteer Infantry, June 25, 1861. Served in Missouri and Ken-
tucky to Feb., 1862. He was promoted lieutenant-colonel Aug. 3,
1863. He was mustered out with regiment July 7, 1864; com-
missioned colonel and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gov. W. P.
Hall, of Missouri, and colonel of Fifth Regiment St. Louis City
Guard, Oct. 1, 1864; lieutenant-colonel Twenty-Seventh Missouri
Volunteer Infantry, Oct. 6, 1864, and at once detailed as chief
picket officer of the Seventeenth Army Corps, on the staff of
Major General Frank P. Blair, commanding. He was on the
march to the sea Nov. 16 to Dec. 13. He was brevetted colonel
and brigadier-general f(]r gallant and meritorious services during
the war, to date from Nov. 13, 1863; was present at the surren-
der of General Joseph Johnston, and in the grand review at
Washington, May 24. Mustered out June 13, 1863. He was
appointed captain of Company E, Thirty-Ninth U. S. A. In-
fantry, July 28, 1866, brevetted major for gallant conduct at
Chickasaw Bayou, lieutenant-colonel for gallant conduct in the
assaults on \'icksburg, and colonel U. S. A. for gallant and
meritorious conduct at Chickamauga (Creek), Ga., Mission
Ridge, Tenn., and Bivers Bridge, S. C. He served in the reg-
ular army until the fall of 1868, when his services ended. He
now resides in Washington, D. C. Ch.: Wm. Tommas, b. Apr.
10, 1875; Martha Wynona, b. June 19, 1880; Wallace Whitney,
b. Sept. 17, 1881.

4707. iv. LuciKDA Ellen, b. Oct. 21, 1848; m. Aug. 14, 1875, Charles R.

Baldwin; b. Feb. 11, 1830. He is a retired farmer; res. 1307 R
St. N. W., Washington, D. C. Ch.: Marian Ernestene, b. May
12, 1876.

4708. V. Carlos Franklin, b. Apr., 1850.

4709. vi. Wm. Clarence, b. Oct. 21, 1858; m. Mary Lyde Marks.

4710. vii. Chas. Alfred, b. Apr., 1860.

4711. viii. Geo. Albert, b. Apr., 1862; res. Manchester, N. H.

23?8. Major Samuel Darvin Whitney (Paul, Timothv, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Hinesburgh, Vt., Oct. 18, 1804; m. at Shelburne, 'Vt.. in 1828, Clarissa
Read, b. 1804; d. 1874. She was a very ambitious woman in the education of her
children, and all attended academies, seminaries or colleges. She emulated her
father who was a liberal patron of both churches and schools; he was a farmer.

Samuel Darwin (b. Oct. 18, 1804; d. May 8, 1852), the eldest son of Paul and only
child of his first wife who was married at an early age and died while he was still a
little boy. Her father h-.iving died also, the boy Samuel was left in the care of a
younger brother, Lyman Darwin, of Hinesburgh, Vt., where he was educated and with
Avhom he made his home until his marriage in 1828 with Clarissa Read, daughter of
Joshua Read, of Shelburne, \'t. They then went to Williston to begin life on the old
Murray farm, three miles south of the village. To them were born eight children,
four sons and four daughters, three of whom survive, one son and two daughters, the
eldest and youngest. I'nlike his father he had large black eyes, the finest of glossy
black hair combined with a soft white skin. He was of medium height, with a tend-
ency to corpulence, and though rather heavy in form, quick and light in movement;
consequently he excelled in the light fantastic step and was very fond of the terpsi-
chorean art. He was very efficient in military tactics, for which he had a natural fit-
ness, his ardor and enlhusiam evident to all, whether on drill or dress parade. He
was major in the Eighth regiment of V^ermont militia. He had imbibed the martial
spirit of the time of his childhood, and now that the wars were over and the country
at peace he still longed for the active engagement of a soldier. As his tastes were
not suited to the quiet life of the tarm he never extended his possessions, like his
grandson who recovered new lands after the confiscation act. He was very fond of
his children, especially of his two little girls, Martha and Franc, and enjoyed taking
them with him when going to town or city.

In politics he was a Whig. About four years before his decease he was taken
■with hemorrhage from the nostrils, which occurred occasionally until his last sick-
ness which baffied all physicians, but by post mortem proved lobe dropsy of the chest.
He was buried in the village cemetery, at Williston, more than forty years ago, but

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 319

his beautiful face, like a marble statue in the sleep of death, is before the writer still,
a vivid picture in the gallerv of memory. He d May 8, lii52; res. Williston, Vt.

4712. i. Ellen Okphena, b. Apr. 24, 1880; m. Nov. 3, 1851, at St. Louis,

William C. Liggett; res. Oswego, Kan. He was b. Dec. 81,
1828; is a merchant. She was educated at Hinesburgh and Cas-
tleton seminaries, Vt. Ch.: Dr. Geo. S., b. Oct. 27,1858; res.
Oswego; Kate C, b. May 29, 1858; res. Oswego; Martha E., b.

Dec. 7, 1860; m. Carter; res. Fort Smith, Ark.; Marion

I., b. May 27, 1868; m. James; res. Carthage, Mo.

4718. ii. Geo. \V., b. Feb. 5, 188;3; m. Marion Murray.

4714. iii. Albert Read, b. Apr. 11, 1885; d. s. p. Sept. 9, 1872. He was

the fourth child. Was just eighteen when his father died, arid
though tall, was like him in complexion, disposition, and quick
in motion, and born to command. He soon started out into the
world to earn a livelihood and educate himself, and developed
a remarkable business capacity. He studied the ph>sician's
course at Pope's medical college, St. Louis, Mo., where he
received a diploma. Just before the close of the Civil war he
enlisted as acting assistant surgeon on board a hospital steamer
on the Mississippi river, and at the close of the campaign was
in charge of the army hospital at Natchez, Miss. Afterward he
was physician and merchant in Waterproof Parish, La., whence
he was elected to the state legislature for 4 years, residing
meanwhile in the city of New Orleans, enjoying his own home
in the suburbs, the beautiful grounds with orange grove occupy-
ing one square. He gathered the luxuries of life about him, but
near the close of his term died, at the age of SS years, of hemor-
rhage from overwork, at Mallett Bay, Lake Champlain, \'t.,
where he had gone for his health in the summer of 1872. He
was buried in Williston, beside his father. He had been mar-
ried about three years; had no children. He had a handsome
face and form, and made a fine appearance in military costume.

4715. iv. Marion Emeline, b. Sept. 27, 1887. She was graduated at Fort

Edward institute, N. Y., and Burlington seminary; m.; a dau.
Ella F. Padou res. Oswego, Kan.

4716. v. Martha Clarissa, b. July 29, 1842; d. .

4717. vi. Frances Julia, b. Jan. 14, 1845; res. Lebanon, III.; unm. She was

firsc sent to a select school in Burlington, \'t., then to public and
academy, entering at 18 where the pupils ranged from 15 to 20
years oi age. Went to Lebanon, 111., with her mother, in the
year 1860, having then two married sisters settled there, and one
recently laid away in the cemetery — the flower of the family.
Afterward she attended for one year Monticello seminary, God-
frey, 111.; Mrs. Blair's seminary, Lebanon, and graduated at Rip-
ley female college, Poultney, \'t.

2378. Barnabas Whitney (Paul, Timothv, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Aug. 27, 1828; m. Emily Bracev. He d. Mar. 20, 1865; res. Mass.

4718. i. Effie, b. — .

4719. ii. Laforrest, b. .

4720. iii. Lmogene, b. .

4721. iv. CvRi's, b. .

2375. Frederick H. Whitney (Barnabas, Timothy, fonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Sept 25, 18U7; m. in Boston, Abigail B. Bumstead, b. Oct. 18, 1812; d. Mar.
b, 1891. He d. Aug. 24. 1864, in Trenton, N. J.; res. Boston. Mass.

4722. i. Yred'k H., b. Apr., 1833; d. 1856.

4728. ii. Jane, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 14, 1882; m. in Boston, May 1,1854,
Wm. Francis George; res. 82 Myrtle St., Boston, Mass. He was
b. Oct. 9, 1838; d. June 30, 1865; was a commission merchant.
Ch.: Katherine Whitney, b. Sept. 1, 1855; Isabel Percy, b. July 7,
1858.

4724. iii. Catherine Lillie, b. Boston, Mass., 1838; m. in New York City,
in 1859. Walter Scott Tower. Ch.: Paul, d. 1861. She d. May
18, 1861.

320 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4725. iv, JosiAH BuMSTEAD, b. Dedham, Mass., July 15, 1846; unni.

4726. V. Calista Stuart, b. Dedham, Mass., June 18, 1848; unm.; res.

Boston.

2387. George Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Dec.
29, 1809, inHarvard; m. Oct. 10, 1836, Abbie Bemis, b. Dec. 18, 1813; d. July 14, 1894.

He was born in Harvard, Mass., where he resided until after his marriage, when
he migrated to Michigan, where he remained only a short time. Returning east, he
settled in Springfield, Mass., engaged in business and resided there until his death.
He lived a quiet, uneventful life, never held office, and was respected by the entire
community. He d. Dec. 27, 1877; res. Harvard and Springfield, Mass.

4727. vi. Georgianna, b. Mar. 27, 1865; d. Feb. 15, 1858.

4728. iii. Ellen Maria, b. Feb. 10, 1840; m. Jan. 20, 1868, William E.

Dickmson; res. 261 Weathersfield Ave., Hartford, Conn. Ch.:
Ethel L.,b. Dec, 1882.

4729. iv. Albert, b. Feb. 16, 1841; m. Sept. 1, 1868, Ellen C. Jones; is a

sea captain; s. p.

4730. i. Geo. Henry, b. July 15, 1837; d. Oct. 18, 1837.

4731. ii. Geo. Augustus, b. Aug. 9, 1838; d. Apr. 1, 1840.

4732. v. Abbie E., b. June 4, 1847; m. June 9, 1869, Charles P. Chapin; res.

62 Evergreen Ave., Somerville, Mass. Ch.: Mabel W., b. Aug.
8, 1877; Charles Ralph, b. June 12, 1879; d. Mar. 6, 1882; Carl
Warren, b. Mar. 7, 1883.

2392. Samuel F. Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Oct. 20, 1821; m. Harvard, Oct.26, 1848, Sarah Tarbell Gardner, b. Harvard,
Dec. 17, 1824.

He was born in Harvard and always resided there. The land on which he
resided was purchased by his great-grandfather in 1726. It is situated in the fertile
valley east of Oak Hill. His farm buildings were the largest and most compiete in
the town and that section. He was one of the best known citizens in the town. Was
for years justice of the peace, served as assessor, and held other town offices. His
orchard produced 1,000 barrels of apples each year. In 1878 his barn and its con-
tents were destroyed by fire; the loss was S10,000. In referring to his death, the
Worcester .S/j'says: " He was one of the best known citizens and farmers in Worces-
ter county. The estate upon which he lived and died had been in his family since
1699, coming to him in direct descent, and there for many years he extended open-
handed hospitality. His deeds of charity were unostentatious, but many. When
he was 16 years of age he began life for himself as a commission merchant and
dealer in country produce, driving a four-horse team over the road to Boston; and
upon his father's death he assumed the latter's business. He was a life-long Dem-
ocrat, although never a politician, and was the only surviving charter member of
Harvard Lodge of Odd Fellows, which he assisted to organize 50 years ago." The
farm of Mr. Samuel F. Whitney, in the eastern section of Harvard, is another
(referring to fine farms) which delights the visitor, as well as the owner, and is
fitted to inspire the young agriculturist with confidence and hope. His barn,
which is an indication of his style of farming, is said to be the largest and in every
way the best appointed in the county of Worcester. [Hist, of Mid. Co., pp. 567-8.]
He d. Dec. 20, 1894; res. Harvard, Mass.

4733. i. Estelle G., b. Dec. 11, 1851; m. May 12, 1875, Albert H. Scatter-

good, of Albany, N. Y., 10 Bleeker PI. She d. Nov. 9, 1890.

4734. ii. Harry Fletcher, b. May 3, 1863; m. Harriett T. Goddard.

4735. iii. Jerome Gardner, b. Jan. 13, 1855; m.June5, 1892, Susie E. Moore;

res. Harvard.

4736. iv. Clara Sophia, b. June 7, 1856; res. Harvard, Ma^s.

4737. V. Samuel W.. b. Feb. 23, 1859; m. Alice L. Hames.

4738. vi. Evelyn May, b. Sept. 23, 1867; m. June 4, 1887, J. Dunlop

Smith, Jr., of Albanv, N. Y.; res. Barre, Vt.

4739. vii. Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1864; 'd. Dec. 18, 1864.

4740. viii. Sarah Gertrude, b. June 7, 1861; m. Oct. 21, 1881, Fred'k

Getchel], of Boston; res. 378 Pearl St., Buffalo, N. Y.

2404. James W. Whitney (Amos, Elias, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Mass., Mar. 13, 1818; m. Aug. 27, 1854, Sultma V. Bartlett, b. Oct. "24. 1837.
He was a farmer. He d. July 9, 1892; res. Sterling, Mass.

4742.

ii.

4743.

111.

4744.

IV.

4746.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 321

4741. i. Amanda M., b. Mar. 10, 1855; res. 21 Colton street, Leominster,

Mass.

Mary R., b. May 8, 1861; res. 21 Colton street, Leominster, Mass.

Chas. W., b. Aug. 26, 1865; res. 299 Lake street, Cleveland, O.

James E., b. Nov. 22, 1869; res. 299 Lake street, Cleveland, O.

Alice M., b. May 16,1869; m. Jan. 1,1879, Jacob G. Lakin, b.
Apr. 24, 1854. He is a caterer; res. 13 Mansfield avenue,
Willimantic, Conn. Ch.: Lora W., b. Apr. 13, 1882; Clara E.,
b. Mar. 14, 1886; d. Sept. 27, 1892; Inez E., b. July 30, 1891;
Bertha B., b. Aug. 16, 1893.

2408. Leonard Whitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John),
b. in Grafton, Vt., Feb. 22, 1816; m. in Boston, Mass., Sarah Aver, b. there; d.
Nov., 1862; m. 2d Mrs. Betsey Parker; res. Lowell, Mass., and Hillsboro, Upper
Village, N. H.

4746. i. Martin, b. July 18, 1838; m. Nancy E. Rand.

2432. Urial Whitney (Urial, Abner, |ohn, Moses, Richard, John), b. No.
Yarmouth, Me., July 4, 1804; m. Jan. 25. 1827, Mary Hoit; b. Feb. 22, 1806; d. Mar. 31,
1882. He was a farmer. He d. July 17, 1881 ; res.' No. Yarmouth, Me.

4747. i. Sarah H., b. Apr. 6, 1836; m. Oct. 24, 1866, Revel N. Field; res.

107 North street, Portland. He was b. June 24. 1837. Ch.:
Hattie L., b. Feb. 16, 1870; Forrest Whitney, b. Nov. 27, 1873.

4748. ii. Louise, b. Nov. 6, 1840; m. Nov., 1865, Louis Gatcomb. He was

b. Aug. 5, 1840; res. 368 Centre street, Chicago, 111. He is a
bookkeeper in the Custom House, s. p.

4749. iii. Joel, b. Mav 4, 1829; m Ophelia J. Tukey.

4750. iv. Emeline, b; Oct. 19, 1827; m. Oct., 1850, Geo. G. Mitchell; had 3

ch., all dead. She d. Oct. 18, 1865.

4751. v. Mary D.. b. Sept. 16, 1831; d. Julv 31, 1859.

4752. vi. Louisa, b. Dec. 21, 1833; d. Aug. 14, 1837.

4753. vii. Olive Merrill, b. Oct. 14, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1862, George Pearson.

She d. Oct. 18, 1865.

4754. viii. William Jordan, b. June 24, 1843; killed in the Battle of the

Wilderness.
4756. ix. Annie Hilton, b. Dec. 16. 1845; d. Feb. 8, 1883.
4756. X. Hattie Louise, b. Sept. 18, 1850; d. Dec. 24, 1869.

4767. xi. Frank Merrill, b. Mar. 18, 1848; d. Apr. 19, 1849.

2433. Dr. Lewis Whitney (Urial, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Me.,
Sept. 21, 1806; m. Mary A. Small. He was a well known practicing physician. He
d. May 18, 1867; res. No. Yarmouth. Me.

4768. ii. Charlotte R., b. Mar. 8. 1842: m. Pratt; res. Norway, Me.

4769. ii. Louis K.. b. Dec. 26, 1851; res. Medford. Me.

4760. i. Helen F., b. Apr. 1, 1838; d. Apr. 3, 1847.

4761. iii. Ellen H., b. Dec. 19, 1847; d. June 19, 1848.

2437. Abner Whitney (Amaziah, Abner. John. Moses, Richard, John), b.
Mass., Feb. 2, 1801; m. Sept. 27,1843, at Albany, N. Y., Matilda P. Sherwood; b.
May 17, 1816; d. Dec. 18, 1893. He was an architect and builder. He d. Aug. 15,
1884; res. Albany, N. Y., and Wilber, Neb.

Mary J., b. in 1844; m. A. Hardy; res. Beatrice, Neb.

Amaziah, b. Sept. 7, 1848; m. Martha Eckerson.

Martha, b. Sept. 6, 1846; d. Sept. 22, 1847.

Margaret, b. Nov. 4, 1861; d. Aug. 18, 1861.

Matilda, b. Mar. 31, 1866; d. Sept. 26, 1866.

Electa, b. July 1, 1867; d. May 27, 1878.

2440. Caleb B. Whitney (Amaziah, Abner, John. Moses. Richard, John), b.
Maryland, N. Y., Feb. 16, 1809; m. Aug. 25, 1&36, Adocia Stevens, b. Feb. 23, 1810; d.
Aug. 25, 1880. He was a stonemason and farrier by trade. He d. Aug. 26, 1891 ;
res. Spencer, N, Y., and Cawker City, Kan.

4768. i. Mary Genette, b. July 25,1837; m. July 4, 1869, at Meriden,

111., John H. Ferris. He was b. June 28, 1841. Is a merchant
and res. at Smith Centie, Kan. Ch.: John R., b. Apr. 15. 1870;

4762.

i.

4763.

ii.

4764.

111.

4765.

IV.

4766.

V.

4767.

vi.

4769.

11.

4770.

111.

4771.

IV.

4772.

V.

4773.

VI.

322 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

res. Topeka, Kan.; Nettie G., b. July 16, 1871; res. Smith Cen-
tre, Smith Co., Kan ; Minnie M., b. Mar. 23, 1873; m. June 20,
1894, Fleming; res. Athol, Smith Co., Kan.

Ira B.. b. June 29, 1839; d. Aug. 2, 1864.

John C, b. July 9, 1842; d. Feb. 22, 1862.

Geo. R.. b. May 13, 1845; d. Apr. 5, 1850.

Byron L., b. July 5, 1848; ni. 1873; res. Bloomington, 111.

Frances H., b. Sept. 8, 1861; d. 1865.

2444. Nathaniel R. Whitn-y (An.aziah, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Mayland, N. Y., June 15, 1818, m. in Milltown, Pa., Jan. 7, 1841, Charlotte S. Rice,
b. Feb. 23, 1820. He was a farmer; he d. Mar. 31, 1884; res. Missouri \'alley, Iowa.

4774. i. Ruth Ann, b. Nov. 20, 1841; m. July 17, 1859, Nathan J. Robbins;

res. Northtield, Minn. Ch.: Lesher, b. Aug. 2, 1850; David Fitch,
b. Nov. 20, 1861; Nathan Oiis, b. Oct. 11, 1864; Charlottie
Hulda, b. Mar. 21, 1867; Etta Esther, b. July 10, 1869; Mattie
May, b. Nov. 10, 1876; Henrv Randol, b. Jan. 15, 1879; Ruth
Ann, d. Sept. 2, 1880; Charlottie Hulda, d. April 19, 1867.

4775. ii. Sarah Etta, b. Jan. 29, 1843; m. Aug. 1, 1869, Albert G. Brown

res Clear Lake, Iowa. Ch.: Walter Rufus, b. June 15, 1872
Willard Whitney, b. Nov. 14, 1876; Albert Ward, b. Aug. 19, 1881
d. July 28, 1882; Mabel Alberta, b. May 28, 1883.

4776. iii. Charlotte Sanford, b. Jan. 13, 1845; m. Feb. 20, 1871, Chester

T. Maxwell; res. Spencer, Iowa. Ch.: Edward Randol, b. May
7, 1873; Ethelyn Charlotte, b. Oct. 24, 1874; Estelle Etta, b. Apr.
24, 1877; Earl Chester, b. Apr. 9, 1879; Edna Beulah, b. Feb. 1,
1883.

Anson Randol, b. Sept. 23, 1847; d Oct. 3, 1867.

Albert Enoch, b. Dec. 25, 1849; d. Oct. 9. 1873.

Geo. Riley, b. Oct. 16, 1851; m. Ursula Warren.

Elizabeth Arzelia, b. July 4, 1853; res. Missouri \'allev.

Alma E., b. Oct. 29, 1855; m. Aug. 23, 1874. Oliver P. Hendrixson;
res. E. Duncan St., Columbus, Ohio. Ch.: Horatio Perry, b.
Mav 27, 1875; d. Jan. 27, 1881.

Oliver Amaziah, b. Apr. 27, 1858; d. Mar. 19, 1860.

Abner Nathaniel, b. July 17, 1860; murdered Apr. 28, 1894. He
was born in Charles City, Iowa, and resided there with his par-
ents until the death of his father in 1884. In 1886 he moved to
Missouri \'alley, Iowa, and followed his trade, that of carpenter.
until 1890, when he moved to Washington Territory and resided
for two years. He then returned to Missouri Valley and in 1894
he was elected city marshal of that place. Early in April of 1894,
many residences and stores were burglarized. Marshal Whitney
with other officers succeeded in locating the thieves, and on the
28th raided the house where they were stopping. In arresting
the men Marshal Whitney was shot through the heart and
instantly killed. One of the thieves was captured and the other
escaped, the former was subsequently lynched by the people
for the murder. Whitney was verv popular and well liked
by all.

4784. xi. Ira Rice, b. Mar. 13, 1863; res. Windom. Wash.

2446. Capt. Ephrai.m Whitney (Samuel, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John),
b. in Falmouth, Me., Sept. 22, 1799; m. in Corinth, Mav 28, 1826, Nancy Fisher Skin-
ner; b. May 25, 1806; d. in Cal., Mar 10, 1886. About the year 1822 he bought land
in East Corinth, Me., where he lived until the fall of 1875, when he moved to Santa
Cruz, Cal., where he died. He was a farmer; he d. Apr. 6, 1879; res. Corinth, Me.,
and Santa Cruz. Cal.

4785. i. Charles G.. b. Apr. 15, 1829; d. June 9, 1853.

4786. ii. Sarah M., b. June 28, 1831; m. Nov. 20, 1859, John N. F. Marsh;

res. Santa Cruz.

4787. iii. Alvin W., b. May 27, 1838; m. Louise McDonald.

4788. iv. Mary Jane, b. May 13, 1840; m. May 12, 1875, Geo. P. Lake; res.

Santa Cruz,

4789. v. Eudora Melissa, b. Oct. 13, 1847; m. Mar. 19, 1874, Henry W.

Silsby; res. San Francisco, 621 >^ Post street.

4777.

IV.

4778.

V.

4779.

VI.

4780.

Vll.

4781.

vin

4782.

ix.

4783.

X.

4793.

ii.

4794.

Vlll

4795.

V.

4796.

4797.

111.

4798.

iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 323

4790. vi. Elijah Skinner, b. Oct. 4, 1834; m. Dec. 8, 1858, Allaseba T.

French, at East Corinth; b. Dec. 18 1834, s. p. He is a mer-
chant, and res. Los Gatos, Cal. He was born in Corinth, Me.;
commenced a mercantile business in Corinth, Me., in the fall of
18G0, and continued in said business until the fall of 1875, when
he moved to Santa Cruz., Cal., where he lived ten years, after
which he moved to Los Gatos Cal., where he engaged in mer-
cantile, real estate, and railway business. In the year of 1887 he
was made excursion agent of the Union Pacific R'y. He has
made forty-five trips across the continent from one ocean to the
other, besides other partial trips. Is now passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific R'y at Los Gatos.

4791. vii. Daniel Elmon, b. Nov. 13, 1835; d. May 3, 1837.

4792. viii. Nancy, b. June 1, 1843; d. June 3, 1843.

2447. William Whitney (Samuel, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John) b. Fal-
mouth, Me., Julv 25, 1786; m. Feb, 1813, Olive Parlin, b. Lexington, Mass., Sept. 5,
1791; d. Jan. 10,1874. He was a shoemaker. He d. May 24, 1852; res. Limestone, Me.

Orrin, b. Aug. 18, 1815; m. Hannah Farbanks and Rebecca Carill.

Benjamin P., b. Oct. 3, 1834; m. Sarah M. McMurray.

Albion P., b. Sept. 15, 1825; m. Susan D. Eastman.

Ephkaim H., b. Dec. 30, 1813; m. Jane H. Hunt.

Eleazer p., b. Sept. 22, 1817; d. Oct., 1883.

Dorcas B., b. Dec. 16, 1822; m. Hiram Stevens. She d. July 29,
1869; res. " Letter D," Me.

4799. vi. Nancy, b. July 30, 1828; m. Eastman; res. No. Conway,

N. H.

4800. vii. Julia A., b. Aug. 22, 1830; d. Mar. 4, 1870.

4801. ix. William C, b. July 5, 1837; d. infancy.

4802. X. Stillman P., b. Nov. 9, 1820; d. in infancy.

2455. Asa Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.

June 22, 1779; m. in Stow, May 27, 1806, Sally Brooks. He d. Feb. 21, 1857; res.
Stow.

4803. iv. Sally D., b. Nov. 27, 1812; m. Dec. 1, 1836, Christopher Wilder,

b. Aug. 17, 1810; d. Mar. 12, 1887. She d. in S., Aug. 8, 1885.
Ch :.Marv Frances, b. July 17, 1840; m. Nov. 24, 186H, to Lewis
H. Miles; d. Aug. 17, 1888; John Whitne), b. Feb. 13, 1842; m.
Aug., 1867, 129 State St., Springfield, Ala^s.; Elizabeth, b.
Aug. 2, 1844; m. Apr. 8, 1867, to Herbert C. Puffie, Springfield,
Mass., 45 Dartmouth Terrace; Sarah Cordelia, b. July 19, 1846;
m. Oct. 8, 1889, to Chester D. Hastings, Appleton,'Minn., Swift
Co.; Geo. Tucker, b. Sept. 29, 1849;' m. Nov. 8, 1881, 30 Caren
St., Springfield, Mass.; Albert Henry, b. Oct. 27, 1855; m. Oct.
27, 1880; d. Mar 19, 1892.
4j<04. i. Elmira, b. Sept. 20, 1808; m. Nathan S. Turner, b. Jan. 16, 1808;

d. May 5, 1886. She d. in S., Sept. 11, 1880. They "had two ch.;
Caroline Brooks, b. June 15, 1835; m. May 22, 1862, to Rev. Samuel
Collins Beane; d. Jan. 25, 1867; Sarah Abbie, b. May 25, 1838;
was m. to David Patterson Muzzey, Feb. 17, 1876; res. 2 Clinton
St., Cambridgeport, Mass.

4805. iii. George, b. Oct. 28, 1823; m. Sarah P. Barnard.

4806. ii. John, b. ; m. . Ch.: Mrs. Geo. Wilder, Springfield,

Mass.

4807. v. Nathan B., b. ; res. Vienna, 111.

2458. Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Mass., Apr. 19, 1785; m. there Nov. 10, 1812, Sarah Marble; b. Mav 17, 1791; d.
Feb. 19, 1863. He d. Ocr. 14, 1870; res. Ashby, Stow, now Mavnard, Mass.

4808. i. Sarah Marble, b. Nov. 3, 1820; m. Feb. 29, 1843, Rufus R.

Fletcher; b. July 14, 1824. She d. Sept., 1892. He is a nurserv-
man. Ch.: Harriet J., b. 1849, Ayer, Mass.; Elizabeth S.,b. 1850,
Felch, Ayer, Mass.; Daniel W., b. 1852, Ayer, Mass.; Edward
F., b. 1854, Worcester, Mass.; Samuel W., b. 1857, Ayer, Mass.

4809. ii. Artemas, b. Aug. 9, 1815; m. Lucy Pease.

4814J.

viii.

4815.

IX.

4816.

X.

4817.

XI.

324 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4810. iii. Thomas, b. Aug. 9, 1815; m. — ; d. May 8, 1860.

4811. iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 18, 1821; d. Jan. 21. 1822.

4812. V. John M., b. Nov. 6, 1822; m. Elizabeth G. Walcott, and Hannah

E. Whitmarsh.

4813. vi. Mark, b. Jan. 18, 1825; d. Mar. 12, 1825.

4814. vii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 14, 1826; m. Feb. 29, 1848, Calvin Fletcher,

Jr.; res. Nelson, N. H. He was b. Oct. 25, 1821; is a farmer;

res. in Nelson, N. H., p. o. Harrisville. Ch.: Emma C, b. Jan.

18, 1349; m. Gilman A. Marshall, of Stow, Mass., Sept. 21, 1871;

res. Hudson, Mass.; Mary F., b. Apr. 21, 1851; m. James A.

Hersey, of Boston, Mass., Jan. 30, 1873; res. Mattapan, Mass.;

Helen B., b. Dec. 21, 1861; res. Nelson, N. H.
Ephraim, b. Sept. 19, 1817; m. Mary Haskell.
Harriett, b. Jan. 2, 1828; res. Maynard.
Caroline, b. Jan. 1, 1831; res. M.
Mary L., b. Mar. 9, 1837; m. Apr. 16, 1856, Joel F. Parmenter; res.

Maynard, Mass.

4818. xii. Daniel D., b. July 22, 1835; d. Mar. 19, 1852.

2460. John Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. May
28, 1789, in Stow, Mass.; m. there June 13, 1819, Harriett Tower, b. Sept. 28, 1799: she
m. 2d June 18, 1857, Peter Fletcher, b. Stow Feb. 22, 1799. She d. Stow Mar. 16, 1873,
ae. 73." He d. Feb. 2, 1854; res. Stow, Mass., s. p.

2462. Joseph Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Mass., June 30, 1793; m. in Boston, Mass., Susan Whitney, dau. of Silas, b. July
1, 1792; d. Sept. 30, 18"i5. He d. Sept., 1828; res. Boston and Cambridge, Mass.

4819. i. Ann O., b. Feb. 26, 1815; m. May 20, 1847, James Staples, b.

Mar. 26, 1823, in Wells, Me.; res. 38 Marcelta street, Roxbury,

Mass., s. p.
Emeline. b. Sept., 1817; d. young.

Joseph Henry, b. Sept., 1822; m. Milton, Mass.; m. 4 times.
James Enoch, b. Jan., 1824; res. Boston.
John, b. Jan., 1826; d. unm. in Stow, Mass., Jan., 1852.
Richard Dana, b. Feb., 1829; m. Abbie . He d. s. p. North

Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 16, 1872. She d. in Boston in 1874; res.

Stow, Mass.

4825. vii. Samuel, b. Oct. 16, 1819; m. Mary Jane Carpenter and Zebuda

Foster.

2463. Manning Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),
b. Stow, Mass., Sept. 8, 1795; m. Brooks.

4826. Daniel, b. ; res. Franconia, N. H.

2464. Richard Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),
b. in Stow, Apr. 18, 1798; m. Eunice Cogswell, b. Feb. 2, 1803; d. Winchendon, July

20, 1890. He d. Dec. 2, 1849, m Surrey, N. H.; res. Winchendon, Mass.

4827. i. Emerson Cogswell, b. 1822; gr. Yale, 1851; d. unm. Dec. 2,

1851.

Mary A., b. Oct., 1825; res. with Franklin O., in Boston.

Sarah Jake b. July, 1827; m. Mar. 1, 1846, Baxter D. Whitney
(see).

Elizabeth Parks, b. Nov., 1829; d. Sept. 2, 1847.

Daniel E., b. Mar., 1832; m. May, 1857, Clarinda Ballou; d. Oct.,
1870. He d. Oct. 3, 1870; res. Minn.

Franklin O., b. June, 1835; res. Boston, 1 Ashburton PI.

Eunice M., b. Oct., 1837; m. Dec, 1857, John G. Folsom; res. Win-
chendon, Mass.

Laura M., b. Mar., 1840; d. Feb. 16, 1842.

Joseph S., b. Apr., 1843; d. Sept. 29, 1887.

Richard M., b. July, 1844; d. Nov. 8, 1892, in Tamatave, Madi-
gascar.

2472. John Whitney (Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow.
Nov. 22, 1782; m. at Waltham, July 1, 1804, Susannah Viles: b. Dec. 9, 1784; d. Nov,
30, 1844, in Boston. He was steward at Harvard college for 20 years. He d. June

21, 1826; res. Cambridge, Mass.

4820.

ii.

4821.

HI.

4822.

iv.

4823.

V.

4824.

vi.

4828.
4829.

ii.
iii.

4830.
4831.

iv.

V.

4832.
4833.

vi.
vii.

4834.
4835.
4s36.

viii
ix.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 325

4(537. i. George Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1812; m. Priscilla Gallup.

4838. ii. John, b. Oct. 16, 1807; m. Mary B.Holt.

4839. iii. Sophia, b. Aug. 10, 1809; m. May 17, 1831, Edmund Mellen of

Wayland, Mass.

4S40. iv. Susan, b. July 20, 1811; m. Mar. 29, 1835, Philip A. Smith. She d.
Mobile, Ala., Sept. 10, 1839.

4841. V. Mary Jane, b. July 25, 1815; res. Wavland.

4842. vi. Sophia, b. Aug. 13, 1805; d. bef. 1809.

4843. vii. Dolly, b. May 31, 1814; d. July 10, 1814.

4844. viii. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 22, 1819; d. Camb., Aug. 8, 1822.

2473. Capt. Silas Whitney (Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),
b. Stow, Mass., Jan. 26, 1781; m. in Waltham, Mass., in 1800, Abigail M. Shedd, b.
Sept. 15, 1778; d. Sept. 21, 1854.

Capt. Silas Whitney was born in Stow, Mass. In 1795 he built the first tem-
porary railroad used in this country. It was constructed of two tracks on the western
slope of Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass., for the purpose of facilitating the removal of
gravel from the top of the hill down to Charles street, which he was filling up and
grading. There were two trains of cars on the railroad and they were so arranged
that one train being loaded with gravel at the upper end, would, in its descent, haul
up the empty train, then while the full cars were being emptied, the empty ones were
being hlled,and in their descent would haul up the first train, and thus it was man-
aged to do the work without horses. Mr. Whitney was assisted in the work by
his brothers, John and Ephraim. The brothers were great contractors for filling up
wharves, etc. They filled in Central wharf. From the above it will be seen that
Capt. Whitney was the real pioneer of railroads in this country. Capt. Whitney,
during the later years of his life, kept the Middlesex hotel, which was situated be-
tween Warren Ave. and the old bridge road in Charlestown. It was burned in the
year 1886. He d. in C. Jan. 20, 1824; res. Boston, Mass., and Charlestown, Mass.

4845. i. John Francis, b. Feb. 27, 1819; ni. Julia A. Andrews and Maria

Hook.

4846. ii. Ephrai.m A., b. Aug., 1816; m. Joanna A. Hook.

4847. iii. Charles, b. Sept. 15, 1805; m Lydia M. Emery.

4848. iv. Eliza A., b. Apr. 15, 1809; m. Hinckley; res. Thomaston,

Me.; m. 2d, O'Brion; d. June 6, 1894.

4849. v. Abigail S., b. May 21, 1808; m. Thomas R. Spear; res. Boston.

She d. Jan. 4, 1870.

4850. vii. Silas Gore, b. Aug. 9, 1800; m. Sarah S., .

4851. viii. W.m. Henry, b. June 2, 1819; drowned at sea, 1830.

4852. vi. Mary, b. Sept. 28, 1803; d. July 7, 1837.

4853. ix. Mary, b. Oct. 8, 1801; d. Apr. 3, 1803.

2477. Ephraim Whitney (Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),

b. Boston; m. Eunice . He was a large contractor in Boston, Mass., where he

resided. He d. in West Indies.

2487. Emory Whitney (Jacob, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Winchendon, Mass., Oct. 1, 1791; m. Mav 27, 1817, Lydia Locke, b. Dec. 7, 1791; d.
May, 1835; m. 2d, Feb., 1836, Thankful G. Morey, b. May 2, 1806; d. Mar. 26, 1883.
He was a cordwainer. He d. Feb. 3, 1876; res. Le Roy, N. Y.

4854 i. Daniel W., b. Nov. 18, 1820; m. Sarah Ann Manning and Mrs.

Mary Ann (Henry) Ball.

4855. ii. Lydia Lorache, b. Feb. 8, 1823; m. Oct. 21, 1844, Fred'k Fitch

Bishop; res. Turtle Point, Pa. He was b. Sept. 6, 1820; is a
farmer. She has the old family Bible of Mary Patch's. Ch.:
Infant daughter, b. Aug. 15, 1845; d. Aug. 16, 1845; Emery Le-
roy, b. Nov. 19, 1846; m. Oct. 10, 1877; d. May 2, 1894; Wilder
Whitney, b. Mav 30, 1850; d. Julv 2, 1853; Mary Maria, b. May
31, 1854; m. Julv 17, 1877; Emil^ Lorache, b. Nov. 15, 1856; m.
Apr. 30, 1878; Fannie Lydia, b. Aug. 23, 1861; d. Dec. 15, 1880;
Emery Leroy Bishop, Turtle Point, Pa.; Mary Maria Simar,
Port Allegany, Pa.; Emily Lorache Simar, Port Allegany, Pa.

4856. iii. Maria Eunice, b. Dec. 18, 1826; m. Feb. 23, 1852, Loring G.

Blanchard. He was b. 1819; d. Feb. 22, 1890; was a farmer.

4858.

4859.

ii.

4860.

111.

4861.

IV.

4862.

V.

4863.

VI.

326 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Ch.: Mary J., b. Apr. 29, 1854; m. Troxell; res. Detroit,

Mich.; Geo. W., b. Sept. 19, 1856; Mattie M., b. Jan. 1. 1864.
4857. iv. Emory M., b. 1846; unm.; res. Klinger Lake, Mich.

2489. Elias Whitney (Jacob, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, Johni, b.
Winchendon, Mass., June 16, 1797; m. Feb. 18, 1822, Fannie Uemary, b. Oct. 28, 1796;
d. Sept. 5, 1075.

He was born in Winchendon, Mass., and inherited his father's estate. He
resided on the old homestead until about 1855, when he moved to Stoddard, N H.,
where he followed his profession, that of surveying and farming. He d. June 1, 1875;
res. Winchendon, Mass., and Stoddard, N. H.

Reuben Fairbanks, b. Feb. 3, 1823; m. Jane L. Tubbs.
Mary P.,b. Dec. 31, 1824; d. Aug. 25, 1826.
Marcus M., b. Aug. 19, 1832; d., s. p., Aug. 27, 1854.
Mary P., b Nov. 28, 1827; d. May 31, 1890.
Fannie D., b. Dec. 27, 1829; d. Apr. 2, 1837.

Emily Frances, b. Aug. 4, 1838; m. Dec, 1859, Sumner Knight;
b. Apr. 6, 1818. She d. Julv 10, 1887. He is a farmer. Ch.:
Marcus Whitney, b. July 7, 1861; m. June 20, 1888, Susie E.
Marble, physician; res. Milford, Mass.; Florence Sherman, b.
Jan. 27, 1864; d. Mar. 1, 1890; Charles Sumner, b. Sept. 16, 1869;
d. Feb. 19, 1890.

4864. vii. Felicia, b. Mar. 11, 1836; m. at Stoddard, N. H., Apr. 4,1860,

Wm. L. Sherman; b. Mar. 20, 1819; d. June 30, 186.5. He was
an attorney-at-law; m. 2d, at Bay City, Mich., July 24, 1866,
Fred Bancroft; b. Stockbridge, Mass., 1837; res 510 No. Madi-
son St., Bav City, Mich. Ch.: Wm. Demary, b. July 24, 1861:
m. Dec. 25,' 1886; res. B. C; Nettie B., b. Jan. 13, 1865; m. June
1, 1887, John J. Sherman; res. 343 Oakwood Boul., Chicago, 111.

4865. viii. Serena P., b. Jan. 4, 1841 ; m. in Stoddard, Oct. 30, 1877, Edward

E. Upton; res. Keene, N. H., s. p. He was b. Nov. 30, 1826.
She was a school teacher for 20 years.

2494. Levi Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Apr. 26, 1781, in Harvard; m. Sarah ; res. Harvard, Mass.

4866. i. Eveline, b. Dec. 26, 1812; d. unm. Sept. 9, 1838.

4867. ii. Drusilla. b. Nov. 24,1815; m. Edward Brigham.of Northboro.

4868. iii. Levi, b. Apr. 25, 1818; m. Susan .

2497. Reuben W^hitney (Reuben, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John),
b. Aug. 11, 1783; m. in Harvard, May 11, 1808, Milley Pollard. He d. June 1, 1868;
res. Harvard, Mass.

4869. i. Marshal, b. Apr. 9, 1807.

4870. ii. Sumner, b. Jan. 3, 1811.

2500. Richard Whitney (James, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, Johni,
b. Mar. 30, 1784; m. Apr. 2, 1807, Sally Turner. He d. Oct. 1, 1865; res. Harvard,
Mass.

Susan, b. Dec. 29, 1808; d. Jan. 7, 1810.

Sally Turner, b. Oct. 2, 1810.

Alfred, b. May 19, 1813.

James Lawton, b. Feb. 2, 1817; m. Ann Doherty.

Luther Farwell, b. Nov. 8, 1819.

MiLLY Rt)LAND, b. Oct. 16, 1822.

2506. Hiram Whitney (James, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John) b.
Harvard, Mass., Mar. 19, 1815; m. Sept. 10, 1861, Martha Ann Whitney.

He was born in Harvard, where he always resided, and was highly esteemed
and respected by his fellow citizens. From 186H to his death he held the office of
town clerk; from 1874 to 79 was selectman and from 1877 to 79 was a member of the
library committee. Edward W. Houghton was executor of his will, and in it he
mentioned the following nephews and nieces: Sally W. Taylor, Brighton; Mrs.
Luther Whitney, Concord; Mrs. Alfred Whitney, Charlestown; Geo. Whitney, Phila.;
Samuel Whitney, New York; James Whitney, New York; Willie Whitney, Fitch-
burg; Love Batchelor, Boxboro; Harriet Parker, Coleraine; Geo. Livermore, ,

Vt. He d. July 6, 1879; res. Harvard, Mass., s. p.

4871.

i.

4872.

ii.

4873.

111.

4874.

IV.

4875.

V.

4876.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 327

2510. Hon. Stephen Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
lohn), b. July 1. 1784, in Harvard, Mass.; m. Jan. 13, 1810, Mary A. Burgess; b. July
12, 1786; "d. in Saratoga, N. Y., 1868.

Stephen Whitney was born in Harvard, Mass. He resided in Nelson, X.H., but
subsequently, in 1806, removed to Bloody Brook, Ueerfield, Mass. He was a promi-
nent merchant and a man highly respected and esteemed in the community where
he lived. He was representative from Deerfield in the Massachusetts General Court
in the years 1834 and 1835. In 1834 he was monitor of the first division of the House
and a member of the committee on accounts. He was also monitor in 1835, and in
the same year one of the commissioners who had charge of the construction of the
enlargement of the State Lunatic Asylum at Worcester. His wife was the daughter
of Dr. Benjamin Burgess, who was for a long series of years the country doctor in
Goshen, Mass., and of whom it was truly said, "And a man he was to all the county
dear." Mrs. Whitney's sister married Sir. Mitchell Dawes, of Cummington, and was
the mother of Hon. Henry L. Dawes, whose long and distinguished career as a leader
in his profession and as representative and senator in the Congress of the United
States is well known to the people of Massachusetts. He d. July 12, 1852; res. Con-
way, Mass.

4877. i. James S., b. May 19, 1811; m. Laurinda Collins.

4878. ii. Mary Ann, b. .

4879. iii. Susan C, b. ; m. James I. Wakefield; res. Saratoga Springs,

N. Y.

4880. iv. Fanny J., b. ; m. Pickering, s. p.

2512. Josiah Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. in
Nelson, N. H., Feb. 24, 1782; m. Nov. 22, 1808, Sarah Ernes; b. Jan. 4, 1784; d. Feb.
23, 1858, in Sullivan. He d. June 17, 1857; res. Nelson, N. H.

4881. ii. Joseph, b. Mar. 25, 1811; m. Mary A. Newcomb.

4882. i. George, b. Oct. 6, 1809; m. Nancy Nims.

4883. iii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 6, 1813; m. Oct. 25, 1838, David W. Buckmin-

ster; res. Keene, N. H. She d. Dec. 28, 1884. He d. May 9,
lt74; was a farmer. Ch.: Sarah Eliza, m. Almon Davis; P. O.
address, Roxbury, N. H.; Joseph A., P. O. address, Winchen-
don, Mass.; Martha, m. Whitman; d. leaving two chil-
dren; one since d.; Josiah Whitney, P. O. address, Keene, N. H.;
m. Ella Ainger; is not living now; left no children; Maria, m.

larvis Adams; d. leaving no children; Milton E., b. July 4, ;

"P. O. address, N. 86, Roxbury, and Millard F., b. July 4, ;

P. O. address, N.86, Gilsum.

4884. iv. Charles H., b. Nov. 18, 1819; m. Lucy C. Nims.

2513. Iames Whitney (losiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Dec. 26, 1789; m. Anna Goss; res. Peterboro, N. H.

4885. i. James H.; res. Peterboro.

2515. ScoLi.AY Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Oct. 6, 1798; m. ; res. Lynn, Mass.

4886. i. Sarah Ann, b. ; m. , Downing; res. Lynn,

Mass.

2525. Henry Hall Whitney (Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. June 11, 1805; m. Sept. 26, 1830, Caroline F. Bailey; d. Dec. 3, 1810. He d.
Dec. 25, 1888; res. East Jaffrey, N. H.

4887. i. Elnora Caroline, b. Nov. 16, 1831; d. Mav 2, 1851.

. 4888. ii. Permelia, b. June 20, 1833; m. May 5, 18.52, Samuel Wheeler.
He d. June 7, 1882; m. 2d, Jan. 1. 1883, Hiram Williams. She d.
Feb. 18, 1884, at Pepperell Ch.: Eugene, b. Apr. 9,1853; d.
Jan. 30, 1878; Adaline Amanda, b. Nov. 7, 1859; res. Pepperell,
Mass.; Ernest Milo, b. Jan. 21, 1866; res. Pepperell, Mass.
4889. iii. Amanda, b. Aug. 27, 1836; m. May 21, 1854, Alaric A. Boyce; res.
Orange, Mass. He was b. in New Ipswich, N. H. Ch.: Olive A.,
b. Apr. 10, 1860; d. Apr. 25, 1860; Nettie G., b. Feb. 4, 1866; m.
, July 18, 1888, Edward M. Dexter; res. Black River, N. Y.;
Bertha S., b. June 11, 1S70; m. July 20, 1887, Edward Reece; res.
Orange, Mass.; Fred A.,b. JuneH, 1875; d. Nov. 4, 1877.

4894.
4895.

ii.
iii.

4896.

iv.

4897.
4898.
4899.

V.

vi.
vii.

4900.
4901.

viii.
ix.

328 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4890. iv. John HKNRV.b. Nov. 21, 1838; m. Jane M. Nutting.

4891. V. Sophia, b. Nov. 29, 1842; m. Aug. 12, 1868, Geo. W. Bascom; res.

Clinton, Mass. He was b. Oct. 1. 1843; d. Oct. 8, 1884; supt. Bige-
low Carpet Works. Ch.: Frank Preston, b. Apr. 28, 1876; res.
Clinton, Mass.

4892. vi. LuCETA.b. Nov. 17, 1845; d. Sept. 8, 1848.

2526. Dwell Whitney (Lemuel, Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Sept. 10, 1807; m. June 5, 1829, Emily Derby; m. 2d, 1874, Mrs. Rebecca
(Gilson) Crouch. He d. Mar. 29, 1879; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

4893. i. Mary A., b. July 13, 1831; m. Dec. 11, 1850, John R. Hill; res.

Hancock, N. H. He was b. June 6, 1827. Ch.: James L., b.
Feb. 13, 1852, Baldwinsville, Mass.; m. Sept. 7, 1872; res. Green-
field, N. H.; Edward A., b. May 6,1854, Hancock, N. H.; m.
Apr. 20, 1879; res. Hancock, N. H.; Almon, b. June 8, 1858, Han-
cock, N. H.; m. Nov. 27, 1878; she d. Oct. 5, 1882; m. 2d, Nov.
17, 1883; res. Hancock, N. H.

George L., b. Mar. 10, 1833; m. Caroline E. Willard.

Sarah D., b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. Apr. 20, 185x, Thos. W. Whitcomb;
res. Ashby, Mass.

Edwin, b. June 6, 1836; m. Eliza J. Cross and Elizabeth E.
Wheeler.

Lewis, b. July 9, 1838; m. M. Jane Lawrence.

Lemuel, b. Oct. 30, 1840; m. Sarah I. Ward.

Emeline a., b. Oct. 28, 1843; m. Nov. 17, 1868, Walter Lawrence;
b. Aug. 23, 1840; res. Ashburnham, Mass. Ch.: Etta Belle, b.
Jan. 9, 1879.

Augustus G., b. Sept. 26, 1845; m. Maitha S. Robbins.

F. Etta, b. Sept. 30, 1849; res. 66 Fountain St., Providience, R. L

2527. Otis Whitney (Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Nov. 14, 1809; m. May 3, 1840, Hannah Parker; b. 1819; d. Oct. 7, 1882. He d. 1884;
res. Ashburnham and New Ipswich, N. H.

4902. i. Newton O., b. June 8, 1844; m. Jennie A. Henshaw.

4903. ii. Julia A., b. Feb. 16, 1841; m. Nov. 26, 1862, George Cushing. He

was b. Jan. 13, 1838; d. Apr. 12, 1870; res. New Ipswich, N. H.
Ch.: Arthur W., b. Feb. 20, 1864; m. Dec. 15. 1887; Frederick A.,
b. Nov. 23, 1868; Frances A., b. Nov. 23, 1868. Arthur W. Cush-
ing's address is Fitchburg, Mass., 25 Goodwin street. The
others are in New Ipswich, N. H.

4904. iii. Charles P., b. Dec. 8, 1848; m. Mary O. Thomas.

4905. iv. Herbert W., b. Sept. 6, 1846; m. Emma Marble.

2529. Lemuel Whitney (Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard Richard, John),
b. in Ashburnham, Mass., Aug. 9, 1818; m. Mar. 22, 1842, Almira G. Pollard; b. July
17, 1820. He was a farmer and d. in Athol. He d. Jan. 17, 1892; res. Ashburnham,
Athol and Rmdge.

4906. i. Adeline E., b. Mar. 17, 1843; m. Jan. 7, 1867, Pliney F. Wood-

bury; res. Natick, Mass. He was b. May 15, 1827. Furniture
and carpet merchant. Ch.: Harlan Tenny,b. Nov. 15, 1869; res.
Millis, Mass.; Homer Clarence, b. Oct. 3, 1875; res. 141 Wash.
Street, Brookline, Mass.; Alma Augusta, b. Aug. 28, 1881.

4907. ii. Laura M., b. Jan. 10, 1845; m. June 14, 1871, Henry H. Howard;

res. Natick, Mass. He was b. Nov. 15, 1844; policeman. Ch.:

Lena Whitney, b. Aug. 18, 1872; m. Apr. 27, 1892; res. Natick;

Rodney Wendell, b. Jan. 14, 1876: d. Aug., 1878.
Abbie M., b. Aug. 30, 1847; d. Nov. 29, 1861.
Aurilla M., b. June 6, 1849; m. July 17, 1888, Henry B. Houghton;

b. Nov., 1848: res. s. p. Eureka Mills, Cal.
Albert L., b. Jan. 22, 1851; m. Lucy M. Wyatt.
Frank. W., b. Nov. 3, 1852; m. Mary Emma Bass.
Susan E., b. Dec. 5, 1854; d. Mar. 16, 1889.
Myron H., b. Sept. 4, 1857; d. Apr. 22, 1886.
Nelson C, b. Aug. 30, 1859; m. Dec. 25, 1887, Annie Moore; res.

s. p. Riverside, Cal.
4915. X. IvERS E., b. Jan. 16, 1863; m. Nov. 23, 1884, Martha E. Gardner.

4908.

iii.

4909.

iv.

4910.

V.

4911.

VI.

4912.

vii.

4913.

Via.

4914.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

329

2534 JosiAH Marshall Whitney (Daniel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. in Boston, Jan. 19, 1814; m. at Astoria, L. I., May 16, 1839, Mary Jane
Ayers; b. Sept. 8, 1820.

Josiah M. Whitney located at Astoria in the year 1839, the place at that time
being quite a wilderness and reached by fiat boat horse power from where 86
East River now is located. A mason and builder by occupation, he built most of
the best houses in the place, and for upward of 40 years maintained a retail build-
ing material and coal yard business, but gave it up m 1880. He was village
trustee and school trustee several times, and president of the board of village
trustees at the time of the village being taken into the city in 1871. Has held the
offices of school commissioner and assessor under city government; has retired
from business; res. Astoria, L. I., N. Y.

4916. i. Mary Louisa, b. Feb. 14, 1840; m. Nov. 25,1863, Alanson Palmer;
res. 591 Madison Av., Brooklvn, N. Y. Ch.: Whitney, b.Oct. 10,
1865; Alice, b. Dec. 28, 1868;' Clarence, b. Sept. 19, 1871; Rol-
lins, b. Sept. 19, 1881.
Josiah Hamilton, b. Mar. 9, 1842; d. Nov. 25, 184.5.
Edward M., b. Sept. 3, 1846; m. Florence C. Long.
Julia Matilda, b. June 27, 1844; d. Nov. 28, 1845.
Halsev, b. Jan. 6, 1849; m. Anne Stowe.
William Theodore, b. Mar. 27, 1851; d. July 4, 1851.
Lucy Jane, b. Apr. 9, 1853; d. Apr. 20, 1853.
losiAH Hamilton, b. July 4, 1854; m. Maria Long.
Fannie Amelia, b. Feb. 24, 1857; d. Aug. 18, 1858.
Annie, b. Aug. 18, 1859; m. 1881, Frank B. Stevens; res. Quincv
St , Brooklyn, N. Y. Ch.: Edith, b. May 9, 1882; d. Nov. 8, 1892;
Ethel, b. Mav, 1884; Elaine, b. Dec. 6, 1886.
xi. Frank Austen, b. Jan. 23, 1862; d. Aug. 6, 1890.

4917.

ii.

4918.

HI.

4919.

IV.

4920.

v.

4921.

vi.

4922.

Vll.

4923.

viii

4924.

ix.

4925.

X.

4926.

2540. William Minott Whitney (Daniel, Josiah. Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. in Boston, Tan. 2, 1827; m. June 16, 1856, Amelia Cook, b. N. Y. Citv, Jan.
31, 1831.

For more than a quarter of a century W. M. Whitney has occupied a prominent
position in the commercial circles of Albany, N. Y., and in
the extent and character of the business of which he is the , ,,

recognized head. He has done more towards attracting
that large trade which is the pride of the city and the addi-
tion of much of its substantial prosperity. He was born in
Boston, where he resided with his parents until they moved
to New York City in 1828. At first he worked in a dry
goods store then later in a wholesale house. He soon be-
came recognized as an expert in buying dry goods, and
from 1852-9 was chiefly buyer for large houses. In 1860 he
went to Albany as manager for Ubsdell, Pierson & Co., and
later became senior partner in the business in that city.
His store is the most extensive of its kind between New
York City and Chicago. He is honored and respected by
all who know him. Res. Albany, N. Y., 156 Washington

Lelia, b. May 17, 1857; m. Nov. 25, 1879,

William H^ Stott. He d. in Albanv,

Aug. 22, 1888. Ch.: Leila Vanderbil't,

b. Nov. 25, 1880; Boy (not named), born

and died July 3, 1882; Helen Monro, b. June 18, 1883; Jonathan

Whitney, b. May 5, 1885; Whitney, b. Mar. 20, 1887.
William M., Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1858; d. Dec. 21, 1858.
William M., Jr., b. Aug. 1, 1861; m. Jennie Douglass Stott.
^'IRGINIA Belle, b. Jan. 8. 1865; d. Dec. 8, 1865.
Charles Lee Anthony, b. Sept. 19, 1870.
Mabel, b. Dec. 4, 1874.

2541. Warren Webster Whitney (Daniel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Mar. 12, 1829; m. at N. Y., Feb. 4, 1856, Jennv A. Bord; b. at Troy, N.
Y., Feb. 10, 1836.

Warren Webster Whitney was born in Sullivan street. New York City, being the
22

4927.

WILLIAM M. WHITNEY.

4928.

ii.

4929.

111.

4930.

IV.

4931.

V.

4932.

vi.

■SSO WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

only one of the family living born in the Empire State. He has been extensively
engagea in the bakery business, been clerk in the comptroller's office, notary public,
and has operated extensively in real estate. Res. New York, X. Y., 23, 7th Av.

4933. i, Hannah Shedd, b. 1856; m. Charles Blauvelt; res. 745 W. End

Av., cor. 101st St., N.Y. C.

4934. ii. Adeline Bord, b. 1858; d. -.

4935. iii. Warren W.,b. 1860.

4936. iv. Jennie Bord, b. 1864.

2543. JosiAH Whitney (Moses G., Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
-; m. Sarah Dickinson. He d. East Bennington, \'t.; res. E. B. and Greenfield,

4938.

i.

4939.

11.

4940.

111.

4941.

IV.

4942.

v.

4943.

VI.

4944.

VI 1.

4945.

VUI.

Mass.

4937. i. George, b. ; m. and d. in Bennington, Vt., leaving one son.

2548. Oliver Whitney (Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Gardner, Mass., Apr. 28, 1784; m. there in 1809, Rebecca Nichols; b. 1781; d. in
Rochester in 1853.

He was born in Gardner, Mass., the son of Joshua and \'ashti (Knight) Whitney.
Soon after his marriage he moved to Hancock, \'t., of which he was an original
grantee of the township. He subsequently resided in Rochester, where he died.
He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 9, 1857; res. Rochester. Vt.

Benjamin N., b. 1815; m. Lovina Lowell.

Asa, b. Jan. 1818; res. Rochester, \'t., s. p.

Joshua, b. Feb. 25, 1813; m. .

William P.,b. Feb. 12, 1825; m. Roxa A. Kinsman.

Joanna, b. Oct. 1810; d. Feb. 3, 1863.

Fidelia, b. Sept., 1822; m. Young; res. Westminster.

Sarah J., b. Mar., 1820; m. — - — • Kinsman. She d. 1877.

Norman P.,b. Nov. 21, 1827; m. .

2552. Joseph Whitney (Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Gardner, Mar. 24, 1792; m. July, 1813, in Westmnister, Nancy Sawin; b. May 24,
1792; d. Aug. 21, 1864. He d, Feb. 6, 1861; res. Gardner, Mass.

4946. i. Joshua Avery, b. Feb. 28, 1814; m. Mehitable C. Gibbs and Mrs.

Elvira Hildreth Ross.

4947. ii. Fidelia, b. Oct. 11, 1815; m. May 11, 1841. Samuel N. Laws.

Ch.: Fred A., b. ; res. 80 Washington St., Boston, Mass.

4948. iii. Asaph Blakely, b. Aug. 21, 1817; m. June, 1853, Anna Mary

Wallace. He d. Mar. 1, 1892.

4949. iv. Mary Jane, b. Sept. 27. 1819; d. Nov. 3, 1820.

495C. v. Marietta, b. Julv 27, 1821; m. Aug. 6, 1845, William H. Learned;
b. Mav 30, 1820; res. So. Gardner, Mass. He d. Oct. 1, 1891.
Ch.: Florence J., d. Dec. 10, 1847; Frank L.. d. Feb. 6, 1849;
William F., m. Feb. 17, 1874; P. O. So. Gardner, Mass.; Theo-
dore W., m. Dec. 31, 1873; P. O. Gardner, Mass.; Arthur K., b.
Oct. 29, 1854; m. May 25, 1881; Marietta N., b. Oct. 4, 1855; d.
Aug. 27. 1888; James T., b. Jan. 2, 1860; m. Dec. 4, 1885; P. O.
Northborough;" Chester H., b. Mar. 4, 1863; m. Dec. 24, 1887.

4951. vi. Nancy Jane. b. Aug. 12, 1823; m. Oct. 26, 1843, Caleb Young; m.

2d, Jan. 1, 1851, Ezra Hyde; res. Cal.

4952. vii. Abigail Marie, b. Jan. 20, 1825; m. Nov. 11, 1845, Thorley Col-

lester; res. So. Gardner, Mass. He was b. Jan. 21, 1814; d. Apr.
9, 1864; was a chair manufacturer. Ch.: Eugene Belknap.
Gardner, Mass., b. Dec. 20, 1847; m. Apr. 5, 1875; res. Waseca,
Minn.; Laura Maria, b. Dec. 17, 1849; m. Jan. 5, 1875; d. Jan.
28, 1S85; Frank Melvin, b. Sept. 21, 1855; m. Aug. 4, 1885; res.
Winchendon, Mass.

4953. viii. Joseph Lincoln, b. Dec. 17, 1826; m. June, 1852, Angelia Moore.

He d. July 21, 1852.

4954. ix. Harriett Newell, b. Apr. 15. 1829; m. Jan. 20, 1853, Edwin J.

Wheeler; b. Mar. 24, 1829. She d. Sept. 1882.

4955. X. Mary Sawyer, b. Feb. 20, 1831; m. Dec. 31, 1851, John M. Hvde;

b. May 15, 1825; d. Oct. 19, 1890. She res. in Maiden, Mass.
Ch.: Clarence W., b. Dec. 1, 1854; d. Mav 16, 1859; Louis L.,
b. Dec. 30, 1856; d. Feb. 17, 1858; Alice M.,'b. July 28, 1858; m.
Sept. 3, 1884, Eugene C. Upton; res. Maiden, Mass.; Josiah W.,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 831

b. Feb. 11, 1862; d. Apr. S,\SUl; Grace E., b. Oct. 3, 18W; C.
Collester, b. June 27, 1871.

4956. XI. Frederic Parker, b. Feb. 17, 1833; ni. Mary W. Merriam.

4957. xii. Harvey Brooks, b. Sept. 29, 1836; m. Ellen R. Bennett.

2555. John \\'hiTiNEY (Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Gardner, Apr. 21, 1796; m. Rachel Osgood.

4958. i. Elvira, b. ; m. Sperry; res. Ann Arbor, Mich.

2564. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John),
b. Sterling, Mass., July, 1802; m., Gardner, Lucy Spaulding; b. Ashby, 1799; d. ls;35;
m. 2d Lorena French; d. 1883.

The death of Jonathan Whitney, which occurred at his home in East Tem])le-
ton, Mass., on the 22d ult., removed one of the pioneers of the chair manufacturing
mdustry in Worcester county. During nearly the whole of his long life of eighty-
one years, he has been engaged in manufacturing chairs in whole or in part. When
a young man he manufactured, in a small way, wood seat chairs, and has witnessed
and participated in the growth of the business till it has reached its present colossal
proportions. Now nearly all parts of a chair are made by machinery, but in Mr.
Whitney's young days it was done almost entirely by hand. For a number of years
past Mr. Whitney has been working on contracts, with Messrs. Heywood Bros. &
Co., of Gardner, for seating chairs. He was a strictly honest man, and intended to
deal justly by all with whom he came in contact. \'ery benevolent, no good or
worthy enterprise ever suffered at his hands, and he was always willing to help those
who needed assistance. He was greatly esteemed. He d. July 22, 18S3; res. Ster-
ling, Mass., and East Templeton, Mass.

4959. i. JoSEi'H S., b. Sterling, Mass.; m. Hannah Chase.

4960. ii. Eleazer S., b. Apr. 8, 1825; m. Lucy Peckham.

4961. iii. Chartes, b. . His dau., Ida Cummings, res. Cambridge,

Mass.

4962. iv. Hezekiah, b. Sept. 16, 1832; m. Caroline Spurling.

4963. V. Jonathan Mason, b. ; res. Everett, Mass.

4964. vi. A.MANDA, b. .

4965. vii. Lucv H., b. ; m. .

2565. Joel Whitney (Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b.
; m. Seraph W. Sawyer; b. Dec. 1, 1815; res. Sterling, Mass.

4966. i. Lrcv Jane, b. ; m. Henry F. Smith, Central St., Fitchburg,

Mass.; 2 ch.

4967. ii. Joel. 4968. iii. Laura A.
4969. iv. James S.,d ae. 21. 4970. v. Christina A.

4971. vi. AvcrsTUS S., b. ; m. Sarah Moulton.

4972. vii. Mary W.. b. ; m. Charles Xoyes; res. Gardner, Mass.

4973. viii. Ella S., b. ; m. James Warner; res. Fitchburg, Mass.;

4974. ix. Fanny S., d. unm.

4975. X. Charles R., m. Augusta Warner; 8 ch.

4976. xi. Edwin K. 4977. xii, Eden S.
4978. xiii. Emm^ M., m. James

Harrington; 1 son. 4979. xiv. Hattie A.

2567. Joseph Whitney (Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b.

Sterling, Mass.. Nov. 22, 1810; m. there May 14, 1835, ; b. Aug. 25,

1S14; d. Sept. 28, 1881. He d. July 2, 1883; res. Sterling, Mass.

4980. i. Clara Elizabeth, b. Mar. 5, 1846; d. June 28, 1848.

4981. ii. Josephine Eva, b. Aug. 22, 1855; m. Oct. 7, 1874, at Sterling,

Joseph Henry Osgood; b. July 30, 1850; a farmer; res. Sterling.
Ch.: Herbert' Leslie, b. Sept. 13, 1875; Harrv Whitnev, b. May
24,1883.

2571. Isaac Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Montague, Mass., Jan. 22, 1788; m. at Hadlev. Mass., July 16, 1818, Laura
Montague, b. June 3, 1789; d. Nov. 18, 1863. He d. at Walworth, Wis., May 12, 1850;
res, Vernon, N. Y.

4982. i. Wm. M., b. Aug. 28, 1818;' m. Augusta H. Marsh.

4983. ii. Laurette, b. Nov. 23, 1821; m. May 27, 1865, Leander Crosbv; d.

s. p. Dec. 9, 1879.

332 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4984. iii. Russell R., b. Sept. 30, 1823; m. Emily Steele.

4985. iv. Henry M., b. Dec. 24, 1825; m. Louisa Mason.

4986. V. Luther, b. Mar. 17, 182S; d. Sept. 5, 1840.

4987. vi. Harriett, b. May 26, 1830; m. Jan. 4, 1849, Geo. W. Lower; res.

Sioux City, la. He was b. May 3, 1826. Ch.: William Byron, b.
Aug. 23, 1852; m. Sept. 6, 1883, to Frances A. Rice, Sioux City,
la.; Sarah Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1856; m. June 24, 1880, to Eugene
W. Rice; d. Aug. 29. 1888; Hattie Belle, b. Feb. 14, 1862; d.
Apr. 28, 1864; Minnie B., b. Jan. 24, 1868; present address, Sioux
City, la.

4988. vii. Lucinda, b. Nov. 23, 1837; m. Nov. 22, 1856, Oscar D. Peck; res.

Oshkosh, Wis. He was b. Jan. 3,1827; is a lumberman. Ch.:
. Helen Lucinda, b. Dec. 1, 1858; d. Nov. 18, 1864; Harry Lincoln,
b. Aug. 28, 1860; res. 1108 Armitage Av., care Elsmere Lumber
Co., Chicago, 111.; Charles Bradshaw Whitney, b. 1867; res.
Denver, Col., 1310 Larimer St.; Laura Montague, b. May 21,
1869; Helen Gordon, b. Aug. 17, 1872; m. June 20, 1893, Arthur
Bliss Snell; res. Oshkosh, Wis.

2572. Emory Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Montague, Mass., Aug., 1794; m. Rosanna Selleck, of Canada, b. in 1804; d.
in 1875.

He was a blacksmith by trade, but during the latter part of his life was a far-
mer at South Gower, Ontario. He d. Jan. 6, 1863; res. Johnstown and South Gower,

Ont.

4989. i. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 5, 1823; m. Almira Abels and . They

resided at New Haven, Conn., and had two daughters.

4990. ii. Hiram, b. May 21, 1826; m. Almira Bixby.

4991. iii. Emory, b. Dec. 13, 1827; unm.; res. Otis Block, La Salle St., Chi-

cago, 111.

4992. iv. John, b. Aug., 1834; m. Mary McMillen.

4993. v. Alfred, b. 1841; d. S. Gore, unm., 1874.

4994. vi. Caroline, b. Mar. 6, 1829; m. in South Gower, in 1849, Alexander

Buchanan. He was born Apr. 1, 1820; d. July 31, 1889; was a
farmer. Ch.: Isabella, b. June 20,1851; m. June, 1871; Eliza
Ann, b. Aug. 24, 1853, m. May 19, 1887; Sophia, b. Aug., 1855; d.
March 9, 1879; Angus, b. Dec. 20, 1857; m. Aug. 10, 1883; Mar-
garet, b. Feb. 4, 1859; m. Jan. 28, 1889; Alexander, b. Feb. 14,
1861; d. Dec. 2, 1881; William, b. July 4, 1863; m. Feb. 28, 1889;
Hiram Malcolm, b. June 20,1865; Annie C, b. Sept. 20,1867;
Charlie, b. Mar. 17, 1868; Elgin, b. Jan. 9. 1872; P. O., of all
Kemptville, Ont.

4995. vii. Mary, b. Mar. 13, 1832; m. in South Gower, in 1854, George Dan-

gerfield; res. Oxford Mills, Ont. Ch.: Frederick Samuel, b.
March 4, 1859; m. 1883; George, b. Sept., 1861; m. 1889; Sophia,
b. June 20, 1863; m. 1884; Alfred Henry, b. 1865; Hiram, b. 1867;
Howard, b. 1869; Mary, b. 1871; James, b. 1873; P. O., Oxford
Mills, Ont.

4996. viii. Catherine, b. Dec. 19, 1844; m. Sept. 24, 1874, James Dulmage;

res. Heckston, Ont. He was b. 1845; is a farmer. Ch.: James
Wilson, b. June 19,1875; John Emerv, b. June, 1877; William
Alexander, b. Sept. 20, 1879; Rosa Bella, b. Oct., 1881; George,
b. Oct., 1883; Martha, b. 1885; Mary Irene, b. July 24, 1887; P. O.
address, Heckston, Ont.

4997. ix. Hester Ann, b. 1836; m. Mar. 15, 1858, Ebenezer Condell; res.

Spencerville, Ont.; P. O., Ventnor, Ont. He was b. in 1826; is a
farmer. Ch.: William Emery, b. Jan., 1859; Josiah, b. June 17,
1861; Hester Ann, b. 1863; d. Nov., 1867.

4998. X. Rosanna, b. 1838, d. unm. in Chicago, in Jan., 1873.

2573. Otis Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John),
b. Feb. 1, 1790, in Montague, Mass.; m. Dec. 11, 1817, Thirza Glazier; b. July 25,
1796, in Leverett; d. Sept. 1, 1863. He d. Aug. 6, 1863; res. Montague, Mass.

4999. i. Marilla Ann, b. Sept. 13, 1818; m. Jan. 1, 1845, Alpheus Moore.

He was b. in Leverett, Mass., Mar. 6, 1819. Was a builder.

5002.

ii.

5003.

111.

5004.

iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 3.33

She d. Feb. 13. 1885. Ch.: Gilman Alplieus, b. Dec. 19, 1845;
res. Montague, Mass., and Grand Rapids, Mich.; Wesley Fisk,
b. Sept. 28, 1854; m. Oct. 24, 1886, Elsie PLlizabeth Greenwood,
b. Hubbardston, Mass., June 2, 1858.

5000. ii. JiLiA Maria, b. Sept. 14, 1824; d. Apr. 5, 1840.

2574. Appollis Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Montague, Mass., Dec. 2, 1791; m. Charlotte Hamilton, of Leverett. He
d. Jan. 6, 1864; res. Leverett, Mass.

5001. i. Mary M..b. Oct. 22, 1824; m. Nov. 26, 1845, James R. Waters;

res. N. Leverett, Mass. He was b. Oct. 15, 1824. Ch.: Maria;
b. Nov. 9, 1846; m. April, 1863; d. May, 1866; Emma, b. Jan.
25, 1849; m. Sept., 1863; d. Oct. 4, 1873; Alice, b. Oct. 13, 1861.
m. May 11, 1884, Erwin L. Glazier; res. N. Leverett, Mass.

Apolus H., b. June 22, 1826; m. Julia Elvira Smith.

Collins R., b. Sept. 2, 1828; m. Esther Darling.

Lucy C, b. June 30, 1830; m. Oct. 24, 1850, Lyman A. Boutwell;
res. Townsend, Vt. Ch.: C. Belle, b. Jan. 29, 1852; m. May 1,
1883, M. Eugene Robbins; res. Putney, \'t.; Susan Louise, b.
Jan. 23, 1858; m. Oct. 27, 1888, Edgar C. Belden; res. Athens,
Vt.; Cortez Pierce, b. Aug. 21, 1860; res. Grafton, Vt.; Curtis
Monroe, b. Aug. 21. 1860; d. Sept. 13, 1860; Gilbert William, b.
July 26, 1864; res. Grafton, \'t.; Hester Beulah, b. May 25, 1866;
m. June 22, 1893, Ulic Wentworth; res. 14 Edward St., Worces-
ter, Mass.; Stella Emeline, b. Mar. 21. 1870; res. Grafton, Yt.

5005. V. Emeline. b. Apr. 21, 1833; m. June 2, 1853, Enos D. Graves; b.

Mar. 6, 1831. She d. in L.,July 21, 1887. He is a merchant and
res. at Wendell Depot, Mass. Ch.: Hattie E., b. May 10, 1854;
m. Mav 1, 1884, George A. Drake; res. Gardner, Mass.; Lottie
A., b. 'Feb. 17, 1866; m. Mav 10. 1874, Henry .\L Crafts; res.
Gardner; Frank D., b. Feb. 27, 1858; d. Dec. 10, 1858; Charles
L., b. Oct. 8, 1859; res. Orange, Mass.; Lena M., b. Oct. 11, 1S68;
m. July 22, 1886, Leon E. Henrv; res. Gardner. Enos m. 2d,
July 26, 1888, Jane R. Cummings. '

5006. vi. Emery J., b. July 5, 1835; m, Gilbert.

2575. Ebenezer Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah. Ebenezer, Rich-
ard, John), b. Montague, Mass., June 29, 1799; m. at Vernon, \'t.. in 1836. Dianna
HildVeth; b. Oct.. 1800; d. May 4, 1882. He d. Nov. 27. 1869; res. Montague, Mass.

5007. i. Otis R., b. Sept. 26, 1889; m. Angelme M. Hall.

5(.;08. ii. Ebenezer E., b. Mar. 22, 1841; m. Amanda J. Remington.

2577. Dea. Joseph ^L Whitney (Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer,
Richard, John), b. Montague, Mass., Jan. 11, 1824; m. June 17, 1845, Marv A. Hunt of
New Salem; b. Jan. 10, 1828; d. Feb. 1, 1892.

He was born in Montague and when young was apprenticed to his uncle Nathan
Burnham of Monson, Mass., to learn the tailor's trade, where he served his time and
continued to work as journeyman for a time and afterward engaging in business on
his own account in different localities. In 1874 he disposed of his business and
engaged in farming. In 1880 he purchased a farm in Erving, Mass., near the manu-
facturing village of Miller's Falls, where he afterward resided until his death from
pneumonia in 1888. He early in life connected himself with the Baptist church, but
on moving to Erving he joined the Congregational church at Millers Falls of which
church he was an active member and deacon at his death. He was a man much
esteemed in the community in which he resided. He d. Jan 5, 1888; res. Montague
and Erving, Mass.

bOO^'AA. Allen M., b. Oct. 31, 1846; d. in South Deerfield, July 17, 1863.

5009. ii. Alvin E., b. Aug. 1, 1851; m. Flora E. Bartlett.

2578. Ezekiel Hoyt Whitney (Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Waterford, N. Y., Apr. 16, 1788; m. Elizabeth Ostrander. He d. Aug, 29,
1836; res. Waterford, N. Y.

5010. i. Phebe Ann. 5011. ii. Elizabeth.

2581a. Ebenezer Whitney (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Worcester, Mass., May 23, 1788; m. at Millbury, Mar. 4, 1813, Annis Kings-
bury; b. Aug. 22, 1791; d. Nov., 1876. He was for many years employed in the

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iii.

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IV.

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V.

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6018a.

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384 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Waters Government Armory. He d. May 15, 1843, at Millbury, Mass.; res. Millbury,
Mass., and Tolland, Conn.

6012a. i. Martha Gates, b. May 22, 1814; m. Oct. IT, 1832, John A.
McDougald.
Henry, b. May 23, 1816; d. at sea.
John G., b. Aug. 10, 1820; res. Independence, Iowa.
Ebenezer, b. May 16, 1818; m. Eliza Ann Robinson.
Prudence Ann, b. Jan. 28, 1822; d. July 26, 1839.
Asa Waters, b. Nov. 8, 1826; d. May. 1886.

Edwin, b. Mar. 8, 1829; m. Minerva Barrows, of Mansfield, Conn.;
d. Aug. 26, 1867. He graduated at the Conn. Normal School,
Oct. y, 1866. Was assistant superintendent and principal
teacher of the reform school. Providence, R. I. He gave his
farm in Mansfield, worth 815,000 for the benefit of the Sol-
diers' Orphan Home. Was supt. of the same when he died,
in his thirty-ninth year, greatly lamented. His life was
insured for $10,000. His wife was also a graduate of the same
school.
5019a. viii, Mary Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1833; d. Sept. 5, 1835.

2683. William Whitney (Enoch, David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Feb. 27, 1786; m. there Dec. 6, 1804, Betsev Farnsworth, of Concord;
b. Mar. 20, 1784; d. in Lowell, Apr. 30. 1847. He d. Dec' 21, 1866, at Windham, N.
H.; res. Harvard, Mass.

6012. i. Almira, b. July 20, 1806; m. May 17. 1827, in Lexington, Mass.,

Leonard Thorning. He was b. Aug. 8, 1799; d. Sept. 16, 1881.
Ch.: Cvrus Henry, b. Feb. 23, 1828; m. three times and d. Mar.
24, 1S87; Wm. Leonard, b. Jan. 31, 1830; d. Oct. 26, 1832; John
Francis, b. May 13, 1832; res. 372 C.orham St., Lowell, Mass.;
Augustus Wyman, b. Feb. 3, 1836; d. May 16, 1889; Sarah, b.
Julv 4, 1837; d. Dec. 6, 1838; Geo. Washington, b. Feb. 19, 1840;
res. Ashby, Mass.; Harriett, b. May 29, 1842; d. .A-ug. 17, 1846.
Henry S , b. June 1, 1808; m. Susan Whitney.
Joel, b. Aug. 31, 1811; m. and res. Ramona, Cal.

Nancy, b. Aug. 12, 1813; m. .

Betsey, b. Sept. 4, 1817; m. 1847, Simonds. She d. Jan.

18, 1892.

5017. vi. Harriett, b. Feb. 20, 1822; m. 1847, Spencer. She d. Nov.

23, 1879.

5018. vii. Mercy, b. Aug. 7, 1824; m. Eastman; res. 175 Hanover St.,

Manchester, N. H. She d. Sept., 1894.

2693. David Whitney (Isaac, David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Mar. 1, 1809; m. New Ipswich, N. H., Charlotte Blanchard; b. Aug.
16, 1812; d. Nov. 4, 1877. He d. Oct. 6, 1863; res. Ashby, Mass., and New Ipswich,

Lewis M., b. Mar. 1. 1819; m. and d. Jan. 4. 1876.
George S., b. Jan. 13, 1823; d. Nov. 10, 1849.
Edward C, b. Oct. 28, 182K; m. Mary Jane Winn.
Newton J., b. Mar. 14, 1816; m. Mary C. Billings, Sarah Davoll,
and Mary J. Redding.

Mary, b. .

Maria, b. .

2594. Moses Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Thomas, Thomas. Thomas, John), b.
Shelburne, Mass., Sept. 24, 1772; m. Nov. 19, 1794, Lydia Allen, b. Feb. 3, 1777; d.
Dec. 17, 1860, at Penn Yan, N. Y. Squire Moses Whitney was born in Shelburne,
Mass. Probably soon after his majority he moved to New York state and all his
children were born in the town of Constantia, Oswego county. He was a school
teacher, and also a dealer in live stock, in which latter business he lost a large sum.
With two of his wife's brothers, he was one of the first settlers in that town. He was
an enterprising man, and of acknowledged integrity, and held what ofiices of trust
there were in the small town. For instance, he was appointed supervisor when the
board met in Rome, forty miles distant, and when on his visits to that place would
do the merchandizing necessary for the inhabitants in the town. He was instru-

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5020.

11.

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iii

5022.

iv

50-23.

V.

5024.

VI

6026.

ii.

5027.

Ill

5028.

IV

5029.

V.

5030.

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mental in "procuring school teachers, and conducted church services himself when
the people were not able to employ a minister. His death was occasioned by a fall
from a tree while cutting timber preparatory to building him-elf a new house. There
were many regrets at the untimely death of Squire Whitney. He was held in high
esteem by the entire community. He d. Jan. 12, 1816; res. Shelburne, Mass., and Con-
stantia, X. Y.

5025. i. Philena, b. Nov. 19. 1796; m. 1816, William Patterson. He died

and she m. 2d Thomas Beebe, who d. s. p. Ch.: Christiana
Em.ily C, W'hitney, and Jeannette. She d. Mar. 25, 1866.
Stebbins, b. Apr. 9, 1799; d. Apr. 20, 1810; fell from a tree.
Joseph, b. Dec. 17, 1801; d. unm. Mar. 31, 1831.
Lucius B., b. July 13, 1804; d. May 7, 1823, at Lockport, N. Y.
James H., b. Aug. 4, 1808; m. L. Marie Southworth.
Martha Stebbins, b. Sept. 20, 1811. Lyman Munger and Mar-
tha Stebbins Whitney were married at Clarendon, \. Y., June 23,
1836, in the log house of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr.
Cheeseman, who performed the ceremony. Lyman Munger
was the son of Gains and Abigail Button Munger, and was born
in Agawam, West Springfield, Mass., Sept. 22, 1811. He in-
herited a love of liberty and hatred of oppression from his
grandfather and great-grandfather, both of whom served in the
Revolutionary war and fought at Bunker Hill. He early became
an abo itionist, assisting in the escape of fugitive slaves, and
rejoiced greatly when the emancipation proclamation was is-
sued. In temperance matters he also had a lively concern, en-
deavoring as far as he could to lessen the evils of the drink
traffic. He followed intelligently the intellectual movementsof
his time, and by the consistency of his life won and held the
esteem of his fellow townsmen in the communities where he
lived. Mrs. Munger, also, was of New England parentage, and
her ancestors, certain of whom settled at Deerfield, Mass., prior
to Philip's war, took an active and honorable part in the early
history of Massachusetts, and suffered much at the hands of the
Indians in the hostilities of 1675 and 1704. Martha Whitney's
independence of character and domestic virtues make her a
worthy descendant of her Puritan ancestors, among whom there
could not have been a more notable housewife or more devoted
mother. A son and daughter were born to Mr. and Mrs. Munger
in Bergen, N. Y., and with these, they moved in 1839, to Penn
Yan, Yates County, N. Y., where six other children were born.
One of th^se, a daughter, died in infancy. Three of the four
daughters attended Oberlin college. The two older sons served
in the civil war, the other brother, eleven years of age, being
too young to serve. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Munger moved to
Galva, 111., and here, in 1886, was celebrated their golden wed-
ding, seven married children with their families coming to honor
the occasion. In 1891 they moved to Denver, Col., the home of
their oldest daughter, Mrs. John R. Hanna, with whom thevnow
reside. In 1893, not deterred by her fourscore years and over,
Mrs. Munger went to the polls and cast her first ballot, assisting
to elect her daughter (Mrs. Hanna) as a member of the school
board, the first woman to hold this office in Denver. That this
aged couple, are now (1895) in excellent health, at the age of
eighty-three, shows a physical endowment which has been to
them and to their children a valuable possession. Genial, kind-
hearted, and true, their lives have been a benediction to those
who have come under their influence, and with Christian faith
they calmlv await the transition to a higher and better life;
res. 500 14th St., Denver. He wasb. Sept. 22, 1811; is a druggist.
Ch.: lone Theresa, b. Aug. 21, 1837; m. June 13, 1861, John R.
Hanna; res. Denver; Geo. Merrick, b. Jan. 17, 1839; m. May
2, 1865, Susan B.Owens; res. Eureka, Kan.; 3ch.; Agnes Almeda,
b. Aug. 9, 1841; m. Jan. 29, 1867, Oliver Perrv Stoddard; res.
Galva; Orett Lyman, b. July 7, 1843; m. Jan. 28, 1868, Maicia J.
Booth, b. Feb. 4, 1843; d. Oct. 26, 1882, leaving 3 ch., one having

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iv.

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V.

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vi.

5038.

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5039.

viii

5040.

ix.

5041.

X.

5042.

XI.

5043.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 337

died, and 2d, Aug. 8, 1889, Julia S. Latimer, 2ch.; res. Chicago,
111.; Florence Ida, b. Aug. 28, 1847; d. Apr. 11, 1849; Pliny Fisk,
b. July 8, 1850; m. June 10, 1874, Belle A. Torrance s. p.; res.
Chicago; Florence Elize, b. Sept. 17, 1852; m. Sept. 26, 1871,
Wm. F. Wiley; res. Sioux City, Iowa, 3 ch.; Harriett Allen, b.
Nov. 6, 1856; m. Oct. 8, 1879, Chas. N. Cox; res. Grand Junction,
Col.; 2ch.

5031. vii. Thirza A., b. Dec. 23, 1814; m. Albert Elmore. She d. Feb. 17,

1894. Ch.: Julia D., b. Apr. 15, 1839; Merritt \V., Nov. 23, 1841;
m. and res. Santa Rosa, Cal., and one other child.

2604. David Whitney (Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Princeton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1761; m. Oct. 9, 1783, Sarah Wilson; b. Mar. 28, 1761; d.
June 89, 1804; m. 2d Mason. He d. July 25, 1806; res. Clarendon, Vt.

5032. i. David, b. ; m. ; his wife d. and his only child d. soon

after. During the last years of his life he lived with his brother

Xoah.
Richard, b. 1785; ni. Jannet McCoy.

Abijah, b. .

Sarah Ann, b. — — — ; m. Jonathan Parker; son Jonathan, res. E.

Charleston. Vt.
Noah, b. May 1, 1791; m. Mercy French.
Nathan, b, in 1793; m. Abigail Whitney.
Solomon, b. Jan. 8, 1795; m. Besheba Clow.
Susanna, b. ; m. Barringer; has three sons living:

Sylvester, res. Troy, N. Y.; Nelson, res. Newark, N. J.

Lvdia, b. ; m. Miller; d. s. p.

Polly, b. .

Maria, b. .

Henry Mason, b. July, 19, 1806; m. Maria A. Wood.

2606. Oliver Whitney (Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, Johni, b.
Princeton, Mass., Sept. 16, 1764; m. Abigail Crampton. He was born in Princeton,
Mass., later resided in Winchendon, Mass., Rindge, N. H., and Clarendon, Vt. He
was in business in the latter place and lost a large amount of property by endorsing
paper for friends. He died at St. Armand, Canada. He d. in 1826; res. Clarendon,
\'t., and St. Armand, Canada, East.

5044. i. Oliver, b. 1787; m. Rebecca Leonard.

5045. ii. Bartholomew, b. Dec. 30, 1792; m. Sarah Safford and Fidelia F.

Homes.
6046. iii. John, b. Dec. 18. 1790; m. Lucy Leonard.

5047. iv. Abigail, b. ; m. Nathan Whitney.

5048. V. Huldah, b. ; m. Peabody Babcock. Ch.: Sarah Ann, m.

Richards; res. Richford, Vt.

2610. Samuel Whitney (Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Princeton, Mass., in 1771; m. Eunice Whitney, m. 2d Martha Parmenter. He
il. in 1825; res. Jamaica, Vt.

Eunice, b. June 25, 1794; d. s. p.

Samuel, b. May 8, 1796; d. s. p.

Aaron, b. Julv f6, 1800; m. Esther Mavnard.

Olive, b. Nov. 17, 1803; d. unm.

Reuben P., b. Apr. 25, 1806; m. Rachel Ann Pierce, Hannah
Williams Wilson, and Mary Wallace.

Hannah, b. May 24, 1810; d.'unm.

Joseph, b. Apr. 25, 1814; d. s. p.

2612. Benjamin Whitney (Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Dec. 16, 1777; m. in Clarendon, Vt., Feb. 1, 1801, Mary , b. Nov. 17, 1780.

He was born in Clarendon, Vt., where he resided for many years. Was a farmer,
and was noted for jollity and good humor. One who knew him writes, " He was one
of the finest gentlemen I ever knew." Res. Clarendon, Vt.

5056. i. Abigail, b. Nov. 14. 1801.

5057. ii. Mary, b. Dec. 18, 1802.

5058. iii. Laura, b. Feb. 29, 1804.
6059. iv. Sarah, b. Aug. 22, 1805.

6049.

i.

6050.

11.

6061.

ill.

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IV.

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V.

5054.

vi.

6055.

Vll

5060.

V.

5061.

vi.

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vu.

5063.

viii

5064.

IX.

5065.

X.

5066.

XI.

5067.

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338 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Solomon E., b. Nov. 23, 1807.
Samuel P., b. July 22. 1809.
Julia E., b. Oct. 7, 1814.
Harriett C, b. Apr. 4, 1816.
Benjamin H.. b. Dec. 17, 1817.
Jbddediah S., b. Sept, 21, 1819.
Sabra, h. J*ine 6, 1822.
Geo. F., b. June 25, 1 825.

2618. Newall Whitney (Benjamin, Solomon, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Petersham, Mass.. May 1, 1791; m. in 1820, Elizabeth Whitehead, dau. of
J. F., an officer in the English army, b. Apr. 10, 1805; d. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Jan. 10,
1892. Soon after the war of 1812 he moved to Three Rivers, Canada, and en-
gaged in the lumber business. He d. Nov. 14, 1864; res. Three Rivers, Canada, and
Wheelock, Vt.

5068. i. John T.W.,b. Aug. 31, 1822; m. Eliza Morse; res. Grovtown, N. H.

5069. ii. Benj. F., b. Oct. 21, 1824; m. Alma Flanders. He was in the civil

war, and mortally wounded at Cold Harbor; was in the 11th, Vt.

5070. iii. Susan, b. Aug. 20, 1833; m. June 2, 1856, Charles M. Hawks; res.

New Haven, Conn. He was b. Oct. 20, 1831, in Windham, Me.
Is a real estate dealer. Ch.: Wm, Whitney, b. June 7, 1857,
doctor; m. June 4, 1889, in New Haven, Conn., his home; Charles
B., b. in Portland, Me., 1859; Sam Newhall, b. in Portland, Me.,
1861, lawyer; Susan Gertrude, b. in Portland, Me., 1867, student;
Geo. Pickard, b. in Portland, Me., 1871, student. P. O. address
of C. B., New York, 51 Chambers St., lawyer; P. O. address of S.
N., Stockton, Kan., he is a lawyer; P. O. of the rest of the family
is New Haven, Conn.

5071. iv. Mary Ann, b. 1828; m. Hon. J. G. Carpenter; res. Placer-

ville, Cal.

5072. v. Matilda D., b. July 22, 1833; m. Mar. 14, 1861, James G, Whit-

taker; res. Santa Barbara, Cal. He was b. May 13, 1837, at
Franklin, Mass.; was a carpenter and builder. Ch.: Charles F.,
b. Franklin, Mass., Jan. 16, 1862; m. 1891, Stockton, Cal.; May,
b. Dayton, Ohio, May 25, 1865; m. Edwin N. Reese, Santa Bar-
bara, Cal., Aug. 7, 1886; P. O. address, Mrs. E. N. Reese, Santa
Paula, Cal.; Chas. F., Seattle, Wash.

William N., b. 1832; d. Mar. 31, 1^51.

Eliza Jane, b. 1834; m. Jeremiah Gray and David P.Jenkins; res.
St. John.sbury Center, Vt.

Isaac, b. Dec. 15, 1839; m. Helen T. Chapman.

Artemas C, b. Dec. 2. 1838; m. Sarah Starks.

Albert, b. )uly 20, 1841; d. Nov. 14, 1864.

Frederic, b. June 3, 1843; d. Mar. 14, 1862.

Lucy Ann, b. Mar. 4, 1847; m. Feb. 9, 1869, Geo. H. Barber;
b. Aug. 11, 1844; is a farmer. Ch.: Fred. J., b. Mar. 30, 1876;
Susie Agnes, b. Sept. 19, 1881; Nellie May, b. Jan. 10, 1883; res.
Wheelock, Vt.

2624. Samuel Whitney (David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Dec. 7, 1788; m. Mar. 27, 1811, Fanny Hudson; b. 1783; d. Oct. 10, 1826; m. 2d, Apr.
1, 1828, Mrs. Lydia (Sawyer) Whitney, wid. of Francis, of Harvard.

Samuel Whitney was born in . He was a farmer and resided at different

times in Rindge, N. H., Acton, Mass., Boylston, and finally located at Shrewsbury,
where he passed the largest part of his life and where he died. He d. Sept. 20, 1851 ;
res. Rindge, N. H., and Shrewsbury, Mass.

5080. i. Abigail Cutter, b. Jan. 25, 1813; m. Elisha Gale; res. Worcester,

Mass. Ch.: Lavina Ellen, m. Marcus M. Mills; res. 268 Pine St.,
Springfield, Mass.; Alfred D.; Carrie, m. Stephen P. Young, res,
Worcester.
Adaline Hudson, b. May 9, 1815; unm.; res. Mineral Point, Wis.
David A., b. Aug. ], 1816; m. Jane Kirby.
WiLLiA.M, b. Sept. 6, 1818; m. Margaret Beath.
Fanny, b. Jan. 7. 1820; m. Apr. 14, 1846, Wm. R. Fiske; b. Oct. 3,
1819; d. Aug. 31, 1891, s. p.; res. Cleveland, O.; Springfield, Mass.,
and 394 Hermitage Ave., Chicago, 111.

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5077.

X.

6078.

XI.

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5083.

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50S5. vi. Robert H., b. Aug. 23, 1822; m. and res. Mineral Point, Wis.

5086. vii. Mary Ann., b. Jan. 23, 1825; m. Francis S. Flagg. She d. in Mil-

ford, Mass., Oct. 2, 1890. Ch.: Waldo, m. Elizabeth ;

Abbie L., b. ; unm.; res. Milford, Mass.

5087. viii. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1832; m. 1852, George Palmer; res.

Shrewsbury, Mass. -She died leaving oire child, Carrie, who
died when two years of age. He *n. 2d Miss Rice, of Westboro,
a sister of George F.'s wife. She died and he m. 3d Martha
Garfic Id. They resided on the old Whitney farm in Shrews-
bury.
508X. ix. Geo. Francis, b. June 18, 1834; m. Lucy M. Rice.

2630. Capt. Joseph Whitney (David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Aug. 12, 1802; m. Apr. 14, 1830, Eliza Saunders, of Townsend, Mass. Capt.
Josejih Whitney was a farmer nearly all his life in Bolton. Later he moved to Lan-
caster, where he died; res. Bolton and Lancaster, Mass.

5089. i. John M., b. Nov. 17, 1836; m. May 7, 1861, Ella A. Nourse; res.,

Ewings Neck, N. J.

5090. ii. Lydia S., b. June 17, 1838; m. Nov. 13, 1871, Jason M. Lippitt, of

Fitchburg.

5091. iii. David, b. Jan. 1, 1841; d. unm. Aug. 18, 1872.

5092. iv. Emeline, b. May 28, 1845; res. Lancaster, Mass.

5093. V. Ann Eliza, b. July 23, 1843; res. Lancaster, Mass.

5094. vi. Martha R.,b. Sept. 5, 1848.

2631. Nathan Whitney (David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Bolton, Mass., July 30, 1804; m. Feb. 25, 1827, Eliza Stevens, b. Nov. 26, 1807; d.
Feb. 1,1852. Nathan Whitney was born in Bolton, where he passed nearly his whole
life. Before his father's death David divided his estate between his sons Nathan and
Joseph, and they resided on the old homestead. He d. Nov. 6, 1856; res. Bolton and
Townsentl, Mass.

5095. i. Elizabeth, b. Apr. 17, 1829; m. May 25, 1854, Dr. Edmund I,

Woodbury; res. Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is a dentist, was b.
Mar. 7, 1830. Ch.: Edmund Nathan, b. Jan. 31,1857; d. Nov.
4, 1863; Dr. Herbert Arthur, b. July 9, 1859; still living; dentist.
Council Bluffs, Iowa; Lizzie Olive, b. Aug. 9, 1863; m. Rev. T.
B. Greenlee, Jan. 12, 1888; P. O. address, Hillsborough, III.; Dr.
Charles Elmer, b. Jan. 11, 1866; dentist; m. Nellie Webster,
Nov. 3, 1891; P. O. address. Council Bluffs, Iowa; Cora Louise,
b. July 20, 1868; P. O. address, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Dr. Ernest
Irving; physician; b. Nov. 25, 1870; P. O. address, 32 Center St.,
Chicago, ill.

5096. ii. David, b. Feb. 10, 1833; m. Harriett L. Howland.

5097. iii. Al.mira Jane, b. Apr. 15, 1831; d. June 19, 1834.

5098. iv. Sarah Jane, b. Sept. 24, 1835; m. Oct. 28, 1886, John Masury

Berry; res. Millbury, Mass. He was born in Salem, Mass., Oct.
30, 1842, s. p. Is in the provision business.

5099. V. ELLEN,b. Dec. 11,1838; m. June 9,1859, Edward Brigham. He was

b. Jan. 24, 1826, in No. Brideeton, Me.; d. June 14, 1868, in West-
boro, Mass. She d. in Worcester, June 3, 1887. Ch.: Merrill
Draper, b. at Westboro, Mass., Jan. 26, 1866; m. to Alice Gray
Brown, of Newburyport, Mass., Oct. 9, 1889; have the following
children: Lawrence Whitnev, b. Oct. 17, 189U; Ruth Montague,
b. May 24, 1892; Harold Kingsbury, b. Feb. 1, 1894; res. Worces-
ter, Mass.

Nathan H., b. June 27, 1842; m. Abbie Mirette Lovejov.

Mary Adelaide, b. Apr. 24, 1846; died Jan. 8, 1847.

Frederick, b. Feb. 18, 1849; m. Susan M. Warren.

2632. Capt. Samuel Whitney (Samuel A.. Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas.
Thomas, John), b. July 30, 1802; m. Nov. 21, 1844, Rebecca Witherle Howe; d. Mar-
31, 1846.

For many years he was a merchant in New Orleans, La., and was highly esteemed
for his worth and public spirit. He d. drowned in Penobscot Bay with his wife. Mar.
31, 1846. The boat in which Capt. Whitney and his wife were riding came in

5100.

vi.

5101.

vn.

5102.

viii

340 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

collision with a huge cake of ice which made a hole in the bow. It sank and both
were drowned. Res. Castine, Me.

2634. John Perkins Whitney (Samuel A., Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,

Thomas, John), b. Dec. -iO, 1805; m. Oct. 27, 1829; Tempe Perkins Johnston, b. ;

she m. 2d Charles J. Abbott, Esq., of Castine. He-was for years a merchant in
New Orleans and was highly esteemed and respected; 4 ch. He d. Jan, .30, 1848;
res. New Orleans, La.

5103. i. Josephine Allen, b. Mar. 12, 1835; m. Thomas Heston Whitney

(see).

2637. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Newburyport, June 11, 1796; m. July 23, 1822, Elizabeth Pratt, b. Aug. 29, 1800; d.
Jan. 5, 1890. He d. Sept. 11, 1869; res. Boston, Mass.

5103 ;^.i. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 25, 1823; m. Nov. 28, 1847, Hezron

A. Johnson, of N. Y.; res. 416 5th Ave. Ch.: Josephine W.;
Fanny L., and Alice W,

5104. ii. Henry Austin, b. Oct. 6, 1826; m. Fanny Lawrence.
5105>^.iii. Sarah Josephine, b. Jan. 18, 1837; d. Mar. 25, 1842.

2652. Tho.mas Heston Whitney (Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Jan. 4, 1813; m. Mar. 8, 1853, Josephine Allen W^hitney, dau. of his
cousin, John Perkins Whitney, of N. O.; b. Mar. 12, 1835. He d. May 4, 1882; res.
Glassboro, N. J.

John Perkins, b. Nov. 30, 1854; m. E. T. Stevenson.

Thomas H., b. June 29, 1856; m. May Owen.

Eben, b. Aug. 11, 1858.

Fanny Owen, b. Sept. 9, 1860; m. June 17, 1885, Frank C. Hatch.
Ch.: Frank C, b. Sept. 13, 1886.

Samuel A., b. Aug. 5, 1864; m. Louise Thompson.

Cutler, b. Mar. 7, 1869.

Geo. Dudley, b. Mar. 22, 1872.

2654. Eben Wharton Whitney (Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Jan. 28, 1817; m. Mar. 14, 1848, Lucy Warrick.

5112. i. Austin, b. .

5113. ii. Orla, b. .

5105.

i.

5106.

11.

5107.

111.

5108.

IV.

5109.

V.

6110.

VI.

5111.

Vll

5114. iii. Annie Ayers, b. .

5115. iv. Henry Clay, b. — — .

2656. Otis Whitney (Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Con-
way, Mass., May 24, 1781; m. at Waterbury, ^'t., Mar. 4, 1805, Sarah Edmunds; b.
Apr. 7, 1782; d. Sept. 1, 1868.

From the homes of New England have gone forth a multitude of men and
women who have shaped the thought and activities of all the mighty West. In
one of these homes in Conway, Mass., Otis Whitney was born in 1781. In 1803 he
moved to Waterbury, Vt., and there in March, 1805, was married to Sarah Edmunds,
daughter of Joseph and Rosamund (Barton) Edmunds. Joseph Edmunds had been
a privateersman during the Revolutionary war, and his many stories of adventure
had a strong fascination for the boys and young men of his acquaintance. The
father of Joseph Edmunds had been a Quaker preacher, and had transmitted to his
son a noble strain of independence. Rosamond Barton, wife of Joseph Edmunds,
was one of the Rhode Island Bartons, and was related to the Bartons or Revolution-
ary fame, hence in the veins of Sarah Edmunds,wife of Otis Whitney, there pulsated
a pure and strong love of justice and liberty for every human being, and of that
religion of the spirit that rises above the narrow technicalities of creeds. And, per-
sonally she was a woman of strong mental and moral qualities.

Otis Whitney was a descendant of a sturdy family that before his day, and since,
has produced many able farmers, mechanics and merchants; many brilliant clergy-
men, lawyers and statesmen. Otis was a man of clear head and practical turn. His
efficiency provided his family with the comforts usually found in a well-to-do New
England home. He was a farmer, and his children were born and grew up amid
the freedom, the independence, the intelligence and industry that then characterized
the rural population of New England. Both he and his wife were members of the
Baptist church, in which faith they lived honorable lues and met peaceful deaths.
He d. Nov. 14, 1857; res. Williston, Vt.

RLIJAH ^ArHIT^IEY, AM., N^.D.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 341

5116. i. Laura, b. Mar. 17, 1806; m. and d. Oct. 27, 1875. One of Laura's

children is Mrs. Amelia Fav, of Granville, Ohio.

5117. ii. Charles, b. Feb. 1, 1808; d. Aug. 2, 1824.

5118. iii. Leonard, b. Oct. 23, 1812; m. Ann J. Harwood.

5119. iv. Amelia, b. May 6, 1814; m. French; res. Williston. Ch.:

Lucian Whitney; res. Williston.

5120. V. Edmund, b. Nov. 5, 1818; m. Esther Flagg and Mary Elizabeth

Seaton.

5121. vi. Lucian, b. July 11, 1822; d. May 8, 182.3.

2657. Chester Whitney (Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Francis, Francis, John), b.
Conway, Mass., Dec. 1788; ni. Polly Waite Green, b. Apr. 18, 1784; d. at Waterbury,
\'t., Apr. 24, 1864. He was a farmer. He d. July, 1852; res. Waterbury, Vt.

5122. i. Solon, b. 1810; m. Lucy B. Noble and Emeline Butler.

5123. ii. Baxter, b. May 27, 1812; m. Mary A. Kneeland.

2659. Thomas Whitney (Timothy, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. June 5, 1777; m. June 23, 1798, Abigail Hapgood, b. Apr. 10, 1779; res. Marlboro,
Mass.

5124. i. Lucy, b. Sept. 8, 1798.
512o. ii. Wm. H. b. July 5, 1800.

2668. Naham Whitney (Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Jan. 7, 1788; m. Susanna Adams; d. in New Haven, Conn. He d. Dec. 22, 1843; res.
Westboro, Mass.

5126. i. Adaline Adams, b. Apr. 20, 1810; m. Jeremiah Goodnow; res.

New Haven, Conn.

5127. ii. Eliza Jane, b. Oct. 18, 1811; m. Horace P. Brown; res. Grafton,

Mass.

5128. iii. Sophia Dorinda, b. May 28, 1813; m. Alvah S. Davis; res.

Springfield, Mass.

5129. iv. Susanna Loiza, b. Oct. 13, 1815; m. May, 1840, in Springfield,

Mass, Wm. M. Brewer, b. Boylston, Mass.; d. in Nashua, N. H.,
Aug-., 1888; was a merchant. She d. Mar. 6, 1867. Ch.:
Charles Eugene, d. infancy; Camilla Louise, b. Jan. 15, 1844;
she is unm.; res. Warner, N. H. Her name was changed to
Whitney.

5130. v. Charles, b. Apr. 16, .1817; d. Sept. 25, 1818.

5131. vi. Charles, b. Dec. 13, 1820; d. unm. 1843.

2669. Elijah Whitney, A. B., M. D. (Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Westboro, Nov. 26, 1798; m. Sept. 80, 1888, Cornelia L. Pratt, of
Spencertown, N. Y., b. Nov. 1, 1804; d. Mar. 8, 1844; m. 2d, Jan. 9, 1849, Wealthy
Bryant, of Providence, R. I., b. Nov. 28, 1812; d. Apr. 16, 1884; res. New York City.

Dr. Elijah Whitney was early trained to active labor, and worked for a while at
a trade and on the paternal farm, but his precocious mind caused him to leave these
occupations, and place himself under the care of Dr. John Gelding in the study of
the higher mathematics, and soon afterward both teacher and pupil attended Prof. Silli-
man's lectures at Yale college, where the latter obtained his knowledge in chemistry
after a course of seventy-two lectures. His conceptions were vivid, and the range of
his desires so widened that he now entered upon a full academic course at Brown
university, completing it at Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., with a course in
Hebrew under the late Dr. Eliphalet Nott. He graduated in the class of 1828, and
was for some time before his death the oldest graduate living.

He immediately engaged in teaching, first in 1828, at the academy at Spencer-
town, N. Y., and the next year at StocklDridge, Mass., where among many bright
scholars he had as one of the brightest the late Cyrus W. Field. As an offset to this
period of his life he had the misfortune to be prostrated with a dangerous malady,
resulting in an abdominal abscess. With sound judgment, he commanded the
needed surgical operation to be performed, and had the satisfaction of experiencing
a slow but permanent recovery as a consequence.

To consolidate his health, he now determined on a trip to the West and pur-
chased a "shay" and horse, hiring a man to accompany him. This was in Apr., 1830.
He traveled by short stages up the Mohawk valley, passing through the "villages"
of Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Auburn, and Rochester; thence proceeding by the Ridge
road to Niagara, and south to Buffalo and Cattaraugus county. The region was

342 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

sparsely populated and exhibited on all sides native forests with the poorest roads.
Northwestern Pennsylvania was well settled and thrifty, while Ashtabula county, O.,
through which his journey also lay, was uninviting and pleased him less. He drove
on to Cleveland and south to Medina, Wooster, Sunbury, Columbus, Springfield, and
thence north to Urbana. At this latter place he found an academy and engaged to
teach. He was zealous and enthusiastic in the midst of an illiterate population, and
as a reward received the appointment of county commissioner. Saving the profits
of his office, he bought a handsome site in the town, which he afterward sold at a
considerable advance, and resigning his office went down to Cincinnati to study the-
ology. He arrived there during the cholera scourge, when the inhabitants were flee-
ing the city, and put up at the hotel corner of Main and Fifth streets, and thence
ivent out to Lane seminary on Walnut Hill, and engaged his services as professor in
Latin, at the same time undertaking the study of theology.

The institution at this time was but imperfectly organized, and to secure his
executive abilities the directors also made him professor at large. In this capacity
he kept the institution in order until Dr. Lyman Beecher, the appointed principal,
arrived from Boston. Although his relations with this eminent divine lasted only a
few months, they were such as to have a powerful effect over his future life. Relig-
ious and anti-slavery discussion became rife in Cincinnati, and Dr. Whitney was
often asked to take part in them, and as a member of the seminary faculty creditably
did his share. He was soon, however, offered the professorship of mathematics in a
college in Missouri, which he accepted, and resigned from Lane. His new appoint-
ment proved a failure, for just as he was about to set out on his journey news reached
him that the college faculty had become embroiled in the prevailing anti-slavery dis-
cussion, and had sacrificed their social support, money, and probably their building.

He returned to the East to enter his profession, and soon married, in 1833, in
Spencertown, N. Y., Miss Cornelia L. Pratt, the daughter of a retired merchant, and
a very talented lady. He was licensed to preach Apr. 21, 1835, by the Columbia
presbytery, and was ordained in 1837 by the presbytery of Chenango, N. Y. The
places which mainly enjoyed his ministerial services as pastor were Guilford and
Coventryville, N. Y., New Brunswick, N. J., Sherman, Conn., and Providence, R. I.
He also lectured to large audiences on moral reforms, the proper observance of the
Sabbath, and temperance, in western New York, central Ohio, New York City and
many other places. He was a close student of Dwight's theology, and his orthodoxy
was according to the teachings of that work. He believed that the doctrines of relig-
ion were reasonable and his whole theology was curative, and tended to raise his
fellow-men from the abnormal to the normal and healthful condition, full of satisfac-
tion with and enjoyment of the gifts of God. He had confidence in himself and
inspired confidence in others. He had a very fine presence, well-proportioned frame,
large oval clear cut face, backed with great depth of head; broad, high forehead and
fine black glossy hair. His style of oratory was easy, flowing, graceful and thor-
oughly classical, and his arguments excellent. His voice was remarkable for clear-
ness in enunciation and silvery tone. For about seventeen years he served the
church, preaching and expounding the moral government of God exerted by motive,
and not by force.

Dr. Whitnev lost his admirable first wife at Sherman, Conn. All his children
were born of this union, and the loss to him was especially severe and one he
never fully recovered from. Her long illness revealed to him the incompetency of
the medical practice of those days, occasioned a study of theories and ushered into
his observing mind reforms in medicine of which humanity stood sadly in need.

Quitting the scene of his sorrow, he journeyed to Providence, R. I., and after a
few years married for a second wife Miss Wealthy Bryant, a lady of that city. There
he became a druggist, and studied his materia medica so thoroughly that he may be
said to have learned it by heart. He obtained his first degree as Doctor of Medicine
from the Syracuse medical college, and in 1852 removed to New York and became a
regular practitioner. He at once took rank among the reformers as one of their
superior men, and held it through a long career. His classical ability made him the
most important and learned member of the eclectic school of medicine m New York
City, and he was chosen their first president. He was also twice offered a professor-
ship in Penn Medical college, Philadelphia, but declined in deference to private
practice. His accomplishments in medicine were shown chiefly in the management
of chronic diseases, and for some time in this specialty he was in partnership with
the late Livingston \'an Doven, M. D., a gentleman and educator of large learning
and most excellent family. They lectured frequently, and were very successful in the
reform practice.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 343

He was one of the first users of electricity as a remedial agent in medical prac-
tice, adopting the electric bath as the best means. Dr. Whitney always retained the
affection of his patients, and in several instances with great boldness he went to a
dangerous limit beyond ordinary medicine to save an important life and family for
future good.

He was the author of an essay on yellow fever and a treatise on Asiatic cholera,
besides miscellaneous papers on religious and medical subjects, given from tinxe to
time to the press.

In 1877 Dr. Whitney became one of the founders and senior elder of the Union
Tabernacle church in New York City. He was faithful to all his obligations. By
his unvarying courtesy, tenderness and love he endeared himself to all who knew
him. Bv his kindly counsel and wisdom he was of great help to his pastor.

In October, 1891, he paid a last visit to his native town, Westboro, Mass. It
overtaxed his strength. He was prostrated, and after several rallies in the spring of
1892 he commenced slowly to sink, until the last pulsation had come, the scene had
ended, and he closed his eyes in death on the morning of Apr. 3, 1892, ninety-three
years four months and ten days old.

5132. iv. Erastvs P., b. Apr. 15, 1842; unm.; res. 148 W. 77th St., N. Y. C.

As a boy he was educated in Spencertown, N. Y., Providence,
R. 1., Brooklyn, N. Y., and New York, N. Y., passing all the way
up through a collegiate education and has loved his mathemat-
ics and his languages and a large historical reading. His life
, has been checkered with accident and fatality. His longest

occupation was as chief book-keeper for a large business tirni.
Of several small public positions the most imjiortant as as wa
U. S. treasury clerk in Washington during the war.

5133. ii. Albert B., b. Dec. 11, 1837; m. Cordelia C. Hurd.

5134. i. Horace P., b. Oct. 18, 1834; m. Annie R. Tavlor.

5135. iii. Cornelia 1., b. Feb. 29, 1840.

2672. David Whitney (Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Westboro, June 9, 1795; m. Samaria Wheeler, of Grafton. He was born on a farm in
Westboro, Mass.; was a farmer all his life. Account of George D. Whitney, admin-
istrator of the estate of David W^hitney, Grafton, died Dec. 9, 1871: Widow, Samaria;
son, Rufus H., Brookline; son, Geo. D., Grafton; Harriett M. Mann, wife of Henry
Mann, Grafton; Sarah 1. Fay, wife of Jasper Fay, Westboro; Susan C. Whitney,
Grafton, all daughters of David; Geo. D. appointed Feb. 4, 1872. He d. Grafton,
Dec. 9, 1871; res. Westboro, Mass.

Samuel Curtis, b. Feb. 10, 1822; m. Harriett S. Prentice.

Mary Ann, b. June 19, 1823; d. May 17, 1827.

Mary A., b. Nov. 17, 1824; d. Sept. 28, 1825.

RuFUS Hayden, b. Jan. 24, 1826; m. Emilv B. Stevens.

Albert Augustus, b. June 6, 1827; d. July 22, 1827.

Geo. David, b. Sept. 11, 1828; m. Sarah J. Garfield.

Harriett Maranda, b. Nov. 9, 1831; m. Henry Mann; res.
Grafton.

Sarah J , b. Jan. 9, 1835; m. Jasper Fay, of Westboro.

Susan Clarinda, b. July 25, 1839.

2676. Daniel Whitney (Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, .John), b.

Feb. 21, 1807; m. Nancy ; d. 1845; m. 2d Sarah F. . Worcester county

probate records: Daniel Whitney, of Grafton; wife, Sarah S. F. Ch.: Daniel
A., Worcester; Edw. E., Grafton; Nancv J. Batcheller, Millbury; Esther M. Howell,
Westboro; Julia M. Pratt, Natick, dead.' Daniel A., exec; Mar. 20, 1881; June 21,
1881. Caroline Whitney, Addie Whitney, both of Springfield, children of Henrv A.
Whitney, a deceased son, minors, Abby Whitney being their guardian. He d. Graf-
ton, Apr. 27, 1881; res. Westboro, Mass.

5145. i. Daniel A., b. Apr. 20, 1835; res. Worcester.

5146. ii. Henry A., b. June 19, 1837.

5147. iii. Nancy Jane, b. Mav 15, 1842; m. Batcheller; res. Millbury.

5148. iv. Sarah, b. Mar. 14, 1846.

2677. Dexter O. Whitney (Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Sept. 17, 1809; m. Catherine ; res. Westboro, Mass.

5149. i. Catherine A. N., b. Feb. 15, 1^35.

5150. ii. Ann E. R., b. Feb. 21, 1836.

5136.

5137.

n.

5138.

iii.

5139.

iv.

5140.

v.

5141.

vi.

5142.

vn.

5143.

viii

5144.

IX.

5161.

vii.

5162.

VUl

5163.

IX.

5164.

X.

5165.

XI.

5166.

Xll.

344 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5151. iii. Cornelia A. O., b. Sept. 15, 1838.

5152. iv. Mary L., b. Apr. 16, 1840.

5153. V. Ellen M., b. June 12. 1842.

5154. vi. Harriett M. B., b. Aug., 1837; d. Worcester, Sept., 1838.

2678. Wm. Knowlton Whitney (John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. in Westboro, Mass., Apr. 5, 1795; m. in Dana, Mass., Deborah Woodard; b.
Apr. 9, 1787; d. ; m. 2d Mary Ann BilHngs; res. Dana, Mass.

5155. i. Elbridge, b. Feb. 27, 1814; d. July 5, 1818.

5156. ii. Hannah, b. Aug. 11, 1815; m. Oct. 10, 1843; Hiram Lewis. She d.

Oct 29, 1892. Ch.: Cordelia A., b. Sept. 6, 1844; Hiram J., b.
Sept. 11, 1847; Lorenzo, b. July 20, 1850.

5157. iii. William B., b. May 17, 1817; m. Marilla Clement. He d. Aug.

27, 1891.

5158. iv. Elbridge W., b. May 26, 1819; m. Sophia A. Billings. He d.

May 1, 1882; 3 daus.; one Jenella; res. Chestnut Av., Athol,
Mass.

5159. V. Susanna K., b. Nov. 1, 1820; m. Silas Frye and Ezra Decamp;

res. Athol, Mass.

5160. vi. Barzilla J., b. Apr. 21, 1822; m. Eliza M. Frye; d. Jan. 6, 1858,
and left 1 son, Francis; b. Oct. 14, 1850; res. Athol.

Deborah W., b. Oct. 30, 1823; m. Lyman Fox; d. July 7, 1852, s. p.

Bartholomew W., b. July 19, 1825; m. Rhoda Long.

John Flint, b. Mar. 29, 1828; d. Apr. 25, 1851.

Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1830; d. Sept. 6, 1846.

Eliza M., b. Aug. 25, 1844; m. Walter Richards. She d. 1889.

Hiram, b. Jan. 15, 1850; d. Apr. 30, 1868.

2679. Artemas H. Whitney (John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Jan. 14, 1797; m. in Dana, Dec. 29, 1819, Nabby Skin-
ner, b. Aug. 12, 1797; d. April 22, 1859; m. 2d, Dec. 27, 1860, Caroline M. Alden, b.
June 26, 1815. He was a farmer. He d. Oct. 12, 1875; res. Dana, Mass., and Ludlow,
Mass.

Adin, b. Aug. 24, 1820; m. Julia Moores and Mrs. Abbie Daniels.
Alexander, b. Oct. 25, 1824; m. Maria Hayden and Mis. Lucy

Plumlv Keith.
Zuri, b.'jan. 29, 1823; m. Sarah S. Alden.
Rosetta M., b. Apr. 11, 1830; d. in Springfield, Mass., June 8,

1830.
Merrick, b. May 8, 1832; m. Hannah Tourtellott and Maria

Peters.
Mary l'., b. Dec. 18, 1838; m. Dec. 23, 1857, J. Byron Stewart. He

is a carpenter; res. Millbury, Mass.; has one son, Frank.

2680. Joseph H. Whitney (John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Feb. 25, 1790; m. Jan. -5, 1817, Lucy Green, b. 1796; d. Sept. 13, 1867. He was a
farmer. He d. Oct. 27, 1881; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

5173. i. Lorenzo, b. May 4, 1817; m. Sarah Ann Hall.

5174. ii. Martha Maria, b. Apr. 13, 1824; m. William D. Pierce; res.

Shrewsbury, Mass.

5175. iii. Lucy Ann, b. ; d. Feb. 4, 1830.

5176. iv. Henry Alden, b. June 4, 1838; d. May 6, 1843.

5177. V. Sarah Adeline, b. May 3, 1843; m. Albert Pickering, of West-

boro, and d. July 20, 1889.

2681. John Flint Whitney (John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Dana, Worcester Co., Mass., May 12, 1808; m. at Colchester, Conn., in 1831,
Sophia Bulkley,b. there, Jan. 24, 1808; d. Dec. 9, 1875. He d. Nov.9,1877; res. Dana,
Mass., and Milton, N. Y.

5178. i. Maria Lois, b. Jan. 17, 1832; m. Sept. 23, 1850, Ephraim T. Sabin;

res. Amherst, Mass. He was born Jan. 23, 1829. Ch.: Herbert,
b. Jan. 28, 1855^ m. Mar. 18, 1886, Carrie Carpenter; res. A.;
Ruby Sophia, b. Dec. 27, 1866; d. May 25, 1872.

5179. ii. Joseph Hastings, b. Apr. 2, 1833. He d. in Willimantic, Conn.,

Aug. 2, 1852.

5167.
5168.

i.
ii.

5169.
5170.

iii.
iv.

5171.

V.

5172.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 345

5180. iii. Cynthia Ann, b. Feb. 3, 1834; m. May 21, 1850, James Johnson,

b. Oct. 4, 1827; d. Dec. 6, 1853; m. 2d, Apr. 24, 1861, Jacob H.
Jenkins; res. Milton, N. Y. Ch.: Ida S. Johnson, b. Feb. 20,
1858; Alfred C. Jenkins, b. April 16, 1863; Rispah S. Jenkins, b.
Aup. 10, 1865. Ida S. Johnson married to G. H. Taber, July 18,
18»0. Milton, Ulster Co., N. Y., is the address of all.

5181. iv. Wm. Flint, b. Dec. 10, 1836; m. May 1878, . He d.

s. p. Nov. 21, 1883, in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

5182. V. Rispah Rogers, b. May 12, 1839; m. Apr. 80, 1861. John Young,

b. Apr. 16, 1829; d. Mar. 30, 1881; m. 2d, Mar. 1882, Daniel P.
DuBois; res. Milton, N. Y.

5183. vi. Lucy Sophia, b. July 12, 1840; m. Mar. 31, 1858, Charles Hawley;

res. Osage, Iowa. He was born Mar. 29, 1840. Is a retired
farmer. Ch.: Charles W., b. Feb. 20, 1859; m. Lucy B. Cope;
res. Osage, la.; A. S., b. Jan. 31, 1861; m. Selma Lawrence; res.
O.; M. L., b. Feb. 2, 1864; m. Geo. E. Marsh; res. O.

5184. vii. Linda Jane, b. Jan. 15, 1843; m. Dec. 31, 1863, Charles G. G.

Paine, b. Sept. 30, 1833; d. Sept. 12, 1892. Teacher; res. 50
Charlotte Ave., Detroit, Mich. Ch.: Lillie Whitney, b. Aug. 10,
lf<65; res. Det.; Walter Nelson, b. Feb. 2, 1870; d. Aug. 28, 1870;
Bessie Conant, b. Mar. 23, 1871; d. Aug. 10,1889; Charles Theo-
dore, b. Jan. 14, 1883; d. Sept. 30, 1883.

5185. viii. Oliver Bulkley, b. Mar. 19, 1844; res. Marlboro, N. Y.

5186. ix. LoRA Ella, b. Sept. 14, 1848; m. Sept. 19, 1871, Rev. George S.

Bascom; res. Minneapolis, Minn. She d. Oct. 17, 1886. Ch.:
Harry, b. ; res. D wight, No. Dak.

2686. Orlando Whitney (Jonah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. July 23, 1804; m. May 7, 1829, "Susan M. Wood; b. Dec. 22, 1808; res. Westboro,
Mass. He d. July 25, 1874; res. Grafton, Mass.

5187. i. Susan C.,b. Nov. 4, 1834; d. July 29, 1836.

2690. Asa Whitney (Eleazer, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
in Heniiiker, N. H., Nov. 26, 1800; m. Dec. 18, 1824, Patty Rice; b. Apr. 21, 1803; d.
Jan. 6, 1850; m. 2d, Oct. 2, 1850, Mary L. Childs; b. Apr. 17, 1810. He d. Jan. 19, 18.58;
res. Henniker, N. H.

Imri S., b. Sept. 20, 1824; m. Zeviah C. Webster.
Jason H., b. June 19, 1826; m. Lenora A. Wood.
Enoch L., b. Jan. 8, 1852; d. Jan. 13, 1852.
Mary E., b. Sept. 8, 1829.

Walter C, b. Dec. 8, 1831; m. Jan. 25, 18-57, Mary Bacon;b. June
24, 1836; d. Aug. 6, 1857; and Emily Bacon, b. Mar. 20, 1838;
res. Henniker, N. H.
Lydia B., b. Apr. 16, 18-33; m. Oct. 28, 1851, B. L. Quimby.
Geo. F., b. Nov. 7, 1835.

Jacob S., b. Nov. 3, 1841; m. Lottie B. Marsh and Susan L. Web-
ster.

5196. ix. Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1855; m. Eugene D. Brooks, of Camb., Mass.

2692. Frederic Whitney (Eleazer, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Oct. 5, 1806; m. Jan. 12, 1835. Fidelia Woods; b. Dec. 11, 1811; d. June 2,
1857; m. 2d, May 12, 1864, Mrs. Hannah B. Carter.

Frederic Whitney was a carpenter by trade. He was a great lover of music and
occupied a seat in the choir nearly all his days after reaching his majority, when not
absent from the town, and a good portion of the time as leader. He was one of the
-delegates to the Constitutional convention in 18-50; chairman of the selectmen in 1849.
A warm-hearted, genial man. He died very suddenly. He d. May 20, 1878; res.
Henniker, N. H.

5197. i. Julia, b. Oct. 20, 1888; m. Feb. 11, 1869, W. O. Folsom; b. Sept. 28,

18.38; very prominent citizen of H. Ch.: Carrie F., b. Feb. 13,
1878.

5198. ii. Fred., b. July, 1846; d. Sept. 18, 1846.

2698. GiLMAN H. Whitney (Alexander, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Henniker, N. H., Nov. 80, 1819; m. at Lowell, Nov. 16, 1848, Sarah Jane
Durgan, b. May 31, 1825. He is a farmer; res. New London, N. H.
28

51^8.

i.

5189.

11.

5190.

Vlll

5191.

111.

5192.

IV.

519-3.

V.

5194.

vi.

519-5.

vu.

346 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5199. i. Burke M., b. Oct. 26, 1849; res. N. L.; unm.

5200. ii. Walter G., b. June 23, 1852; d. Aug. 6, 1854.

5201. iii. Frank Scott, b. Aug. 4, 1855; d. Aug. 10. 1856.

5202. iv. Walter Frank, b. May 9, 1859; d. Dec. 27, 1863.

2699. Rev. William Story Whitney (Alexander, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John),b. Henniker, N. H., Nov. 1, 1822; m. Dec. 15, 1849, Mary B. Durgan,
b. Nov. 26, 1826. He was a licensed Methodist preacher at the time of his death.
He d. Dec. 20, 1853; res. Manchester, N. H.

5203. i. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 3, 1851; d. Apr. 30, 1854.

5204. ii. Emma Mirriam, b. Apr. 26, 1853; unm.; res. Manchester, N. H.,

at 282 Granite street.

2705. Hon. Charles S. Whitney (Alexander, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. New London, N. H., Mar. 1, 1837; m. Jan. 5, 1865, at Penacook,
N. H., Laura A. Pearson, of Wilmont, b. Sept. 16, 1841. He is a farmer, was elected
to the office of selectman for two consecutive terms, and represented his town in the
legislature in 1887; res. New London, N. H.; P. O. Scytheville.

5205. i. Carrie E., b. Jan. 6, 1866; m. July 6, 1889, Frank Reed; res.

Unity, N. H.

5206. ii. Geo. W., b. May 25, 1878; res. N. L.

2710. Stephen Page Whitney (Stephen, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Claremont, N. H., Apr. 9, 1830; m. Mary Jane Pollard. He was a
cabinet maker. He d. Sept. 27, 1875, in Boston, Slass.; res. Newport, N. H.

5207. i. Stephen J., b. July 14, 1863; m. Emma E. Holt.

2711. George Frederick Whitney (Stephen, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Claremont, N. H., Aug. 12, 1832; m. Apr. 25, 1854, Anna E. Dur-
gan, b. Sept. 1828; d. Dec. 22, 1874; m. 2d, ■ ; b. ; d. ; m. 3d,

1880, Eva H. Burt; b. Sept., 1842; res. Newport, N. H.

5208. i. Clara Maria, b. Feb. 4, 1855; m. Mar. 25, 1879, Charles W.

Spencer; res. Harvard, Mass. Ch.: Carl Whitney, b. Feb. 8,
1888; d. July 13, 1890.

5209. ii. Mary Lillie, b. Oct. 15, 1856; unm.; a teacher in the Cookeman

Institute at Jacksonville, Fla.

2721. Lorenzo C. Whitney (John, Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Sandisfield, Mass., Apr. 5, 1818; m. Sept, 28, 1841, Clestia A. Fosdick; d. Nov. 7
1890. He was a farmer. He. d. Jan. 25, 1891; res. Sandisfield, Mass.

5210. i. Adaline, b. Feb. 24, 1846; d. Feb. 28, 1851.

5211. ii. Marietta Lucy, b. Oct. 24, 1848; m. Nov. 30, 1870, Henry

Claflin Abbey; res. Waterbury, Conn., at Hospital College; he
was b. May 12, 1844. Ch.: Robert Milton, b. Feb. 21, 1877;
Hattie Belle, b. May 15, 1878; d. May 13, 1890.

5212. iii. Ella Adeline, b. May 24, 1853; d. Nov. 8, 1877.

5213. iv. Austin Lorenzo, b. Nov. 7, 1858; m. Martha L. Sheldon and

Martha A. Webb.

5214. V. Emeline Isabell, b. May 5, 1850; m. June 3, 1866, Lewis Glad-

ding; b. Nov. 25, 1846. He is a carpenter. Ch.: Wallace L.,
b. Feb. 1.3, 1869; m. Sept. 20, 1893, Winsted, Conn.; Clayton H.,
b. Feb. 29, 1876.

2728. Edward A. Whitney (John, Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Sandisfield, Mass., Sept. 1, 1823; m. there Nov. 28, 1846, Harriett E. Couch; b. Feb.
12, 1830. He is a manufacturer of hand hay rakes; res. Montville, Mass.

5215. i. Mary Bell, b. May 24, 1853; d. Aug. 10, 1855.

5216. ii. Jennie E., b. Nov. 28, 1847; m. Oct. 28, 1866, Samuel J. Demming;

b. Mar. 22, 1845. She d. Jan. 19, 1889; res. Pleasant Valley, Conn.
Ch.: Nellie J., b. 1870; m. Dec. 30, 1892; Edward A., b. Mar. 12,
1872; Willie, b. Aug. 11, 1874; Clarence, b. Oct. 10, 1878.

5217. iii. Hiram E., b. Dec. 5, 1849; m. Susan A. Lamson.

5218. iv, Wilbur L., b. Apr. 23, 1851; m. Maria Robinson.

5219. V. Burton L., b. May 11, 1858; res. Lonsdale, R. I.

5220. vi. Wallace W., b. Jan. 16, 1860; res. Montville, Mass.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 347

2729. Sylvester Whitney (Elnathan, Elnathan, Elnathan, Ekazer, Thomas,

John), b. Feb. 29, 1816; m. Sept. 21, 1842, Ann M. Palmer; b. . He was born in

Goffstcwn, N. H., and resided on the farm until eighteen years of age, when his
health being poor he traveled, selling goods. At the age of twenty-one he moved to
Lowell, Mass., where he was painter. He later moved to Boston, and finally to
Chelsea, where he died. He d. Jan. 15, 189U; res. Lowell, Boston and Chelsea,
Mass.

5221. i. Claren'CE S., b. ; res. 18, Wash. Ave., Chelsea, Mass.

2734. Elnathan Whitney (Elnathan, Elnathan, Elnathan, Eleazer, Thomas
John), b. Apr. 16, 1822; m. Nov. 20, 1851, Sylena F. Henry; b. Oct. 29, 1827. Elnathan
Whitney was born in Goffstown, on the farm. When young he went to school like
other boys, and worked for and with his father on the farm. In 1849 he made one
among the many who went to the Pacific coast, not by way of the Isthmus, or across
the western plains, but around the southern cape, experiencing nearly all the various
scenes attendmg a long voyage; spent some days in the city of Rio Janeiro, and
fifteen days in a blow off the cape; also made a stop at Valparaiso, and after sailing
in the "sweet Pacific breeze" he arrived in San Francisco, after a voyage of one hun-
dred and ninety days. Was absent from home about two years, since then has
remained in Goffstown; was married soon after he returned. The farm has been
divided up somewhat since his grandfather's time; res. Goffstown Center, N. H.

5222. i. Mary Francena, b. Dec. 19. 1855; m. Feb. 6, 1884, Fred K.

Hazen; res. G. He was b. June 23, 1861.

5223. ii. Geo. Earnest, b. Jan. 23, 1861; m. Adonelle Eaton.

2736. Moses Whitney (Moses, Jacob, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Mil-
ton, Mass., Oct. 7, 1802; m. Oct. 18, 1829, Elizabeth G. Sanderson; b. Sept. 3, 1807; d,
Aug. 13, 1887. He was a man of strong mental powers, and had he given himself to
literature as an occupation rather than an amusement, he would have attained a dis-
tinguished rank among the authors of the present day. He has written much but
his performances have always been causal and desultory. His writings display a
masculine and vigorous understanding, much acuteness of observation, and a quick
sense of humor. The salient pomts of his character indicate much originality of
genius. His style was conspicuous for its terseness and correct finish, free from
mannerism and affectation, which corrupt the language of so much of what is now
offered to us in the name of literature. Long will his memory be cherished by his
friends, for the strong features of his character leave an impression upon us not easily
effaced. He was sincere, kind-hearted, honorable and void of pretension, with much
of that apparent unconsciousness of his powers, which is the characteristic of true
genius. He was of an uncommonly nervous temperament which at times, almost ran
into eccentricity. This characteristic, however, far from being offensive, gave a charm
and an interest to his conduct and his conversation, which made his presence always
desirable and agreeable. He was sincere and open and ingenious, m his whole de-
portment. He was sensitive to any wrong, whether done to himself or others. He had
a cultivated and highly intelligent mind, a quick and acute perception, a sharp and
ready wit and a personal bearing that inspired an uncommon attachment to him, in
those who enjoyed the benefit of his society. He was highly and sensitively honor-
able in all his thoughts and dealings. He d. Oct. 18, 1844; res. Boston, Mass.

5224. i. Rebecca Hannah, b. Sept. 2, 1830; m. Apr. 4, 1850, George K.

Gannett; b. Dec. 27, 1829, farmer; res. Milton. Ch.: George S.,
b. Jan. 25, 1857; d. Dec. 6, 1862; Charles E., b. Oct. 27, 1861; d.
Aug. 30, 1866.

5225. ii. Eugene B., b. Dec. 29, 1835; d. Feb. 25, 1858.

2738. Seth Dunbar Whitney (Moses, Jacob, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
in Milton, Mass., Sept. 13, 1807; m.at Dorchester, Nov. 7, 1843, Adeline Dutton Train;
b. Sept. 15, 1824. Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, author, born in Boston, Mass., Sept.
15, 1824. She is the daughter of Enoch Tram, founder of a line of packet ships be-
tween Boston and Liverpool, and a sister of Geo. Francis Train. She was educated
chiefly in Boston, and at the age of nineteen married Seth D. Whitney, of Milton,
Mass. Mrs. Whitney has patented a set of "Alphabet Blocks" which are now in
general use. Besides contributing to magazines tor the young, she is the author of
" Footsteps on the Seas," a poem (Boston 1857); " Mother Goose for Grown Folks "
(New York, 1860, revised eds. Boston, 1870 and 1882); "Boys at Chequasset " (Boston,
1862); "Faith Gartney's Girlhood " (1863); "The Gayworthys " (1865); "A Summer

348

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life" (1866); " Patience Strong's Outings (1868); "Hitherto"
(1869); " We Girls " (1870); " Real Folks " (1871); " Pansies," poems; " Insights" (1876);
"Just How; A Key to the Cook Books" (1878); "Odd or Even" (1880);" Bonny-
borough " (1885); "Homespun Yarns " and
" Holy Tides " (1886); and " Daffodils " and
"Bird Talk" (1H87). The last three are
volumes of verse besides many others.

Seth Dunbar Whitney, son of Gen.
Moses Whitney, was born in Milton,
Mass., where he resided all his life or was
a householder. He was educated partly
in Milton and partly at the academy in
Bridgewater, Mass. Early in life he be-
came his father's assistant in business-
wool and morocco dressing. Their works
being near their home and upon their
estate in Milton, at Milton Hill. Later,
in 1889, with a partner purchased the long
lease of a wharf adjoming the Whitney
property and carried on for several years
the lumber business of which his father
had laid the foundation. In 1843, at the
time of his marriage he entered again the
wool business with his father, and con-
tinued 111 it for some ten years, when he
connected himself with abide and leather
firm ill Boston, which then took the style
of Whitney, Kendall & Co., from which
he finally withdrew and retired from
active business altogether soon after Gen.
At the time of his marriage he erected a house upon
Russell estate, Milton Hill, on the opposite corner to
the " Whitney house," built by his father in 1819. He lived there until 1861, when, hav-
ing bought of Charles Barnard, Esq., the old " Vose mansion" at Milton Center, and
moved it across to a piece of land which he inherited from his father, and removed
to this place, which was the home, although he left it at intervals for travel and tem-
porary residence elsewhere, until Mr. Whitney's death, Oct. 4, 1890. Since then, his
son having inherited and occupied the "Whitney house," built by his grandfather on
Milton Hill; Mrs. Whitney built beside him on the old estate, a small house for her-
self and the " Elm Corner " house as is called the upper Milton place, is rented. The
children were all born in the first home on Milton Hill, but nearlyall Mrs. Whitney's
literary work has been done at "Elm Corner," as they grew up. Mr. Whitney was
a very active man, but reserved and quiet in social life, and strong in his domestic
habits and attachments. An "old time Whig," he had much to do with local pol-
itics and their interests, all through his middle life, until the breaking up of parties
and his own disabilities, chiefly from a deafness that came upon him, and retired him
more and more as he grew older — withdrew him gradually from outside affairs. " We
were both for a long time occupied with our family — our children's marriages, and
our frequent adaptation of our plans to theirs, in the temporary absense I have men-
tioned; and the last years were spent in a very unbroken quiet, as his health declined,
at his Milton home." He d. Oct. 4, 1890; res. Milton, Mass.

ADELINE DUTTON THATN WHITNEY.

Whitney's death in 1859.
lands purchased from the

5226.

5227.
5228.
5229.

Mary Adeline, b. Sept. 27, 1844; m. Feb. 17, 1867, Col. Charles
Russell Suter, U. S. corps of engineers. She d. at St. Paul,
Minn., Dec. 16, 1867; only one child, a son, Chas. R., Jr., d. a few
weeks old.

ii. Theodore T., b. Apr. 26, 1846; m. Annie Caroline Mann.

iii. Marie Caroline, b. Aug. 25, 1848; d. Sept. 5, 1849.

iv. Caroline Leslie, b. Nov. 10, 1853; m. Oct. 13, 1875, James A.
Field, of Beloit, Wis. He was b. Aug. 8, 1847; d. Jan. 17, 1884.
She res. Guilford, Conn. Mr. Field was born in Beloit. He was
educated first at an academy in New Jersey, and later in Boston
in the institute of technology and afterwards at the university at
Munich, in Bavaria. By profession he was a mechanical engi-
neer. After his marriage he went with his wife to Beloit for a
time, where he had an interest in the iron wcn-ks. Later they

5233.

i.

5234.

11.

5235.

111.

5236.

iv.

5237.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 349

made their home in New Jersey. Ch.: Wm. Lusk Webster, b.
July 17, 1X76; Jas Alfred, b. May 26, 18b0; Douglas Grahame, b.
Oct. 1, 1882.

2740. Jackson Whitney (Abraham, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Hartford, Vt., Sept. 7, 1806; m. at Chester, Oct., 1827, Caroline Matilda Baker, b.
Chester, July 7, 1806; d. May 2, 1890. He was a millwright and owned and conducted
mills at Braintree, Northfield, West Randolph and Chester. He d. Nov. 6, 1882; res.
Northfield, Vt.

5230. i. May, b. Nov. 10, 1829; m. Edwin O. Partridge; res. University

Av., St. Anthony Park, Minn; has 2 ch.

5231. ii. Fanny E., b. Sept. 10, 1831; m. Jan. 29, 1859, Edward F. Stephens;

res. s. p. 29 Davidson St., Hyde Park, Mass. He was in the
First U. S. Sharpshooters during the war and participated in
numerous battles.

5232. iii. John B., b. Jan. 27, 1835; m. Elizabeth Caldwell.

2742. Benjamin Hudson Whitney (Abraham, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John),b. Quechee, Vt., June 20, 1810; m. at Chester, Dec. 16, 1833, Rosella Baker, b
Mar. 24, 1810; d. Feb. 24, 1885. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 22, 1888; res. Pitts-
field, Vt.

Cyrus O., b. Nov. 17, 1838; m. Lydia H. Goldsmith.

Geo. p., b. Nov. 2, 1834; m. Apr. 17, l^o7; d. s. p. May 5, 1864.

Henry H. b. Oct. 29, 1836; d. May 6, 1864.

Stephen B., b. June 9, 1841; d. 1845.

Harriett Ann, b. Apr. 20, 1844; m. Feb., 1864, Ephraim Clough.
She d. Feb. 2, 1889, and left 11 ch.

2747. John Brooks Whitney (Jacob, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John\ b.
New Salem, Mass., Sept. 19, 1820; m. May 14, 1844, Lucinda Bardwell; d. May 14,
1857; m. in Shelburne Falls, Mass., Dec. 16, 1857, Katherine A.Pratt, b. Mar.28, 1833.
John Brooks, son of Jacob and Lucy Adams Whitney, was born at New Salem,
Mass.; was educated at Shelburne Falls. (Mass.) academy, and was married at Shel-
burne Falls to Lucinda Bardwell, by whom he had four children. Resided at same
place until 1874. Was merchant, manufacturer and builder, and held important
town offices. In 1852 served as representative in the legislature. Married Kathe-
rine A. Pratt in 1857, by whom he had three children. Removed with his family to
Chicago in 1874, and died at Milwaukee, Wis. He d. Mar. 18, 1876; res. Shelburne
Falls, Mass., Milwaukee, Wis.; she res. 1757 Oakdale Ave., Chicago, 111.

Mary Eliza, b. Feb. 7, 1845; m. Aug. 9, 1864, Henry A. Titus, of

Boston, Mass.
Lizzie, b. ; m. Jan. 17, 1871, Frank A. Snow; res. Green-
field, Mass.
Lydia Anna, b. Feb. 6, 1852. Teacher of piano at Vassar col-
lege, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Lucy E., b. May 27, 1849; d. .

William Brooks, b. Apr. 28, 1859; m. Louise Young, manager

Des Moines Beef Co., Iowa; 4 ch.
Julia Maria, b. June 27, 1861; d. Jan. 8. 1866.
Charles P., b. Jiily 14, 1866; m. Grace E. Lewis.
William Davis, b. Aug. 26, 1846; d. Jan. 12, 1848.

2750. Leonard Whitney (Jacob, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
South Orange, Mass , Sept. 12, 1811; m. Dec. 2, 18"35, Abby E. Day, b. Dec. 2, 1816, in
Paxton, Mass.; d. July 12, 1877. He d. June 4, 1883; res. Worcester, Boston, Paxton,
Newton and Braintree, Mass.

5246. i. Jane Elizabeth, b. Sept. 7, 1837; d. in Paxton, Sept. 7, 1840.

5247. ii. ' Mary Louisa, b. Nov. 25, 1839; m. May 23, 1864, John M. Daniels,

b. Uxbridge, Apr. 10, 1813; res Worcester, Mass., 125 Pied-
mont St. Ch.: Ella E., b. Sept. 29, 1865; m. June 22, 1887; Al-
fred G. Wesson; res. Worcester; Geo. M., b. Dec. 10, 1869.

5248. iv. Charles Edward, b. Jan. 26, 1842; d. Toronto, Canada, Mar. 10,

1870; unm.

5249. v. Susan Abial, b. Jan. 25, 1844; m. Jan. 1, 1865, David B. Cousens,

b. Cohassett, Mass., Mar. 17, 1842; d. Worcester, Dec. 3, 1867.
She d. Dec. 21, 1878.

5238.

i-

5239.

ii.

5240.

iii.

5241.
5242.

iv.

V.

5243.
5244.
5245.

vi.

vii.

viii.

360 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

52.50. iii. George Frederic, b. Nov. 5, 1848; d. Paxton, Sept. 12, 1848.

5251. vi. George Frederic, b. Jan. 6, 1849, piano tuner; unm.; res. with

Mary L., in Worcester, Mass.

5252. vii. Ella Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1854; d. Braintree, Sept. 20, 1856.

2753. Harrison H. Whitney (Abner, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Orange, Mass., Oct. 31, 1819; m. in Brattleboro, Vt., Jan. 19, 1841, Onda Kendall,
' b. Oct. 19, 1818. He is a furniture maker; res. Orange, Mass.

5253. i. Watson H., b. Aug. 21,1841; m. Lucretia A. Davis.

5254. ii. Harriett M., b. Jan.. 1844; m. Frank L. Fuller; res. Maplewood,

Mass.
6255. iii. Josephine A., b. Nov., 1847; m. George F. Adams.

5256. iv. Emily, b. 1853; d. Aug. 15, 1873.

5257. v. Mary L.,b. 1861; d. Oct., 1881.

2762. Amos Stone Whitney (Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
in Henniker, N. H., Apr. 27, 1807; m. in Daysville, Ills., Feb. 8, 1847, Mrs. Emmeline
Jakway Holden, b. Sept. 14, 1817; d. Dixon, 111., Aug. 8,1884.

He was born in Henniker, N. H., in 1807, where he remained until a young man,
when he spent some time in traveling in Canada. In 1839 he migrated west, set-
tling in Daysville, Ogle Co., 111. He was engaged at his trade, that of coopering,
at which he always worked. After his marriage he moved to Dixon, Lee Co.,
111., and followed his trade. In 1877 he was taken ill, and since then has been
incapacitated for work. Of late years he has made his home in Minneapolis
with his daughter, Mrs. Henry. He acquired a handsome property, and was always
an industrious, honorable citizen; res. Daysville and Dixon, 111.

5258. i. Amos Monroe, b. Aug. 9, 1849; d. Mar. 9. 1852.

5259. ii. Henry M., b. Aug. 24. 1850; d. Jan. 8, 1851.

5260. iii. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 30, 1851; res. Dixon, 111.

5261. iv. Emma Amanda, b. May 10. 1853; m. Mar. 14, 1889, John H. Henry,

s. p.; res. 306 Williams St., St. Paul, Minn.

5262. V. Benjamin McN., b. Mar. 24, 1855; m. Clara Sthare and Grerena

Waldon.

2763. Cyrus James Whitney (Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Henniker. N. H., Apr. 26, 1812; m. 1836, Mary J. Morrison, b. Mar. 6, la22; res.
Ackworth and Antrim, N. H.

Susan C, b. Feb. 28, 1837; d. Manchester, N. H., Oct. 4, 1856.
Eliza J., b. Sept. 30, 1838; m. Charles Young, of Lyndeboro, N.H.
George G., b. Feb. 6, 1840; m. Elizabeth Bowl.
Mary M., b. Dec. 2, 1842; m. Aug. 15, 1861, Samuel A. Holt; res.

Antrim, N. H.; has three ch.: Emma E., Cora E. and Frank A.
Cyrus J., b. Sept. 27, 1844; m. Louisa E. Allds.
Charles F., b. Sept. 20, 1847; m. Mrs. Sarah Somers.
Julia E., b. July 9, 1850; m. 1873, Almon T. Rogers; res.

Antrim. Ch.: George G., b. Sept. 12, 1874; Arthur A., b. Mar.

22, 1879; Corance V., b. June, 1882.
5270. viii. Clara Ella, b. Jan. 25, 1853; m. Nov. 27, 1872, Henry A. Rogers;

res. Antrim. Ch.: Gracie E., b. Nov. 30, 1874; Mary C, b. July

21, 1877.
6271. ix. Emma C, b. Oct. 18, 1856; d. June 27. 1861.

5272. X. Josephine N., b. May 31, 1860; m. Oct. 18, 1879, George H. Rog-

ers; res. Antrim. Ch.: Helen A., b. Aug. 28, 1880; Clara E., b.
Jan. 28, 1887; Bertha M., b. Sept. 8, 1888.

5273. xi. Fred'k A., b. Jan. 4, 1864; m. Mary Shea.

2764. Dr. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Rindge, N. H., Jan. 25, 1799; m. in Provincetown, Mass., May 10, 1832, Henrietta A.
Nickerson; d. Aug. 21, 1848; m. 2d Sarah L. Small; d. Feb. 10. 1851; m. 3d, Aug. 28,

1851, Mrs. Hannah E. Crosby; b. . She res. Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Whitney

studied medicine with his father and began the practice of his profession in Marl-
boro, Mass., and moved to Provincetown, where he enjoyed an extensive practice until
his demise. He d. Dec. 10, 1866; res. Provincetown, Mass.

5274. i. Electa A., b. July 12. 1833; d. Aug. 1, 1861.
5276. ii. Lauretta, b. Apr. 1, 1835; d. Aug. 27, 1836.

6263.

6264.

6265.

111.

5266.

iv.

5267.

v.

5268.

vi.

5269.

vii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

351

5276. iii. Henrietta, b. Oct. 9, 1838; res. Prov., Mass.

5277. iv. Felicia, b. May 19, 1841; d. Aug. 26, 1842.

5278. V. Isaiah, b. Aug. 30, 1843; res. Boston; salesman.

5279. vi. Charles H., b. Dec. 11, 1854; res. Boston.

2766. LovELL Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. June

20, 1790; m. in Woodstock, Vt., Feb. 7, 1819, Rebecca Witt;b. ; d. May 18, 1862.

Res. Rindge Center, N. H.

5280.
5281.

5282.

5283.

1. Harriett J., b. June 1, 1820; res. R. C.

ii. William L., b. Mar. 12, 1822; m. Sarah P. Whitney.

iii. Eliza K., b. Jan. 31, 1829; m. Jan. 9, 1851, Addison Rugg; b. Mar.

23, 1823; res. Ware, Mass. Ch.: Frank A., Fred O., Addie E.,

and Clara E.
iv. Cornelia, b. Nov. 16, 1836; d. Apr. 21, 1862.

2767. Dr. Charles Whitman Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John),b. Rindge, N. H., Nov. 15, 1791 ;m. Nov. 10, 1818, Mary Griffin; b. Aug. 16, 1793;
d. Aug. 28, 1861.

Dr. Charles W. Whitney located in Troy, N. Y., in 1815. He was son of Dr.
Isaiah Whitney, of Rindge, N. H. He finished his edu-
cation in the New Ipswich academy and afterward went
to Boston to study and practice with J. Randall, M. D. In
1814 he built his house and married Mary, daughter of
Dea. Samuel Griffin, and was a member of the Western
New Hampshire Association and of the State Medical
Society. He was an excellent citizen and a judicious,
careful practitioner, and was held in unqualified esteem
by his townsmen until his death. He. d. Oct. 31, 1861 ; res.
Fitzwilliam and Troy, N. H.

5284. iv. Charles W.. Jr., b. Nov. 26, 1827; m.
Sarah F. Taylor.
Samvel G., b. Sept. 20, 1819; m. Abbie

N. Whitteniore.
Charles, b. July 27, 1824; d. July 10,

1827.
Henry N., b. Oct. 5, 1825; d. Feb. 17,

1827.
Mary J., b. Aug. 13, 1830; m. Dec. 18,
1856, Dr. Samuel A. Richardson, of Troy, N. H. He was b.
Dec. 23, 1830; was surgeon of the 13th N. H. reg. in the war; res.
Marlboro.

5285.

5286.
5287.

5288.

11.

111.

v.

DR. CHARLES W. WHITNEY.

2768. Henry Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah. Thomas, John), b. Oct.
26, 1794, in Rindge, N. H.; m. Aug. 30, 1821, in Vergennes, Vt., Mary Goldin; b. Nov.
8, 1799; d. Mar. 28, 1875.

Henry Whitney, at his death, was one of the oldest residents in Burlington. He
first went to that city from Rindge, N. H. After a short residence there he returned
to Rindge, and in 1816 returned to Burlington, where he ever after resided. Mr.
Whitney was a man of many excellent traits of character. Quiet, unassuming in his
ways, he was yet firm in his notions of duty and right. He was an honest and up-
right man, of kindly temper, and probably had not an enemy in the world. He left
four children: Mrs. Minor S. Martin, of Brooklyn, Cal., Mrs. Noah Allen, Burling-
ton, Vt., George Isaiah Whitney, now in New York, and Charles Howard Whitney,
of Burlington, \'t. Mr. Whitney was one of the oldest members of Washington
Lodge, F. A. M., and his funeral took place with Masonic honors. He d. Novt 22,
1875; res. Burlington, \'t.

5289.

5290.

H.

Mary E., b. June 18, 1828; m. Mar. 28, 1852, Minor S. Martin.
He was b. in Charlotte, Vt., Nov. 27, 1823; res. 627 East 14th St.,
Oakland, Cal.; stock broker. Ch.: Henry Whitney, b. May 7,
1853; m. Sept. 7, 1880; P. O. 301 Montgomery St., San Francisco,
Cal.; Arthur Henman, b. San Francisco, Cal., June 11,1859; d.
Aug. 10, 1859; Mary Elizabeth, b. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 11,
1865; m. Nov. 11, 1884; P. O. address. Mrs. R. R. Veale, Brent-
wood, Cal.

Jane D., b. Jan. 14, 1830; m. 1861, Noah Allen; res. Burlington,
\'t.

6295.

i.

6296.

n.

6297.

in.

6298.

IV.

6299.

V.

352 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6291. iii. Henry, b. July 21, 1831; d. .

6292. iv. George I., b. Dec. 14, 1838; m. Emily E. Sweet.

6293. V. Edward R., b. Mar. 26, 1836; d. from wounds received in the

second battle of Bull Run.
5294. vi. Charles H., b. Apr. 23, 1839; m. Mary Jane Kelley.

2770. Stephen Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Dec.
19,1800; m. Lovilla Goldin. He d. in 1868; res. Burlington, Vt.

Sarah, b. Sept. 30, 1834; m. T. B. Wilson; res. Jersey City, N. Y.
Edward P., b. Oct. 30, 1837; d. Sept. 10, 1873.
Helen, b. May 14, 1840; m. William Larryshore, of B.

Isaiah W., b. Oct. 7, 1842; d. .

Harrison, b. Oct. 6, 1844; d. Sept. 9, 1866.

2778. Hon. Edwin Whitney (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Oct. 12, 1812; m. Oct. 26, 1841, Lucia Mead Whitney, (see) b. Oct. 6, 1810; res. 78»
Cass Av., Detroit, Mich.

Hon. Edwin Whitney was born at Harvard, Mass. He was the son of Cyrus and
Mary (Whitney) Whitney, grandson of Isaiah and Persis (Randall) Whitney, great-
grandson of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Whitney) Whitney, and descended from John and
Elinor Whitney, who settled at Watertown, Mass., in 1635. He was born on the old
homestead occupied by his ancestors, one of the first settlers of what is now the
town of Harvard, and which has remained in possession of the family down to the
present time. Having grown up on a farm, he was early inured to manual labor.
While residing at the family estate, he attended the common school of his native
town until he was prepared to enter those of higher grade, when he went to Brattle-
boro, Vt., and became a student of that academy of that place. Here he applied
himself with great diligence, in preparation for the study of his chosen profession
of law. About the year 1834 he commenced the reading of law in the office of Judge
Cheever, of Albany, N. Y., where he remained two or more years. From thence he
went to New York City, and completed his course of professional studies with Judge
Morrell, of that city. Having been admitted to the bar he at once became associated
with Judge Morrell in professional business. For some years he was constantly
employed as public administrator of the city, in which position he was quite suc-
cessful. But at the solicitation, as we are informed, of Col. Elijah Hale, he left New
York in 1844, and removed to Stow, where he continued to reside during the remainder
of his life. He soon became one of the most prominent and respected citizens of the
town, always desirous and ready to do what he considered for the best interest of the
community — though a man of unassuming manners, he was nevertheless possessed
of those sterling qualities of mind and heart that prepared him to take a leading
position where he resided. He was gifted with a good degree of public spirit, so that
for nearly forty years he was a constant and efficient promoter of those measures
calculated to advance the prosperity and development of all those interests condu-
cive to the general welfare of the town, and the intelligence of its inhabitants. For
a series of years he was an active member of the school committee, and a portion
of the time was also the efficient superintendent of the schools, in whieh he was
deeply interested; and in various other positions he proved himself a faithful servant
of the people among whom he lived. Not only in secular matters, but also in religious,
his interest was strong and unwearied. He was an active and most devoted member
of the First Parish Religious Society, which for a long period he served as one of the
standing committee and a prominent supporter. To whatever was conducive to the
welfare of the church of which he was a communicant, or of the cause of temperance
which found him an unfaltering friend, as well as in everything calculated to pro-
mote sound morals and good citizenship, he was ever ready to lend a helping hand,
and bid it a hearty God-speed. Not only was he desirous of furthering every project
designed to advance the progress of universal education, general morality, and prac-
tical religion, but he also could inspire others to aid in the promotion of those noble
objects. He was largely instrumental not only in inducing his friend. Col. Elijah
Hale, a man of wealth and yet childless, to present to the First Parish, the parsonage
house and grounds now owned by them, but also to give the generous fund of $5,000
to establish and help support the high school, which bears the honored name of the
donor. All this most unmistakably shows how thoroughly he had the best interests
of the town at heart. Few towns have found a truer or more loyal adopted son than
he. For some years previous to May 16, 1883, when occurred the two hundredth
anniversary of the incorporation of the town, he was active in collecting material

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 353

which would serve to illustrate the progress of the town, the two centuries of its
existence. In previous years he had served as chairman of many important com-
mittees, and he was made chairman of the committee of fifteen, chosen by the town,
April 3, 1882, to arrange for the approaching bi-centennial celebration, and was also
selected as the president of the day, and for nearly a year was untiring in his efforts
to make the occasion one of credit to the town. Though overruled by a majority
of the committee in some of his plans, he still labored with unflagging zeal to make
the celebration a success. But he was not destined to see the long looked for day,
for on the 7th of March, 1883, a little more than two months before the celebration
was to take place, after an illness of a few days of pneumonia, he passed from the
mortal to the immortal sphere. The committee in rendering their report of the
celebration to the town in 1884, speak of Mr. Whitney in these words: "His long
and minute acquaintance with the history of the town, together with the large
amount of statistical, biographical, and other valuable information which he had
gathered, made his death a great loss to the committee and town." While he prac-
ticed law to a considerable extent after his removal from New York, the duties
of his profession were somewhat subordinated to the management of a large farm
that devolved upon him, and to the care of other extensive real estate of which he
was the owner. Though originally identified with the Democratic party, he earnestly
espoused the anti-slavery movement that resulted in the formation of the Republican
party. During the war of the rebellion he was among the foremost of his townsmen
in the support of those measures that led to the triumph of the great principles
of freedom and equality embodied in the Declaration of Independence made by our
Revolutionary fathers. He represented the town in the lower branch of the Massa-
chusetts legislature in 1846 and 1847; and again, the district of which Stow was
a part, in 1879. He was a member also of the state senate for the year 1850. He
married Miss Lucia Mead Whitney, daughter of Moses and Lucy (Gates) Whitney,
of Stow, who still survives. She is a lineal descendant of Thomas Gates, one of the
original twelve settlers of the town, and was born on the farm that he occupied. He
died s. p. March 7, 1883; res. New York City, and Stow, Mass.

2782. Joseph Addison Whitney (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Harvard, Oct. 23, 1802; m. Oct. 11, 1841, Hannah Fletcher, of Boxboro, Mass.;
b. Apr. 3, 1811, in Kennebunk, Me.; d. Rockford, 111., Sept. 23, 1873.

Joseph Addison Whitney was born in Harvard, Mass For a few years prior to
his death, he engaged in the real estate business at Market Square, in Boston, Mass.,
and was so engaged at the time of his demise. He d. in Boston, Feb. 10, 1847; res.
Boston, Mass.

5300. i. Joseph A., b. Aug. 3, 1842; d. unm., Worcester, Mass., Dec. 24,

1876.
5.301. ii. Albert, b. Feb. 7, 1844; res. Boston; unm.

6302. iii. Mary F., b. Feb. 7, 1846; m. Tan. 18, 1872, Edwin F. Kenrick; b.
Maiden, May 5, 1845; res. St. Paul, Minn., 53 Hatch St. Ch.:
Mabel Florence, b. Arlington, Mass., Dec. 28, 1872; Edith
Fletcher, b. Arlington, Mass., Dec. 22, 1874; George Albert, b.
Arlington, Mass., May 20, 1877; Grace Winifred, b. St. Paul,
Minn., Sept. 7,188.3.

2783. Benjamin Franklin Whitney (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Mar. 21, 1804; m. June 16, 1827, at Harvard, Louisa Lawrence; b. May 17,
1808; d. Jan. 6, 1887. Her genealogy given in Genealogy of John Lawrence, of Wis-
set, Suffolk, England, whose father, Henry, came to Charlestown, in 1635, and who
himself settled in W^atertown, Mass., soon after. Louisa (L. ) Whitney died Jan. 1887.
Her mother was a Bigelow, genealogy given in Bigelow family. It would be easy to
write of the grace of her L. (L.) W's. youth, the loving and able care of a model
mother for her large family, of her sore trials, of her cheerful, social, helpful spirit.
Her firm and loving hand saved the family, for instance, at one time from absorption
in the Skeneateles (N. Y.) Community, where her husband, infatuated by Fourier, and
eldest son, spent some months, and in many crises of changing fortune.

He was born in Harvard and soon moved with his parents to the old ancestral
home of his grandfather on the extreme eastern slope of Oak Hill, next the Boxboro
line. As a boy he experimented on the problem how to improve the poor native
apples. He was always, through his long life, tA'ing experiments, more to see what
could be done than to reap any pecuniary reward. He was one of the very first to
raise improved grafted apples and this first attempt was made without his father's

354 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

knowledge or consent, but when the results were tasted and looked upon were fol-
lowed by his lather's practical approval, for he went into the improvement with con-
siderable zest. This farm, according to tradition under Cyrus Whitney's manage-
ment, took a prize one year for being the best farm in all Worcester county. It has
produced large quantities of all kinds of fruit, as earlier it did grains and grasses.
B. F. W. was allowed but little time at school, but the short time spent at a neigh-
boring academy, and the constant habit of readmg and use of reference books made
him a well-informed man. He traveled much in 1828, and about 1832 or 1833 he
engaged in trade in a country store in Harvard village. In 1836 moved to Seneca Falls,
N. Y,, where with varying success he managed a variety store, put up buildings, and
one year carried on a large farm. In 1845 returned to his native town, where he spent
the last forty years of his life in agricultural pursuits, the last two giving him more
and more pleasure. He greatly enjoyed the face of nature and all the changing
life of bird, insect and plant. He knew the names, mostly common names, with the
medicinal effect upon the human body of almost every leaf and root and herb. With
him expired a considerable knowledge of his own genealogy and that of many about
him. He esteemed others more than himself, was of retiring disposition, but when
approached, conversed with interest and remarkable intelligence for one of his
opportunities. He was a member of the Unitarian church, which he cherished. Was
in early days a Whig in politics, in favor of a protective tariff, an admirer of Horace
Greeley, in later life a stanch Republican and always for the union of the whole
country. Among the happy thoughts of later life was that of having had a son,
Charles Edward, to serve through the entire war for the union, and that he was one of
the first to enter Richmond and offer protection to some defenseless, but at first
defiant female cousins, who were at length glad to accept his offices in the confusion
of the Federal occupation. He d. Dec. 15, 1885; res. Harvard, Mass.
Mary Louisa, b. Dec. 25, 1828; d. Oct. 6. 1829.
Solon F., b. Aug. 22, 1831 ; m. Charlotte C. Wilder.
Sarah Louisa, b. Nov. 25, 1833; d. May 6, 1854.
James Harris, b. Aug. 16, 1835; m. Ad'die Thomas.
Frances Alice, b. Mar. 20, 1838; d. Aug. 27, 1839.
Charles Edward, b. Nov. 19, 1840; d. unm. Feb. 8, 1872. He
enlisted at the beginning of the war and served to the end; lay
10 I days in the trenches in front of Petersburg, Va., where from
disease and bullets he was left the highest in command of his
regiment, a part of the time only serg. -major, then captain.
He was one of the first to march into Richmond. The horse
which he rode came back to Boston with him, bore him to his
father's in Harvard, was honored and cared for and finally buried
long after the Captain had gone to his last muster. In the
W^ilderness hehad seen his friends cut down, had suffered much
from exposure, but lived after returninec home until 1872, havmg
gradually succumbed to pulmonary disease, the seeds of which
were planted by repeated attacks of pneumonia while in service.
He or his fiiends never asked for a pension. His brother Solon
F. was app. admr. of his estate Feb. 20, 1872.

5309. vii. Harriett Lucv.b. Sept. 16. 1843; d. May 15, 1844.

5310. viii. Fran-ces Lucy, b. Feb. 18, 1848.

5311. ix. W.M. E. C, b. Apr. 11, 1851; m. Alma C. Walker.

2784. James Fordyce Whitney (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Mass., Apr. 14, 1806; m. Sept. 18, 1835, Mary Gates Whitney of Stow,
dau. of Moses, b. Aug. 31, 1807; d. there June 30, 1886. From the Albany (N, Y.)
Journal: "James F. W'hitney, who died at Stow, Mass., was well known to many of
our older citizens. He was for a number of years a prominent merchant in this city
and an active member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders. His death was from
pneumonia after a sickness of four days; he was in the 68th year of his age." He d. in
Stow, Mass., Apr. 28, 1874; res. Albany, N. Y.

5312. i. Charles Augustus, b. Oct. 16, 1836; d. unm. Apr. 1, 1892.

5313. ii. Lucia Caroline, b. Aug. 24, l!-38; d. Jan. 13, 1851.

5314. iii. Cyrus Henry, b. Aug. 29, 1840; unm. res. Quincy, 111., 117 Fourth

Street, north.

5315. iv. James Francis, b. Oct. 23, 1842; m. Oct. 24, 1874, Emma F.

Chamberlin, b. Oct. 25, 1849; res. s. p. 191 Park St., Detroit,
Mich. He is connected with M. C. R. R.

5303.

5304.

5305.

HI.

5306.

iv.

5307.

v.

5308.

VI.

5320.

li.

5321.

111.

5822.

IV.

5323.

V.

5324.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 355

5316. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1844; m. June 19, 1869, Charles A,

Warren, s. p.; res. 789 Cass Av. Del.

5317. vi. Adeline, b. Nov. 13, 1846; res. Stow, Mass.

5318. vii. Martha Gates, b. Dec. 19, 1848; res. Stow, Mass.

2785. Hon. Richard H. Whitney, (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 2, 1808; m. Feb. 22, 1836, Nancy Flagg Whitney; d.
Sept. 6, 1852; m. 2d, Mar. 22, 1854, Dorcas Fisk. Richard H. Whitney son of Cyrus
Whitney of Harvard, Mass., was born at Harvard, Mass., 1808, and died at Adrian,
Mich., July 11, 1867. He was a self made man and successful in life as to accu-
mulating property and making and holding funds. He left an estate of 8125,000
which was divided V^ to his second wife Dorcas Fisk Whitney and the remaining ^^
divided among each of his six children. He was mayor of Adrian in 1857 and held
the office of justice of the peace many years, and died at the age of 57, honored and
respected by all who knew him. He d. July 11, 1867; res. Albany, N. Y., and Adrian,
Mich.

5319. i. Sarah Flagg, b. Sept. 22, 1838; m. May 1, 1861, Andrew J. Put-

nam; res. Milton, N. H. Ch.: Samuel Harris, b. Oct. 26, 1862;
d. Nov. 10, 1863; William A., b. Feb. 13, 1864; res. Leominster,
Mass.; Hattie L., b. Dec. 6, 1865; res. W. ; Mable L., b. Apr. 23,
1868; res. Nashua, N. H., 31 Granite St.; Augustus W., b. Mar.
26, 1873.

Edward L., b. Sept. 7, 1840; m. Eliza J. Curry.

Channing, b. Dec 28, 1842; m. Nellie M. Cornell.

Charles C., b. July 4, 1844; m. Emma Lapham.

Aaron Augustus, b. Feb. 7, 1850; m. Clintina S. Curtis.

Richard Harris, b. Sept. 22, 1856, unm.; res. Adrian, Mich. He
has since 10 years of age been afflicted with epilepsy and un-
fitted for active business life although at times bright and smart
and active.

5325. vii. Henry Hart, b. Jan. 18, 1858; d. Sept. 22, 1860.

2787. Isaiah Whitney (Cvrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Sept. 22, 1815; m. Jan.'l, 1841, Mary A. Gove; b. July 9, 18^2; d. July 14,
1889. Isaiah was reared on the old homestead in Harvard. Before his marriage he
went to Albany, N. Y., as clerk for his older brother, James Fordyce. While there,
he met his wiie. After a residence of several years in Albany he returned to Har-
vard and to farming on the old homestead, where he passed the remainder of his
life. He d. June 30, 1867; res. Harvard, Mass., and Redbank, N. J.

5326. 1. Ella C.,b. Nov. 19, 1849; m. Nov. 19, 1873, Luke W. Farmer; res.

Boston, Mass., Winter Hill. He was b. Mar. 24, 1849; s. p.

5327. ii. Edwin H., b. Sept. 10, 1851; m. Mary E. Albert.

5328. iii. Harry M., b. Jan. 1, 1845; m. Jan. 1, 1887, Carrie W. Wright; b.

Nov. 7, 1867; s. p.; res. Harvard, Mass.

5329. iv. Charles G., b. June 24, 1854; m. Jessie C. Keating.

5330. V. Lucy E.mily, b. Nov. 20, 1841; m. Nov. 26, 1^63, Charles A. Hus-

sey. She d Dec. 5, 1874. Ch.: Alfred R, b. Aug. 26, 1864; ad.
2] I Randolph street, Chicago, 111.; Mary Ella, b. Mar. 30, 1870;
d. 1872; Richard Earle, b. Oct., 1874; d. 1875.

2788. Isaac Whitney (Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Har-
vard, Mass., July 24, 1818; m. June 10, 1846, Dorcas Whitney Hoar; b. Littleton,
Mass., Nov. 9, 1824; she m. 2d, Sept. 26, 1 869, Isaac F. Wright. He was born in Har-
vard and was educated at the public schools in that town and at Fayville, Mass. He
taught school and for a while resided in Keokuk, Iowa. After his marriage he set-
tled on the old homestead, where he followed agricultural pursuits until his death.
He d. Mar. 19, 1859; res. Harvard, Mass.

5331. i. Walter Harris, b. Nov. 1, 1849; m. Dec. 5. 1879, Georgia E.

Tuttle; b. Dec. 9, 1854; s. p.; res. 103 Sycamore street, .Somer-
ville, Mass. He lived at home until 20 years of age, attending
the regular district school. For two terms he was at the West-
brook, Me., academy. After this he began mercantile life in
Worcester, Mass.; later he was at Harvard and So. Acton, and
afterwards in business in Charlestown and Boston. Imme-
diately following he engaged as book-keeper for a wholesale

356 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

produce firm in Boston, where he remained for ten years. In
1884 he again began business for himself with a Mr. York,
under the firm style of York & Whitney, wholesale produce
commission business, No. 1 No. Market street, at the present
time located as above. Their business has gradually grown
from commencement, and at present time they rank among the
larger dealers in this line of trade, handling shipments from'
20 to 25 different states at different seasons of the year.

5332. ii. Charles Elery, b. Oct. 4, 1851; book-keeper; unm.; res. with his

brother.

2797. Henry A. Whitney (Israel, Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Bos-
ton, Mass., Jan. 15, 1815; m. at Newark, N. J., Hannah Stickels, of Newark, N. J.

He was born in Boston, Mass., and at an early age became a resident of Newark,
N. T., where he was married and where he ever after resided. He was a prominent
and well-known resident of that city. He was the first person to hold the office of
chief of police of Newark, and for many years was president of the Mutual Life
Insurance Company of Newark. He d. July 3, 1862; res. Newark, N. J.

5333. i. Martha A., b. Jan. 3, 1853; m. Feb. 26, 1874, Charles Mills Ward;

b. Cambridge, England, Dec. 20, 1850. He is a manufacturing
jeweler on Washington St., Boston, Mass.; res. 12 Thornley St.,
Dorchester, Mass. Ch.: Charles Whitney, b. Apr. 10, 1876.
6334. ii. Harriett J., b. Nov. 19, 1849; m. Jan. 16, 1867, Edmund R. Hal-
sey; res. So. Orange, N. J. He was b. June 18, 1836. She d.
Sept. 27, 1893. Ch.: Cora E., b. July 4, 1868; Edmund R.,b. May
20, 1872; Isaac Whitney, b. Apr. 3, 1874 ; Cornelia, b. Apr. 9,1878;
Harriet, b. Feb. 20, 1890.

George E., b. ; res. 10. Coes place, Newark, N. J.

Annie, b. — ; m. Schniber; res. Asbury Park, N.J.

Henrietta, b. Nov. 12, 1857; m. Aug. 29, 1879, Charles L. Chris-
tenson; res. Vailsburg, N. J. He was b. in Boston, Mass., Aug;.
16, 1653. Ch., Mattie L., b. Dec. 13, 1881; Herbert b. Aug. 17,
1884; Whitney, b. Sept. 15, 1887; Alfred Walter, b. July 30, 1889.
Henrietta, b. Jan. 6, 1891.

2806. Dea. Luke Whitney (Luther, Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Sept. 9, 1815; m. there Apr. 27, 1836, Charlotte M. Turner; b. Feb.
10,1816; d. June 13, 1840; m. 2d, Mar. 4, 1841, Abigail Knight; b. June 6. 1819; d.
Apr. 20, 1881; m. 3d, Apr. 10, 1883, Mrs. Lydia H. Hartwell, b. July 14, 1819; res. H.
He was born in Harvard on the farm "of his great-grandfather, purchased before the
town was incorporated He inherited it from his father and conducted it until his
death. He was a member of the Unitarian church and in 1882 was chosen deacon.
In 1880 he was one of the school committee, and from 1870 to 1874 was one of the town
assessors. Among the many pleasant old ancestral abodes in Harvard, perhaps
none exceeds in charming characteristics that of Mr. Luke Whitney on Bear Hill.
[Hist. Midd Co., p. 567.] He d. July 11, 1884; res. Harvard, Mass.

6338. i. Horatio Turner, b. Mar. 5, 1840; d. Nov. 7, 1872.

5339. ii. Augustus Luke, b. June 19, 1845; m. Addie H. Hussey.

5340. iii. Ella Amanda, b. July 6, 1849; d. Jan. 15, 1851.

5341. iv. Ella Louisa, b. Nov. 13, 1851; m. Apr. 9, 1874, in Harvard,

Charles M. Hasner; res. 18 Essex St., Charlestown, Mass. He
was b. May 3, 1848: is in the grocery and provision business.
Ch.: Alice Gertrude, b. July 21, 1876.
6342. v. Clara Amanda, b. Apr. 3, 1854; res. Leominster; unm.; with
A. L.

5343. vi. Luther Farwell, b. May 19, 1856; res. Clinton, Mass.; is a jew-

eler and unm.

5344. vii. Martha Frances, b. Feb. 18, 1861; d. Feb. 22, 1865.
6346. viii. Charlotte Abbv, b. Apr. 7, 1843; d. Jan. 3, 1862.

2807. William Whitney (Luther, Israel, Elijah, Israel, Thomas, John), b.
m. Jane ; res. Harard, Mass.

5335.

iii.

5336.

iv.

5337.

V.

5346. i. Caroline P., b. Oct. 2, 1844.

2808. Jonathan W. Whitney (Luther, Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 1819; m. at Thompson, Conn., Dec. 1840, Mercy R. ; b.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 357

Dartmouth, Bristol Co., R. I., Jan. 3U, 1822. He d. Aug. 15, 1878; res. Springfield, O.,
74 Arcade and 23 Humbolt Ave., Boston, Mass.

5347. i. Susan C, b. July, 1842; d. Nov. 5, 1845.

5;348. ii. Clara H., b. Aug. 12, 1844; m. Nov. 3, 1873, Jerry Redding. Ch.:
Amy, b. Oct., 1874; d. 1880; Marv, b. 1875; d. 1882; Charles F.,
b. Jan., 1877; Emory, b. Oct., 1880; d. 1882; Nathan C, b. 1883;
Herbert E., b. 1886; res. 296 S. Alabama St., Indianapolis, Ind.

5349. iii. Amy C, b. Aug. 25, 1846; m. June 1, 1877, Robert H. Brandon;

res. 23 Humbolt Ave., Boston.

5350. iv. Emorv C, b. Dec. 20, 1858; m. Aug., 1894, Jennie Olmstead; res.

19 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.

2812. Albert Whitney (John, John, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John;, b. at
Goffstown, N. H., July 21, 1811; m. at Nahant, Mass., Nov. 26, 1836, Elizabeth Rice;
d. Apr. 30, 1847; m. 2d, Oct. 2, 1849, Susan R. Rice; d. July 11, 1884.

He kept hotel at Nahant and bis building occupied the site of the residence of
"Gov. Breed," in 1717. He d. Nov. 28, 1892; res. Nahant, Mass.

5351. i. William R., b. Feb. 9, 1853; m. Nov. 1, 1893, Emma L. Ostrander;

b. Sept 10, 1868; res. Nahant.

5352. ii. John Edward, b. 1841; d. Apr. 26, 1868.

5353. iii. Harriett Elizabeth, b. Nov. b, 1845; m. Nov. 26, 1868, William

Teal; res. N., s. p.
5854. iv. Alice Coleman, b. Sept. 10, 1857; m. July 14, 1875, Charles J.
Heywood. He d. 1892. She res. N., s. p.

5355. V. Benj. Coleman, b. Apr. 17, 1862; res. N., unm., salesman.

5356. vi. Susan Rice, b. Apr. 12, 1847; m. 1869, F. Coburn; res. Lowell,

Mass.

5357. vii. Charles Albert, b. May 26, 1850; d. Dec. 31, 1852.

2815. John Whitney (John, John, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Goffs-
town, N. H., Apr. 5, 1824; m. in Manchester, Julv 1, 1858, Eliza H. Fisher, b. June 1,
1832.

He was born on his father's farm in Goffstown, N. H., where he passed the
greater part of his life engaged in farming. He inherited the property from his
parents who lived with him until their death. On the death of Mr. Whitney, in
1879, the property passed out of the family, but is still known as " the Whitney
Place." He d. Sept. 22, 1879; res. Goffstown, N. H.

Susie Rice, b. Mar. 1, 1860; res. G.

Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 3, 1862; d. Jan. 7, 1865.

Albert, b. Dec. 29, 1863; m. Georgia F. Severance.

Lewis W., b. June 3, 1866; res. G.

Willis L.,b. June 3, 1866; d. May 7, 1871.

Mary E., b. Mar. 8, 1869; m. Dec. 26, 1888, Edmund W. Kellogg;
res. Newtonville, Mass., s. p. He was b. Feb. 18, 1865.

2829. JosiAH D. Whitney (Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Sept. 7, 1816; m. Oct. 9, 1838, Catherine Augusta Harvey, b. Leom.

He was born in Harvard, Mass. His father was a farmer, and he left home very
early in life to earn his own living. He went to Shirley, Mass., to work for a paper
xnanufacturer, where he remained for two years, going thence to Leominster to learn
the trade of carpenter and builder. At the end of his apprenticeship he went to
Worcester and remained two years. When 22 years of age, in 1838, he engaged in
•business on his own account in Pepperell, Mass. He soon had an excellent business
and rebuilt his carpenter shop much larger, had furnished it with all the appliances
for his business, and it lacked but one thing more, a grindstone; that he bought and
carried to his shop in his team, and when he reached his shop he took the grindstone
on his shoulder to carry in, when his foot slipped (it was in December) on the ice and
he fell, the stone falling upon his neck. He was taken to his home and it was found
that his neck was broken. He lived only a few hours. He died at the age of 30.
Jie d. Dec. 17, 1846; res. Leominster, Mass.

5364. i. Ellen Augusta, b. Nov. 27, 1839; m. Oct. 9, 1862, Jennison S.

May; res. Leo., s. p.

5365. ii. Adelaide Salina, b. Apr. 30, 1842; m. Nov. 19, 1863, Walter A.

Boyden; res. Leo. Ch.: Harry H. b. May 18, 1866; m. Ida M.
Stevens; res. Prov. R. I.; Clarence E., b. Dec. 24, 1883.

53.58.

i.

5359.

n.

5360.

m.

5361.

IV.

5362.

v.

5363.

vi.

358 WHITNEY GENEALOGY,

5366. iii. Anna Frances, b. July 10, 1844; m. Nov. 19, 1868, Frank W.
Slay ton; res. Cambridge, Mass. He d. July 26, 1889, s. p.

2830. Elhanan W. Whitney (Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Lancaster, Oct. 21, 1819; m. Mar. 14, 1843, Sarah A. Bogart, b. Dec. 30, 1824;
d. July 30, 1885; m. 2d, Nov. 2, 1891, Hattie F. Hapgood; res. Harvard. Mass.

536T. i. Eldora J., b. July 22, 1844; m. Oct. 23, 1867, Forestus D. K.

Hoar; b. Feb. 6, 1831; res. W. Acton. Ch.: Ida Eldora, b. Aug.

18, 1869; d. July 17,1870; Idelle Ora, b. Aug. 18, 1869; d. July

19, 1870.

5368. ii. Emma M., b. Dec. 31, 1845; m. Nov. 28, 1870, Frank M. Sharpless.

She d. Nov. 25, 1885. He was b. Dec. 2, 1845. Ch.: Bessie, b.

Nov. 24, 1871; m. Smith; res. Schoolcraft, Mich.; Erie

W., b. Mar. 13, 1876; Wm. P., b. Jan. 11. 1879.

5369. iii. Sarah C, b. Feb. 19, 1848; d. Mar. 26, 1851.

5370. iv. ESTELLA B., b. Feb. 2, 1850; m. Sept. 28, 1869, Hiram A. Davis, b.

Nov. 23, 1848; d. Mar. 18, 1876. She d. July 31, 1876. Ch.; Car-
rie F., b. Oct. 18, 1872; d. Dec. 19, 1874; Ethel F., b. July 21, 1876.
She was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery; res. Leomin-
ster, Mass.

5371. v. Warren E., b. Nov. 29, 1852; m. Anna C. Rowe.

5372. vi. Jerry _H., b. Sept. 11, 1854; m. Fannie B. Barnum.

5373. vii. James L., b. Nov. 17, 1857; m. Lizzie E. Barnard.

5374. viii. Eustace B., b. Dec. 3, 1862; m. Edda A. Whitehouse.

2834. Samuel Ivory Whitney (Samuel, Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Bolton, Mass., Mar. 13, 1809; m. May 26. 1854, Eliza Cannon; b. July 4, 1814;
d. Sept. 10, 1894. He was a cooper. He d. May 26, 1854; res. New Bedford, Mass.

5376. i. Charles H., b. Sept. 10, 1843; m. at Middletown, Conn., Oct. 29,

1891, Elmira Roberts; b. Aug. 17, 1851. He is an accountant;
res. s. p. Providence, R. I.; P. O. box 1516.

5377. ii. Maria Louise, b. Mar. 25, 1838; res. N. B.

5378. iii. Abbie D., b. Mar. 31, 1849; res. 59 Hill St., N. B.

5379. iv. Ivory S., b. Jan. 26, 1854; res. 212 Friendship St., Providence,

R. I.

5380. V. Son and Daughter, d. in infancy.

2836. Amasa Whitney (Samuel, Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Bolton, Mass., Jan. 13, 1813; m. Susan Cannon; res. New Bedford, Mass.

5381. i. E.MMA S., b. ; res. N. B.

2837. Sidney S. Whitney (Samuel, Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Bolton, Mass., Feb. 25, 1815; m. in New Bedford, Apr. 5, 1838, Mary C. Getchell;
b. Jan. 3, 1820; d. Feb. 22, 1865.

5382. i. Charles D., b. Apr. 6, 1844; m. Hannah S. Eaton.

5883. ii. Frances A. P., b. July 5, 1889; m. Charles F. Retchel; res. Clif-
tondale, Mass.

5384. iii. Fred'k A., b. Feb. 20, 1841; unm.

2842. Alonzo Whitney (Samuel, Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Bolton, Mass., Nov. 29, 1826; m. at Clinton, Mass., Dec. 25, 1851, Sarah H. Cooledge,
b. June 29, 1831. He is a cooper; res. New Bedford, Mass.

5385. i. Edward M., b. Dec. 16, 1855; m. Sept. 16, 1885, Mary W. Will-

iams, b. Feb. 28, 1861. He res. Fairhaven, Mass. Is an oculist
and aurist, s. p.

5386. ii. Susan A., b. Dec. 1. 1861.

2850. Asa Whitney (Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. in
Townsend, Mass., Dec. 1, 1791; m. in Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1816, Clarinda
Williams, dau. of Ralph of Groton, Conn., b. Apr. 27, 1788; d. July 6, 1879. Asa
Whitney, manufacturer, born in Townsend, Mass., Dec. 1, 1791; died in Phila., June
4, 1874. His opportunities for education were meager, and after spending several
years in his father's blacksmith shop, he went, in 1812, to New Hampshire, and
soon became so capable as a machinist that his employer sent him to Brownsville,
N. Y., to superintend the erection of machinery in a cotton factory. Here he re-

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 859

mained till 1830, carrying on a business in machine and forge-works, when he was
appointed assistant superintendent of the Mohawk & Hudson railroad, and be-
came superintendent the following year. Resigning this post in 1839, he was elected
canal commissioner of N. Y. state, and for two years superintended the enlarge-
ment and management of the Erie canal and its branches. In 1842 he removed
to Philadelphia and entered into the manufacture of locomotives with Matthew
W. Baldwin, but withdrew from the partnership in two years. Soon afterwards he
became president of the Morris Canal Company, for which he applied special ma-
chinery to a series of inclined planes by steam, by which means its boats could
pass elevations. He took out patents on May 22, 1847, for the corrugated plate-
wheel and began their manufacture with his son Geo. as partner. On April 25,
1848, he patented his process for annealing car wheels. It consisted in placing the
wheels soon after they were cast in a heated furnace, where they were subjected to
a further gradual increase of temperature, and were then cooled slowly for three
days. The discovery of this process of annealiiig, as applied to chilled cast-iron
wheels marked an era in the history of railroads. It enabled them with safety to in-
crease both loads and speed. Previous to this discovery it was impossible to cast
wheels with solid hubs, and therefore impossible to secure them rigidly to the axle.
Now the whole wheel was easily cast in one piece, and capable of being forced
securely upon the axle at a pressure of forty tons. Over ten million car wheels are
now in use in this country, and this principle of annealing is applied in some form
to every wheel that is made of chilled cast iron. On March 19, 1850, he patented the
tapered and ribbed corrugated wheel. For many years he made from 50,000 to 75,-
000 car wheels per annum. The business is still carried on by the firm of A. Whit-
ney & Sons. In 1860 Mr. Whitney was made president of the Reading railroad,
but he resigned in a year from failing health, after contributing largely to the
success of the road. He gave liberally during his life and among other public
bequests he gave 650,000 to found a professorship of dynamical engineering in the
University of Pennsylvania, §12,500 to the Franklin Institute, and 820,000 to the Old
men's Home in Philadelphia. He left a princely fortune to his family, and was
probably the only millionaire among the sons of Townsend. He d. June 4, 1874; res.
Brownville, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Pa.

5387. i. William Wallis, b. Sept 1, 1817; d. unm. in Cuba, Nov. 17,

1847, civil engineer.

5388. ii George, b. Oct. 17, 1819; m. Mary J. Ely.

5389. iii. Mary Jane, b. Nov. 8, 1821; m. Aug. 16, 1843, John H. Redfield,

b. Julv 10, 1815; res. 216 W. Logan Square, Philadelphia. Pa.
Ch.: William Wallace, b. July 7, 1844; m. Oct. 31, 1872, Emma
Stoddard; res. Minneapolis, M'inn.; Clarinda b. Julv 30, 1846; d.
unm. Aug. 4, 1891; Robert Stuart, b. May 2, 1849; m. Oct. 30,
1877, Mary T. Guillon; res. 3766 Walnut St., Phil., Pa.; Eliza
Whitnev, b. Dec. 13, 1851; res. 216 W. Logan Squ., Phil., Pa.

5890. iv. Daniel Lyman, b. Feb. 1824; d. infancy May 24, 1825.

5391. v. ELiZA.b. Jan. 25, 1826; m. June 9,1857, Rev. M. A. DeWolfe Howe,
D. D., b. Apr. 5, 1808; res. Reading Pa. Ch.: Arthur Whitney,
2032 DeLancey place, Phila., Pa.; m. Mary W. Deucklan, Apr.
4, 1888; b. May 15, 1859; Anna Barnard, dec'd; b. May 8, 1858;
Mark A. DeWolfe, b. Aug. 28,1864; address, 41 Temple place,
Boston, Mass.; Antoinette DeWolfe, dec'd; b. Jan. 13, 1861;
Wallis Eastburn, b. Sept. 12, 1868; address, 91 Mt. Vernon St.,
Boston, Mass. Howe, Mark Antony DeWolfe, P. E. bishop,
b. in Bristol R. I., Apr. 5, 1808. He was graduated at Brown
in 1828; ordained deacon in 1832, and priest in 1833. In Octo-
ber of the latter year he became rector of St. James' church,
Roxbury, Mass., where he remained three years, and then re-
moving to Cambridge, was rector of Christ church, and editor
of the Christian Witttess. Returning to Roxbury in 1836 he
remained there ten years, and then became rector of St. Luke's
church, Philadelphia, where he officiated till 1865, when he was
consecrated bishop of central Pennsylvania. From 1850 till
1862 he was secretary of the house of clerical and lay deputies,
and he was a deputy to the general convention from that date
till 1872. In 1865 he was elected missionary bishop of Nevada,
but declined. He received the degree of D. D. from Brown in

1848, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1876. He has

360 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

published besides sermons, essays and addresses, "A Review of
the Report of the Boston Public Schools" (Boston, 1845); "Ora-
tion before the Phi Beta Kappa Society" (Hartford, 1852);
"Domestic Slavery, a Reply to Bishop Hopkins" (Philadelphia,
1864); "Life of Bishop Alonzo Potter" (1871); "Poem read at the
Bi-Centenary of Bristol, R. I." (Providence, R. 1., 1882); and
"Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania"
(Reading, 18861.
6392. vi. John Randall, b. Oct. 21, 1828; m. Susan Caldwell Butler and
Mary Graham Young.

5393. vii. James Shields, b. Dec. 2, 1830; m. Elizabeth Field Knap.

2851. Samuel Whitney (Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Feb.
27, 1794; m. Sept. 30, 1813, Polly Wallace; d. at Nashau, N. H., Sept., 1823; m. 2d
Kezia Gage.

Samuel Whitney was the inventor of what is known as the Woodworth planer.
He spent considerable time and money on this machine. He had a model made by
a competent machinist, which did the work admirably, and he intended to secure a
patent on the same; but while he delayed in attending to that business and dream-
ing about the fortune he hoped to make by it, a dishonest man stealthily invaded
the premises in which the model was stored, took drawings and admeasurements of
it, from which another model was made and sent to Washington, and a patent was
taken out in another man's name. By this bold and villainous theft Mr. Whitney
was defrauded out of the benefit of his ingenious and useful invention. He d. Dec.
16, 1870; res. Townsend and Waltham, Mass., and Hudson, Lenawee Co., Mich.

5394. i. Mary J., b. Feb. 11, 1814; m. in Dec, 1854, \'arnum Spalding; m.

2d, June 4, 1867, Joel Shattuck, b. Aug., 1784; d. June 21, 1871;
res. Brookline, N. H., s. p.

5395. ii. -Samuel, b. July 20, 1817; m. Lydia Stowell.

6396. iii. Jonathan Wallace, b. May 13, 1819; m. Mary A. Brooks.

6397. iv. Harriett Newell, b. June 23, 1822; m. in Concord in 1846

Simon B. Whicher. She d. s. p. in Xashau, N. H., in June, 1858.
5398. v. Helen M., b. in So. Boston, Aug., 1832; d. in Nashau, N. H., in

Aug., 1851.
6399. vi. Adelia Gage, b. in Townsend Feb. 19, 1837; d. there in Nov.,

1841.

2865. Joel Whitney (Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. June 8,
1807; m. Oct. 30, 1844, Esther Maria Treadwell.

Mr. Whitney was born in Townsend in June, 1807, and his earlier days were
passed in that town. More than a half century ago Mr. Whitney began business as
a machinist in Wakefield, and in 1844 removed to Winchester, where he established
the plant which now bears his name at Main and Walnut streets. Mr. Whitney was
a close friend of Goodyear and Heyward when those famous inventors were strug-
gling with the uncertain qualities of rubber. He was consulted by and assisted
these early workers in the development of the rubber business. He also made many
improvements in processes for making the first steel saws.

Mr. Whitney was a manufacturing machinist whose reputation was not confined
to the New England states. As an inventor he took front rank, and his one inven-
tion of the present universally used swivel hangers for shafting would have enriched
him had he patented it. He was satisfied, however, to receive his compensation
from the orders he received for them. He made many patterns and machines for
the manufacture of rubber; also woodworking machines, and he was also sought by
the sawmakers of years ago. Of late years the products of his shops have been con-
fined to making of machines for manufacture of leather, and his machines are to be
found in all parts of the world to-day. To enumerate the varied inventions which
his cunning hand and active brain had brought forth would be a monument to his
industry and ability. "Whitney's Mill" has become a landmark, where handicraft
and ingenuity have developed models of workmanship and utility. Since 1883 Mr.
Whitney was not actively engaged in business, being confined the greater part of his
time to his home. In one sense of the word, Mr. Whitney was a man who lived
within himself, and his love of nature and flowers was stronger than the rewards
won through the struggles and turmoil of business. He never cared for ofifice, but
attended town meetings and was an interested and close observer of town affairs.

One who knew him as a friend and associate for fifty years writes: "I have seen

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362 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

him in prosperity and adversity — the same calm and genial man, sociable and com-
panionable, with a mind broad and comprehensive, of inventive genius and rare me-
chanical skill. To know him well, his worth and true character stood out strong and
impressive. He lived with us for a long period, never seeking applause or notoriety,
modest and retiring in all his ways." Joel Whitney was a man of fine taste; his love
for the beautiful in nature and art was inborn and fresh as the flowers he loved so
well. These gems on nature's cheek he loved to cultivate, and inhale their rich per-
fume. He loved fruit in its fullest development; to grow fine specimens and choice
varieties was his delight. No citizen in town had so nice a taste and so full knowl-
edge of the qualities of good fruit. "Age did not wither, or infirmity stale," his deep
love for the crimson rose, the violet blue, the lucious pear, the apple sweet and fair.
He was a lifelong member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, in which he
took a great interest. He was also a life member of the Massachusetts Charitable
Mechanics' Association. He d. Dec. 2, 1893; res. Winchester, Mass.

5400. i. Evelyn Frenx-h, b. Aug. 16, 1845; d. Dec. 3, 1883.

5401. ii. Arthur Eastman, b. July 5, 1847; m. Alice Fletcher.

5402. iii. George Evans, b. Feb. 10, 1849; m. June 6, 1883, Helen Gertrude

Lewis, b. Sept. 28, 1857; res. s. p., Cambridgeport, Mass.

5403. iv. Joel Francis, b. Mar. 5, 1852; d. Dec. 16, 1853.

5404. V. Addie Maria, b. Jan. 20, 1854; m. Jan. 26, 1876. Albert Eugene

Ayer; res. Winchester. He was b. Oct. 18, 1852. Ch.: Luther
Symmes, b. Oct. 17. 1876; Evelyn Whitney, b. Nov. 14. 1879;
Miriam Baker, b. Aug. 30, 1883; Rachel Whittier, b. May 15,
. 1887; Helen Gertrude, b. Nov. 23, 1888; Dorothy Mary, b. July
22, 1890.

5405. vi. Fred Milton, b. Oct. 27, 1856; m. Elmira T. White.

5406. vii, Delia, b. Sept. 17, 1862; unm.; res. Winchester.

2856. Levi Whitney (Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Amherst, N. H., July 7, 1798; m. m Watertown, Mass., Aug. 24, 1824, Jane Whitney;
b. Watertown, June 13, 1805, dau. of Moses; d. June 14, 1843. He d. June 28. 1863;
res. Calais, Me.

5407. ix. Harriett Emeline, b. Jan., 1840; m. Jan. 18. 1858. Henry A.

Hiltz; b. Feb. 7, 1831; d.'Dec. 18, 1877; res. 21 Carlton St.. Som-
erville, Mass. Ch.: Eugenie, b. June 15, 1859; m. July 14, 1881,
in Maiden, Mass., to Charles H. Cpllagan; one child, b. Aug. 28,
1890, Mabel Eugenie; post office address, 21 Carlton St., Somer-
ville, Mass.

Phebe Jane. b. June 13, 1825; d. Oct.. 1826.

Levi F., b. Oct. 29, 1827; d. Jan. 3, 1833.

Chas. H., b. Jan. 30. 1829; m. .

Horace, b. June 16, 1830; d. Oct. 30, 1831.

Geo. E., b. Mar. 20, 1832; d. June 29, 1833.

Julia A., b. Nov. 1, 1833; d. 1849.

Mary Olive, b. May 15, 1835; d. Apr. 28, 1836.

Edward L., b. Sept. 23, 1837; d. Aug. 30, 1838.

Wm. H., b. Oct. 22, 1841 ; d. Mar. 8, 1843.

Jane, b. May 26, 1843; d. June 6, 1843.

Mary, b. May 26. 1843; d. Sept. 15, 1844.

2857. Luke Whitney (Aaron. Levi, Daniel, Jonathan. Jonathan, John), b. Am-
herst, N. H.', Jan. 2, 1800; m. Dec. 2, 1824, Cynthia Smith King; b. May 1, 1806; d.
Dec. 17, 1833; m.2d, Aug. 7, 1834, Mary Thankful Smith; b. Apr. 6, 1806; d. Mar. 28,
1858. Luke Whitney was a man of sterling integrity and had noted mechanical and
inventive genius. He was a Masonic Knight Templar, and was beloved and
respected by all who knew him. By precept and example he brought up his chil-
dren in the fear and love of God. He d. Dec. 9, 1865; res. Sacarrappa, Me., and
Waltham, Mass.

5419. i. Hannah Adaline, b. May 15, 1826; m. Apr. 9,1867, Isaac Childs;

res. 34 School St., Waltham, Mass.

5420. ii. Cynthia Maria, b. Mar. 2.3, 1828; m. Apr. 3, 1849, Hon. Matthew

H.Cochrane; res. Hillhurst, Canada. Hon. H. W.Cochrane was
born in Compton, Province of Quebec, in 1823, and is to-day one
of the most extensive breeders of fine stock in the Dominion of
Canada and the United States. From a small beginning in 1865

5408.

i.

5409.

11.

5410.

111.

541L

IV.

5412.

V.

5413.

VI.

5414.

vn.

5415.

Vlll.

5416.

X.

5417.

XI.

5418.

xii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 363

his business has grown to mammoth proportions. Men are usu-
ally molded for some special work, though millions reach the
end of the journey without ever having discovered what that
work is, and thousands pave their path with sorrows from having
mistaken it. A few make the discovery about the noon of life,
and by dmt of superhuman energies obliterate the huge mis-
take of the past, but the majority, never. Many whom nature
eminently qualified for useful servants lose themselves in the
foolish attempt to be masters, and a few spend all their days in
servitude who might have directed labor. Some can carry on a
limited business only, with admirable success, while others are
born, so to speak, with a natural capacity for successful whole-
saling all their lives. Of this latter class, rare as eclipses, is the
subject of our sketch, at least so says his career, deny it
who can. All the rare combination of qualities belongmg
to this class of men form the stepping stones to the towers
they build. Some men search for the success of Mr. Coch-
rane in his ample command of means, but this does not
account for the acquisition of the means that enabled him
to erect this stupendous pillar of Shorthorn fame from the
ruins of a sunken paternal estate. Others read this success in
the Shorthorn boom of the era of his grandest successes. It
remained for the Quebec exhibition, which was held at Mon-
treal, to bestow the great honor of the season, if not indeed of
Mr. Cochrane's life, unless it be his appointment as a senator of
the Dominion in 1872 as a tribute to his work. We refer to the
gold medal tendered him by the council of this board, for the
best show of stock and for his services to the cause of agricul-
ture. Ch.: Alma Ellen, b. Oct. 27, 1850; m. Dec. 30, 1875, Edward
Alfred Baynes; res. Montreal,?. Q.; onedau.; James Arthur, b.
July 22, 1853; m. Jan. 12, 1886, Mary Louise Grant, dau. Sir
James, of Ottawa; she d. Feb. 10, 1888; m. 2d, 1891, Eva M.
Morris, dau. of the late Lieut. -Gov. Morris, of Toronto; he has
one son; Alice Greeley, b. Mar. 22, 1855; m. June 12, 1878, John
E. Abbott, son of the late Hon. John Abbott, of Boston; have
four ch.; William Francis, b. Mar. 27, 1857; Ermina Maria, b.
Sept. 23, 1858; m. Sept. 6, 1876, Charles Cassils, of Montreal;
four ch.; Lilian Maud,b. July 1, 1863; Ernest Balch, b. Mar. 2,
1865; Mabel Gertrude, b. May 5, 1868; Bertha 'Louisa, b. Oct. 8,
1870; Amy Grizel, b. Sept. 20, 1872.

5421. iii. Phebe Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1830; m. Jan. 24, 1849. Stephen

Nudd Pinkham. She d. May 27, 1852. Ch.: Susan Elizabeth, b.
Nov. 16, 1849; res. Waltham, Mass. Stephen Nudd Pinkham
was an apothecary. He went to California during the 1849-50
craze, and was accidentally killed at Battle Mountain, Nev.,
Sept. 25, 1870. He was b. in 1819.

5422. iv. Marv Jane, b. June 13, 1832; m. Nov. 4, 1857, Dennison Wallis

Morrison; b. Mar. 8, 1830; s. p.; res. New Rochelle, N. Y. Den-
nison Wallis Morrison was b. in South Danvers, Mass. (now
called Peabody), and has been engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Lawrence, Mass., Cincinnati, New York, and Boston, where he
is now. She is the authoress of "Songs and Rhymes," published
by G. P. Putnam's Sons. They now res. at the Adams House,
Boston, Mass.

5423. v. Alma ELLEN.b. July 4, 1835; d. Dec. 12, 1835.

5424. vi. Margaret, b. Aug. 1, 1836; d. Aug. 1, 1836.

5425. vii. Theodore, b. Aug. 1, 1836; d. Aug. 1, 1836.

5426. viii. Mark Edwin, b. Nov. 21, 1837; m. Nov. 29, 1860, Hattie K. Phil-

lips. He d. Dec. 16, 1866. Ch.: Cora F., b. Nov. 6, 1861.

5427. ix. Luke Henry, b. May 5, 1840; m. Mary Ellen Gammon.

2859. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Amherst, N. H., Dec. 15, 1801; m. at Biddeford, Me., Rebecca Perkins, b. Mar., 1809
He was a machinist. He d. Jan. 1866; res. Biddeford, Me., and Hartford, Conn,

5428. i. Sarah Jane, b. Mar. 19, 1831; d. Mar. 20, 1881.

5429.

ii.

M30.

111.

5431.

IV.

5432.

V.

5433.

VI.

364 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Amos, b. Oct. 8, 1832; m. Laura Johnson.

John W. Perkins, b. July 12, 1835; m. Olive E. Springer.

Ada, b. ; d. ■ .

Geo. Q., b. Apr. 22, 1843; m. Isabelle Gaylord.

Fanny FoRRtsxER, b. ; unm; res. 94 Waltham St., Boston,

ton, Mass.

5434. vii. Grace Greenwood, b. ; m. Oct. 11, 1876, George H.

Casey; res. 39 W. 61st St., New York City.

2860. James Whitney (Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Amherst, N. H., July 8, 1808; m. at Great Falls, N. H., Sept. 1, 1833, Julia A. Dorr; b.
Acton, Me., Apr. lb!, 1813; d. Calais, Me., Apr. 2, 1863. He was a machinist. He d.
Mar. 22, 1868; res. Calais, Me.

5435a. i. James B., b. Oct. 10, 1834; d. Aug. 7, 1835.

5436a. ii. Julia A., b. Nov. 7, 1836; m. Geo. A. Grant; res. Hudson, Wis.
5437a. iii. Emily F., b. Aug. 17, 1838; m. F. H. Dam; res. St. Cloud, Minn.
5438a. iv. James F., b. Jan. 7, 1840; res. 60 Walnut St., Hartford, Conn.
5439a. V. Charlotte N., b. July 7, 1842; m. Arthur Hussy; res. St. Cloud,

Minn.
6440a. vi. Harriett E., b. Apr. 17, 1844; m. Geo. A. Blake; res. Calais, Me.
5441a. vii. Geo. F., b. Mar. 20, 1846; m. Sept. 2, 1874, Emma F. Johnson, b.
June 16, 1846; res. Hartford, Conn.; is a machinist; s. p.; is
with Pratt & Whitney.
5442a. viii. Martha A., b. June 10, 1848; m. O. D. Lamb; res. Milltown, Me.
5443a. ix. Levi F., b. June 7, 1850; d. Calais.
5444a. X. Ephraim G., b. Apr. 4, 1852; res. Danbury, Conn.
5445a. XI. Amelia, b. Apr. 8, 1854; d. Calais.

2864. John Whitney (John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1772; m.
in Needham, May 28, 1797, Clarissa Slack. John Whitney was born in Sherborn, but
removed to Boston in 1795. He was a merchant, and continued in business until his
death, in 1817. He was a worthy and respectable man. He was senior member of
the firm of Whitney & Dorr. He d. in 18l7; res. Boston, Mass.

5435. i. Eliza R., b. 1798; m. Lemuel Clupbone; res. Roxbury. She d.

1849. Ch.: John W., b. 1817; d. 1821; Charles A., b. 1820; John
W., b. 1822; Joseph, b. 1824; Susan E., b, 1827] Frances E., b.
1830; d. 1833; Frances W., b. 1833.

William P., b. 1799; d. in Boston, 1830; a merchant.

Susan, b. 18()0; a teacher; d. unm.

CLARissA.b. 1802; m. Joseph Goddard. Shed. 1823. Ch.: James
W., b. 1823; d. in Boston, 1823.

James H., b. 1804; m. Mary R. Rutgers.

Sarah S., b. 1804; d. 1804.

Sarah, b. 1805; d. 1805.

Martha W., b. 1807; d. .

Sarah, b. Mar. 25, 1809; m. in Boston, Mar. 25, 1834, Charles
Chandler; res. New Bedford, Mass. He was b. in Petersham,
Sept. 7, 1»07; d. July 6, 1889, in New Bedford. Ch.: Charles
Frederick, b. Lancaster, Mass., Dec. 6, 1836; m. Apr. 10, 1361,
Anna Craig. He studied at the Lawrence Scientific School, at
Harvard, and abroad at the universities of Gottingerand Berlin,
receiving in 1856 the degree of Ph. D. at Gottinger. On his
return to the United States in 1857, he became assistant in
chemistry at Union college under Prof. Charles A. Joy, and
a few months later succeeded to the duties of the full profes-
sorship. Here he remained until 1864, when he went to New
York and was associated with Professors Egleston and Vinton
in the establishment of the Columbia School of Mines. Dr.
Chandler was elected to fill the chair of analytical and applied
chemistry, and was also dean of the faculty. In 1877, on the
reorganization of the school, he was made professor of chemistry,
lecturing thenceforth in both the literary and scientific depart-
ments of Columbia. He became adjunct professor of chemistry
and medical jurisprudence in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Columbia in 1872, and in 1876 succeeded to the full

5436.

ii.

5437.

m.

5438.

IV.

5439.

V.

5440.

VI.

5441.

Vll.

5442.

VUl.

5443.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 365

professorship. In 1873 he was appointed president of the board
of health of New York City, and again in 1877. He has also
taken a prominent part in the various analyses of waters
throughout the United States, and has delivered many lectures.
He received the honorary degree of M. D. from the University
of New York in 1873, and the same year LL. D. from Union
College. He is a life member of all the prominent chemical
societies in the world; res. 51 East 54th St., N. Y. C. Kath-
erine Whitney, b. Sept. 26, 1839; res. with Chas. F.; William
Henry, b. in New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 13, 1841; m. Mary Eliza-
beth Sayre, Jan. 10, 1873. He was educated at Union college, and
from 1861 to 1867 was chemist to various companies, and from
1868 to 1871 instructor of chemistry at the Columbia School of
Mines. In 1871 he became professor of chemistry at Lehigh
university, and in 1878 was made director of the library. He
has received the degree of A. M. from Union college and that
of Ph. D. from Hamilton college. He is a member of various
chemical societies in this and other countries. In 1876 he was
juror at the Centennial, and in 1878 at the Paris exhibition. Is at
present connected with the Lehigh universitv, Bethlehem, Pa.;
Mary Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1846; d. Nov. 26, 1856.

5444. X. Mary S., b. 1811; m. Josiah Lovett. She d. in Boston in 1840.

5445. xi. Hellen A., b. 1813; m. James Howland; res. N. B. Ch.: Mel-

len, b. 1837; John, b. 1842; James, b. 1846.

5446. xii. Hannah H., b. 1815; m. Robert Walton; res. St. Andrews, N. B.

Ch.: Mary W., b. 1842; Elizabeth C, b. 1843; Edward, b. 1845;
Robert, b. 184H; son, b. 1849.

5447. xiii. Catherine F„ b, 1817; d. Weston, Mass., in 1836.

2865. Nathaniel Whitney (John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b.
1774; m. Deborah Eames. He d. ; res. Manlius, Is'. Y.

2868. James Whitney (John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Sherborn,
Mass., in 1779; m. Lois Blodgett; b. 1785; d. Nov. 2, 1869. He was a farmer and
prominent citizen. He d. Nov. 22, 1850; res. Sherborn, Mass.

5448. i. Louisa, b. July 6, 1804; m. in Sherborn, Cvrus Daniels, of Med-

way. He was b. Jan. 23, 1803. Ch.: Hannah, b. Mar. 23, 1829;
m. Jan. 8, 1852, Horace R. Richardson; res. 51 Erie St., Cam-
bridgeport, Mass.; Henry Martin, b. May 16, 1832; m. Maria
Miller; res. Millis, Mass ; Edward, b. July 8, 1836; m. July 5,
1859, Nellie Spooner; res. Natick, Mas?.

5449. ii. Phebe, b. 1806; m. Partridge Hill and Jacob Pratt (see). Ch.:

Charles, b. 1830; res. W. Newton, Mass; Lydia P., b. 1833; Lucv,
b. 1835.

5450. iii. Lyman, b. June 1, 1808; m. Mary Leland and Pamelia O. Lenter.

5451. iv. Sylvester, b. Apr. 12, 1810; m. Fanny Sanger.

5452. v. Lois,b. Apr. 16, 1812; m. Feb. 26, 1833, Augustus H. Leland; res.

Sher. He was b. Nov. 18, 1808; d. Oct. 30, 1886. He was a
farmer. She d. Mav 14, 1887. Ch.: George A., Sherborn, Mass.;
b. Oct. 17, 1835; Abbie M., b. Apr. 23, 1839; m. Oct. 18, 1858, to
Thomas Taber, Sherborn; Edmund Dowse, b. May 21, 1842; d.
June ;30, 1842.

5453. vi. Elmira, b. 1814; m. H. G. O. Hooper, of Dover, Mass. He d.

May 20, 1893. She d. May 27, 1893. Ch.: Ellen, b. 1839; d.
in Dover, in 1847.

5454. vii. James, b. Sept. '27, 1816; m. Marv Ann Clark.

5455. viii. Vespasian, b. Feb. 1818; d. Sept. 3, 1821.

5456. ix. Caroline Stone, b. Nov. 27, 1820; m. Nov. 19, 1846, James H.

Wight, of Dover. He was b. July 21, 1816. He is a carpenter,
of Natick, Mass.; res. Newton Highlands, Mass. Ch.: Ella A.,
b. Feb. 9, 1849; Abbie W., b. Dec. 30, 1851; Carrie, b. Sept. 15,
1855; d. June 14, 1856; Jas. H., b. Mar. 26, 1858; Edward I., b.
Aug. 26, 1863.

5457. X. Abigail, b. Dec, 1822; d. July 25, 1825.

5458.

i.

5459.

ii.

5460.

iii.

5461.

iv.

5462.

V.

5463.

vi.

5464.

vii.

5465.

viii

366 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2869. Ezra Whitney (John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1781; m,
Sally F. Slack; m. 2d Mary N. Allen. He d. 1863; res. Boston, Mass., and Meddy-
bemps, Me.

Ezra S., b. Sept. 15, 1808; m. Lydia A. Dutcher.

Chas. H., b. 1810; d. 1812.

Sarah E., b. 1814; d. 1827.

Mary M., b. 1817; d. 1819.

John S., b. Aug. 4, 1819; m. Mary E. Gellusseora.

Calvin E., b. 1821 ; d. 1822.

Infant, b. 1827; d. 1827.

Mary M., b. Eastport, Me., July 22, 1829; m. at Sherborn, Mass.,
June 8, 1852, William Clarke; res. Flint, Mich. He is a drug-
gist, and was b. June 10, 1846. Ch.: Alpheus Whitney, First
National Bank, Detroit, Mich.; Weld Noble, 1515 Brown St.;
Annie Lavin, Philadelphia, Pa.; Edith Mary, Flint, Mich.
Annie m. F. A. Piatt, Jan. 19, 1883; P. O. address, 703 Harrison
St., Flint, Mich.; A. W. m. Jessie Wisner, Flint, May, 1878; W.
N. m. Nina Hazelton, Philadelphia, April, 1884.

5466. ix. Oliver A., b. Oct. 24, 1829; m. Julia A. Condor.

5467. X. Hannah H., b. 1831; m. G. H. Hazelton; res. 11 So. Delaware

Ave., Atlantic City, N. J. He d. s. p., Dec. 24, 1893.

5468. xi. James W., b. 1834.

2870. Col. Isaac Whitney (James, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b.
Sherborn, 1782; m. Mary Moore; m. 2d Sarah Thaver; b. Dec. 16, 1785; d. July 26,
1871. ' . . J > .

He was born in Sherborn, where he always resided; was a prominent and public-
spirited citizen; was colonel of the militia and selectman 1816-18 19-20 and 23. He
d. Sept. ^*, 1844; res. Sherborn, Mass.

5469. i. Susan, b. 1807; m. Charles Bonney; res. Walpole, Mass.; both

deceased.
Martha, b. 1810; m. Moses Stratton; res. Natick; both deceased.
Mary, b. 1812; m. Ebenezer Babcock; res. Walpole, Mass.
Jane, b. 1816; m. James Nason Hill; res. Sherborn; deceased.
Sarah Robinson, b. 1817; d. 1818.
Warren, b. June 15, 1819; m. Anne E. Watson; res. S.
James R., b. Feb. 24, 1821; m. Susan A. Clark; res. S.
A.MANDA M., b. 1824; unm.; res. S.
Sally Ann, b. 1829; unm.; res. S.; teacher.

2872. Martin Whitney (James, Benjamin, James, John. Jonathan, John), b.
Sherborn, Mass., June 1?: 1787; m. Dec. 10, 1810, Nancy Orne; b. Jan. 11, 1787; d. Sept.
19, 1864. He d. July 6, 1850; res. No. Attleboro, Mass.

5478. i. Felix Grundy, b. Dec. 9, 1818; m. Catherine G. Briggs.

5479. ii. James Orne, b. Mar. 2, 1823; m. Elisabeth Slack Miller.

5480. iii. Geo. Barbour, b. Nov. 29, 1825. He m. Sarah Wescott Bishop

and d. in Apr., 1858, leaving 1 dau., who d. soon after.
6481. iv. Harriett, b. Nov. 23, 1816; m. Jan. 6, 1847, Otis Stanley; res. No.

A.;had2ch. She d. in 1877.
5482.- v. Emily, b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. Feb. 26, 1842, Oliver Stanley; res. No.

A.; had 3 ch. She d. Apr. 1, 1852.
5483. vi. Ann Maria, b. Dec. 13, 1821; m. Elijah Carter; res. Rock Island,

III. She d. in Mar., 1888. Son, Dr. Chas. C, res. R. I.

2876. Henry Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b.
1793; m. Mary Ann Bassett; res. Gardner, Mass.
Eliza Ann, b. Mar. 1, 1825.
DuLCiNA, b. Jan. 10, 1827; m. John L. Clark; m. 2d, Benjamin T.

Joslin.
Isaac H., b. Nov. 27, 1828.
Mary P., b. Aug. 25. 1830; m. E. P. Hardy.
Sarah P., b. June 12, 1832.

Caroline M., b. Oct. 24, 1834; m. A. M. Wilson.
John T., b. May 14, 1838.
viii. Florence A., b. June 15, 1840; m. L. H. Brown.

5470.

ii.

5471.

iii.

5472.

IV.

5473.

V.

5474.

vi.

5475.

vii.

5476.

viii

6477.

ix.

5483a.

i.

5484a.

ii.

5485a.

iii.

5486a.

iv.

5487a.

V.

5488a.

vi.

5489a.

vii

5490a.

vii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 367

5484.

I ,

5485.

11.

6486.

111.

5487.

iv.

6488.

V.

6489.

vi.

5490.

VII.

6491.

Vlll.

6492.

IX.

5493.

X.

5494.

XI.

5495.

xu.

5491a. ix. Ellen, b. 1842; ni. C. S. Warren.
5492a. X. Eveline, b. 1844.

2879. Joseph Park Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. 1798; m. Roena Bickford. She m. 2d Carlisle Heywood, 4 children. He d.
July 25, 1823; res. Gardner, Mass.

6493a. i. Roena H., b. July 25, 1823; m. William P. Allen; res. Gardner.

2880. George Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b,
in 1801; m. Sophia Greenwood, b. Aug. 31, 1807; Res. Boston, Mass.

George O., b. 1824; m. Abby T. Rich.

Charles, b. 1826; d. Boston, young.

William J., b. 1828; res. Cal.

Caroline S., b. 1830.

Charles, b. 1832; res. Cal.

Joel P. b. 18:^.

Francis, b. 1836.

Edward P., b. 1838; res N. O.

Ellen, b. 1840; res. N. O.

Adelaide, b. 1843; res. N. O.

James, b. 1846; res. N. O.

Caroline, b. 1849; res'. New Orleans, La.

2884. Job Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonjithan, John), b. Sept. 29, 1788;
m. Mar. 2, 1816, Abigail Buckman, b. Feb. 22, 1782; d. Sept. 21, 1874. He d. Sept. 10,
1854; res. North Woodstock, Conn.

5496. i. Ruth Knapp, b. Nov. 21, 1815; m. Jan. 3, 1839, Edwin Mav, of

No. Wood. She d. Webster, Mass., June 13, 1833. He d. Apr.
14, 1882.

5497. ii. Lucia Dresser, b. Nov. 25, 1818; m. Mar. 4, 1839, Elisha Child;

res. Southbridge, Mass. He d. Dec. 15, 1880.
6498. iii. Job Orton, b. Jan. 25, 1821; d. Sept. 25, 1838, at N. W.

2885. Ezra Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Wood-
stock, Conn., Jan. 1790; m. Lucy Waters, b. July 28, 1791; d. Feb. 15, 1866. He d.
Aug., 1848; res. Abington, Conn.

Henry S., b. Oct. 16, 1816.

Mary Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1819.

Charles L. b. Mar. 20, 1823.

Elizabeth Lucy, b. Apr. 24,1827; m. Dec. 24, 1848, Samuel A.

Pratt, b. Jan. 16, 1822; res. 1 High St., Worcester, Mass. Ch.:

Marion Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1, 1852; m. Nov. 18, 1869, Harlan B.

Pierce, b. Sept. 22, 1847; res. 8 Hancock St., Worcester, Mass.;

Rosella Maria, b. M^r. 12, 1863; m. Dec. 4, 1884, Bailey;

res. Chelsea, Mich.

2886. Newell Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1796;
Tn. Anna Leonard; m. 2d Clarissa Clark; m. 3d L. Tillotson.

5503. i. Albert, b. .

6604. ii. James, b.— ; a son, James Whitney; res. Craftsbury, Vt.

2889. James Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 6, 1800;

■m. Prudence Allard; b. ; d. Mar., 1839; m. 2d, Sept. 9, 1839, Lavina Lee; b,

Feb. 14, 1821. She m. 2d Rufus Burden, of Sutton. He was a carpenter and joiner.
Lavina L. Burden, of Sutton, appointed guardian of Floretta A. Whitney, minor
child of James Whitney, Woodstock, Conn., Feb. 15, 1870. Ch.: Floretta, b. Apr. 30,
1854. He d. Aug. 30, 1854; res. Woodstock, Conn.

6605. i. Daniel J., b. June 9, 1840; m. Nancy Child and Miranda White.
5506. li. Chandler B., b. June 23, 1843; m. Harriett Cowles and Clara G.

Cowles.

5607. iii. Perlev Lyon, b. Apr. 30, 1854; d. killed by the cars in Worces-
ter, Aug. 27, 1869.

6508. iv, Mary Jane, b. Aug. 16, 1846; m. Mar. 21, 1866, Putnam Dwight
King; b. Jan. 16, 1842, in Sutton, Mass; res. Sutton, Mass.
Wholesale flour dealer. Ch.: Dwight E., b. Apr. 27, 1867; m.
and res. S.

5499.

i.

6500.

11.

5501.

111.

6502.

IV.

368

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6509. V.

5510.
5511.

VI.

vii.

Floretta Ann. b. Apr. 30, 1854; m. Oct. 11, 1871. Theodore L.
Chase; res. 17 Rellevue St., Worcester, Mass. Ch.: Periey W.,
b. Mar. 16, 1876, Florence Maud (adopted), b. Mar. 26, 1886.

Louisa Maria, b. E. Woodstock; d. May 30, 1850.

Henrietta B , b. E. Woodstock, 1849; d. May 25, 1850.

2891. MiCAH Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 20,
1803; m. 1830, Diantha Walker, of Woodstock, Conn.; m. 2d at Thompson, Conn.,
May 19, 1850, Elizabeth Chandler, b. Oct. 26. 1816; d. Mar. 7, 1889. He d. June, 1871 ;
res. Woodstock, Conn.

6612. i. Marcus Chandler, b. Sept.21, 1861, He is a farmer and teacher;

res. East Woodstock, Conn.

Abbie M., b. ; res. Attleboro Falls, Mass.

Edwin, b. ; res. Attleboro Falls, Mass.

5613.
6514.
5515.
5516.

11.

iii.

iv.

V.

Geo. p., b. Sept. 22, 1839; m. Lucy M. Lvon.
Charles H., b. Apr. 2, 1838; m. Lydia A. Perry.

2892. Dr. Schuyler Whitney (James, Ezra, James, Jobn, Jonathan, John), b.
Sept. 9, 1806; m. Oct. 24, 1828, Sally Litchfield; d. 1879.

He was a cabinetmaker, and went to Oxford, Mass., in 1828 and was in that
business there with Capt. William Sigourney. He sold out in 1832 and moved lo
Wilkinsonville, Mass., where he was a shuttle maker. In 1843 he moved to South-
bridge and was part owner of the Litchfield Shuttle Co. until 1860. He then studied
medicine and practiced until his death in 1879. He. d. s. p.. Mar. 31, 1879; res. South-
bridge, Mass.

2897. Daniel Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 2,
1812: m. Feb. 9, 1836, Ruth Watson, b. Nov. 19, 1806; d. Jan. 2.S, 1890.

He was a farmer and resided in Grafton. He died in Grafton and his widow
was appointed executrix of his estate. He d. Sept. 28, 1872; res. Craftsbury, \'t., and
Grafton, Mass.

6617. iii. James D., b. Mar. 16, 1838; m. Victoria Kav.
5518. i. Ansel B., b. Mar. 23, 1847; d. Oct. 27, 1869.'

6619. ii. Abbie A., b. Dec. 10, 1843; m. in Grafton, Mass., Simon, Pierce, s. p.

She d. Nov. 7, 1870; res. Grafton, Mass.

2902. Otis Whitney (James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Apr. 19.
1821; m. Nov. 6, 1843, Joanna Wedge Howard, b. Mar. 7, 1825; d. Oct. 12, 1871; m,

2d, June 13,1872, Medora Albee, b. June 13, 1832. Res.

74 Grove St., Milford, Mass.

6620. i. Newell H., b. Oct. 6, 1844; d. Oct. 6,

1844.
5521. ii. Geo. S., b. Aug. 26, 1847; m. Anna Mae

Wilkinson.
5622. iii. Edwin J., b. May 27, 1860; m. Oct.,

1881; res. Worcester.
652.3. iv. Frank O., b. Nov. 6, 1860; d. Aug. 31,

1861.
6524. V. Emma C. b. Apr. 26, 1873; d. Apr. 29,
1874.
2913. Benja.min Whitney (Moses, Ezra, James,
John, Jonathan, John), b. Uxbridge, Mass., 1782; m. at

Hudson, N. Y., m 1806, Rachel Nye Spooner, b. ; d.,

aged 69, in Ashland, Mass. He d. May 23, 1818; res.
Dorchester, Mass.

John Andros, b. Nov. 23, 1811; m.

Eliza Wellington.
Lydia Ann, b. ; m. Wyatt; res. Framingham, Mass.;

6625.
5626.

6527.

OTIS WHITNEY.

P. O. Box 257.
Benj. F., b.

m.

-; d. Mar. 17, 1867.

2920. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Doug-
lass, Mass., July 30, 1789; m. Mary Willard, b. June 16, 1790; d. May 23, 1860.

He was born in Douglass, Worcester Co., Mass. In 1820 he emigrated to the
wilderness of Maine and located near Moosehead Lake. A town was incorporated
later which he named Monson. He resided there for 12 years and later returned ta

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 369

Ware, where he died. On his farm in Maine was later discovered the best mine of
roofing slate to be found in the world. He d. June 17, 1848; res. Monson and Ware,
Mass.

5528. i. Emily, b. Feb. 6, 1815; m. Apr. 9, 1834, Horace Fenton; res.

Mansfield, Conn., where she d. Aug. 23, 1835, leaving a dau. 3
days old, named Emily. She m. Fred P. Reed; res. N. Y.

5529. ii. Samuel Albert, b. May IT, 1819; m. Sarah E. Clark.

2930. Daniel Whitney (Aaron, Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1805;
m. Hannah Smith; res. Sherborn and New York, N. Y.

5530. i. Mary E., b. 1829; m. Robert F. Berwick; res. N. Y. C.
5.531. ii. Rachel G., b. 1831; d. 1836.

2931. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1809;
m. Marie E. Delavie; res. Sherburne.

5532. i. Marie E., b. 1840. 55.33. ii. Edmund T., b. 1840.

2935. Wait Whitney (Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. \'t.,
Oct. 29, 1800; m. in Vermont, July 11, 1831, Barbara Burkholder, b. July 15, 1815; d.
July 16, 1880. Wait Whitney was born in the state of \'ermont, in the year 1800.
He went to old \'irginia, and taught subscription school for fourteen years. He was
well educated, was admitted to the bar, practiced but little on account of having
prejudice against the business. Was married to Barbara Burkholder, in Rocking-
ham Co., Va. Removed to the state of Ohio soon after marriage, and settled on
160 acres of wild land, in Brown Township, Knox Co. They were so poor their
neighbors feared they would become a county charge, and deputized one of their
number to warn them out of the settlement. He ran the man off the premises with
a bean pole. He lived and died upon this place, and became well to do; was greatly
respected and admired by all his neighbors. Was elected county commissioner
one term. He was a life-long Democrat; was elected to the legislature as a war
Democrat m 1861 or 1862. Wait Whitney was an honest, upright, honorable man,
and was esteemed above all his neighbors. His memory is still cherished by all
who knew him (for verification, see old settlers near his home in Knox Co., Ohio).
He was a large man, six feet and two inches high, and weighed 250 pounds. He
raised a family of thirteen children. He died Dec. 9, 1863; res. Danville, Ohio.

5534. viii. Albert G., b. May 3, 1847; m. Einora Radenbaugh.

553.5. i. David HuME.b. June 7, 1833; m. Catherine Ensinger, He d. s. p.

at Troy, 111. She m. 2d W. H. Purviance.

5536. ii. Jacob F'., b. Jan. 4, 1835; m. Rebecca Frisby.

5537. iii. Thomas H. B., b. 1840; m. Elizabeth Robinson.

5538. iv. Walter Scott, b. ; d. from disease contracted in Seige

of Vicksburg, Oct. 11, 1863.

5539. V. John M., b. ; m. and res. Centerville, Iowa.

5540. vi. Isaac N., b. ; killed in union army at South Mountain, Va.;

was acting lieut. of Co. I, 23d Ohio volunteers.

5541. vii. Ann Elizabeth, b. Mar. 24, 1845; m. Mar. 24, 1864, Capt. Benja-

min F. Pealee, b. July 22, 1837; res. Salina, Kan. Ch.: \'erina
Whitney, b. Dec. 15, 1866; m. Dec. 11, 1891, W. E. Price; res.
-Salina; Dela Florence, b. Aug. 26, 1868; d. Apr. 8, 1873.

5542. ix. Lewis C, b. June 20, 1851; m. Mamie Ennis Best.

5543. X. Wait, b. ; res. Walla Walla, Wash.

5544. xi. Frances Maria, b. ; m. Thomas; res. St. Joe,

Mo.

5545. xii. Miner H., b. ; res. Kansas.

5546. xiii. Dan Eli, b. ; d. infancy.

2938. Eben Jennings Whitney (Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan,
John), b. Barnstead, Vt., Dec. 6, 1806; m. at Norwich, Vt., Nov. 25, 1830, Sarah Beard-
man, dau. of Dr. Nathaniel and Philomela; b. July 15, 1806; d. Dec. 4, 1876. He was
a farmer and mechanic; res. at West Hartford, Vt., until 1837, when they removed
to Brown, Knox Co., Ohio, and later to Danube; res. Danube, Ohio.

5547.

5548.
5549.
5550.

Dudley Chase, b. Aug. 16, 1846; res. Danube, O.
i. Edward Eli, b. Nov. 5, 1832; m. Lettia Jane Parrish.
ii. Charlotte Virginia, b. Aug. 4, 1835; dead.
V. Victoria Philomela, b. Nov. 29, 1839; m. Feb. 9, 1860, in Mt.

370 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Vernon, O., John Robinson; b. Dec. 24, 1836. He was a farmer;
res. Danville, O.; d. Aug. 11, 1870.

5551. V. GiRDON B.. b, Nov, 29, 1839; m. Ann Ilgenfreiz.

5552. vi. Lucia Emily, b. June 8, 1842.

5553. vii. Martha Lucilla, b. Nov. 21, 1848.

5554. viii. Florence Helera, b. Apr. 19, 1851.

2939. John Jennings Whitney (Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan,
John), b. Randolph, Vt., Nov. 8, 1813; m. in Danville, O., June 24, 1840, Matilda
Robeson; b. Aug. 10, 1823; murdered Nov. 4, 1857. He was born in Ver-
mont and was married to Matilda, oldest daughter of Joseph Robeson, of
Danville, Knox Co., Ohio; he was the son of Solomon Robeson, who went to Ohio in
an early day from Frostburg, Md. The Robeson family are settled about Dan-
ville, and are a numerous and honorable family. John J. Whitney was in politics a
Whig, and in 1856, when the Republican party was organized, an enthusiastic worker
for the election of Gen. Fremont, and on the eve. of Nov. 4, while going out to his
home alone and on foot about 7 o'clock, in passing a small grove of trees beside the
road, was waylaid by one or more villains and left lying for dead in the road. It
seems after a short time he revived sufficiently to be able to get to the fence beside
his own fields, where with great effort he finally reached his own door in a dazed
condition, where his horror stricken family found and helped him to his bed. Med-
ical aid was quickly summoned, but of no avail, his wounds were deep bruises and
cuts on the top and back of his head, and caused his death at daybreak next morn-
ing. He could tell them nothing, and from that day to this the mystery has never
been revealed. Many people in northern Ohio will remember the sad death of
John J. Whitney. He was a Mason of high degree and had many friends among a
large circle of acquaintances; res. Loudonville, Ohio.

5555. i. Agnes Allen, b. Apr. 6. 1842; m. Oct. 29, 1873, Dr. Wm. Wallace

Wright; res. Elkland, Pa., s. p. He is a son of Asahel Wright,
of Durham, Greene Co., N. Y., on the Hudson. Dr. Wright has
practiced medicine for forty years at the village of Elkland,
Tioga Co., Pa., and is considered one of the oldest and best
physicians of the county.
5556>^.ii. Thomas, b. Jan. 4, 1844; d. Apr. 14, 1886. He was never married,
but at the time of his father's death, while a small boy, took
control of his affairs and the care of the family. Was a most
devoted son and brother,the kindest friend and the best hearted
man in the neighborhood. Was a Republican in politics, and
honored twice with the nomination of two important county
offices, but Ashland Co. being Democratic, no Republican, how-
ever popular, could be elected there. In 1868 he established
and carried on successfully the first hardware store in Loudon-
ville, but after a few prosperous years his always delicate
health gave out, and he was obliged to retire from business, the
care of his farm being quite enough for his strength. In the
early days of January, 1886, a sudden cold, with congestion, laid
him on a bed of sickness from which he never recovered.

5556. iii. Joseph R., b. Nov. 2, 1851; m. Cana E. Hoskins.

2940. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Whitney (Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Randolph, \'t., Feb. 27, 1815; m. at Coshocton, O., Apr. l5, 1840,
Sarah Renfrew, b. May 29, 1819.

He was born in Randolph, Orange Co., Vt.; was educated at the common schools
and at academy at Woodstock. He began the study of medicine in West Hartford,
Vt., and attended a full course of lectures and part of another at the Hanover Dart-
mouth college in N. H., one of the oldest medical institutions in the United States.
On account of ill health he was obliged to relinquish the studies. He emigrated to
Ohio the last day of Sept., in 1835, and taught school, also continuing his medical
studies, and began practice. Later he formed a partnership with Dr. Wright at Dan-
ville, and still later with Dr. Fuller at Loudonville, where he practiced until June,
1840, when he removed to Ashland. There he was engaged in the drug business
besides practicing medicine. In the spring of 1853 he graduated and took his degree
in medicine. Moving to Mansfield in Oct., 1861, he has resided and practiced there
ever since. He is held in high esteem by all who know him; res. Mansfield, O.

5557. i. Frances M., b, June 20, 1841; m. Oct. 31, 1865, Lyman A. Strong;

res. M.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 371

5558. ii. Mary Ellen, b. Mar. 3, 1843; m. Dec. 25, 1860, John M. Pierce;

res. Kenton, O. Ch.: John B., b. June, 1862; d. ; Frank

McK., b. Jan., 1864; Daisy R., b. May, 1866; Frances W., b. Aug.,
1868; Hugh E., b. Dec, 1870.

5559. iii. Irene Emily, b. Nov. 29, 1844; d. June 19, 1857.

5560. iv. Sarah Delia, b. Nov. 18, 1847; m. Jan. 15, 1868, Andrus J. Gil-

bert. Ch.: Edward J., b. Apr., 1868; Nellie W., b. May, 1871;

d. ; Frances M., b. Apr., 1876; Raymond A., b. July, 1882;

d. ; Rexford W., b. Jan., 1888.

6561. V. Ida Renfrew, b. Jan. 17, 1853; m. May 6, 1874, Emmet G. Camp-
bell; res. M. Ch.: Perie A., b. Mar., 1875; Jessamine, b. Sept.,
1876; Faye W., b. Nov., 1877; William B., b. Sept., 1879.

5562. vi. Hattie Belle, b. Dec. 26, 1857; m. Sept. 20, 1882, Walter B.

Kimball; res. Columbus, O.

2945. Paschal Paoli Whitney (Peter, Peter, Josiab, Josiah, Jonathan, John),
b. Vt., Dec. 13, 1806; m. at Yorkshire, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1835, Malvina Stillman, b. Dec.
26, 1811; d. Oct. 2, 1866. He d. Oct. 10, 1851; res. Yorkshire and Springbrook, N. Y.

5563. i. Lewis A., b. Jan. 12, 1836; d. July 13, 1842.

5564. ii. Geo. W., b. June 10, 1837; d. Dec. 19, 1863.

5565. iii. Andrew Jackson, b. Dec. 12, 1838; m. Feb. 6, 1866, at Arcade,

Martha A. Lyon, b. June, 1841; res. at Arcade, N. Y., s. p.

5566. iv. Edith E., b. Sept. 19, 1841; res. Tidioute, Pa.

5567. V. Sarah, b. Oct. 7, 1845; res. Tidioute, Pa.

5568. vi. Mary, b. Apr. 11, 1850; res. Sherman, N. Y.

2950. George Lafayette Whitney (Peter, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan,
John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Aug. 17, 1825; m. at Lowell, Mass., Oct. 29, 1861, Caroline
Jane Goss, b. Henniker, N. H., Jan. 30, 1831; res. Concord, N. H., cor. Wash, and
Spring Sts.

Etta Maria, b. Aug. 1, 1854.

Grace Ruth, b. Oct. 8, 1857.

Charles Horace, b. Apr. 6. I860.

Geo., b. Aug. 11, 1862; d. Sept. 4, 1862.

Edward Annias, b. Feb. 19, 1864.

Arthur Enoch, b. July 6, 1868; d. June 21, 1869.

Herbert Dean, b. Apr. 24, 1871.

2951. Zabad Whitney (Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b
Tunbridge, Vt., Dec. 10, 1797; m. at Royalton, \'t., Sophia Dewey, b. Apr. 26, 1797
d. Nov. 19, 1870. He was a farmer; is buried at Bethel, \t. He d. Apr. 18, 1830
res. Royalton and Tunbridge, \'t.

5576. i. Eunice Siory, b. Jan. 20, 1822; m. July 6, 1843, at Northfield. Vt.,

Luther H. Cady; res. Quechee, Vt. He was b. Mar. 1, 1821; is
a wool sorter, s. p.

5577. ii. Ophelia Louisa, b. Apr. 20, 1829; m. Lyman E. Page; res. Rut-
land, \t.

Don a., b. Mar. 27, 1824; m. Adaline Bailey; res. Cal.

Ellen S. b. Feb. 8, 1826; d. May 3, 1834.

Ansel D., b. Aug. 2, 1827; m. Jerusha F. Crandall.

Nancy Maria, b. Oct. 17, 1830; m. Nov. 8, 1848, Smith Griffith;
res. Sharon, Vt. He was b. May 30, 1825. Ch.: Carrie, b. June
13, 1861; m. Nov. 26, 1878, Fred Manley; 2ch.; res. Sharon, and
is proprietor of Manley's Hotel.

2952. Zebina Whitney (Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Dec. 9, 1799; m. there Nov. 3, 1825, Harriett Cozzens; b. Gloucester,
R. I., Mar. 2, 1800; d. Mar. 12, 1869.

He was born in Tunbridge, \'t.; was a farmer. When 19 years of age he left
home and resided in Bethel and East Bethel. Returning to Tunbridge he resided
for thirty-two years on the farm on which he was born. Later he resided in Royal-
ton, Vt. He was a member of the \'ermont legislature and for several years was a
justice of the peace; res. Tunbridge, Xi.

5682. iii. Charles C, b. July 30, 1836; m. Hattie M. Perham.

65:^3. i. Harriett Cordelia, b. Aug. 2, 1830; res. East Bethel, \'t.

5569.

5670.

5671.

111.

5672.

IV.

6573.

V.

5574.

vi.

6676.

vn

5678.

iii

5579.

IV

5580.

V.

5581.

vi

5584.

ii.

55841^

.IV.

5585.

V.

5586.

VI.

5587.

vn

372 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Lucius Cornelius, b. Apr. 30, 1833; m. Sarah M. Wright.
Benjamin Cozzens, b. Mar. 26, 1828; d. infancy.
Julius, b. Mar. 8, 1832; d. infancy.
Henry, b. Tunbridge, V't.; d. infancy.
Rebecca C, b. Aug. 31, 1840; d. infancy.

2958. Hon. James M. Whitney (Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John),
b. Tunbridge, Vt., Nov. 4, 1820; m. at Royalton, May 21, 1843, Eliza Cozzens; b. Feb.
6, 1819.

J. M. Whitney, youngest son of Jonathan Whitney, was born in Tunbridge,
Orange Co., \'t., Nov. 4, 1820; was educated at the common schools and the high
school at Northfield, Vt.; worked on the old -farm until 21 years old, after which he
was commercial traveler for a number of years. Later he engaged in the manufac-
ture of carriages for some years, and during the war he was an extensive manufac-
turer of horse, drag and small hand rakes, and fork, rake and hoe handles; was a
representative in the general assembly in 1864 and '65. Has been a trial justice in
and for the county of Orange for nearly forty years, which office he now holds. Since
1865 he has given his whole time to the business of his office, United States pension
business and settlement of estates. He married, in 1843, Eliza Cozzens, of Royalton,
Vt., who is still living, by whom he had two children, James A. and Henry D., both
now living in Tunbridge; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

5588. i. James A., b. Sept. 12, 1849; m. Augusta A. Diamond.

5589. ii. Henry D., b. July 6, 1851; res. T. He was educated at the com-

mon schools; is by occupation a farmer; resides in Tunbridge
with his father and is unmarried.

2966. Albert R. Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b.
Rootstown, O., Jan. 26, 1821; m. there Mar. 14, 1841, Betsey Case. She d., and he
m. 2d Lydia Hogan. She d. before 1865. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 7, 1852; res.
Rootstown, O., and Pulaski Co., Ark.

5590. i. Ohel E., b. Jan. 1, 1842; m. Sarah Hayes and Mary E. Askaen.

5591. ii. Newel H., b. Sept. 16, 1844. He was killed on the skirmish line

at Peach Tree creek, Georgia, in the civil war. He was a mem-
ber of Company K, 19th Ohio.

5592. iii. Mary, d. before 1865.

5593. iv. John, d. before 1865.

2967. Benjamin Whitney (David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Tunbridge, Vt., Feb. 18, 1796; m. there Sibbel Parker; m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1837, Mrs.
Eliza (Hall) Whitney; b. Sept. 8, 1806; d. May 28, 1888. He d. Oct. 1,1866; res. Tun-
bridge, \'t.

5594. i. AzRO B., b. Mar. 11, 1840; m. Emma A. Hackett.

5595. ii. William, b. Sept. 3, 1837; m. Marietta Curtis.

5596. iii. Mark C, b. Apr. 23, 1851; m. Rachel P. Carrigan.

5597. iv. Clara A., b. Aug. 30, 1844; m. Feb. 27, 1866, William B. Porter,

son George; res. W^est Hartford, Vt.

5598. V. Wealthy L., b. Oct. 9, 1842; m. Feb. 6, 1867, Albert A. Northrop.

Shed. July 2, 1888. He res. So. T. Son Fred res. T.

5599. vi. Benjamin F., b. Oct. 1, 1846; d. Feb. 27, 1850.

5600. vii. Edgar E., b. Aug. 26, 1848; d. Apr. 22, 1850.

2968. David Whitney (David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Dec. 18, 1795; m. Sept. 10, 1819, Lydia Parker, b. June 21, 1798; d.
Aug. 21, 1876. He d. Nov. 26, 1878; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

5601. i. Alma, b. lune 3, 1831; m. Dec. 10, 1861, Arvill P. Salter; res. No.

Tunbridge, Vt. He was b. Dec. 5, 1826. Ch.: Herbert A., b.
Oct. 29, 1862; res. Lexington, Mass.; Wilber N., b, Oct. 15, 1864;
m. 1891; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

5602. ii. Susan, b. 1819; m. Sept. 9, 1855, Lorenzo D. Moxley. She

d. Nov. 7, 1865, leaving one dau., Alice A.; res. in Tunbridge.

2969. Daniel Whitney (David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Oct. 28, 1809; m. Feb. 24, 1834, Julia Hall; b. Mar. 27, 1816; d. Mar.
11, 1873. He d. Julv 25, 1873; res. Brookfield, Vt.

5603. i. Daniel Frank, b. May 16, 1846; m. Maggie Dianna Edwards.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 373

5604. ii. ROANN, b. Mar. 14, 1835; m. Apr. 12, 1866, Geo. A. Cheney; res.

Andover, Vt. She d. Jan. 31 , 1878.

5605. iii. RosETTE, b. Sept. 27, 1836; m. Dec. 6, 1868, James Wenham; res.

Fort Atkinson, Wis.

5606. iv. Maria S., b. Feb. 12, 1838; m. Oct. 26, 1861, Frank Paterson; res.

Brookfield. She d. June 30, 1884.

5607. V. Alonzo B., b. Apr. 30. 1840; d. Dec. 12, 1864. Shot by negro on

picket line near N. O. Was capt. of co. of negroes.

5608. vi. Emma, b. Dec. 18, 1841; m. Mar. 19, 1863, Major Alpheus H.

Cheney; res. Spencer, la.

5609. vii David, b. Feb. 21, 1844; m. Mary Jane Cutshall.

5610. viii. Amine, b. July 17, 1849; m. Dec. 20, 1868, Stephen Smith Curtis;

res. Fort Atkinson, Wis.

5611. ix. Cyrus H., b. Aug. 12, 1852; m. Luthera S. Sprague.

5612. X. Walter Eugene, b. Sept. 12, 1856; m. Sarah G. Skillin.

6613. xi. Julia Ella, b. May 5, 1868; m. Oct. 1, 1879, Hiram Neill; res.

Osceola, la.

2972. Cyrus Whitney (David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Dec. 21, 1802, in Tunbridge, Vt.; m. May 20, 1833, Betsey Curtis; res. Jefferson,
Wis.; s. p.

2973. William Whitney (David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Tunbridge, Vt., Feb. 10, 1800; m. Elizabeth Hall. She m. 2d, Oct. 16, 1837, her
brother-in-law, Benjamin Whitney; res. Tunbridge, \'t.

6614. i. Ann, b. May 6, 1828; d. young.

5615. ii. Eliza, b. July 19, 1830; d. young.

5616. iii. Olive, b. Feb. 7, 1832; m. Charles Curtis; res. Fort Atkinson,

Wis. Ch.: Orson.

5617. iv. Susannah, b. Nov. 13, 1833; m. May 13, 1855, James G. Griffith.

He res. Macon, 111.

2974. Lewis Whitney (Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John^, b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Jan. 6, 1800; m. Aug. 6, 1857, Emeline Nutting, of Pepperell, Mass., b.
Sept., 1828; d. Feb. 9, 1872. He. d. Apr. 14, 1873; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

5618. i. Frank Scott, b. Nov. 19, 1859; res. Pepperell, Mass.; unm.

2976. George Whitney (Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Tunbridge, \'t., Sept. 1, 1812; m. Arethusa Gates. He d. in 1865; res. Tun-
bridge, Vt.

Albert, b. Mar. 21, 1840; m. Ann M. Hackett.

MiLO Farnham, b. Apr. 22, 1841; unm; res. Chicago, 111.; is a

gripman on the cable street car line.
John Scott, b. Apr. 10, 1842; m. Apr. 17, 1867. Helen Hoyt, b.

Apr. 26, 1847; res. s. p. 18 Chestnut street, Nashua, N. H.
Orlando, b. Apr. 12, 1843.

Lewis, b. Apr. 9, 1844; m. and res. in Valley Falls, R. I.
Lestester, b. June 21, 1845; d. July 8, 1845.

2977. Abel Whitney (Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Feb. 9. 1804; m. Mar. 28, 1831, Mary Hall; res. Tunbridge, \t.

5625. i. , b. ; m. O. S. Cornish; res. Fort Atkinson. Wis.

5626. ii. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 1, 1832; m. Geo. Curtis; res. Fort Atkin-

son, Wis.

5627. iii. Nathaniel H., b. Apr. 15, 1835.

2978. Joseph Whitney (Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., Jan. 27, 1806; m. Caroline Pierce. He d. Oct. 25, 188:-!; res. Tun-

6619.
5620.

i.
ii.

5621.

iii

5622.
5623.
5624.

iv
v.

vi

bridge, Vt.
6628.
5629.
5630.

Abel, b. July 9, 1847; d. civil war.
i. Ransom, b. June 24, 1844; res. Cavendish, Vt.
ii. James Pierce, b. ; m. Rosa Goodale.

2984. Charles Fitch Whitney (Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Pepperell, Mass., Dec. 12, 1806; m. Oct. 24, 1833, Louisa Kemp, b.
1816; d. May 23, 1850. He was a farmer. He d. Apr. 30, 1887; res. Morrisville, Vt.

5631.

i.

5632.

11.

5634.

iv

374 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Martin M., b. June 26, 1837; m. Lucy Church.
Abijah F., b. Feb. 28, 1840; m. Rosette L. Smith.
Charles Wallace, b. Oct., 1844; d. July 3, 1863, in the battle of
Gettysburg, Pa.

5635. V. Anna Betsey, b. 1847; m. in 1867, F. D. Owen. She d. in Apr.,

1891. Her dau. is Laila, res. 92 Grant St., Burlington Vt.

5636. vi. Smith, b. Oct., 1842; d. .

2986. David Whitney (Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John) b.
Tunbridge, Vt. Mar. 11, 1812; m. there Aug. 16, 1840, Maria Smith, b. Nov. 25, 1819.

David Whitney was born in Tunbridge, Vt., 1812. Removed with his family of
wife and five children to Wisconsin in 1851 and settled near Fort Atkinson, Jeffer-
son Co., on 165 acres of land. He was an industrious, economical farmer of the true
New England type. Two children, Jennie and £tta, were added to the family on
this Wisconsin homestead. From a small clearing of 15 acres and a log house im-
provement followed improvement until when the farm was sold in 1882 the passer-by
witnessed a fine brick resrdence, large barns, a fine orchard, a cheese factory, and
all modern improvements. Thus honest toil was amply rewarded. From the
farm the family moved to Fort Atkinson, and after remaining one year removed to
Whitewater to their present place of residence, on Peck St., where David Whit-
ney died Feb. 23, 1884. He was buried in Greenwood cemetery at Fort Atkinson,
awaiting the resurrection of the just. He united with the church of the United
Brethren in Christ (a body of Christians holding views in common with the Method-
ists) in 1862, and soon after every member of the family connected themselves with
the church of their father. Two of them, Austin D. and D. J., entered the ministry
of that church. He d. Feb. 24, 1884; res. Chelsea, Vt., and Whitewater, Wis.

5637. i. M. Emeline, b. Aug. 14, 1841; m. Dec. 25, 1865, Charles Wright;

res. Whitewater, Wis. He was b. Nov. 16, 1843; d. Nov. 12,
1883; res. Whitewater, Wis. Ch.: Edith Victoria, b. Aug. 11,
1869.

5638. ii. Mark, b. July 13, 1843; m. Maria Stannard.

5639. iii. Lewis, b. June 17, 1845; m. Sarah Jane Ludwig.

5640. iv. Austin D., b. Jan. 17, 1847; m. Mary Etta Lynch.

5641. V. Dennis John, b. Dec. 8, 1849; m. Nancy Almeda McCune and

Idagene Lacy.

5642. vi. Jane Susan, b. Mar. 22, 1855; unm.; res. Whitewater, Wis.

5643. vii. Flora Etta, b. Mar. 30, 1858; unm.; res. Whitewater, Wis.

2987. York Whitney (Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. No. Tunbridge, Vt., Sept. 14, 1834; m. at Williamstown, Vt., Mar. 3, 1868, Marietta
Whitney, dau. of Franklin, b. Mar. 4, 1847; d. June 21, 1876. He is a farmer; res.
No. Tunbridge, Vt.

6644. 1. Nina, b. May 26, 1869.

6645. ii. Marcus Henry, b. Mar. 20, 1871.

5646. iii. Harley, b. June 17, 1873.

2989. John Whitney (Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Tunbridge, Vt., Dec. 18, 1821 ; m. at Washington, Vt., Apr. 2, 1850, Lorinda Brag-
man, b. Oct. 8,1831; d. Mar. 19. 1855; m. 2d at Williamstown, Vt., Sept. 27, 1855,
Eunice Martin, b. June 9, 1828. He is a teamster, and is engaged in his business
between Barre and Montpelier, Vt.; res. Williamstown, Vt.

5647. i. Willis W., b. Mar. 29, 1851; m. Adelia R. Beaman and Lucy M.

Allen.
Hannah A., b. Mar. 12, 1852; d. Mar. 22, 1853.
Charles A., b. May 17, 1854; m. Alice Brown.
Fred H., b. Aug. 18, 1856; m. Lizzie B. Webster.
Effie Ann, b. Feb. 26, 1859; res. at home.
Edwin M., b. Mar. 24, 1862; res. at home.
Elwin T., b. Mar. 24, 1862; res. at home.

2997. Joseph Whitney (Abijah, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b, Pepperell, Mass., June 25, 1827; m. there, Nov. 20, 1856, Mary P. Baker, b. Mar. 6,
1826, in Tunlsridge, Vt. He was born on the old Whitney farm in Pepperell, Mass.,
which was deeded by Joseph Whitney, of Chelmsford, to his son Joseph, of Pep-
perell, in 1740. He was a well-to-do and respected farmer, and died very suddenly
of heart disease. He d. Nov, 14, 1892; res. Pepperell, Mass., and Wells River, Vt.

5648.

ii.

5649.

111.

6650.

iv.

5651.

V.

5652.

vi.

5653.

VII

5661.

V.

5662.

vi.

5663.

5664.
5665.

vii.
viii
ix.

5666.
5667.

X.

xi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 375

5654. i. Joseph Abijah, b. June 20, 1858; res. W. R,

5655. ii. Marie Louise, b. Apr. 30, 1862; res. W. R.

5656. iii. Arthur Leslie, b. Nov. 11, 1869; res. W. R.

2998. Aaron Parker Whitney (Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Pepperill, Mass., Oct. 2, 1815; m. Mar. 3, 1840, Phyrilla Durkee; b. Mar. 3,
1820. Was a farmer. He d. Sept. 1, 1879; res. No. Tunbridge, Vt.

5657. i. Leander, b. Jan. 3, 1841; m. at Lebanon, N. H., Mar. 18, 1888;

res. s. p. Bayard, Iowa.

5658. ii. Orson, b. Jan. 4, 1843; m. Emily M. Hanson and Laura F.

Jones.

5659. lii. Henrietta, b. Mar. 11, 1844; m. Feb. 9. 1865, Geo. W. Dewey;

res. Bayard, Iowa. He was b. Mar. 25, 1843. Is a farmer arjd
stock dealer. Ch.: Iris, b. April 22, 1868; Rodolphus H., b.
Feb. 6, 1870; Cora, b. Dec. 1, 1871; George W., b. May 24, 1873;
Mary Isabel, b. Mar. 22, 1875; Charles H., b. May 15, 1877; Daisy,
b. May 1, 1879; infant son, b. April 11, 1885; baby d. April 19,
1885, Bayard, Iowa, Guthrie county.

5660. iv. Ruth, b. Dec. 22, 1845; m. Mar. 13, 1871, Porter; res. Hart-

ford, Vt. She d. Apr. 11, 1887. Ch.: Clara S., b. ; res.

Lebanon, N. H.
Betsey A., b. July 18. 1847; m. July 12, 1864, Lyman A. Burbank;

res. Chelsea, Vt.
Abbie H., b. Apr. 17, 1849; m. Feb. 23, 1868, F. H. Markes; res.

Bethel, Vt. She d. Nov. 10, 1889.
Aaron, b. Apr. 16, 1851; m. Nellie Hatch.
Eliza J., b. Nov. 3, 1852; m. Oct. 26, 1892, C. W. Porter; res. T.
ISABELL, b. Jan. 2, 1865; m. Mar. 9, 1876, Arthur J. Hanson, res.

No. T.
Abijah P.. b. May 22, 1857; m. Clara M. Farnham.
Horace G., b. Dec. 14, 1858; m. Jennie Cox.

3002. W.M. F. Whitney (Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
May 8, 1825; m. Mar. 1, 1854, Jane Sprague; b. Dec. 1, 1835. Was a farmer. He d.
Oct. 21, 1893; res. Nashua, N. H., 29 Bridge St.

6668. i. Clara J., b. Mar. 7, 1855; d. Feb. 11, 1859.

6669. ii. Nellie M., b. Aug. 17, 1857; m. Sept., 1878, R. H. Dearborn;

res. 63 Walnut St., N. Ch.: Sarah J., b. Oct. 28, 1879, Clara B.,
b. May 16, 1881; infant, b. Mar. 26, 1884; d. Mar. 29, 18^4;
Lurana Dearborn, b. Apr. 28, 1886; Helen Abby, b. Aug. 28,
1894.
5670. iii. Byron W., b. Nov. 10, 1860; m. Lydia Tucker.

6671. iv. Edward T., b. Nov. 10, 1864; m. Clara Jinkins.

6672. v. Nelson C, b. Sept. 6, 1868; m. Sadie Clark.

6673. vi. Bessie Ellen, b. Nov, 3, 1875; m. Sept. 16, 1894, Herbert Ar-

thur Jewett; res. Nashua, N. H.

3004. Carlos Whitney (Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Tunbridge, Vt., May 6, 1831; m. Dec. 28, 1867, Helen M. Corwin; b. July IH, 1837.

He was born on Whitney Hill, Tunbridge, where his father settled in the wilder-
ness. In 1868 he moved to West Fairlee and engaged in the provision business, and
there he died. He d. Nov. 8, 1884; res. West Fairlee, Vt.

6674. i. Harlie Aaron, b. May 5, 1859. He was born on the old Whitney

place, on Whitney Hill, Tunbridge, Vt. In 1868, with his
parents, moved to West Fairlee and attended the village school.
He attended Thetford academy, and later assisted his father in
his business. Afterwards he went to Boston. Was m. Jan. 11,
1^81.

5676. ii. Elmer Frank, b. Julv 10, 1866^ d. Apr. 9, 1881.

5676. iii. Carrie Amanda, b. Sept. 16, 1862; res. West Fairlee, Vt. She
was educated at the public schools in West Fairlee and the
Thetford academy. Later she went to the Vt. Methodist semi-
nary, at Montpelier, where she spent three years, and afterwards
to Boston, to study music. A fall at school prevented the work
which she had hoped to accomplish.

376 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3009. George Franklin Whitney (Franklin, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Sept. 16, 1851; m. Mar. 1, 1882, Hattie M. Corwin.
He d. Aug. 16, 1889; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

5677. i. Ernest, b. Aug. 4, 1883.

3021. Andrew Jackson Whitney (Isaac W., Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Randolph, Vt., Jan. 29, 1828; m. Arvilla Bohoman; m. 2d, Oct., 1850, Mrs.
Rosina Ramsdell, b. Washington, Vt., Jan. 6. 1823; d. Feb. 11, 1883; m. 3d, June 14,
1887, Adelia M, Dewey, of Chelsea, Vt.; res. Hawarden, la.

5678. i. Belle M., b. May 10, 1852; d. Feb. 15, 1880.

5679. ii. Carrie S., b. Apr. 18, 1863; m. Oct. 4, 1883, James H. Sherman,

of Ireton, la.

3023. Alvah W. Whitney (Isaac W., Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Chelsea, Vt., Dec. 16, 1832; m. Jan. 13, 1854, Mahala M. Jones, b. Apr. 18, 1833; d.
Sept. 30, 1883; m. 2d, Apr. 2, 1884, Maria E. Lewis, b. Sept. 26, 1854. He is a farmer;
res. Chelsea, Vt.

5680.
5681.
5682.
5683.

Frank T., b. Aug. 26, 1856; m. Adah M. Blakely.
Charlie, b. Nov. 10, 1861; d. Apr. 3, 1864.
Bertie, b. July 30, 1866; d. July 21, 1868.
Minnie B., b. June 11, 1874; res. C.

5684. V. Emma A., b. July 9, 1876; d. July 14, 1876.

3032. Elisha Leonard Whitney (Leonard, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Acworth, N. H., Oct. 29, 1835; m. Nov. 24, 1863, at Chicopee Falls, Mass.,
Jane L. Howard, b. Chesterfield, N. H., Nov. 17, 1840. He is a carpenter; res. Drews-
ville, N. H., and Indian Orchard, Mass.

5685. i. Arthur H., b. Nov. 16, 1877.

5686. ii. Lulu J., b. Nov. 1, 1880.

3037. George Lewis Whitney (Leonard, Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Acworth, N. H., Sept. 14, 1843; m. at Keene, N. H., Jan. 30, 1868. Lucretia
E. Miller, b. Nov. 5, 1845. He is a machinist; s. p.; res. 12 Grand St., Worcester,
Mass.

3040. Bovlston Whitney (Orlando, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
St. Johnsburv, Vt., Nov. 29, 1792; m. Lucy Spauldmg; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt.

5687. i. Alonzo, b. 1816; m. Feb. 25, 1869, Maria M. Mosely. He d. Jan.

23, 1880; res. Westfield, Mass.

3043. Asaph S. Whitney (Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Apr. 5, 1804; m. HoUiston, Mass., 1826, Abigail Miller, b. Nov.
11, 1804; d. Feb. 10, 1873; res. Plymouth, Vt.

Alonzo Asaph, b. Nov. 11, 1834; m. Sarah Parker and Emily
Taylor Hadley.

Dinah A., b. Sept. 18, 1835; m. Howard; res. Caven-
dish, Vt.

Lovina C, b. Feb. 15, 1837; m. Merrell; res. Cavendish.

George M., b. Jan. 25, 1830; d. .

Amanda E., b. Mar. 18, 1841; m. — Phinney; res. Plymouth.

Mary A., b. Feb. 19, 1845; m. Russell; res. Cavendish.

Rhoda a , b. Feb. 15, 1839; m. Smart; res. Springfield, Vt.

Miranda E., b. Feb. 18, 1843; m. Harris; res. Proctors-

ville, Vt.

Hiram, b. Apr. 22. 1828; d. .

Joseph A., b. Feb. 2, 1832; d. .

3044. Calvin Whitney (Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
St. Johnsbury, Vt., Feb. 19, 1806; m. Nov, 26. 1832, at Cavendish, Roxana Wheelock,
b. Mav 15, 1812. He was a farmer; res. Ludlow, V't.

5698. i. Daniel C. b. Julv 1, 1833; d. Apr. 26, 1837.

5699, ii. LORINDY E., b. Dec. 12, 1834; m. Dec. 12, 1854, Oscar Mathewson,

b. 1823. Ch.: Alma; Julia, m. Fred Whitney; res. Providence,
R, I.; Emma; Hattie; Eliza, m. Arthur Pickard; res. Canter
bury, N. H.; Mansfield.

5700, iii. Henry A., b. Aug. 28, 1836; m. Mary A. Brown.

5701. iv. Roswell O., b. Aug. 29, 1838; m. Phcebe Reynolds.

5688.

i.

5689.

ii.

5690.

iii.

5691.

IV.

5692.

v.

5693.

vi.

6694.

VI 1.

5695.

vni.

6696.

ix.

6697.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 377

5702. V. Elmore R., b. Mar. 21, 1840; d. Nov. 27, 1863.
.5703. vi. Jane A., b. July 27, 1842; m. Mar. 14, 186-5, James Pollard, b. Oct.
1, 1886; res. Ludlow. He is a farmer. Ch.: Minnie, b. Dec,
1865; Nellie, b. Nov. 29, 1866; Herbert, b. May 1, 1870; Walter,
b. 1876; Lillian, -b. 1874; Charles, b. 1878; Calvin, b. 1880;
Marion, b. 1888.

5704. vii. Charles W., b. Oct. 25, 1844; m. Charanda Ellerson.

5705. viii. Julia A., b. Jan. 20, 1849; ni. Feb., 1871, Henry Herrick; res.

New York, N. Y. Ch.: Alle Deane, b. Nov., 1870; Charles
Henry, b. Sept., 1873; Leonard, b. 1888.

5706. ix. Mary B., b. Sept. 1, 1851; m. Providence, N. S., Nov. 10, 1878,

Joseph Now, b. Mar. 1845; res. Ludlow. Ch.: Edwin A., b.
May 20, 1880.

3046. Hiram Whitney (Dari.iel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Plymouth, Vt., in 1818; m. at Proctorsville, Vt., Arvilla Herrick, b. in 1819; d. Mar.
1846. He was a farmer; res. Plymouth, Vt.

5707. i. Mary J., b. ; d. .

5708. ii. Eben E., b. ; d.

5709. iii. Albert, b. ; res. Boston, Mass.

5710. iv. Augustus, b. Mar. 22, 1842; m, Mary Bergstresser.

5711. V. Wallace, b. ; d. .

3053. Orlando Whitney (Jazamiah, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Mar. 26, 1806; m. at Lowell, Feb. 9, 1834, Eliza Anne Motley Carlton, b. Sept. 16, 1813.
He was a shoe and hat dealer, manufacturer and merchant. He d. May 14, 1844; res.
Lowell, Mass., 2 Wilder St.

5712. i. Eliza Amanda, b. Feb. 4, 1835; d. Feb. 9, 1835.
6713. ii. Geo. Orlando, b. Aug. 4. 1836; d. Sept. 27, 1837.

5714. iii. Henry Orlando, b. Apr. 1, 1842; d. Aug. 10, 1843.

3054. Orange Whitney (Jazamiah, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
St. Johnsbury, \'t.. May 8, 1808; m. at Lowell, Mass., Nov. 12, 1835, Emeline Harris;
b. July 12, 1812. He is a farmer; res. Newport, N. H.

5715. i. Hiram O., b. Nov. 9, 1836; d. April 22, 1838.

5716. ii. Geo. F., b. Feb. a, 1839; m. Azubah C. Wheeler.

6717. iii. Calvin H., b. Dec. 6, 1840; m. Jan., 1866, Laura E. Emerson, at

Chelsea. He was a retail dry goods dealer, and d. s. p. Sept.
13, 1889.

6718. iv. Harriett E., b. Nov. 26, 1847; d. Feb. 2, 1849.

5719. v. Albert O., b. Mar. 10, 1860; m. Dec. 11, 1876, Hattie L. Buninghr;

b. Nov. 10, 1857. He is a furniture dealer; res. s. p. New-
port, N. H.

5720. vi. Amanda L., b. May 29, 18-54; unm.; res. Newport.

3056. Dr. Lambert Whitney (Jazamiah, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 10, 1812; m. at Olean, N. Y., May 19, 1834, Sallie
Senter; b. Aug. 9, 1815; d. Apr. 15, lb91; res. Olean, N. Y.

5721. i. Lambert S., b. July 23, 1836.

5722. ii. Russell Martin, b. Apr. 6, 1838.

5723. iii. James Orlando, b. Nov. 6, 1842; res. Oakland, Cal.

3058. Rev. Lemuel Whitney (John, John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
in N. H. on Nov. 7. 1817; m. July 5, 1845, in Belvidere, 111., Fanny M. Gould, b. July
22, 1822; d. June 15, 1866; m. 2d, Oct. 8. 1867, Julia M. Gould.

He was born in New Hampshire where he remained on the farm until his major-
ity, when he moved to Illinois. He married while residing in Belvidere. After a
happy married life of twenty-one years she passed away at Washington, la., and was
buried at Spencer's Grove, in that state. He was one of the pioneer preachers in
Illinois, and after many years of toil and hard labor in the itinerancy his health
failed and he was obliged to resign his position as traveling preacher, but still con-
tinued to preach occasionally as his health would admit. He now holds a superan-
nuated relation in the Free Methodist conference of Wisconsin, waiting his call to
join the conference above where there is no more sickness, pain or death. Res. Bel-
videre, 111., and Marshall, Wis.
25

H78 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5724. i. John W., b. Aug. 6, 1851; m. Julia D. Graham.

5725. ii. Eugene M., b. Aug. 6, 1853, Morris, 111. He was born in Belvi-

dere, was educated at the public schools, and when eighteen
years of age was united with the Wesleyan Methodist church.
He began teaching in 1875, and has been engaged in that pro-
fession ever since; is at present teaching in Morris, Grundy
Co., 111.

5726. iii. Olive Emma, b. Mar. 19, 1860; res. Brookville, Kan.

5727. iv. Alma Isabella, b. Apr. 22, 1848; m John Braggins; res. Beau-

mont, Cal. He was b. in England, Sept. 19, 1844; s. p.

5728. V. -Oscar L., b. Mar. 29, 1847; m. Ann M. Riley.

5728a. vi. Artemas Lemuel, b. Dec. 7, 1855; res., unm., Topeka, Kan.
5729a. vii. Adelbert Goddard, b. Aug. 8, 1868; res. Marshall, Wis.

3061. Charles Oscar Whitney (Luke, John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Troy.N. H., May 4, 1838; m. Nov. 27, 1862, at Keene, Frances Flora Bent; b. Oct. 27,
1838, at Fitzwilliam.

Mr. Whitney's father dying when he was but three yearsold,and the family being
in humble circumstances, he went to live with his uncle, Ira Godding, of Troy, N. H.,

where he resided until he was about twelve years old,
when he was thrown upon his own resources by the death
of Mr. and Mrs. Godding. Now commenced his hard
struggle with the world for a living, and for the next few
years he made his home in any family where his labors
would suffice for his board and clothes. With all these
adverse circumstances he had but little time or oppor-
tunity for education except a few weeks in the winter at
the district school. At the age of seventeen he went to
work in a saw and grist mill and afterward to Gardner,
Mass, where he worked for some time in a chair manu-
factory. At the breaking out of the war, when the demand
for firearms was largely increased, he went to Springfield,
Mass., and worked for the United States government
making muskets, where he remained nearly two years.
But Mr. Whitney had conceived the plan of furthering his
business interests, and his early life of labor had taught
him prudence and economy, so he now determined to
CHABLF.s oscAE WHITNEY. Start busincss for himself. Accordingly returning to

South Gardner and taking into partnership his brother-in-
law, under the firm title of Whitney & Bent, he began chair manufacturing, which
was carried on for several years with a fair percentage of profit for the capital
invested. In 1866 Mr. Whitney disposed of his interest in the business and
removed to Marlborough, N. H., where he now resides. The same year he in
company with several other gentlemen formed a copartnership under the name
of the Marlborough Manufacturing Company, and in the following spring made
the first horse blankets manufactured in this town, thus developing a most im-
portant branch of industry, which added much to the prosperity and growth of
the town. Mr. Whitney afterwards withdrew from this company, purchased land,
erected a building, and creating a new water-power, resumed chair manufacturing.
Subsequently he, with Mr. Warren H. Clark, formed what is now known as the
Cheshire Blanket Company and fitted up the mill in which Mr. Whitney formerly
made chairs for the manufacture of blankets. These enterprising men have from
time to time enlarged their manufacturing facilities until they now have seven sets
of machinery. They have a capital stock of $40,000 and can produce five hundred
blankets a day. This firm also manufactures satinets and produce as many as twenty-
five thousand yards per month, and the annual production when running full time
is three thousand bales. Politically Mr. Whitney is a Republican, and has served
the town as selectman and has for some time been a member of the school board.
He is a man of great industry, perseverance and pluck, and though his early man-
hood was one of hard toil, yet by persevering efforts, from humble beginnings, un-
aided, he has acquired competency, and stands well m the esteem of his fellow towns-
men and is a good type of the self-made men of the Granite State ; res. Marlboro, N. H.

5729. i. Frank Russell, b. Aug. 29, 1866; d. in Marlboro.

5730. ii. Chas Winnefred, b. Aug. 4, 1877.

5731. iii. Robert, L., b. Sept. 10, 1880.

5737.

i.

5738.

ii.

5739.

111.

5740.

IV,

5741.

V.

5742.

VI.

5743.

vii.

5744.

viii

5745.

IX.

5746.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 379

3063. James Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
New London, O., May 16, 1833; m. May 3, 1855, Mary Helms; b. June 22, 1832. He
was a farmer; res. Sciola, la.

5732. i. Francis Marion, b. May 4, 1861; m. Hattie B. Chandler.

5733. ii. Harriett Elnora, b. Mar. 18, 1864; m. Oct. 10, 1883, J. W. Ferris;

He is a farmer. Ch.: James Bently, b. July 6, 1884; Frederic
Wm., b. Feb. 20, 1887; d. June 9, 1890; Francis, b. June 14, 1891;
res. Sciola.

5734. iii. James Alex, b. Sept. 27, 1866; m. Eva Taylor.

5735. iv. "Eliza E., b. Feb. 12, 1856; d. Nov. 11, 1857.

5736. v. Miranda R., b. Aug. 27, 1858; d. Dec. 30, 1860.

3067. Theodore Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Richland, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1824; m. at Nashville, Ind., Jan., 1850; Isabella Quinn, b.
1825; d. July 19, 1862; m. 2d, at Red Oak, Iowa, Jan. 1863, Susan, Puffer, b. Apr., 1840.
He is a farmer; res. Clayton, Okla.

William, b. May 23, 1851 ; d. Mar. 23, 1876.

Mary L., b. May 25, 1854; m. 1876, Thomas.

Maggie, m. Nov. 1878, Welch; res. Carterville, Mo.

Mattie, m. Conway; res. 426 29th St., Denver, Col.

James; res. Colfax, Iowa.

Arthur; res. Belfast, Wash.

Eva; m. Snyder; res. Clayton, Okla.

Bird; res. Carterville, Mo.

Ellie, m. Gamble; res. Arkansas City, Kan.

Walter; res. Clayton, Okla.

3070. Hiram Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.

Richland Co., O., July 23, 1835; m. ; d. Mar. 1, 1864. He d. Sept. 22, 1866; res.

Kansas, and Sciola, la.

5747. i. Mary Miranda, b. Feb. 8. 1860; m. Jan. 9. 1878, Wm. V. Gordon;

res. 720 7th St., Peoria, 111. He was b. Apr. 12, 1846, is a farmer
and grocervman. Ch.: Scott Irvmg, b. Sept. 13, 1878; Elda
May, b. May 21, 1880; Mary Alta, b. Jan. 13, 1882; Maud, b. June
11, 1884.

5748. ii. Joseph Jackson, b. Feb. 17, 1868; d. Mar. 17, 1858.

5749. iii. Sisey, b. Jan. 10, 1864; d. Jan. 16, 1864.

3070a. Albert Whitney (Joseph, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b.
Wilson, N. Y., July 1, 1826; m.at Eagle Harbor, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1861, Teressa Matilda
Phelps; b. Nov. 14, 1832. He is a farmer; res. Carlton and Kuckville, N. Y.

5750a. i. Lyman Peleg, b. Sept. 27, 1861; m. Apr. 27, 1884, Mary Jane

Jamson; res. Kuckville.
5751a. ii. Nettie Sophia, b. Sept. 12, 1865.
5752a. iii. Charles Albert, b. Sept. 30, 1876.

3071. Calvin F. Whitney (Calvin, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Thomaston, Me., Apr. 7, 1816; m. at Prospect, Me., 1847, Nancy J. Clark, b. Mar.
27, 1826. He is a farmer, was formerly a lime burner; res. Camden, Me.

Merritt Austin, b. Mar. 20, 1848; res. Rockport, Me.

Annie E., b. Mar. 26, 1862; m. Ewell; res. 311 Wash. Boul.

Chicago.

Dora J.,b. Aug. 22, 1854; m. -Babbidge; res. Rockland, Me.

John A., b. Sept. 16, 1867; res. Rockport, Me.

C. Lincoln, b. Dec. 13, 1860; m. Catherine McAleer.

Nellie May, b. Dec. 29, 1862; m. Hamilton; res. Rock-
port, Me.

5756. vii. Wm. E., b. Sept. 6, 1865; m. Alice M. Shiblee.

3073. William E. Whitney (Calvin, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Thomaston, Me., Jan. 23, 1822; m. Dec. 29, 1842, Sophia A. Fales. He d. in Cal.;
res. Thomaston, Me., and New York Landing, Contra Costa Co., Cal.
5766a. i. Lydstone, b. Feb., 1843; d. July 21, 1867.

5757. ii. Calvin H.,b. 1845.
6758. iii. Wm. J., b. 1847.

6760.

i.

5751.

u.

5752.

iii.

6753.

iv.

5754.

v.

5756.

VI.

380 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5759. iv. Rebecca Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1849; d. Dec. 8, 1849.

5760. V. Francis M., b. Oct. 13, 1853; d. .

5761. vi. Aroline, b. 1855.

5762. vii. Alice R., b. 1858.

3078. William Whitney (Haynes, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Oct. 29, 1816; m. Sept. 16, 18.39, Eliza Brown; m. 2d. Aug. 24, 1862, Elizabeth Jor-
dan. He was a farmer. He d. Feb., 1887; res. Thomaston, Me.

5763. i. Frances I., b. Sept. 12, 1842; d. June 18, 1848.

5764. ii. Eliza J., b. 1845.

5765. iii. Olena, b. 1847.

5766. iv. Charles G., b. 1852; res. Thomaston, Me.

5767. V. Andrew F., b. 1856.

3080. Charles Robinson Whitney (Haynes, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Thomaston, Me., Jan. 16, 1820; m. at Danville, Me., Dec. 31, 1851, Mary
Edgcom Thurston; b. Apr. 29, 1823, at Scarboro, Me. Res. Rockland, Me.

5768. i. Mary Frances, b. July 11, 1855; m. Nov. 16, 1875, Thomas S.

Rich; res. 20 Chestnut St., Maiden, Mass.

5769. ii. Lizzie Ella, b. Dec. 19, 18-56; m. June 26, 1882, William A.

Brooks. She d. May 30, 1887, in Portland, Me.

.3083. RuLUFF Whitney (Christopher, William, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. Salisbury, Conn., June 25, 1777; m. at Virgil, N. Y. (first marriage recorded
there) about 1800, Susanna Glenny. The Glennys emigrated from the town of Derry,
County Down, Ireland, after the Revolutionary war, to take up a claim of their brother,
Lieut. Glenny, who died in the Revolutionary war. Susan was the daughter of John
Glenny, of Virgil. Another daughter married Darius Scofield. She was the mother
of Attorney Scofield, solicitor for the C, B. &. Q. railroad, of Illinois, and of William
Glennie, who was a very prominent attorney in New York state, and at one time secre-
tary of the interior.

He was born in Connecticut and in 1789 was given fifty acres of land by deed
from his father, Christopher, and wife, Polly, out of a grant "made to the troops of
the United States in the late war," situate in the town of Solon, N. Y., for $1.50.55.
Mar. 5, 1798, he had a letter of recommendation stating he had attended the
school of Henry Smith, "teacher of mathematics," for three months, in the township
of Sidney, province of Upper Canada, Bay Quimty. July 6, 1798, Henry Smith,
department surveyor, gave him another certificate of character, stating he had resided
in the township of Sydna, county of Hastings, province of Upper Canada, and parts
adjoining for a considerable time. June 17, 1799, he was appointed first corporal in
the first militia company of Solon, N. Y. June 28, 1801, he was commissioned ensign
of a militia company in the county of Onondaga, N. Y. Moses Hopkins, his brother-
in-law, was lieutenant-colonel commandant. This commission was signed by Gov.
John Jay and Secretary of State Daniel Hale. Soon after his marriage he owned a
grist mill, and in 1798 purchased more land in Solon of Thomas Johnson, of Durham,
Conn., for S250. In 1816 (eighteen hundred and starved to death) he became disgusted
with the climate of New York and decided to remove to New Orleans. He had held
for years the position of justice of the peace or squire, and had good prospects. He
invested the proceeds of his sales in goods for trading on the way down. It was some
time in 1817 they started to leave. The boat was sunk on the Ohio river and goods lost.
He stopped off at Pomeroy, O., and invested in a coal mine. Loaded a boat with coal
and, after a stay of a year or more, proceeded. On reaching St. Louis decided to
settle in Illinois. Taking his oldest son, John, he left the family in St. Louis, took up
a claim and built a cabin. Returned to St. Louis; was taken down with yellow fever
with some others of the family, but all recovered, and he then decided he had enough
of the south and started to return to New York state. On the boat met a man who
owned property in Portsmouth, O., and was persuaded to stop oflf. This was in 1821,
and there he resided until his death. The family fortunes were at a very low ebb
and as soon as the family was settled in a house, he took his bo>s to his coal mine
at Pomeroy and brought the first coal there for sale. They continued to work this
for a number of years. He was never capable of any great exertion after the yellow
fever, but was able to take up various things with the assistance of his sons, more
particularly Wm. He was soon owner of several desirable pieces of town property;
acquired a small piece of ground on the Scioto bottoms for farming; had a brickyard,
ana later a grocery and pork packing house. He held some small city offices after

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 381

going to Portsmouth. He was a large, portly man; florid complexion, blue eyes, sandy
hair and whiskers, while his wife, Susannah, was undersized, black eyes and hair. In
religion he was Episcopalian, but his wife a strong Presbyterian. He appears to
have been an energetic man with excellent business judgment. He d. Aug. 8, 184B;
res. Solon and Dryden, N. Y., and Portsmouth, O.

5770. vi. William Glenny, b. Apr. 11, 1811; m. Melvina Fleming and

Elcy F.M. \'an Voorhees.

5771. i, John, b. Aug. 15, 1801; m. Parnell Fitch and Arunia Kelley.

5772. ii. Mary Ticknor, b. Sept. 9, 1803; m. Feb. 1, 1824, Hannibal Oilman

Hamlin; b. Hillsboro, N. H., Apr. 23, 1800; d. July 24, 1864. He
was son of Europe and grandson of Major Eleazer, of the 4th
Mass. Regt. in Revolutionary war; res. Cincinnati, O. She d.
June 26, 1880. Ch.: Susannah Dorcas, b. Aug. 22, 1827; m. Oct.

10, 1848, Dr. Alonzo Thrasher Keyt; res. Walnut Hills, Cin., O.;
ch., Mary Hamlin, b. Aug. 28, 185U; m. Oct. 10, 1870, Dr. Asa B.
Isham; was lieutenant in the war; res. Walnut Hills, Cmcinnati,
O.; ch.: Mary Keyt, b. Aug. 20, 1871; Asa Chapman, b. Sept. 11,
1873; Susanna Hamlin, b. Sept. 20, 1875; Alonzo Keyt, b. Aug.

1 1, 1877; Frances Cone, b. Feb. 12, 1880; Helen, b. Oct. 22, 1882;
Eleanor Louise, b. July 25, 1885; Susaima Almena, b. Aug. 18,
1853; Rebecca Penn., b. Nov. 2, 1856; m. W. H. Humphrevs;
Louisa, b. Julv24, 18^8; d. May 4, 1868; Marshall Hall, b. Jan. 12,
1861; M. D.; m. Harriett Bush; Hamlin, b. Aug. 1, 1869; d. Feb.
9, 1874; Mary Ticknor, b. 1831; res. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.;
Almenia C, b. 1833; res. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.; Hannibal
Oilman, b. 1835; m. Oct. 10, 1867, Arta Elizabeth Forsyth; have
one child, Mary Alice; H. G. Hamlin resided when at home
Springfield, O.; is now abroad with his family; Europe William,
b. 1839; res. Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.

5773. iii. Riluff, b. Feb. 9, 1805; d. Aug. 7, 1824, at Portsmouth, O.

5774. iv. Susannah, b. Dec. 27, 1806; m. Elisha Goldsmith Stone. She d.

in Covington, Ky., iSIay 19, 1885. He was b. in Guilford, Conn.,
1808; d. Dec. 23, 1840; res. Cincinnati, O. Ch.: Leverett, b. Mar.
23, 1830; d. 1877, leaving Josephine L.;res. Orange, X. J.; Medad
Whitney, b. Mar. 1, 1831; d. Mar. 21, 1891; m. x\ov. 11, 1855, Cin-
cinnati, O., Emma Forestine Jacobs, dau. William Chandler
Jacobs and Emma Elise McMillan, his wife; ch.: Susan Whit-
ney, b. Aug. 10, 1856; d. June 4, 1891; Emma Elise, b. Aug. 2-3,
1859; m. Apr. 16, 1884, Ernest Fitz-Yale Birmingham; res. Stuy-
vesant P)., New Brighton, Staten Island; he is publisher of TAe
Fojirth Estate, a newspaper for the makers of newspapers.
Postal Telegraph Bldg., New York City; have ch.. Pearl, b. Mar.
17, 1885, and Beatrice, b. Mar. 23, 1887; Perlie Belle, b. Apr. 30,
1861; Medad Elisha, b. Oct. 9, 1864; m. June 11, 1890, to Emma
Sterling Bones; ch.: Mead Bones, b. Mar. 5, 1893; res. Stuyvesant
PL, New Brighton, Staten Island; Leverett, b. May 25, 1867;
Henry Chase, b. July 15, 1869; Mrs. Emma F. Stone, widow
Medad Whitney Stone, res. St. George, Staten Island, N. Y.
Eliza Stone, m. James Muman; address 1008, Covington, Ky.;
Dollie Stone, m. Robert Macready, address 154 Broadway, New
Y'ork Citv; Olive McArthur Stone, b. Cincinnati, O., 1839; in. Cin-
cinnati, 6., 1860, Seymour B. Avery; b. Apr. 22, 1827; d. Feb. 26,
1880, Cincinnati, 0.;had ch.: Olive Stone Averv.b. Mar. 13,1861;
m.Mar. 14, 1888, Alex. Sands, Jr.; res. Logan, O.; Flora, b. Feb.
22, 1864; Alice, b. Aug. 26,1867; d. Aug. 30, 1868; Susan Whitney,
b. Sept. 20, 1870; Seymour Bartholow, b. Sept. 11, 1872; Willie
Macreadv, b. July 16, 1876; d. Aug. 25, 1877; Medad Whitnev, b.
Jan. 26, 1880; d. Sept. 25, 1880. Mrs. Avery (Olive McA.) resides
Avondale, Cincinnati, O.

5775. V. Sarah, b. Dec. 11,1808; m. Andrew Rowan Harden. She d. at

Clifton Landing, Ky., Aug. 5, 1889. He was b. South Carolina,
Dec. 5, 1805; d. at Cincinnati, O., Jan. 27, 1846. Ch.: Ruluff
Whitney, b. Dec. 13, 1829; m., no living children; res. 530 West
7th St., Cincinnati, O.; Clovis, b. Aug. 27, 1831; d. 1875; Eliza-
beth, b. Oct. 26, 1833; d. Apr. 19, 1837; Josephine, b. Feb. 12,

382 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1836; m. Cincinnati, O., July 30, 1857, John J. Barton, b. Sept. 8,
1831, Clermont Co., O.; ch., Elinora, b. Sept. 22, 1858; d. Nov. 13,
1868; Edward, b. Jan. 22. 1862, near Williamsburg, O.; m. Dec.
18, 1889, Clara Robertson; Sallie E., b. Apr. 2, 1865; Josie, b.
May 5, 1867; d. Nov. 29, 1893; John C, b. July 13, 1871; Charlie
L., b. Oct. 5, 1873; d. Apr. 27, 1880; Walter, b. July 4, 1877— all
res. W'alnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.; Clay Harden, b. Dec. 28, 1837;
Harrison Harden, b. Feb. 5, 1839; b. Jan. 30, 1846; Minerva
Harden, b. Mar. 7, 1842; d. Feb. 1, 1846; Andrew Rowan Har-
den, b. Feb. 9, 1844; d. July 9, 1875.

5776. vii. Minerva, b. Apr. 21, 1814; m. in Portsmouth, O., Abijah Curtis.

He d. soon after m., and she res. s. p., Circleville, O.

5777. viii. Olive, b. Sept. 16, 1817; m. May 9, 1838, Col. Allan Campbell

McArthur, b. Dec. 12, 1806, youngest son of Duncan McArthur,
third governor of Ohio; d. Apr. 28, 1858. She d. Mar. 29, 1885.
Ch.: Ohio Mary, b. Sept. 27, 1840; d. Sept. 9, 1851; Adora
Minerva, b. Chillicothe, O., Oct. 23, 1842; m. Covington, Ky.,
Julv 5, 1869, John B. Morris, from near Springfield, O., son of
James and Martha Morris, b. Clark Co., O., Julv 21, 1839; d. De
Witt Co., 111., Jan. 20, 1885; ch., Maurice McArthur, b. De Witt
Co., 111., Apr. 17, 1870; m.; res. Circleville, Pickaway Co., O.;
Curtis, b. De Witt Co., 111., Oct. 7, 1871; Martha, b. De Witt

Co., 111., June 1, 1873; m. ; Olive, b. De Witt Co., 111.,

Feb. 6, 1875; Bessie, b. De Witt Co., III., Feb. 14, 1877; Wm. H.,
b. De Witt Co., 111., Feb. 7, 1879; George E., b. De Witt Co., ill.,
Mar. 23, 1881; d. Mar. 24, 1881; Lois Lavina, b. De Witt Co.,
111., Mar. 11, 1882; d. Aug. 12, 1882; Effie McArthur, b. Sept. 22,
1844, Pickaway Co., O.; m. De Witt Co., 111., Dec. 12, 1872,
Isham Atchison Jones, b. Aug. 27, 1850; P. O. Box 258, Circleville,
Pickawav Co., O.; ch., Flora Tice, b. De Witt Co., 111., Jan. 13,
1874; Susie \'an Bibber, b. De Witt Co., 111., Dec 6, 1876;
Arthur Stephen, b.De Witt Co., 111., Jan. 22,1879; Flora McArthur,
b. Sept. 24, 1846; m. Covington, Ky., James E. Tice, who d. in a
few years; no ch. Flora McArthur Tice d. Pickaway Co,, O.,
on Eastview farm, Dec. 25, 1884; Ida Olive McArthur, b. May
11, 1849; d. Feb. 7, 1852; Susannah Nancy McArthur, b. Chilli-
cothe, O., Nov. 19, 1851; m. Cincinnati, O., Feb. 21, 1873, Andrew
\'an Bibber; d. Cincinnati, O., Oct. 16, 1881; no ch survived her;
Allan Campbell .McArthur, b. Mar. 4, 1854; m. Des Moines, la.,
Nov. 25, 1884, Teresa, dau. of Wm. Glenny Whitney, Ports., O.;
res. Crescent Terrace, Pickaway Co., O. (near Circleville); one
ch., Dorothy, b. Nov. 18, 1887, McMillan's, Knox Co., Tenn.;
Sarah Eliza'McArthur, b. Apr. 12, 1857; d. Sept. 30, 1858.

3084. BiLLA Whitney (Christopher, William, William, William, Joshua, John),
b. Sharon, Conn., May 12, 1775; m. at Towanda, Pa., Dec. 17, 1805, Clarinda French;
b. Dec. 7, 1787; d. at Spafford Hollow, May 23, 1854. He d. in 1845; res. Cortland-
ville and Groton, N. Y.

5778. i. Maria R.. b. Aug. 29, 1810; m. Horace Badgley. She d. Port

Bvron, N. Y.; 3 ch.

5779. ii. Clarissa D., b. July 6, 1811; m. Feb. 19, 1837, Rev. John E. Robie;

res. Buffalo, N. Y. He was born in Hanover, N. H., June 19,
1811. In early life he was converted, and joined the Methodist
Episcopal church. He continued in his profession for sev-
eral years and assisted in starting the Detroit Free Press.
But having his heart fixed on the ministry he attended
the Cazenovia seminary for some time, to prepare himself for
the work, and entered the Oneida Conference in 1834. He con-
tinued in the regular work for several years with good success,
gathering many souls into the church, as results of revivals
' attending his labors. In 1840, what to him seemed a providential

call, he started the Northc7-n Christian Advocate. In 1843 he
disposed of the A'ortherji, and commenced the publication of
the Gc}iesee Evangelist ; disposing of this in 1850 he established
the Buffalo Christian Advocate, which he successfully managed

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 383

until the breaking out of the war in 1861, when he entered the
army as chaplain of the 21st Regiment, New York \'olunteers,
and remained faithful in this position until the expiration of the
term of service, when, with his regiment, he came home. Soon
after his return he was appointed presiding elder of the Buffalo
district, on which he labored with earnest effort and untiring
zeal for nearly four years. In the fall of 1869 he became one of
the proprietors and editors of that paper, in which position he
continued to work on with his usual devotion and promptness.
Feeling that he must have rest, he disposed of his interest in the
paper, and soon started on a trip to New York, for the benefit of
his health, returning to Cowlesville, where he suddenly died.
He was genial and hearty in his friendships, benevolent almost
to a fault, always ready to go on calls to visit the sick and com-
fort the dying. Unbending in his integrity, he lived to work for
the church and humanity, and he died well. He d. in Buffalo,
May 26, 1872. She d. Aug. 6, 1890. Ch.: Sarah Robie Snow, b.
at Homer, N. Y., July 28, 1839; d. Sept. 26, 1878; m. to Dr. George
B. Snow, June, 1868; no children; Francis Helen, b. Sept. 10, 1841,
d. May 19, 1842; Francis Ellen, b. Aug. 22, 1843; d. Oct. 21, 1848;
John E., b. Oct. 3, 1846; m. Mar. 17, 1894, Harriett L. Lovejoy ; b.
Apr. 23, 1871. Is treasurer of the Buffalo Dental Mfg. Co.; s. p.;
res. 587 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

5780. iii. Adalike, b. Jan. 14, 1814; m. Rev. Daniel O'Farrell. She d. in

Winnebago, 111., leaving three ch.

5781. iv. Benajah Ticknor, b. Dec. 18, 1816; m. Sarah E. Hathawav.

5782. v. Albertls B. F., b. July 11, 1820. He d. in Buffalo, X. V.; has

children living in California, ^^'as interested in the manu-
facture of dcBtal goods.

5783. vi. Araminta D., b. Dec. 30, 1819; m. Jan. 25, 1842, Judge Lucien B.

Proctor; b. Mar. 6, 1819. He res. Albany, N. Y. She d. Jan. 20,
1889, at Port Huron, Mich. She was educated at Homer Female
Seminary, and was a woman of fine culture. Was a member of
the Presbyterian church, and was respected by all who knew
her. Ch.: Dr. Whitney C, b. at Port Byron, N. Y., Dec. 18,
1843. Dr. W. C. Proctor, a nephew and pupil of the late Dr. B.
T. Whitney, has effected business relations with Dr. Charles A.
Hastings, an eminent dentist of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. P.
sailed for that city in the steamship South America. He took
with him letters from distinguished officials at Washington to
our resident minister, our consul general, and to Captain Roe,
commanding the American squadron of Rio Janeiro. Dr. Proc-
tor, though a young man, has already gained a high position in
his profession, and he carries with him the best wishes of a large
circle oi friends; d. at Gowanda, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., April
27, 1892; Whitney C, Jr., Gowanda, N. Y.; Gertrude Proctor
Currv, b. Dansville, Livingston Co., N. Y., July 24, 1850; m. Jan.
1, 1877, Rev. W. W. Curry, a Pres. clergyman, b. Dec. 14, 1848;
res. Canaan, Four Corners, N. Y.; s. p.

5784. vii. Trvphena Coole, b. ; d. ae. 8.

3086. Christopher Whitney (Christopher, William, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. Tinmouth, Vt., Nov. 12, 1782; m. Rhoda Wilder; d. Dec. 29, 1856. He had
twelve children and at his death 100 grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren and
one great-great-grandchild. He was a teacher and farmer. He d. Oct. 19, 1864; res.
Lock and Allegany, N. Y.

5785. i. John Ticknor, b. Mar. 14, 1830; m. Mandana McClure.

5786. ii. Lyman, b. Oct. 6, 1806; m. Elizabeth Weatherby.

5787. iii. Noah, b. Jan. 26, 1816; m. Clarissa McFadden.

5788. iv. RuFUS Leroy, b. Mar. 16, 1819; m. Maria Louise Moses.

5789. V. Olive, b. Oct. 8, 1808; m. Archibald Case; dau. Mrs. Sarah Groat,

Brush Creek, la,

5789K.vi. Eliza, b. Dec. 3, 1810; m. Wilber Warren; dau. Mrs. Nellie Peck;
res. Greenwood, Col.

884 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5790. vii. Caroline, b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. Feb. 25. 1831, Elijah Sweeten, b.

Sept. 27, 1804. He d. June 1, 1889. She d. Nov., 1874. Ch.:
Eliza, b. Feb. 20, 1832; m. Oct. 31, 1855, Lafayette Godfrey; d.
June 2,1860; Delilah, b. May 16, 1834; m., 1868 or '69, H. R. Charles-
worth; res. Lamar, Mo.; Mira, b. July 4, 1837; m. Dec. 26, 1861,

C. B. Essex; d. ; Caroline, b. Feb. 9, 1839; unm.; d. May

19,1886; Wallace, b. Apr. 26, 1841; m., 1868 or '69, Louise Horton;
address Hitchcock, Beadle Co., S. Dak.; Calfine, b. Nov. 21,
1842; m. Jan. 1, 1859, Eli Morris, b. Oct. 24, 1832; address
Allegany, N. Y.; Marshall, b. April 27, 1845; rn. Emma Johnson;
address Mrs. Grace McDowell, Eagle Harbor, Orleans Co., N.
Y.; Elnora, b. April 20, 1847; m. July 20, 1870, E. D. Mixer; b.
Sept. 22, 1846; J. B., b. Dec. 3, 1848; m. Orroville Ellsworth;
Address Allegany, N. Y.; Franklin, b. Dec. 4, 1850; m. Frankie
Covin ; address Port Allegany, Pa.

5791. viii. Hyram, b. Ian. 20, 1815; unm.; d. in Illinois.

5792. ix. Orissa, b. Apr. 27,1821; m., 1836, Oliver W. Lindslay. He was

b. in Ohio and for many years was sheriff of Scioto Co. After
his marriage he lived but a short time and d. of heart disease.
He had one son, Oliver William, who went west about 1854,
after prospecting and mining for some years, he was appointed
United States land agent at Prescott, Ariz.; the widow m.
2d at Portsmouth, O., in May, 1845, Henry Richard Charles-
worth, b. London, England, May 16,1820. She d. 1851. Ch.:
H. Felecia, b. Feb. 23, 1846; m. June 3, 1866, Percy E. Beck-
with, b. Sept. 7, 1841; d. 1874, leaving one son. She res.
Ravenna, O., and has been a teacher in the public schools for
years; Llewelyn B., d. in infancy.

5793. X. Almira, b. Apr. 8, 1823; m. H. Charlesworth.

5794. xi. Polly, b. Apr. 8, 1825.

5795. xii. Harriett, b. Aug. 31, 1827; m. James Dickenson. She left one

child, b. July 14, 1852; m. Aug. 6, 1881, Frank Cooledge; res.
Olean, N. Y.

3087. RuLUFF DuTCHER Whitney (Cornelius, William, William, William,
Joshua, John), b. Mar. 3,1794; m. Dec. 30, 1814, Bathsheba Fuller; res. Sheffield,
Mass., and Ravenna, O.

Jane, b. ; m. July 12, 1837.

John Fuller, b. Apr. 13, 1816; m. Sylvia Lee.
Mary Ann, b. Jan. 11, 1818.

Maria, b. Oct. 23, 1819; m. Feb. 13, 1849, . She d. Mar. 6,

1850.
Miles, b. Oct. 10, 1821; m. Jan. 10, 1829.

RuLi'FF, b. Dec. 1, 1823; m. .

Cornelia, b. Oct. 5, 1825; m. June 24, 1851.

Laura, b. lune 21, 1828; d. Jul'y 13, 1832.

William, b. July 3, 1830; m. May 28. 1852, and d. Nov., 1874.

Martha, b. Aug. 5, 1832; m. Dec. 7, ISbO, . She d. June 10,

1869.
5806. xi. Charles, b. Feb. 22, 1835; m. Sept. 18, 1859.

3089. Gen. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John),
b. Aug. 24, 1773; m. Rhoda Jewell, b. ; d. Jan. 21, 1823; m. 2d Julia Crooker.

He was known as General Whitney. When about 20 years of age he was sent
by his father from Binghamton to Philadelphia with a drove of cattle, 17 in num-
ber. Part of his way was through a wilderness with nothing but marked trees to
direct his path. He went alone, starting late in the fall. He drove to Great Bend,
thence through the Nine Partners to Hop Bottom on Tunkhannock creek, and
thence to Thorn Bottom. The cattle subsisted often by browsing in the forests. He
next reached Wilkesbarre and he drove thence to a branch of the Lehigh near
Pocano Mountain, where his cattle were poisoned by eating laurel, on account
of which he suspended his journey for over a week and then proceeded to Wind Gap
and Nazareth to Philadelphia. There he sold the cattle and purchased mercantile
goods which he placed upon Pennsylvania wagons and transported to Middletown^
Pa., on the Susquehanna. There he put them on what was called a Durham boat

5796.

i.

5797.

11.

5798.

ni.

5799.

iv.

5800.

V.

6801.

VI.

5802.

vii.

5803.

viii.

5804.

IX.

5805.

X.

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pushed by six hands, and they were thus carried 255 miles to Owego, most of the
distance against a strong current. Often young Whitney was obliged to be
midway in the water, amid cakes of floating ice for hours together. He reached
Owego a little before Christmas. [Annals of Binghamton, \l.] Previous to
the erection of this county, Binghamton (then Chenango Point) was a half shire
town of Tioga Co. and courts were held at the house of J. Whitney until 1802,
in which year a court house was erected (page 65). In speaking of Bingham-
ton, originally known as Chenango Point, its present name was given in honor of
Wm. Bingham, who purchased a large tract of land lying on both sides of the Sus-
quehanna, including the site of the city and to whose beneficence in donating land
for the erection of county buildings and a public school, and to the liberal and en-
lightened exertions of his agent. Gen. Whitney, its early prosperity is largely due
(p. 82). During the same year (1787) came Joshua and William Whitney and Henry
Green from Hillsdale, Columbia Co., and settled on the west side of the Chenango on
what was afterward called Whitney flat (p. 93). Thomas Chambers erected and
lived in a log house on the site of the city. Other settlements were made here and
a postoffice established June 23, 1798, with Joshua Whitney as postmaster. Up to
the beginning of the present century, however, little disposition to occupy the site of
the city was manifested, the early settlers being diverted to the Chenango village, a
prosperous settlement on the west side of the Chenango about one mile above
Binghamton, etc. In 1800 Joshua Whitney became the agent of Mr. Bingham for
the disposal of the latter's lands in this vicinity, and as the whole of the side of the
village just alluded to was not embraced in Mr. Bingham's patent, and it had neither
the advantage of as eligible a location nor possessed a sufficiently extensive area for
the growth of a village such as might be built up at the junction of the two rivers,
Mr. Whitney conceived the idea of diverting attention to the latter place and
removing the village there. As a means to this end he took advantage of reports,
which were circulated to the effect that Lucas Elmendorf, of Kingston, I'lster Co.,
was about to build a bridge across the Chenango on the line of the great western
highway which passed through the site of Binghamton and represented that it must
determine the prosperity of settlers in its locality and cause a corresponding decline
in the growth of the upper village. He accordingly, in company with several others
who came by appointment, commenced a clearing on both sides of the river at the
point where he represented the bridge was to be located. The ground was surveyed
and laid out into streets and lots in village form the same year. To render the suc-
cess of his plan more certain. Gen. Whitney purchased a number of buildings in
the old village and removed them to the new one. By this means the nucleus of a
village was formed and its prosperity assured. New accessions were rapidlv made,
but the bridge was not built till 1808. The bridge was rebuilt in 1825 by Col. H.
Lewis as master builder under the direction of Joshua Whitney at a cost of over
$3,000. On each side of the river, at the ends of this bridge, stood a fine elm tree,
and the two were long known as the twin elms (page 95.) He d. Apr. 13, 1845; res.
Binghamton, N. Y.

5807. i. Pamela, b. Apr. 12, 1794; m. Aug. 22, 1813, Hon. Thomas G.
Waterman; res. B. She d. Oct. 1, 1864. Mr. Waterman was
born in the city of New York on the 22d day of January, 1788,
and while yet a child removed with his parents to Salisbury, in
the state of Connecticut, where his father, J3avid Waterman,
established valuable and extensive iron works. At the age of
14 he entered Yale college, in the same class with James Feni-
more Cooper and other men of note, whose friendship he
retained through after years. He graduated with much dis-
tinction, and studied law at the celebrated law school in Litch-
] field. Conn., and subsequently with the Hon. Samuel Sherwood,

then of Delhi, N. Y., and in 1809 was admitted to practice in
the supreme court of New York, and in the spring of 1813
removed to Binghamton, where, being introduced to the family
of Gen. Joshua Whitney, he was, in the ensuing August, united
in marriage with the General's eldest daughter. Miss Pamela
Whitney, and made his permanent home in that beautiful place,
just then reclaimed from the wilderness and hardly yet a village.
Mr. Waterman's practice grew to be both lucrative and exten-
sive, and he became one of the most leading and influential
men in that section of the state. In 1826 he was elected mem-
ber of assembly for the county of Broome, and in the four sue-

386 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ceeding years he represented, in the senate of the state, the sen-
atorial district of which that county formed a part; and during
this term of service he took an active and influential part in the
important work of the Revised Statutes of the state. After
this period, though repeatedly urged to do so, he persistently
refused to become again a candidate for political office;
although, by appointment of the governor, he fulfilled the
duties of a judge of the common pleas in his own county and
of a general of brigade in the militia of the state. He took an
active interest, however, in all that concerned the welfare of the
nation and the state. He was a friend of Jackson, Van Buren
and Marcy, and of the political party which they represented,
until the onslaught on the national bank and the finances of
the country forced him, with many others, to follow the stand-
ard of Henry Clay and their newly inaugurated Whig party, to
t^'hich he adhered until the pro-slavery spirit threatened to sub-
jugate all that was left of freedom in the land. He then became
a Republican and so continued to be to the end. And to the
support of the cause which he espoused, he, at all times, gave
liberally of his own money, and his time and influence. And he
was no less remarkable for his liberal contributions to all the
charitable and religious undertakings of his neighborhood, and
for his extraordinary and increasing kindness to the poor and
unfortunate. The Broome Republican, published at Bingham-
ton, commemorates him as one "without a vice or an approach
to a vice — a model of truth, probity, and honor — kind, amiable,
and benevolent, yet full of decision and firmness — with a clear,
good judgment, a strong sense of duty, and a laborious and
indefatigable spirit in discharging its obligations." A good man
and a faithful citizen, he has gone to his rest, sincerely, deeply,
and universally regretted by all who knew him. [A'. Y. Tribune^

Virgil, b. Feb. 6, 1796; m. Marcia L. Doty.

ViNXENT, b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. Susan Harper.

George, b. Aug. 12, 1801; m. Sophia Silk Evans.

Washington, b. July 22, 1803; m. Caroline Park.

Franklin, b. July 22, 1803; m. Eliza Cameron; res. Binghamton,
N. Y.

Joshua, b. Dec. 19, 1806; m. Zara S. Evans; he d. May 3, 1891, at B.

Rhoda, b. Apr. 14, 1808; d. Aug. 4, 1808.

William W., b. Sept. 28, 1810;" m. Myra Clark.

Mary Amelia, b. Oct. 2, 1812; d. at B.

Charles, b. Apr. 21, 1815; m. Emily ; he d. at B.

Robert, b. Apr. 21, 1818; d. June 7, 1819.

3091. Thomas Whitney (Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John), b.
Aug. 5. 1778; m. Nov. 15, 1801, Polly Gilbert, b. Oct. 5, 1780; d. July 6, 1864.

He was born in Canaan, Conn., but resided at the junction of the Otselic and
Tionghunga rivers, and the place was soon called Whitney's Point. He was magis-
trate of the town, its first postmaster, and for four years was sheriff of Broome
county. He owned the bridge and mills there besides a large landed property in the
neighborhood. He d. Feb. 7, I860; res. Whitney's Point, N. Y.

5819. i. Emma Lucy, b. Nov. 8, 1803; m. Jan. 2, 1826, Dr. John H. Arnold.

She d. Sept. 4, 1832, at Lisle, N. Y.
Geo. W., b. Oct. 28, I8O0; d. July 12, 1808.
Francis Maria, b. Oct. 20, 1807; m. Mar. 2, 1825, Wm. Cook; res.

Lisle.
Joshua, b. July 16, 1810; m. Elizabeth M. Bell.
Franklin Wm., b. Oct. 8, 1812; res. East Saginaw, Mich.
Henry Thos., b. June 21,1815; m. Elizabeth Park,
Mary, b. Mar. 6, 1818; m. Oct. 21, 1843, Orange Seymour.
^'INCENT, b. Nov. 20, 1820; res. Cincinnati, O.

3092. John Whitney (Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John), b. June

31, 1780; m. . With his wife he joined the Cong, church in 1813. Res.

Whitney's Point, N. Y.

5827. i. AsAHEL,b.Aug..30,1809. 5828. ii. Ira, b. Oct. 13, 1810.

6808.

ii.

5809.

ill.

5810.

iv.

5811.

v.

5812.

vi.

581,3.

vii.

5814.

viii.

5815.

ix.

5816.

X.

5817.

xi.

5818.

xii.

5820.
6821.

ii.

lii.

5822.

iv.

OoZo.
5824.
6825.
5826.

V.

vi.

vii.
viii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 387

3096. Ebenezer Whitney (Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua, John),
b. July 27, 1789; m. Sept. 10, 1810, Sallv Green, his cousin, b. Julv25, 17«7; res. Camp-
ville, N. Y.

5829. i. Frances, b. Oct. 1811; d. unm., Feb. 9, 1850.

5830. ii. Thomas, b. Oct. 1813; m., 1841, Mrs. Nancy Johnson. He d. in

Apr., 1857.

5831. iii. Joshua D., b. Nov., 1815.

5832. iv. Hallam E., b. May, 1817; m, 1843, Betsey Morse.

5833. V. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 1819; m. 1856, Silas E. Goodrich.

5834. vi. Sarah, b. Apr., 1821; d. 1856.

31 12. WoLCOTT Whitney (Joseph, Elijah, John.William, Joshua, John), b. Conn.,
Dec. 20, 1804; m. Sept. 28, 1828, Almeda Snow; b. Oct. 21, 1807; d. at Peninsular, O.,
Oct. 1854. He d. in Chicago of cholera, July 24, 1834; res. Mexico, N. V.

5835. i. Charles S., b. Sept. 29, 1830; m. ; res. Peninsular,

Summit Co., O.

5836. ii. Effie Amelia, b. Mexico, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1833; m. Apr. 8, 1852, L.

Broughton; res. Peninsular, O. He was b. Sept. 11, 1824; gen-
eral provision dealer. Ch.: James Henry, b. Aug. 11, iHb'i;
Lenora Almedia, b. Mar. 5, 1857; Edith, 'b. Dec. 14, 1859; d.
Sept. 16, 1861; Rollin M., b. Dec. 2, 1861; Ethel A., b. Oct. 17,
1864; Lena A., b. Aug. 14, 1867; Matthew J., b. Nov. 10, 1869;
Lorin C, b. June 26, 1873; Corda M., b. Jan. 10, 1876.

5837. iii. Willard G., b. Dec. 15, 18—; n. f. k.

311>^. Norman Knox Whitney (Joseph, Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John),
b. Scriba, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1816, m. Feb. 18, 1S38, Mary Harman; b. June 20, 1815; d.
May 11, 1885. He d. Apr. 5. 1883; res. Scriba, N. Y., and Downer's Grove, 111.

5838. i. Orla H.,b. Dec. 24, 1839; m. Elvira Edgerly.

5839. ii. Mary A., b. ; m. S. C. Scofield; res. Freeport, 111.; family

Bible.

5840. iii. Julia J., b. .

5841. iv. Charles W., b. ; d. Nov., 1863.

3119. Samuel Brown Whitney* (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John),
b. Norwich, \'t , Jan. 28, 1817; m. in Boston, Nov. 4, 1846, Sarah Brown; b. Feb. 22,
1824; (1. Feb. 17, 1873. When a young man he moved to Boston where he has since
resided. Soon after the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the 11th Mass. battery
which was attached to the 9th corps, Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, .Army of the Potomac.
He was in the battle of the Wilderness and was with Grant when Lee surrended at
Appomattox. Was in many battles and in the siege of Petersburg for nine months.
He has led an active business life; res. Boston, Mass., 17 Edinboro St.

5842. i. Alfred Brown, b. Sept. 14, 1847; m. Theodosia E. Beilharz.

5843. ii. Sarah Josephine, b. Oct. 4, 1849; d.X)f consumption Dec. 31, 1870.

5844. iii. Georgiana Lillian, b. Mar. 25, 1853; d. Oct. 6, 1871.

3120. William Whitney (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John), b.

Norwich, Yt., June 6, 1819; m. Sophronia . She res. Granville, Mass., care

E. Noble. He d. at Union Grove, 111., Oct. 29, 1865; res. Woburn, Mass.

5(545. i. EmmaS., b. ; m. 1874, Everard Drisko. She d. May 26,

1877. Ch.: Ethel Whitney. The mother is buried with her father.

5846. ii. William H., b. ; m. Conklin; res. s. p. 27 Chester

Park, Boston, Mass.

5847. iii. Willie Dale, b. ; d. infancy.

3121. Capt. Henry Joshua Whitney (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua,

John), b. Norwich, Vt., Oct. 22, 1812; m. . She d. 1864. He was born in

Norwich, Vt., resided in Boston, and went south to New Orleans on a trading vessel.
For some years he was a pilot on the Mississippi river, and was so engaged when
the war broke out. Much against his wishes he was forced into the Confederate
naval service. He d. June 19, 1894; res. New Orleans, La., 629 Chartres street.

5848. i. William H., b. May 14, 1847; m. Lilly McAndrew Fraser.

5849. ii. Lewis Walter, b. ; res. 629 Chartres street, N. O.

3123. Alfred Whitney (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John), b.
Norwich, Vt., Mar. 6, 1821; m. June 14, 1850, Edna N. Haskell; b. Deer Isle, Me.,
Mar. 6, 1831. Alfred Whitney resided in Boston nearly all his life. He was a mem-
ber of the firm of Whitney &. Babcock, expressmen, for over thirty years. He retired

388

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

from business some thirteen years before his death. The death of his son Lewis
was a deep affliction to him, and he survived his death only seven months. He went
to the cellar to prepare his furnace tires and fell in a paralytic shock, living only
forty hours afterward. He was a steady, quiet, honest man, respected by all. He is
buried at Upham's Corner, Dorchester, Mass. He d. Jan. 14, 1890; res. Boston,
Mass.

M.ARTHA E..b. July 13, 1851; m. July 7, 1870, Charles H. Small;
res. 52 F street. So. Boston. He was b. New Bedford, Mass.,
Oct. 23, 1846; d. Mar. 13, 1892. Ch.: Mabel I., b. July 4, 1875.
Fkank R., b. Mar. 25, 1853; m. Ella Pinto.

Lewis Alfred, b. Dec. 22, 1855; unm.; d. June 7, 1889. He was
born in Boston, educated at the public schools and the Preston
School of Design. He learned the trade of stencil cutter and
engraver, but was obliged to give up his work on account of an
injury to his knee. For seven years he was confined to the
house, and during that time executed many elegant oil paint-
ings, which still remain in the family.
Charles Alfred, b. June 14, 1871; d. July 28, 1871.

5850.

5851.
5852.

11.

iii.

5853.

IV,

5854.

i.

5855.

11.

5856.

in.

5857.

iv.

5858.

V.

5859.

vi.

8124. Capt. Joseph Paul Whitney (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 1, 1825; m. in New Orleans, La., Aug. 25, 1854, Troy Gertrude Hope,
b. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 30, 1838. Joseph Paul was born in Norwich, Vt., in 1825. At
the age of 19 he went to New Orleans, La., where he resided until 1888, when he
moved with his family to Chicago. During the Civil war he served in the Confed-
erate army. Of late years, on account of partial paralysis, he was incapacitated for
manual labor. He d. Aug. 7, 1893; res. Chicago, 111., 541 Fay St., Lake View.
Joseph P., b. Aug., 1855; d. Aug., 1856.
John L.. b. Mar., 1857; d. Nov., 1858.
Mary Frances, b. Oct. 19, 18—; m.
Benzette, b. Apr. 25, 18 — .
Crescenta, b. Mar. 9, 18—.

Troy, b. Dec. 5, 1863; m. Sept. 18, 1889, Frank K. Bumstead; b.
Dec. 12, 1864; res. 419 Cleveland Ave., Chicaso, 111. Ch.: Whit-
nev Vandewater, b. Nov. 19, 1892; Iris, b. July 30, 1891; d. Nov.
24,' 1891.

3127. Levi Charles Whitney (William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua, John),
b. Norwich, Vt., Jan. 6, 1832; m. Mary Eliza Pennington. He was born in the Green
Mountain state, and with his brothers Henry and Charles migrated to New Orleans.
Was pilot on the Mississippi river when the war broke out, and joined the Confed-
erate navy, being impressed into the service. He d. Dec. 10, 1867; res. New
Orleans, La.

5860. i. Alfred Lewis, b. New Orleans, Mar.
31, 1865; m. Jan. 1, 1888, Mary Louise
Lynch, b. Apr. 12, 1865. He is a clerk,
s. p.; res. 9 Haynes St., East Boston,
Mass.
Robert L., b. . He res. in Bos-

5861.
5862.
5863.

in.

ton, is employed on the Herald.

■,b. ; m. Evan H. Morgan;

res. Baltimore, Md.
iv. Roberta Harp, b. Dec. 7, 1861; m.
John Thomas Seward, Aug. 19, 1877;
res. New Orleans, La., Cor. Clouet and
Chartres Sts. He was b. Apr. 3, 1853.
Ch.: Alfred Henry, b. June 22, 1879.

3128. Lewis Lafayette Whitney (William, Elijah,
John, William, Joshua, John), b. Norwich, Vt., Jan. 6, 1824;
m. June 1, 1850, Hannah Humphrey Clapp; d. Aug. 29, 1892. lewis laj-ayette whitney.
He is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal school, class of

1843. Taught school six years; has been chairman of the school committee in Wo-
burn four years; is justice of the peace; is one of the Woburn cemetery commis-
sioners, and superintendent of Woburn cemetery for many years; executor of many
wills; executor, trustee; administrator and guardian; member of the public library
committee, etc. Res. Woburn, Mass.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 389

5864. i. Lewis Henry, b. Oct. 13, 1851, son of his sister Somes adopted

by Lewis; res. Denver, Col.

3133. OcTAVius Lebbeus Whitney (Archibald, Lebbeus, Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Mar. 22, 1815; m. Elizabeth Luther; res. .

5865. i. Isabelle, b. .

5866. ii. MaryE.. b. ^ .

3135. Theodore Archibald Whitney (Archibald, Lebbeus, Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Aug. 26, 1818; m. Eliza Brown; lu. 2d Sarah McCloud Vandyke;
res. Charlestown, S. C.

5867. i. Theodore A., b. .

5868. ii. Eli Geddings, b. May 2, 1842; m. Josephine B. Huggins; d .

5869. iii. Adalaide, b. .

6870. iv. Ellen T., b. .

5871. V. Ida, b. .

3138. Cornelius Gardner Whitney (Archibald, Lebbeus, Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Feb. 10, 1824; m. Elizabeth Burrell; res. .

5872. i. Mary Ellen, b. ; m. Ross A. Smith.

5873. ii. W^M. B., b. .

5874. iii. Cornelius, b. .

3148. John Jackson Whitney (Jedediah, James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Sullivan's Island, S. C, Dec. 13, 1814; m. Phil. Pa., Jan. 14, 1841, Frances
Ann Lewis; b. June 20, 1822. He d. Aug. 16, 1873; res. Phil., Pa.

5875. i. John Lewis, b. Oct. 2, 1841; d. May 7, 1843.

5876. ii. Marie E., b. Jan. 20, 1843; m. Frank A. L>nch; res. Philadelphia,

Pa.

5877. iii. Anna M., b. Jan. 4, 1845; m. Sept. 22, 1881, George' Messner

Gaulbert, at Phil.; s. p.

5878. iv. Placidia E., b. Oct. 26, 1846.

5879. V. Cornelia M., b. Aug. 10, 1848.

6880. vi. Josephine H., b. Oct. 10, 1850; d. Jan. 23, 1852.

3150. Lawrence Ford Whitney (Lebbeus, James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Oct. 5, 1812, at Phil.; m. Apr. 30, 1844, at Manheim, Pa., Hannah Pott; b.
Aug. 12, 1817; d. Sept. 12, 1885. He d. Sept. 10, 1878; res. Pottsville, Pa.

Christina Elizabeth, b. Jan. 14, 1845; d. Jan. 4, 1848.

Benjamin P., b. Julv 1, 1846; d. June 3, 1871.

James Rex, b. 1848; d. July 11, 1849.

Lebbeus Rex, b. 1850; d. Jan. 14, 1853.

Sarah V., b. July 16, 1851.

Lawrence F., b. July 20, 1853; d. Sept. 9, 1879.

Emma, b. Jan. 7, 1856.

Maria P., b. Jan. 1, 1858.

Geo. F., b. Jan. 17, 1861; m. Aug. 29, 1889, Susan E. Wells; res.
Cincinnati, O.

3151. Charles Albert Whitney (Lebbeus, James R., Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Phil, Mar. 5, 1815; m. N. Y., Apr. 2, 1839, Sophia Faure, b. Mar. 2y,
1810; d. Apr., 1881. He d. Mar. 6, 1885; res. Tarrytown, N. Y.

6890. i. Mary Margaret, b. Jan. 1, 1840; d. infancv.

6891. ii. Helen M., b. Mar., 1841; m. Edward H. Carle. She d. Tarry-

town, s. p.

5892. iii. Elizabeth Sophia, b. July 15, 1843; m. Mumford M. Truman, of

New York; res. Yonkers, N. Y. Ch.: Edith Sophia, b. Jan.,
1879; Margery C, d. Apr., 1881; Whitney, b. Aug., 1883; Marie
Faure, b. May 19, 1887.

5893. iv. Daughter, d. infancv.

6894. v. Charles Albert, b.' Nov. 12, 1846.
5895. vi. Mary Faure, b. July 15, 1849.

3152. John Ford Whitney (Lebbeus, James R., Caleb, William, Joshua, John),
1). Phil, Sept. 22, 1817; m. Sept. 24, 1838, Elizabeth Ritter Ruckel, b. May 11. 1813;
~d. June 24, 1875. He d. Apr. 12, 1855; res. Pottsville, Pa.

5881.

6882.

ii.

6883.

iii.

5884.

iv.

5885.

V.

6886.

vi.

6887.

vii.

6888.

vni

5889.

ix.

6902.

ii.

5903.

111.

5904.

IV.

5905.

V.

5906.

VI.

390 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5896. i. Samuel R., b. Aug. 22, 1839.

5897. ii. Lebbeus, b. Feb. 28, 1841; d. Dec. 4, 1855.

6898. iii. Frank, b. Feb. 26, 1843.

6899. iv. Jessie, b. Dec. 17, 1844.

5900. v. Thomas B., b. Aug. 3, 1849; d. Mar. 9, 1865.

3164. William Lebbeus Whitney (Lebbeus, James R., Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Jan. 16, 1823; m. Dec. 19, 1860, Ann Templin Potts, b, Apr. 21,
1827; d. Sept. 19, 1864; m. 2d, Oct. 2, 1862, Emma St. Clair Nichols, b. Sept. 26, 1840.

William Lebbeus Whitney was born in Philadelphia, educated at the public
schools, and entering Dickinson College, was graduated in 1843. He taught school
at Port Gibson, Miss., in 1844, clerk in Miners' Bank at Pottsville in 1847, and was,
in 1850, admitted to the bar. In 1870 he was selected cashier of the Miners' Bank,
and in 1882 was elected president; res. Pottsville, Pa.

5901. i. Potts, b. Oct. 18, 1851; d. Dec. 21, 1869.
Nattio Annie, b. Aug. 31, 1863.
Harriett N..b. Dec. 12, 1863; d. Dec. 27, 1863.
William A., b. Dec. 12, 1864.
Francis N., b. Apr. 1, 1868.
Emma St. C, b. Mar. 16, 1870.

3164. John Snodgrass Whitney (John M., James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Natchez, Apr. 19, 1820; m. Dec, 1844, in Jefferson Co., Miss., Malissa Ann
Coleman; d. May 24, 1858. He d. July 20, 1858; res. Decatur, 111.

6907. i. Lucy, b. July 8, 1847; m. Oct. 8, 1868, W. O. Baldwin, Jr.; 8 ch.;

res. Canton, Miss.

5908. ii. Hattie Coleman, b. July 18, 1854; m. 1879, H. H. Coleman; 3

ch.; res. Canton.

5909. iii. Mary Clarissa, b. May 16, 1858; m. Feb. 1876, Samuel C.

Divine. He d. s. p. at Canton, Jan. 20, 1889.

3167. Samuel Franklin Whitney (John M., James R., Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Fayette, Miss., Aug. 19. 1827; m. Dec. 13, 1854, Mattie Emanuel, b.
Virginia. He d. Sept. 6, 1866; res. Grand Gulf, Miss.

6910. i. SimsEmanuel, b. 1868.

5911. ii. Bayard, b. 1869; d. 1869.

6912. iii. Mary Lelia, b. Sept. 14, 1861; m. Dr. T. Ritchie Stone; res.

Wash., D. C.
5913. iv. Mattie Franklin, b. 1866.

3168. Charles Wesley Whitney (John M., James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Fayette, Miss., Oct. 15, 1829; m. Nov. 23, 1848, Sarah Cunningham Fleming
Darden, b. Jan. 21, 1831; res. Favette, Miss.

6914. i. Eugene, b. Sept. 16, 1849; d. Sept. 25, 1849.

5916. ii. Pendleton Darden, b. Dec. 22, 1861; assassinated Aug. 25,

1876.
5916. iii. John Merrick, b. Sept. 1, 1864; d. Sept. 26, 1872.
6917. iv. Maggie, b. Dec. 22, 1867; m. Mar. 21, 1878, Prof. J. E. Blankin-

ship; 2 ch.; res. Danville, Ark.

5918. v. Katie, b. Dec. 1, 1861; m. Dec. 1, 1881, Rivers Harrison; 1 ch.;

res. Fayette.

5919. vi. Emmie, b. Jan. 12, 1865; m. June 18, 1884, Howell F. West; 1 ch.;

res. Natchez.

5920. vii. Charles Wesley, b. Apr. 21. 1870.

5921. viii. Putnam Darden, b. Apr. 21, 1870.

3170. James Jefferson Whitney (John M., James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Jan. 11, 1834; m. Feb. 18, 1858, Josephine Darden, b. Oct. 20, 1838; res.
Fayette, Miss.

■ Stanhope, b. Dec. 14, 1868; d. Sept. 4, 1864.

Eva, b. Dec. 25, 1860; d. Sept. 4, 1864.

Wm. H., b. Dec. 31, 1862; m. Naomi B. Campbell.

Marion Darden, b. Dec 24, 1864; d. Dec. 16, 1875.

Annie M., b. Jan. 5, 1867.

Charles C, b. Mar. 19, 1869.

5922.

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ni.

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5928. vii. Lena L., b. Aug. 8, 1871.

5929. viii. Della J. J., b. Nov. ,3, 1873.

5930. ix. EuLA, b. Aug. 13, 1876.

3172. Prosper King Whitney (John M., James R., Caleb, William, Joshua,
John), b. Favette, Miss., Sept. 23, 1838; m. Feb. 8, 1860, Helen Sophia McCaleb, b.
Sept. 23, 1839; res. Fayette, iMiss.

5931. i. James McC, b. Dec. 12, 1860; m. Della Stevens, and Katie May-

berry.

5932. ii. Carrie D.,b. July 24, 1863; m. Feb. 8, 1882, Robert W. Campbell,

Jr.; 2 ch.: res. Fayette.

5933. iii. John, b. Nov. 10, 1864.

5934. iv. Prosper K., b, June 19, 1866.

5935. V. Mary E., b. Mar. 24, 1868.

5936. vi. Mattie, b. July 17, 1870.

5937. vii. .Sophie M., b. Jan. 22, 1872.

5938. viii. Millie D., b. Nov. 15, 1874.

5939. ix. Helen Nina, b. Dec. 27, 1875,

5940. X. Hattie P., b. Feb. 28, 1877.
.5941. xi. Lizzie B., b. Dec. 24, 1879.

5942. xii. Laura A., b. Aug. 28, 1881; d. Sept. 25, 1882.
.5943. xiii. Lula M., b. Feb 5, 1885.

3174. Oliver Cadv Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. June 31, 1806; m. Nov. 7, 1S27, Louis Crossman, b. June 8, 1807; d.
July 27, 1869. He d. Nov. 21, 1879; res. Mexico, N. Y.

5944. i. Adelia, b. May 17, 1830; m. Jan. 21, 1855, John Blakeslee; res.

Mexico. He was b. Mar. 17, 1828; d. Nov. 23, 1879. Ch.: Geo.
D., b. Oct. 23, 1864.

5945. ii. Laura E., b. Mar. 25, 1834; m. Feb. 21, 1856, Chauncey H. Snow.

She d. s. p. Nov. 2, 1859; res. Washington, D. C. Ch.: Gracie,
b. May 2, 1859; d. Dec. 24, 1863; Eddie, b. Aug. 24, 1863; d. Jan.
21, 1864.
.5946. iii. Orson D., b. Apr. 7, 1836; d. July 12, 1864.

5947. iv. Julia A., b. Aug. 29, 1842; d. May 13, 1859.

5948. v. Mary E., b. Apr. 21, 1845; m. Apr. 9, 1874, Charles E. Brown; res.

Gouverneur, N. V. Ch.: Anna L., b. Mar. 27,1878; Willie, b.
Mar. 4, 1880.

5949. vi. George F., b. Dec. 25, 1847; d. Apr. 17, 1858.

59.50. vii. Stella M., b. Apr. 8, 1850; m. Sept. 6, 1870, Henry M. Bard; res.
Oneonta, N. Y. Ch.: Clara L., b. May 29, 181'2; James N., b.
Dec. 22, 1875; Ella W., b. Apr. 30, 1878; Harry C, b. Aug. 31,
1880; Tracy S.; all living in Oneonta, N. Y.

5951. viii. Ella L., b. Aug. 29, 1852; m. Apr. 14, 1875, John R. Norton. She

d. Sept. 10, 1875, at Syracuse, N. Y.

5952. ix. Julius O., b. Mar. 25, 1832; m. Cordelia Watrous.

3175. Orrin Whitney (.Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Dec. 27, 1795; m. in Mexico, N. Y., June 9,1817, Emeline Ames, b. Oct. 12, 1800,
d. Oct. 14, 1882. He was a farmer. He d. Mar. 6, 1859; res. Mexico, N. Y.

Riley b. Apr. 18, 1819; m. Ruth S. Green.

Cheney, b. Jan. 20,1822; m. Oct. 15, 1844, Louisa Benedict. He

d. in Iowa, Aug. 17, 1863.
Henry M., b. June 23, 1825; m. Rhoda Ann Halladay.
Francis E., b. June 13, 1827; m. Nov. 20, 1849, Leander Fuller.

She d. Jan., 1892; dau. Cora; m. Tullar; res. M.

Edwin, b. Aug. 12, 18.30; m. Mary Jewett and Anna Winkworth.
Harriett E., b. Dec. 7, 1834; m. Dec. 19, 1852, Lewis Miller; res.

Oswego, N. Y.

5959. vii. Horner G., b. July 17, 1842; d. s. p., Apr. 15, 1862.

8180. Alvin L. WHiTNEY(James, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Granville, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1803; m. Dec. 20, 1826, Betsey Cook; b. June 29, 1809;
d. Sept. 4, 1889. He was a mechanic. He d. Feb. 5, 1883; res. Pavilion, N. Y.

5960. i. Julia, b. Dec. 25, 1827; d. Sept. 10, 1849.

5961. ii. Horner, b. Nov. 25, 1829; d. Mar. 12, 1831.

5953.
5954.

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ii.

5955.
5956.

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392 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5962. iii. Delia Beals, b. Nov. 20, 1831; m. Mar. 5, 1851, Enoch Heath; m.
2d — Swan; res. P.

5968. iv. Almira, b. Jan. 12, 1834; m. June 1, 1852. Nelson Benedict; m.
Nov. 29, 1862, 2d Edgar Hamlin; res. 384 Prospect St., Cleve-
land, O.

5964. V. Effie Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1838; m. May 27, 1855, Wm. O.

Groves. She d. May 23, 1858.

5965. vi. Mary Keys, b. Mar. 29, 1840; m. Feb. 21, 1865, George Dauchy;

res. P.

5966. vii. Grove D., b. May 8, 1842; m. Rebecca B. Whitney.

5967. viii. Amelia Betsey, b. June 1, 1845; m. Jan. 20, 1867, Andrew J.

Marsh. She d. Jan. 20, 1894.

5968. ix. Edwin J., b. Mar. 10, 1847; m. Almira C. Bentley.

5969. X. Frances Rosena, b. Aug. 14, 1849; d. Aug. 2, 1851.

5970. xi. Carrie Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1851; m. Apr. 20, 1880,'

Hutchinson; res. P.

3182. Chauncey B. Whitney (James, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Granville, N. Y., in 1805; m. Nov. 6, 1827, Sophia Doolittle, b. Oct. 9, 1808;

■d. 1841; m. 2d Mary Ann . He was a carpenter. He d. July 17, 1866; res.

Oswego, N. Y.

Orville H., b. Oct. 21, 1828; m. Clara Graham.

Addison P., b. Aug. 7, 1830; m. Clara Sprague.

Helen Maria, b. 1833; m. Ruggles; res.Wichita, Kan.

D WIGHT, b. 1834; unm.; res. West.

Mary S., b. 1840; m. Lamb; res. Rome, N. Y.

Alfred, b. 1836; d. unm. Aug. 31, 1871.

Laura, b. ; m. James Tuttle; res. Oswego, N. Y.

Amelia, b. .

Arthur, b, .

Albert, b. .

Cora, b. .

3186. Dr. Ja.mes Puffer Whitney (James, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Granville, N. Y., Sept. 15,1815; m. Romeo, Mich., Aug. 27, 1837,
Nerissa Crittenden; b. 1818; res. 901 Fillmore St., San F. He d. Nov. 25, 1880; res.
Romeo, Mich., Milwaukee, Wis., and San Francisco, Cal.

5982. i. William Kirk, b. July 17, 1838; m. Caroline Stimson.

5983. ii. James D.. b. Dec. 23, 1840; m. Apr. 24, 1872, Minnie Lissak; res.

Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Cal.; s. p. He was b. in Romeo,
Mich.; educated at Santa Clara college, Cal.; studied medicine
in the University of the Pacific, San Francisco, 1860 to 1863;
went to Europe in 1863; visited hospitals of London and Paris
and attended clinics for one and a half years. He was visiting
physician at St. Mary's hospital, San Francisco, for three years;
surgeon-general for the State of California four years; surgeon
First Regiment National Guards, Cal., ten years; medical ex-
aminer for seven life insurance companies; director and presi-
dent of several incorporated companies.

5984. lii. Jay Pitt, b. ; d, ae. 15 months.

5985. iv. James P., b. ; res. 901 Fillmore St., S. F.

3188. Judge Cyrus Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1814; m. Sept. 26, 1848, at Shelburne, Vt.,
Jane E. Brown, b. at Burlington, \'t., Aug. 15, 1830. She res. 981 Asylum Ave., Hart-
ford, Conn. Ex-county Judge Cyrus Whitney was one of the oldest lawyers in Os-
wego county. Judge Whitney was born in the town of Mexico, Oswego county, Feb.
19, 1814, anS in his youth attended the Mexico academy, an institution famous for
the many bright men it has sent out into the world. He wished to become a lawyer,
and to gratify that ambition he found it necessary to teach school to supply himself
with the necessary funds to continue his studies. He taught school at Pompey,
Onondaga county, and then entered the law office of his cousin, Mr. Orla F. Whitney
of Mexico. In 1846 he was admitted to the bar and at once began the practice of his
profession in Mexico. He was noted as a great student and his early successes
irought to the young lawyer many clients. Shortly after he entered into a partner-

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111.

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V.

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ship with T. W. Skinner, and up to 1870 the law firm of Whitney & Skinner was
known as one of the most successful in Oswego county. It was while in Mexico, in
1867, that Judge Whitney was first elected county judge. He succeeded the late
Judge Tyle and the term was for four years. In 1871 he was re-elected and served
a six-year term. He came to Oswego in 1870, and became the law partner of J. J.
Lamoree, and for several years the firm was known as Whitney & Lamoree. After
they dissolved Judge Whitney contmued the practice of his profession alone until
up to about five years ago when he formed a partnership with his son, Mr. C. F.
Whitney, and the firm has since been styled Whitney & Whitney. Judge Whitney
was married to Miss Jane E. Brown, of Shelburne, \'t., who survives her husband.
There were three children born to them, all of whom are living: Mr. C. F. Whit-
ney, of that city; Jennie L., wife of Benjamin R. Stillman, of Hartford, Conn., and
Harry C. Whitney, of Watertown. Through his long life Judge Whitney had been
a practical Christian. He was a member of Grace church, and at his death was
a trustee and deacon. A few years ago he was prominent in Sunday-school work,
in which he took an active interest. In the death of Judge Whitney the bar associ-
ation of Oswego county has lost one of its oldest and most honored members, and
•Oswego a good citizen. He d. Sept. 16, 1890; res. Mexico and Oswego, N. Y.

5986. i. Charles Fred, b. Dec. 19, 1849; m. Mattie E. Davis.

5987. ii. Jennie Louise, b. Dec. 15, 1855; m. May 14, 1880, Benjamin R.

Stillman; res. Hartford, Conn. Ch.: Daisy Gilbert, b. Sept. 80,
1881; Cyrus Whitney, b. Oct. 20, 1884; d. Mar. 6, 1894. She was
educated at Rye seminary, New York, and was graduated in
1873. Mr. Stillman is a thorough insurance man and res. at 981
Asylum Av.

5988. iii. Harry Cyrus, b. July 19, 1862; m. Georgie Story.

8189. Horace Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Apr. 16, 1807; m. Mar. 12, 1835, Laura Sherman; b. May 28, 1808; d. Oct. 3,
1888. He d. Sept. 8, 1894; res. Mexico, N. Y.

5989. i. Cyrus H., b. Dec. 18, 1841; m. July 2, 1867, Elizabeth Jacobs; res.

Mexico, N. Y.

3192. Lyman E. Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Mathias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 27, 1812, Mexico, N. Y.; m. Oct. 23, 1838, Jane S. Whitnev; b. June 2,
1819; d. Oct. 29, 1883. He was a farmer. He d. Mar. 11, 1884; res. .Mexico, X. Y.

5990. i. Frances, b. June 6, 1841; m. Jan 26, 1865, Samuel J. Hagaboom;

res. Wellwood, N. Y. Ch.: Jennie M. b. July 28, 1870; Charles
L., b. Nov. 30, 1872.

5991. ii. Mary Ette, b. June, 1845; unm.; res. Wellwood.

5992. iii. Charles L., b. Nov. 27, 1851; m. Mary Adams.

3193. Oscar F. Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Apr. 27, 1816, Mexico, N. Y.; m. Dec. 21, 1851, Caroline Whitney; b. Jan. 5,
1829. He was a farmer; res. So. Richland, N. Y.

5993. i. Ella, b. Feb. 26, 1855; m. Dec. 24, 1882, John Edick; b. Dec. 29,

1845. He is a farmer; res. So. Richland, N. Y.

3194. James R. Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 7, 1818; m. Caroline Adams. He d. Feb. 7, 1885.

5994. i. Mary, b. Jan., 1845; m. Dr. David ; res. Syracuse, N. Y.

Ch.: Jessie b. .

5995. ii. GEO."B.,b. Feb., 1847; 'm. Ellen Munger.

3196. Henry Seymour Whitney (Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Jan. 7, 1822, in Mexico, N. Y.; m. in Oswego, Sept. 26, 1848, Harriett
R. Gillett; b. Nov. 7, 1824. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 19, 1885; res. Mexico, N. Y.

5996. i. Carrie, b. July 3, 1857; m. Jan. 14, 1879, William Tilton, b. June

7, 1857; res. Mexico, N. Y. Ch.: RoUand W., b. July 21, 1880.

5997. ii. LuLY, b. Dec. 15, 1861; d. Jan. 7, 1864.

3199. Ebenezer Gould Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias. Cornel-
ius, Joshua, John), b. Mexico, N. Y^ Feb. 27, 1808; m. Feb. 16, 1848, Maria Wick-
Tvare; b. Jan. 16, 1824; d. Nov. 29, 1886. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 9, 1881; res.
Mexico, N. Y.
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5998. i. Charles G., b. July 27, 1856; unm.; res. Easton, Adams Co., Wis.

5999. ii. Julia E., b. Sept. 24, 1861; unm.; res. Mexico.

6000. iii. Martha Alice, b. Apr. 14, 1852; m. Sept. 20, 1876, Wilfred A.

Robbins, b. Jan. 24, 1853. He is postmaster; res. Mexico, N. Y.;
s. p.

6001. iv, Etta, b. (adopted).

3200. Silas Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Vt. Oct. 10, 1809; m. in Sandy Creek, N. Y., Mar. 8, 1838, Matilda Cross; b. Sept. 2,
1814; res. Coleridge, Neb. He was a farmer. He d. Apr. 5, 1891; res. Centerville,
N. Y,, and Iowa.

6002. i. Caroline, b. Mar. 2, 1841; m. Aug. 13, 1864, T. W. W^inters; res

Marne, la. He was b. Sept. 25, 1841; is a carpenter and
wagon maker Ch.: William W., b. Oct. 10, 1865; m. Apr. 30,
1891; Edwin D. and Anna both died in infancy; Ora A., b. Nov.
20, 1874; post office address of both, Marne, la.

6003. ii. Loretta, b. Aug. 21, 1840; m. L. H. Perkins; res. Valentine, Neb.

He was b. Feb. 24, 1827; is a stockraiser and farmer. Ch.: Mrs.

W. N. Orris, b. Feb. 22, 1866; res. Sloan, Iowa; E. G., b. Apr. 1,

1871; res. V.

Roxanna, b. ; m. Fay; res. Salida, Col.

Sarah, b. ; m. Richards; res. Miss.

Orson S., b. July 10, 1849; m. Marv Baird.

Oscar C, b. June 27, 1851; m. Ono'na M. Bliss.

Eva, b. ; m. Owens; res. No. Platte, Neb.

3201. Rev. Lucius Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1811; m. Dec. 18, 1836. Clarissa Ingersoll; b. Dec. 12,
1819; d. Sept. 1, 1883.

As a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church he served eleven charges cov-
ering a period of twenty-five years. He d. ]\lay 29, 1879; res. North Bay, N. Y., Oneida
Co., Sandy Creek and Pulaski, N. Y.

6009. i. Henry B., b. May 2, 1838; m. Martha H. Smith.

6010. ii. Emma C, b. Feb. 26, 1852; m. Oct. 17, 1876, Rev. Stephen T. Dib-

ble. Ch.: Walter Whitney, b. Dec. 30, 1881; Henry T., b. July
24, 1889. He was born Dec. 16, 1851, and since Apr., 1878, has
been a member of the Northern New York conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church. They have resided in the follow-
ing places all in New York state: West Sandy Creek, New
Haven, Hannibal, West Winfield, Gouverneur, and their pres-
ent home is at Fulton.

6011. iii. Jane P., b. Jan. 6, 1837; m. Oct. 13, 1857, James H. Chapin. She

d. Feb. 4, 1891. He was b. Nov. 26, 1834, is a pharmacist; res.
Decatur, Neb. Ch.: Alice Clara, b. Aug. 29, 1858; m. May 15,
1878; present name Frary; P. O. address, Decatur, Neb.; Cora
Luella, b. June 2, 1860; m. Apr. 12, 1883; present name Snyder;
P. O. address, Pender, Neb.; Henry Whitney, b. Jan. 29, 1862;
P. O. address, Decatur, Neb.; Lucius Almon, b. Dec. 14, 1867;
P. O. address, Omaha, Neb.

6012. iv. Julia C, b. Oct. 6, 1843; m. Dec. 25, 1865, Ashur C. McLaughlin.

She d. May 30, 1892; res. Sterling Center, N. Y. He was b. Dec.
27, 1849. Ch.: Arthur H., b. Dec. 17, 1867; Eva M., b. Feb. 7,
1870; d. Aug. 14, 1870; Herbert, b. Aug. 4, 1871 ; d. Aug. 25, 1872;
Perry, b. May 12, 1873; d. Mar. 5, 1893; Clarence W., b. Oct.
1, 1876; Lucius and Lucian, b. Aug. 21, 1878; Nellie E., b. Apr.
4, 1880; d. Apr. 18, 1880.

3203. EsECK Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,

John), b. Oswego Co., N. Y., Mar. 29, 1814; m.in Pineville, N. Y., Apr.28, 1842, ;

b. Apr. 30, 1820. He d. Mar. 16, 1876; res. Whitneyville, la.

6013. i. Wm. Sanford, b. Sept. 27, 1845; m. Harriett O. Strong.

3204. La Fayette Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Feb. 29, 1820; m. . He d. Sept. 13, 1870; res. Sand Bank, N. Y.

6014. i. D A., b. .

Creek, Col.

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3205. Thomas Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua
John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1822; m. Annie Jewel; d. Feb. 16, 1877, in Pock
Creek, Col. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 27, 1877; res. Centerville, N. Y. and Rock

Cheaney Orley, b. Apr. 20, 1852; m. Carrie B. Christensen.
Walter J., b. Mar. 3, 1847; m. Harriett Chase.
George W., b. 1848; m. Alice Castle.

Frank D., b. ; res. Col.

Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1854; m. Mar. 17, 1872, Z. T. Parker; res. New

Liberty, la. He was b. Apr. 22, 1849. Ch.: Rhoda. b. Dec. 28,

1872; d. Apr. 7, 1876; Nellie, b. Dec. 16, 1874; Charles, b. Mar.

9, 1877; Albert, b. July 12, 1879; d. Apr. 27, 1880; Calvin, b.

Apr. 17. 1881; Grace, b. Aug. 2, 1883; Katie, b. May 25, 1886;

Emeline, b. Sept. 15, 1888; Walter, b. Feb. 10, 1891; d. Feb. 20,

1891.
6020. vi. Nellie, b. ; m. Clark; res. Marne, la.

3209. Oscar Fitzoland Whitney (Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Ontario, N. Y., July 19, 1823; m. there Sept. 30, 1846, Laura Wells
Whitcomb; b. Jan. 3, 1828; d. Feb. 7, 1882. He is a farmer; res. Ontario, on Ridge
Road, N. Y., s. p.

3210. Franklin Huntington Whitney (John, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Oswego Co., N. Y., Feb. 10, 1832; m. in Mexico, Feb. 10, 1861, Elinor
Graham; b. Nov. 28, 1838.

The following we quote from the history of Cass county, published some ten years
ago: " In the early part of 1871, Frank H. Whitney & Company opened a bank as suc-
cessors to the absconding bankers, Loring & Bennet.but later in the same year this
was reorganized as the First National Bank of Atlantic, with F. H. Whitney, as pres-
ident; John P. Gerberich, cashier; F. H. Whitney, Isaac Dickerson, Charles Kelly,
Wilkins Warwick and S. J. Applegate, as directors. This organization was continued
until 1876, when the charter was relinquished, and it became once more a private bank,
under the name of the Bank of Atlantic, and under the proprietorship of Frank H.
Whitney, and as such is continued to the present time by him, and is to-day one
of the most solid institutions in the county. The sterling integrity and business
ability of Mr. Whitney, who is well known to every citizen of the county, backed as
it is by an abundance of capital, make the Bank of Atlantic one of undoubted
strength, and it enjoys the fullest confidence of the community and of the people of
Cass county in general. Franklin H. Whitney, decidedly the most prominent
and enterprising of Cass county's citizens, who has done more than any ten men
in its development, who is the father of more towns and enterprising projects for the
upbuilding of his resident county than any other citizen within its borders, and who
was also one of its pioneers, braving the hardships, etc., attendant upon pioneer life,
was born in the town of Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y. F. H. Whitney spent his
early life in Oswego county, N. Y., where he received a good academic education
at Mexico and learned the surveyor's profession. In 1856 he came to Iowa, stopping
in Adair county a short time, and in March of that year settled in Cass county at
Whitneyville, and in 1857 laid out a small town at that point and began farming and
raising stock. He owned two hundred and forty acres of land and followed farming
and surveying in the vicinity of Whitneyville until 1862, when he removed to Lewis
and published a newspaper for eight months, called the Cass County Gazette, and
after which he followed surveying and worked for the emigrant company until Janu-
ary, 1864. In 1865 he operated a hotel at Lewis, which was consumed by fire on the
3d of January, 1866. He then moved upon a farm about a mile from town, but in the
fall of that year purchased the Rand House and removed to Lewis, which he operated
until the spring of 1868, when he disposed of the property and entered into partner-
ship with Isaac Dickerson and opened a land office in Lewis, handling non-resident
lands in Cass county. In September of that year they dissolved partnership, and in
October Mr. Whitney removed to the present site of Atlantic, surveying the same
shortly after his removal here, he also assisting in the survey of the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific railroad, which was then being constructed. He built,the old house
on the site of the Reynolds House, and rented it to John Bennett, who run the same
about two years, when J. R. Reynolds purchased the property. Mr. Whitney soon
after engaged in the real estate business, and in 1869 did a small banking business.
He has been on the spot he now occupies since January, 1870, and has developed a

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banking business to large proportions. The original owners of the ground Atlantic
now occupies were F. H. Whitney, Isaac Dickerson and John Keyes, they purchas-
ing the land of different individuals during the spring and summer of 1868. Mr.
Whitney negotiated with John P. Cook for the location of the depot at Atlantic, after
■which the Atlantic Town Company was organized, with F. H. Whitney, Messrs.
Crawford and Merriman, B. F. Allen and John Cook as shareholders, and Mr. Whit-
ney general manager of the business of the company, although he owned but one-
sixth interest of the business. Mr. Whitney's lands lie principally in Cass county
and adjoining counties, and are valued at 8300,000. He was married in Mexico,
Oswego county, N. Y., to a daughter of Cornelius Graham. He was living in Whit-
neyville at the time, but returned to New York to be married; res. Atlantic, la.
6021. i. Franklin HENRV,b. Dec. 29, 1871; d. Sept. 15, 1862.
""' ■■ James G., b. Jan. 20, 1864; m. Nellie M. Milner.

TOPSY, b. Jan. 22, 1865; d. Sept. 14, 1865.
Carylan C, b. Oct. 12, 1868; d. Julv 23, 1869.

Thusey M., b. Dec. 3, 18—; d. Nov! 22, .

Thomas Hayes, b. July 9, 1877. He was born in Cass county, la.,
and when but seventeen years of age he entered the Atlantic
Bank immediately upon graduating from the Atlantic high
school. He and his brother now conduct the bank.

6027. vii. RoscOE CONKLING, b. 1878; d. 1878.

3218. Casper Cole Whitney (John, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,

John), b. Sept. 17, 1849; m. Dec. 29, 1891, ; res. Ashland, Wis., and

Neola, la.

6028. i. James Casper, b. Nov. 29, 1893; d. Dec. 24, 1893.

3219. Luther Day Whitney (John, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Plasky, N. Y., July 23, 1851; m. Nov. 25, 1876, Lettie A. Irons; b. July 11,
1860; res. Neola, Iowa.

John F., b. Sept. 17, 1877.

Alice G., b. Aug. 24, 1879; d. Nov. 23, 1879.

Geo. C, b. June 8, 1881.

Lettie May, b. Mav 25, 1884; d. Mar. 1, 1892.

Earl Day, b. Nov. 1, 1886; d. Feb. 15, 1892.

Ethel M., b. Jan. 12, 1890; d. Mar. 26, 1892.

3222. David Day Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,

John), b. June 28, 1817; m. 1840, Fanny . He d. Apr. 21, 1861; res Girard,

Mich.

6035. i. Frank, b. .

6036. ii. Joshua, b. • ; res. Battle Creek, Mich.

3223. W^iLLiAM Markham Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Parmey, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1810; m. in Rush, N. Y., in 1831, Rosina Craw;
b. Dec. 9, 1814. She res. Gale, Ore. He was a millwright, and worked exten-
sively at his trade in Oregon. He d. Dec. 30, 1889; res. Cottage Grove, Ore.

6037. i. Elkanah, b. Dec. 24, 1832; m. Mary Ann White.

6038. ii. Jerome, b. Mar. 8, 1837; unm.; res. Stockton, Cal.

6039. iii. Matilda Jane, b. July 29, 1852; m. Turpin; res. Ceres,

Cal.

3245. Lorenzo Milo Whitney (Warren, Samuel, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Eastford, Conn., Nov. 5, 1828; m. Sept. 11, 1853, Esther M. Moore; res. Ash-
ford, Conn.

6040. i. Eli Monroe, b. Sept. 2, 1857; m. Mary B. Brague.

6041. ii. Susan J., b. Jan. 11, 1860; m. June 18, 1881, William H. Harrington.

6042. iii. John Milo, b. Nov. 3, 1866.

3247. DuANE Whitney (Benjamin C, Cornelius, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Granville, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1824; m. Mar. 20, 1855, Sarah Augusta Waldo; b.
July 3, 1836; res. Litchfield, Mich.

6043. i. Lizzie E., b. Dec. 14, 1856; m. Dec. 2, 1880, Walter W. Buel; res.

Litchfield, Mich.

6044. ii. Lottie A., b. Sept. 11, 1858; m. Sept. 20, 1882, R. E. French; res.

Bennington, N. Y.

6045. iii. Lucia C, b. Aug. 12, 1861; m. Jan. 8, 1890, C. H. DeForest; res.

Litchfield.

6029.

6030.

11,

6031.

111.

6032.

IV.

6033.

V.

6034.

VI.

6046.

1,

6047.

11.

6048.

iii.

6049.

IV.

6050.

V.

6051.

VI.

6052.

Vll.

6053.

Vlll

6054.

IX.

6055.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 397

3248. Orlando Hastings Whitney (Benjamin C, Cornelius, Joshua, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Conesus, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1826; m. July 14, 1859, Mary Charlotte
Lemmon; b. Vardick, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1839; d. Jan. 18, 1885. He d. May 6, 1886; res.
Buffalo, N. Y., Chicago, and Waukegan, 111.

Bruce, b. Apr. 5, 1860; res. 825 Jefferson Ave., Detroit, Mich.

Maud L., b. Dec. 14, 1862.

John Cochran, b. Mar. 23, 1865.

Claude A., b. Jan. 30, 1867; d. Nov. 18, 1876.

Minnie May, b. Mav 18, 1869.

Laura L., b. Nov. 11, 1872.

Kate L., b. Nov. 23, 1873; d. Mar. 16. 1874.

Robert L., b. Mar. 28, 1875.

Chas. C, b. Apr. 28, 1878.

Guilberte G., b. Mar. 12, 1881.

3252. John Jay Whitney (Benjamin C, Cornelius, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Conesus, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1837; m. June 29, 1861, Agnes Reynolds Tew; res.
Jamestown, N. Y., and 41 Union Park, Boston, Mass.

6056. i. Willis Rodney, b. Aug. 26, 1868; m. 1890, Evelyn Jones; res. J.

6057. ii. Carolyn, b. June 9, 1870; m. Sept. 9, 1890, George Wells Barrett;

res. J.

3268. William M. Whitney (William, Joseph, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Ontario, N. Y.. Sept. 23, 1828; m. at Le Roy, Sept. 9, 1851, Sarah L. Clark; b.
Oct. 17, 1829; d. Apr. 12, 1878; m. 2d at Kankakee, Aug. 12, 1880, Lois Spencer Col-
ton Morgan; b. May 17, 1825; d. Aug. 9, 1893.

Wm. M. Whitney, second son of Wm. Whitney, born in Ontario, Wayne Co.,
N. Y., Sept. 23, 1828, reared on the farm, and having similar experience as that of
most boys in country life, attending the district school during the school year till the
age of 12, then only winters till 15, when he went first to West Walworth academy,
and finally completed his school education at Macedon academy. Taught school ten
years from the age of 19. Married Sarah L. Clark, daughter of Nelson Clark, of
Le Roy. Jeff. Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1851. Moved to Du Page Co., 111., Mar. 1, 1858.
Elected to the office of clerk of the circuit court, and ex-officio recorder, on the
Republican ticket at the general election, Nov., 1860; re-elected in 1864, holding the
office eight years. Admitted to the practice of law, April, 1868, but, preferring
another line of business, formed a partnership with Isaac Claflin, Esq., of Chicago,
in real estate and loans, which was continued for two years with mutual satisfaction,
at which time it was dissolved. Elected in 1870 to the House of the 27th General
Assembly of 111. (being the fiist after the adoption of the new constitution). Burned
out in the great Chicago fire, which, together with the panic following, caused serious
pecuniary loss. Elected, in 1872, a member of the state board for the equalization of the
taxes from the 1st congressional dist., comprising the first 7 wards of the city of
Chicago, the south towns of Cook, and the whole of Du Page Co. In 1879'was chosen
to fill the place of clerk of the Illinois Eastern Hospital for the Insane, at Kankakee,
having charge of the accounts of said institution, and the purchasing and distributing
of the supplies of the same for eight years. At the present time, living quietly,
without any active business, occasionally visiting among his children. In politics.
Republican with a strong leaning toward prohibition of the sale of intoxicants, and
in religion, quite liberal; res. Batavia, 111.

6058. i. Augusta E., b. June 10, 1853; m. Dec. 28, 1871, Edgar Sawyer;

res. Denver, Col. Ch.: May, Florence and Irene.

6059. ii. Mary L., b. Aug. 26, 1856; d. Dec. 17, 1876.

6060. iii. Annie L., b. Apr. 1, 1859; m. Sept. 14, 1882, Dr. Eli Stillman B.

Spencer, who d. s. p., at West Winfield, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1892.
Dr. Eli S. B. Spencer, son of Dr. Spencer, of West Winfield,
HerkimerCo., N. Y., born Sept. 18, 1854; educated in the schools
of his native village, at Madison, N. Y., and at Hahnemann
Medical College, Chicago, 111., from which he graduated in the
spring of 1882, and located in Omaha, Neb.; but soon after, by
the urgent solicitations of friends, was induced to remove to his
native village, where he became very much endeared to his
patrons, and soon secured a lucrative practice, which was
steadily growing at the time of his death, which occurred Feb.,
1892, from pneumonia, resulting from exposure while riding
day and night through the storms and deep snows (prevailing at

398 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

this season of the year in that locality), caring for a large num-
ber of patients, who were then suffering from la grippe.
Married third daughter of Wm M. Whitney, at Kankakee, Sept.
14, 1882, whom he left his widow, and who is now completing
her studies at the Hahnemann, to take his place in the pro-
fession. In politics a Republican; in religion reared a Seventh
dav Baptist, but a liberal, belonging to no church.

6061. iv. Nellie \'., b. Aug. 26, 1861; m. Jan. 1, 1881, Dr. Allison A. Fitts;

res. Batavia. Ch.: Albert Whitney and Helen. Dr. Allison A.
Fitts, the son of Nelson A. Fitts; born Apr. 5, 1858, in Ontario,
N., Y., having the usual advantages of common schools, work-
ing with his father (who was a carpenter and joiner) during the
summer from the time he was old enough to handle tools (going
to school winters) until the age of twenty-one, when he went to
Howard University, Washington, D. C, from which he gradu-
ated in March, 1878; thence, removing to Batavia, 111., where he
has since successfully practiced his profession. Alarried Nellie,
the fourth daughter of Wm. M. Whitney, Jan. 1, 1881. In poli-
tics a Democrat, with prohibition tendencies, and like most
medical men, in religion liberal.

6062. v. Fran-ces A., b. Dec. 8, 1868; m. Apr. 26. 1886, Washington J. Rey-

nolds. She d. Apr. 17, 1890, leaving son, Ralph Whitney; res.
Chicago, 111.

6063. vi. W. Grant, b, July 29, 1866; d. Sept. 3, 1891.

6064. vii. Sarah Grace, b. Oct. 2, 1868; res. Saginaw, Mich.

3276. Nelson Whitney (Svlvester, Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John),
b. Riga, N. Y., Mar. 11. 1826; m. at Batavia. .Mar. 19, 1863, Ellen F. Miller. He is a
farmer; res. Batavia, N. Y.

6065. i. May, b. May 28. 1864; d. Sept. 25, 1868.

6066. ii. Geo. M., b. Aug. 15, 1870; res. unm., Batavia.

3276. Silas Whitney (Sylvester, Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
Riga, N. Y., Apr. 2, 1828; m. Nov. 15, 1855, Marv J. Bogart; b. May 11, 1828. He d.
Dec. 15, 1888; res. Chicago. 111.

6067. i. Clara Bell, b. Sept. 6, 1856; res. 6246 Lexington Ave., Chicago.

6068. ii. Sylvester S., b. Sept. 28, 1861; d. Mar. 22, 1863.

3280. Dr. Willard Southwick Whitney (John, Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Hancock, Mass., Sept. 27, 1821; m. at Chili, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1848, Mary
Ann Whitney; b. 1821; d. 1854; m. 2d at Batavia, N. Y., 1855, Mary Ann Butman; d.
1860; m. 3d in Pa., June 1, 1861, Mary Jane Raymond; res. Big Rapids, Mich.

6069. i. Willard Adolphl's, b. Dec. 14, 1848; m. 1878, Lizzie Clark; res.

B. R.
6070 ii. Clara Amanda, b. Feb. 8, 1878; res. B. R.

3285. Julius S. Whitney (John, Matthias, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
Hancock, Mass . Apr. 9, 1830; m. at Lockpurt, N. Y., Jennie E. Partridge; b. Dec. 24,
1838; d. June 15, 1888; m. 2d. Mar. 18, 1891, Lucy A. Partridge; b. 1887. He was a
carpenter and joiner by trade, but did considerable work as a millwright; res. Lock-
port, N. Y.

6071. i. Elbert D., b. Oct. 6, 1865; m. Sept. 15, 1891, Aletta Brace; res.

Lock port, N. Y.

6072. ii. Arthur S,, b, June 15, 1867; d. Sept. 8, 1867.

6073. iii. Charles H., b. Jan. 29, 1869; d. Sept. 10, 1869.

3291. William Graves Whitney (William G., Rufus, Joshua. Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Warsaw, N. Y., May 19, 1887; m. Jan. 25, 1868, at Portageville, N. Y.,
Sylvia J. Baker; b. Nov, 20, 1835, Is a machines! and merchant; res. Wiscoy, N. Y.

Ellen Greenleaf, b. Mar, 31, 1871; d, Jan, 9, 1890.

Mary J., b. Mar. 26, 1873.

Angeline Williams, b. July 28, 1877.

William C, b. May 25, 1869; res. Rochester N. Y.

3292. E. M. Whitney (William G., Rufus, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b.
in N. Y. State, Sept. 19, 1827; m. Sept. 25, 1849, Laura A. Pride. He d. Feb. 2, 1874;
res. Wiscoy, N. Y.

6078. i. Morris, b. ; res. Wiscoy.

6074.

ii.

6075.

iii.

6076.

IV.

6077.

i.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 399

3293. Allen Fargo Whitney (William G., Rufus, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Warsaw, N. Y., Apr. 28. 1833; m. at Nunda, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1853, Calista C.
Duryea; b. Feb. 26, 18o2. He is a merchant; res. Wiscov, N. Y.

6079. i. Francis, b. Sept. 18, 1857; d. Mar., 1863.

6080. ii. W. W.,b. Jan. 20, 1861; res. Rochester, N. Y.

6081. iii. LuELLA B., b. Dec. 18, 1862; m. 1883.

6082. iv. Amanda H., b. Mar. 10, 1865; m. 1890.

6083. V. Mattie, b. Aug. 19. 1875.

3296. Clark J. Whitney (Wiilard W^, Joshua, Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John),

b. Avon, Mich., July 12, 1832; m. Dec. 25, 1853, Ellen M. ; b. Nov. 10, 1831. He

was born in Oakland Co., Mich., where his boyhood was passed in that round of rec-
reation, shooting and labor, the lot of farmers' sons of fifty years ago. When he
reached the age of eighteen he embarked upon an independent existence and en-
gaged in the fishing business in Lake Michigan. In 1855 he embarked in the music
business and has been in it ever since. In 1875 in connection with his music business
he became interested in theatrical business and built one of the finest theaters in
America. He is also lessee and manager of twenty-five other theaters in the United
States and Canada. He is a stockholder in the American Banking and Loan Asso-
ciation of Detroit, and stockholder, trustee and president of the Masonic Mutual
Accident Association of America. In politics he is a Republican but takes no inter-
est in practical politics. He is an attendant at St. Paul's Episcopal church. His
life is fully described in the "Cyclopedia of Michigan;" res. Detroit, Mich., 437
Woodward Ave.

6084. i. Alice Adella, b. Nov. 12, 1855; d. June, 1863.

60S5. ii. Ida May, b. June 8, 1858; m. June 5, 1883, W. H. Holmes; res.
21 Elgin Ave., Toronto, Can. Ch.: Hartley, b. Oct. 5, 1884; Hel-
ena, b. Aug , 1888; Hepwell, b. Mar. 4, 1890; Evylyn, b. May,
1892; Geoffrey, b. Mar., 1894.

6086. iii. Laura Bell, b. Mar., 1859; d. 1861. ,

6087. iv. Fred'k C, b. June 6, 1861; m. Apr., 1883, Sylvia Weiss, s. p.; res.

New York, N. Y. He was b. in Detroit, is one of the best known
operatic managers in the country.

6088. v. Lillian E., b. Apr. 16, 1863; m. Mar. 30, 1892, Charles Earned;

res. 437 Woodward Ave.

6089. vi. Evalene, b. Mar., 1865; d. May, 1865.

6090. vii. Ella M., b. Nov., 1867; d. Aug., 1869.

6091. viii. Bertrvm C, b. Jan. 9, 1870; m. Jan. 31, 1893, Beatrice S. Earned.

He was b. in Detroit, and is associated with his father in his
music and theatrical business.

3298. WiLLARD Washington Whitney (Wiilard W., Joshua, Joshua, Cornel-
ius, Joshua, John), b. Troy, Mich., Sept. 10, 1838; m. at Palmyra, Mich., May 18,
1859," Elizabeth P. Fairbank; b. Apr. 16, 1842. He- is a music publisher. He
answered his circular, Dec. 9, 1894, from Darfieling, India. At that time he was in
the heart of the great Himalava mountains; res. Toledo, O., and San Diego, Cal.

6092. i. Gertrude; b. Apr. 16, 1867; d. May 17, 1893.

3-302. Edward B. Whitney (Asa, Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John) b. \'ol-
ney, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1819; m. Mar. 7, 1847, Eliza A. Homan; b. Jan. 7, 1822. He was b.
in Volney, N. Y.; has resided in Penfield, Silver Creek and Dunkirk, N. Y. Has
been engaged in farming, ship carpentering, and house building. He d. Jan. 23,
1894; res. Dunkirk, N. Y.

6094. i. William C, b. Feb. 23, 1848; d. Aug. 22, 1848.

6095. ii. Asa H., b. June 2, 1850; m. Ida M. \'rooman.

6096. iii. Clara S., b. Oct. 9, 1853; m. Dec. 3, 1873, John W. Cotton; res.

118 So. 19th St., Omaha, Neb. He was b. 1848. Ch.: Benjamin
W., b. Feb. 17, 1879; Ella, b. June 3, 1881.

6097. iv. Addie, b. Sept. 3, 1857; m. May 5, 1880, Ullman H. Andrews; res.

160 Hampshire St.. Buffalo. N. Y.; s. p.

8303. Thomas Porter Whitney (Noah A.. Joshua. Joshua, David, Joshua.
John), b. May 20, 1801 ; m. at Sylvia, O., Aug. 1, 1835, Sybil Hastings Green. She res.
2920 Monroe street, Toledo. He was a farmer. He d. July 27, 1874; res. Toledo, O.

6098. ii. Mary P., b. ; res, 2920 Monroe street, Toledo.

6103.

i.

6104.

11.

6105.

111.

6106.

IV.

6107.

V.

6108.

VI.

6109.

Vll

6110.

Vll

400 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6099. iii. Ashley, b. .

6100. i. Horace Porter, b. Sept. 19, 1836; m. Mary Bishop.

6101. iv. Irene G., b. ; m. Byrkit; res. 2912 Monroe street,

Toledo.

3304. Noah Ashley Whitney (Noah A., Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),

b. Pittsfield, Mass., July 11, 1799; m. 1st, ; m. 2d, ; m. 3d,

Nov. 26, 1863, Mrs. Mary Eliza West Card; b. Jan. 23, 1828; d. Sept. 26, 1877. He d.
Mar. 14, 1873; res. Toledo, Ohio.

6102. i. Noah Ashley, b. Aug. 29, 1869; m. at Vienna, Mich., June 29,

1890, Hope Graham; b. Mar. 19, 1869; res. s. p., 2272 Detroit Ave.,
Toledo, Ohio.

8317. George Washington Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 22, 1805; m. Sept. 23, 1827, Juliette T. Colt, b. 1805;
d. June 19, 1836; m. 2d, Jan. 12, 1837, Marv Keyes, b. 1813; d. Julv 2, 1867; m. 3d Mrs.
Mary Chapel; b. 1818; d. Nov. 11, 1886. He was a farmer. He'd. Jan. 19, 1887; res.
Pavilion and York, N. Y.

Mary Ann, b. Dec. 19, 1828; d. Feb. 7, 1887.
Walter Jas., b. Oct. 6, 1830; m. Margaret E. Dow.
W.M. Colt, b. Aug. 11, 1832; m. Helen M. Wilcox.
Harriett Amelia, b. Apr. 27, 1834; d. May 7, 1834.
Geo. Keyes, b. Apr. 8, 1838; m. Jane R. Stewart, N. Y.
Eliza C, b. Apr. 24, 1842; d. Aug. 23, 1845.
Thaddeus E., b. Sept. 21, 1844; m. Jennie Hunter.
Caroline, b. Sept. 24, 1846; m. Oct. 15, 1872, John Gilmore; b.
Jan. 22, 1845; res. Howell, Mich. Ch.: Chas. W., b. Mar. 11,
1874; P. O., Howell, Mich.; Lulu M., b. Feb. 18, 1876; P. O.,
Howell, Mich.; Jessie M., b. Sept. 29, 1878; P. O., Howell, Mich.

3318. James Sullivan Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Pittsfield, Mass., Apr. 6, 1807; m. Feb. 14, 1829, at Weathersfield, Conn., Eliza Neff.
He d. in 1888; res. Jackson, Mich.

6111. i. Charles Oliver, b. .

3321. George Washington Whitney (Shubael, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. Groton, Conn., Mar. 23, 1817; m. in Norwalk, O., Dec. 28, 1847, Althea F.
Beebe; b. Mt. Vernon, O., Apr. 14, 1822.

Geo. W. Whitney, born at Groton, Conn., Mar. 23, 1817; settled in Cleveland
about 1845; married Althea F. Beebe, of Norwalk, O., Dec. 28, 1847; engaged in
mercantile pursuits until about 1880, when compelled to retire through failing health;
was a public-spirited citizen and active in good work. Died at Chicago, Aug. 16,
1886; res. Cleveland, O., and Chicago, 111.

6112. ii. Clara E., b. in 1850; m. Judge Alfred W. Lamson; res. Cleve.

6113. i. John B., b. Oct. 31, 1848; m. Rebecca Colvin.

6114. iii. Helen A., b. ; m. Arthur E. Bingham; res. 4723 Woodlawn

Ave., Chicago, 111.

6115. iv. Geo. W.,b. Oct. 8, 1866; unm.; res. 4723 Woodlawn Ave. Came

to Chicago in 1884, and is a stockholder and officer of the Marsh
Bingham Lumber Co.

3323. Joshua Whitney (Shubael, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Jan. 1,
1800; m. Lydia Palmer; m. 2d . He d. 1885; res. Norwich, Conn., and Cleve-
land, O.

6116. i. George, b. .

6117. ii. Henry, b. .

3325. Asa Whitney (Shubael, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Groton,

Conn., Mar. 14,1797; m. Monroe; m. 2d, Oct. 2, 1852, Mrs. Catherine Moore

Campbell; d. s. p.

Asa Whitney was born in Groton, Conn., and in his youth removed to New York
City, where he was regularly trained to commerce as a vocation and became a suc-
cessful and leading importing merchant. Education, travel in Europe in connection
with his pursuits and intercourse with prominent men at home and abroad all tended
to enlarge the grasp of a mind which was statesmanlike in its native cast and to give
direction to thoughts animated by the honorable ambition of achieving a public good.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 40J

The great fire in New York in 1836 swept away the greater part of a fortune which
had been built up by years ot honest toil, and for a time paralyzed the energies of the
victims of that calamity. Gathering up the fragments of his shattered wealth, Mr.
Whitney embarked for China to recommence life at its meridian. After a few years'
residence there and in Europe, he returned to the United States bringing with him
the ripened fruits of a large experience and the well-developed plan of that work to
which it may be said his mature life was unselfishly dedicated. The mighty problem
of connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by a railway was worked out on a
homeward voyage from China, the trade of which, and of Japan, his forecast then
regarded as the basis of its future prosperity. A narrative of the life of Asa Whit-
ney* from 1840 to 1850 is the history of the development, during that period, of the
Pacific railway project. This was the aim and object of his life, and he devoted his
fortune and energies to that aim and object with all the zeal and persistence of a
fanatic. In the second memorial presented by him to Congress in 1846, he says that
while riding on the Liverpool & Manchester railroad in England, in 1830, and observ-
ing the speed and facility with which its work was done, he foresaw the great future of
railways, and predicted the important part they would perform in abbreviating the
distance between China and the markets of England. In 1842, while on a voyage to
China, his attention was more forcibly called to the matter by information of the
recent conclusion of a peace with China, and the opportunity afforded by it for a
more extensive commerce. He spent about two years thereafter in China, during
which time he accumulated much information concerning the commerce of the east,
and in 1844 he returned to America fully impressed with the importance of construct-
ing a Pacific railway. He was finally instrumental in securing appropriations in
18.53 for the first surveys of the northern, southern and middle routes, and lived to
see communication opened from sea to sea m 1869. He was the author of "A Project
for a Railroad to the Pacific" (New York, 1849), and "A Plan for a Direct Communi-
cation between the Great Centers of Populations of Europe and Asia " (London,
1851). He d. Sept. 18, 1872; res. New York, N. Y., and at Locust Hill in Washington,
D. C, s. p.

3333. George Ranso.ai Whitney (Appleton D., Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. in Pittsfield, Mass., Mar. 14, 1801; m. in Euclid, O., Feb. 22, 1829, Harriett
Maria Bronson; b. Oct. 19, 1807; d. Oct. 17, 1884. George R. Whitney was born in
Pitsfield, Mass., in 1801. His mother died when he was ten days old. At an early
age he was apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade. About 1825 he moved to
Ohio, and settled near Cleveland. In 1829 he was married to Maria Bronson. In
1836 moved to Coldwater, Mich., but, not having good health there, he returned to
Ohio in 1837, and located at Berea, where he carried on a shop for a number of years,
latterly working land that he had bought. He died in 1871, respected by all who
knew him. He was a blacksmith. He d. Sept. II, 1871; res. Berea, O.

6118. i. Harriett Ann, b. Oct. 3, 1831 ; m. Oct. 25, 1853, Franklin A. Moe.

She was educated at Baldwin seminary, Berea, O. She d. Dec.

21, 1890. Ch.: Ida, b. ; m. Stephens; res. 100

Broadway, Denver, Col.

6119. ii. Mary Ester, b. Sept. 2, 1841 ; m. Apr. 29,

1869, Rev. Burton J. Hoadley; res. Me-
dina, O. She attended Baldwin univer-
sity at Berea, O., and graduated in the
classical course in 1868. Rev. B. J.
Hoadley is also a graduate of Baldwin
university. Being fond of study, in
addition to the duties devolving upon a
minister's wife, she has carried on the
Chautauqua course of reading for many
years. He was b. Nov. 29, 1843. Ch.:
> Helen Louise, b. June 23, 1873; d. Nov. mart e. hoadley.

11, 1884; Geo. Whitnev, b. June 13, 1876.

6120. iii. James W., b. Sept. 2, 1843; m. Lizzie Torbet.
6121.. iv. Geo. A., b. Nov. 28, 1838; m. Mary A. Patterson.

3335. Albert Appleton Whitney (Appleton D., Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. Dec. 10, 1811; m. 1833, Jenette Brown; d. 1849, in Wellington, O. He was

♦Davis" History, Union Pacific R. R.

6122.

6123.

ii.

6124.

111.

6125.

iv.

6126.

V.

6127.

i^i.

402 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

a farmer, and was extensively engaged in buying and selling cattle. He d. Oct., 1854;
res. New London, O.

George E., b. June 2, 1836; m. .

Albert A., b. Oct. 2, 1844; m. Catherine Haight.

Robert S., b. Sept. 14, 1835; m. Emiiy Hicks.

May, b. ; d. ae. 17.

RODELLE, b. ; d. ae. 4.

Martha, b. ; d. ae. 6.

3336. Col. Asa Watrous Whitney (Milton, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b.Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 11, 1810; m. at Pittsfield. O., Feb. 19, 1838, Mary Ann
Wightman; b. Mar. 23, 1818; d. Bellevue, O., Apr. 26, 1891.

Col. Asa Watrous Whitney, son of Milton Whitney, was colonel in the Ohio
militia, and was called upon to name the town of Pittsfield, Lorain Co., O., when it
was organized as a town; was elected town clerk and held that office for seven years;
was later elected justice of the peace and held that office for six years. He was a
kind man to the poor and highly respected. He d. May 23, 1868; res. Pittsfield, O.

6128. i. Milton, b. Aug. 18, 1839; m. Susan L. Ware.

6129. ii. Lydia, b. Aug. 25, 1841; m. Nov. 29, 1866, Carlos A. West; res.

Wellington, O. He was b. Oct. 18, 1843; d. Mar. 12, 1880; was a
farmer and a soldier in the late war. Ch.: Wealthy Eva, b.
Oct. 31, 1867; m. to John H. Pember, Dec. 25, 1890; Etta Messen-
ger, b. Dec. 2, 1869; Edna Lucie, b. Apr. 2, 1872; Edith Marv, b.
July 11, 1874, and d. June 21, 1879. All born m Pittsfield, Lorain
Co., O.; P. O. address, Wellington, Lorain Co., O.

6130. iii. Edward, b. Sept. 12, 1844; m. Celia Adelaide Spicer.

6131. iv. Sylvanus, b. June 22, 1846; d. Oct. 3, 1849.

6132. V. Asa W., b. Nov. 16, 1848; unm.; res. Bellevue, O.

6133. vi. James Jay, b. Aug. 16, 1858; m. Alice Amelia Stout.

6l;34. vii. Frederick C, b. Aug. 18, 1854; m. Emma J. Hollinsworth.

3339. Oliver Walcot Whitney (Milton, Asa, loshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Pittsfield, Mass., Feb. 23, 1817; m. Esther Rising; 3" ch. He d. Jan. 3, 1864; res.

6135. i. Charles, res. Omaha, Neb.

8340. Silas Dagget Whitney (Milton, Asa, loshua, David, Joshua, John), b.
Pittsfield, Mass., Mar. 3, 1820; m. there Nov. 11,1841, Electa N. Parsons; b. Sept.
21, 1824. He is a farmer; res. Pittsfield, O.

6136. i. Ann Clarissa, b. Apr. 26, 1846; d. July 24, 1877.

6137. ii. Alma E , b. May 10, 1848; m. Oct. 9, 1873, Chas. E. Archer; res.

Massillon, O. He was b. Jan. 28, 1851; is a carriage maker.
Ch.: George Silas, b. Nov. 22,1874; Electa Jane, b. July 11, 1881;
Edmund William, b. Mar. 18, 1887.

6138. iii. Abbie E.. b. Sept. 3, 1850; m. Oct. 20, 1874, Florus C. Williams;

res. Lodi, O.

6139. iv. Arthur E., h. Dec. 19, 1843; m. Katherine Heiswerdinger.

6140. V. Agnes E., b. June 13, 1853; m. Nov. 22, 1893, Frank Coleman; res.

Nelson, Neb. He was b. July, 1859; is a lawyer; s. p.

6141. vi. Adelia Frances, b. Dec. 22, 1855; res. Pittsfield.

6142. vii. Edmund M., b. Jan. 19, 1859; m. Feb. 14, 1891, Annie Purcell. He

is a manufacturer; res. 17 Glen Park Place, Cleveland, O.

3341. Charles Henry Whitney (Milton, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Pittsfield, Mass., Apr. 6, 1824; m. in Lagrange, O., Dec. 9, 1843, EUira Sheldon.
Her brother was Gen. Lionel A. Sheldon, who was with Gen. Grant all through the
civil war; was representative in congress, and governor of New Mexico six years.

Charles Henry Whitney was born in Massachusetts, but removed to Ohio at an
early age with his parents. By the death of his father he inherited 200 acres of land
in the Buckeye state. In Apr., 1854, he disposed of his Ohio property, and with his
family started for Iowa. He traveled with his own team, stopping nights at hotels.
He entered a half section of land in Marion Co., la.; the next year he traded the land
for a business house and stock of general merchandise, including dry goods, grocer-
ies, boots and shoes, and queensware. He soon increased the business so that he
carried a stock of $15,000. He conducted the business for about two years alone,
when he took in a partner, and they conducted it for six years. During this time

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 403

they traded land and town lots in Topeka, Kan., and western Iowa and Nebraska.
During the civil war they lost heavily, Mr. Whitney's loss aggregating nearly S35,000.
In 1863 he moved to Mt. Pleasant, la., and sent his children to school, the three eld-
est going to high school for two and one-half years; then in 1867 he left Iowa with
his family and located in Montgomery Co., Kan. There he pre-empted one guarter
section of land, was very comfortably fixed with stock of all kinds around him, but
that was a very unhealthy county, and in 1874 he sold again and started overland for
the mountains in Colorado; brought with him 100 head of fine bred cows, two fine
mule teams, ponies, tent, a colored cook, and everything to make a fine trip, but he
was sick most of the journey. He landed July 4, 1874, in Del Norte, Colo., and lived
there just one week and died. He d. July 11, 1874; res. Pittsfield, O., and Del Norte,
Colo.

6143. i. Frank Stoughten, b. Jan. 7, 1845; m. Margaret Orilla Karns.

6144. ii. Allen Sheldon, b. Mar. 17, 1846; d. Knoxville, la., Oct.. 1854.

6145. iii. Mary Eliza, b. June 5, 1848; m. Apr. 15, 1869, Geo. M. Clay; res.

Bvrer, Colo. He was a lawver and she a school teacher when
married. He d. Dec. 31, 1877. Ch.: Henrv C, b. Feb. 3, 187(J;
res. Denver. Colo.; Allie P., b. Tune 11, 1871; d. Aug. 10, 1872;
Alta Jay, b. May 4, 1877. The mother m. 2d, May 12, 1891, Jer-
emiah J. Mann. He is a stock grower; owns 1,400 acres of land
50 miles from Denver.

6146. iv. Edna Frances, b. Feb. 16, 1850; m. June 16, 1870, W. O. Harts-

horn; d. 1884, near Fort Smith, Ark., leaving 5 ch. He res.
Thayer, Kan.

6147. V. Lionel Alston, b. Aug. 10, 1851; d. Feb. 1, 1892; non compos

mentis, Pueblo, Colo.

6148. vi. James Milton, b. Aug. 14, 1855; m. Elizabeth Bon and Anna

Stewart.

6149. vii. Herbert C, b. Mar. 11, 1859.

3347. Charles Whitney (David. Samuel, Solomon, David, Joshua, John),
b. Almond, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1834; m. in Wood Co., Ohio, Mar. 2-5, 1855, Orrilla
Paine; b. May 8, 1834.

At the aee of eighteen years he left home in Ohio and crossed the plains to Cali-
fornia, spending two and a half years in the mines. Returning home in the fall of

1854, he attended the district school during the winter, and married the following
spring, and settled on a claim near Rochester, Minn,, which he rented in the fall of

1855, and sold in the fall of 1858, and spent the following season in the mountains
of Colorado. Went into manufacturing and merchandising in the spring of I860 in
Rochester, Minn.; sold out in 1869, and together with his brother John organized the
Whitney Manufacturing Company, to perfect and make automatic grain binders,
and in connection with him went to St. Louis, and organized the Sumner & Whitney
Manufacturing Company, for perfecting and making grain binders. He operated in
this until 1876, and in 1877 entered into an arrangement with C. W. and W. W. Marsh,
of Sycamore, 111., to operate in inventing and perfecting harvesting machinery. In
1885 he left this business, and for several years his business was making settlements
with the various infringers of his grain binder patents, and also operating as prac-
tical, theoretical, and mechanical expert in patent cases, and for the last three years
(1889-92) made some valuable inventions in photographic cameras of the hand type,
being the first to make a field-glass and roll-holder camera all in one instrument;
also the first to make a cut-off roll-holder camera, whereby each exposure is severed
from the roll as taken. These, together with a number of other features of value,
and some inventions in the same class made by his sons George and Frank in the
line of magazine cameras, which he has charge of as attorney of record, are now
being manufactured for the market by the Blair Camera Company, of Boston; the
Sevil Adams Company, of New York City, and the Rochester Optical Company,
of Rochester, N. Y. Res. 804 No. Park Av., Chicago, 111., Riverside and Winnetka, 111.

61.50. i. George, b. Mar. 25, 1856; m. Louise Jones.

6151. ii. Fred, b. Oct., 1858; d. July, 1881.

6152. iii. Frank, b. Apr., 1860; m. Cora Nesbit.

3353. Edwin Henry Whitney (Rufus, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Almond, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1842; m. Mar. 17, 1861, Adelia Perry; b. Aug. 23,
1824; d. Mar., 1875. He was in the railroad business and killed in an accident. He
d. June 6, 1864; res. Almond, N. Y.

404 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6153. i. Addie, b. Mar. 2, 1863; m, Feb, 2, 1882, Olney Benjamin; b. Sept.

20, 1860. He is a farmer; res. Almond, N. Y. Ch.: Ethel Mae,
b. June 8, 1884; Earl Whitney, b. Oct. 16, 1894.

3354. Lawrence T. Whitney (William, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Andover, X. Y., Sept. 14, 1827; m. May, 1856, Josephine Barber; b. July 16,
1831, in Newport, R. I. He was a farmer. He d. July 11, 1873; res. Almond, N. Y.

6154. i. Charles W., b. Dec. 26, 1860; unm.; res. Almond.

6155. ii. Emma Maude, b. 1865; m. W. H. Owens; res. Hornellsville,

N. Y.

6156. iii. Lois Marion, b. Mar. 12, 1867; m. Mar. 9, 1891, Herbert E. Bar-

ber; res. Almond. He was b. Feb. 5, 1865. Is a farmer.

6157. iv. Kate May, b. Sept., 1868; unm.; res. A.

3355. John Allen Whitney (William, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Almond, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1829; m. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., Diantha Fuller;
b. Aug. 14, 1836. He is a carpenter and boatbuilder; res. Edgerton, Wis.

6157>^.i. Ida May, b. Sept. 30, 1859; d. June 15. 1890.

6158. ii. Minnie A., b. Sept. 30, 1859; d. Mar. 20, 1871.

6159. iii. Myra E., b. Oct. 16, 1860; m. June, 1883, J. W. Richardson;

res. E.

6160. iv. Clyde Arthur, b. Feb. 1, 1862.

6161. V. Bertha L., b. Aug. 18, 1873; m. W. C. Bryant; res. Milton

Junction, Wis.

3359. Ami Whitney (Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b Al-
mond, N. Y., July 28, 1815; m. at Niles, Mich., Mar. 1844, Elizabeth Ferguson; m. 2d,
July 3, I860, Caroline Borders. He d. Feb. 26, 1872; res. Berrien Springs, Mich.

IvA May, b. Dec. 5, 1871; m. Steel; res. Haselton, Mich.

Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 15, 1845; m. Tyron; res. Benton Har-
bor, Mich.

Wm. Andrew, b. Jan. 14, 1847.

Mary Adelaide, b. Jan. 18, 1851.

AMi,b. Mav7, 1861.

Almeda, b.'Oct. 14, 1862.

Charles, b. Nov. 10, 1863.

Phebe, b. Dec. 10, 1865.

Solomon, b. Nov. 9, 1867.

Aseneth, b. May 27, 1869.

3363. Solomon Whitney (Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John),b.
Alleghaney Co., N. Y., Mar. 22, 1827; m. in 1859, Sarah Struble; m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1874,
Mrs. Selena Lomax. He is a farmer; res. Vistula, Ind.

6162.

X.

6163.

i.

6164.

ii.

6165.

ni.

6166.

IV.

6167.

V.

6168.

VI.

6169.

vii.

6170.

vni

6171.

IX.

6172.
6173.
6174.

Carson W., b. Nov. 19, 1858; m. Minnie Rathfon.

Sarah, b. May 13, 1876.

Maud, b. July 4, 1880; d. Feb. 2-5, 1881.

3364. RuFUS Whitney (Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b.
Almond, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1829; m. Sept., 1849, Lodema Bortle; b. Egypt, N. Y.,
Jan. 27, 1827; d. Aug. 9, 1873. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 13, 1890; res. Van
Buren, Ind., and Chesaning, Mich.

6175. i. Albert R., b. Mar. 21, 1851; m. Louisa Fitch, Jane Day and

Emma Kidwell.

6176. ii. Bruce E., b. Nov. 22, 1857; m. Mary Lee.

6177. iii. Ora E., b. Apr. 23, 1861; m. Feb. 22, 1878, John Ginter; res. C; b.

Feb. 9, 1856. Ch.: Lena, b. Feb. 10, 1879; Lytle, b. July 31, 1883.

6178. iv. Belden L., b. Apr. 20, 1865; m. Bertha Edella Findley.

6179. V. Etta L., b. May 14, 1868; m. July 19, 1888; George Miner; res. C;

b. June 23, 1867. Ch.: Mabel, b. Mar. 13, 1891; Leo, b. Oct. 3,
1894.

3365. Albert Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b.
East Poultney, Vt., Jan. 14, 1820; m. Nov. 2, 1844, Mary Marshall; b. July 26, 1819; d.
Rochester, N. Y., June 31, 1893. He is in the hardware business; res. Rochester,
N. Y., 408 Plymouth Ave.

6180. i. Marietta, b. Sept. 29, 1861; d. Feb. 23, 1865.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 405

6181. ii. Alta Eudora, b. Oct. 3, 1850; m. Mar. 6, 1872, Dr. Waldren;

res. 408 Plymouth Ave.

6182. iii. Joanna, b. Dec. 4, 1855; m. Jan. 23, 1876, Green; res. Roch-

ester, N. Y.

6183. iv. Elon Angus, b. Sept. 6, 1852; d. Mar. 1, 1865.

6184. V. Charlotte Emogene, b. Feb. 12, 1845; d. Dec. 20, 1851.

3366. Newton Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John),
b. Poultney, Vt., Sept. 26, 1822; m. Oct., 1858, at Deep River, la., Catherine Dillon;
"b. Nov. 27, 1833; d. July 10, 1870. He was born in Poultney, Vt., where his ancestors
were early settlers. Residing with his father until after thirty years of age, in 1855
he migrated westward, and settled in Des Moines, Iowa, where he has since resided.
He was one of the California pioneers of 1849, and resided in the Golden State
two years. He d. 1894; res. Des Moines, Iowa, 328 E. 5th street.

6185. i. Erwin F., b. Sept. 10, 1860; m. Ella M. Adair.

6186. ii. Ion, b. Apr. 5, 1874.

6187. iii. Elmetta, b. Nov. 23, 1858; d. Sept. 24, 1864.

6188. iv. Elena, b. June 2, 1864; d. Jan. 28, 1871.

6189. v. Eletha, b. June 2, 1864; d. Jan. 28, 1871.

6190. vi. JOHN, b. June 8, 1868; d. Jan. 19, 1871.

3368. Myron Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John),
b. Poultney, Vt., Mar. 10, 1826; m. Sophia Greer. He d. 1888; res. Deep River, la.

6191. i. Evan, b. . 6193. iii. Rudolph, b. .

6192. ii. Eugene, b. . 6194. iv. Edith, b. .

3373. Ebenezer Whitney, Jr. (Ebenezer, Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin,

John), b. ; m. ; res. Litchfield and West Gardner, Me.

6195. i. Ebenezer, b. . 6196. ii. James, b. .

3376. Thomas R. Whitney (Thomas G., Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin,
John), b. Maine; m. Harriett Waite; m. 2d. Emeline Wyman; res. Maine.

6197. i. Lucy, b. . 6201. v. Thomas, b. .

6198. ii. Martha, b. . 6202. vi. Eliza Ann, b. .

6199. iii. Wyman, b. . 6203. vii. Olive, b. .

6200. iv. James, b.

6204. viii. Franklin, b. Apr. 2, 1847; m. Ella S. Pullen.

6205. ix. Adaline, b. Aug. 5, 1848; m. Frank Appleby; has one child,

Grace, res. 4 Westerly St., Jamaica Plain, Mass.

6206. X. Francis E., b. Dec. 25, 1849; unm.

6207. xi. Catherine, b. July 5, 1851; m. Cassius Swift; res. 641 Huntington

St., Boston.

6208. xii. Augustine, b. ; unm.; res. Farmingdale, Me.

6209. xiii. Alice, b. July 5, 1855; m. Cogswell.

6210. xiv. Olive, b. Feb. 28, 1859; d. Aug. 8, 1871.

6211. XV. Ernest, b. 1862; unm.; res. 117 No. Sheldon St., Chicago, 111.

3381. Simeon Whitney (Amos, Jonathan, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Bath, Me., Aug. 19, 1800; m. 1825, Rosanna Smith; res. Bingham, Me.

6212. i. David S., b. ; res. Bingham, Me.

6213. ii. Frank W., b. ; res. Brownsdale, Minn.

3382. David Whitney (Amos, Jonathan, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Bath, Me., May 2, 1802; m. 1825, Mercy Reed; res. Lincoln, Me.

6214. i. Isaac Reed, b. ; res. Bangor, Me.

6215. ii. David Cathcart, b. ; res. Sabula, la.

6216. iii. Simeon, b. ; res. Indiantown, St. John, N. B.

3386. Melvin Stow Whitney (Benjamin, Abraham, Benjamin, John, Benja-
min, John), b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. at Bangor, Me., pub. Sept. 30, 1834, Sarah Langley.
She res. in Worcester, Mass., at the Wellington. He d. Jan. 19, 1865; res. New York,
N. Y.

6217. i. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 22, 1857 (adopted); m. Apr. 17, 1879, Wm. S.

Forrest. She d. 1895. Wm. S. Forrest was born at Baltimore,
Md., on July 9, 1852, and received an excellent preparatory edu-
cation; he entered Dartmouth college, was honored with an
election to the Psi Upsilon fraternity, and graduated in the class

406 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

of 1875. Soon afterwards he began reading law in Boston with
Gaston, Field & Jewett and remained with that firm till he went
to Chicago in 1878, and was admitted to the various bars in
October of that year. Since becoming a resident of that city
he has been engaged in several noted criminal cases, but,
although powerful in that line he is a general practitioner in
his profession. In politics he is a Democrat and many of his
addresses have attracted considerable attention. Probably he
is the most prominent criminal lawyer in the city of Chicago,
and was the leading attorney in the celebrated Cronin case.
Ch.: Marjorie, b. Feb. 3, 1880; d. Apr. 3, 1883; Elizabeth, b.
Mar. 22, 1882; Marshall, b. June 21, 1886; infant, b. Oct. 21,
1893; res. 3264 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111.

3387. Peleg Tallman Whitney (Benjamin, Abraham, Benjamin, John, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Nov. 12,1814; m. at Skowhegan, Oct.2, 1838, Mary E. Varney; b. Apr.
10, 1817; d. June 25, 1859; m. 2d St. John, N. B., Jan. 25, 1860, Louisa V. McLachlan;
b. there Jan. 11, 1834. He d. Jan. 19, 1868; res. Orono, Me.

6218. i. Charles T., b. Feb. 21, 1839; d. July 26, 1840.

6219. ii. Charles T., b. Apr. 27, 1841 ; d. Aug. 26, 1842.

6220. iii. Henry A., b. Apr. 21, 1843; m. Margetta Lockwood; res. Orono,

Me.

6221. iv. Charles T., b. Mar. 7, 1845; d. July 19, 1846.

6222. V. Annie W„ b. Mar. 6, 1847; m. Aug., 1867, James D. Burnham; res.

Florenceville, N. B.

6223. vi. Emeline W., b. Sept. 27, 1851; d. Sept. 11, 1852.

6224. vii. Elizabeth V., b. Nov. 12, 1860; m. Sept. 12, 1881, Frederick

Guderian; res. Minneapolis, Minn.

6225. viii. William T., b. June 23, 1864; m. Apr. 28, 1887, Lucella B. Petty;

d. Nov. 23, 1888; res. Minneapolis, Minn.

3388. Joseph Davis Whitney (Benjamin, Abraham, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,
John), b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. pub. Dec. 12, 1843, Lorada Harwood Whitnev, dau. of
Joseph; d. Sept. 21, 1848; m. 2d, Mar. 14, 1850, Ann Sarah Whitney, sister of first wife;
d. Apr. 8, 1852; m. 3d Jan. 21, 1858, Margaret Masterson, his adopted dau. In 1854
he went west, and res. for a time at Ruby, Mich.; later he moved to Port Huron,
and was prop, of the Huron House. He d. Mar. 24, 1885; res. Port Huron, Mich.

6226. i. Bethiah Ann, b. Sept. 25, 1844; m. Jan. 3, 1863, James B. Denni-

son; res. Yarmouth, Me. Ch.: Melvin F., b. Sept. 14, 1863;
Charles C, b. Mar. 1, 1867; William H., b. Oct. 7, 1869.

6227. ii. Clara Emma, b. Mar. 26, 1851; m. Frederick Tozier; res. Fa'.l

River, Mass. She d. Lisbon Falls, Me., July 24, 1877. Their
one child died in infancy.

6228. iii. Charles Joseph, b. .

6229. iv. Fred Adger, b. .

6230. v. Jessie A., b. .

3390. Hezekiah Whittemore Whitney (Benjamin, Abraham, Benjamin,
John, Benjamin, John), b. Lisbon, Me., Jan. 22, 1821; m. at Orono, Me., Apr., 1846,
Emeline Chandler; b. 1826; d. Jan. 6, 1850; m. 2d. Apr. 29, 1851, Harriett M. Treat; b.
1828; res. Monroe, Wis.

6231. i. AvA M., b. 1852 (adopted); m. 1872, Arthur P. Burnham; res.

Janesville, Wis.

3395. Bernard King Whitney (Samuel L., Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,

John), b. . During the war of the rebellion he served in Co. K, 30th Reg't

Wis. Vols.; res. Winnebago City, Minn.; 1875.

3396. Andrew D. Whitney (Samuel L., Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,

John), b. . He served in the late war in Co. K, 30th Reg't Wis. Vols.; res.

Tomah, Wis.; 1874.

3398. Jacob W. Whitney (Samuel L., Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John),
b. . He served in Co. I, 49th Wis. Vols.; res. Mankato, Minn.; 1875.

3403. Abram Hinckley Whitney (James, Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,
John), b. Phillips, Me., Apr. 1, 1817; m. Apr. 11, 1845. Mary Wilber; b. July 25, 1819;
d. Nov. 11, 1885. He was born and reared in the vicinity of what was called Phillips

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 407

village, Me.; was educated there in the common schools. There served time and
finally became a house carpenter. When he was 28 years of age, married Mary
Wilber, who then resided with her parents in the town of Durham, Me. They then
resided for a short time in Phillips, Me., from there removed to a farm in the town of
Avon, Me., where their son was born in 1846. When he was about two or three years
of age they removed to Medford, Mass., he pursuing the occupation of a house car-
penter until he was injured and was compelled to quit work, tinally, in consequence
of said injuries, he died. He d. Aug. 11, 1851 ; res. Avon, Me., and Medford, Mass.
62:32. i Jophanus H., b. Jan, 15, 1846; m. Martha L. A. Flanders.

3405. Benjamin Whitney (Christopher A., Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,
John), b. Phillips, Me., Apr. 2, 1828; m. there Apr. 15, 1853, Huldah Whitney; b. at
Philips, Me., Sept. 7, ISSb; d. at Tomah, WMs., May 7, 1879. He d. at Tomah in 1868;
res. Phillips, Me., and Lincoln, Wis.

6233. i. Almont Benjamin, b. June 23, 1856; d. s. p. July 7, 1880.

6234. ii. Charles Alvano, b. Oct. 21, 1860; m. Belle Armstrong.

3412. David White Whitney (Abiezer H., Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benja-
min, John), b. Aug. 12, 1817, at Litchfield, Me.; m. Dec, 1841, Philena Church, b.
1810; d. Feb. 12, 18.54; m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1857, Olena E. Church, b. Oct. 7, 1827. He is
a farmer and is engaged in the granite business; res. Augusta, Me.

6234a. i. John Harrison, b. Sept. 16, 1842; m. Jan., 1874; res. A.

6235. ii. . Benj. Church, b. Oct. 23, 1858; m. July 29, 1890; res. Wichita,

Kan.

6236. iii, Edwin Wallace, b. Nov. 19, 1864; res. A.
62.37. iv. Alice May, b. May 14, 1866; res. A.

3423. Rev. Wilson Whitney (John G., Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benjamin,
John), b. Readfield, Me., Mar. 5, 1845; m. July 12, 1871, Mary Aphia Goodell; b. Apr.
4, 1846; res. Adrian, Mich.

6238. i. Mary Adelaide, b. Nov. 18, 1872.

6239. ii. May Winnefred, b. Aug. 8, 187.5.

6240. iii. Henry Harrison, b. Mar. 20, 1877.

3425. Capt. Alfred C. Whitney (Elias S., Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benja-
min, John), b. Augusta, Me., Sept. 30, 1835; m. May 22, 1858, Annie Goutier; b. June
20, 1836.

Alfred C. Whitney was born in Augusta, Me., in 1835, and was educated in the
public schools. When 13 he came to Boston, and has since lived there. He became
connected with the Old People's ferry, now the North ferry, and for three years was
its president and chairman of the board of trustees. In the war he served as chief
engineer on the U. S. S. Magnolia, and later on the Powhatan. He also served for
three years on the staff of Admiral Stribling of the West Gulf squadron. After the
war he engaged in the towing business, and was captain of the steamer Alert for
some time. Later he became master of transportation for the Bradley fertilizing
company, by whom he has been employed for 26 years; res. East Boston, Mass., 1
Lamson St.

6241. i. Harvey G., b. Sept. 15, 1862; d. Feb. 22, 1865.

6242. ii. Wm. Bradley, b. Aug. 23, 1871.

3433. Freeman Whitney (Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Mar. 9, 1800, in Standish, Me.; m. Feb. 14, 1821, Mary S. Gray; b. Aug.,
1797, in Beverly, Mass.; d. Oct. 25, 1870. He d. Mar. 24, 1873; res. Harrison, Me.

Stephen F., b. May 15, 1821; m. Catherine Brown.

James G., b. Dec. 20, 1822; m. Betsey H. Carsley.

Edward K., b. Sept. 9, 1824; m. Arvilla Caswell.

George F., b. June 12, 1826; m. Mary A. Bailey.

Eleazer K., b. May 13, 1828; m. Mrs. Olive (Tebbitts) Green.

William L., b. June 12, 1833; m. Hannah M. Simpson.

Mary E., b. Jan. 25, 1836; m. Oct. 10, 1866, John H. Caswell of
Bridgton, Me.

6250. viii. Irene I., b. July 29, 1838; d. May 6, 1846.

8434. Daniel Whitney (Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),

b. Jan. 22, 1793; m. Jan. 19, 1815, Susan Harmon; b. 1797; d. . He d. Mar. 24,

1873; res. Harrison. Me.

6251. i. Sally, b. Mar. 1, 1816.

6243.

i.

6244.

ii.

6245.

in.

6246.

iv.

6247.

V.

6248.

vi.

6249.

vii

408 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3439. William G. Whitney (Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, NaLhaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Gorham, Me., Aug. 4, 1812; m. in Dresden, Me., Dec. 28, 1834, Agnes Smith;
b. Apr. 13, 1811; he d. Mar. 9, 1875; res. Lee, Me.

6252. i. William A., b. Oct. 29, 1835; m. July 4, 1858, Emma Toombly;

res. Winn, Me.

6253. ii. Martha A., b. Nov. 23, 1837; m. Oct. 3, 1860, Thomas Roberts.

She d. Lee, May 2, 1865.

6254. iii. Joseph F., b. Dec. 3, 1841; m. Delanah H. Spencer.

6255. iv. Braddock S., b. Sept. 17,1847; m. June 20, 1871, Almacia Lane.

3444. Henry Whitney (Samuel, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Belmont, Me., June 24, 1824; m. at Waldo, Aug. 12, 1863, Ellen M. Merriam; b.
Nov. 14, 1841. He d. Jan. 31, 1868; res. Waldo, Me.

6256. i. Henry, b. Nov. 15, 1857; d. Apr. 14, 1872; unm.

6257. ii. Adelbert, b. May 29, 1864; m. Lena M. Haney.

3447. George A. Whitney (Samuel, Moses, Nathaniel. Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Morrill, Me., Jan. 8, 1835; m. Aug. 30, 1863. Nellie W. Thorne; b. Saco, Me.,
Oct. 4, 1841. He is a merchant; res. Chicago, 111., 918 W. Lake street.
62.58. i. George, b. 1865; d. ae. six weeks.

3453. Silas Whitney (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at
Gorham, Me., June 23, 1779; m. at Broomfield, Me., Jan. 12, 1818, Elvira J. Lane, b.
Apr. 21, 1799; she afterward m. 2d Daniel Williams. Mrs. Williams, who is remarkably
vigorous, both physically and mentally, was born in Broomfield, Me., April 21, 1799, the
town at that time being in the district of Massachusetts. Most of her life has been
passed in the Pine Tree State, although of late years she has made protracted visits to
her children and grandchildren in Massachusetts. She said that she was born in a log
cabin in Broomfield, Me., April 21, 1799, which was many years before frame houses
were built in that section of Maine. Her early life was similar in its history to that
of all country girls. She referred, however, to a dream when she was but 6 years
old, in which distinctly appeared a puffing locomotive and a long train of passenger
cars. Up to that time she had never heard any one speak of steam cars, carriages,
in fact, being seldom seen, yet many years after, the Portland & Ogdensburg rail-
road was built, a portion of the track running across her father's farm. The first
train she ever saw was identical with the one conspicuous in her dream. Her father
was William H. Lane, who died in Broomfield, Me., aged 93 years. January 12, 1818,
Miss Lane was married to Silas Whitney, with whom she lived happily until his death
in 1848. Nine children blessed the union, of whom the following survive: Mrs. Asa
Fletcher, of Solon, Me., aged 72; Joseph F. Whitney, of Solon, Me., aged 68; Mrs.
Nancy B. Redmond, of Solon, Me., mother of the late Charles C. Redmond, of this
city, aged 62; Mrs. James B. Gilman, of Lowell, aged 58 years; Mrs. Emma A. Bas-
sett, of Lowell, aged 56 years; Eben A. Whitney, of Madison, Me., aged 53 years,
who will care for his dear old mother the coming winter. Her second husband was
Daniel Williams, of Embden, Me. He died in 1875. He was a blacksmith and farmer.
There were no children by this marriage. Mrs. Williams says that she has 27 grand-
children, and 39 great-grand-children. She was always an early riser, and always
enjoyed excellent health up to last winter, when she was stricken with la grippe.
Fortunately she recovered from the disease. She takes a deep interest in current
events, and finds much pleasure in reading the daily papers. In 1824 she joined the
the Methodist church in Broomfield, and has continued her membership up to
the present time. Mrs. Williams is descended from a long-lived race, her mother
being 91 years old when she died, and her father 93. Her aunt, Mrs. Abigail Edge-
comb, died in Gardiner, Me,, a few years ago, aged 100. Mrs. Lucy Wood, who died
in Barre, Vt., aged 107 years, was a near relative of Mrs. Williams. Silas died at
^oose River, Me., Nov. 6, 1848; res. Gorham, Me.

6259. iii. Catherine Grenough, b. June 2, 1835; m. July 27, 1872, James
B. Gilman; res. 45 19th street, Lowell. He was b. Nov. 6, 1841,
at Tuftonborough, N. H.; is a carpenter. Ch.: Edith, b. June
19, 1873; Alice, b. July 5, 1875; J. Bruce, b. Jan. 23, 1878.

Eben Augustus, b. Oct. 6, 1840; m. Ellen J. Woodcock.

Silas Harding, b. Nov. 18, 1818; went west.

Elizabeth H., b. Feb. 19, 1822; m. Asa Fletcher; res. Solon, Me.

Josiah F., b. Mar. 23, 1824; m. Mary Moore.

Nancy B. L., b. Mar. 22, 1831; m. Peter Redmond; res. Solon;
son Chas. C; res. 14 Symonds street, Boston, Mass.

6260.

i.

6261.

11.

6262.

IV.

6263.

V.

^264.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 409

6265. vii. Emma A., b. Aug. 16, 1837; m. M. L. Bassett; res. Dracut, Mass.

6266. viii. William L., b. Apr. 28, 1827; d. Nov. 15, 1832.

6267. ix. Elvira Jane, b. July 9. 1823; d. Mar. 14, 1824.

3466. Williams Whitney (Eliab T., Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Newcastle, Me., Aug. 30, 1835; m. July 7, 1859, Rosalina H. Merry; b. June 2,
1839; res. Bath, Me., 136 Commercial St.

6268. i. Williams, b. July 26, 1876; res. B.

6269. ii. Walton L., b. May 17, 188 i; res. B.

6270. iii. Annie C, b. Dec. 6, 1859; m. Nov. 25,1877, Graham; res.

with parents.

6271. iv. Rose E.. b. Aug. 23, 1866; m. Dec. 2, 1885, Leydon; res. 168

Water St., Bath.

3467. Alpheus Whitney (Eliab T., Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Newcastle, Me., Feb. 16, 1840; m. Oct. 24, 1884, Georgia F. Hilton; b. July
29, 1857. He is a carpenter; res. Brooklyn, N. Y., 167 55th St.

6272. i. Eleanor G., b. Aug. 25, 1886; d. Oct. 13, 1886.

6273. ii. Howard, b. Dec. 17, 1889; d. June 13, 1890.

3477. Asa P. Whitney (George W., Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Bridgton, Me., July 19, 1819; m. in Harrison, Oct. 18, 1842, Eunice C. Kneeland;
b. Nov^. 24, 1818.

Asa. P.Whitney, son of Rev. G. W. Whitney, was born in Bridgton, Me., July
19, A. D., 1819. His early life, to the age of 19 years, was occupied mostly on the
farm and attending school, such as town, district and Bridgton academy furnished,
which for the time, was considered quite good. Commenced teaching at the age of
twenty years; continued to teach till 1845 most of the time. In 1842 was married to
Miss Eunice Kneeland of Harrison, Me. In 1845 removed to Rollinsford, N. H.,
then Salmon Falls, and engaged in the employ of the Salmon Falls Manufacturing
Company, in manufacturing of cotton goods. Remained there till Dec, 1856, when
he engaged with the Pemberton Manufacturing Company, Lawrence, Mass. In 1858
accepted a position in the mills of Lieutenant-Governor Hayden, Haydenville, Mass.
In I860 returned to Lawrence, Mass., and engaged in the employ of the Everett
mills, in putting in and startin^r machinery; continued there till 1863, when accepted
a position as superintendent of the weaving department of the Boston Manufactur-
ing company's mills in Waltham, Mass. In 1867 failmg health compelled a change
of business. After a few months of rest engaged in agricultural business, having
purchased a stock and dairy farm in Harrison, Me., which he continued till April,
A. D., 1886, when he went to Marshall, Lyon Co., Minn., where he still lives, after
having an active, busy life. Two sons have been born, Edward P., who died
at Harrison, Me., at the age of 30 years, leaving one son who now lives at Townsend,
Mass.; Charles C, who is living in this place, aged 47 years. In religious mat-
ters he has been an active member of the Free Baptist church, occupying prominent
positions as a layman, at times employed in home mission work. In politics a
liberty party and freesoiler till those parties merged into the republican party.
Always a total abstainer from all intoxicants and believes in prohibition as the true
remedy for the temperance reform; res. Marshall, Minn.

6274. i. Edward P., b. Oct. 29, 1843; m. Carrie Whiting.

6276. ii. Charles C, b. Mar. 20, 1846; m. Mattie M. Hogle and Nellie A.
Johnson.

3485. Major Alfred M. Whitney (Samuel, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benja-
min, John), b. Brooks, Me., lune 5,1804; m. Newport, Me., Dec. 14, 1825, Lucinda
Ring, b. Feb. 7, 1804; d. Aug. 17, 1870.

He learned the trade of cloth fuller in his father's mill at Brooks, Me. The
•work not agreeing with him, he was elected sheriff of Somerset Co., and was major
in the state militia, by which title he was known through life. He was a successful
business man and became associated with General Cunningham, of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y., in vast land speculations, of which he was the manager. Their interests in-
cluded West \'irginia and Lowell, Mass. Poughkeepsie was the headquarters, and
Mr. Whitney moved his family there. There were no railways then and the capital-
ists invested largely in real estate. The Mansion House in Poughkeepsie was the
principal rendezvous. It was a grand hotel then, in 1836, and the scene of much
gaiety. Among others with whom Major Whitney was associated were Gen. Walter
Cunningham,Judge James Emott, the \'an Rennsalers, Millard Fillmore, Wm. H.Sew-
27

6276.

i.

6277.

n.

6278.

in.

410 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ard (who settled in Auburn to manage some of their landed affairs), Hon. Meron R.
Strong and other leading lawyers of New York City. Mr. Whitney was a very modest
and retiring man and took no pride in any public matter except in Masonry. He was
the master of the lodge wherever he resided. He also took pride in his military
career. He was married in Newport, Me., and resided in Fairfield, where he had
charge of the cloth mill, and remained there until his removal to Poughkeepsie in
1886, where he resided until 1841, when he moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., then to West
Virginia, where he managed large landed interests and some mills, then to Champaign,
111., and finally to Chicago, where he died. He was interred with masonic honors at
Rose Hill. One who knew him intimately says he was one of the ablest business
men he ever knew, but too visionary and too modest. He made fortunes for others,
but when he made one for himself, as he frequently did, he branched out and got
"squeezed." He has owned property in his day, which had he held, would have
made his heirs immensely rich. He was a most generous man in all ways; he has
helped make the political success of many men, but never took anything himself,
except mayor of his city or justice of the peace. He was on the point of becoming
county judge of Champaign Co., 111., when it was found that he had not gained a resi-
dence there. He d. May 3, 1866; res. Detroit, Me., and Chicago, 111.
Samuel, b. May 12, 1828; d. Sept. 30, 1829.
Henry C, b. Feb. 23, 1831; m. Sarah A. Snyder.
Mary Franxes, b. Mar. 2, 1833; m. at Guyandotte, W. Va., 1850,
Marcus Fee; res. San Francisco, Cal. She was educated at
Felicity seminary in Ohio.
6279. iv. Sarah Jane, b. Dec. 26, 1835; m. 1850, William B. Fowler; res.
114 Throop St.. Chicago, 111. She d. Dec. 12, 1873, s. p. Edu-
cated at Felicity sem. Stepson, Chas. W., 216 Fremont St.,
Chicago, 111.

3495. Albion Paris Whitney (Samuel, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Brooks, Me., Aug. 8, 1822; m. Sept. 12, 1S47, Mary Jane Pease; b. June 30,

1824; d. ; m. 2d, Apr., 1864, at Barto.n, N. H., Nancy F. McEwen; b. June 24,

1843. He d. Sept. 8, 1868; was drowned in Lake Mich.; res. Chicago, 111.

6280 i. Albion Paris, b. Jan. 20, 1869 (posthumous); m. at Columbus, O.,

Augusta Friedmpn; b. Nov. 2, 1868; s. p.; res. Chicago, 111., 181
Dearborn Ave. Trav. salesman.
George A., b. July 5, 1849; m. Dec. 16, 1879; res. Peabody, Mass.,

40 Central St.
William A., b. Sept. 19, 1854; m. Nov. 7, 1875; res. Lawrence,

Mass., 43 Butler St.
Laura P., b. Dec. 3, 1856; res. Lynn, Mass., 122 Chatham St.
Clarence M., b. Sept. 20, 1860; m. July 21, 1887, Elizabeth Jack-
son; b. June 17, 1851; res. s. p. 127 South St., Jamaica Plain,
Mass.

3497. Nelson Whitney (John, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Thoriidike, Me., 1812; m. Dorothy Dwelley; res. Newport and Stillwater, Ale.

6285. i. John Howard, b. ; m. Mary E. Tarleton.

6286. ii. Wm. Butler, b. ; res. Upper Stillwater, Me.

8503. Nathaniel W^hitney (Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Standish, Me.; m. there, Zilphia Marten. He d. 1845; res. Standish, Me.

6287. i. Reuben, b. July 1, 1795; m. Jane Whitmore and Phebe Dear-

born.

6288. ii. Simeon, b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. Joanna Shaw; was living in 1875.

6289. iii. James, b. - — — ^. He was a farmer, and inherited his father's

farm in Standish.

6290. iv. Hannah, b. . 6292. vi. Joanna, b. .

6291. V. Nancy, b. .

8504. Reuben Whitney (Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Standish, Me., 1764; m. at Litchfield, 1797, Mercy Baker; b. 1778, at Dres-
den, Me.; d. at East Pittston, Me., Mar. 1840. He was a wheelwright by trade. He
d. Feb. 13, 1836; res. Litchfield, Me.

6293. i. Levi, b. Nov. 27, 1800; m. Mary Hutchings, and Hannah Whitney.

6294. ii. Simeon, b. . 6296. iv. Gorham, b. .

6295. iii. Otis, b. . 6297. v. Reuben, b. .

6281.

ii.

6282.

iii

6283.
6284.

iv

V.

6301.

].

6302.

ii.

6303.

in.

6304.

iv.

6305.

V.

6306.

VI.

6307.

vii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 411

6298. vi. Abel, b. Sept. 16, 1811; m. Mar. 14, 1833, Lydia B. Smith; b. July

22, 1808. He was a cooper, and d. s. p. at Gardiner, Me., July 8,
1892.

6299. vii. Sally H., b. July 10, 1809; m. Nov. 29, 1829, Nathaniel Decker, b.

Apr. 7, 1806; d. Oct. 16, 1848. He was a cooper. Ch.: Claflin
A., b. Oct. 18, 1830; d. May 22, 1832; Clinton, b. Aug. 7, 1832;
Lucy E., b. Mar. 24, 1835; Mary E., b. July 25, 1837; d. Jan. 8,
1880; Rebecca W., b. Aug. 22, 1839; Eliza L., b. Oct. 10, 1841;
Nathaniel, b. Apr. 7, 1845; d. Apr. 27, 1846.

6300. viii. Rebecca, b. 1814.

3506. Levi Whitney (Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Gorham, Me., May l.S, 1778; m. at Cape Cod, Sept., 1801, Happy Higgins; b. Cape
Cod, Apr. 17, 1781; d. in 1856. He d. in 1855; res. Standish, Me.

Abel, b. Mar., 1810; m. Sarah Cole.

Phinehas, b. .

Obediah, b. .

Joseph, b. Dec. 28, 1813; m. Harriett Morse; res. Sanford, Me.

Levi, b. . 6308. viii. Ann, b. .

Frances, b. . 6309. ix. Lucetta. b. .

Isaac, b. .

8.507. Beriah Whitney (Ephraim, Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Jonesboro, Me., June 25, 1802; m. there Lucy Hall; b. Apr. 11, 1805.

He was a lumberman; was born at Jonesboro. His wife was a dau. of William
S. and Mercy C. Hall, and was born in Addison, Me. They settled in St. Stephens,
N. B., opposite Milltown, in Calais, Me.; res. Milltown, Calais, Me.

6310. i. Henry A., b. Feb. 11, 1834; m. Margaret Jane Lindsay.

6311. ii. Horace H.,b. Jan. 11, 1836; res. Milltown, N. B.

6312. iii. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 14, 1838; d. at St. Stephens, Aug. 31,

1865.

6313. iv. W.M. Sprague, b. June, 1S41 ; d. Nov. 8, 1842.

6314. v. Chas. Fred'k, b. Jan. 6, 1847; res. .Moncton, N. B.

3.508. Madison Whitney (Paul, Joel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. St.
Stephens, N. B., Jan. 3, 1813; m. at Calais, Me., Joanna Carpenter.

He was born at St. Stephens, N. B., and resided at Milltown in Calais, Me. He
went west and was massacred by the Indians at Tuson, Sonora, Mexico. He d.
July 3, 1854; res. Calais, Me.

6315. i. Frank Irving, b. ; res. Detroit, Mich., Mich. Cent. R. R.

6316. ii. Mary Emeline, b. ; res. Brooklyn, Mich.

3511. Charles Thaxter Whitney (Joel, Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Phillips, Me., Sept. 18, 1817; m. at Waterville, Me., Apr. 5, 1^49, Martha C.
Thayer. He d. Nov. 2, 1865; res. St. Paul, Minn.

6317. i. Fred B., b. ; res. St. Paul, Minn.

6318. ii. Ada E., b. ; res. St. Paul, Minn.

6319. iii. Florence E., b. ; m, Allen; res. St. Paul.

3513. Joel Emmons Whitney (Joel, Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Phillips, Me., May 18, 1822; m. Oct. 6, 1865, Elsie Ayer; b. Unity, Me., Jan. 20, 1832,

He was born in Phillips, Me.; was a merchant miller. He resided in Plymouth,
Me., from 1838 to 1850, and at St. Paul, Minn., until 1871; then moved to Atlanta,
Ga. In 1873 he moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he now resides; res. Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.

6320. i. Sam Willey, b. Oct. 13, 1867.

6321. ii. Joe Leibbie, b. Jan. 12, 1873.

3530. Benjamin Dexter Whitney (Benjamin, Micah, Abel, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Madrid, Me., Dec. 25, 1841; m. Aug. 6, 1865, at Phillips, Me., Annis
B. Ross; b. Apr. 17, 1847. He is a millwright and mechanical engineer; res. Gardiner,
Me.

6322. i. William Dexter, b. July 11, 1871; is an attorney, of the firm of

Spear, Andrews & Whitney; res. Gardiner.

6323. ii. Benjamin Fred, b. July 6, 1887; res. G.

6324.

i.

6325.

11.

6326.

iii.

6327.

iv.

6328.

V.

6329.

VI.

6330.

Vll.

6331.

viii.

6332.

IX.

6333.

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412 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3537. Abner Whitney (Jesse, Daniel, Abner, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Dec. 21, 1800, Saco, Me.; m. there INIary Grapham. He was a mariner. He d. Aug.
26, 1855; res. m Maine.

Thomas C, b. ; d. San Francisco, Cal.

Mary, b. ; m. Blaisdell; res. Chichester, N. H.;2ch.;

Susan Cranford, res. Dayton, Ore.; Georgiana, m. and res. C.

Susan, b. ; m. Highby; res. Salem, Mass.

Hannah, b. ; m. Marsh. She d. San Francisco. Ch.:

Lizzie, b. ; m. Jules Smith; res. S. F.

Cynthia, b. ; m. Lake; res. Norwell, Mass.

Benjamin S., b. ; d. Honolulu, S. I.

Francis, b. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Margarette L. Rix.

Franklin, b. Oct. 24, 1836; lost at sea in 1855.

Elias, b ; res. Norfolk, Va.

Eunice, b. ; m. Crawford; d. Dayton, Ore.

3558 Zachariah Leach Whitney (Isaac L., Isaac, Isaac, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Gorham, Me., Dec. 17, 1807; m. at Gray, Oct. 21, 1832, Elizabeth
Cambridge Havden; b. 1811; d. Sept. 3, 1888. He d. Dec. 9, 1888; res. Raymond,
Me.

6334. i. Augustus Hervey, b. Oct. 14, 1835; m. Fannie M. Garland.

6335. ii. Joseph N., b. Sept. 13, 1836; m. Charlotte S. Burroughs in Treas.

Dept. at Wash., D. C.

6336. iii. Lucy A., b. June 24, 1838; m. Berry; res. Bridgton, Me.

6337. iv. Maria A., b. Nov. 25, 1839; d. 1862.

6338. V. Walter I., b. Oct. 20, 1844; m. Hattie L. Lamond.

6339. vi. Clara L., b. Apr. 7, 1851; m. F. H. Brown; res. Bridgton, Me.

3562. Constant Hopkins Whitney (Sewell Pitt, Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Freeman, Me., Apr. 17, 1824; m. at Lowell, Mass., Apr. 17, 1854,
Elizabeth Potter. He was a farmer; res. ]\lapleton, Minn., s. p.

3563. John Converse Whitney (Sewell Pitt, Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Freeman. Me., May 7, 1822; m. at Salem, IVIe., Lucy Soule; b.
May 19, 1831; d. Sept. 18, 1878. He is a farmer; res. Salem, Me., and Markesau,
Green Lake, E. Wis.

6;^0. i. John L., b. ; res. Simpson, Minn.

6341. ii. Ralph W., b. July 12, 1865; m. Carrie B. Richards.

3569. George Edwin Whitney (George W., Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Phillips, Me., Sept. 19, 1836; m. at San Francisco, Cal., 1865,
Mary L. Swearingen; b. Jan. 16, 1841. He was an attorney and d. in Washington, D.
C, while on a business trip. He d. Apr. 25, 1893; res., Oakland, Cal., 578 8th street.

6342. i. Isabel Violet, b. May 6, 1866.

6343. ii. Charlotte Anita, b. July 7, 1867.

6844. iii. Stephanie, b. Oct. 22,1869; m. June 6, 1892, Seymour Cunning-
ham; res. Washington, D. C, 1723 K St. Ch.: Cecil b. Mar. 8,
1893; Macklin.b. Feb. 21, 1894.

6345. iv. George Swearingen, b. Apr. 23, 1872.

6346. V. Mary, b. Mar. 19, 187.5.

6347. vi. Ethel, b. Apr. 19, 1878.

6348. vii. Cecil Roberta, b. Apr. 20, 1885; d. May 13, 1887.

3571. Dr. Henry' Augustus Whitney (George W., Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Nov. 28, 1841, at Phillips, Me.; m. Mar. 20, 1889, at Salt Lake
City, Utah, Virginia Tierman; b. Jan., 1858; res. Salt Lake City, Utah.

6349. i. Frank T., b. Nov. 22, 1890.

3573. Frederick Eugene Whitney (George W., Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Farmington, Me., Nov. 26, 1850; m. at Oakland, Cal., Mar. 18, 1884,
Edith Adams; b. April 25, 1859. He was graduated at Bowdoin college, and is now
practicing law in Oakland, 906 Broadway; res. Oakland, Cal.

6350. i. Fred'k Adams, b. Apr. 5, 1885.

6351. ii. Edna, b. Apr. 30, 1887.

3575. Edward Hiram Whitney (Hiram, Henry, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Boston, Mass., Jan. 22, 1845; m. at Bridgewater, Sept. 16, 1876, Emma Louise

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 413

6353.

6354.

ii.

6355.

Ill

6356.

IV,

6357.

V.

Williams; b. Oct. 8, 1853. He is lieut, of Boston fire department; res. So. Boston,
Mass., 456 W. 4th street.

6352. i. Blanche Ardell, b. Nov. 16, 1877; res. 148 K street, So. B.

3576. Ethan Whitney (Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jonathan,
Jonathan, John), b. Apr. 22, 1788; m. Jan. 7, 1810, Betsey Mellen Green; b. in Mendon,
Nov. 22, 1792. He d. July, 1823, in Boston. She was m. 2d, Sept. 9, 1827, Micah
Bent, and d. Aug. 22, 1871, in Bellingham; res. Milford, Mass.

Nelson, b. May 5, 1811; m. Ruth M. Guild.
Harriet, b. Apr. 9, 1813; d. unm.
Willis, b. 1815; d. Sept. 11, 1817.

Dexter, b. ; m. Adeliza Cook.

Ethan, b. ; res. 72 Downing street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

3578. Jesse Whitney (Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jona-
than, John), b. Oct. 12, 1790; m. June 12,1817, Rebecca Fisk; b. 1800; d. Aug. 10,
1871. They resided on the old homestead. He d. Feb. 1, 1850; res Milford, Mass.

6358. i RowANNA Se.mira, b. Aug. 28, 1820; m. Sept. 18, 1872, Israel

Patch, s. p.; res. E. Main St., Milford, Mass.

3577. Luther Whitney (Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Conway, Mass., Aug. 20, 1782; m. Jan., 1803, Hannah Witter; d. Oct. 25, 1824;
m. 2d, Sept. 20, 1827, Hannah L. Smalley; b. Aug. 8, 1794; d. Feb. 27, 1875. Mr. Luther
Whitney was one of the early pioneers coming with his father to Seneca from
Conway, Mass., when but nine years of age. Through a long eventful life of over
four score and ten years he saw the country changed from a wilderness to one of the
finest agricultural regions in the state. He helped to clear a large tract of land,
always living on the farm which he cleared. During the war of 1812 he was stationed
for some time at Niagara. He d. May 17, 1878; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

6359. i. Harriett P., b. Mar. 20, 1834; m. Mar. 5, 1862, Cyrus Bray. She

d. Mar. 18, 1889. He was b. Apr. 10, 1835. Is a farmer; res.
Seneca Castle, N. Y. Ch.: Fred C, b. Aug. 2, 1865; d. Oct. 31,
1889; Charlotte C, b. Dec. 18, 1866; unm. res. Seneca Castle, N.
Y.; Luther Whitney, b. Dec. 19, 1873. Mrs. Bray was refined
and gifted, by her death the church and Sabbath-school lost a
cheerful worker, faithful teacher and trusted friend.

Cyrus, b. Mar. 4, 1804; d. Sept. 4, 1806.

Susan, b. Feb. 6, 1806; d. June 29, 1806.

George, b. Apr. 1, 1808; m. Dolly Barden.

Polly, b. Apr. 24, 1810; d. Apr. 6, 1830.

Nathan, b. June 2, 1812; m. Betsey E. Scotford.

Luther, b. Aug. 18, 1814; d. May 15, 1823.

David, b. June 6, 1817; m. twice and d. s. p. Jan. 26, 1864.

Hannah, b. Mar. 12, 1819; m. at York, Mich., in 1841, Eber Brad-
ley. She d. Feb. 21, 1888; res. York, Mich. Ch.: Julia Gilmore;
res. Lake Ridge, Mich.; Luther E.; res. Owosso, Mich.; Emily
Douglass; res. Church's Corners, Mich.; Alba O.; res. York,
Mich.

6368. X. DoLLV, b. July 14, 1821; m. Aug. 19, 1844, David S. Crozier; res.

Benton Center, N. Y. He was b. July 28, 1826; d. July 14, 1893;
s. p.; was a farmer.

6369. xi. Matilda, b. Apr. 28, 1823; d. Feb. 23, 1825.

6370. xii. Cornelia H., b. Dec. 11, 1829; m. Dec. 11, 1845, Charles Parshall;

res. S. C. Ch.: Frank L., b. Nov. 18, 1857; res. S. C; unm.

6371. xiii. Tacey, b. Apr. 7, 1832; unm.; res. S. C.

3578. Otis Whitney (Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John),
b. Conway, Mass., Oct. 19, 1786; m. Mar. 1, 1815, at Seneca, N. Y., Betsey Hawley; b.
Sept. 10, 1795; d. Jan. 29, 1877. He was born in Conway, Mass., and when six years
of age moved with his parents to Seneca Castle, N. Y., to which place they were
among the first pioneers. In 1831, with bis wife, he united with the Presbyterian
church, and for over fifty years was one of the elders. He was a most valued coun-
sellor to his pastor and the session, wise, prudent and thoughtful, discreet and chari-
table. He d. Jan. 25, 1885; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

6372. i. COLU^]BUS C.,b. Oct. 9, 1819; m. Evealine Yeakley, Jane Yeakley

and Elizabeth E. Brown.

6360.

ii.

6361.

HI.

6362,

iv.

6363.

V.

6364.

vi.

6365.

vii.

6366.

vni

6367.

IX.

414 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6373. ii. Louisa M., b. Mar. 30, 1816; m. Nov. 15, 1843, Walter D. Wilson

She d. Sept. 20, 1890. He was b. Apr. 3, 1824. Ch.: Walter, b
Feb. 1, 1848; d. same day; Ella L., b. Nov. 25, 1849; m. Wm. H
Chapin; Emma Martha, b. Feb. 16, 1852; d. Oct. 9, 1852.

6374. iii. Julia Ann, b. Oct. 8, 1817; m. May 12, 1841, Tyler H. Abbey

res. Watkins, N. Y. He was b. May 8, 181.5. Ch.: Norman
Whitney, b. June 25, 1842; unm.; Harvey Smith, b. July 27, 1844
m. Celestia A. Frost; Albert Tyler, b. Mar. 10, 1846; m. Sarah
W. Willis; Edmund Wm., b. Mar. 12, 1848; m. Mary A. Har-
nill; Hadyn Webster, b. Dec. 23, 1849; Julia Amanda, b. June
12, 1852; Otis Geo. Fred, b. Dec. 22, 1854; d. Oct. 27, 1891.

6375. iv. Otis, b. June 13, 1821; m. Harriett N. Barnes.

6376. V. Martha, b. June 15, 1823; res. Geneva, N. Y.

6377. vi. Mary, b. Feb. 1.3, 1825; m. Feb. 1847, Jonathan H. Wilder; b.

July 18, 1822; res. Geneva, N. Y.

6378. vii. Levi H.. b. Apr. 14, 1827; d. July 30, 1884.

6379. viii. Olive Hawlev. b. Dec. 22, 1828; m. Dec. 6, 1849, John Smith.

She d. July 31, 1867. Ch.: Wm., Alice, Ellen, Esther, Fred-
eric, Julia.

6380. ix. Sarah T., b. Nov. 22, 1830; d. .

6381. X. Ellen A., b. Nov. 21, 1832; m. Oct. 24, 1861, Beekman Van

Gelder; b. Apr. 27, 1835; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y. Ch.: Bertha
Louise, b. July 10, 1863; m. Dec. 14, 1887, Albert Carl Ottley;
Edward, b. Aug. 18, 1865; d. Oct. 28, 1865; Harvey Whitney, b.
Jan. 6, 1869.

6382. xi. Edward W., b. Oct. 2, 1834; m. Kate Chapin; d. Feb. 29, 1884.

6383. xii. Norman S., b. Oct. 20, 1839; res. Geneva, N. Y.

3579. Jonathan Whitney (Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,

John), b. in Seneca, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1793; m. Betsey . He d. May 25, 1875; res.

Albion, N. Y.

6384. i. Jonas, b. Mar. 15, 1824; m. Emeline Pollay.

6385. ii. Stephen N.,b. Albion, 1831; m.Janette Hill. They res. in Albion.

He d. s. p. 1885.

3580. Col. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benja-
min, John), b. Conway, Mass., Jan. 22, 1791; m. at Seneca Castle, N. Y., 1811, Sarah
Gray; b. Jan. 16, 1791; d. Apr. 23, 1864.

Col. Nathan opened a farm near Allison, N. Y., and another at Elba, N. Y. He
first visited Lee county, 111., in 1835, and later in 1836 and 1837, his family following in
1838. He was one of the commissioners to organize the county of Lee, and since
then held the office of county commissioner. His nursery was the first north of the
Illinois river. From De Witt Clinton, governor of New York, he has three military
commissions, those of captain, lieutenant-colonel and colonel. At the time of his death
he was the oldest Mason in the Northwest. During the Morgan excitement he was
among the "faithless faithful found." Colonel Nathan Whitney was tendered a recep-
tion in Jan., 1891, by his Masonic brothers at his home in Franklin Grove, it being
the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, and prominent Masons from Chicago,
Dixon, Ashton, Creston, Amboy, De Kalb and Sterling were present. A. B. Fitch, in
behalf of Nathan Whitney Chapter, No. 129, Royal Arch Masons, named in honor of
Father Whitney, presented him with a solid silver platter suitably inscribed. Let-
ters and telegrams of congratulation poured in upon Father Whitney all day. Over
two hundred guests and four generations sat down to a bounteous repast. He served
in the war of 1812 and was mentioned for brave service in the battle at Fort Erie.
He was one of the oldest Masons in the state at the time of his death, having received
his first degree in 1817. He d. June 11, 1891; res. Albion, N. Y., and Franklin
Grove, 111.

6386. i. De Witt Clinton, b. 1812; d. young.

6387. ii. Olive, b. July 14, 1814; m. Dec, 1831, at Carevville, Jesse L.

Knowlton. She d. Feb. 14, 1890. He d. s. p. June 25, 1883.

6388. iii. Polly G., b. Apr. 20, 1816; m. Sept., 18:34, in Careyville, N. Y.,

Wm. Smith, merchant; res. Dixon, 111. Ch.: Harriett, b. Nov.,
1839; d. 1853.

6389. iv. Fidelia, b. Apr. 10, 1818; m. in Unionville, O., Nov., 1837, Dr.

Jerome B. Gregory. She d. Apr., 1861. Ch.: Jerome B., b. May,
1850; m., and d. Dec, 1883; his widow res. 608 7th St., Peoria, 111.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

415

6390. V. Cornelia, b. Apr. 10, 1818; m. May 15, 1844, Abram Brown; res.

Dixon. He was b. Nov. 17, 1816. Ch.: Virginia H., b. Aug. 21,
1846, Dixon, 111.; Olga, b. Apr. 2, 1849, Dixon, 111.; Mary, b. Sept.
30, 1850, Dixon, 111.; Charles Abram, b. Oct. 17, 1852; d. Sept. 20.
1855; Henry Ammi, b. Aug. 10, 1855, Dixon, 111.; George Mar-
shall, b. Nov. 10, 1857, Van Buren, Ark.; Mary, m. Oct. 1, 1881;
Henry A., m. June 17, 1884.

6391. vi. Harriett, b. Mar., 1820; m. Jan. 20, 1840, James McKinney; res.

Dixon.

6392. vii. Eliza Ann, b. Nov., 1821; m. Sept., 1842; D. B. McKinney; res.

Dixon.

6393. viii. Alexas R., b. Feb. 22, 1824; m. Mary J. Oakley.

6394. ix. Hellen, b. 1826; d. young.

6395. X. Nathan, b. 1824; d. young.

3581. Cheeney Whitney (Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Apr. 21, 1795; m. there June 26, 1817; Olive Colwell; b. Mar.
19, 1801; d. Apr. 28, 1886.

He was born at Seneca Castle, N. Y., the seventh child of Nathan and Olive
{Whitney) Whitney and dred m his 91st year. Had he been spared a little longer he
would have celebrated the sixty-ninth anniversary of his wedding. His life and
character are worthy of emulation. He united with the Presbyterian church in 1831,
and from that time adorned the profession he made by a humble, kindly, cheerful
and most devout life. He was honored and beloved by the entire community who
accorded to him the affectionate title of Uncle Cheeney. He was interested in every-
thing that pertained to the moral and spiritual welfare of others. Was a farmer on
a large scale. In 1831 she united with the Presbyterian church and ever after was a
devout member. He d. Feb. 10, 1886; res. Seneca, N. Y.

Daniel H., b. Oct. 19, 1819; m. Susannah De Graff, Martha Van

Gelder, and Sarah Van Gelder.
Anna, b. Mar. 25, 1821; d. Oct. 23, 1822.
Hachaliah, b. Aug. 30, 1823; m. Matilda Vrooman and Hannah

C. Stevens.
Sidney, b. Aug. 20, 1824; m. Amelia Van Gelder.
Clarissa, b. Dec. 16, 1826; m. Oct. 28, 1847, John De Graff, b. Apr.
28, 1825; d. Jan. 7, 1893. She d. Apr. 1, 1876. Ch.: Florence, b.
Aug. 19, 1860; m. Mar. 2, 1893, Isaac Clarke.
Sophronia B., b. Oct. 26, 1828; m. Sept. 1, 1852, Willard McGreg-
ory, b. 1824. Ch.: Willie, b. Aug. 24, 1859; res. South Pasadena,
Cal.
Byron, b. Sept. 4, 1830; m. Mary C. Leeson.
Emogene, b. Oct. 24, 1833; d. May 9, 1853.
Cheeney P., b. June 10, 1836; m. Mary C. Chapman.

6396.

6397.
6398.

6399.
6400.

6401.

6402.
6403.
6404.

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V.

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3586. Col. Joel Whitney (Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Mar. 1, 1796;
m. Apr. 3, 1817, Esther Belding; b. Nov. 27, 1796; d. Apr. 24,
1867.

Joel Whitney, born Seneca Castle, N. Y., was a farmer
and resided all his life on his farm, about four miles west
of Geneva, N. Y. He was a colonel in the New York state
militia service about 1835, and was always known and
addressed thereafter as Col. Whitney. He never held any
other public position. He died aged 85 years 10 months
and 11 days. He d. Jan. 12, 1882; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

6403a.

1.

6404a. ii.
6405. iii.

6406a. iv.

6407a. V.

Oscar, b. Sept. 26, 1817; m. Elizabeth

R. Crosby.
Infant, b. Nov. 24, 1818; d. Nov 25, 1818.
Lemuel Parkhurst, b. Jan. 8, 1820;

m. Elmira Colwell.
Sibyl Lyman, b. Sept. 15,1821; m. Sept.

3, 1841, Oliver S. Colwell; res. Hudson,
Mich.
Wells, b. Sept. 24, 1823; m. Demis Holmes, Laura Potter,

Em.eline Shattuck.

COL. JOEL WHITNEY.

and

416 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6408a. vi. Ann Eliza, b. Oct. 24, 1825; m. Oct. 2. 1844, Albert Benjamin. She

d. Mar. 10, 1890; res. Reading, Mich. Ch.: Hattie E.,b. ;

res. Reading.
6409a. vii. Esther Augusta, b. Apr. 24, 1828, m. Mar. 6, 1850, Charles Dar-

row; res. 118 Pulteney St. Geneva, N. Y. He was b. Nov. 5, 1814;

d. Feb. 1. 1860. Ch.; Charles H., b. Oct. 24, 1857; m. June 16,

1880, Hattie C. Bennett, wife of C. H. D., b. in Brooklyn, N. Y.,

Feb. 24, 1859; ch., H. Whitney, b. May 16, 1881, and Mary A., b.

Sept. 19, 1894. Occupation of Charles H. Darrow, nurseryman

and fruit grower. Address, Geneva.
6410a. viii. Joel Belding, b. June 2, 1880; d. unm. Jan. 7, 1883.
6411a. ix. Charles Carroll, b. Oct. 2, 1882; m. Marion Clarke and Julia

L. Brown.
6412a. X. Amelia Clarissa, b. Nov. 6, 1834; m. Nov. 2, 1853, J. Wesley

Runyan. She d. Dec. 13, 1855, s. p.
6413a. xi. William Henry, b. Apr. 28, 1837; ni. Lavina H. Fiero.
6414a. xii. Mary Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1840; res. Geneva, N. Y. Add., P. O.

box 377.

3595. Thfodoi
Johi
W;
Aug. 26, 1795; d. May, 1875." He d. Nov. 30, 1850; res. Niagara, _ .

6406. i. JOHN, b. Apr. 24, 1828; m. Elizabeth A. Garrett.

6407. ii. "Electa Ann, b. Aug. 6, 1826; d. Jan. 25, 1843.

6408. iii. Elizabeth, b. July 19, 1828; d. Sept. 22, 1853.

6409. iv. Theodore, b. Jan. 23, 1830; d. 1839.

6410. V. Chas. Field, b. Nov. 22, 1831; m. Charlotte W. Crittenden.

6411. vi. Ellen Experience, b. Feb. 15 183 ; d. young.

6412. vii. Ellen, b. Mar. 2, 1835; m. Nov. 14, 1855, Geo. B. Force, who was

killed at the battle of Antietam and left one son, Chas. C; res.
Rochester, N. Y.

6413. viii. Ami, b. May 24, 1837; m. Catherine Rose Mills.

6414. ix. Infant SoN.b. May 23, 1839; d. May 24, 1839.

3596. Jasper Whitney' (Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John),
b. Seneca, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1803; m. in Ohio, Feb. 13, 1826, Elizabeth Gunwer; b. 1809
in Berne, Switzerland; d. Wood County, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1886.

Jasper Whitney was a native of New York state, and at one time resided in
Thompson, O., where he was one of the early settlers. He was at one time taken
suddenly ill and after a short illness died. The neighbors rendered all possible as-
sistance and the doctor informed the family that he was dead. A coffin was made
and brought to the house and preparations made for the burial. Mrs. Whitney
could not persuade herself that her husband was dead and the funeral was post-
poned. A consultation of physicians wa; held and no trace of life could be dis-
covered. The doctors, neighbors, and all tried to prevail on her to have the funeral
but she was unmoved and insisted that her husband was not dead. Her neighbors
thought she was insane, but she cared little for their opinions. She kept her sleepless
nights by the side of her husband applying restoratives and on the forenoon of the
ninth day discovered signs of consciousness and in a short time succeeded in bring-
ing him to life. He soon recovered good health. He heard, while lying in a trance
everything that was said near him, and when he recovered sufficiently said many
ugly things of those who wished to bury him alive. Mrs. Whitney's father
died several years after and the coffin was used for his interment. He d. Oct. 15,
1888; res. Gibsonburg, Ohio.

Erastus F., b. Aug. 31, 1836; m. Lucinda Hamburger.
Ezra A., b. Aug. 12, 1840; m. Mary E. Decker.
Ami, b. Apr. 19, 1842; m. Julia Damschroder.

Mary, b. ; m. O. C. Russell; s .p.; res. Helena, Mont, 1418

Phcenix Ave.
6419. V, Anna Elizabeth, b. Jan. 24, 1856; m. Henry King. Ch.: Har-
rie Whitford; b. June 8, 1877; Geyette, b. May 24, 1879; res.
Sandusky, O.; the mother m. 2d at Fort Benton, Mont., Carroll
W. Thrailkill; b. Dec. 25,1846. Ch.: Whitney J., b. Dec. 17,
1886; Estella, b. Nov. 17, 1888; res. Ft. B.

6415.

6416.

6417.

ni.

6418.

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6423.

i.

6424.

ii.

6425.
6426.

iii.
iv.

6427.
6428.

V.

vi.

6429.
6430.

vii.
viii.

6420. vi. Ellen, b. ; m. William Klotz; res. Bowling Green, O.

6421. vii. EMELiNE.b. Feb.27, 1834; m. Feb. 11, 1852,at Freemont, O.,

Spooner. He d. s. p. Feb. 19, 1893; was a farmer.

6422. viii. Edwin G., b. Mar. 26, 1827; m. Margaret Garns.

3597. Isaac Amsden Whitney (Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Flint, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1805; m. at Orleans, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1829, Jane Moore; b.
Jan. 31, 1806, He d. Nov. 1876; res. New York state.

"■"'■ ■ L(»RAIN Moore, b. Apr. 23. 1830; m. Jan. 17, 1850, Huldah P.

Inglesbee; b. May 17, 1829; res. Ransom, Mich.
Milton, b. Oct. 21, 1831; m. Oct. 1857, Mary Pepinger; b. 1838;

res. Albama Center, N. Y.
Esther, b. Jan. 24, 1835; m. Dec. 25, 1850, Levi Inglesbee.
Washington, b. Jan. 25, 1837; m. June, 1858, Julia Tuttle; res.

Cambria Mills, Mich.
Am.b. Dec. 27, 1838; m. Emma C. Strong.
William, b. Nov. 18,1840; m. April 1, 1868, Eliza V. Tham, b. Oct.

1, 1850.
Jane Ann, b. Dec. 8, 1842; m. Henry Jennings.
Frank, b. Dec. 30, 1844; d. Oct. ^% 1864, while a prisoner of war,
at Milien, Ga., in a confederate prison.

6431. ix. Isaac Albert, b. Sept. 28, 1847; m. July 31, 1869, ;

res. Litchfield, Mich.

3602. Ami W^hitnev (Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.
Flint Creek, N. Y., June 22, 1814; m. Sept. 19;i843, Ann Shearman; b. Apr. 12,1818; d.
Mar. 23, 1864; m. 2d, Dec. 27, 1864, Rebecca Cassandra Rippey; res. Flint Creek, N. Y.

6432. i. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Nov. 4, 1845; m. Sept. 13, 1870, Har-

mon Joel Rice; res. Stanley, N. Y. He was b. Aug. 5, 1840; is a
farmer and is now serving his fourth term as supervisor of Sen-
eca, N. Y. Ch.: Harmon Whitney, b. July 11,1871; Edward Nor-
man, b. June 28, 1873; d. Aug., 1877; Anna Shearman, b. June 18,
1875; d. Sept., 1877; Carrie Belle, b. Mar. 27, 1877; Charles Ami,
b. Mar. 27, 1879; Rose Elizabeth, b. Sept. 27, 1883; Julia, b. Aug.
30, 1885.

J. Shearman, b. Dec. 7, 1847; m. Emma C. Crozier.

Anna, b. Aug. 31, 1850; d. June 29, 1856.

Thos. D., b. Apr. 20, 1852; m. Jane Ann Potter.

Chas. Wm., b. May 5, 1854; m. Emma M. Parker.

Frank Ami, b. June 4, 1858; m. Ada F. Parker.

Eddy Rippey, b. Dec. 3, 1865; unm.; res. 20 North St., Bingham-
ton, N. Y.

3614. Major Solon Miron Napoleon Whitney (Parkhurst, Jonathan, Jon-
athan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1815; m. Mav 12,
1840, at Waterford, N. Y., Frances Elizabeth Drake; b. Aug. 17, 1822; d. Feb. 8, 1883.

Major Whitney, the son of Gen. Parkhurst Whitney, was born at Niagara Falls,
where he has always resided. After a thorough common-school education he
attended the Lewiston academy and later the Canandaigua academy. He has been
one of the owners and proprietors of the Cataract House at the falls for over fifty
years, the business having been started by his father in 1814. He has been village
trustee for several years, and for some time president of the board; is president of
the Niagara Gas Co., director in the Cataract Bank and Niagara Savings Bank; is
now, 1893, senior warden of St. Peter's Episcopal church, of which he has been warden
and vestryman for thirty years; is a member of Niagara Frontier lodge, F. & A. M.,
No. 132, Niagara Royal Arch Chapter, No. 200, and the Genessee Commandery, No.
10; was commissioned major in 1837, and received 160 acres of land from U. S.
government, built the house in which he lives in 1849; res. Niagara Falls, N. Y.

6439. i. Solon, b. May 5, 1841; drowned June, 1845.

6440. ii. Drake, b. Aug. 23, 1843; m. Grace V. Oatman.

6441. iii. Solon, b. July 18, 1846. He was educated at the public schools at

Niagara Falls; later studied at Porter's academy and at Dr.
Reed's Walnut Hill school at Geneva, N. Y. From 1867 to 1890
he was associated with his father in the management of the Cat-
aract House; res. Buffalo St., N. F.

6442. iv. Parkhurst, b. .May 2, 1850; d. Dec. 5, 1856.

64,33.

ii.

6434.

in.

6435.

IV.

6436.

v.

6437.

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418 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3616. Dr. David Whitney (Jonathan, David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Conway, Mass., Jan. 29, 1803; m. at No. Hadley, Mass., Dec. 2, 1824, Eliza-
beth Smith Granger; b. at Sullivan, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1807; d. Apr. 19, 1884. Dr. David
Whitney was born in Conway, Mass., Jan. 29, 1803, was reared on a farm and married
Dec. 2, 1824. He studied medicine at Watertown college, Watertown, Me., taking
the degree of M. D., May 30, 1832. Moved to western New York, then ^ very new
country, living first at Hornellsville and afterward at Canisteo, Steuben Co., when
his practice extended several miles into what was then a wilderness, and where he
became an invalid through life from exposure. School facilifies being very slight
there, he afterwards moved to Nunda, Allegany Co. (now Livingston Co.), N. Y., where
were excellent high schools — then called academies — in one of which he became
lecturer on physiology and hygiene. In the spring of 1845 he moved to Madison,
Ind., going to Olean, N. Y., in a sleigh, and on appearance of the spring rise, floating
down Olean creek and the Allegheny river in a shanty built on a lumber raft — a
most delightful trip as his son remembers it — though it would seem rather slow now.
From Pittsburg the journey was made by steamboat. During his residence in Madison,
Ind., his failing health being unequal to the demands of a general medical practice,
he commenced the practice of dentistry, then in its infancy, which he continued dur-
ing the rest of his active life. In the fall of 1856 he moved to Beardstown, 111., where
he remained till the death of his wife in April, 1884, when he went to live with his
son and died at his home, April 7, 1885. He d. at K. C, April 7, 1885; res. Con-
way and Shelburne, Mass., Beardstown, 111., and Kansas City, Mo.

6443. i. Cornelia Elizabeth, b. Nov. 6, 1825; m. Sept. 21, 1843, Sherlock

A. Wals worth; res. Marshalltown, Iowa, 412 W. Boone St. He
is a cabinet-maker and furniture dealer, b. Jan. 12, 1820. Ch.:
DavidWhitney, b. June 17, 1844; d. Mar. 17, 1846; Arthur Avery,
b. Aug. 29, 1845; address, Tempe, Ariz.

6444. ii. Ellen Bruce, b. Mar. 11, 1827; unm. res. Beardstown, 111.

6445. iii. Elizabeth Smith, b. Feb. 29, 1829; m. Rev. J. S. Barwick. She

d. July 22, 1893, s. p. He is dead.

6446. iv. Benjamin R., b. Apr. 27, 1832; m. Mary Anne Conrad.

6447. V. David Victory, b. May 5, 1838; m. Ellen Ralston.

6448. vi. Two other ch. d. young.

3629. Elias Whitney (Jonathan, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.
Feb. 7, 1811; m. Mar. 17, 1833, Zelona Semira Carpenter; b. Sept. 5, 1811; d. Sept. 8,
1876; m. 2d, Mar. 20,1878, Fannie P. Leland, b. Dec. 7, 1815.

Elias Whitney purchased the farm near the junction of Beaver and Mt. Pleasant
Sts., Milford, now owned by the present Elias, June 12, 1764. That Elias was then
said to be of Framingham; and he bought said farm of James Heyward, a grandson
of " Great Meadow " Jonathan Heyward. The farm has remained in the possession of
the first Elias Whitney's descendants ever since, being one of the few that have re-
mained so long in the same lineage. Elias Whitney is a much-trusted man in town
affairs, especially in the oversight of the poor. He has been the leading overseer of
the poor for some 21 years, and for more than a year has had charge of the asylum.
He has also held various other responsible positions. He was buried by Montgom-
ery lodge A. F. & A. M., Sept. 30. 1888, with Masonic honors. He joined Montgomery
lodge A. F. & A. M., Aug., 1860, and held several offices in same. He d. Sept.
28, 1888; res. Milford, Mass. ^

6449. i. Charles Edward, b. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Mary Elizabeth Onion.

3630. Charles Barnes Whitney (Jonathan, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Milford, Apr. 16, 1814; m. Apr. 9, 1837, in Medway, Mary Ann Gary; b.
Jan. 9, 1813.

He was born in Milford, one of eleven children of Jonathan and Lavinia. He
attended school in Milford during winters, and summers worked on his father's farm.
He early manifested a predilection for business, trade and traffic. At the age of 18
he purchased his time of his father, for which he paid SIOO. In an old-fashioned
building near his father's house, with his brother-i.i-law, Joseph Welch, he began the
manufacture of boots on contract. In 1830 he went to Medway, Mass., and manu-
factured on a larger scale. About the time of his marriage he moved to Philadel-
phia and started a commission business for the sale of boots and shoes for Boston
firms; also for the sale of manufactured straw goods. Desiring to increase his capi-
tal, he took a partner who proved treacherous and dishonest, and he found himself
in debt eight thousand dollars. Closing out his business in Philadelphia he went to

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 419

Baltimore, Md., as salesman for Wheelwright & Co. There he showed his great
abilities as a judge and buyer of leather, making for his employers thousands of
dollars by his shrewdness in manipulating the leather market. Paid the debt.
Then the climate of Baltimore seemed prejudicial to his health, he returned north
in 1852 to Medway, Mass., re-engaged in the manufacture of boots on a large scale,
which continued to the close of the war, at the same time being a commission agent
for one of the largest firms in Boston. In 1870 he turned over his Medway manu-
factory to his son and removed to Boston, where he resided until his death.
Was a man of great force of character, and inherited all the qualities of economy,
industry and integrity which have made the descendants of the Pilgrims famous
from the Atlantic to the Pacihc. He d. May 14, 1874, at Hingham, Mass.; res. Mil-
ford, Mass., and Philadelphia, Pa.

6450. i. Mary Helen, b. Feb. 5. 1838; m. May 22, 1856, Dr. Henry W.

Browne, of Boston; res. Hubbardston, Mich. Ch.: Alice Ger-
trude, b. 1857; d. 1857; Maria Virginia, b. ]85«; d. Feb. 26, 1877;
Caroline Bancroft, b. 1860; m. C. E. George; Harry Artemus, b.
1864; d. Jan. 1867; Mary Viola, b. 1868; d. Sept. 30, 1874; Bessie,
b. 1874; Marguerite, b. 1877. Henry N. Browne is the youngest
son of the late Hon. Artemus Browne, of Medway, Mass., an
eminent physician and a noted public man of his day. Henry
W. Browne was born in Medway, Mass., Nov, 24, 1831. He
received his education in the Medway common and high
school, and entered Harvard University Medical Department
in 1853, graduating in March, 1856. He practiced his profes-
sion in his native town until the beginning of the war ot the
rebellion. May, 1861, he raised a company which was mustered
into the 2d Mass. Vols. He declined a commission, enlisted
with his company and was made sergeant, but owing to illness
was discharged in July following. In the fall of 1861 he en-
listed as private in Company I, 16th Mass. ^'ols.; July 24, 1862,
was promoted to assistant surgeon 31st Mass. \'ols., and on
Sept. 12, 1863, was commissioned surgeon 76th U. S. C. T.;
mustered out and honorably discharged December 31, 1865.
In the summer of 1869 he removed to Hubbardston, Mich.,
where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of his
profession. He was admitted to the bar in the Ionia County
Circuit Court in January, 1883. Has been justice of the peace,
three terms trustee and president of the town of Hubbardston,
member of the board of education, three terms commander of
G. A. R. Post, No. 234, aide-de-camp on staff of commander-
in-chief. He has represented his township on county commit-
tees, etc., and was elected on the Republican ticket to the
Michigan legislature by a plurality of 231 over his opponents.
Dr. Browne is a noted Shakespearian scholar and his recitals
from the works of the great dramatist delighted large audi-
ences during his stay at the capitol, as he had often done
before.
Charles E. L. B., b. Nov. 10, 1839; m. Augusta G. Nichols.
Geo. W., b. Feb. 14, 1844; m. Jenny True.
Frank Le'Prelate, b. July 6, 1851; m. Mary E. Brooks.
Jerry Wheelwright, b. Feb. 19, 1854; res. Sylvania, O.

3633. George Whitney (Jonathan, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b.
Mar. 15, 1821; m. Jan. 1, 1845, Louisa P. C. Lincoln; b. May 24, 1825; d. Sept. 7, 1889;

George Whitney was brought up on the Whitney farm. Bear Hill, in Milford,
Mass., and before marriage learned every branch of boot making, finally settling
down to the cutting department, which vocation he followed for forty years. Failing
health compelled him to give up work a little more than two years before his death.
His residence was always Milford, although he was at intervals employed at No.
Brookfield, Marlboro and Hopkinton, Mass. He was made an Odd Fellow in 1846,
and a Mason in 1861; was buried with Masonic honors at the age of 71, in the family
plot in the westerly part of Holliston June 6, 1892, Mongomery lodge of Masons,
of Milford, attending in a body. He d. June 3, 1892; res. Holliston, Mass.

6455. i. Elias, b. June 21, 1849; m. Mary E. Gleason.

6456. ii. Ella Jane, b. Apr. 10, 1852; d. Aug. 13, 1853.

6451.

ii.

6452.

iii.

6453.

iv.

6454.

V.

6460.

i.

6461.

11.

6462.

iii.

6463.

IV.

6464.

V.

6465.

vi.

6466.

VI 1.

6467.

viii.

6468.

IX.

420 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

3637. Lemuel Whitney (Laban, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b
Jan. 4, 1817; m. Feb. 22, 1846, Fannie Darling; b. Aug. 21, 1827; res. Milford. Mass.

6457. i. Revel E., b. Oct, 5, 1856; m. May 5, 1878, and d. Aug. 7, 1881, leav-

ing one ch.

6458. ii. Henry E., b. Oct. 7, 1859; m. Mary Smith.

6459. iii. Idella G., b. May 8, 1868; m. Dec. 25, 1888, in Milford, William

Damon; res. Brocton, Mass. He was b. Sept. 28, 1862. Ch.:
Edith Whitney, b. June 2, 1890.

3638. Laban Whitney (Laban, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin. John), b.
Bellingham, Mass., Jan. 6, 1815; m. Apr. 10, 1841, Mary Sickles; b. Dec. 20, 1821; d.
Dec. 13, 1877. He is a bootmaker; res. Stockport, N. Y.

Melissa, b. Dec. 15, 1842; m. Read; res. Caryville, Mass.

LvDL^.b. Sept. 21,1844; m. Feb. 10,1868, Aspin; res. Stock-
port, N. Y.

Lemuel W., b Aug. 19, 1846; res. Chatham, N. Y.

Fanny, b. July 2, 1848; m. House; res. Valatie, N. Y.

Hannah, b. Feb. 20, 1850; m. Houston; res. Stockport, N.Y.

John, b. Jan., 1853; m. Eliza Cufman; res. Chatham, N. Y.

William, b. Mar. 5, 1855; m. Carrie Jefers; res. Stuyvesant
Falls, N. Y.

Elsie, b. Sept. 29, 1857; m. Brierly; res. Cohoes, N. Y.

Alice, b. Aug. 23, 1864; res. Chatham, N. Y.

3641. Erastus Whitney (Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin,
John), b. Suffield, Conn., July 16, 1790; m. in Rupert, Vt., June 15, 1815, Thurza Harmon;
b. Oct. 27. 1790; d. Dec. 5, 1858. He d. Feb. 15, 1869; res. Greenwich, N. Y.

6469. i. Isaac A., b. Apr. 12, 1816; m. Jane Waters and Hattie Crowl.

6470. ii. Oliver H., b. June 27, 1820; m. June 6, 1877, Frances Ellen

Toomev, b. Jan. 16, 1837; res., s. p., Maquoketa, la.

6471. iii. WiLLARD W.. b. Feb. 26, 1823; m. Fanny P. Orton.

8653. James M. Whitney (Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin,
John), b. Greenwich, N. Y., Apr. 5, 1819; m. at Amboy, June 6, 1847, Mary E. Huntley,
b. Feb. 12, 1827. He is a carpenter and millwright; res. Amboy, N. Y., and Piano, 111.
James E., b. Aug. 18, 1849; m. Narcassa M. Mead.
WiLiSTON H.,b. July 2, 1850; bx. 62 Haughville, Ind., Marion Co.
Marcus W., b. Mar. 15, 1852; m. Ella E. Bradly.
Florence G., b. May 19, 1856; m. June 7, 1880, John W. Daley;
res. 201 Fullerton Ave., Chicago. John W. Daley was born July 15,
1853, at Syracuse, N. Y. Ch.: Essica I., b. June 22, 188o, at
Piano, 111.; Bertram E., b. Oct. 8, 1888, at Chicago, 111.; d. July
23, 1889, at Piano, 111.

6476. V. Fred A., b. Oct. 17, 1861; res. Chicago, 111.

6477. VI. Frank E., b. Nov. 25, 1863; res. 40 Rhine St., Chicago.

6478. vii. Geo. G., b. Apr. 22, 1867; res. Piano, 111.

3654. Asaph K. Whitney (Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin,
John), b. Jan. 27, 1822; m. . He d. in civil war; res. Hillsdale, Mich.

6479. i. Willie, b. .

36.55. George W. Whitney (Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin,
John), b. Greenwich, \. Y., Dec. 14, 1816; m. Sept. 17, 1838, Mary E. Hutchins; b.
July 22, 1822; d. Little Falls, Minn., May 12, 1858; m. 2d, at Galena, May 22, 1860,
Dorotha F. Thompson, b. May 13, 1825; res. Amboy, N. Y., Minneapolis and Little
Falls, Minn, Galena, 111., and Lansing, la.

6480. i. David D., b. Mar. 22, 1846; m. Ada B. Halpin.

6481. ii. Jerusha, b. July 20, 1839; m. 1859, Arthur Gardin, res. 1606 6th

St., north, Minneapolis.

6482. iii. Car.milly, b. Jan. 13, 1841; m. Sept., 1858, Hiram Dillon; res.

2735 29th Ave., south, Minneapolis.

6483. iv. Ineze, b. July 16, )850; m. 1874, Leroy Fellows; res. Clay Center,

Kan.

6484. V. Georgianna, b. Jan., 1853; m. 1872, Albert Holt. She d. at

Kankakee, 111., in 1886.

6485. vi. Nellie, b. Apr. 2, 1861; m. Norris; res. Lansing.

6472.

i.

6473.

11.

6474.

Ill

6475.

iv

64«9.

ii.

6490.

HI.

6491.

IV.

6492.

V.

6493.

VI.

6494.

Vll

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 421

6486. vii. Grant U., b. Apr. 17, 1864; m. Mary T. Hentrich.

6487. viii. Alice, b. Apr. 14, 1866; m. Sept., 1885, I. I. Gerber; res. 402

W. Lake St., Minneapolis.

3658. Jason C. Whitney (Samuel, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.

Macomb, Mich,, Feb. 9, 1839; m. Aug. 28, 1864, Elida Berney; b. ; d. June

"22, 1875; m. 2d, Oct. 8, 1876, Lettie E. Heyman. He is a carpenter by trade, but
for many years has followed farming; res. Pt. Sanilac, Mich.

6488. i. William L., b. Sept. 8, 1866; res. Ann Arbor, Mich.
Arthur E., b. Nov. 20, 1869; res. Port S.
Annie E., b. Dec. 11, 1873; res. Mt. Clemens.
Edward, b. Sept. 3, 1879.
Alice May, b. Feb. 4, 1881.
Lulu G., b. Feb. 14, 1885.
Fred J., b. Mar. 22, 1891.

3660. William Henry Whitney (Samuel, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Macomb, Mich., Dec. 16, 1840; m. Nov. 16, 1865, Mary Euretta Kellogg; b.
Aug. 20, 1844. He is a well-to-do farmer; res. Nashville, Mich.

6495. i. Arletta Estella, b. May 2, 1876; m. June 25, 1890,

McCartney.

6496. ii. Charles Emory, b. Mar. 22, 1869.

6497. iii. Gertrude Sophronia, b. Jan. 11, 1874.

3662. George Clay Whitney (Samuel, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John),
b. July 13, 1844; m. June 17, 1877, Martha A. Fries. He served in the late war in a
Michigan regiment. Is a farmer; 3 ch.; res. Mt. Clemens, Mich.

3663. Milton I. Whitney (Samuel, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Macomb, Mich., June 4, 1846; m. in Chicago, July 5,1876, Elizabeth M. Fuller; b.
Toronto, Sept. 11, 1858. He served during the war until its close in a Michigan
regiment. For many years he has been a teacher and principal in the Detroit pub-
lic schools; res. Detroit, Mich., 209 Hancock Ave.

6498. i. Robert A., b. Apr. HO, 1877.

6499. ii. Jessie E., b. Feb. 10, 1879; d. June 10, 1880.

6500. iii. Ralph M., b. July 31, 1880; d. Sept. 24, 1880.

6501. iv. Roger S., b. July 31, 1880; d. Sept. 25, 1880.

6502. v. Winnifred R., b. Mar. 2, 1885.

3674. Stephen Whitney (John F., Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
May 12, 1850; m. Apr. 11, 1872, Emma S. Immers. He was born in Mt. Clemens,
Mich., and is a well-to-do farmer at Macomb; res. Macomb, Mich.

Florence L., b. Aug. 17, 1873.

Clara E., b. Nov. 7, 1875; m. June 29, 1892, Orville Davis.

Bertha F., b. Mar. 27, 1878.

Grace P.,.b. Apr. 23, 1881.

Maude, b. 1883.

Clarence, b. May 15, 1887.

3677. Courtland Whitney (John F., Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Aug. 23, 1862; m. June 21, 1886, Mary Augusta Cluby. He was born in Mt. Clemens
and is a well-known and well-to-do farmer; res. Macomb, Mich.; s. p.

3678. James \'oak Whitney (Jesse, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Macomb, Mich., Jan. 4, 1839; m. May 20, 1867, Mary Elizabeth Taylor; b. Feb. 22,
1848. Served in the late war in a Michigan regiment; res. Grand Rapids, Mich, 26
Page St.

6509. i. Lewis L., b. July 11, 1871; d. Apr. 11, 1874.

6510. ii. James, b. Aug. 29, 1887; d. Aug. 29, 1887.

3678. Horace Isaac Whitney (Jesse, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b.
Macomb, Mich., July 10, 1836; m. in Disco, 1860, Marion M. Preston; b. Aug. 1, 1842;
•d. Nov. 28, 1862; m. 2d, Mar. 8, 1864, Mary Elizabeth Saxon. He served in the late
-war in a Michigan regiment; is a farmer. He d. Dec. 12, 1882; res. Washington,
Mich,

6511. i. Herbert Albert, b. Oct. 27, 1860; unm.; res. Disco, Mich.; is an

electro plater.

6503.

i.

6504.

ii.

6505.

111.

6506.

iv.

6507.

v.

6508.

vi.

422 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6512. ii. Geo. L., b. Feb. 14, 1865; m. Lizzie Curry.

6513. iii. W.M. H.,b. Jan. 8, 1868; m. Lucy E. Mason.

6614. iv. Marion Helen, b. Sept. 11, 1869; m. Feb., 1890, Julius Knapp;
res. Washington. Ch.: Blanche E., b. Aug. 30, 1892.

6515. V. Minnie E., b. Nov. 14, 1862; m. Dec. 25, 1883, Paine.

6516. vi. Jessie L., b. Dec. 21, 1871; res. Washington.

6517. vii. James T., b. Mar. 9, 1875; res. Washington.

6518. viii. John J., b. Dec. 23, 1873; res. Bad Axe, Mich.

6519. ix. Horace Frank, b. Mar. 10, 1879; res. W^ashington, Mich.

3684. Col. Loren H. W^hitney (James W., Fisher, Jason, Mark, Benjamin
John), b. Ohio, Sept. 12, 1834; m. Apr. 2, 1857, m Belvidere, 111., Rebecca Foster; b.
Julv 1, 1836; d. Jan. 28, 1859; m. 2d, Oct. 2, 1866, La Porte, Ind., Mary Munson, b. Aug.
1, 1847.

Col. Loren H. Whitney is widely known as an able lawyer, a brave and gallant
soldier, and an author of considerable repute. He is a native of Ohio, and is a fair
type of the men who have so ably and honorably represented that great common-
wealth wherever men of learning, eloquence, and scientific attainments were needed,
or the tented field required them. He was born in Berlin, Erie county, O. His
mother was a relative of the famous Harper Brothers, New York. In 1848 the family
moved to DeKalb county, 111., where Loren attended school until he was about six-
teen years old, when, lured by the glowing accounts of Mississippi, he joined a
number of young men of his neighborhood in a resolution to go to that state and
seek a fortune; but when the tmie came to go all changed their purpose, excepting
young Whitney, who started on foot, with staff in hand, and carpet bag, alone, and
with but one dollar and seventy-five cents in his pocket. His father refused him
assistance, hoping to deter him from going, but he was not made of the stuff that
yields. In two and a half days he walked to Peru, seventy miles from home, and after
paying for a meal he balanced his cash account and found but ten cents in his
favor. Something had to be done. He offered his services to the engineer of a
little steamer lying at the wharf, and about to move out. He represented that he
could do anything and everything, and was engaged as boy of all work, with the
stipulation that he would be paid whatever his services were considered worth. He
continued in this employment five weeks, and was paid twenty-eight dollars, and
promised fifty dollars per month to continue, but declined the offer and went to
Bolivia county, Miss., where he passed the winter. He contracted with a planter
to throw up a levee on the banks of the Mississippi and made a handsome profit on
his contract. He went across the plains to California in 1855, with a company of
gold-hunters, and there worked a gold mine and made money enough to enable him
to return and gratify his young ambition to pursue a college course of study, com-
pleting a four years' course in two years. He was a bright and apt student, always
among the foremost in his class. He then entered the law office of the late Gen.
Stephen A. Hurlbut, at Belvidere, 111., and subsequently attended Asbury University,
Indiana, and still later was admitted to the bar, the committee that examined him
complimenting him highly on his proficiency, though he had read law but one year.
When the war broke out he was practicing his profession, but entered the army as
captain in the Eighth Regiment 111. Vol. Cavalry, one of the best regiments in the
Army of the Potomac. When Gen. McClellan advanced on Manassas Gap, Capt.
Whitney, at the head of Sumner's cavalry, led the way. While sitting on a " Quaker
cannon " at Manassas he conceived the idea of writing for the press, but before an
hour's thought concluded to write a full history of the war, and carried that purpose
into execution, and his first volume was published in 1863. He served with valor in
the peninsula campaign, and in the battles around Richmond, and was offered the
position of major on Gen. Sumner's staff, but declined it to accept a colonelcy, as he
supposed, of one cf the new regiments from his state, but when he returned it
proved to be a lieutenant-colonelcy that was intended, and he declined it, but was
mstrumental afterward in organizing two more regiments which went to the field.
During this time he wrote and published the first volume of his history of the War
of the Rebellion, a work which will compare favorably with the best of the many
histories of that great conflict. It is a clear setting forth of the inciting causes and
philosophy of the rebellion, and an accurate and full history of the facts and inci-
dents attending its prosecution and culmination. Governor Yates requested him to
organize another regiment of infantry, which he did in three weeks' time, and being
made its colonel, led it to the front in Mississippi. In 1864 he was put in command
of a force sent out to intercept and drive away Gen. Forrest, who, at the head of a

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424 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

large force of cavalry, was committing depredations on our railroad and telegraph
lines and destroying our communications, and Col. Whitney was not defeated in a
single contest with that noted rebel leader, though he had many fights and skirmishes,
and succeeded in driving him away. Thence he went to Missouri with his com-
mand and was engaged against Gen. Price in 1864. During his service he partici-
pated in twelve great battles and forty skirmishes, and was wounded twice. As an
evidence of the appreciation of his bravery, and of the esteem in which he was held
as an officer and man, his officers and men presented him with an elegant sword,
case of pistols and a field glass. The sword, blood-stained, is still retained as a
reminder of the great conflict. In 1866, when returning from Washington, where he
had been to settle his accounts, he became acquainted with Miss Mary Munson, who
was on her way home from college, and a year later married her. After leaving the
service he settled at Chicago in the practice of his profession, and has been success-
ful, standing well at the bar as an honorable and faithful attorney and counselor.
In 1875 he went to Topeka, Kan., and while there wrote a compendium of Kansas
Reports, making an octavo volume of nine hundred pages, which added to his reputa-
tion as an able and thorough lawyer. He was solicited to run for congress while there,
but declined and returned to Chicago in 18T7, and renewed the practice of the law,
and is now (1895) so engaged. Of Col. Whitney the Bench and Bar of Chicago says:
" He is a stalwart Republican, a fluent, ready, graceful speaker, and his voice is
heard in advocacy of the principles and platform of that party in all important
campaigns. He has a commanding presence, is six feet two inches in height,
the regulation height of a regular Buckeye, and is one who, even on first sight, leaves
the impression of being more than an ordinary man in all respects. He stands well
in the community and has the confidence and esteem of all who know him inti-
mately. He is yet a young man, but his life work up to the present time, in so far
as it is known and read of men, is to his credit." In July, 1882, he presided at the Cook
county convention which elected delegates to the Republican state convention, and in
the following fall was nominated for the legislature from the twelfth ward, but declined
lobe a candidate, although he received the largest majority of any one ever nomi-
nated in that ward. Col. Whitney is prominent in Grand Army circles, and is a true
friend of every worthy cause; res. Chicago, 111.; ad. 125 Clark St., r. .38.

6520. ii LlLLi.^N, b. Oct. 20, 1871; m. Aug. 17, 1891, Morris Herriman; res.

River Forrest, 111.

6521. iii. Mabel, b. Mav 22, 1876; res. at home.

6522. i. Eva, b. Jan. 28, 1859; m. Apr. 1, 1889, 1. Baxter; res. Shell City,

Mo. 1 ch., Joseph W.

3685. Samuel D. Whitney (James W., Fisher, Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John),
b. Berlin, O., Oct. 26, 1836; m. in Belvidere, 111., Apr. 2, 1857, Harriett Vail; b. June
5, 1837; res. Kingston, 111.

6523. i. IvA L.,b. Jan. 27, 1860; m. June 5, 1888, Thomas J. Foster; res. K.
Ch.: Martha A., b. Mar. 20, 1889; Whitney F., b. Oct. 8, 1890.

Lorenzo H., b. Mar. 28, 1863; m. Maggie Reitzel.
Charles L., b. Feb. 28, 1867; m. Carrie Thurston.
James Wm., b. May 13, 1870; res. K.
Gertrude, b. Aug. 18, 1877; res. K.
Harrison Harper, b. Jan. 9, 1880; res.' K.

3687. Sergt. William H. Whitney (James W., Fisher, Jason, Mark, Benja-
min, John), b. Oct. 26, 1844; m. in Ohio, Marcy Hamer; d. Feb. 1, 1879, in Denver,
Col. He was a mason by trade, enlisted in the war and served in the 8th 111. Cavalry.
He d. in Denver, Col., Apr. 11, 1872; res. Webster Citv, la., and Chicago, 111.

6529. i. William H., b. Oct. 26,1870; is clerk in Chicago P. O.; res. 611

60th St.; d. June Vi, 1894.

6530. ii. Nellie, b. Dec. 2, 1867; m. Joseph Kline and d. s. p. Norwalk,

Ohio, Apr. 18, 1885.

3691. George Henry Whitney (David M., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Sept. 18, 1830, in Natick, Mass.; m. Sept. 14, 1853, at Bedford, Mich., Mary
Jane Hubbard; b. Oct. 21, 1835. He is a locomotive engineer; res. 3326 Market St.,
Denver, Col.

Harlan H., b. Sept. 26, 1854; m. , Denver, Col.

HATTiE,b. Aug. 20, 1856; m. May 18, 1875; res. Marengo, Kan.

David H., b. Dec. 14, 1858; res. Marengo, Kan.

Edward H., b. Feb. 27, 1861; res. at home.

6524.

ii.

6525.

ni.

6526.

IV.

6527.

V.

6528.

vi.

6531.

6532.

u.

6533.

in.

6534.

iv.

6536.

i.

6537.

ii.

6538.

iii

6539.

iv,

6540.

V.

6541.

6542.

ii.

6543.

iii

6544.

iv

6545.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 425

3692. Samuel B. H. Whitney (David M., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Oct. 11, 1832, in Natick, Mass.; m. Mrs. Hiram Thurston; she res.
Cochituate. He was a soldier durmg the late war in the 1st Mass. Cavalry. He
d. Dec. 12, 1884; res. Cochituate, Mass.

6535. i. Homer; res. Cochituate, Mass.

3694. Harlan Harrison Whitney (David M., George, Jason. Mark, Benja-
min, John), b. Natick, Mass., Mar. 7, 1838; m. Sept. 19, 1862, Marian S. Stowell, of
Framingham, Mass. He was a shoemaker, enlisted in Company H, 13th Mass. \'ols.,
res. Natick, Mass.; s. p.

3696. Frank Hayden Whitney (David M., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin
John), b. Natick, Mass., July 28, 1845; m. m Chicago, 111., Aug. 17, 1876, Adelaide
Green; b. Oct. 10, 1852. He is a locomotive engmeer; res. 86 Douglass Ave., Fort
Wayne, Ind.

Lottie Hayden, b. July 2, 1877.

Geo. Burgess, b. July 17, 1879.

Floyd Hawley, b. Mar. 27, 1881; d. Dec. 31, 18S3.

Chas. Thurman, b. Oct. 3, 1888.

Ethel V., b. Mar. 20, 1891.

3699. Joseph Leland Whitney (Freeman S., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Natick, Aug. 18, 1835; m. at West Newton, Apr. 24, 1855, Martha Jane
Richards; b. in Roxbury, Mar. 19, 1834. He is a gardener; res. Natick, Mass.
Charles Sumner, b. May 17, 1856; d. Feb. 27, 1861.
Willie Crawford, b. Sept. 4, 1857; d. Jan. 29, 1858.
Freeman Sears, b. June 28, 1859; d. Dec. 17, 1859.
RoxY Estella, b. Aug. 16, 1861; d. Sept. 17, 1861.
Eveline Louise, b. Apr. 4, 1864; m. Apr. 4, 1883, Walter Everett
Rogers; res. Natick, Mass.; stenographer. Ch.: Charles Wel-
lington, b. Aug. 31, 1884, in Boston; Berthold Whitney, b. May
9, 18><6, in Boston; Geneva Florence, b. March 6, 1890, in
Natick.

6546. vi. Charles Free.man, b. Sept. 5, 1869, m. Edith Ward Savage.

3702. Dr. Stillman S. Whitney (Samuel S., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Dedham, Aug. 4, 1849; m. .

The only son of the late Dr. Whitney and Sarah Whitney was born in
Dedham, Aug. 4, 1849. After graduating from the Dedham high school he spent a
short time in active business, but decided to follow the profession of his father, and
took up the medical profession, graduating from the " Homeopathic School of Med-
icine," in Boston, Mass. He possessed the same intuitive faculty of grasping the
cause of disease, and of the methods to be employed to restore health as his father.
He settled in Allston, Mass., a suburb of Boston, and established a good practice.
But after three years his health failed, and he died. He d. Nov. 6, 1886; res. Ded-
ham, Mass., s. p.

3703. James Coxetter Whitney (John A., George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Natick, Mass., Sept. 5, 1863; m. Sept. 18, 1890, at St. John, N. B., Louise M.
Horton; b. May 2, 1863. Was an attorney at law in Boston. He d. Nov., 1893; res.
Needham, Mass.; s. p.

3717. Harvey Harmden Whitney (Ebenezer, George, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Dedham, Mass., Feb. 18, 1854; m. Feb. 24, 1875, Lizzie M. Sanders; b. Mav
11, 1847. He is in the insurance business in Boston, at 30 Kilby St.; res. Natick,
Mass.

6547. i. Howard Francis, b. June 16, 1879.

3724. John Heath Whitney (Elisha, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John),
b. Mar. 8, 1808; m. Sarah Skinner. He d. Jan. 27, 1842; res. Boston, Mass.

6548. i. Caroline, b. Dec. 14, 1835; d. Sept. 25, 1838.

6549. ii. John Heath, b. Feb. 24, 1838; m. Harriett A. Bates.

6550. iii. Richard Skinner, b. Apr. 22. 1840.

3728. Nathaniel Davis Whitney (Elisha, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John,
John), b. Roxbury, Mass., Dec. 11, 1816; m. Sept. 19, 1839, Laura Ann Langton; b.
Oct. 11, 1819; res. Roxbury, Mass.

28

426 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6551. i. Laura Elizabeth, b. June 26, 1840; d. July 20, 1854.

6552. ii. Carrie, b. Oct. 9, 1842; m. June 1, 1866, George Myrick; res.

Hotel Willard, Brooklme, Mass. He was b. May 9, 1832; d.
Dec. 26, 1877; wholesale grocer. Ch.: Carrie, b. May 25, 1868;
d. May 25, 1868; George, b. June 7, 1869; d. June 7, 1869; Whit-
ney, b. June 15, 1871; d. Dec. 1, 1882; Edith, b. Sept. 3, 1873; d.
Dec. 6, 1873.

6553. iii. Theodore D., b. Julv 2, 1847; m. Annie I. Richardson.

6554. IV. Geo. Drucker, b. Apr. 13, 1849; d. Nov. 7, 1878.

3730. Benjamin Duick Whitney (Asa, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John,
John), b. Nov. 6, 1807; m. in Northboro, Sept. 20, 1830, Elizabeth Williams; b. May
25, 1805; d. Apr. 24, lt49;m. 2d in Vicksburg, Miss., Feb. 5, 1863, Charlotte E. Gen-
ella; b. Nov. 21, 1842; d. Sept. 6, 1865.

He graduated at Harvard college in the class of 1828, with R. C. Winthrop and
Dr. Bowditch, of Boston. He was for many years a Boston merchant, and was later
in New Orleans, Vicksburg and Washington. His children lived in Cambridge, and
he spent the last years of his life in their home filled with tender associations. He
retained a strong interest in his alma mater and in his classmates to the end of his
life. He d. in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 24, 1892; res. Vicksburg, Miss.

6555. i, Nancy Williams, b. Oct. 1, 1832; m. Aug. 15, 1861, Jeffries

Wyman. She d. Feb. 2U, 1864. He was b. Aug. 8, 1815; d. Sept.
4, 1874. Ch.: Jeffries, b. Feb. 3, 1864; m. June 1, 1892, Helen
Mackey; b. July 30, 1867; is with the Bell Telephone Co., in
Boston, Mass.; ch., Helen Mackey, b. Mar. 17, 1893.

Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1834; unm.; res. 10 Ash St., Cambridge, Mass.

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1836; res. Camb.

Alice Orne, b. Jan. 10, 1839; res. Camb.

Stephen Wms., b. Mar. 23, 1841; res. 68 Washington place, New
York City.

Emily, b. Sept. 8, 1843; res. Camb. ,

Benjamin, b. Sept. 10, 1846; d. Nov. 26, 1856.

Charles Henry, b. Apr. 16, 1849; d. Dec. 6, 1867.

Benjamin, b. Jan. 15, 1864; m. Annie Dexter Perry.

3735. Asa Hammond Whitney (Asa, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John),
b. Boston, June 17, 1819; m. Oct. 3, 1842, Laura Lefiingwell Henshaw; b. June 23,
1820; d. Apr. 20, 1886.

He was born in Boston and was graduated at Harvard college in 1838. After leav-
ing college he made a voyage to the Mediterranean for his health and subsequently
went to Rio de Janerio as supercargo. On his return he embarked in business as a
junior partner in the house of Henshaw & Whitney, wholesale druggists, in Boston.
He resided in Cambridge, but subsequently removed to Norfolk, Va., where he man-
aged the financial affairs of the Seaboard & Roanoke R. R. He was a man of great
energy and earnestness of character. He d. Oct. 7, 1858; res. Vicksburg, Miss.

6564. i. Laura L., b. June 15, 1843; d. Jan. 24, 1870.

6565. ii. Anna H., b. Nov. 30, 1844; res. Lancaster, Mass. She was born in

Cambridge, Mass., spent her childhood there and in Norfolk,
Va., and in 1856 was sent to boarding school with her elder sister,
at Keene, N. H. In 1858 they entered Lasell seminary. Auburn-
dale, Mass., graduating in 1860. The following autumn she
returned there as teacher remaining two years, after which she
taught one year in a private school in Worcester. In Feb., 1864,
she went to Lancaster, Mass., to be assistant in the academy.
It was afterwards changed to a public free high school. With
the exception of a year in Europe, 1880-81, she continued at any
work until 1888, when it seemed best to take up something dif-
ferent for the sake of health. Since then she has been farming on
a small and unremunerative scale. Always fond of nature and of
animals, especially dogs, in earliest days she had greyhounds,
then Newfoundlands, Mexicans, King Charles, and mongrels.
In 1875 Mr. L. B. Collins, the principal of the high school here, im-
ported some pure bred St. Bernards. She had owned two before,
but of doubtful pedigree. Mr. Collins offered her the first choice
of the first litter. She selected a female, and, with it founded

6566.

ii.

6557.

111.

6558.

IV.

6559.

v.

6560.

vi.

6561.

Vll.

6562.

vni.

6563.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

427

6566. iii.

6567. iv.

6568. V.

6569. vi.

her kennels. During her connection with the schools here had
the honor of serving as a member of the school committee for
several years, during a part of the time as chairman. She was
also a member of the
Public Library board
of trustees, serving as
secretary and treas-
urer. In each case she
was the only lady mem-
ber. 1870 to 1»80 she
was able to do some
work in drawing and
painting, teaching
drawing in the public
schools of an adjoin-
ing large town and
private classes else-
where, besides having
a studio with a friend
here. Of late years she
has endeavored to live
out of doors as much
as possible, and with
most satisfactory re-
sults as to health. Most
unintentionally she has

become somewhat a public character in connection with dogs.
Several years ago she was asked to judge St. Bernards, New-
foundlands and pugs at the New York annual exhibition. She
accepted and has done it ever since, officiating at various other
places here and in Canada also.

Catherine Dean, b. June 17, 1849; m, Robert George Lawton, of
Hudson, N. Y.; b. 1839, on the English frigate Narcissus, off Ha-
vana, Cuba, May 81, 1871; Mr. Lawton is a resident of Ha-
vana, a member of Lawton Bros., bankers. Ch. : Robert Hen-
shaw, b. in Havana Apr. 3, 1872; d. at Lancaster, Mass.; Sydney
Allan, b. in Lancaster, Mass., Nov. 2. 1878; Ethel Whitney, b.
in Lancaster, Mass., Oct. 4, 1875; Richard Henshaw, b. in Lan-
caster, Mass., Mar. 23, 1888; Sydney Allan is a member of the
class of 1895, Harvard university.

Hammond M., b. June 28, 1851; m. Catherine Reed.

Emily Starks, b. July 10, 1854.

Richard Sullivan, b. June 19, 1846; d. Aug. 23, 1847.

ANNA H. WHITNEY.

3738. Rev. Daniel Sanderson Whitney (Amaziah, Caleb, Caleb, Timothy*
John, John, John), b. Danvers, Feb. 4, 1810; m. June 23, 1843, Hannah Sophia Phillips
Cotton ;b. Oct. 16,1810.

Mr. Whitney studied for the mmistry with Rev. Paul Dean, of Boston, and was
ordained as an evangelist by the Massachusetts Association of Restorationists. He
is a warm-hearted, conscientious, earnest preacher of practical Christianity in its
various reformatory bearings, though never settled as a pastor. He has preached at
different periods for longer or shorter terms in Middlesex village. West Boylstonand
Berlm. Also lectured much on temperance and other reforms. He was one of the
original coadjutors in the attempt to establish the Cummunity at Hopedale; com-
menced there in 1842, his wife likewise becoming a member and the family continu-
ing till 1850. Since then he has resided in other localities, namely, Southboro, where
he was postmaster in 1871. While residing in Boylston that town elected him its
delegate to the state convention of 1853 for revising the constitution. Concerning his
participation in that body, he dryly says: " The only things that made me a white
crow in that convention were my advocacy of the proposition to leave the term male
out of the constitution, as Francis Jackson and his friends desired it should be, and
the proposition to put aside the military organization and intrust the execution of the
laws to the legal voters, who really enacted them; " res. Boylston, Milford and South-
boro, Mass.

6570. i. Daniel C, b. May 8, 1843; d. July 31, 1850.

428 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6571. ii. Mary P. C, b. Mar. 12. 1B49: m. Nov. 24, 1870, John D. Billings.

6572. iii. Alice G. C, b. July 21,1852; m. July 20, 1871, Hazen J. Burton ;

five ch.

3739. William Whitney (Stephen, Timothy, Moses, Timothy, John, John,
John), b. West Roxbury, Mass.; m. Harriett Faxon. He d. in 1859; res. Quincy,
Mass.

6573. i. Henry C, b. June 28, 1843. He served in Co. A, 32d Mass. Vols.

during the war, and at present resides at the Soldiers' Home in
Chelsea, Mass.

6574. ii. Helen F., b. 1847; m. Geo. H. Bridge.

3744. Clark Whitney (William B., Samuel. Joseph, Timothy, John, John,

John), b. June 7, 1806; m. Elizabeth ; b. Feb. 10, 1820; d. June 4, 1852. He d.

July 29, 1852; res. in Wisconsin.

6575. i. Lydia Ann, b. Mav 1, 1845; m. Fred S. Ellis; res. Green Bav,

Wis.

6576. ii. Ellen, b. Jan., 1849; d. Mar. 23, 1855.

6577. iii. Lemuel, b. .

6578. iv. Arvetta, b. Apr. 6, 1852; d. Aug. 6, 1852.

3745. William Bartholomew Whitney (William B., Samuel, Joseph, Tim-
othy, John, John, John), b. Massachusetts Oct. 4, 1803; m. Oct. 30, 1832, Charity Weese;
b. Aug. 30, 1817; d. Jan. 15, 1884. He was a farmer. He d. Aug. 19, 1884; res. Sophias-
burg, Ont.

6579. i. John, b. Mar. 1, 1834; m. Hannah E. Spafford.

6580. ii. Henry L., b. Mar. 2, 1840; m. Lettitia .A.nn Sprung.

6581. iii. Daniel, b. Jan. 8, 1836; m. Nancy De Long.

6582. iv. Paul L., b. Aug. 30, 1851; m. Hannah E. Hubbs and Annie

Barton.

6583. v. Margaret Ann, b. Nov. 28, 1844; m. Nov. 5, 1862, Rev. Royal M.

Ainsworth; res. Danville, Ont. He was b. Mar. 7, 1839. He is
a clergyman, pastor of the Disciples of Christ church. Ch.:
Benjamin Cory, b. July 6, 1863; m. Sept. 14, 1893; address, 212
Woodward Ave,, Detroit, Mich.; Henrv Franklin, b. Nov. 5,
1866; m. May 7, 1893; P. O. address, 202 Flint St., Rochester, N.
Y. ; Thomas Haldon, b. Aug. 14, 1868; m. in the month of Aug.,
1889; P. O. address, 826 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Lemuel
Cremer, b. May 23, 1871 ; P. O. address. Box 46, Ridgetown, Ont.,
Can.

6584. vi. Olive, b. Aug. 9, 1842; m. Apr. 12, 1859, Peter Ainsworth, b. Apr.

24, 1837; m. 2d, John Thomas; res. Rochester, N. Y.

6585. vii. David Oliphant, b. Aug. 7, 1847; d. Apr. 12, 1848.

6586. viii. Lyuia Louisa, b. Dec. 6, 1839; m. Mar. 23, 1856, Wesley Wood;

res. Mountainview, Ont. He is a farmer; was b. Apr. 23, 1834.
Ch.: Charity Ann, b. Feb. 14, 1857; m. John Vancleaf, 1879, Hill-
ier, Ont.; Margaret Orinda, b. lulv 9, 1859; m. John H. Chap-
man, 1879, Bloomfield, Ont.; Horace Greeley, b. Sept. 19, 1872;
unm.; Mountain View, Ont.; William Elgin, b. Sept. 10, 1875;
unm.; Mountain View, Ont.

6587. ix. Flora Josephine, b. Aug. 28, i859; m. Nov. 26, 1883, Daniel

Dies, b. July 4, 1858; is a farmer; res. Center, Herkimer Co., N.
Y. Ch.: Herbert, b. Feb. 14, 1884; d. Mar. 12, 1884; Winifred,
b. Dec. 30, 1889; Myrtle, b. Aug. 6, 1893.
6688. X. Victoria, b. June 23, 1849; d. July 26, 1849.

3746. Samuel Whitney (William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John,
John), b. Ontario, Dec. 1, 1«09; m. June 23, 1831, Mary Cole; b. Aug. 9, 1810. She d.
in Brighton, Ontario, Feb. 15, 1868. He was a farmer. He d. July 6, 1854; res.
Sophiasburg, Ont.

6589. i. Isaac b. July 1, 1834; m. Laura Puffer.

6590. ii. Simon Lawrence, b. July 28, 1832; m. Minerva Phillips.
6691. iii. Albert, b. June 12, 1844; m. Mahala Jane Phillips.

- 6592. iv. Catherine Harriett, b. Mar. 15, 1839; m. May 6, 1855, John
McNelley,b. Mar. 19, 1836; res. Codington, Ont.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 429

6593. V. Hannah Mary, b. Apr. 6, 1840; m. Nov. 23, 1859. William Wash-

burn, b. Mar. 10, 1840; res. Lake, Ont.

6594. vi. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 10, 1846; m. May 16, 1868, Ebenezer Phillips;

farmer; b. Apr. 25, 1841; res. Codington, Ont.

3749. Norman Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John,
b. Chesterfield, N. Y., May 16, 1802; m. at Keeseville, Nov. 3, 1825, Mary Wilcox For-
syth; b. Mar. 16, 1804; d. Apr. i6, 1891. He was a contractor and builder. He d.
July 9, 1888; res. Keeseville, N. Y.

6595. i. Nelson, b. Oct. 11, 1826; m. Jennie Chamberlin.

6596. li. Henry J., b. Feb. 11, 1828; m. Julia Van Dusen.

6597. iii. Samuel, b. May 20, 1831; unm.; res. Oshkosh, Wis. Is a civil

engineer.

6598. iv. Daniel, b. Apr. 18, 1833; m. Margaret Satchell.

6599. v. Mary, b. Mar. 29, 18.35; d. Oct. 25. 1843.

6600. vi. Helen, b. Nov. 13, J829; d. Aug. 5, 1830.

6601. vii. Harriett, b. Aug. 11, 1837; d. Sept. 19, 1855.

6602. viii. E.mily S., b. Nov. 15, 1839; unm.; res. Keeseville, N. Y.

6603. ix. Charles, b. Ian. 16. 1844; m. Rboda Phelps.

6604. X. George R., b. May 18. 1846; d. Oct. 30, 1855.

6605. xi. Martha M., b. Apr. 23, 1842; d. Apr. 1, 1843.

3750. David Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
-; m. Maria Wright. She m. again and went to California; res. Green P>ay,

Wis.

6606. i. Israel, b. ; went to California.

6607. li. Helen, b. ; went to California.

6608. iii. Dwight, b. ; went to California.

6f'09. iv. Harriett, b. ; went to California.

6610. V. Emily, b. ; went to California.

3754. Capt. Daniel Milo Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothv, John,
John, John), b. Chesterfield, N. Y., July 23, 1815; m. Aug. 2, 18.37. at Keeseville, N. Y..
Emily Reynolds; b. at Whitehall, N.Y., June 11,1813; d. at Green Bay, Wis., June 29,
1880.' Daniel M. Whitney was born in Chesterfield, Essex Co., N. Y., July 23, 1813.
His early life was passed on a farm at Port Douglass, near Keeseville, N. Y. When a
young man he belonged to the state militia of New York, and was appointed as en-
sign in the 37th Regiment of Infantry in 1832 by Gov. Enos T. Throop. (His commis-
sion signed by the governor his son, Rev. Geo. A., has in his possession.) In 18.33 he
came west to Green Bay (then Navarino), Wis., and was in the employ of his
uncle, Daniel Whitney, one of the early settlers of that place. He contmued in his
uncle's employ for many years and traveled considerably in his interest. He after-
wards entered into mercantile business and later became largely engaged in river
navigation. For a number of years he commanded one of the larger bay steamers,
the Fannie Fisk, plying between Green Bay and Marinette. For several years he
was a large mail contractor between Green Bay and Lake Superior. In 1862 he was
appointed postmaster at Green Bay; about the year 1869 he was appointed deputy
U. S. marshal, an office which he held until his death, was also sheriff of Brown
county. The funeral was the largest ever held in that city. He d. June 6, 1878; res.
Green Bay, Wis.

6611. i. George A., b. Sept. 29, 18.38; m. Marian J. Sherwood.

6612. ii. Henry E., b. July 15, 1843; m. Mary E. Brown and Marion

Roberts.

6613. iii. Charlotte Safford, b. Dec. 12, 1846; m. June 2, 1869, Augus-

tus Heber Reynolds, b. June 22, 1846; res. 435 Webster Ave..
Green Bay, Wis. Ch.: Henry Douglass, b.July 9, 1872; d. Sept.
23, 1884.

6614. iv. Myra Ellen, b. Oct. 3, 1850 (adopted); m. (see) John O. Day, Jr.

res. Milwaukee.

3755. John Clark Whitney (Samuel, Samuel. Joseph, Timothv, John, John.
John), b. Chesterfield. N. Y., Mav 19, 1821; m. May 13, 1846. Harriett V. Dickinson;
b. at Middlebury, Vt.. Oct. 13, 1826; d. Mav 2, 1880. He was a farmer. He d. Apr.
27, 1892; res. Weyauwega, Wis.

6615. i. ' Edwin H., b. July 22, 1854; m. Caroline Borngesser.

430

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6617. ii.

6618. Hi.

6619. iv.

6620. V.

6621. vi.

6622. vii.

James H., b. Feb. 2. 1847; m.

and Louise Schultz.

William C, b. Sept. 19, 1850; m. Ella Harmon.

John L., b. Oct. 1, 1856; m. Emma J. Patterson.

Frank W., b. Sept. 2, 1858; m. Lizzie Curtis.

Fred D., b. Sept. 2, 1858; m. and res. Black Hills, N. Dak.

Charles, b. Apr. 22, 1866; res. Chicago, 111.; unm.

3756. Capt. Luther Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Joseph. Timothy, John, John,
John), b. Feb. 19, 1825; m. Feb. 11, 1846, Jane E. Bigelow; b. Mar. 14,1827; d. Dec. 3,
1875; m. 2d, Sept. 13, 1876, Mary Emily Watson.

Luther Whitney was born on the old Whitney homestead at Keeseville, N. Y.,
where he resided until a few years ago, when he disposed of it. He was a farmer.
Was captain in the state militia and often supervisor of his township; res. Keeseville,
N. Y.

i. Nellie Augusta, b. Jan. 15, 1857; m. George N. Kingsland; res.

K. Ch.: Alfred, b. Nov. 12, 1879; d. Aug. 2, 1881.
ii. Martha A., b. Jan. 11, 1847; m. George Adgate; res. Sioux City,
la. Ch.: Geo., b. Mar. 20, 1870; Fred'k Whitney, b. July 5, 1868;
Phillip, b. Dec. 29, 1871; d. Sept. 4, 1872; Grace, b. Nov. 24,1877;
Mary Cornelia, b. Apr. 17, 1881; d. Sept. 2, 1881.
Jennie, b. Feb. 9, 1866; unm.; res. S. C, la.
Susan Watson, b. Feb. 9, 1881; unm.; res. K.

Fred Albert, b. ; d. Dec. 19, 1851.

Edna Lucretia, b. ; d. Nov. 12, 1857.

6623.
6624.

6625.
6626.
6627.
6628.

111.
iv.

V.

vi.

3757. Lyman Beecher Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Chesterfield. N. Y., Dec. 5, 1828; m. Sept. 16, 1850, Roanna K. Hurlbut;
b. Dec. 27, 1827. He is baggagemaster for the Champlain Transfer Co.; res. Cady-
ville, -N. Y., and Burlington, Vt.

6629. i. Hermon Leroy, b. Dec. 12, 1852; m. Alice Hanna.

6630. ii. Albert Augustus, b. Sept. 21, 1855; m. Mary A. Baker and

Louise A. Millham.

3758. Clarence Joshua Whitney (Samuel, Samuel,
Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Chesterfield, N. Y.,
"Nov. 1,1834; m. July 31, 1862, Sarah Elizabeth Colvin; b.
Nov. 1, 1836.

C. J. Whitney, professor and teacher, is a native of
Essex county, N. Y., and was born Nov. 1, 1834. He grew
up and received his education at Keeseville academy and
the University of \'ermont; came west in the fall of 1859,
studied law and was admitted to the bar. In the fall of
1861 he engaged in teaching. He held the position of
principal of the Eighth Ward
school for eleven years, and was
also principal of the high school
at Portage City for one year. He
is one of the oldest teachers in
actual service in the city. [Hist.
Milwaukee.] He went to Chi-
cago in 1881, and engaged in
newspaper and literary work.

In 1891 he was appointed by Gov. Fifer justice of the

peace for the town of Lake \'iew, and has since held this

office; res. 1546 Lill Ave., Chicago. 111.

6631. i. May L., b. July 7, 1866; unm.; res. at

home.

3760. Luther Whitney (Luther, Samuel, Joseph,
Timothy, John, John, John), b. Gilsum, N. H., July 26, 1815;
m. Nov. 28, 1843; at Green Bay, Wis., Rebecca J. Irwin;
b. Sept. 16, 1825, at Green Bay, Wis.

Mr. Whitney was born at Gilsum, N. H., and lived
there until he was 12 years old when he moved to St. Lawrence county, N. Y., where
he remained until he went west to Kenosha, Wis., when a young man. He resided
ihere at the time of his marriage. Mrs. Whitney was born at Green Bay, and lived

CLAEENCE J. WHITNEY.

MAY L. WHITNEY,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

431

LUTHEE WHITNEY.

there until she was married and went to live at Kenosha. They went to Muskegon,
Mich., in 1864, and have lived there ever since. Few of Muskegon's citizens are
better known and none are more highly respected and honored. For three full terms,
or twelve years, from 1875 to 1887, Mr. Whitney was post-
master at Muskegon, having been appointed by Presidents
Grant, Hayes and Arthur, in succession. Mr. Whitney is
now (1895) 80 years of age, but enjoys good health, and is
very prompt and regular in the discharge of his duties.
The years seem to rest lightly upon Mrs. Whitney also,
and few not acquainted with the facts would have guessed
she had now passed her golden wedding; res. Muskegon,
Mich.

6632. i. George Beaumont, b. July 4, 1857; res.

Chicago, 111.; unm. He was born in
Kenosha, Wis., was educated at the
public schools, and later took a course
in civil engineering at the Michigan
University from 1878 to 1882. Was
assistant engineer on government work
on the upper Missouri river, on Great
Kanawha river, in West Virginia, and
with the Mississippi River Commis-
sion in 1883 and 1884. Was superintendent of construction
on the Home Insurance and Rookery buildings, Chicago; the
Society for Savings building, Cleveland, O., and the Masonic
Temple, Chicago, one of the finest office buildings in the world.
Is now president of the Whitney & Starrett Co., building con-
tractors, Chicago, 111.

6633. ii. Thos. Devks, b. Julv 1, 1859; m. Julia Lucy Hills.

6634. iii. Grace H.. b. Aug. 19, 1851; d. July 12, 1856.

3761. Edgar Whitney (Luther, Samuel, Joseph, Tiinothv, John, John, John),
b. June 25, 1818; m. July 1, 1839, Maria R. Sheppard; b. 1820; d. Sept. 1850; m. 2d,
Nov. 2, 1853, Sarah Church; b. Apr. 13, 1831; res. Ogdensburg and Lawrenceville,
N. Y., and Ottawa, Ont.

6635. i. Helen, b. May, 1844; m. 1875, Barney. Ch.: Leon, b. 1867;

Helen, b. 1869; res. Lawrence, N. Y.

6636. ii. Luther H., b. Sept. 23, 1849; m. May Gibeant.

6637. iii. Harvey C, b. June 17, 18.57.

3763. Pascal Whitney (Luther, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John) b.
Nov. 4, 1823; m. Perna Shepard; m. 2d, Amanda Rockwell. She res. Osage, la.
He d. Dec. 3, 1883; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.

6637a. i. Loretta Betsey, b. Sept. 23, 1850; m. Frederick Sinclair James;

b. Barrington, 111., Feb. 20, 1849. They res. 1635 Sheridan Road.
Buena Park, Chicago, 111. Ch.: Flora Blanche, b. Sept. 27, 1869;
m. Jan. 22, 1890, Elmer Ellsworth Forman. Ch.: Maynard Lor-
etta, b. July 1, 1891; Frederick James, b. Nov. 30. 1894. Bertha
Whitney, b. Aug. 29, 1871; m. Dec. 27, 1894, Gilbert Marcy
Weeks; Whitney Pascal, b. Dec. 11, 1873; Frederick Sinclair, b.
July 11, 1875; Louis Norwood, b. Sept. 15, 1881; Robert Eugene,
b. Nov. 12, 1884.

6638a. ii. Homer Pascal, b. ; d. .

6639a. iii. Eugene Henry; m. Mary Cushing, res. Chicago.

6640a. iv. Perna Miner, 6642a. vi. Kate Rebecca.

6641a. V. Annette Hersey. 6643a. vii. Frederick Lamson.

3764. Daniel Hexshaw W^hitney (Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothv, John,
John, John), b. Green Bay, Wis., June 7, 1827; m. Mar. 10, 1863, Eva Rosina Baeder;
b. Oct. 21, 1838; she m. 2d, Nov. 30, 1885, Ernest Funke, of Oconto, Wis. Daniel was
a well-known, influential, and prominent citizen of Calumet Co., Wis. He was well
educated and was a sound, practical business man. In 1849-50 he was register of
deeds, and the records show that he was a faithful officer and a tasteful recorder.
"A more whole-souled, warm-hearted man or obliging neighbor never lived." He
was proprietor of Whitney's landing, Stockbridge, Wis. He d. Nov. 17, 1866; res.
Stockbridge and Menosha, Wis.

432 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6638. i. Emeline Stillman, b. Oct, 28, 1865; res. Green Bay.

6639. ii. Daniel H., b. Jan. 27, 1867; unm.; res. Phil, with uncle Wm. B.

3766. Joshua Whitney (Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 30, 1829; m. there Nov. 9, 1862, Elizabeth Frances Irwin;
b. Nov. 7, 1832. He was a book-keeper for many years but of late years has been in
poor health; res. Green Bay, Wis.

6640. i. Emeline H., b. Aug. 28, 1853; m. Nov. 28, 1887, Walter Calhoun;

b. Aug. 27, 1852. He is a civil engineer. Ch.: Geo. Whitney,
b. Sept. 16, 1890.

6641. ii. Joshua, b. Oct. 8, 1857; d. same day.

3767. William Beaumont Whitney (Daniel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Green Bav, Wis., Apr. 4, 1832; m. Nov. 21, 1854, Laura Margaret
Clewell; b. Sept. 2, 1830; 'd. May 4, 1884; m. 2d, Nov. 23, 1886, Emma Graham Va-
rian, b. Aug. 1, 1851.

He was born April 4, 1832, in Green Bay, W'is., and in what was then known as
the town of Navarino, which is opposite to Fort Howard, and he was named after
the resident armv surgeon (who was the sole physician of the settlement), William
Beaumont. A silver snuff box was presented to his father for him by Pierre Grignon,
(in token of the first white child born on the claim), who owned the French claim,
transferred to his father, upon which he located the town of Navarino. (John Jacob
Astor located the town of Astor on an adjoining French claim which he had pur-
chased). He lived in Green Bay, attending school whenever
the opportunity offered, until about 15 years of age, when
he went to Piqua, Miami county, O., where he spent some
years in getting an education; then returned for about two
years to Green Bay, spending part of the time at Sheboygan
looking after his father's property and assisting his brothers
at Kaukauna, where they conducted a forwarding business
with their cousin, Daniel M. Whitney. He then moved, in
the winter of 1851-2, to the city of Cincinnati where he filled
the position of assistant book-keeper and book-keeper in
several concerns, till the year 1859. During this residence
in Cmcinnati he was married to Miss Clewell, of Piqua,
Ohio, and filled very pleasantly the officeof superintendent
of the Sunday-school of Christ Church, Cincinnati, for five
or six years, residing part of the time at Newport, Ky., across
WILLIAM B. WHITNEY. the Ohio river, where they lost their first child. On the

30th day of September, 1859, he arrived in Philadelphia
and began immediate employment as book-keeper for the firm of Sharpe, Leisenrmg
& Co., with whom he remained a few years and then was appointed manager of the
coal department of the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co , which position he filled, to-
gether with the office of purchasing agent, and secretary and treasurer of one or two
of the allied companies, until the 1st of September, 1870, when he began business as
a commission dealer in coal, having for his partners Mahlon S. Kemmerer and
George D. McCreary, the firm being Whitney, McCreary & Kemmerer. Th.s has
continued from that time to this, with the change that Mr. George D. McCreary sold
his interest to his partners in 1879. Upon arriving in Philadelphia he connected
himself with St. Andrew's P. E. church under the rectorship of William Bacon
Stevens, D. D., subsequently bishop of the diocese, and was appointed by him super-
intendent of the Sunday-school, which position he filled for five or six years, till
moving to the suburb of Germantown made it impossible for him longer to retain
that position. Upon leaving, the teachers of the Sunday-school connected with that
church presented him with a very handsome gold watch inscribed " Easter, 1868."
He served several years as member of the Diocesan Convention of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Pennsylvania; also as warden of the Church of the Crucifixion
for more than twenty-six years, and has been for a number of years a vestryman of
Christ Church, Germantown, as well as treasurer of the Bishop White Prayer Book
Societv; add. Philadelphia, Pa., 137 S. Second St.

6642. i. Mary Clewell, b. Nov. 4, 1855; d. Aug. 28, 1857, at New-

port, Ky.

6643. ii. Helen Clewell, b. Nov. 15, 1863; m. Nov. 9, 1888, Francis Sedg-

wick Bangs; res. Phil. Ch.: Francis Nathan, b. Aug. 18, 1889;
. Mary Whitney, b. Aug. 6, 1890; Whitnev, b. June 5, 1892; d.
Aug., 1892.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 433

6644. iii. Mary Douglass, b. Oct. 29, 1865; m. Nov. 19, 1891, Geo. M. Hen-
derson; res. P.
6646. iv. Margaretta V., b. Mar. 15, 1892.

3774. Edward Whitney (Joseph, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Java, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1829; m. at Humboldt, Kan., Catherine Plough, b. Oct. 26, 1841.
He is a carpenter. Res. Red Oak, Iowa.

6646. i. Wilson W. 6650. v. Clinton P.

6647. ii. Sarah L. 6651. vi. Eva.

6648. iii. E. Rollin. 6652. vii. Edna.

6649. iv. Guv.

3775. Jasper Whitney (Joseph, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Java, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1831; m. Jan. 19, 1864, Sarah E. Alden; b. Dec. 25, 1842; res.
Thomson, 111.

6653. i. Flora, b. Dec. 7, 1866; m. Dec. 10, 1884, Albert Potter, res.

Thomson.

6654. ii. Horton, b. Sept. 20, 1868; m. July 5, 1892, Minnie Smith; res T.

6655. iii. Emma, b. Jan. 13, 1870; m. Apr. 9, 1889, Norman Hall; res. T.

6656. iv. Eva, b. Aug. 4, 1879; res. T.

3778. Luther Whitney (Joseph, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John John),
b. Compton, Kane Co., 111., Dec. 7, 1841; m. at Mt. Carroll, Oct. 18, 1865, Ellen A.
Willey; b. Mar. 15, 1843. He is a farmer and served during the war in the 92nd
Illinois Regt., was wounded and has a pension; res. Hopkins, Mo.

6657. i. Frank, b. Jan. 23, 1868.

6658. ii. Everett, b. May 18, 1870.

6659. iii. Fay W., b. July 24, 1885.

3780. Daniel Whitney (John, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Compton, 111., Jan. 3, 1840; m. in Belvidere, Feb. 16, 1863, Altha Maria Babbitt; b.
Oct. 18, 1844. He is a farmer; res. St. Charles, 111.; P. O. Wasco.

6660. i. Mertell, b. Oct. 16, 1865; m. Apr. 24, 1889. Frank I. Webb, b

July 6, 1865; res 10 Fairfield Ave., Chicago, 111. Ch.: Pearl, b.
Nov. 19,1891.

6661. ii. Merrill, b. Jan. 18, 1P67; m. Josie L. Murphy.

6662. iii. Merritt, b. May 24, 1872; res. at home.

3781. Seymour Whitney (lohn. Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Wyoming, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1827; m. Apr. 19, 1862, Sarepta Warren; b. Sejjt. 30,
1831 ; d. Jan. 5, 1880; m. 2d, Jan. 14, 1881 , Addie Ward. He is a farmer; res. Boliver,
Polk Co., Mo., and, Wirth, Ark.

Hiram A., b. Apr. 2. 1853, Boise Citv, Idaho.

A W., b. Oct. 16, 1856.

T B., b. July 17. 1858.

Mary J., b. Nov. 22, 1860.

E E., b. Sept. 17, 1K64; m. Morris; res. Ventura, Cal.

G J., b, Apr. 10, 1867.

H M., b. Sept. 11, 1868.

Julia A., b. Aug. 2, 1871.

W A., b. Nov. 18, 1881.

Onei a., b. Apr. 19, 1883.

A M., b. Aug. 25, 1885.

John L., b. Mar. 22, 1887.

R B., b. June 12, 1890.

M W.,b. July 12, 1892.

3782. Alden Whitney (John, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Java, N. Y., July 14, 1829; m. at Compton, 111., Jan. 25, 1852, Charlotte Maria Cowles;
b. July 6, 1831; d. Apr. 7, 1888. He is a farmer; res. Lamont, Buchanan Co., Iowa.

6677. i. Sarah Maria, b. Jan. 11, 1853; m. Nov. 21, 1880, Albert Ward.

Ch.: Alden R., Charles and Sarah Maria.

6678. ii. RachelMary, b. July 7, 1856; m. Oct. 25, 1876; m. 2d Sept. 4,

1883

6679. iii. Orril I., b. Nov. 29, 1858; m. Dec. 31, 1885, F. A. Carey.

6680. iv. S. Alden, b. Aug. 13, 1861; m. Mar. 21, 1883.

6663.

6664.

11.

6665.

111.

6666.

IV.

6667.

V.

6668.

vi.

6669.

Vll.

6670.

vni.

6671.

ix.

6672.

X.

6673.

xi.

6674.

xii.

6675.

Xlll.

6676.

XIV.

434 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6681. V. John S., b. July 8, 1863; m. Nov. 19, 1891.

6682. vi. Alma E., b. Sept. 14, 1865; m. Mar. 31, 1884, T. W. Smalley. Ch.:

Alden E. and Mary M.

6683. vii. Daniel Frank, b. Aug. 2, 1867.

6684. viii. Willard M., b. July 17, 1870; m. Apr. 3, 1889.

6685. ix. Hiram Melvin, b. Apr. 18, 1873.

3785. John Whitney (John, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Compton, 111., Feb. 23, 1846; m. Feb. 8, 1875, at Elgin, Etta Shipman. He is a dealer
in live stock; res. Wasco, 111., and Hebron, Neb.

6686. i. DiCKEy;b. Nov. 21, 1876.

6687. ii. Max, b. Nov. 25, 1878.

3787. Melvin Whitney (John, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b.
Compton, 111., Feb. 20, 1851; m. Nov. 11, 1875, at Geneva Lake, Wis., Adella Millen;
b. Jan. 24, 1859. He is a farmer and dealer in cattle and hogs; res. Wasco, 111.
6688 i. Lottie May, b. Oct. 11, 1877.

6689. ii. Vernie Mariah, b. Mar. 10, 1883.

6690. iii. Clarence Melvin, b. Sept. 7, 1885.

3793. Harry Frank Whitney (Benjamin F., Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. St. Charles, 111., Nov. 10, 1847; m. at Pickering, Mo., Aug. 3, 1879,
Maggie Shields Hanna; b. Apr. 11, 1858. He is manager of a bus line for a local
company; res. Maryville, Mo.

6691. i. Clara Belle, b. .

6692. li. Gertrude Alice, b. .

6693. iii. Paul Goodson, b. .

6694. iv. Willie B., b. .

3804. Mark J. Whitney (Jarvis, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Java, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1843; m. Elgin, 111., July 4, 1866, Matilda Ann Freeland; b.
June 6, 1848. He is a farmer; res. Fresno, Cal.

Frank J., b. Mar. 2, 1868; m. Ruth Yarnell.

Mary Elsie, b. May 14, 1869; m. June 20, 1889, Emil A. Blum,

res. Groveland, Cal. He was b. Aug. 8, 1864. Ch.: Elsie

Christina, b. Mar. 28, 1890.
Genevra Anna, b. Feb. 17, 1871; unm.; res. Fresno.
Catherine Effie, b. Sept. 25, 1872; m. Sept. 25, 1893, Ardie L.

Smith; b. July 25, 1871.
Wm. Henry, b. Oct. 20, 1876.
Chas. Edward, b. Nov. 25, 1878.

3805. William Whitney (Jarvis, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Pekin, N. Y., June 2, 1845; m. at Elgin, 111., Oct. 9, 1871, Millie Freeland; b. May
14, 1852. He is a farmer; res. New Hartford, la.

Harry, b. Dec. 15, 1872; res. N. H.

Rosa, b. Apr. 14, 1874.

Jarvis, b. Jan. 31, 1876.

Charley, b. Nov. 17, 1877.

Benjamin, b. Aug. 13, 1882.

Ralph D., b. Dec. 13, 1884.

Myrtie, b. Sept. 7, 1886.

Annie Bell, b. June 16, 1879; d. Mar. 14, 1881.

3808. John D. Whitney (Jarvis, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John),
b. Java, N. Y., June 12, 1849; m. Feb. 20, 1884, Angle Woodin; b. 1866; d. Nov. 29.
1892. He is a farmer; res. Davenport, Wash.

7009. i. Ralph D., b. Mar. 24, 1886.

7010. ii. Nellie, b. Nov. 8, 1889.

3812. George Lemuel Whitney (James F., Lemuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Charleston, 111.. May 20, 1837; m. at Victoria, Tex., Oct. 4, 1866,
Tillitha C. Stoner; b. Apr. 30, 1849. He is an extensive farmer and stockraiser; res.
Goliad, Tex.

7011. i. Bettie, b. Aug. 14, 1867; m. Jan. 28, 1891, Robert E. Rugland.

He d. Jan. 9, 1892, leaving one son, Robert E. The wid. res.
Beesville, Bee Co., Tex.

6695.
6696.

i.

ii.

6697.
6698.

iii.
iv.

6699.
7000.

V.

vi.

7001.

i.

7002.

11.

7003.

111.

7004.

IV.

7005.

V.

7006.

VI.

7007.

VII.

7008.

Vlll.

7013.

iii.

7014.

IV.

7016.

V.

7016.

VI.

7017.

vn.

7018.

Vlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 435

7012. ii. Maria C. T., b. Jan. 22, 1870; m. Oct. 2, 1893, H. H. Crocker.
Ch.: Lillian; res. Fannin, Goliad Co., Tex.
Overton S.. b. Jan. 18, 1873.
Geo. M., b. Nov. 11,1874.
Nannie Harris, b. Apr. 12, 1877,
TiLLiTHA A., b. June 26, 1879.
James Foster, b. Aug. 7, 1882.
Susie Lucile, b. Jan. 22, 1886.

3815. James Foster Whitney (James F., Lemuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Charleston, 111., Sept. 4, 1843; m. at Mattoon, 111., Nov. 20, 1865, Alice
Hamblen; b. June 14, 1846.

James F. Whitney, born near Charleston, 111., Sept. 4, 1843; lived with his parents
in Coles and Edgar Counties, 111., until spring 1851, when his grandfather, Lemuel
Whitney, took him to Pendleton Co., Ky.; lived near Foster, Ky., until April, 1861,
when he went to live near Mattoon, 111., to his step-father, Rufus Pierce; stayed with
his step-father (Rufus Pierce was born near Milton, Mass.), until July 31, 1861, when
he enlisted as a private in Company D, 41st Regt. 111. Vol. Infantry; was shot in
right temple at Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 15, 1862; taken home by his step-father;
stayed until March 25, 1862, when he rejoined his regiment at Shiloh, Tenn. At the
battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, he was shot through right thigh and through
left leg, about four inches below knee, and a flesh wound, calf of right leg; lay in
hospital at Savannah, Tenn., until May, when he was taken to hospital at Quincy,
111.; left hospital on furlough some time last of May, and stayed with his step-father
until Sept., 1862, when he rejoined his regiment at Bolivar, Tenn., was discharged
from the army on the 10th day of Nov., 1862, by reason of said wounds disabling
him from service; stayed with the army as clerk in sutler store, in 62d and 54th 111.
regiments until Oct., 1865. Married Alice Hamblen, of Mattoon, 111., Nov. 20, 1865;
farmed his step-father's farm (Mr. Pierce died April, 1864), until Jan., 1870; went to
Texas, and tried to raise cotton until January, 1874; returned to Charleston; stayed
in Charleston until Mar. 29, 1874; started west; landed in Larned, Kan., Apr. 3, 1874;
took a homestead twelve miles north of Larned; elected register of deeds of Pawnee
Co., Kan., Nov., 1875; served one term; went back to farm Jan., 1878; in Nov., 1879,
was elected county clerk, which position he has held to date, having been nominated
at the Republican conventions, and elected for the eighth term in Nov., 1893; res.
Mattoon, 111.; Larned, Kan.

Walter H., b. Aug. 26, 1^66; res. unm. at Alva, 01k.

Ruby, b. Aug. 1, 1868; m. Oct. 7, 1893, Claude Rinker; res. Nevada,
Mo. He was b. in 1862, s. p.

James F., b. Apr. 10, 1871; res. L.

Mary P., b. Aug. 16. 1873.

Jerry T., b. Aug. 23, 1875.

Bessie, b. Mar. 24, 1879; d. Mar. 23, 1880.

Alberta, b. Apr. 23, 1884.

Geo. Gould, b. Dec. 26, 1889.

3817. Charles Theodore Whitney (James F., Lemuel, Joseph, Timothy,
John, John, John), b. Charleston, 111., Dec. 29, 1849; m. at Sharpsburg, Tex., Apr. 4,
1888, Minnie Jane Peaks; b. Mar. 8, 1869. He is a farmer; res. Gregory, Tex.

7027. i. Charles Ellsworth, b. Sept. 24, 1889.

7028. ii. Anetta Pawline, b. Sept. 8, 1891.

3822. Moses Whitney (Ephraim, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Upton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1786; m. Mar. 2, 1812, Susannah Hall; b. Med-
ford. Mass., Sept. 10, 1792; d. Nov. 13, 1866.

He was born in Upton and resided there, was a farmer and inherited the prop-
erty from his father. It had been in the family for four generations. In his old age
he resided with his son-in-law David F. Fames, Esq., of Upton. He was a man of
strict integrity, a good Christian and faithful friend. He experienced religion early
in life. He d. Oct. 7, 1876; res. Upton, Mass.

7029. i. William F., b. Jan. 17, 1815; m. Harriett N. Morse.

7030. ii. Sarah Taft, b. Apr. 28, 1819; m. Oct. 3, 1836, David Fay Fames,

He was b. Aug. 11, 1813; d. Dec. 6, 1892; she d. Nov. '26, 1892;
res. Upton, Mass. Ch.: Geo. Jonathan, b. May 14, 1840; d. Sept.
14,1841; Emily Whitney, b. Nov. 11, 1842;'m. Jan. 10, 1868,

7019.

i.

7020.

11.

7021.

iii.

7022.

iv.

7023.

V.

7024.

vi.

7025.

vii.

7026.

VIII

436 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Hosea B. Harvey, s. p.; res. Meriden, Conn.; Harvey Augustus,
b. Feb. 7, 1845; m. June 28, 1871, Lizzie F. Whitney, of Brooklyn,
N. Y.; 1 ch., d. young; Herbert Lucian, b. June 13, 1847; m.
Grace Nicholson; ch., Maud and Ralph; Stephen Hall, b. Feb.
16, 1850; m. Feb. 1, 1872, Flora E. Rockwood; res. W. Upton,
Mass.; ch., Burton E. and Frank L.; Frank Milton, b. Oct. 22,
1856; m. Emma Hamilton and Isabelle Kelley; 4 ch.

7031. iii. Jemima Whipple, b. Nov. 10, 1820; m. Sept. 22, 1842, Chas. C.

Johnson; res. Milford, Mass. Ch.: Walter E., b. Mar. 8, 1844; m.
Kate F. Ambrose; Arthur C, b. Nov. 13, 1849; Albert L., b. Sept.
22, 1851; d. Dec. 10, 1851; Delia M., b. May 11, 1856; Nellie 1.,
b. May 29, 1859; Willard, b. Feb. 4, 1863; d. Nov. 24, 1868.

7032. iv. Henry Hall, b. Dec. 5, 1822; d. Nov. 24, 1825.

7033. V. Mary Joanna, b. June 2.3, 1827; d. Oct. 30, 1860.

7034. vi. Susannah Hall, b. Dec. 10, 1830; m. Mar. 30, 1853, Edward E.

Whitney. She d. July 11, 1855; had one child, Ora, vk'ho died
very young.

7035. vii. Rowena Chamberlin, b. Mar. 21, 1833; m. Apr. 6, 1854, Seth

Dwight Chapin, of Upton. Ch.: Helen M., b. Oct. 19, 1869; he
was b. Feb. 28, 1826; d. Feb. 23, 1890; she res. Westboro, Mass.

3827. Elijah Whitney (Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Upton, Mass.; m. in Stow, Mass., Apr. 12, 1822, Sarah Reed; res. Upton,
Mass.

7036. i. Harriett, b. .

7037. ii. Levi, b. ; res. West Upton.

3829. Amos Whitney (Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Upton, Mass., Aug., 1793; m. in 1813, Nancy Warren; b. in 1789; d. Feb. 4,
1868. He was a farmer. He d. Jan. 24, 1849; res. Upton, Mass.

7038. i. Daniel, b. in Upton, 1814; m. Louisa Brown.

7039. ii. Sylvester, b. June 2, 1819; m. Anna Marie Fiske.

7040. iii. Nancy Maria, b. Aug. 11, 1827; m. Feb. 17, 1850, Lewis Osborne.

She d. Jan. 6, 1868.

3833. Joel Whitney (Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Upton, Mass., Apr. 19, 1804; m. in Grafton, Nov. 27, 1828, Mary J. Whitney,
of Grafton, b. Oct. 29, 1806; d. in Cleveland, O., Jan. 20, 1881; res. Upton, Mass.

Calvin, b. Dec. 24, 1829; d. in Upton Sept. 13, 1849.

Edwin E., b. Nov. 20, 1831; res. 69 Cedar Ave., Cleveland.

Harvey L., b. Sept. 20, 1834; res. 18 Dartmouth St., Boston.

Albert T., b. Dec. 16, 1836; m. Mary A. Rockwood.

Addie E., b. Aug. 17, 1842; res. in Cleveland, O.

Horace W., b. Apr. 17, 1845; res. 78 Cedar Ave., Cleveland, O.

3841. Joseph H. Whitney (Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., Mar. 29, 1803; m. there Mar. 12, 1829, Damaris H. Rice,
b. 1807; d. Mar. 17, 1833; m. 2d, there, Jan. 7, 1834, Sarah Ingraham. She resides in
He d. July 1, 1892; res. Grafton and Worcester, Mass.

Charles Rich, b. Jan. 7, 1830; unm.; res. 9 Spruce St., Worcester,
Andrew Warren, b. Aug. 16, 1881; d. May 1, 1837.
Sarah Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1833; d. Sept. 24, 1836.
Daniel S., b. Oct. 9, 1834; m. Maria Fisher and Celia Hewett.
Joseph J., b. July 26, 1836; m. Matilda Arnold.
Josephine, b. May 25, 1838; m. James H. Allen; res. Shrewsbury,
Mass. Ch.: Elmer, Alice, George, Clarence, Abbott, Frank,
Wilmer, Asa.
William H., b. May 6, 1840; m. Abbie A. Hubbard.
Elizabeth Melinda, b. June 30, 1842; d. G., Jan. 1, 1862.
Fred, b. Jan. 7, 1845; m. Louisa Gardner.
Frank, b. Jan. 7, 1846; m. Stella Putnam. He d. Mar. 10, 1869,

and his wid. m. his brother, Sidney.
Hannah L., b. Oct. 17, 1849; d. Mar. 6, 1851.
Edwin, b. Oct. 17, 1849; d. Oct. 18, 1849.
Edwin Edgar, b. Mav 17,1852; d. Sept. 16, 1857.
Anna Matilda, b. May 26, 1858; d. Apr. 10, 1862.

7041.

7042.

7043.

ni.

7044.

IV.

7045.

V.

7046.

vi.

Worester.

Hec

7047.

7048.

n.

7049.

III.

7050.

iv.

7051.

v.

7052.

VI.

7063.

vii.

7054.

vni.

7055.

IX.

7056.

X.

7067.

xii.

7058.

xiii.

7069.

XV.

7060.

XVI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 437

7061. xi. Sidney Holman, b. Grafton, July 6, 1847; m. June 26, 1880, at

Worcester, Mrs. Stella (Putnam) Whitney, widow of Frank.
She was b. Mar. 28, 1850; res. s. p. at Hopkinton, Mass.

7062. xiv. John Wesley, b. May 17, 1852; d. young.

3844. Dea. Nathaniel Gerry Whitney (Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., July 4, 1810; m. Dec. 24, 1838.
Charlotte Thompson, b. in Charlton, 1812; d. Mar. 24, 1855. He was made a deacon
of the Grafton Baptist church Feb. 10, 1859; was a farmer. He d. in Worcester, and
was buried in Grafton; res. Grafton and Worcester, Mass. He d. Dec. 2, 1887.

7063. i. Luther W., b. Oct. 2, 1834; m. Ruth E. Tefft.

7064. ii. Geo. T., b. Oct. 11, 1838; m. Mary E. Putnam and Mrs. Augusta

P. (Aldrich) Kenyon.

7065. iii. Charlotte M., b. Mar. 7, 1855; m. at Worcester, Oct. 9, 1873,

James Madison Dunton, b. Hoiden, Mass., Nov. 21, 1852; res.
28 Hawley St., Worcester. Ch.: Grace Louise, b. July 2, 1877.

7066. iv. Chandler Pratt, b. ; res. 28 Harmon St., W'orcester,

7067. V. Charlotte M., b. Oct. 19, 1843; d. Feb. 28, 1846.

7068. vi. Harriett M., b. Feb. 9, 184s.

3849. Eli Whitney (Eli, Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 24, 1820; m. in Utica, N. Y., June 17, 1845, Sarah Perkins
Dallibar.

EJi Whitney, Jr., son of the inventor of the cotton gin, was born in New Haven,
Conn., where he attended the public schools and was fitted for college. Entering
Princeton he was graduated in the class of 1841. The following year he took his
father's business, viz., the manufacture of arms lor the United States government.
In 1856 he ceased this branch of his manufacturing business, but resumed it again at
the breaking out of the civil war in 1861, and continued it until 1866. The Whitney
Arms Co., of which he is secretary and assistant treasurer, has manufactured thou-
sands of muskets, rifles and revolvers of the most improved models. The company
has also made many thousands of military arms for foreign governments, including
muzzle-loading, breech-loading, magazme and repeating rifles. Mr. Whitney has
been a member of both branches of the New Haven city government and a member
of the board of public works. He was appointed one of the commissioners of the
English exposition of 1862. He constructed from 1859 to 1861 the New Haven Water
Works, and much of the work was done on his own credit, though built on contract
for the New Haven Water Company, which organization he created. He has made
many improvements in fire arms of all sorts and patented them, and has made
improvements in machinery for making arms. He was on the Republican electoral
ticket in Connecticut as presidential elector at large in the November election of
1892; res. 29 Elm St., New Haven, Conn.

7069. i. Eli, b. Jan. 22, 1847; m. Sarah S. Farnum.

7070. ii. Susan Huntington, b. Aug. 1, 1849; m. Oct. 15, 1873, Rev.

Chauncey Bunce Brewster; res. 53 Remsen St., Brooklyn, N. Y.;
rector Grace church, Brooklvn Heights. He was b. Sept. 5,
1848. She d. May 24, 1885. Ch.: Eli Whitney, b. May 15, 1885;
d. May 29, 1885.

7071a. iii. Henrietta Edwards, b. ; d. ^.

■

3856. William Ayers Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 20, 1790; m. Sept. 28, 1813, Cvnthia Merrill, of
Rowe; b. Mar. 18, 1786; d. Mar. 13, 1853. He d. Aug. 2,1872; res. Milford, Pa., Rowe,
Mass., and Shelburne Falls, Mass.

7071. i. David Merrill, b. June 16, 1814; m. Emily Eddy.

7072a. ii. Sylvester Nash, b. Aug. 21, 1815; d. .

7073a. iii. ' Ebenezer Merrill, b. Apr. 8, 1817; d. .

7074a. iv. Edwin Dexter, b. Dec. 10, 1819; d.

7075a. V. Chloey Taylor, b. Aug. 24, 1820; m. June 16, 1841, Dwight
Haynes Hicks; b. Jan. 13, 1818. Ch.: Frederick Dwight, b.
Aug. 11, 1846 (single); res. Waltham, Mass; b. in Rowe, Frank-
lin Co., Mass.; Emma Breckridge, b. June 14, 1848, at Rowe,
Mass.; m. Geo. Fred'k Wellington (still living) June 14, 1868, at
Charlestown, Middlesex Co., Mass.; Frank Ashton, b. at Rowe,
Mass., April 20, 1856 (single); still living.

ELI WHITNEY.

438

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 439

7073.

ii.

7074.

in.

7076.

IV.

7076.

V.

7076a. vi. Edwin Dexter, b. Feb. 14, 1822; res. Almena, Van Buren Co.,

Mich.
7077a. vii, Orra O., b. Feb. 24, 1824; res. Shelburne Falls, Mass.

3857. Russell Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. May 17, 1792; m. Apr. 12, 1814, Polly Lamb; b. Jan. 28, 1789; d. Dec. 30,
1843. She was dau. of Maj. Joel Lamb. He settled in Jackson, Pa., at an early day
and afterward removed to Mount Pleasant, Pa., where he died. Built, in partner-
ship with his brother-in-law Jairus Lamb, the first saw mill in Jackson. He d. May
21, 1831; res. Marlboro, Vt., and Jackson Pa.

7072. i. Hamilton Franklin, b. Aug. 5, 1814; m. Laura E. Bushnell and
Eunice E. Tiffany.

Stephen L., b. Apr. 8, 1817; d. Feb. 17, 1821.

Lucv L., b. Apr. 13, 1816; d. May 20, 1816.

Stephen E., b. Aug. 5, 1821; d. Jan. 14,1844.

Lucy Bernicey, b. June 13, 1819; m. Oct. 12, 1844, Ensign Egles-
ton; b. Sept. 29, 1821; d. Apr. 22, 1889; res. Honesdale, Pa. Ch.:
Mary Lamb, b. Elmira, N. Y., June 30, 1845; m. June 5, 1867,
J. Ammerman; res. Carbondale, Pa.; Clarissa Elizabeth, b.
Honesdale, Nov. 13, 1847; d. June 18, 1848; Charles Emory, b.
Honesdale, May 17, 1850; m. June 11, 1870; P. O. address,
Honesdale, Pa.; Corydon Franklin, b. Honesdale, July 22, 1853;
d. Sept. 29, 1855; Russel Ensign, b. Honesdale, Oct. 4, 1854; d.
May 31, 1856; Ella Loueza, b. Honesdale, Oct. 6, 1856; m. Sept.
9, 1875; P. O. address, Mrs. George Ball, Hawley, Pa.; George
Whitney, b. Honesdale, Nov. 12, 1859; d. April. 16, 1862.
7077. vi. CovDON L., b. Oct. 26, 1823; m. Fannie A. Pope.

3858. Torrey Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Marlboro, Vt., July 1, 1794; m. in Gibson, Pa., Apr. 22, 1815, Betsey Lamb;
b. Feb. 10, 1797; d. at Thompson, Pa., Oct. 22, 1865. She was dau. of Major Joel
Lamb.

Torrey Whitney was born in Marlboro, Vt., and united in marriage in Gibson,
Pa. He died at Thompson, Pa. He settled, in 1815, in Hartford, Pa., where he
carried on the cloth-dressing business with his brother William for three years.
Torry removed to Jackson, Pa., and William to Massachusetts. The former con-
ducted a saw mill and soon after moved to Gibson. In 1836 he moved to Thompson
locating on a farm where he died. He was a member of the first Masonic lodge in
Gibson and worshipful master of the first lodge in Jackson. He d. Dec. 29, 1872;
res. Jackson, Pa.

7078.
7079.
7080.
7081.

Allis, b. Nov. 30, 1816; m. Elizabeth Welch and Jane Aunger.
i. Merrick T., b. Nov. 20, 1818; m. Fostina L. Wheaton.
li. Joel Barnard, b. Jan. 5. 1823; m. Lucy Ann Babcock.
V. Russell V., b. Jan. 29, 1832; m. Melissa C. Wheaton.

3859. Stephen Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. July 26, 1796; m. Jan. 18, 1819, Annie Winchester; b. Sept. 28, 1798; d. Aug.
24, 1885. He d. Apr. 30. 1875; res. Marlboro, Vt.

7082. i. loSEPH W., b. Mar. 26, 1820; m. Lucia Halladay.

7083. ii. Annis Sabrina, b. Feb. 11, 1822; m. Feb. 21, 1842, William Halla-

day; res. Hoytville, Mich.; b. Feb. 26, 1814; d. Nov. 24, 1880.
Ch.: a son, b. Dec. 19, 1842; d. Dec. 20, 1842; Sarah Roselia, b.
Dec. 27, 1843; m. B. D. Halladay; res. Santa Anna, Cal.; Harlow
Hamilton, b. June 24, 1846; Leanora Jane, b. Jan. 23, 1849; m.
Mark D. Mason; res. El Monte, Cal.; Flora Annis, b. Sept. 25,
1851; d. Oct. 2, 1863; Mary Rozella, b. Aug. 3, 1854; m. Wm.
Spalding; res. Hoytville; a daughter, b. Apr. 20, 1857; d. May
16, 1867; a son, b. Feb. 24, 1858; d. Apr. 18, 1868; Carrie Etta,b.
July 25, 1859; m. Joseph A. Ahlern; res. Hoytville.

7084. iii. Stephen Velasco Allis, b. Oct. 19, 1828; d. Aug. 23, 1840.

7085. IV. Carle Y P., b. Sept. 9, 1834; m. Olive R. Mather.

3860. Barnard Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel John,
John), b. Marboro, Vt., Feb. 5, 1799; m. Sept. 11, 1828, Lydia Buell. He d. Sept. 15,
1853; res. Marlboro, Vt.

440 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7086. i. Amaretta, b. July 15, 1829; m. Dec. 15, 1858, Timothy Adams

Mather, son of Capt. Simeon.

7087. ii. Letitia Elvira, b. Apr. 7, 1832; d. Oct. 6, 1847. .

7088. iii. Electa Bernice, b. Jan. 26, 1835.

7089. iv. Frank Barnard, b. Oct. 20, 1837.

7090. V. Mary Letitia, b. Dec. 10, 1847.

3861. Moses Allis Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. June 11, 1802; m. Sept. 4, 1833, Amanda Morgan; b. Aug. 23, 1794; d.
Oct. 25, 1837; m. 2d, 1841, Louisa L. Fletcher; b. Nov. 17, 1823; res. Strongsville, O.

Moses Allis Whitney was born upon the side of one of those beautiful A'ermont
hills where the eye reaches over hill and valley until it rests upon the distant White
Mountain range of New Hampshire. His boyhood until ten years of age was like
that of other wide-awake Green Mountain boys. At that time it entered his busy
brain to build, with the help of a mate, a dam across one of those icy cold dashing
streams which everywhere tind their way down the hillside, and use the water for a
swimming pond. This sport was followed up so vigorously, that before his parents
comprehended the danger, he was down with inflammatory rheumatism. This was
the beginning of a life-long trouble, which caused him to walk with crutch and cane.
From the time he was first taken until nearly 25 years of age, he was released from
his bed but a short season at a time, when his old enemy would bring him down
again. At about this time, he thought himself well enough to go into business in
Pennsylvania. But he was soon brought back to his father's house, and his mother's
tender care, and again spent years of great suffering. When well enough to try
again he opened a small store in his native town. The general crash of '37 reached
him, and he had to close his doors. He then took his wife and two sons, Locke and
John, 2 and 1 year old, and started for northern Ohio. After leaving Albany, they
traveled by canal boat to Buffalo. At Lockport they were detained for some weeks
on account of a break in the locks, when his wife was taken sick with a fever, from
which she died some time after reaching their destination. The bereaved father
took his motherless boys back to his friends in \'ermont, but he returned and opened
a store in Strongsville, O. Here, after several years, he married Miss Louisa Fletcher,
and the boys were brought back from Vermont. Fearing the influence of the town
upon the character of his growing family of boys, he made another move westward,
this time settling upon a farm in northern Illinois. It was at a time when malaria
was almost universal in that state, and it took hold upon him with fearful effect. It
brought upon him again the trouble of his earlier manhood, which after a long and
painful illness, finally laid him to rest. He was a man of many sterling qualities,
and always took a high place in the esteem of all who knew him. Though not having
thorough school advantages, he was a natural scholar, and devoted much of the en-
forced idleness of his youth and earlier manhood to the study of ancient and modern
languages, the higher mathematics, etc. His church relations were with the Con-
gregationalists. From an old time Whig he very early espoused the cause of the
slave, and as his earnest and warm friend was"known as an abolitionist. As husband
and father he attained the highest ideal. He d. Sept. 19, 1848; res. W. Troy, 111.

7091. i. Allis Locke, b. Sept. 26, 1834; d. Sept. 1, 1856.

7092. ii. John M., b. Oct. 1, 1835; m. Mary S. Rice.

7093. iii. Clifton F., b. May 10. 1843; d. .

7094. iv. Louisa Eddell, b. Sept. 22, 1844; m. C. H. Foote; res. Cedar

Rapids, la.

7095. v. Jane Ray, b. Dec. 27, 1846; d. .

7096. vi. Guilford M., b. Mar. 9, 1849; m. Mary C. Harrison.

3864. Zenas Harrington Whitney (Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Jan. 12, 1812, m. Julv 9, 1839, Polly
Ingraham, dau. of Dea. Jonathan; b. 1813; d. Dec. 6, 1853; He cl. May 21, 1891.
res. Marlboro, Vt.

Porter Ingraham, b. Sept. 26, 1841; d. June 11, 1863.

VoLiTiA Ann, b. June 27, 1843; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Bishop.

Ch.: Ina. M., m. Powers. The mother d. Jan. 7, 1871.

William H., b. June 26, 1845; res. Marl.
Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1847; d. Mar. 3, 1847.
Henry F., b. June 9, 1849; m. Metta A. Hall.
Frederic, b. Jan. 2, 1852; d. Mar. 10, 1862.

7097.

i.

7098.

11.

7099.

iii.

7100.

IV.

7101.

v.

7102.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 441

3865. HoLLis Whitney (Guilford, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Dec. ;30, 1798; m. 1816; Charlotte Wallis; m. 2d, 1836, Sarah Burnett; res.
Strongsville, O., and Kenosha, Wis.

7103. i. Phebe, b. ; m. Bell; res. Kenosha.

7104. ii. Pamelia, ; m. Roswell Otis; res. K.

7106. iii. Charlotte, b. ; m. Webster; res. Buffalo, N. Y.

3870. Flavel Whitney (Guilford, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John),b. Sept. 30, 1804; m. 1828, Clarinda Tuttle; d. 1830; m.2d, 1830, Electa Hervey;
d. 1831; m. 3d, Nov. 1832, Amelia Allen, d. Aug. 2, 1847; m. 4th, 1849, Mrs. Catherine
Amanda Barnes; res. Strongsville, O. He d. .

7106. i. Watson H., b. Oct. 6, 1833.

7107. ii. John F., Feb. 1, 1839.

7108. iii. Henry M., b. Dec. 2, 1835,

7109. iv. Electa, b. July 3, 1841.

3871. Jl'bel Whitney (Guilford, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Aug. 6, 1806; m. Sept. 6, 1832, Abigail Gilbert; b. Oct. 25, 1798; res. Strongs-
ville, O.

7110 i. JuBEL,b. Apr. 24, 1837; d. July 28, 1837.

3875. Newel Kimball Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Marlborough, Vt., Feb. 5, 1795; m. Kirtland, O., Oct. 20, 1822,
Elizabeth Ann Smith; b. Dec. 26, 18C0; d. Feb. 15, 1882; m. 2d, Feb. 14, 1845, Emme-
line B. Woodward; m. 3d, Feb. 8, 1846, Anna Houston; b. in Jackson, O., May 8, 1821;
d. Sept. 23, 1848. Emmeline m. 2d, Oct. 10, 1852, Daniel H. Wells.

Newel Kimball Whitney, son of Samuel and Susanna Kimball Whitney, was
born at Marlborough, Windham Co., Vt., on Feb. 5, 1795. The time of his removal
from his native town and state is uncertain. In the year 1804, when Newel was an
urchin of nine, his father's family resided at Fairfield, N. Y. They continued to dwell
in that state, though not in the same place, for many years. Newel left home at an
early day, and went out into the world to seek his fortune. Possessed of energy, busi-
ness tact, and strict honesty of heart and purpose, he was not long in quest of
employment before finding it. At nineteen he was a sutler, or merchant in a small
way, at the historic village of Plattsburg, on the west shore of Lake Champlain.
Here occurred, during the war of 1812, the battle of Plattsburg and the naval battle
of Champlain, in both of which the British were defeated. Newel took part in the
engagement on land, Sept. 11, 1814, defending his country against the foreign invader.
Having lost all or most of his property by the war, he next established himself as an
Indian trader at Green Bay, Lake Michigan. An incident occurred, while there,
which came near costmg him his life. A drunken red-skin, incensed at the young
trader's refusal to supply him with liquor, was pursuing him with knife or tomahawk
in hand, when a young Indian girl named Modalena seized the irate savage and
restrained him until his intended victim was well out of the way. The presence of
the initial M. in the name of a daughter of Newel K. Whitney is thus explained.
Pocahontas, whom in act she so much resembled, was not more revered by Capt.
Smith and his descendants than the dusky heroine Modalenaby Newel K.Whitney and
his posterity. Leaving Lake Michigan, he went to Pamesville, O., where he fell in with
a merchant named A. S. Gilbert, who employed him in his store and gave him a
knowledge of book-keeping. We next hear of the prosperous firm of Gilbert &
Whitney, at Kirtland, not far inland from Lake Erie. Here Newel married, Oct. 20,
1822, Elizabeth Ann Smith, a young lady from Connecticut, who had come out west
with a maiden aunt. Ohio, then a new state, and its northern part almost a wilder-
ness, was the " far west," at that time to the people of New England. In religion,
the Whitneys were Reformed Baptists, or Campbellites, but in the fall of 1830 they
joined the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called Mormons),
which had been organized about six months previously in the state of New York,
and was already sending its missionaries westward. Early in 1831 the church
removed its headquarters to Kirtland, and in December following Newel K. Whitney
became its second bishop. He was an excellent business man, and as the bishopric
represents the temporal wing of Mormon church government, he was well adapted
for the duties of his calling. He remamed in Ohio, where his father and mother and
other relatives joined him, until after the exodus of his people to Missouri, but in the
fall of 1838 set out to rejoin them. Reaching St. Louis, he learned of their expulsion
from Missouri, and so, having temporarily settled his family at Carrolton, Greene
29

442 WHITNEY GENEALOGV.

Co., 111., returned on business to Kirtland. In Illinois the exiled community found
refuge and built their beautiful city of Nauvoo. At the first municipal election held
there, in February, 1841, Newel K. Whitney was chosen an alderman of the city.
After Joseph Smith's death in June, 1844, Brigham Young became the leader of the
Latter Day Saints. Under him they made their exodus to the Rocky mountains.
This exodus began in February, 1846. The ensuing winter was passed by the emi-
grating Mormons on the Missouri river, where they founded Wmter Quarters, now
Florence, Neb. Bishop Whitney was with his people in their primitive prairie set-
tlements, among the Pottawatomie and Omaha Indians, preparing to continue their
westward journey in the spring. In April, 1847, Brigham Young, at the head of a
picked band of pioneers, leavmg the main body of his people to follow at their
earliest convenience, set out for the Rocky mountains. Among the 142 men who
accompanied him on that long and arduous journey across the vast prairies and deso-
late plains west of the Missouri, were Horace K. and Orson K., sons of Bishop N. K.
Whitney, who remained in charge of important church affairs at Winter Quarters.
The bishop followed in the wake of the pioneers in 1848, leading a company of his
people to the valley of the Great Salt lake, where he arrived on Oct. 8. During the
succeeding two years, all that remained of his mortal life, he labored arduously in the
work of colonizing what is now Utah territory and founding the famous city of Salt
Lake, where most of his descendants now dwell. During his latter years he was pre-
siding bishop of the church. His death, which resulted from a severe attack of
pleurisy, occurred on Sept. 23, 1850. In a post mortem tribute in the Descret Weekly
News of Sept. 28, of that year, the following, in relation to Bishop Whitney, appears:
" In him the church suffers the loss of a wise and able counselor, and a thorough and
straightforward business man. It was ever more gratifying to him to pay a debt than
to contract one, and when all his debts were paid he was a happy man, though he
had nothing left but his own moral and muscular energy. He has gone down to the
grave leaving a spotless name behind him, and thousands to mourn the loss of such a
valuable man.'' He d. Sept. 23, 1850; res. Marlboro, Vt., Kirtland, O., Nauvoo,
111., and Salt Lake City, Utah.

7111. i. Sarah Ann., b. Mar. 22, 1825; m. in Kirtland, O., Heber C. Kim-

ball; b. June 14, 1801; d. June 22, 1867; res. Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ch.: Dorice H., b. Feb. 26, 1850; m. Nov. 14, 1870; res. Meadow-
ville, Utah; Newel W., b. May 19, 1852; m. Nov. 19, 1870; res.
Logan, Utah; Horace H., b. Sept. 3, 1854; m. Mar. 31, 1887; res.
Meadowville, Utah; Sarah M. Kimball Jenkins, b. May 4, 1858;
m. Oct. 21, 1876; res. Meadowville, Utah; Joshua H., b. Feb. 23,
1863; m. Mar. 29, 1887; res. Meadowville, Utah.
Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 26, 1828; m. and d. s. p.
Franklin K., b. Feb. 25, 1827; m. and d. s. p.
Orson Kimball, b. Jan. 20, 1830; d. s. p.
John Smith, b. Sept. 13, 1832; m. and res. Mendon, Utah,
Joshua Kimball, b. Feb. 13, 1835; m. Ann Logstroth.
Ann Maria, b. Oct. 1, 1836; m. May 2, 1866, Erastus Foote Hall;
b. Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1839; d. Feb. 23, 1890. She d. June
27, 1881 ; res. Salt Lake City. Ch.: Erastus Whitney, b. Feb. 21,
1867; Albert Verro, b. Jan. 25, 1872; d. Jan. 5, 1873; Eugene Roy,
b. Jan. 8, 1875; Elizabeth Isabella, b. Mar. 19, 1878; d. Sept. 18,
1879.

7118. viii. Don Carlos, b. Feb. 14, 1841; d. s. p.

7119. ix. Mary Jane, b. Jan. 17, 1844; m. July 4, 1865, Isaac Groo; b. Apr,
8, 1827; res. Salt Lake City, Utah. Ch.: Grace, b. Feb. 10, 1866;
d. Dec. 29, 1880; Vilate, b. Oct. 23, 1867; m, Feb. 28, 1888, W. A.
Taylor; b. Dec. 29, 1862. Ch.: Grace, b. Apr. 7, 1889; d. Apr. 8,
1889; Sullivan, b. Sept. 22, 1869; d. Sept. 25, 1870; Lawrence, b,
Apr. 11, 1871; d. Aug. 16, 1890; David, b. July 23, 1873; d. Apr,
23, 1873; Roscoe, b. Aug. 30, 1884.

7120. X. Newel Melchisedek, b. Feb. 6, 1847; d. s. p,

7121. xi. Jethro H., b. May 8, 1848; m. Jane S. Gibson.

7122. xii. Isabel Modalena, b. Nov. 2. 1848; m. Apr. 11, 1869, Septimus W.
Sears; res. Salt Lake City, Utah. He was b. Mar. 8, 1844. Ch.:
Sidney W., b. Jan. 24, 1870; d. Aug. 9, 1870; Herbert W., b. Mar,
21, 1871; d. Sept. 19, 1872; S. Isabel, b. Oct. 19, 1872; Septimus
W., b. Jan. 24, 1874; L. Lucile, b. Mar. 2, 1876; Emma W., b.

7112.

11.

7113.

111.

7114.

IV.

7115.

V.

7116,

VI,

7117.

vn,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 443

June 1, 1878; Eugene S., b. Sept. 14, 1882; Edward Brenton Main,
b. June 19, 1885; address of all, Salt Lake City, Utah.

7123. xiii. Melvina Caroline, b. Aug. 18, 1850; m. Nov. 7, 1874, William

W. Woods; res. Osborn, Idaho; b. Jan. 24, 1841, lawyer; res.
Wallace, Idaho. Ch.: Daisie D., b. June 5, 1868; Verona M., b.
Dec. 11, 1869; m. Apr. 30, 1889, B. Nugent Hillard; res. Murray,
Idaho. Ch.: Helen Louise, b. Jan. 16, 1890; d. Mar. 14, 1891;
Leslie A., b. Apr. 30, 1872; d. July 23, 1882; Winnifred I., b. Oct.
16, 1875; d. Dec. 28, 1879; Percival, b. Apr. 23, 1878; d. Oct. 20,
■ 1887.

7124. xiv. Horace Ki.mball, b. July 25, 1823; m. Helen Mar Kimball, Lucy

Bloxam and Mary Cravath.

3889. Martin Whitney (Simci, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Aug. 16, 1810; m. Apr. 3,1833, Electa Buel; dau. of Daniel, of Wilmington;
res. Cambridgeport, Mass.

7125. i. Frances Ellen, b. ; m. Charles M. Stratton; res. C.

7126. ii. Sarah Maria, b. Jan. 18, 1842.

3897. Lyman Hubbard Whitney (Solomon, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, lohn, John), b. July 2, 1814; m. Emeline Goodnow, dau. of Major William;
b. Jan. 17, 1815. "He d. Feb. 2, 1883; res. Whitingham, Vt.

7127. i. Albert W., b. ; d. .

7128. ii. Lucy L., b. ; d. .

3903. Solomon Whitney (Solomon, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, Johnj, b. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 10, 1832; m. at Little Compton, R. I., Apr. 4, 1852,
Sarah Chase; b. May 7, 1829; d. Jan. 17, 1^79; m. 2d, Jan. 21, 1880, Lucy J. (Crosby)
Cozard.

Solomon Whitney, Jr., was born in Vermont, March 10, 1832. Attended the
district school about 6 months in the year, 3 months summer and 3 months win-
ter. When 15 years old, owing to financial embarrassment, his father gave him his
time; worked that summer for neighboring farmers for §15 per month; in the fall
attended the Whitingham academy 3 months. In the winter taught a large and
successful school in the town of Wilmington, \'t. In spring attended a sugar bush
in company with a friend, where they made 1,200 lbs. of sugar. Worked on a farm
through the summer again, and in the fall went to Rhode Island and attended Provi-
dence Conference seminary at East Greenwich. Next winter taught school again at
Sencomet Point in Little Compton, R. I. Attended 3 terms at the P. C. S. at Eaft
Greenwich. Taught school again at Westport Harbor, Mass., at Tiverton, R. I.,
until he was 20 years old, when he married Sarah Chase, daughter of Thomas
Chase, of Little Compton. Moved with his wife back to the home in
Whitingham, bought a half interest in the home farm, but after a trial of 3
months found that the partnership with his half brother, Lyman, was not flattering in
any particular, he sold back his interest in his home and again moved to R. I. In
the following year he taught school at Dartmouth, Mass. The winter following he
taught at Tiverton, Mass., with his usual grand success. In the spring of 1854 rented
a large farm in Little Compton, R. I., and went into the dairy business, and followed
this busmess with but fair success until the fall of 1861, when he determined to en-
list in the Union army, and went to Providence, R. L, first, and then to Washington,
D. C. Visited all the camps in and around Washington; staid till McClellan started
with his 200,000 for Richmond. Accompanied general U. S. regulars as far as Fair-
fax Court House, when an order was received to return to Alexandria, where sick-
ness compelled him to leave the army and return home. The next 2 years were
spent for the recuperation of his health on the waters of the ocean and bay in the
seine fishery business, teaching winters; then farmed with not very flattering re-
sults till the spring of 1866, when he moved with his family of wife and 6 children to
Kansas and engaged to travel for the firm of Andrews & Lamb, school furnishers, of
Leavenworth; visited every county that then had a county superintendent of public
instruction, delivering Mitchell's outline maps according to act of Legislature.
Followed this till fall, when he engaged a school at Louisville, Pottawatomie Co., for
the winter. In spring of 1867 rented a farm in Manhattan, Riley Co., Kan., for 3 years
and commenced the producer's life anew. In the fall of 1869 went to work for the M., K.
& G. R. R. Co. in their land department to assist in surveying and appraising their
3,000 ,000-ac re land grant, which work he accomplished to the entire satisfaction of

444 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

the Company. He also acted for it in several other capacities with equal approval
until 1874, when he resigned (without being asked to) and returned to Manhattan to
the farm which he had in the meantime prepared for a home, where he still resides
in the enjoyment of home friends and loved ones, although his children are all
settled but two and all away from home but one, the youngest. His first wife died
Jan. 17, 1879, and Jan. 21, 1880, he married Mrs. Lucy J. Crosby Cazard, daughter of
T. D. Crosby, Esq., one of the first settlers of the Western Reserve, as it was then
called, and a highly respected citizen; res. Manhattan, Kas.

7129. i. Ella Jane, b. Jan. 22, 1853; m. Oct., 15, 1872, Henry Hougham;

res. M. Ch.: Edward L., b. Nov. 30, 1874; Stella M., b. Nov. 25,
1875; Sarah C, b. Sept. 26, 1881; John K., b. Aug. 15, 1883;
Robert H., b. May 29, 1889.

7130. ii. Harriett Eaton, b. Apr. 13, 1855; m. Aug. 20, 1877, Cyrus Foltz;

res. M. Ch.: Mildred Beatrice, b. Mar. 14, 1882; Clarence
Elbert, b. Aug. 10, 1884.

7131. iii. Willard Armes, b. Oct. 5, 1857; m. Abbie L. Browning.

7132. iv. Genevieve, b. June 21; 1859; m. Oct. 28, 1882, John S.Cunningham;

res. Parallel, Kas. Ch.: Claudius Carroll, b. July 5, 1883; Solo-
mon Whitnev, b. Oct. 16, 1884; Elmer Leland, b. Apr. 5, 1886;
d. July 18, 1890; Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1887; Virgil Everett, b. June
22, 1890.

7133. v. Sarah Catherine, b. April 21, 1861; m. Jan. 26, 1888, Walter

Taylor; res. Flower Bluffs, Corpus Christi, Tex. Ch.: Dor-
othy, b. Dec. 24, 1891.

7134. VI. Bertha Everett, b. July 4, 1864; unm.; res. Orange, Mass.

7135. vii. Jessie Chase, b. Jan. 25, 1875; unm.; res. M.

3912. Emory Stewart Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Feb. 28, 1805; m. Oct. 25, 1827, Sarepta
Hale, of Brattleboro; b. Oct. 12, 1804; d. Apr. 27, 1878. She m. 2d, Sept. 18, 1842,
Jacob White; b. Mar. 7, 1789; one ch., Chas. H., b. Oct. 2,1845. He d. June 21,
1839; res. Marlboro, \'t.

Willard Newton, b. Sept. 3, 1828; m. Georgianna Mather.
Fred'k Alonzo, b. June 23, 1833; m. Eveline Mason.
Brutus Merrill, b. Dec. 9, 1835; m. Sylvia A. Thayer.
Charles Stewart, b. May 29, 1831; d. Sept. 6, 1835.
Harriett Maria, b. Dec. 10, 1839; m. Jan. 28, 1863, Roswell A.
Thomas;' res. Mt. Pulaski, 111. He was b. Sept. 4, 1841; d. s. p.
Mar. 25,1884.

3919. John Stewart Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Oct. 12, 1818; m. June 12, 1850, Ann White,
of Townsend; d. Mar. 23, 1860; m. 2d, June, 1862, Hannah Barney. He was a farmer.
He d. Feb. 22, 1880; res. Whitingham, Vt.

7141. i. John S., b. Nov. 18, 1855; m. Laura F. Butterfield; res. Marl-

boro, Vt.

7142. ii. Alonzo Henry, b. Aug. 8, 1858; res. Marlboro, Vt.
7143a. iii. Arthur B., b. Mar. 21, 1863; d. Dec. 15, 1881.

7144a. iv. Fred E., b. Julv 21, 1867; res. Mountain Home, Idaho.
7145a. V. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1868; res. Manton, R. I.
7146a. vi. Vina Maria, b. Nov. 26, 1870; d. Feb. 2, 1871.
7147a. vii. Nathaniel Gilbert, b. Aug. 7, 1872; res. Mountain Home,
Idaho.

3920. Nathaniel Packard Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel,

Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 18, 1821; m. ;

res. Marlboro, Vt.

7143. i. Jennie Taylor, b. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 22, 1842; adopted in

1849, and took the name of Whitney.

3922. Cole Mattison Whitney (Phinehas, Phinehas, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Feb. 23, 1814; m. Nov. 13, 1832, Catherine Getman; b. Oct.
2, 1812; d. May 1887. He d. Aug., 1875; res. German Flats, N. Y.

7144. i. Harrington Phinehas, b. ; res. Ilion, N. Y.

7145. ii Henry Gorton, b. ; res. Ilion, N. Y.

7136.

i.

7137.

ii.

7138.

Ill

7139.

iv.

7140.

V.

7146.

iii.

7147.

IV.

7148.

V.

7149.

VI.

7150.

vu.

7151.

Vlll

7152.

IX.

7154.

i.

7155.

n.

7156.

111.

7157.

IV.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 445

Mattison Palmer, b. ; res. Frankfort.

Cornelia Catherine, b. — .

E. Almira, b. ; m. Emanuel Kinnie; res. Ilion, N. Y.

Esther Marietta, b. Apr. 6, 1843; d. 1872, unm.
Geo. Myron, b. Aug. 27, 1845; m. Josephine Steber.
Harvey Alvin, b. May 2, 1847; m. Katherine M. Flynn.

Adeline Amelia, b. 1874, Frankfort, N. Y.; m. Vosburgh;

res. Frankfort, N. Y.
7158. X. Cornelia Margaret, b. .

3934. Joel French Whitney (John, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John) b. Wadham's Mills, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1817; m. Eunice Boutwell; m.2d,Jan. 1,
1862, Emily J. Daniels, b. June 7, 1888. He d. June 11, 1877; res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y.

Geo. W.. b. Oct. 1, 1864; m. Josie B. Carey.

Joel F., b. Sept. 5, 1^69; unm ; res. Wadham's Mills.
Arthur Carl, b. May 7, 1872; res. Wadham's Mills.
Henry Clay, b. Jan. 22, 1866; d. Aug. 20, 1867.

3935. Dea. John Russell Whitney (John, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Wadhams Mills, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1813; m. at Waitsfield, Vt.,
Mar. 3, 1840, Elmira Eliza Fisk; b. Aug. 20, 1811; d. Apr. 22, 1892.

John R. Whitney was born, Apr. 18, 1813, on the farm, owned and occupied by
him till his death, about one mile north of Wadham's Mills. His father, John Whit-
ney, was one of the pioneers who settled that region early in the present century,
coming about 1808. Among these settlers were Benjamin Whitney and Daniel Saf-
ford, who married Sally Whitney. John was a shoemaker by trade. He was one of
the pioneers in the temperance cause, and his house, still standing, was the first
building in that region raised without intoxicating liquor (1829). He, with others,
responded to the call for the militia in 1812-14, but arrived at Plattsburg too late to
participate in the fight. Taken away in the prime of life, 1834, he left an honored
name to his family. After the death of his father, John Russell Whitney was obliged
to assume the care of the home, and lived with his widowed mother several years.
He was married. Mar. 3, 1840, to Elmina E. Fisk, daughter of Dea. Moses Fisk, of
Waitsfield, Vt. Having been deprived of educational privileges in his younger
days, he was determined to give his family every possible advantage, often making
great sacrifices to secure school privileges to his children; for several winters he had
a family school. He was deeply interested in the Congregational church at Wad-
ham's Mills, of which he became a member at the early age of fourteen. He was
elected deacon about 1863, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of the senior deacon,
and held this office till his death in 1880. He was especially active in all church
affairs, and did much for the maintenance of public service. Enjoying the advan-
tages provided for them, his children sought to improve themselves, and have all
honored the name and memory of their parents. Dea. Whitney passed away after a
severe and painful illness of heart disease. He d. July 23, 1880; res. Wadham's
Mills, N. Y.

7158. i. Elizabeth Hannah, b. Jan. 11, 1841; d. Mar. 11, 1865.

7159. • ii. Marietta Thankful, b. Feb. 2, 1842; m. Oct. 8, 1866, Rev. A. T.

Clarke; res. Shelby, Ala. Ch.: Almon Taylor, b. Oct. 7, 1867;

m. Elizabeth Perry; res. Parishville, N. Y.; Susan Elmira, b.

Dec. 17, 1872; Maud Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1875; John Paul, b.

Oct. 17, 1880; Harvey Fisk, b. May 13, 1883; Lena M.,b. Mar. 1,

1886.
Joel Fisk, b. Mar. 30, 1843; m. Louisa M. Bailey.
Sarah L., b. Sept. 4, 1844; m. Sept. 4, 1878, Edward D. Sturtevant,

and d. s. p. Apr. 1, 1874.
John R., b. July 29, 1847; m. Lena Groll.
Moses Fisk, b. Apr. 18, 1849; m. Ella Burt.
Lemuel, b. Dec. 12, 1850; res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y.
ROSABELLE, b. May 15, 1853; m. Oct. 6, 1877, Rev. Wm. H. Wol-

cott; res. Moreno, Cal. Ch.: Lucy, b. 1^78; Sarah A., b. 1881;

Vernon H., b. 1882.
7166. ix, Elmira Eliza, b. Sept. 7, 1855; res. Wadam's Mills.

3939. William Wilson Whitney (Cyrus, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel Nathan-
iel. John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Mar. 7, 1798; m. Nov. 28, 1837, at S., Matilda
Wolkes; b. July 28, 1800.

7160.

iii.

7161.

IV.

7162.

v.

7163.

vi.

7164.

vii.

7165.

VllI

446 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

William Wilson, son of Cyrus and Ruth Mayo Whitney, was born Mar. 7, 1798, in
Springfield, Vt. He enjoyed the meager advantages then possible in the common
schools. He supplemented these by extensive reading, mostly of borrowed books, and
by study at home, with occasional help from Samuel Hemminway, a retired teacher
whose delight was to teach young men mathematics. In this way he mastered the
harder parts of the arithmetic and learned algebra, geometry, trigonometry, surveying
and navigation. He also studied philosophy and chemistry , and made some progress
in Latin to fit himself for a teacher. At the age of 18 years he begin teaching district
school in winter while he continued to work on the farm in the summer. In 1821 he
went to New Brunswick, N. J., to teach in the Lancasterian school there; from thence
he went to Trenton, N. C., where he taught two years and returned on account of the
unfavorable climate. Here he learned a hatred of intemperance and slavery which
lasted through life. Against these he wrote, chiefly for the local press, talked,
lectured and voted as long as he lived, but he had no affiliation with the so-called
Birney or abolition party. After his return from the south he assumed care of his
father's farm, but continued to teach in winter for many years. He held various
town offices, was overseer of the poor seven years and in 1850 was a member of the
constitution of convention called by the council of censors of Vermont. He d. Mar.
14,1861; res. Springfield, Vt.

7167. i. Luther A, b. Dec. 22, 1841; unm.; res. S. She was b. in Spring-

field, Vt., where she has always resided. An injury received m
her youth made her a delicate child and a woman whose health
is far from firm. It followed from this that her education was
acquired in a somewhat desultory manner.but complete enough,
however, to soon enter upon the profession of teaching, in which
she was especially successful. She has written, at intervals, for
the local and methodist newspapers, sketches and poems mostly,
and occasionally stories for the H^i'de Awake and Youths' Com-
panion. She has also done a large (gratuitous) business in
poems and historical and biographical sketches and other
etceteras, for local societies. The Lathrops gathered up a few
articles (family legends and traditions) written for the Wide
Awake and published them in book form. " Old Time Days and
Ways, by Luthera Whitney, with sixty-two drawings by W.
Parker Bodfish. Quarto, gilt edges." Her chief ambition has
been to write a school history and manual of Vermont. She
resides at home with her mother.

7168. ii. Amanda, b. Jan. 22, 1844; m. Jan. 22, 1866, Asahel Upham; res.

Windham, Vt. He was b. Feb. 18, 1834. Is a farmer, Congreea-
tionalist and a Republican. Ch.; Constance, b. June 1, 1871;
Bradford, b. Sept. 30, 1874; d. Sept. 6, 1876; Grace Whitney, b.
Aug. 28, 1876.

7169. iii. RoLLiN W.,b. Mar. 30, 1848; m. Ann E.Taylor.

3944. Norman K. Whitney (Cyrus, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Nov. 14, 1800; m. Mar. 30, 1836, Mary Pratt. He d.
May 31, 1877.

7170. i. Norman S., res. Richland, Mich.

7171. ii. Henry Pratt. 7174. v. Mary, d. young.

7172. iii. Cyrus Walker. 7175. vi. Wm. Wilson.

7173. iv. Daniel Richard.

3946. Alexander Whitney (Benjamin, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., June 21, 1798; m. Westport, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1823,
Sophronia Streeter; b. Oct. 2, 1803; d. Apr. 8, 1871.

He was the eldest son of Benjamin and Betsey (Bragg) Whitney, was born in
Springfield. He went to Essex, N. Y., in 1820, engaged in farming, married, and
ever after resided there on the farm he purchased in 1820. He and his wife were
members of the M. E. church. He was always a Democrat. He d. Jan 30, 1859; res.
Essex N. Y.

7176. "i. Mary Ann, b. Oct. 19, 1823; m. Feb. 13, 1850, George Franklin

Stanton, b. Mar. 4, 1823; res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y. Ch.: Or-
lando Vanness, b. Oct. 31, 1851 ; Lucy Sophronia, b. May 25, 1853;
m. Harvey Sherman, Mar. 20, 1877; Minnie Philena, b. Oct. 7,
1855; m. Olmon Owen Clark; John Alexander, b. June 1,1660;

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 447

Mary Elizabeth, b. Mar. 25, 1862; m. James Regan Glaze, Oct.
14, 1890; George Whitney, b. Dec. 19, 1864.

7177. ii. Orlando Barrett, b. June 21, 1826; d. Aug. 21, 1861. He was

born in Essex, N. Y., and died of his wounds, a prisoner of war
in Richmond, Va. He was orderly sergeant of Company K,
38th Regt. N. Y. Vols.

7178. iii. Elizabeth, b. July 2, 1831; m. Oct. 24, 1854,Philetus A. Merriam;

res. Santa Anna, Cal.

7179. iv. Adaline, b. Nov. 28, 1833; m. Bragg, and d. Nov. 8, 1868.

7180. V. Philena, b. Mar. 20, 1838; d. Apr. 18, 1868.

7181. vi. Susan A., b. July 7, 1840; m. Chauncey A. Ballou; d. Aug. 21,

1868; m. 2d, Apr. 13, 1876, Horace Smith; d. Oct. 19, 1880. s. p.;
res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y.

7182. vii. Benjamin A., b. Sept. 6, 1828; d. May 11, 18o8.

1— 3947. Lucius Whitney (Benjamin, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Feb. 29. 1804; m. Oct., 1833, Thankful French,
dau. of Joel, of Lewis, N. Y.; b. Mar. 2, 1810; d. Aug. 7, 1842; m. 2d, Minerva Smith;
d. Apr. 3, 1875. He d. July 14, 1884; res. Essex, N. Y.

7183. i. Louisa, b. Sept. 8, 1834; m. in 1858, Leroy Crandal; res. Minne-

apolis; No. 1130 6th street. He was b. Aug. 17, 18;M; is retired
from business. Ch.: Bertha, b. Mar. 6, 1871. Address, 1130 6th
street, n. Minneapolis, Minn. Dollie, b. June 25, 1870; d. Aug.
7, 1870.

7184. ii. Sally Marie, b. Feb. 28, 1836; m. Apr. 12, 1864, Henry Dow

Sherman; res. Essex, N. Y. He was b. Apr. 9, 1838; is a
farmer. Ch.: Nellie Maria, b. May 22, 1865; m. Sept. 20, 1893,
to Philip A. Walker, and lives in Essex, N. Y.; no children.
Fred Henry, b. Apr. 22, 1867; lives in Essex; unm.; Cora, b. in
Essex, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1869; m. Nov. 15, 1887, in Presbyterian
church, Essex, by Rev. A. Frederick, to Henry Harmon Noble.
Ch.: John Harmon, b. Sept. 6, 1888; Laura Anne, b. Oct. 25, 1889;
Katherine Ruth, b. Oct. 2, 1892. 1. Thomas Noble, an emigrant
ancestor, was admitted an inhabitant of Boston, Mass., Jan. 5,
1653 (see Drake's Hist. Boston, p. 331), moved to Springfield,
Mass., 1653 (see Barber's Hist. Coll. Mass., p. 291); Westfield,
Jan. 21, 16(^9 (see Town Records); he married Nov. 1, 1660,
Hannah, daughter of William and Johanna (Scant) Warriner,
of Springfield, Mass. 2. Their son John was the first white
man to settle in New Milfoid, Conn., in 1707 (see Trumbull's
Hist. Conn., Book II., chap. VI., p. 83); his wife Mary was the
daughter of Dea. Richard Goodham, who was killed by the Indi-
ans near Hadley, Mass., Apr. 1, 1676 (see Barber's Mass., p. 323.)
3. Their son David was commissioned ensign of the North
Military company of New Milford, Conn., Oct. 11, 1743; was
deputy to Gen. Court, six sessions (see Colonial Records); his
wife Susanna was daughter of Capt. John Sherman, of Wood-
bury (a son of Samuel Sherman, born m Dedham, England); he
was deputy seventeen sessions; speaker, 1711-12; assistant,
1711-23; Capt. Woodbury company commissioned 1711 (see
Colonial Rec's. Conn.); Samuel Sherman, father of Capt. John,
was deputy 1635; assistant of colony of New Haven, 1662-63-64;
assistant Connecticut colony, 1665-66-67; his wife Sarah was
daughter of Mathew Mitchell, who came from Halifax, York-
shire, England, 1635. Trumbull says he was one of the fathers
of the colony (Conn. vol. I., chap. IV., page 68); (see sketch in
Mather's Magnolia, vol. II., chap. IV., of Rev. Jonathan Mitchell,
which gives an account of Mathew Mitchell. Mathew Mitchell
was at Saybrook Fort with Levi Gardiner, 1635, Pequot war
(see Colonial Recs Conn.) 4. Asahel Noble was a member of
the committee of inspection and correspondence of the town
of New Milford during the Revolutionary war (see Town Rec,
p. 228; also year book, 1893, N. Y. Society Sons of the Revo-
lution). Catherine, his wife, was daughter of James and Sarah
(Osborne) Peet, of Stratford, Conn., and a lineal descendant of

448 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

John Peet, of Duffield, England, 1597; came to America 1635;
she was also a descendant of Richard Butler and Thomas Fair-
child, of Stratford, mentioned by Trumbull (vol. I., chap. VI.,
p. 109). 6. Ranson Noble, the grandfather, was born in New
Milford, Conn., and moved to Essex (then Willsborough), N. Y.;
left New Milford, Dec. 22, 1799, and drove to Essex, reaching
there Jan. 3, 1800. He was a tanner, lumberman, and ironmaster,
and acquired a large property. He was out with the militia in
the war of 1812, as major 8ih regiment, 1812-13; major 37th
regiment, 1813; lieutenant-colonel 37th regiment, 40th brigade
(Gen. Daniel Wright); 8th division {Clinton and Essex Co.,
N. Y., militia), Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Mooers, and was present
at the battle of Plattsburgh. He was stationed at Chateaugoy
and St. Regis some time during 1812-13, in command of a
battalion of the 8th regiment. He was commissioned colonel
brigadier-general, and resigned after the war. His wife Anna was
a daughter of Charles McNiel, who lived at McNiel's Ferry, Char-
lotte, Chittenden Co., Vt., directly across Lake Champlain from
Essex, N. Y. She was a granddaughter of Archibald McNiel,
of Litchfield, Conn., who was ensign in Col. Phinehas Lymon's
regiment, in Lord Landon's expedition at Ford Edward, 1757;
Capt. Col. Read's regiment Fort Edward, 1758; captain in Col.
David Wooster's regiment. Crown Point, 1759-60; Capt. Col.
Nathan Whitney's regiment, 1761-62; expedition against Canada
(see Colonial Recs. of Conn.; Records in adjutant-general's
office, Hartford, Conn.; Litchfield Conn. Town Recs.; also Kil-
bunes, Litchfield, for dates of commissions, etc.). Anna McNiel's
mother, Mercy Wooster, was a relative of Col. David Wooster,
a captain in the British army, and afterwards major-general
continental line; killed at Ridgefield, Coim., by the British.

7. Harmon Noble, the father, was born in Essex, N. Y.;
educated at Plattsburgh and Lansingburgh, N, Y.; was in
business with his father and brother Belden. The firm was
R. Noble & Sons, and afterwards H. & B. Noble. He was
a successful business man and died possessed of a large property
He was a major in the New York state militia. Henry has his
commission signed by Gov. De Witt Clinton, March 9, 1825. He
was A. D. C. to Maj.-Gen. Henry Howard Ross of the 8th division
who succeeded his father in command. The mother, Laura
Anne Welch, is a lineal descendant of Thomas Welch, who is
mentioned by Trumbull, (vol. I., chap. VI, p. 107,) as one of the
seven pillars of the church and town of Milford, Conn. His wife,
Hannah, was dau. of Thomas Buckingham, also one of the seven
pillars. Their names are on the memorial bridge across the
Weposvage river at Milford, erected by the exertions of the late
Nathan Gillette Pond. Laura Anne's great-grandfather was
"Squire" Paul Welch, who settled in New Milford and was
prominent there prior to the revolution; he was a justice of the
peace for many years; (see Orcutt's Hist. New Milford, p. 65);
he was deputy 16 sessions and a lieutenant in the militia (see
Colonial Recs). His son Paul, Laura's grandfather, moved
to Vergennes, Vt., in 1808. He married Abigail Crane, sister to
Sally Crane who was Elisha Noble's wife. Their father was
Elijah Crane. Laura's brother, Peter Welch, was born in New
Milford ; lived most of his life in Vergennes; died in Essex, N. Y.

8. Harmon was born in Essex ; was educated at Selleck's school,
Norwalk, Conn., and in England; "have spent considerable time
abroad. My home was at Essex, until July, 1893, when I moved
to Babylon, L. I. I have always been a Republican; was on the
Essex County Republican committee 1886-1891; chairman
Republican Town committee, 1886, 1889, 1890, 1892; delegate to
congressional convention, 1886; delegate to Republic State con-
vention, 1891; member of the board of education. Union free
school district No. 1, Essex, N. Y., 1882-1893, inclusive; vice-
president Essex Horse Nail Manufacturing Company, 1886-

7187.

V.

7188.

VI.

7189.

Vll

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 449

1888; trustee Presbyterian church, 188:3-1893; vice-president
Champlain Valley Agricultural Society, Burlington, \'t., Is87-
1888-1889; original member 1887 Lake Champlain Yacht Club;
member executive committee, 1887-1888-1869; member Benedict
Club, Port Henry, N. Y.; member Babylon Club, Babylon, L. I.;
member New York Society Sons of the Revolution; member
New York Society of Colonial Wars; member Iroquois lodge
No. 715 F. & A. M., Essex. N. Y.; Cedar Point lodge No. 269, R.
A. M., Port Henry, N. Y.; De Soto Commandery No. 49, K.
F., Plattsburgh, N. Y'; Keeseville Lodge, No. 56, I. O. O. F.;
Keeseville, N. Y. I am at present acting as assistant secretary of
the Long Island Chautauqua Assembly Association which is
located on the great South Beach at Point o' Woods, Suffolk,
Co., L. I."

7185. iii. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1843; m., 1863, Ira Bigelow; res. Essex. He was
b. Mar. 10, 1845. Ch.: Frank, b. Mar. 25, 1867; m. Jan. 21, 1890;
res. Wadham's Mills.

7186. iv. Luna. b. Oct. 26, 1843; m. 1865, George Burt; res. Minneapolis,
2229 Emerson Ave.

Eunice, b. Dec. 25, 1844; d. July, 1874.

Ho.MER A., b. Sept. 7, 1846; m. .

H. Genio, b. June 25, 1847; m. Nettie E. Bellows.

3953. James Whitney (Elijah, Lemuel, Joshua. Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Springfield, Vt., July 1, 1823; m. Jan. 5, 1854, Martha Damon; b. July 1,
1822. He differs from other farmers, who are worthy citizens and fairly good tillers of
the soil, only in his enormous frame and his extraordinary knowledge of local
history. He is childless, but^ever since he has been a householder he has given a
home to some boy who else would have had none outside the almshouse; res.
Springfield, Vt., s. p.

3957. Rev. Joseph C. Whitney (Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Apr. 14, 1818; m. July 10, 1849, at New York City,
Eliza Baird; b. Dec. 11, 1826.

He worked for his father until he was twenty years of age, then he devoted his
time to obtaining an education. He went toOberlin college in 1840, graduated 1845;
1847 went to Union Theological seminary, New York, and graduated in 1849. In
June, 1849, he was licensed to preach by the 4th Presbytery, New York. He was
married to Miss Eliza Baird and removed to Minnesota, and in May, 1850, he was
ordained to the gospel ministry by the Presbytery of Galena, 111. He settled at Still-
water in 1849 and organized the First Presbyterian church, Stillwater, Minn., Decem-
ber, 1849. He removed to Minneapolis, September, 1853, and took charge of the
First Presbyterian church of Minneapolis during 1859, 1860 and 1861. He was at
Forest City, Minn., and in August, 1862, re-enlisted in the army and became captain
of Co. D, 6th Regt., Minnesota Vol. He was in the campaign of 1862-63 against the
Indians of Minnesota under Gen. Sibley, and was in all the engagements of those
two years against the Indians. In 1864 the regiment went south, located at Helena,
Ark., and in the fall and winter were quartered at St. Louis. Then went south to
New Orleans at the battle of Blukeley, near Mobile, and up to Montgomery, was
promoted to Capt. A. Q. M., May, 1865. Since the war he has resided at Minne-
apolis engaged in educational and church extension and being active in any line of
business; res. Minneapolis, Minn.

7190. i. Winona P. O., b. Apr. 30, 1850; res. M.

7191. ii. Oliver B., b. July 23, 1853; m. Pauline A. Hvland.

7192. iii. Elizabeth B., b. Apr. 19, 1857; m. Apr. 19, 1883, John K. Doolit-

tle. Ch.: Helen E., b. Mar. 7, 1884; d. Dec. 23. 1888; Mar-
guerite B., b. June 7, 1888; William K., b. July 17, 1890; res. M.

7193. iv. Edward D. N., b. July 15, 1859.

7194. V. Joseph H.,b. Oct. 4, 1862.

7195. vi. William A., b. Apr. 21, 1869; d. July 15, 1871.

3959. Lemuel Griffith Whitney (Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Dec. 10, 1812; m. Dec. 10, 1834, at St.
Armands, P. Q.. Catherine Elizabeth Conrow; b. Jan. 22, 1815; d. Apr. 1, 1890. He d.
Aug. 14, 1859; res. P. Q , and Moores, N. Y.

450

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7196.
7197.

7198.

i.

ii.
iii.

7199.

7200.

iv.

V.

7201.
7202.

vi.
vii.

7203.
7204.

viii.
ix.

Wm. E., b. Nov. 1, 1835; m. Emma A. Payn.

Jos. L., b. Jan. 22, 1837; m. Mrs. Betsey Garvin.

Julia Ann, b. Aug. 18, 1839; m. July 8, 1869. Sanford C. Good-
speed; res. Moores, N. Y.; has 6 ch.

John K., b. Aug. 19, 1841; m. Abigail M. Everett.

Louisa O. L, b. July 15, 1844; m. Jan. 31, 1883, James Blair; res.
98 Pearl St., Burlington, Vt.

Lemuel G., b. Feb. 17, 1847; m. Fannie Hay.

Clarinda Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1849; m. Sept. 30, 1873, and
res. Malone, N. Y.

Jonathan M., b. Aug. 20, 1851; m. Lephe Allen.

Mary Ruth, b. June 23, 1854; d. Sept. 11, 1855.

3965. George Jay Whitney (Warham, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Yerona, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1819; m. there June 4, 1844,. Julia Ballard; b.
Mar. 5, 1824; d. Feb. 26, 1885.

George Jay Whitney was one of the early millers of Rochester. He was well
known as a railroad man; was director of the New York
Central, under the successive administrations of Dean
Richmond, Mr. Keep and Com. \'anderbilt, and was the
only director who thus held over under the Vanderbilts.
He had charge practically of the whole grain business of
the New York Central, and when he died he was manager
of the Central Elevators in New York and Buffalo. At
home in Rochester he was known as an energetic and
public-spirited citizen. He built and conducted the Whit-
ney elevator on Brown street, and was actively interested
in pretty much all the public enterprises of moment that
were undertaken in Rochester between 1850 and 1880.
He was intimately associated in business and in friend-
ship with both Com. \'anderbilt and his son Wm. He
found life-long recreation in horses, and was the first pres-
ident of the Rochester driving park. He d. Dec. 31, 1878;
res. Rochester, N. Y.

7205. i.

GEORGE JAY WHITNEY.

7206. ii.

7207.

7208.

111.
. iv.

Caroline Williams, b. Jan. 15, 1848;

m Apr. 8, 1869, Arthur D. Fiske; res.

Morristown, N. J. He was b. Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 21, 1843.

Is a grain broker at 502 Produce Exchange, New York City.

Ch.: Josiah Mason, b. Mar. 11, 1870; address, 18 Cortlandt St.,

New York Citv; George Whitney, b. Jan. 8, 1884; Endicott, b.

January 23, 1885; Pauline, b. Aug. 8, 1887; P. O., Morristown, N. J.
James W , b. Apr. 5, 1845; m. Pauline Clark, Belle Nott Waring

and Effie Lyle.
Lois Elliott, b. Mar. 31, 1850; d. Mar. 8, 1889.
Julia, b. Oct. 28, 1859; m. Sept. 2, 1886, Edward S. Martin; res.

Rochester, N. Y. He was b. Jan. 2, 1856; is a journalist. Ch.:

George Whitnev, b. Dec. 17, 1887; Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1888; Lois

Whitney, b. May 17, 1892.

3966. James Mordoff Whitney (Warham, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1821; m. there Sept. 7, 1852, Martha
Louise Pond; b. Brockport, N. Y., ISaS.

Mr. Whitney was a life-long resident of Rochester, N. Y., and a member of a
family that has long been prominent in its history. His father, Warham Whitney,
came here at the beginning of the century, and becanae the owner of large tracts of
land in what is now the northwestern part of the city. The family residence was
built on State street, near where the Rome, Watertown, & Ogdensburg station now
stands, and it was here that Mr. Whitney was born in Feb., 1821. He attended the
public schools here, and graduated from the old Rochester high school. He attended
an academy in Palmyra after leaving the high school, and after returning from that
town he entered the milling house of his brother-in-law. General Williams, as a clerk.
He remained with Mr. Williams a number of years, and then entered into the mill-
ing business himself, forming a co-partnership with N. T. Rochester and S. G.
Andrews under the firm name of N. T. Rochester & Co. He retired from active
business life several years ago. He has been a large holder of Rochester real estate.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 451

and at the time of his death few citizens owned more than he. He was one of the
first members of the old street car company, and held his interest in it up to the time
the new corporation assumed control. Mr. Whitney never held public office,
although he took a strong interest in all that pertained to the city's welfare. The
only official position he held was that of trustee of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, a
position he held from the time the bank was incorporated. He was an excellent
bank official; shrewd and far-sighted, and never missed a directors' meeting. Mr.
Whitney married Miss Martha Pond, a daughter of Elias Pond. It was due in great
part to Mr. Whitney's persistent agitation that Ontario Beach was developed into
the beautiful summer resort it is to-day. He and Samuel Wilder purchased in 1860
sixteen acres of land in the outskirts of Charlotte, which included the present site of
the Charlotte Iron Works. They paid for the tract 81,000. It was but a few years
later that the iron works site alone was sold for S8,000. A short time later Mr. Wilder
sold his interests in the land to .Mr. Whitney, who built several cottages now become
the Cottage hotel. He d. May 24, 1893; res. Lake Ave., Rochester, X. Y.

7209. i. Warham, b. July 3, 1854; m. Fanny Palmer Arnot.

7210. ii. Geo. Pond, b. Jan. 15, 1856; d. Dec. 25, 1891.

3980. Henry Whitney (.Alanson, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Sept. 5, 1824; m. June 5, 1850, Rowena Crane; b. 1829; d. Feb. 11, 185"7; m.
2d, Mar. 7, 1859, Susan Douglass; res. Kendall, N. Y.

7211. i. Henry, b. Jan., 1863; d. July 5, 186.3.

7212. ii. Etta R., b. ; res. Kendall, N. Y.

7213. iii. Douglass S., b. 1873; res. Kendall, N. Y.

3981. James Riley Whitney (Alanson, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Jan. 3, 1828, Murray, N. Y.; m. at Kendall, N. Y., Feb. 23, 1859, Annie
C. Jones; b. Murray, N. Y., June 7, 1838. He settled in Parma, Monroe county, state
of New York, Mar. 1, 1859, where he resided until his death. He d. s. p. Sept. 7,
1894; res. Parma, N. Y.

3984. Ira Independence Whitney (Alanson, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. July 4, 1834; m. Feb. 27, 1862, Isabella G. Whitney; daughter of
Ephraim J., and Susan J., of Lyons, N. Y., b. July 25, 1828; res. Rochester and Lvons,
N. Y.

7214. i. Hattie Alida, b. Nov. 27, 1864 (adopted).
721.5. ii. Jane Perrine, b. Jan. 21, 1865.

7216. iii. Chas. Alanson, b. Feb. 22, 1868.

3988. John Henry Whitney (John, Oliver, David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Ludlow, Vt,. Sept. 21, 1819; m. at Lyndeboro, N. H., June 4, 1846, Sarah
Jane Manning; b. Nov. 4, 1822; res. Ludlow, \'t. ,

7217. i. Isabel Sarah, b. May 3, 1849; m. June 19, 1878, Charles Page

Chase; res. Proctorsville, Vt. He was b. Mav 11, 1855. Isa
farmer. Ch.: Carrie May, b. Apr. 27, 1879; John, b. July 8, 1881.

3993. David Whitney (George, Ephraim, David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Ellington, Conn., Feb. 18, 1799; m. at Farmington, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1824, Eliza
Edgeworth; res. Rochester, N. Y., and Mazomanie, Wis.

7218. i. William, H.,b. — .

3996. George Lowell Whitney (George, Ephraim, David, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Ellington, Conn., Jan. 24, 1804; m. at Hudson, N. Y., JiHy 17, 1825, Louisa
Struce; res. Hudson, N. Y., and Palmyra, Wis.

7219. i. John H., b. in 1874; res. 253 S. Halsted St., Chicago.

4000. William Whitney (William, William, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John),b. Sept. 17, 1791; m. May 10, 1814, Svbil C. Greenwood, b. Nov. 7, 1794;
d. Dec. 1, 1817; m. 2d, Feb. 11, 1819, Delsenah Turner; b. Feb. 11, 1795; d. May 10,
1884.

William Whitney was born in Gardner, Mass., and resided with his parents on
their farm until his marriage, when he went to Tenipleton to reside. He conducted
a large farm and kept a country tavern. It was a well known resort and farmers
enroute to Boston with produce made his hotel their place for spending the night.
There were no railroads then nearer than Boston. The farmers from the Green
Mountain State came with loads of hogs, corn and maple sugar and droves of cattle,
sheep and turkeys. In those early days the hotel keeper in the town was one of the

7220.

7221.

Ill

7222.

III.

7223.

iv.

7224.

V.

452 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

most important personages. Mr. Whitney was a genial man, always kind to the
poor, frequently giving loads of wood, hay and provisions to the needy. He was a
Unitarian in religious belief, a kind man in his family and much respected and
beloved by all. The house in which he resided is still standing and is a lovely
summer home. A large pine grove near by, and the land broken by hills and val-
leys, adds greatly to the scenery. He d. Aug. 23, 1839; res. Gardner and Templeton,
Mass.

Betsey, b. Apr. 16, 1815; d. Dec. 27. 1823.
William, b. May 10, 1817; d. May 29, 1818.
SiBBEL, b. Mar. 11, 1820; d. Dec. 14, 1823.
William, b. Aug. 25, 1821; m. Nabbv Day.

SiBBEL, b. July 18, 1823; m. Dec. 31, 18415, Warren Benton, b. 1827;
d. Nov. 10, 1851; m. 2d, May, 1857, Lucius Baker. They resided
in Templeton, Mass., on the farm owned by her father. He
was b. 1828, is a woodenware manufacturer. Ch.: Luella Sibbel
d. June 1, 1849; ae. 1 year 8 months and 15 days; Austin War-
ren, d. June 15, 1849; ae. 7 months and 21 days. Ch. of L. War-
ren, and Sibbel Benton: Warren L.,b. July 7, 1849; P.O. address
Thompsonville, Conn.; Luella Sibbel, b. Feb. 19, 1850; m. Dec.
31. 1868; d. Feb. 3, 1878; James Fairbanks, b. June 5, 1848;
address Chestnut St., Gardner, Mass ; Lucas Lee, b. July, 1859;
address East Templeton, Mass.; Anna L., b. July, 1859; d. Mar.
14, 1860; Winifred Fairbanks, b. June 81, 1878; Byron Ellis, b.
Sept. 3, 1860; d. Sept. 16, 1881.

7225. vi. Washington, b. Mar. 7, 1825; d. Nov. 12, 1826.

7226. vii. Betsey, b. Apr. 15, 1830; m. Sept. 13, 1847, Charles W. Weller.

He was b. May 15, 1826. He served as a soldier in the civil
war for one year and six months and was discharged for disa-
bility. He d., from injuries received in the war, Sept. 4, 1871,
after ten years of suffering. She res. High St. Winchendon,
Mass. Ch.: Florella B., Oct. 20, 1849; d. July 7, 1872; Arden
E., b. Apr. 8, 1851; d. July 21, 1854; Melphia Sibbel, b. Aug. 1,
1853; d. July 22, 1854; Emma M., b. Aug. 27, 1854; m. S. W.
French; res. Bowers St., Newtonville, Mass.

7227. viii. Washington, b. Dec. 23, 1832; m. Sarah Hobbs; res. Springfield,

Mass.; P. O. box 222.

4001. Seth Whitney (William, William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Dec. 8, 1792; m. Apr. 23, 1816; Sally Wood; b. Mar. 7, 1795; d. June 6, 1825;
m. 2d, Dec. 28, 1825; Chloe Lincoln, d. Jan. 4, 1855. Seth Whitney was born in
Gardner, and was a successful farmer. He was highly esteemed. He d. Oct. 22^
1859; res. Gardner, Mass.

7228. i. Seth, b. May 25, 1817; d. Aug. 29, 1822.

7229. ii. Austin, b. Feb. 27, 1819; m. Maria Allen.

7230. iii. Lucy, b. June 22, 1821 ; m. May 24, 1844, Ivers Whitney (See).

7231. iv. Webster Wood, b. Nov. 29, 1824; d. unm. Aug. 13, 1892.

7232. ivK. Sally, b. Nov. 29, 1824; d. Jan. 25, 1825.

7233. V. William L., b. Feb. 5, 1827; d. unm. Mar. 8, 1882.

7234. vi. Chloe, b. Oct. 4, 1828; m. Apr. 20, 1847; Charles Addison Perley,

b. Sept. 15, 1826; son of Asa and Mary (Kendall) Perley; res.
Baldwinsville, Mass. Ch.: Mary Isabelie, b. Aug. 24, 1849;
m. Herbert Leland. Charles Addison, b. June 30. 1855; m. M.
Ella Waite.

7235. vii. Sally, b. Nov. 6, 1830; res. unm. Baldwinsville, Mass.

7236. viii. Seth. b. Jan. 30, 1833; d. Oct., 1, 1845.

7237. ix. Mary, b. Jan. 28, 1838; d. Aug. 13. 1838.

4002. Joseph Whitney (William. William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Feb. 28, 1794; m. May 6, 1818. Nancy Putnam; b. June 3, 1798; d. Mar. 29,
1880.

Joseph Whitney was a farmer, and lived in Winchendon, on the farm where his
grandfather resided (his name was William, and the first Whitney that settled
in those parts). On the death of his father he went to Gardner, and resided on the
home place. He d. May 12, 1876; res. Gardner, Mass.

7238. i. Ivers, b. Jan. 30. 1819; m. Lucy Whitney, and Rhoda'Adams.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 453

7239. ii. Eliza, b. Sept. 24, 1820; m. May 20, 1852, James M. Peck, of

Orange, Mass. He d. in Fitchburg, Mass. She res. Rindge,
N. H. Ch.: Mary Frances, b. May 30, 1856; d. June 18, 1877.

7240. iii. Caroline, b. Oct. 17, 1824; d. Feb. 19, 1876. Ivers was appointed

admr. of her estate, Mar. 7, 1876.

4006. Hon. Amasa Whitney (William, William, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. in Gardner, June 19, 1805; m. Apr. 16, 1829, Dolly Scollay; b. Nov. 8,
1808; d. Oct. 25, 1843; m. 2d Lucy Coolidge; b. Nov. 4, 1814.

Hon. Amasa Whitney was a native of Gardner, Mass., where he lived and died;
was a well-to-do farmer. For four years he was town assessor, ten years overseer of
the poor, and representative in the legislature one term. He d. Jan. 21, 1870; res.
Gardner, Mass.

7241. i. Charles, b. Sept. 21, 1830; m. Mary Knowlton.

7242. ii. James, b. Oct. 4, 1837; d. Feb. 16, 1844.

4011. William Barrett Whitney (Phinehas, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. in Winchendon, June 14, 1801; m. Dec. 20, 1827, Lois
Stone; b. Fitzwilliam, N. H., May 25, 1802. She d. Vineland, N. J., Oct. 20, 1870.
William Barrett Whitney, eldest son of Capt. Phinehas and Bethiah ( Barrett) \\'hitney,
was born in Winchendon, Mass., Jan. 14, 1801. He was a farmer during the earlier
portion of his life. Later in life he was largely eneaged in lumbering and in the
manufacture of lumber. He d. Feb. 15, 1874; res. Winchendon, Mass.

7243. i. Charles Milton, b. Dec. 31, 1828; d. Orange, Mass., Jan. 24,

1843.

7244. ii. Elizabeth Ellen, b. Sept. 2, 1831; d. Sept. 15, 1833.

7245. iii. Elizabeth Ellen, b. Aug. 2, 1834: m. Apr. 27, 18.')4, Rev. Abram

W.Stevens; res. Cambridge, Mass. Ch.: Harold W.,b. Jan.26,
1855; m. Frances E. Ball; book-keeper Nat'l Bank of Republic,
Boston, Mass.; Chas. Herbert, b. Aug. 20, 1860; Ralph L., b.
Nov. 10, 1870. Rev. Abram Wilder Stevens was born in Barre,
Mass., Jan. 22, 1834. He was educated at the preparatory school
connected with the theological seminary, Meadville, Pa., and
graduated therefrom in the class of 1862. He was ordained as
a Unitarian minister at Manchester, N. H., in 1863, and was set-
tled over the Unitarian society in that city until J 865, when he
received a call from the Lee Street society in Cambridge, Mass,
which he accepted, and was settled over that society in 1865.
He remained there until 1870, having been connected with this
church and society for a period of five years. He is now con-
nected with and is at the head of the proof-reading department
of the University Press, Cambridge, Mass.

7246. iv. Louisa Lyman, b. Aug. 8, 1836; m. Sept. 4, 1855, Jason A. Morri-

son; b. Warren, Pa., Nov. 16, 1828; d. May 15, 1865. Ch.: Wm.
Barrett, b. Apr. 8, 1863; teller State Nat'l Bank, Denver, Col.

4017. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Winchendon. Mass. Oct. 10, 1800; m. there in 1820, Abigail Flint; d. 1879.
He d. in 1882; res. Winchendon, Mass.

7247. i. Dudley, b. Aug. 10, 1836; m. Mary E. W^hitney.

7248. ii. Joseph, b. . 7250, iv. McClusa, b. .

7249. iii. Milton, b. .

4024. Grover Scollay Whitney (Joseph, William, William, William, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. July 10, 1816; m. Mar. 30, 1851, Laura A. B. Roby; b. Jan., 1828.
I copy this from the Congregationalist. It was written by his pastor: " Disease
for years had made inroads upon his body, but it could not keep down the energy
and ardor of his earnest soul. Behind his modest brow was a large brain, and when
he felt a grand truth, its movements were to all hearts what the stroke of the engine
is to the mill. A large circle will miss an earnest Christian and a bold defender of
the truth. His end was peace." Mr. Whitney married Miss Laura A. Roby, of Cam-
■bridge, Mass. He d. Apr. 16, 1868; res. Winchendon, Mass.

7251. i. Clara S., b. June 9, 1855; res. Winch. She was a graduate of Mt.

Holyoke seminary in the class of '76, and has since been a pub-
lic school teacher.

454 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7252. ii. Charles Melville, M. D., b. Dec. 4, 1862; m. at Walpole, N.

H., May 1, 1889, Mabel Ann Porter; b. May 1, 1864; address 591
Tremont St., Boston, Mass. He was born at Winchendon, Mass.
Educated at the public schools there and at Gushing academy,
Ashburnham, Mass. Giaduatedat medical school of Harvard
university, June, 1887. Served as house surgeon at the Boston
City Hospital from July, 1886, to January, 1888. Has been en-
gaged in practice of medicine in Boston since then. Is surgeon
to genito-urinar>' department Boston dispensary; registrar at
Boston City hospital and at St. Elizabeth's hospital.

4026. Webster Whitney (Amasa, William, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., Oct. 6, 1803; m. Mar. 16, 1828, Eliza Parks Whit-
man; d. Mar. 4. 1867.

Webster Whitney was a native of Winchendon, where he always resided, and
where he was a respected and honored citizen. He was first elected town clerk in
1832, and from that time until his death, in 1872, served the town in that capacity.
He was assessor from 1836 to 1840; town treasurer, 1834 to 1836, and selectman for
eleven years. He was a faithful and efficient public servant, and highly esteemed
for his many sterling qualities and strict honesty. He d. Apr. 19, 1872; res. Win-
chendon, Mass.

7253. i. Eliza Caroline, b. June 16, 1830; m. Feb. 27, 1849, William

Beaman; res. W. He was b. Winch., Sept. 16, 1818. Ch.: Will-
iam David, b. July 17, 1851; m. Mary Jane Hyde; John Webster,
b. Sept. 18, 1855; m. Alice C. Wood, and d. Dec. 3, 1888; Edward
Arthur, b. July 18, 1857; d. Oct. 10, 1861; Charles Frederic, b.
Dec. 8, 1859; m. Margaret Atkinson; Caroline Eliza, b. June 1,
1866.

7254. ii. William W., b. May 5, 1833; m. .

7265. iii. Lucy Ellen, b. ; m. Kimball; res. W.

4027. Amasa Whitney (Amasa, William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Winchendon, Mass., Apr. 24, 1806; m. July 24, 1834, Mary Murdock; b. Oct.
3, 1811, in W.; d. Jan. 22, 1886. He d. Apr. 19, 1876; res. Winchendon, Mass.

7256. ii. George W., b. Feb. 3, 1841; unm.; res. Win.

7257. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 27, 1835; m. Jan. 1, 1863, Dudley Whit-

ney, son of Joseph; s. p.; res. 754 Broadway, So. Boston, Mass.

4030. Baxter Doddridge Whitney (Amasa, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., June 28, 1817; m. Mar. 1, 1846, Sarah
Jane Whitney; b. July 14, 1827.

Baxter D. Whitney's first invention was a contrivance for stretching wrinkles
out of cloth while in the fulling mill. Then came a machine tor smoothing hard
wood after passing through the ordinary' planer. This has been patented m several
European countries, and is in general use. A gauge lathe, a machine for grindmg
cylinder saws, and improvements in cylinder planers are among his inventions.
The band-saw, which is the poetry of invention, was the conception of a Frenchman,
but it has been improved and made practical by Mr. Whitney. Improvements in
machinery which cannot claim to be new principles, but which greatly facilitate
work, have been made in large number by the ingenious mechanic of Winchendon;
res. Winchendon, Mass.

7258. iii. William M., b. Mar. 27. 1863; unm.; res. Winch.

7259. ii. Mary M., b. Apr. 23, 1861; m. Jan. 31, 1889, Elisha M. Whitney;

res. Winch.

7260. i. Baxter E., b. Mar. 13, 1853; unm.; res. Winch.

7261. iv. Emily T., b. July 6, 1868; d. Oct. 13, 1884.

4033. Oreson Whitney (Luke, William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Gardner, Mass., Jan. 12, 1806; m. Amanda Chase; d. San Jose, Cal.; res.
California.

7262a. i. James Osgood, b. Dec. 31, 1831: m. Marie Drury.

7263a. ii. Charles O., d. and left issue.

7264a. iii. Eliza, res. in California.

4035. Luke Whitney (Luke, William, William, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Feb. 14, 1810; m. Sarah A. Pierce; b. 1810; m. 2d Mary Pierce; b. 1812; m.
3d Amanda Wood. He d. July, 1886; res. Albany. Vt.

BAXTER D. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 455

7262. i. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1839; m. Dec. 7, 1866, Edwin W. Lund; b. Jan.

24, 1889; res. Baldwinsville, Mass. Ch.: Cora I., b. Oct. 22, 1876.

7263. ii. William H., b. May 19, 1841; m. Mary Ella Sweet.

7264. iii. Caroline M., b. ; m. Wade; res. Longmeadow, Mass.

7265. iv. Louis L., b. Dec. 26, 1849; m. June, 1882; d. s. p. May 7, 1885.

7266. V. LuELLA A., b. ; m. Feb., 1881, Hamilton; res. Minne-

waukon, N. D.

7267. vi. Jennie C, b. ; m. Hamilton; res. Baldwinsville, Mass.

7268. vii. Ellis G., b. Mar. 30, 1862; m. Mar. 5, 1888, Lizzie J. Bolton; res.,

s, p. Westminster Mass.

7269. viii. Fannie C, b. Dec. 20, 1864; m. Apr. 26,1883, Smith; res.

Baldwinsville, Mass.

7270. ix. Gertrude E., b. Sept., 1872; res. Baldwinsville,

7271. X. Lizzie E.,b. ; m. ; d. , s. p.

4044. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, Phinehas,Wm.,Wm., Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Apr. 17, 1800; m. Oct. 10, 1822, Sally Barrett; d. May 4, 1868. He d. Dec. 6, 1865;
res. Shirley, Mass.

7272. i. Thomas E.,b. Nov. 1, 1825; only child. Thomas Edwin Whitney,

A. M., d. unm., Oct. 25, 1876. He was educated at the common
schools of his native town, Shirley, Mass., and spent a few terms
at a friend's school. He entered Groton academy and was pre-
pared for college; entering Harvard, he was graduated in 1845.
Returning to Shirley he established a select school. A few years
after he established himself in business as a broker and soon
went into the Nova Scotia trade. Not being successful he re-
turned to his native town and cultivated the broad acres of his
ancestors. He never married. He was the last of the name in
this family line to which he belonged. The dust of four gener-
ations has found one common resting place.

4045. Hon. James Phinehas Whitney (Thomas, Phinehas, William, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Shirley, Mass., Aug. 8, 1802; m. at Ipswich, May 31, 1836,
Lydia B. P. Treadwell; d. Feb. 28, 1842; m. 2d, at Ipswich, June 10, 1846, Sarah Ann
Treadwell.

He was born in Shirley, Mass., where he always resided. Educated at the public
schools there and at Lawrence academy, Groton, Mass., where he graduated. For
twenty years he was one of the most prominent residents in that part of the Old Bay
State; was representative in the legislature, also state senator for several terms. He
held all the town offices at different times and for years was town treasurer. He d.
Jan. 14, 1847; res. Shirley, Mass.

7273. i. Henrietta P., b. Mar. 11, 1837; m. Oct. 23, 1862, Andrew McFar-

land Davis; res. Cambridge, Mass., 10 Appleton St.

4046. George A. Whitney (Thomas, Phinehas, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Aug. 30, 1809; m. Nov. 16, 1841, Mary D. Hayward. He d. Mar. 25,
1860; res. Shirley, Mass.

7274. i. JamesP., b. Jan. 12, 1847; d Sept. 6, 1871.

7275. ii. George A., b. Nov. 15, 1848; d. Dec. 9, 1870.

4050. William Fiske Whitney (William, Phinehas, William, William, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Shirley, May 19, 1803; m. Jan. 17, 1827, Frances Ann Rice; b.
Mar. 22, 1808; d. Oct. 30, 1867. He d. Jan. 21, 1868; res. Boston, Mass.

7276. i. David R., b. Jan. 10, 1828; m. Sophia P. Dunn.

7277. ii. Frances Ellen, b. Dec. 29, 1829; m. Sept. 18, 1849, William S.

Lewis; res. Philadelphia, Pa. Ch.: William Whitney; Henry
Ashmead; Lily Maude; Abraham Jarrett.

7278. iii. Fred'k Wm., b. Jan. 21, 1833; d. Apr. 6, 1834.

7279. iv. Fred'k Wm., b. Aug. 1, 1884; d. Aug. 26, 1839.

7280. V. Wm. F., b. Mar. 26, 1850; m. Louise Elliot.

4051. George HoweWhitney (William, Phinehas,William,William, Nathaniel,

John, lohn), b. Mar. 24, 1809; m. Mar. 19, 1838, Elizabeth B. White; b. ; d. Mar.

28, 1881. He d. Nov. 28, 1858; res. St. Charles, Mo.

7281. i. Mary Henrietta, b. Aug. 15, 1840; d. Aug. 21, 1840.

7282. ii. Mary Frances, b. Sept. 5, 1841; d. Feb. 19, 1846.

7283. iii. William Fiske, b. Jan. 20, 1843; d. Jan. 26, 1843.

456 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7284. iv. William Fiske, b. Nov. 24, 1844; m. Miss Mildred A. Buckner,

of St. Charles, Mo.

7285. V. Julia Harriet, b. Oct. 2, 1847; d. Mar. 4, 1848.

7286. vi. Martha Ellen, b. Apr. 19, 1849; d. Aug. 28, 1881.

7287. vii. Francis White, b. Apr. 8, 1852; d. Mar. 9, 1881.

4055. Henry Augustus Whitney (Charles, Phinehas, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 6, 1823; m. in Charlestown, Mass., Oct. 24, 1860,
Lucretia Fall; b. Nov. 9, 1839. He d. Feb. 18, 1890; res. Boston, Mass., s. p.

4062. Charles Pliny Whitney (Pliny, Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Milford, N. H., Apr. 22, 1838; m. there May 26, 1863, Lydia Augusta
Farnsworth; b. July 31, 1838. He has always resided in Milford, and is a retail drug-
gist; res. Milford, N. H., s. p.

4065. Samuel Whitney (Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., Mar. 9, 1821; m. Nov., 1848, Caroline A. Puffer; b. Feb.
^28, 1823

He was born in Westminster, Mass. He was a prominent church member, was
very liberal with his money, giving large amounts for religious work and to charity.
He was very successful in his business, that of manufacturing paper. He d. Mar. 30,
1868; res. Ashland, and Fitchburg, Mass.

7288. i. Clarence S., b. Mar. 27, 1850; m. Martha W. Hunt.

7289. ii. Josephine Maria, b. Feb., 1853; d. Sept., 1854.

7290. iii. William Frying, b. Aug. 9, 1855; m. Mary E. Fenn.

7291. iv. Jennie Louise, b. Nov., 1858; d. July 1, 1885.

4C66. George E. Whitney (Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Westminster, Mass., June 1, 1831; ni. Mar. 13, 1853, Sarah J. Tolman;
b. Mar. 7,1830; d. Mar. 29, 1875; m. 2d, Jan. 19, 1876, Lura Lind Nims, b. Nov. 5, 1850;
res.

Fred'k Waldo, b. Aug. 8, 1854; m. Celia E. Smith and Emma F.

Estabrook.
Emma L., b. Aug. 6, 1856; m. Charles Leach; m. 2d, Marvin R.

Lewis. Ch.: Winnefred Charles; res. Rapid City, So. Dak.
Julia Bertha, b. Sept. 12, 1864; d. Dec. 11, 1882.
Ellen A., b. Aug. 3, 1860; d. Sept. 9, 1860.
Charlotte Ruth, b. July 15, 1878; res. Keene.
Mary Belle, b. Mar. 13, 1881; res. Keene.
Ida Nims, b. Aug. 31, 1882; res. Keene.
Ralph Edward, b. Apr. 20, 1889; res. Keene.

4067. Nathan Whitney (Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. in Westminster, Mass., July 20, 1828; m. in Fitchburg, 1851, Mary S. Tol-
man; b. June 22, 1832; d. Mar. 23,1861; m. 2d, Nov. 30, 1864, at Pepperell, Mass.,
Charlotte M. Belcher; b. Mar. 1, 1830.

Nathan Whitney was born in Westminster, Mass., at the old homestead, July 20,
1828; attended the public schools in town, and finished his education at the academy
in Westminster. Lived at home till 1853, when he went to Middleton, Mass., to
work in a paper mill for his brother Samuel; worked for him there most of the time
till 1861, when he went to Fitchburg, Mass., to continue with him in the paper busi-
ness. In 1863 he went to Claremont, N. H., to continue the same business with him.
In the fall of 1866 he removed to Bennington, N. H., where he ran a paper mill in
connection with him till his death, in 1868, when the mill passed into the hands of Mr.
Lyman Patch, of Fitchburg, Mass. He leased an individual half of it from him and
continued to run it till 1872, when he quit the paper business. The same year, in
•connection with his youngest brother, George, and others, went into sash, blind and
door business, in Keene, N. H., in which business he still remains. About 1878 he
started a mill in Bennington, N. H., for the manufacturing of ground wood pulp, and
ran that business in Bennington and Stoddard, N. H., five or six years. In 1858 he
bought one section of Iowa land from the U. S. government, and has added till he now
has 880 acres, which eleven years ago he began to improve, and has spent a share of
his time there since; res. Bennington, N. H., and Irwin, Shelby Co., la.

7300. i. Frank Eugene, b. June 9, 1853; m. Grace M. J. Chase.

7301. ii. Carrie Louise, b. Dec. 25, 1857; m. June 15, 1881, Dr. Charles

Harvey Hadley; res. Blythebourne, L. I. Ch.: Grace Louise, b.
Aug. 30, 1884; Bessie Helen, b. Oct. 13, 1887; , b. .

Keene,

N. H.

7292.

i.

7293.

ii.

7294.

iii.

7295.

iv.

7296.

V.

7297.

VI.

7298.

vn.

7299.

viii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY, 457

7302. iii. Wm. Belcher, b. Jan. 10,1866; res. New York City, care Betts,
Atterbury, Hyde & Betts, 120 Broadway. He was born in Clare-
mont, N. H., moved to Bennington, N. H. in 1867. Attended
the public schools; fitted for college at Francestown academy,
1880-83; entered Amherst college, Amherst, Mass., 1883, and
graduated in 1887; took the three years' course at the Harvard
law school, graduating with the class of 1890. Went to New
York City in the fall of 1890; was admitted to the New York bar
in the spring of 1892, and to practice in the United States courts
in 1893. Engaged in the practice of patent law. Member of
the Harvard Club of New York City, and the Association of the
Bar of the city of New York. Degrees, A. B. cum lunde,
Amherst college, '87; A. M. and LL. B. cum luitde. Harvard
university, 1890.

7803. iv. Edward Samuel, b. Oct. 12, 1867; at Harvard law school, Cam-
bridge, Mass., in 1893. He fitted for college; one year at Fran-
cestown academy, Francestown, N. H.; two years at Arms
academy, Shelburne Falls, Mass., where he graduated in 1885,
and entered Amherst college that fall; he was out one year on
account of sickness, and graduated A. B. in 1890; entered the
Harvard law school Oct., 1890; is a member of the third year
class, and expects to receive an LL. B. and an A. ^L from the
university in Jane; was admitted to the Suffolk bar Feb., 1893,
and expects to practice in Chicago. (Mar., 1893.)

4068. Dr. Charles H. Whitney (Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Nov. 10, 1824, in Westminster; m. in Fitchburg, Oct. 19,
1848, Abbie A. Tolman, b. Nov. 26, 1822; d. Apr. 22, 1870; m. 2d, Oct. 18,
1871, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Isabel H. Hayes, b. Jan. 22, 1837; res. 16 Norland St., Cam-
bridge, Mass., and South Framingham, Mass.

7304. i. Annie F., b. Aug. 26, 1849; d. Oct. 30, 1885.

7305. ii. Herbert E., b. Nov. 22, 1851 ; d. Aug. 22, 1852.

7306. iii. Mary A., b. July 14, 185o; m. Sept., 1875, James McGowan ; res. 9

Coril St, W^orc ester M&ss.

7307. iv. Hattie E., b. Aug. 2,'l857; m. July 6, 1882, Henry E. Clifford;

res. Grand Island, Neb. He was b. Sept. 9, 1853; attor-
ney at law. Ch.: Leon E., b. Apr. 2, 1883; Nora B., b. Feb. 23,
1890.

7308. V. Millie M., b. July 21, 1873; res. at home.

4076. George W. Whitney (Jonas W\, Abner, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Westminster, Mass., Mar. 7, 1813; m. there Oct. 5, 1837, Dolly Jack-
son, l3. Nov, 29, 1815. He settled on the Samuel Miller (Cutting) farm, three-fourths
of a mile north of the village where they still reside. Mr. Whitney had been
adopted by the younger Samuel Miller, and came into possession of the estate
thereby; res. Westminster, Mass.

7309. i. Mary H., b. Dec. 20, 1838; m. Nov. 24, 1857, Joel Rice;

b. Dec. 20, 1827; farmer, res. Westminster Depot, Mass.
Mass. Ch.: Ella, b. Dec. 27,1859; m. Dec. 25, 1880; present
name, Ella Clegg, Westminster Depot; Frank M., b. May 26,
1862; m, Jan, 25, 1888; Mary A., b. Mar. 15, 1865; Fred, b. Feb.
20, 1870; d. Mar. 4, 1870; Geo. C, b, Oct. 12, 1872, d. Nov. 22,
1877; Edward J., b, Oct. 2, 1875; Louis D., b. Sept. 13, 1878;
Sherman, b. May 15, 1881,

7310. ii, Franklin M., b. Aug. 23, 1842; m. Fannie L. Downe.

7311. iii. Susan A., b. Mar. 5, 1845; d. Aug, 22, 1846.

4081. John Whitney (Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Ashburnham, Sept. 12, 1806; m. there May 9, 1832. Eliza Gushing, b. Apr.
18, 1815; d. Sept. 1, 1882. John Whitney, son of Joseph G. and Lavina (Dunn) Whit-
ney. He resided some years in Westminster and subsequently in Ash., where
he was a pioneer manufacturer of chairs. In his daily life and in business he ignored
contention and enjoyed the rewards of peace and honorable conduct. He d. May 4,
1873; res. Westminster and Ashburnham.
30

7313.

ii.

7314.

111.

7315.

IV.

7316.

V.

7317.

VI.

7318.

vu.

7319.

vni

7320.

ix.

7321.

X.

7322.

XI.

458 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7312. i. Stephen C, b. July 4, 1833; m. Apr. 14, 1861, Achsah I. May; b.

July 5, 1839. Enlisted in 53d Regt. and d. N. O., La., Feb. 20,

1863. She res. in Templeton, Mass.
Eliza C, b. July 25, 1835; d. July 13, 1837.
Joseph, b. June 15, 1838; d. Nov. 26, 1838.
Wilbur Fisk, b. Dec. 9, 1839; m. Emeline S. Jewell.
John Edwin, b. Oct. 28, 1841; d. Nov. 21, 1856.
Timothy Merritt, b. Dec. 2, 1844; d. Nov. 22, 1856.
George Edward, b. Apr. 20, 1847; d. unm., Oct. 30, 1880.
Orange, b. Mar. 16, 1849; m. Laura M, Collester.
Sarah A., b. Oct. 4, 1850; m. Feb. 20, 1878, Geo. H. Clapp; res.

Greenfield.
Arthur Melville, b. Oct. 4, 1853; unm.; res. Grand Rapids.
Alfred H., b. June 14, 1856; m. Susie W. Davis.

4082. Abner Whitney (Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., Apr. 1, 1808; m. Levinah G. Whittemore. He made
his will Aug. 14, 1865. It was probated Oct. 6, 1874. His widow was executor; only
child Emily Whitman. He d. Sept. 4, 1874; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7323. i. Emily S., b. ; m. Albert E.Whitman; res. Ashburnham,

Mass.

4087. Stephen Puffer Whitney (Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Westminster, Mass., Jan. 10, 1821; m. Dec. 22, 1841,
Abigail Stone; b. July 26, 1822; d. May 10, 1893. He d. Dec. 11, 1854; res. West-
minster, Mass.

7324. i. Belinda, b. Oct. 26, 1842; m. Oct. 27, 1861, Charles Coester; b.

Dec. 30, 1839; is a master mechanic; res. Boston, Mass., and
Bridgeport, Conn. Ch.: Charles Frederick, b. Dec. 23, 1862; m.
Lilian Katherine Wing, Mar. 4, 1887; Franklin Augustus, b.
Feb. 10, 1865; unm.; Ella Elizabeth; b. Aug. ; m. Wm. B.
Gilbert, b. Jan. 2, 1889; Alfred Lester, b. Sept. 30,1874; unm; all
res. Bridgeport, Conn.

7325. ii. Abby Levinah, b. Oct. 12, 1844; m. Oct. 6, 1870, Ezra Snow

Humes; res. Winchendon, Mass. He was b. Mar. 21, 1849; is a
chairmaker. Ch.: Edna A. and Edith M.; b. Jan. 20, 1872;
Carrie E., b. July 21, 1875; Edith res. 7 George St., Westerly,
R. I.

7326. iii. Edward Chase, b. Jan. 16, 1850; d. Sept. 18, 1851.

4088. Silas Whitney (Silas, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Ashburnham, Mass., Apr. 28, 1803; m. in West Boylston, Apr. 22, 1826, Olive
Knight; b. 1807; res. West Boylston, Mass.

7327. i. Jonathan L., b. Mar. 14, 1828; m. Hannah T. Moore.

7328. ii. Hannah Gushing, b. ; m. Barnard. Ch.: ; b.

; m. Edward Bloom; res. 468 Wayne St., Jersey City, N. J.

4091. David C. Whitney (Silas, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Apr. 14, 1810; m. Nov. 21, 1832, Tyla Buffum Bowdish; b. 1814; d.
Oct. 13, 1886; m. 2d Harriett A. Shepstone; he d. Dec. 28, 1876; res. Walpole, N. H.

7329. i. Joseph H., b. Nov. 21, 1834; m. Mrs. Mary L. (Hubbard) Whitney

and Mrs. Frances S. Gillespie.

7330. ii. Charles M.,b. July 15, 1836; m. Mary L. Hubbard.

7331. iii. Ernest C, b. 1875; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

4093. Charles Whitney (Silas, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Ashburnham, Mass., June 18, 1815; m. in Lancaster, Oct. 23, 1845, Susan
Davis, of Lexington; b. Jan. 22, 1822; res. Central Village, Ashburnham, Mass.

7332. i. Florence E., b. Dec. 19, 1849; m. Dec. 22, 1871, Calvin W.

Burbank.

7333. ii. Charles H., b. May 31. 1854; m. Jan. 16, 1878, Emma B. Rock-

wood; b. Aug. 20, 1858; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

4096. Milton Whitney (Silas, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Oct. 9, 1823; m. Nov. 24, 1842, Annie M. Weston.

Milton Whitney was born in Ashburnham, and was a self-educated man. At an

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 459

early age he entered a law office in Fitchburg, Mass., and was admitted to the bar
in 1845. After a brief practice in Fitchburg he moved to Baltimore, where he was
eminently successful as an able lawyer. In 1854 he was chosen county attorney and
re-elected in 1858. In 1860 he resigned, and later conducted many trials that are
historic in that state. As a crinlinal lawyer he was not excelled. Modest and unas-
suming, he seldom referred to his achievements, or appeared conscious of the
magnitude of his labor. He d. Sept. 3, 1875; res. Baltimore, Md.

4098. Merrick Whitney (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Dec. 31, 1804; m. Apr. 5, 1830, Harriett Adams; b. Feb. 16, 1809; d. Apr. 9,
1877. He d. Dec. 2, 1881; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7334. i. Merrick, b. Dec. 25, 1830; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7335. ii. Austin, b. Apr. 10, 1832; drowned June 10, 1846.

7336. iii. Lincoln, b. July 1, 1834; m. Mary C. Mclntire.

7337. iv. HosEA S., b. Mar. 29, 1838; m. Mar. 31, 1870, Mary G. Adams; b.

May 21, 1846; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7338. V. Francina J., b. Dec. 5, 1843; m. June 12, 1876, David E. Willard;

b. Sept. 28, 1839; res. Fitchburg; 2 ch.

7339. vi. Clementina H., b. Feb. 2, 1847; m. Dec. 31, 1874, Clement E.

Willard; b. Aug. 30, 1847; res. Ashburnham.

7340. vii. Willis W., b. Jan. 21, 1851; m. Nov. 24, 1886, Harriett E. Hyde;

res. Ashburnham.

4103. Charles W. Whitney (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Jan. 10, 1814; m. Aug. 10, 1848, Elmira M. Wilder. He is a wheel-
wright; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7341. i. Charles B., b. Jan. 31, 1853; m. Kate G. Robinson; res. Portland,

Me.

7342. ii. Alfred W., b. June 15, 1867.

4102. Austin Whitney (Samuel, Silas', Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Apr. 16, 1816; m. Apr. 4, 1854, E. Augusta Holmes, b. Jan. 80, 1830. She res.
294 Rundell St., St. Paul, Minn. He has been assessor, selectman and representative
in the legislature. He d. St. P. Apr., 1891; res. Ashburnham, Mass., and St. Paul,
Minn.

Frederic A., b. Jan. 18, 1855; d. Dec. 26, 1855.

Ella A., b. Sept. 1, 1856.

Leonard A., b. June 16, 1858; m. Ida M. Gibson.

Samuel N., b. Apr. 23, 1860; unm.: res. The Ontario, cor. State
and Ontario Sts., Chicago, 111.

Fannie R., b. Mar. 18, 1862.

Alfred W., b. Oct. 31, 1864.

Gertrude J., b. Apr. 30, 1866.

Myra a., b. Nov. 20, 1868.

Florence B., b. Jan. 21, 1871.

4106. Samuel V. Whitney (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,

John), b. May 25, 1820; m. Jan. 31, 184.3, Sarah Ann Russell, b. ; d. Apr. 9, 1875.

He d. July 3, 1856, He was postmaster for some years and engaged in the morocco
business; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7351 j^.i. Russell, b. Nov. 13, 1844; m. June 11, 1867, Maria Metcalf, b.

Dec. 25, 1846; res. Gardner, Mass.

7352. ii. Willis, b. Nov. 22, 1S4S; d. Aug. 22, 1849.

7353. iii. Eleanor, b. Sept. 28, 1851; d. July 29, 1852.

7354. iv. LuELLA,b. Sept. 28, 1851; d. Jan. 26, 1877.

4107. Rev. Quincy Whitney (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Oct. 7, 1822; m. at Lancaster, Sept. 8, 1846, Mandana M. Whittemore,
of Lancaster,

Rev. Quincy Whitney, s. of Samuel and Abigail (Wilder) Whitney, of Ash. He
attended the academy several terms in his early manhood, afterward completing a
course of study for the Universalist ministry, to which he was ordained about the year
1847. Some two years later he assumed the pastorate of the church and society of that
faith in Westminster, a position he occupied till 1853. He had many personal friends
in the town, having been born in the south part of Ashburnham, which gave him a

7343.

i.

7344.

ii.

7345.

UI.

7346.

IV.

7347.

V.

7348.

vi.

7349.

vn.

7350.

VU)

7351.

ix.

460 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

prestige enjoyed by none of his predecessors. When he entered upon his labors
there he was in the prime of life, and took up the work he found to do with great
earnestness, carrying it forward with energy and persevering zeal. Of scholarly
attainments and good address, with more than average oratorical power and skill, he
awakened fresh interest in the church and its officers, renewing the prosperity of
former days. Under his administration somewhat extensive improvements were made
in the church edifice, and considerable increase of attendance wassecuied. Strongly
denominational in his convictions and tastes, his preaching reached and influenced
his hearers for good, chiefly through the doctrines and ideas of his denomination. His
subsequent places of settlement were at Quincy, Adams and Wakefield. He mar-
ried Mandana, daughter of Rev. Benjamin Whittemore, of Lancaster, by whom he
had children. She died some years since, and he has been residing more recently at
Cambridge, holding no regular pastorate, but supplying vacant pulpits from time to
time as opportunity offered; res. Lancaster and Cambridge, Mass.

7355. i. Elvira Mandana, b. Aug. 20, 1849, in Camb.

7356. ii. Annie B., b. Jan. L 1854; m. Gerard Churchill; res. Loyal, Kan.

4108. Rev. William Whitney (William, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. July 22, 1809; m. May 7, 1840, Julia Emerson; d. Nov. 10, 1864; m. 2d,
Apr. 19, 1866, Mrs. Catherine H. Courtney.

Rev. William Whitney was born in Ashburnham. He attended the public
schools of that town and the academy in South Reading. At the age of 21 he trav-
eled by stage, canal and steamboat to the west. At that time it required six weeks
to reach the western part of Illinois. He continued his studies at Rock Spring sem-
inary, Alton, 111., and at Granville seminary, Oberlin, O. He was licensed to preach
in 1838, but soon entered upon a continued and useful career as a teacher. He was
an instructor four years in Granville, six in Lancaster and eleven in other places in
Ohio. In 1865 Mr. Whitney was appointed financial agent of Denison university,
and 1870 treasurer of the Baptist Educational Society. He has been an officer in
several other religious and educational organizations, and in each position to which
he has been summoned has been efficient and faithful in the discharge of duty; res.
Granville, O.

4115. Jason Whitney (Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John. John),

b. Feb. 10, 1811; m. May 4, 1836, Elizabeth L. Sampson; b. ; d. Sept. 5, 1841;

m. 2d, Aug. 16, 1842, Susan E. Barrett, b. May 2, 1816; d. Apr. 1, 1857; m. 3d, Nov.
14, 1859, Esther Ball, b. Sept. 20, 1821; d. Dec. 7, 1877. He d. May 16, 1880; res.
Wesminster, Mass.

7357. i. Sarah B., b. July 29. 1837; m. May 18, 1858, Henry E. Thomas.

Was killed at battle of Cold Harbor in 21st N. H. Regt. June 2,
1864. She d. Aug. 2, 1858.

7358. ii. Emma E., b. Jan. 17, 1830; m. July 3, 1861, Geo. A. Stone; res.

Fitz.
Chas. W., b. Dec. 7, 1840; m. Ruana Barrell.
Maria S., b. Apr. 20, 1843; m. Henry L. Smith; res. West.
Franklin, b. Apr. 20, 1845; d. Mar. 15, 1849.
Mary C, b. Nov. 5, 1847; d. Oct. 1, 1848.
Jason W., b. June 18, 1849; d. Sept. 11, 1849.

Abbie E., b. 1851; d. .

Ferdinand, b. Aug. 29, 1854; m. 1876, Elmira S. Gleason, res.

Fitchburg.

4116. Hon. Ohio Whitney (Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. June 9, 1813; m. Apr. 11, 1839, Mary R. Brooks; b. Oct. 1, 1818.

He was the son of Ohio Whitney and Mary (Bolton) Whitney, and was born in
Ashburnham, Mass. In early life he was a contractor and builder. He was engaged
at many different times in many business enterprises, and especially those in which
the prosperity of the town was immediately involved. But he was best known in
the annals of his native town as a public-spirited, loyal citizen. In the affairs of
the town he was much employed. For about 20 years he presided over the annual
meetings of the town, and was frequently elected to the boards of selectmen, asses-
sor, town treasurer, etc. He was also director and trustee in various banks and cor-
porations, and at his death was the treasurer of the Cushing academy. But such
enumeration of public service fails to suggest the characteristics of the man. In
this direction others have equal honors, but few have served the public with equal

7359.

111.

7360.

iv.

7361.

V.

7362.

VI.

7363.

Vll.

7364.

VUl

7365.

ix.

7373.

ii.

7374.

iii.

7376.

iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 461

acceptance and efficiency. In his intercourse with his fellow-men he was affable and
charitable. In the inner walks of his inner life his affections were constant and his
friendship enduring. In 1866 he represented the town in the legislature as represen-
tative, and the following year he was a member of the senate. He d. Feb. 6, 1879;
res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7366. i. Ellen R., b. Jan. 6, 1840; d. Oct. 10, 1865.

7367. ii. JosiE M., b. Aug. 23, 1843; m. Aug. 23, 1866, Capt. Walter O.

Parker, b. May 1, 1841; was in 34th Regt. In 1883 was rep. in
the legislature.

7368. iii. Georgie S.,b. Aug.26, 1845; m. June 18,1868, Moses P. Greenwood;

b. Dec. 21, 1846. Is a merchant in Ash.

7369. iv. Lydia A., b. Aug. 3, 1846.

7370. V, Clinton O., b. Aug. 9,1850; m. Lillian E. Connant; res. Boston,

M-ass.

7371. vi. Walton B., b. Aug. 28, 1859; m. Sadie B. Sherburne.

4118. Amos Whitney (Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
June 7, 1817; m. May 7, 1840, Harriett J. Bemis; b. Aug. 20, 1819. He was a carpen-
ter. He d. Apr. 20, 1868; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7372. i. Edwin A., b. May 29, 1842; m. May 3, 1871, Kate R. Cummings;

res. Newton, Mass. Ch.: Walter C., b. June 10, 1878. He is a

wholesale jeweler.
Waldo F., b. Apr. 22. 1844; m. Abbie Hale.
Albert E., b. Jan. 20, 1847; m. Mary E. Lowe.
Clara T., b. Jan. 22, 1850; m. Jan. 6, 1886, Nathaniel Sarsfield;

res. Ash.

7376. V. WiLMOT A., b. Jan. 30, 1852; d. young,

4121. Francis A. Whitney (Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Aug. 2, 1823; m. Jan. 6, 1852, Lucy M. Lane; b. June 30, 1829; d. Aug. 16,
1861; m. 2d,\Sept. 9, 1862, Sarah I. Watkins; b. 1841.

Francis A. Whitney is a successful and progressive farmer in Ash. He was for
many years a teacher in the public schools and member of the school commitee; has
been assessor and selectman and trustee of the Cushing academy. He occupies an
advanced position among his townsmen; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7377. i. Earl I., b. July 25, 1865.

7378. ii. Walter H., b. June 30, 1868; d. Aug. 17, 1869.

7379. iii. Henry I., b. Nov 7, 1872; d. June 17, 1881.

7380. iv. WiNTHROP, b. June 17, 1874.

4122. Walter Whitney (Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Ashburnham, Mass., Jan. 1, 1825; m. May 1, 1853, Elvira Dunn; b. Westminster,
Mass., Dec. 16, 1827. She res. in Dedham, Mass.

He was educated at the Westminster, Mass., academy and Westfield normal
school; he was for several years a teacher in the public schools of West Fitchburg
and Ashburnham, and was successful both as an instructor and disciplinarian. He
was a member of the school board in the town of Ashburnham. He removed to
Fitchburg in 18-54 and lived there till the time of his death, July 23, 1867. He was a
member of the Trinitarian church and for several years the superintendent of the
Sabbath-school. Although a man of liberal ideas, he was very conscientious and
religious, and was a guide to many a seeker after divine truth. He had a diction
that was remarkably mipressive and original; many of his ideas were remembered
and quoted for years after his death. It was said at the time of his death that no
funeral of a private individual had ever called forth in that city so manv people; it
was the last debt of honor they could pay the man they had long respected tor his
candor, honesty, amiable traits of character and unfailing kindness. He d. July 23,
1867; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

Walton, b. July 19, 1854; d. July 21, 1856.
Frank W., b. June 13, 1856; m. Georgia A. Tavlor.
Mary Elvira, b. May 15,1869; d. Mar. 31, 1861.
Jessie Dunn, b. May 19, 1862; res. Ash. Jessie Dunn Whitney
was born at Fitchburg, Mass. She was fitted for college in the
Fitchburg high school and was a member of the class of 1879,
She was admitted to Boston Univ. in 1879, but did not become a
student of that institution. She afterward completed her edu-

7381.

7382.

ii.

7383.

iii.

7384.

iv.

WALTER WHITNEY.

462

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

463

cation by taking special courses at Cornell and Smith colleges.
She has taught in the public schools of Westminster, Ashburn-
ham, and Wareham, Mass. She is now (1894) teaching her fifth
year as assistant in the Wareham high school. She has always
been a very conscientious, popular, and successful teacher.
7385. V. Frederic Ernest, b. Jan. 18, 1865. He was bornat Fitchburg,
Mass., where he was prepared for college. Although beginning

his business career in Boston, he soon
turned his attention to New York, and
at the age of nineteen he set foot in the
latter city, and shortly after his arrival
entered the employ of a. large mercan-
tile house, where he was rapidly pro-
moted, and at the age of twenty-two
had embarked in business on his own
account. In the meantime he had be-
come a communicant of the Episcopal
church and identified himself with St.
Ambrose's parish, then under the charge
of the Rev. Joseph Bloomfield Weth-
erill, and in his twenty-first year was
elected a vestryman of this parish. A
few years later, becoming interested in
the Church Kalcndar, a prominent
and widely known publication in the
Episcopal church, he was elected pres-
ident of the Church Kalendar Company,

FEEDEEIC E. WHITNEY .

of New York, and this position he
now holds. Nov. 26, 1890, at the
Church of the Transfiguration, New
York, he was joined in holy matri-
mony to Miss Agatha G. Hays (young-
est daughter of David and Anna
McCutcheon Hays), of Newburgh-on-
the-Hudson, a lady with charming
manners and of high literary attain-
ments, having been for several years
a successful journalist in New York
City and a contributor to the leading
metropolitan newspapers. Mr. and
Mrs. Whitney have made their home
in Newburgh-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.,
for the past two years.

4132. George K. Whitney (Moses, Hananiah,

Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. July 14, 1826; mes. feedeeic e. whitney.-
m. at Stoneham, Mar. T, 1852, Frances Maria Green; b.

Stoneham, Mass., May 25, 1832; d. there Feb. 21, 1854; m. 2d, Aug. 23, 18.57, Susanna
Clendenm; b. Derry, N. H., May 14, 1833; d. there Feb. 15, 1881; res. 515 Lowell St.,
Lawrence, Mass.

7386. i. Fannie, b. Feb. 12, 1854; m. Mar. 19, 1890, at Lynn, Alonzo Traf-

ton Allen; b. Alfred, Me., Oct. 24, 1853; res. s. p. 14 How St.,
Haverhill.

7387. ii. Carrie Viola, b. May 8, 1859; m. Sept. 26, 1882, in Lawrence,

Philip James Head, b. Derry, N. H, June 10,1859. Ch.: Geo.
W., b. July 26, 1885; d. June 7, 1888; Arthur Whitney, b. Nov. 22,
1888; res. 515 Lowell St., Lawrence.

4136. John Milton Whitney (Hananiah, Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., Sept. 21, 1824; m. at Ashburnham, Jan. 3, 1849,
Mary Leavitt Beales; b. Nov. 21, 1827; d. May 14, 1883.

He was born in Winchendon, Mass., and for many years was a conductor on the
Boston & Albany R. R. He went to Mt. Dora, Fla., for his health and died there.
Mr. Whitney was a perfect gentleman, of genial disposition, tender in heart, full of
sympathy toward others in trouble, and in Christian deportment and character always

464

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

FEANK C. WHITNEY.

shone out brilliant and positive. He d. Dec. 3, 1883, at Mt. Dora, Fla.; res. Spring-
field, Mass.

7388. i. John, d. infancy.

7389. ii. Ch.-^s. L. B., b. Oct. 21, 1850; m. Lottie Jane Byam.

4138. William Melas Whitney (Hananiah, Hananiah, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 15, 1826; m. at Keene, N. H., Sept. 12, 1850, Emeline
Cole, of Westmofeland, N. H.; b. Sept. 1, 1830.

He was born in Winchendon, Mass., and when four years of age moved to Lowell,
Mass., with his parents and to Keene, N. H., in 1848; moved to Bellows Falls, Vt.,
1854; moved to Manchester, N. H., 1856; moved to Fitch-
burg, Mass., 1857; moved to Needham, Mass., in 1865;
moved to Santa F^, N. M., 1878; returned to Needham,
Mass., 1888, present residence. His business has been
machinist, locomotive engineer, master mechanic and rail-
road passenger conductor; not in business for past five
years; res. Needham, Mass.

7390. i. Willie Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1854; d.

Jan. 27, 1878.

7391. ii. Frank Cole, b. Sept. 25, 1856; res.

Needham, Mass.; teller in Lincoln
National Bank, Boston.

4147. James Drake Cate Whitney (Silas S., Han-
aniah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Center
Harbor, N. H., Mar. 28, 1838; m. Aug. 15, 1867, Alice
Josephine Jennings; b. Jan. 9, 1842.

He was born in Center Harbor, N. H. Came to Chi-
cago with his father in Mar., 1855. Has been employed in
various capacities and for different mdividuals during his life there. Went into the
army as a private in 1861 ; came out a private in 1863. Was in the employ of the
city in the capacity of assistant secretary of the board of public works, under Secre-
tary A. W. Tinkham, for some nine or ten years. Is now in the employ of the
government, in the department of the interior, at the Indian supply warehouse in
Chicago; res. 453 Belden Ave., Chicago, 111.; s. p.

4149. William W. Whitney (Silas S., Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,

John, John), b. Mar. 18, 1845; m. July 11, 1867, . He d. Nov. 17, 1892;

res. Chicago, 111.

7392. i, Lucy May, b. ; res. Dundee, 111.

4150. Franklin Whitney (Silas S., Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Center Harbor, N. H., Mar. 22, 1850; m. in Elgin, 111., Sept. 13, 1872,
Jennie M. Stevenson; b. Sept. 12, 1854.

His life began in 1850, in Center Harbor, N. H.; moved to Pittsfield, N. H., about
1852; thence to Chicago, 1856. He lived in Evanston two years, then back to Chi-
cago, going to school. After short experiences during school vacations, and after-
ward at Potter Palmer's dry goods store as cash boy; Gates Match Mfg. Co.'s office,
91 So. Water St., making change — cashier; 15 years old then; in Simpson &. Hughes'
dry goods store. Lake St.; book-keeper in the grain registration office of the board of
trade; thence trip to Nebraska; back to Chicago. Prior to this, messenger Union
Nat. Bk., and then in the employ of Burley & Tyrrell, as cashier and credit man for
seventeen and a half years, until his health failed, moving to Tacoma in 1889; res.
Tacoma, Wash., 611 South I street.

Franklin Stacy, b. Aug. 25, 1873.

Laura Evelyn, b. Nov. 8, 1875.

Walter Kenneth, b. Apr. 15, 1888.

Edith Agnes, b. Dec. 19, 1886; d. Apr. 25, 1887.

4152. Henry S. Whitney (Samuel A., Hananiah, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Fitzwilliam, N. H., Sept. 28, 1849; m. at Winchendon, Dec. 26, 1874,
Clymena P. Farrow, b. May 22, 1852; res. Baldwinsville, Mass.

7397. i. Henry M., b. Jan. 24, 1876.

7398. ii. Ernest J., b. Sept. 11, 1877.

7399. iii. Vivian B., b. Nov. 4, 1884.

7400. iv. Everett C, b. Aug. 1, 1891.

7393.

7394.

ii.

7395.

iii

7396.

IV

7403.
7404.

ii.
iii.

7405.

iv.

7406.

V,

7407.
7408.
7409.

vi.

vii.
viii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 465

4158. Alonzo Adams Whitney (Abraham J., James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, John. John), b. May 6, 1801; m. May 6, 1821, Fanny Pitts; b. Dec. 29, 1801.

He settled in Danby, N. Y., where he manufactured spinning wheels, jennies,
etc., till the old Ithaca & Owego railway was built, when he kept a hotel and country
store, and furnished timber for nine miles of the road. The failure of the railway
company caused the loss of all his property, when he moved to Corning, N. V. There
he was successful in trade, and for several years was highway commissioner and
foreman of the Chemung canal. In 1848 he settled in E. Charlestown, Pa., and
engaged in farming at a village called Whitneyville. Since his residence at E. C,
he has been postmaster most of the time, besides holding various town offices.
When twenty-one years of age he dropped his middle name; res. E. Charlestown, Pa.

7401. i. Nelson, b. Jan. 5, 1823; m. Susan C. Parcel.

4161, James Lewis Whitney (Abraham J., James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
lohn, John), b. Mar. 12, 1808; m. Oct. 7, 1827, Lucv Maria Hall; d. July 7, 1841; m. 2d,
"Oct. 28, 1841, Maria Eldred; b. Oct. 24, 1820.

He was born in Danby, N. Y., where he resided until 1887, when he moved to
Caton. He has been justice of the peace and supervisor at Caton; res. Caton, N. Y,

7402. i. Edgar M., b. July 20, 1828; m. Harriett Westcott and Laura

Harris.
Oliver W., b. Jan. 2, 1830; m. Lucy B. Burdick.
Lucv Maria, b. Feb. 6, 1832; m. 1851, Dyer Powers. She d. Law-

renceville. Pa , June 19, 1855.
James L., b. Mar. 28, 1834; m. 1852, Julia Harris; res. Eau Claire,

Wis.
Emeline Amanda, b. Feb. 5,1836; m. 1854, Joseph Harris. Shed.

Salamanca, N. Y., Apr. 19, 18H6.
Abram J., b. Aug. 4, 1842; m. Almira E. Brookman.
William C, b. Sept. 17, 1853; m. Priscilla E. Mead.
Dyer, b. Dec. 7, 1855; d. Jan. 17, 1858.

4164. Martin Van Buren Whitney (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1832; m. Brown, Mich., Feb. 20, 1823, Harriett
White, b. Nottinghamshire, Eng., Mar. 15, 1835. He is a farmer and has been super-
visor of his town; res. Caledonia Station, Mich.

7410. i. Eva Jane, b. Oct. 4,1856; m. Apr. 4, 1875, Bateman; res.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

7411. ii. Ida Li'ella, b. Oct. 15, 1858; m. Nov. 12, 1876, D. E. Pierson;

res. White Lake, S. D. He was b. Apr. 10, 1848; farmer. Ch.:
Myrta May, b. May 24, 1877; Ruby A., b. Jan. 12, 1883; Fred
M.,b. Nov. 22, 1886; Minnie M., b. Aug. 8, 1888; Fay E. b. Mar.
12, 1890.

7412. iii. Nellie Louisa, b. Nov. 11, 1861; m. Dec. 24, 1877, Geo. H. Jones.

He was b. Nov. 20, 1853. Ch.: Grace Belle, b. Sept. 20, 1883;
. Louisa Eveline, b. Jan. 7, 1888; d. Nov. 29, 1889; Clara Edna, b.
Sept. 21, 1891.

7413. iv. Alice May, b. June 24, 1867; m. Oct. 28, 1887, Allan B. Betzner.

He was b. Oct. 30, 1860; is a carpenter.

7414. V. Orrin Chester, b. Apr. 5, 1873.

4166. Peter Isaac Whitney (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Oct. 5, 1810; m. Oct. 21, 1835, Betsev Porter. He d. 1881; res. Rock Falls,
"111.

7415. V. Edwin E., b. Aug. 14, 1843; m. Harriett L. Button; res. Rock

Falls, 111.

7416. i. Zerah P., b. Sept. 21, 1836; m. Charlotte C. McKenney.

7417. ii. James P., b. Jan. 12, 1838; m. Anna Grurnman.

7418. iii. "Phebe Jane, b. Oct. 15, 1839; m. Mathew R. Adams, b. Aug. 26,

1829; res. Rock Falls, 111.

7419. iv. William B., b. Mar. 27, 1842; m. Lovina McBride.

• 7420. vi. Helen Amelia, b. Mar. 14, 1846; m. May 29, 1869, Pliny Lyon,
b. Nov. 14, 1819; res. Greenville, Conn.

7421. vii. Julius J., b. Aug. 27, 1847; m. and res. Rock Falls, 111.

7422. viii. Horace Monson, b. June 14, 1850; d. 18.^4.

7423. ix. Fanny Mary Lorana, b. Aug. 21, 1852; m. Geo. Canning, b.

Sept. 7, 1845; res. Rock Falls, 111.

7431.

i.

7432.

ii.

7432^

7433.

7434.

.iii.
iv.

V,

7435.
7436.

VI.

vii,

466 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7424. X. Elizabeth Isadore, b. Nov. 15, 1856; m. at Coloma, III, Sept.

19, 1872, Fred'k Thos. Yeoward, b. Feb. 18, 1840; res. s. p., Rock
Falls.

7425. xi. May, b. May 15, 1859; res. home.

7426. xii. Parley Artemas, b. Apr. 15, 1862; res. home.

4167. Oscar F. Whitney (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Aug. 6, 1812; m. Nov. 29, 1837, Electa A. Bryant, b. Apr. 12, 1818; d. Dec. 2,
1886. He d. Feb. 16, 1849; res. Whitneyville, Mich.

7427. i. Geo. B., b. Nov. 12, 1838; m. Kate Austin.

7428. ii. Frank, b. Mar. 7, 1840; m. Carrie M. Wrightman.

7429. iii. Oscar W., b. June 29, 1842; res. 85 Stocking St., Grand Rapids,

Mich.

7430. iv. Emily J., b. Jan. 22, 1844; m. Apr. 12, 1862, Benjamin R. Ogden;

res. Hornellsville, N. Y. He was b. Mar. 7, 1837; a carpenter.
Ch.: Nellie, b. Nov. 30, 1874.

4168. Ezra Whitney' (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. July 29, 1815; m. Mar. 12, 1842, Hannah Hodges DePuy, b. Apr. 21, 1821; res.
Bradley, Mich.

Jane Elizabeth, b. May 4, 1843; m. June 10, 1861, Wm. G.

McClintock; res. Bradley.
Charles Edgar, b. Jan. 27, 1845; m. Dec. 24, 1869, Mittie

De Rowe; res. Bradley, Mich.
Alonzo Ethelbert, b. Apr. 16, 1847; d. Aug. 13, 1847.
Elverton, b. Sept. 28, 1855; d. Oct. 4, 1855.
Frank, b. Dec. 23, 1857.
Fred'k, b. Dec. 23, 1857.
Caroline A., b. Oct. 5, 1859.

4169. Capt. Abraham Johnson Whitney (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Genoa, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1820; m. Apr. 26, 1852, Julia A. Morse;
b. 1833; d. July 12, 1865; m. 2d, Nov. 17, 1866, Virginia A. Chatterton; d. Mar. 20, 1868;
m. 3d, May 18, 1870, Frances Bennett; b. London, Eng., Dec. 15, 1840.

He was a carpenter and millwright by trade. At the beginning of the Mexican
war he enlisted for five years in the 2d U. S. infantry, took part in the battle of Mon-
terey, was later under Gen. Scott and fought in the battles of Vera Cruz, Contreras,
Churubusco, Chepultepec and Molino del Rey and in the final capture of Mexico.
After the war he returned to New York and soon went to California where he spent
about two years gold hunting. Returning to Whitneyville, Mich., he was married.
When the civil war broke out in 1861 he at once enlisted as second lieutenant in the
3d Mich, infantry. Participated in the battle of Bull Run, siege of Yorktown, Wil-
liamsburg and Fair Oaks. Promoted to captain he took part in the other battles, but
on account of illness he resigned in 1862, since which time until his death he resided
in Grand Rapids. He d Mar. 12, 1891; res. Grand Rapids, Mich.

4170. Chester Coborn Whitney (Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Sept. 18, 1822; m. Sept. 29, 1845, Amanda M. DePuy; b. July 2, 1815.

He was born in Genoa, N. Y., and resided in Ada, Mich., until 1848, when he
moved to Wisconsin and resided there until 1868 when he moved to Worthington,
Minn. He has always lived a frontier life. In 1858 he crossed the plains to California
and returned the same way three years later. During the civil war he served four
years and two months. He was wounded in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. Res.
\Vorthington, Minn.

7437. i. Herbert Delos, b. Aug. 15, 1846; res. Wrighstown, Wis.

7438. ii. Oscar Marion, b. June 29, 1848; res. Spicer, Minn.

7439. iii. Edwin Foster, b. Mar. 13, 1850; res. W.

7440. iv. Wm. Wiley, b. June 3, 1853; d. Taycheedah, Wis., Sept. 22, 1853.

4176. James Wheeler Whitney (Philo, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Newtown, Conn., Nov. 27, 1819; m. Oct. 28, 1846, Anna Maria Lewis;
p. Mullica, N. J,, Apr. 25, 1824. Is a partner in the firm of Hazen, Whitney & Co.,
importers and jobbers of silks, 392 Broadway; res. 138 Second place, Brooklyn,
N, Y.

7441. i. Anna Maria, b. Jan. 12, 1848; nu Aug. 24, 1871, Adolph L. King.

7442. ii, Joseph Botsford, b. Sept. 3, 1849.

7443. iii. Isabella Lewis, b. Nov. 10, 1852; d. Avon, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1874.

7445.

i.

7446.

11.

7447.

111.

7448.

iv.

7449.

V.

7450.

VI.

7451.

Vll.

7452.

Vlll,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 467

4180. Abram Johnson Whitney (Philo, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Newtown, Conn., Oct. 3, 1828; m.. Stepney, Conn., Nov. 25, 1857,
Marietta Parmelee; d. Sept. 15, 1834; res. Bethel, Conn.

7444. i. Harriett Amelia, b. Dec. 5, 1858; d. July 8, 1868.

7445a. ii. Jas. Wheeler, b. Nov. 22, 1867.

7446a. iii. Fred'k Moore, b. July 14, 1869.

7447a. iv. Bertha Belle, b. May 12, 1872.

4188. Philo Lorenzo Whitney (Eli, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John,
John), b. Newfield, N. Y., May 30, 1833; m. Apr. 16, 1856, Ann Elizabeth Zeak; b.
Warwick, N, Y., Sept. 8, 1837; res. Horseheads and Corning, N. Y.

^ Charles Anthony, b. Feb. 27, 1857; d. May 1, 1867.

Pamelia Ann, b. Mar. 17, 1858; d. Apr. 9, 1863.

Franklin Herbert, b. May 26, 1860.

Wm. Orlando, b. Mar. 10, 1862.

Arminda Jane, b. June 24, 1865.

Samuel Lorenzo, b. Aug. 21, 1868.

Oscar Grant, b. Oct. 1, 1872.

Lewis Neville, b. May 17, 1875.

4191. Mindrus Hemrod Whitney (Ethiel, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Covert, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1824; m. Nov, 10, 1845, at Cannon, Ivlich., Har-
riett Adeline Watson; b. Hartford, Conn., Dec. 7, 1825. He is a farmer; was first
lieut. Co. I, 14th Mich. \'ols. Infantry; resigned in 1864, after three years' service;
res. Nelson, Mich.

7453. i. MARiETTE,b. Aug. 1, 1847; m. Mar. 26, 1866, Benton W. Lewis;

res. Sand Lake, Mich.

7454. ii. Henry, b. May 4, 1849.

7455. iii. Clara, b. May 15, 1858.

4195. Hermon Eastman Whitney (Ethiel, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Danby, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1830; m. at Grand Rapids, Mich., July 4, 1855,
Lydia Ann Moffatt; b. Mayfield, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1835; res. Hersey, Mich.

7456. i. Clarence Albert, b. Feb. 3, 1857.

7457. ii. Effie Deora, b. Sept. 19 1859.

4199. Ruggles Nahum Whitney (Abel James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Newtown, Conn., Apr. 6, 1826; m. there, June 9, 1848, Jane Sherman;
b. Roxbury, Conn., Aug. 19, 1826. He was justice of the peace and town clerk of
Florence. He d. Nov. 6, 1865; res. Florence, O.

7458. i. Lewis Edwin, b. Sept. 3, 1850; d. Oct. 3, 1851.

7459. ii. Evangeline Emily, b. Aug. 23, 1852; res. with mother, 613 Green

Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1874.

4202. Charles Philo Whitney (Abel, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Bridgewater, Conn., May 23, 1834; m. in Florence, O., Mar. 30, 1870,
Cilinda Elizabeth Ennes; b. Wakeman, O., Sept. 13, 1849. Was a carpenter and
joiner; res. Colorado and California, where he was in mining busmess sometime;
res. Coleman Station, Mich.

7460. i. Eva May, b. Jan. 12, 1873.

4203. Fred'k Augustus Whitney (Abel, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Bridgewater, Conn., Jan. 23, 1837; m. in Florence, O., Dec. 8, 1860,
Fanny Maria Shoff, b. Dec. 7, 1841; res. Florence, O.

7461. i. Ina Belle, b. Dec. 6, 1861.

7462. ii. Chas. Philo, b. Nov. 7, 1863.

7463. iii. Jenny May, b. Apr. 14, 1866.

4204. Theodore Beecher Whitney (.A.bel, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Bridgewater, Conn., Apr. 21, 1840; m. in Florence, O., Dec. 6, 1866,
Mary Elizabeth Parker, b. Feb. 15, 1841. He was in the Civil war; res. Wakeman, O.

7464. i. Clayton Parker, b. Sept. 19, 1867.

7465. ii. Ruggles Nahum, b. Nov. 25, 1869.

7466. iii. Ollie May, b. Aug. 30, 1872.

4208. John Rowell Whitney (Isaac J., Isaac, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Clarkson, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1858; m. Jan. 17, 1883, Josephine Gibson, b.
Oct. 16, 1859; res. Niagara Falls, N. Y.

468

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7467.
7468.

I.
ii.

Julia C, b. May 25, 1888.

Helen Josephine, b. Feb. 25, 1891.

4209. Joseph H. Whitney (Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John,
John), b. Lunenburg, Mass., Aug. 7, 1808; m. Mar. 24, 1831, Eliza Derby, b. Apr. 8,
1812; d. Apr. 19, 1871. He d. May 23, 1885; res. Leominster, Mass.

7469. i. Joseph A., b. Dec. 9, 1831; m. Elizabeth Blanchard.

7470. ii. "Geo. H. S., b. Sept. 12, 1837; m. Lucilla H. Elbrige and Mrs.

Sarah A. Abbott.

7471. iii. Sarah M.,b. Apr. 22, 1840; res. N. Leominster.

7472. iv. Charles J., b. May 3, 1844; d. Feb. 25, 1874.

4210. JosiAH Billings Whitney (Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, John,
Joseph, John, John), b. Lunenburg, Mass., Apr, 30, 1811; m. in Leominster, Mary Ann
Patch; b. July 15, 1807; d. Aug. 20, 1875.

He was left an orphan at three years of age and then went to live with his
grandfather with whom he resided until in his teens. He drove a two-horse team
from Fitchburg to Boston — this was before railroads. Later he was a stone mason,
then learned the carpenter's trade and was actively engaged as contractor for many
years in Fitchburg. Later in life, he owned and ran a saw and grist mill. He d.
Mar. 17, 1888, at S.; res. Lunenburg, Mass., and Sandgate, Vt.

7473. i. Aaron P., b. Apr. 4, 1836; m. Mary Conlon and Mrs. Maria M.

Payne.

7474. ii. JosiAH Steaton, b. Mar. 3, 1838. He married, had one child and

both are dead.

7475. iii. David Franklin, b. Dec. 11, 1845. Killed in a saw mill in Texas>

Mar. 9, 1871.

7476. iv. Henry T., b. Apr. 11, 1849; m. Louie Ann Seaver.

7477. V. Augusta Maria, b. Nov. 2, 1841; m. at Bellows Falls, Dec. 14,

1859. Ezra Goodenough; res. Arlington, Vt. He was b. at
Brattleboro, Mar. 14, 1822. Is a mechanic. Ch.: Lizzie M., b.
Feb. 28, 1861; m. Geo. L. Towsley; res. Manchester, Vt.; Isa-
bella A., b. Apr. 13, 1862; m. James D. Nay; res. Manchester,
^'t.; Florence S., b. Oct. 27,1864; m. Joseph Farrar; res. 260
8th St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Etta M., b. Feb. 23, 1866; m. Fred O.
Davis; res. Merrimac, Mass.; Eugene, b. April 9, 1868; d.
Apr. 25; Henry Vernon, b. Mar. 14, 1870; Grace A., b. Mar. 27,
1872; Jennie Louise, b. May 15, 1874; Margaret Irene, b. Sept.
17, 1876.

7478. vi. Harriett A., b. July 28, 1843; m. Mar. 17, 1863; Harman Bent-

ley; res. Sandgate, Vt. He was b. Nov. 30, 1840; farmer. Ch.:
Fred, b. Apr. 27, 1864; m. Jan. 1, 1884; Martha, b. Sept. 30, 1867;
m. Apr. 8, 1888; George, b. Aug. 30,
1872; Charles, b. Mar. 11. 1885. All
the children live in Sandgate, Vt.

7479. vii. M ary A., b. Dec. 25. 1844; d. Aug. 18,1846.

4213. Isaac S. Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah,
John, Joseph, John, John), b. Lunenburg, Mass., Apr. 7,
1802; m. 1822, .Niaria Ockington; m. 2d, Hannah Crandall.
He d. Nov. 26, 1888; res. Bethel, Me.

7480.

7481.
7482.

7483.
7484.

n.
iii.

IV.

V.

Charles G., b. July 4, 1824; m. Harriett

S. Stowe.

Zimri, b. ; m. Susan J. .

Sarah, b. ; m. Charles M. Howe;

res. Marlboro, Mass.; son, Herbert M.

Howe, Worcester, Mass.
Mary, b. •; m. Samuel B. Par-

menter; res. M.; s. p.
Amanda Melvina, b. Aug.24, 1846; m.

June 26, 1864, Edward L. Poor, b. Aug.

9,1839. He is a lawyer. Ch.: Willie

Elberto, b. Feb. 15, 1866; d. May 30, 1866; Leland Howard, b.

Apr. 3, 1867. M. D.; res. Sebago, Me.; Lillian Almira and

Lunetta Mabel, b, Aug. 29, 1872; res. Sebago.

DE. LELAND H. POOE.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 469

7485. vi. Martin Braden, b. Sept. 10, 1848; res. unm. Lancaster, N. H.;

P. O. box 181.

4214. Abraham Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),
b. Jan. 19, 1804; m. Nov. 23, 1829, Adaline Sawyer. He d. Feb. 22, 1872; res. Boston
and Jaffrey, N. H.

7486. i. Edward S.,b. Oct. 17, 1831; d. -.

7487. ii. Francis A., b. May 5, 1832; m. Nov. 22, 1851, Daniel W. Farr, of

Boston; d. May 13, 1875. She d. Feb. 6, 1867.

4216. Alvah Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John,) b.
June 27, 1808; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Caroline Geyer; b. Dec. 26, 1811; d. July 8, 1889. He
was a soap maker. He d. Sept. 29, 1871; res. Boston and Cambridge, Mass.

7488. i. Emma F., b. Mar. 7, 1850; umn.; res. with Eunice.

7489. ii. Eunice A., b. Feb.-28, 1840; m. Apr. 24, 1865, Edward Melville; b.

Aug. 25, 1830; d. Mar. 23, 1893; she res. 3 Creighton St., N.
Cambridge, Mass. Ch.: Carrie May, b. Oct. 24, 1866; d. Aug.
29, 1873; Lizzie Searles, b. Sept. 5, 1871; m. June 15, 1892, Walter
Eugene Bowen; lives at 3 Creighton St., No. Cambridge, Mass.;
Isabel Calef, b. Mar. 28, 1877; unm. and res. 3 Creighton St., No.
Cambridge. Mass.

4218. HoSEA Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b.
Lunenburg, Mass., Mar. 17, 1813; m. Nov. 30, 1837, Charlotte Sawyer; b. June 17,
1810. He was a soap cutter. He d. July 1, 1864; res. Charlestown, Mass.

7490. i. John Shepherd, b. Nov. 22, 1838; m. Irene Richmond and Chloe

Whiting.

7491. ii. Martha, b. Sept. 18, 1841; m. Oct. 23, 1859, John Irving Rice; b.

Mav 9, 1833; res. Winchester, Mass. Ch.: John Whitnev, b.
Aug. 11, 1860; Walter Lmcoln, b. Nov. 9, 1865; Carrie Bout'elle,
b. Nov. 19, 1867; Marion Monroe, b. June 6, 1872; all unm.; ad-
dress Winchester.

7492. iii. Sarah A., b. Mav 30, 1840; d. Aug. 30, 1840.

7493. iv. Sophia, b. Aug. 4, 1843; d. Aug. 20, 1843.

7494. v. Andrew J., b. Dec. 30, 1846; d. Sept. 21, 1847.

4219. Thomas Peabody Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John,
John), b. Jaffrey, N. Y., Aug. 29, 1816; m. Apr. 26, 1838, Harriet Augusta Benja'min;
b. Oct. 3, 1819. He was a farmer. He d. Apr. 18, 1887; res. Jaffrey, N. H., rear 7
Monument square, Charlestown, Mass., and at Lynnfield, Mass.

Charles Butterick, b. Oct. 18, 1839; d. Nov. 6, 1839.

Lorenzo P., b. May 21, 1841; m. Elizabeth Jane Foxwell.

Susan Augusta, b. July 20, 1844; d. Dec. 9, 1848.

Thos. Duane, b. Aug. 10, 1846; d. Dec. 30, 1848.

Elra Iantha, b. Sept. 4, 1848; m. Apr. 4, 1867, James Franklin
Gove. He was b. Jan. 19, 1844; d. Feb. 10, 1875. Ch.: Harriett
Emeline, b. May 25, 1868; m. Sept. 4, 1884, Mrs. Harriett E.
Ingalls; res. rear 7 Monument Sq., Charlestown, Mass.; Susie
Alice, b. May 4, 1870; m. March, 1889; Mrs. Susie A. Gray, Lynn-
field Center, Mass.; Elva Iantha, b. May 20, 1875; m. Nov'. 15,
1893, Mrs. Elva I. Webber, New Bedford, Mass.
7500. vi. Harriett Elvira, b. Feb. 22, 1851; d. June 2, 1851.

4220. George S. Whitney (Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),
b. New Hampshire, Apr. 17,1819; m. 1844, Mary Eveline Barnard; b. Oct., 1816; d. Dec.
31, 1889.

He was born in New Hampshire, but soon after marriage moved to New York
state and settled in Troy. He was burned out in the big fire of 1856 and moved to
Queensbury, where after a short residence he moved to Glens Fall in 1857, where he
died. He d. Aug. 28, 1863; res. Glens Falls, N. Y.

7601. i. Stowell B., b. June 26, 1848; m. at Glens Falls, Jan. 27, 1881,

Helena E. Norris; b. Jan. 9, 1858; res. Glens Falls; s. p. He was
born in Troy and when nine years of age moved to Glens Falls
with his parents. He has resided there continuously ever since.
Has been in the retail shoe business since 1871.

7495.

7596.

ii.

7497.

iii.

7498.

iv.

7499.

v.

7505.

ii.

7506.

111.

7507.

IV.

7508.

V.

7509.

yi.

7510.

vn.

470 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7502. ii. Geo. B., b. Mar. 9, 1846. He went west in 1866; was married

there and had a family; res. in San Diego, Cal., and PanacaCity,
Nev., and later in Montana.

7503. iii. Charles S., b. Mar. 25, 1857; m. Sept. 1, 1880. His wife was b.

Dec. 20, 1S57; res. Glens Falls. Ch.: Burton D., b. Oct. 5, 1882;
Wava W., b. Dec. 28, 1887; Florence, b. Dec. 13, 1893.

• 4224. Zachariah F. Whitney (John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John,
John), b. in Lunenburg, Apr. 15, 1816; m. at Rindge, May 13, 1841, Hepsibath Smith,
b. Feb. 24, 1821 ; res. W. Rindge, N. H. He was selectman in 1861-62-63.

7504. i. Osborne A., b. July 12,1842; m. Mary J. Brown; res. Pittsfield,

Mass.
Thomas S., b. Apr. 21, 1844; m. Abbie S. Everett.
Ellen S., b. Feb. 5, 1846; d. unm. in Rindge, Apr. 16, 1881.
Lauretta H., b. May 25, 1848; d. Sept. 2, 1852.
John D.. b. Aug. 17, 1850; m. Sept. 17, 1874, Alta Ashley; res.

Parkville, L. I.
George A., b. Mar. 10, 1854; m. Allie M. Knapp.
Susan E., b. July 21, 1856; d. Jan. 8, 1863.

4226. John Osborne Whitney (John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John,
John), b. June 12, 1821; m. Mar. 25, 1854, Abbie L. Lyon; res. Rindge, N. H.

7511. i. Charles A., b. Apr. 29, 1856; res. Fitzwilliam Depot, N. H.

7512. ii. Eva S., b. June 11, 1858.

7513. iii. Mark A., b. May 24, 1874.

4230. Charles A. Whitney (John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),
b. Feb. 16, 1830; m. Apr. 29,1857, Lydia M. Lyon; res. Rindge, N. H., and Elba,
Neb.

7514. i. Frank L., b. Sept. 15, 1860.

7515. ii. Arthur B., b. Nov. 4, 1863.

7516. iii. Mary Isabelle, b. Feb. 14, 1866.

7517. iv. Edith M., b. Feb. 15, 1870.

4232. George A. Whitney (John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John),

b. 1837; m. Dec. 1861, Mattie A. Colburn, b. ; d. Mar. 29, 1867; m. 2d, Sept. 1,

1869, Susie R. Converse; res. Rindge, N. H., and Wadena, Minn.

In company with his brother, Chas. A., he is extensively engaged in the manufac-
ture of pails. He served in the war in the 6th N. H. Infantry, and was wounded by a
gun shot in his hip at the battle of Bull Run, Va., Aug. 29, 1862; he was discharged
Oct. 31, following; was representative in the legislature 1868-69 and served several
years as supervisor of schools.

4239. David Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John,
John), b. Watertown, Mass., Nov. 24, 1805; m. Sept. 16, 1826, Catherine Horner; b.
Apr. 7, 1805; d. Sept. 10, 1888. He d. Aug. 23, 1882; res. Acton and Middlesex
Village, Mass.

7518. i. Charles, b. Dec. 11, 1827; m. Sarah K. Bradley.

7519. ii. David, b. Aug. 23, 1830; m. ; res. 443 Woodward Ave.,

Detroit, Mich.

7520. iii. Hiram, b. Oct. 30. 1833; m. M. Elizabeth Leland.

7521. iv. Harriett S., b. July 24, 1836; m. Dec. 20, 1870, James T. Smith;

res. Mid. Vil.

7522. V. Albert, b. Oct. 31, 1839; d. July 17, 1875.

7523. vi. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 15, 1842; d. June 15, 1843.

7524. vii. Mary Elizabeth, b. Aug. 6, 1844; d. Oct. 25, 1865.

4240. Adams Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John,

John), b. Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 14, 1817; m. there Jan. 17,1846, ;b

Sept. 8, 1808. He d. Oct. 15. 1891 ; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

Debora Ada.ms, b. Nov. 2, 1847; m. Wilber.

Lucy, b. June, 1849; d. Jan., 1851.

Andrew James, b. Jan. 30, 1851; m. Dec. 30, 1882; res. F.
Arthur Eugene, b. Jan. 6, 1852; m. July 1, 1874; res. F.
Geo. Benj., b. Oct. 27, 1853; m. Annie Louise Tayler.

7525.

i.

7526.

ii.

7527.

111.

7528.

iv.

7529.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

471

75B3.
7534.

II.

4250. Henry Whitney (Abijah, Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John),
b. Waltham, Mass., Aug. 18, 1822; m. at Weston, Dec. 3, 1862, Catherine Harvey; b.
May 3, 1836. He d. 1873; res. Main street, Waltham, Mass.

7530. i. Addie Anna, b. Mar. 29, 1864; m. 1889, . She d.

June 5, 1891.

7531. ii. Mary Emma, b. Apr. 18, 1866; m. June 25, 1891, Charles A. M.

Masters; res. Amesbury, Mass.

7532. iii. Samuel Henry, b. Oct. 9, 1868; res. Chicago, 111.

4251. Samuel Butterick Whitney (Abijah, Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph,
John, John), b. Weston, Mass.; m. June 5, 1845, Mary Watson Crehore, b. Aug. 22,
1823. He was born in Weston where he always resided; was in the real estate busi-
ness. His ancestors bought a farm in Weston in 1699, which continued in the family
till after the death of Henry Whitney in 1873. He has the deed of this land sold to
Joseph Whitney in 1699. Also other deeds — land to John Whitney, of Watertown, in
1706; Benj. Whitney and Elizabeth Whitney, land to John Whitney, in 1713; John
W. to Joseph W., in 1749; William Whitney and Sarah W. to Joseph Whitney, in
1772; Abijah and Rebecca Whitney to Abijah Whitney, 1828; res. Weston, Mass.

Elisha Crehore, b. Mar 12, 1846; lost at sea. May, 1866.
Mary Watson, b. Sept. 11, 1847; Prof, of astronomy at Vassar
college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Among the first women to gain
celebrity as astrono-
mers was Maria Mitch-
ell, of Nantucket Mass.
She was born there in
1818 and in 1865 she be-
came professor of as-
tronomy at Vassar col-
lege. In 1881 Miss
Mary W.Whitney was
called to be her assist-
ant and, on the resig-
nation of Miss Mitchell,
she was given the pro-
fessorship of astronomy
and the directorship of
the Vassar observatory.
Miss Whitney gradu-
ated from the institu-
tion in 1868, having
studied under Miss
Mitchell, with whom
she observed the solar
eclipse of 1869. In 1872
she assisted her in de-
termining the latitude
of the Vassar observa-
tory, after which she
attended lectures by
Professor Pierce at

Harvard, and, going to Europe in 1874, continued her studies in
astronomy and mathematics at the University of Zurich.

Anne Maria, b. Oct. 25, 1849; d. Mar. 28, 1852.

Adaline Stearns, b. Jan. 17, 1852; res. Boston; is a physician,
124 Dartmouth St.

Charles A., b. Aug. 15, 1855; m. Leila Porter.

Thomas Laurence, b. July 30, 1857; drowned June 26, 1873.

%^

MISS MAEY W. WHITNEY.

7535.

7536.

7537.
7538.

111.
iv.

V.

vi.

4258. William Stearns Whitney (Nathan, Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin,

Joseph, John, John), b. Lincoln, Mass., Oct. 19, 1815; m. Concord, Apr. 13, 1837, Sarah

Wheeler, b. Dec. 15, 1819; d. June 18, 1883. He d. Aug., 1848; res. Concord, Mass.

7539. i. Sarah Louise, b. July 6, 1838; m. Jan. 20, 1861, William Kelley.

Jr.; res. Gotha, Orange Co., Fla. He was b. in Boston, July 13,

1838; is a retired master mariner; at present a fruit grower in

Florida. Ch.: Helen Whitney, b. Dec. 19, 1863; Emma Wheeler,

b. Mar. 26, 1866.

7542.

7543.

ii.

7544.

111.

7545.

IV.

472 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7540. ii. Caroline Azubah, b. Oct. 18, 1840; m. Apr. 13, 1862, Henry L.

Whitcomb; res. Concord, Mass. He is a merchant, and was b.
Dec. 8, 1835.

7541. iii. Ellen Frances, b. Mar. 21, 1843; unm.; res. Concord.

4259. Charles Henry Whitney (Nathan, Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph,
John, John), b. Oct. 9, 1821, in Lincoln, Mass.; m. there Aug. 25, 1844, Eliza Brigham,
b. Oct^7, 1826, in Concord, Mass. He d. June 24, 1890; res. Lincoln, Mass.
Louis Henry, b. July 20, 1845; m. Martha E. Fiske.
John Brigham, b. Jan. 31, 1847; d. Oct. 9, 1856.

Mary Jane, b. Dec. 2, 1850; m. June 5, 1870, Washburn.

Hattie Maria, b. Jan. 4, 1860; m. Oct. 15, 1883, Baldwin;

res. Lincoln.

4270. William Ezekiel Whitney (George W., Ezekiel, Ezekiel, John, Ben-
jamin, John, John), b. Boston, Dec. 1, 1840; m. Mar. 18, 1862, Margaret Kinder, b.
Dec. 12, 1842; res. Danforth St., Saxonville, Mass.

7546. i. Nellie Louisa, b. Feb. 14, 1864; m. Aug. 6, 1884, John E. Felch;

res. N. Natick, Mass.
7647. ii. Bella Lurena, b. Feb. 25, 1872; d. Nov. 25, 1872.

4273. Alonzo Driscoll Whitney (George W., Ezekiel, Ezekiel, John, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Brighton, Mass., 1847; m. May 18, 1870, Zeaphine J. Gilliheon, b.
June 30, 1851. He d. Apr. 6, 1876; res. Somerville, Mass.

7548. i. George W., b. June 12, 1871; res. W. Somerville, Mass.

7549. ii. Zellia Jenette, b. Jan. 29, 1874;d. Jan. 19, 1877.

4276. Lorenzo L. Whitney (Walter H., Ezekiel, Ezekiel, John, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 1, 1842; m. in Boston, 1866, Sarah Robertson, b.
1846; res. 1267 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

Fred'k, b. Sept. 27, 1867.

Wm. Geo., b. Jan. 23, 1870; d. Dec. 14, 1884.

Herbert L., b. July 15, 1872; d. Feb. 26, 1875.

Lydia M., b. Oct. 2, 1875; d. .

Grace May, b. Oct. 2, 1877.

Sarah Adelaide, b. Jan. 10, 1878.

Walter Henry, b. Nov. 12, 1880; d. Oct. 28, 1884.

Emma Gertrude, b. Mar. 13, 1885.

4285. Capt. Edmund Carter Whitney (William D., Stephen, Stephen,
John, Benjamin, John, John), b. in Boston, Dec. 28, 1835; m. in Nashua, N. H.,
Feb. 27, 1861, Cornelia Frances Shepherd, b. June 13, 1836.

Capt. E. C. Whitney, junior vice commander. Department of Massachusetts,
formerly of Post 43, Marlboro, now of Post 6^, Dorchester, and cashier of the
Lincoln National Bank, of this city, is a Boston boy, having been born on the spot
where Brigham's Creamery now stands, near the junction of Tremont and Castle
streets. He was educated in the grammar and Franklin schools, and at the New
England Normal institute, then at Lancaster. In 1854 he changed his plans of
entering college, and taking a preparatory commercial course, entered the Lancaster
bank, where he served as assistant cashier until 1862. He married in February of
that year Cornelia Frances, daughter of Samuel Shepherd, of Nashua, N. H. The
war broke out in April. He remained at home assisting volunteers until Septem-
ber, when, after refusing a lieutenant's commission tendered him by Governor
Andrew because of his lack of knowledge of military matters, enlisted as private in
Co. I, 53d Regt. M. V. M. On the arrival of the regiment at New York an in-
fectious disease having broken out, he, with others, was detailed in the quarter-
master's department and sent to the ship Montibello. Five trips were made from
New York to southern ports with stores and troops. When on arriving at the Mis-
sissippi river he was ordered to duty in the same department at quarantine, and
then at New Orleans under Gen. Butler, the regiment meanwhile being stationed
at Carrolton. When the 53d took the field Capt. Whitney retired from that de-
partment and joined the troops in the first Red River campaign under Gen. Banks,
followed by the long siege of forty-five days and investment of Port Hudson,
During the whole campaign he served as sergeant, sergeant-major, and by appoint-
ment of Colonel (acting brigadier-general) J. W. Kimball, as lieutenant. During all

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the battles before Port Hudson he served on the staff of Gen. Kimball, and in the
memorable assault upon the works of Sunday, June 14, 1863, lasting from 3 A. M. to
9 P. M. he had eight minie-balls through his clothing and was shot in the right
arm. In this battle, though wounded, Capt. Whitney, with knife blades, probed for
and extracted a round ball from the head of Sergeant Hitchcock of Fitchburg (Gen.
Kimball's orderly) which had entered at the right eye, and both remained on the
field until night, and later, with his swollen arm, wrote out an official report of the
battle, forwarding it before morning with a ship load of wounded to New Orleans
and the North. His acting adjutant's report of the morning showed 166 men in
eight companies who reported for duty, of whom 86 were killed or severely
wounded, there being but one unharmed commissioned officer to lead the regiment
from the field. After the surrender of Port Hudson the regiment campaigned at
Baton Rouge and a part at Fort Butler. At the latter place Capt. Whitney, having
been prostrated by sunstroke, was attacked with malarial fever. He was hurried
North and succeeded in staving off the disease until he arrived at his home, when at
the first meeting with his family he was instantly seized with fever and delirium,
followed by six weeks of dreadful sickness, and afterwards a whole year of fever
and ague. On his recovery, the war being nearly over, Capt. Whitney surrendered
his wish to re-enlist and accepted a call to Marlboro to assume charge of the
savings bank and organize a national bank. He served as cashier and treasurer
for nineteen years when he was called to Boston. In Marlboro he was commander
of Post 43 six years. Captain of Co. E, 6th Regiment five years; was chief engineer
of the Fire Department three years; was selectman, and as a side issue to fill up
chinks of time was local agent of sixteen fire insurance companies, carrying risks
amounting to $3,000,000. He is Knight Templar of Trinity Lodge of Masons and
has during the administrations of Horace Binney Sargent and Col. Sibley held the
offices of inspector, chief mustering officer, member of the council of administra-
tion, and commander of a brigade, Middlesex Co. division. At the last annual
encampment he was elected junior vice commander. Comrade Whitney is a true
and consistent advocate of Grand Army principles and a forcible and indefatigable
assistant in the labors attending the advancement of all worthy objects relating to
the welfare of the veteran. His social and mental worth is recognized by a larere
circle of warm friends in and out of the Grand Army, while his superior business
qualities have always been highly appreciated by the commercial public. His
earnest and successful efforts in behalf of raising funds for the erection of the
elegant new hall of Post 68, G. A. R., Dorchester, should endear him to every com-
rade of that post. It is safe to say that the junior vice commander will do his full
duty, cheerfully and devotedly, at all times; res. Boston, Mass.; address 178 Devon-
shire street.

Lawrence Symmes, b. Sept. 14, 1864; died Sept 14, 1864;

Edmvnd Heber, b. May 21, 1867; d. Aug. 21, 1867.

Lilian Hemans, b. June 13, 1868.

Agnes Elizabeth, b. May 19, 1876; d. Aug. 8, 1877.

Rose Lancaster, b. June 5, 1879.

Ralph Hadley Shepard, h. Jan. 16, 1881.

4.300. Augustine Whitney (Nathan, Nathan. Nathan, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Westminster Apr. 9, 1825; m. Nov. 2, 1854, Mary A. Titus; b.
Dec. 4, 1828.

Augustine Whitney, son of Nathan and Ann, married Mary A., daughter of Otis
and Sally (Minott) Titus, and resided on the estate owned by the father of his wife
in the Central Village. He is a carpenter and contractor, a man of ability and moral
worth, respected and honored in the town and general community. He has served
as moderator at town meetings, was selectman two years, and representative to the
general court in 1865; res. Westminster, Mass.

7564. i. William Titus, b. Dec. 12, 1855; d. Aug. 7, 1860.

7565. ii. Leon Augustine, b. Apr. 29, 1864; m. Geneva Fradley.

4301. Dea. Frederic Whitney (Aaron, David, Nathan, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Westminster, Oct. 17, 1823; m. Sept., 1850, Sarah Ann Randell, d.
Nov. 22, 1857; m. 2d, Apr. 19, 1859, Janette C. Vandenburg, d. Dec, 1881; m. 3d, Oct.
31, 1882, Jane McLean.

Frederic Whitney, son of Aaron and Martha, married 1st Sarah Ann, daughter
of Levi and Lucy Allen Randell, of Providence, N. Y. She bore him one son. He
married 2d Janette C. Vandenburg, of Onondaga, N. Y. She died without issue at
31

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Cranston, R. I., and he married 3d Jane McLean, of P. E. Island. She has one
child. Leaving the farm at twenty-one, Mr. Whitney worked at chair making many
years, and was m the U. S. armory at Springfield during the war. He was appointed
superintendent of farm connected with State Industrial School at Lancaster eleven
years, and later had charge of Providence, R. I., water works pumping station seven
years. One year he served as assessor in Westminster, and has filled most worthily
the office of deacon in Congregational Trinity church at both Westminster and Lan-
caster, a position still held by him at the latter place, where he now resides; res.
Lancaster, Mass.

7665a. i. Herbert F., b. Nov. 4, 1851; res. Worcester; unm.; is an ex-

pressman.

7566a. ii. Allen S., b. Jan. 12, 1885.

4304. Stillman Whitney (Aaron, David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Apr. 11, 1883; m. Dec. 11, 1856, Julia Moulton, of Hubbardston; d. s. p.
Mar. 2, 1870; ae. 34; m. 2d, Apr. 22, 1871, Mary Moulton, her sister; b. 1838; d. Feb.
2, 1888; m. 3d . He is a mechanic; res. Westminster, Mass.

7567a, i. Grace, b. Nov. 20, 1871 ; d. infancy.

7568a. ii. Chester M., b. Sept. 15, 1873.

4308. Jason Woodward Whitney (Reuben P., David, Nathan, David, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Sept, 21, 1829, in Westminster; m. Nov. 18, 1857, Lydia Allen
Davis; b. Mar. 12, 1839.

Jason W. Whitney, oldest son and second child of Reuben P. and Clarissa Wood-
ward Whitnev, born Sept. 21, 1829, at Westminster, Mass.; married Lydia Allen
Davis, Nov. 1§, 1857, at Hubbardston, Mass. He moved to Hingham, Mass., in 1860,
where he now resides, and has been in the lumber and hardware business since 1877;
res. Hingham, Mass.

7566. i. Everett E., b. May 3, 1861; m. Katherine J. McCammon.

7567. ii. Edward Curtis, b. May 3, 1861; d. Sept. 1, 1861.

7568. iii. Wm. Chase, b. June 18, 1868; d. Jan. 4, 1869.

4310. Orville Porter Whitney (Reuben P., David, Nathan, David, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Princeton, Mass., Oct. 28, 1833; m. Sept. 26, 1828, Dora E. Odell;
b. July 6, 1844. He is a mfr. of leather belting and hose; res. 590 Hicks St., Brook-
lyn, N^ Y.

Lawrence Woodward, b. Aug. 9, 1872.

Chester Field Smith, b. July 14, 1875.

Elliott Webster, b. Mar. 19, 1878.

Florence Odell, b. Aug. 12, 1880.

4312. George Franklin Whitney (Reuben P., David, Nathan, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Princeton, Mass., Sept. 11, 1838; m. in Hubbardston, Oct.
18, 1863, Sarah M. Davis; b. Feb. 5, 1841; res. Hingham, Mass.

7573. i. George E., b. Gardner, Mass.. Jan. 29, 1867; m. Sept. 25, 1894,

Irene Beamshart Motter, of Harrisburg, Pa.; res. Steelton, Pa.

4314. Lucius Whitney (Isaac, David, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. in Big Grove, 111., Feb. 24, 1836; m. Jan. 28, 1865, Harriett J. Loughead; b. July, 20,
1839.

Lucius Whitney was brought up on a farm until he was 18 years of age; taught
school a few terms and went to Kansas in 1857 and settled near the Missouri line till
the breaking out of the war in 1861, filling the offices of town treasurer and county
clerk, resigning the latter office to enlist in Co, G, 7th Kan. Cav. Vols (Aug. 31, 1861);
■was appointed commissary sergeant of the regiment and promoted to be 1st lieut.
and R.C. S., July, 1863, which position he held until mustered out, Sept. 29, 1865, at
the close of the war, having been appointed to several staff positions, serving under
Brig.-Gen. Ed Hatch, Brig.-Gen. John McNeil and also as provost-marshal, district
of western Missouri, at Warrensburg and Lexington, Mo., being at the latter place
when the last of the Confederates were sworn in in 1865; was also in command of
Gratiot St. prison, in St. Louis, Mo. At the close of the war he settled at Morris,
111., at which place he was postmaster for nine years and six months. After his
time expired at that place he opened the first postoffice at Billings, MonL, and held
the position nearly six years; was elected treasurer of the county (Yellowstone)
and is now serving his second term in that office and has just received the nomi-

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nation of the Republican party for the third term with good prospects of election;
res. Billings, Mont.

7674. i. Susan Hamline, b. July 1, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1886, John Brooke

Herford; has two children, Helen Brooke and Whitney Brooke

Herford.

7575. ii. Gertrude Lawrence, b. Dec. 13, 1867; m. Nov. 11, 1889, to

Charles Wheeler Barney; has one child, Dorothy Wheeler
Barney.

7576. iii. Clara Louise, b. Sept. 30, 1873; unm.

4320. Cecil Calvin Whitney (Calvin, David, Nathan, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Westminster, Mass., Jan. 5, 1848; m. June 10, 1879, Eldora J. Gates, b.
Mar. 8, 1856; res. 4 Taft St., Fitchburg, Mass.

7577. i. Stanley Nathan, b. Apr. 28, 1881.

4322. John Emerson Whitney (John, John, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., Sept. 18, 1822; m. in Princeton, July 3, 1844, Clara
Allen, b. Oct. 2, 1816; d. May 23, 1883; m. 2d, Dec. 24, 1884, Mrs. Mary B. Ballou, b.
Mar, 24, 1842; res. Grafton, Mass.

7578. i. Caroline Jennison, b. June 2, 1845; m. Aug. 11, 1863, Sumner J.

Reed; res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.

7579. ii. Ellen Lvdia, b. Oct. 26. 1846; m. Jan. 1, 1869, Charles L. Clark;

res. Fitz.

7580. iii. John Allen, b. Apr. 14, 1849; m. Susan E. Hibbard.

7581. iv. Charles Sumner, b. Jan. 15, 1853; m. Etta Jones.

7582. V. Frank Stearns, b. May 7, 1857; d. Dec. 16, 1858.

4323. Sumner Allen Whitney (John, John, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., June 27, 1824; m. m Worcester, Aug. 25, 1851, Lura
Clark, b. July 30, 1826, in Hubbardston.

He was brought up on a farm and received an excellent common school educa-
tion, taught school for awhile, then was teacher of penmanship and mathamatics in
a college in Norfolk, Va., for two years. Returning to Worcester, Mass., he began
the manufacture of valentines, and engaged in the wholesale stationery and notion
business, which he followed till the end of life. He was not in politics, and his only
interest aside from his business was in the Baptist church, of which he was an officer.
He d. Aug. 29, 1861; res. Portsmouth, Va., and Worcester, Mass.

7583. i. Sumner C, b. Mar. 7, 1853; m. Mary O. Hoyt.

7584. ii. Freddie Allen, b. July 10, 1859; d. Apr. 20, 1860.

7585. iii. Fannie Lura, b. May 11, 1857; m. Oct. 1881, Charles W. Randall;

res. 121 Post St., San Francisco, Cal.

4327. Edward Whitney (John, John, Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Aug. 12, 1834; m. Nov. 26, 1857, Susan Louise Cutting, b. Aug. 29, 1838 (see); d. Jan.
1, 1880; m. 2d, Oct. 27, 1886, Emma Louisa Rice.

Edward Whitney was born in Westminster, and, like his brother, George C,
became a resident of Worcester. In early life he was, for four years, clerk in the
Metropolitan bank in New York City. He is engaged in the wholesale stationery
business in that city, and has been since 1858; is a prominent worker in all Y. M. C.
A. and Sunday-school matters. He never held any public office, or cared for it. For
some years he has been president of the Y. M. C. A. and of the Worcester County
Congregational Club; res. Crown St., Worcester, Mass.

7586. i. LiLLiE Maria, b. June 19, 1867; d. Aug. 24, 1868.

7587. ii. Edward Cutting, b.July 19, 1869; res. Wor.

7588. iii. Harry Sumner, b. June 1, 1873; res. Wor.

4329. George Clarkson Whitney (John, John, Nathan, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Sept. 19, 1842; m. at Calais, Me., June 1, 1870, Amy Ella Whidden, b.
May 22, 1846.

We learn from high authority that "An honest tale speeds best being plainly
told." We add, on our own responsibility, that the sum of a well spent life is not
reckoned by years. Geo. C. Whitney has not yet reached the veteran stage, as his
portrait in this volume will attest; and, though the hand of time has dealt gently with
him, he has also been "good to himself," as the phrase runs, having practiced life-
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476 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ranks among the young-, active and successful forces of to-day. and enjoys many
well deserved marks of public esteem and confidence. * * * ^jg great-grand-
father, Nathan Whitney, born in New England, Mar. 12, 1727, came from Watertown to
Waltham, Mass., early in life, and, later, settled in Westminster. Nathan held a
commission as captain under king George III., but resigned just before the war of
1774-78 and became an ardent patriot. During the war of 1776hehad charge of a squad
of Dutch (British) prisoners, who were quartered for the season in the old homestead
in Westminster. Geo. attended the district schools in Westminster and Worcester
until 1856, when he was admitted to the Worcester academy. He enlisted as a pri-
vate in Co. F, 51st Reg. Mass. volunteers, and served a part of the time as clerk in
the provost-marshal's office at Beaufort, N. C, and was honorably discharged at the
expiration of his term of service. The regiment was in active service in Virginia
and North Carolina. He began business in 1866 in a single room, manufacturing val-
entines and fancy articles from imported stock. Three years after, he bought out the
stock and good will of Berlin &: Jones, the largest manufacturers in this line in New
York, and moved the whole business to Worcester. The house now employs over
two hundred workmen and workwomen, and has its own departments for printing,
box making and shipping, besides the designing and manufacture of the artistic feat-
ures of the various publications by skilled workmen. The product is sold direct to
jobbers in all parts of the Union, with branch offices at Chicago, New York and Bos-
ton. Besides these business activities, Mr. Whitney has found time and enthusiasm
for much private and public usefulness and philanthropy in the exercise of higher
aims in life than mere money getting. He united with the First Baptist church of
Worcester in June 1865, and has been the superintendent of its Sabbath-school since
1871. He has been an active member of the Young Men's Christian Association since
1864, and president of that organization in this city for four years, 1872-73 and 1885-
86. He also served as a member of the International Sunday-school Commit-
tee from 1879 to 1883;. on the State Executive Committee of the Y. M. C. A. from
1876 to 1883, and is a charter member of the Worcester Bap. City Mission Board, and
has been its president since 1886. In the department of education he has, for ten or
thirteen years, been a trustee of the Worcester academy, is the secretary of the board
and member of the executive and investment committees. Always a straight Repub-
lican, of strong anti-saloon, no license convictions, he has been modestly but ear-
nestly identified with the cause of temperance reform, both as a citizen and a member
of the city government. He was in the city council m 1883 and 1884, on the board of
aldermen in 1888 and 1889 <also in 1890 and 1891). He has been for several years
a trustee of the Home for Aged Women; [Hist; of Wore. Co.]; res. 74 Elm St., Wor-
ccstcr M3.SS

7589. i. MiLA Frances, b. Apr. 6,' 1871; m. June 2, 1892, Dr. Ray Wood-

ville Green, res. 105 Pleasant St., Worcester.

7590. ii. Floren'Ce Allen, b. Sept. 4, 1878. .

7591. iii. Warren Appleton, b. Apr. 16, 1883.

4331. John Milton Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Ashby, Mass., Mar. 1, 1818; m. Mar. 24, 1840, Emma Augusta Willard, b.
Oct. 15, 1814; d. Nov. 23, 1881. He was a manufacturer of organ keys. He d. June
3, 1886; res. Groton, Ashby and Boston, Mass.

7592. i. Geo. Fred'k, b. Nov. 20, 1841; m. Josephene I. Bryant.

7593. ii. Sarah Jane, b. July 18, 1844; m. Lyman Lawrence; res. Lexing-

ton, Mass.

7594. iii. Chas. Henry, b. June 28, 1848.

7595. iv. Frank Herbert, b. Dec. 24, 1851; address 1440 Washington St.,

Boston, Mass.

4333. Josiah Davis Whitney (Jonas P., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. in Ashby, Mass., Nov. 7, 1818; m. Dec. 5, 1842, Lucy D. Chapin, b. Dec.
21, 1818. He IS a manufacturer of organ reeds; res. Brattleboro, Vt.

7596. i. Jennie Lucy, b. June 13, 1844.

7597. ii. Edwin Davis, b. Apr. 4, 1856; m. Apr. 27, 1881. Julia Spring

Brooks; res. Brattleboro, Vt. She was b. Mar. 22, 1857; Ch.:
Harold Edward, b. Feb. 29, 1884; Edwina Augusta, b. Aug. 18,
1885; Alice Lucy, b. Apr. 5, 1887; Merrill Brooks, b. May 26,
1891.

4335. Jonas Whitney (Jonas P., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Mar. 20, 1824; m.Apr. 11, 1850, Elizabeth Corey Rice.dau. of Silas of Ashburnham,

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b. Mar. 21, 1827; d. May 3, 18—; m. 2d, May 4, 18— Lucy Damon. He d. May 4,
1874; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

7598. i. Frank O., b. July 21, 1851; m. Anna M. Snow.

4341. Julius Whitney (Jonas P., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. May 28, 1836; m. Feb. 25, 1864, Harriett A. Downe, b. July 23, 1838; d. Dec. 17,
18(i5; m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1866, Mary J. Whitney, b. in Westminster, Mass., June 2, 184o;
res. Brattleboro, Vt.

7599. i. Herbert P., b. Aug. 10, 1865; m. Apr. 27, 1887, Jennie AL Tainter.

7600. ii. Louis Albert, b. Feb. 12, 1874.

4342. John C. Whitney (John B., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Feb. 9, 1832; m. May 15, 1854, Mary W. Pillsbury, b.- Oct. 4, 1834.

He was born in Ashby, Mass., has resided in Ashby, Lowell, and at present in
Fitchburg, Mass. Is a retail coal and wood dealer. While residing in Ashby he
held the office of selectman from 1868 to 1873; was overseer of the poor for five
years and assessor and constable from 1869 to 1871. Since his residence in Fitchburg
he has been a member of the board of councilmen for l!?90-91. He is highly
esteemed and respected; res. Fitchburg, Mass., 73 Nashua St.

7601. i. Hattie a., b. Apr. 25, 1857; m. June 15, 1881, Charles Wetherbee;

res. New Haven, Conn., 59 Ann St.

7602. ii. Ida F., b. Mar. 28, 1865; m. Oct. 14, 1885, Thomas E. Keilty; res.

Fitchburg, Mass.

7603. iii. Bertha M., b. June 4, 1879.

4345. Theodore A. Whitney (John B., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Apr. 29, 1830; m. Aug. 28, 1855, Laura W. Miller; b. Dec. 26, 1840; d. Mar.
5,1889. He was an organ maker. He d. Apr. 30,1861; res. Ashby and Fitchburg,
Mass.

7604. i. George A., b. May 28, 1856; m. Minnieville W. Woodward.

4347. Charles Edward Whitney (John B., Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Ashby, Mass.. Mar. 16. 1837; m. at Townsend, Mass., May 27, It^b'S,
Lydia A. Dix; b. Aug. 16, 1846; d. Jan. 28, 1883. He is an organ key maker; res.
Roxbury, Mass., 9 Catawba St.

7605. i. Frank Norton, b. May 17, 1868; d. Aug. 24, 18»0.

7606. ii. Nellie Florence, b. Jan. 3, 187U; m. Jan. 29, 1889, A. E. Hor-

ton; res. Fitchburg, Mass.

7607. iii. Lottie May, b. Julv 17, 1879.

7608. iv. Charles Melvin, b. Nov. 12, 1882.

7609. v. Lulu Marion, b. Nov. 12, 1882.

4.351. Myron William Whitney (William, Josiah, Josiah, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Ashby, Mass., Sept. 6, 1836; m. May 4, 1859, Eleanor Breasha, of
Boston.

As an oratorio singer he stands for many years in the foremost ranks, and his
reputation is spread all over the musical world. He was born in Ashby, Mass.,
Sept. 6, 1836. The meager musical resources of his native place furnished but a
circumscribed field for the growth and improvement of his powers, and he sought a
new and more extended sphere in Boston, Mass., in the year 1854, and placed him-
self under the training of E. H. Frost, a teacher of considerable ability. He remained
with this gentleman for some years, studying and making rapid progress. While
pursuing his studies he filled the position of leading basso in the then celebrated
choir of Tremont Temple, which enjoyed an excellent reputation, and attracted a
large congregation to the temple. During the three or four years of his connection
with Mr. Frost, the choir, which also included several of the leading vocalists of the
day, gave concerts in Boston and vicinity. The debut of Mr. Whitney in oratorio
was made in the " Messiah " on Christmas day, 1858. Mr. Whitney sang, " Why do
the nations," so effectively as to win for himself the commendations of the press of
the city, although at the same time the Handel and Haydn Society were presenting
the same work. His position was immediately established, and his name and fame
spread rapidly. His first appearance before the Handel and Haydn Society was at
the Christmas oratorio of the "Messiah" in 1861, when he secured the favor of the
public so firmly, that he has ever since been retained for the annual Christmas con-
cert. In 1868 Mr. Whitney went to Florence for the purpose of completing his

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musical education, under Vannucini, the celebrated master of the Royal Opera.
This eminent musician, it will be remembered, was the pupil of Romani, whose
name is become a synonymn for all that is great and honorable in the world of song.
In the summer of 1871, partly for the sake of travel and recreation, and partly for
professional purposes, Mr. Whitney went to London, and was absent about one year,
returning in season for the Christmas oratorio of 1872. During a greater portion of
this time he was under an engagement to Mr. Mapleson.of Covent Garden Theater,
under whose auspices he appeared in London and the provinces. The engagement
opened with a season of seven weeks at Covent Garden, during which he appeared
every evening. At the close of this engagement Mr. Whitney had the honor of sing-
ing in "Elijah" at the great Birmingham Festival. The peculiar interest of this
occasion was that he sang from the same stage as that occupied by Mendelssohn
when he directed the first production of his immortal work in 1848. Several of the
eldest of the choristers, who had assisted in the first performance under Mendelssohn,
came forward at the close of the oratorio and congratulated Mr. Whitney upon his
eminent success in the role of " Elijah." He appeared at Oxford university m Han-
del's "Acis and Galatea," in which he created a furor in the arduous role of " Polyphe-
mus," the music of which is seldom sung as originally written, as Handel composed
it for an exceptional bass voice. But our basso required no favors in the score, and
treated our English cousins to a hearing of this music in the original key, and with
all the elaborate fiorituri with which Handel embellished it. At the Cincinnati
Musical Festival of 1873, Mr. Whitney's already glorious reputation may be said to
have culminated, and at its close he stood before our entire people hailed and
acknowledged as the greatest living basso speaking and singing in English. This
popular verdict has since been affirmed and reaffirmed, and is entirely just and well
deserved. Mr. Whitney's reappearance in the west during the early summer of
1874, in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, secured for him still warmer regard. In 1876
he was the' principal solo singer at the opening exercises of the Centennial exhibition
in Philadelphia. Since that year he has sung in his native country, and has appeared
in nearly all the May festivals held in different cities of the Union. For several
years he was a member of the Boston Ideal Opera Company. He possesses a fine
bass voice of nearly three octaves compass, and is especially noted as an oratorio
singer. No man has more friends, both in and out of his profession, and few are
more deserving; res. Watertown, Mass., " Hillside," Palfrey street.

7610. i. Wm. Lincoln, b. Jan. 11, 1861; m. Florence J. Roberts.

7611. ii. Lizzie Gertrude, b. July 18, 1862; m. Waldo D. Hadsell. Ch.:

Duane Whitney, b. Sept. 30, 1890; Eleanor Gertrude, b. May 2,
1391; Irving Whitney, b. May 14, 1892.

7612. iii. Myron W., Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1873. He was given an excellent com-

mon school education and prepared for college. He graduated
at Chauncey Hall school, Boston, with the highest honors as
best boy, taking the gold medal for scholarship and conduct.
He is at present (1894) in the senior class at Harvard university,
and has already begun his musical career. He has a magnifi-
cent bass voice, and is destined to make a name and fame for
himself. At present he sings in Dr. Miner's church on Colum-
bus Ave., and at the close of his college course will make music
his profession.

4353.

b. Westmi . , ^ _ , ,

1828; d. Feb. 18, 1881. He d. Mar. 7. 1880; res. Phillipston, Mass.

7613. i. Malcom C, b. Dec. 28, 1846; d. Aug. 12, 1849.
7614a. ii. Malcom R., b. June 14, 1851 ; m. Catherine L. Wood.

George Whitney (Joseph H., Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John),
linster, Mass., Oct. 14, 1822; m. Mar. 31, 1846, Aldice Adams; b. Apr. 11,

c-„v 10 1001 u„ J Ti*„_ r, loon. -nuni: » at

4357. Justin Whitney (Horace, Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
at Westminster, July 9, 1831; m. Nov. 2, 1856, Betsey Jane Winchester Taylor; b.
Sept. 27, 1831; d. Nov. 17, 1863; m. 2d, Feb. 14, 1878, Emma Jane Nash;b. Dec. 5, 1847.

The life of Justin Whitney, son of Horace and Mary Whitney, born in West-
minster, Mass., July 9, 1831, is not of moment. At the age of 2 years moved to Hub-
bardston, Mass. In 1845 returned to Westminster. In 1849 removed to Gardner,
Mass., and engaged in the chair business. In 1852 removed to Leominster, Mass., and
engaged in the pianoforte business. In 1857 removed to Boston and engaged in the
.pianoforte business. In 1868 engaged in the apothecary business in Boston, and
still continues therein. Has held and does hold the commissions of a justice of the

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479

peace and notary public for the commonwealth of Massachusetts; res. 75 Kendall
St., Boston, Mass.

7614. i. William Augustus, b. Dec. 12, 1862; m. Shiblie Robertson, of

Concord, N. H. Thev res. in Sunapee, N. H.

761.5. ii. Grace Emma, b. Mar. 13, 1880.

7616. iii. Gladys Justina, b. Dec. 27, 1889.

4360. Horace Webster Whitney (Horace, Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin,
John, Johni, b. Apr. 7, 1836; m. Mar. 24, 1860, Ellen Maria Blodgett; b. June 10, 1635;
res. 12 William St., Cambridgeport, Mass.

7617. i. George Walter, b. Mar. 17, 1862; m. Cora V. Thomas.

7618.

i.

7619.

n.

7620.

HI.

7621.

IV.

7622.

V.

7623.

vi.

4362. Alfred Whitney (Horace, Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Aug. 8, 1840; m. June 19, 1864, Cordelia Knowles, b. Mar.5, 1846; res. Claremont,
N. H.

Alfred, b. June 9, 1867; d. June 9, 1867.

Florence C, b. Dec. 13, 1868.

Alfred K., b. Aug. 18, 1870; d. Dec. 20, 1871.

Justin S., b. Jan. 7, 1873.

John A., b. Dec. 18, 1874.

Horace K., b. Oct. 20, 1885.

4364. Alvin Whitney (Horace, Joel, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass., Nov. 24, 1847; m. in Boston Aug. 16, 1869, Marie Antoinette
Rich; b. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 20, 1848. He formerly re-
sided in Boston and Cambridge, Mass., and m 1892 moved
to Chicago. He is foreman in the action department in
the Kimball Piano Co. factory; res. 909 W. Adams St., Chi-
cago, 111.

7624. i. Alice Emeline, b. Jan. 14, 1875.

7625. ii. Herbert Alvin, b. Mar. 19, 1877.

7626. iii. Gertruie Sawin, b. Feb. 5, 1879; d.

Jan. 21, 1883.

4370. Harrison B. Whitney (Harrison G., Jonas,
Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Westminster, Feb.
24, 1841; m. Dec. 27, 1866, Francilla Spaulding; b. Oct. 18,
1845. He is in the real estate business; res. Leominster,
Mass.

7627. i. Lincoln S., b. Nov. 22, 1867; res. 11

Doane St., Boston.

7628. ii. Chester C, b. Oct. 1, 1871; m. Grace

Demmic.
Elbert, b. Sept. 20, 1873; d. Aug. 11, 1874.

ALVIN WHITNEY.

7629.
7630.

ni.
iv.

Hattie E., b. June 24, 1876; res. Leominster.

4373. Charles Orlando Whitney (Charles, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. in Westminster, Mass., Feb. 4, 1830; m. Dec. 27, 18-58, Mary C. Gordon;
b. Aug. 8, 1840; d. May 8, 1892. He d. Dec. 20, 1891.

7631. i. Charles P., b. Sept. 6, 1861; m. Armintia Stewart.

7632. ii. Florence Elvira, b. Mar. 27, 1865; m. Ernest Andrew,

7633. iii. Merrill, b. Aug., 1877; d. infant.

7634. iv. Wilbur Jay, b. Dec. 28, 1880; res. St. Cloud. Minn.

4377. William Harrison Whitney (Charles, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Jan. 16, 1840, in Westminster, Mass.; m. Mar. 2, 1864, Mary Jane Mc-
Curday; b. Mar. 24, 1843; res. Silver Creek, Minn.

7635. i. George Albert, b. Feb. 17, 1865.

, 7636. ii. Jos. H., b. Dec. 24, 1866; m. July 4, 1888, Belle J. Gordon; b. Jan.
1, 1866; res. Clearwater, Minn. They have one son, b. Apr. 16,
1889.

7637. iii. Frank Howard, b. June 24, 1870.

7638. iv. Sarah Ann, b. Aug. "23, 1872.

7639. V. Wm. Merrill, b. Apr. 9, 1877; d. Mar. 28, 1884.

480 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4378. William B. Whitney (Joseph, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John,
John), b. Westminster, Mass., Aug. 28, 1841; m. Sept. 15, 1863, at Leominster, Julia
Pauline Tilton; b. Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 17, 1842. He d. in Mcnlreal, Canada, Sept. 30,
1891; res. Leominster, Mass.

7640. i. Joseph T., b. Aug. 19, 1864; unm.; res. Medford, Mass.; asst. pro-
fessor of physics for five years in the Ohio State University
1887-'92.

4380. Franxis Austin Whitney (Joseph, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Westminister, Feb. 5, 1830; m. in Lunenburg, June 9, 1853, Mary L.
Baker; b. Jan. 28, 1834; d. Mar. 21, 1869; m.2d in Leominster, Jan. 6, 1870, Orocy A.
Taylor; b. Sept. 9, 1844.

Francis A. Whitney was born in Westminster, Mass. Came to Leominster,
Mass., at age of 20 or thereabouts, and for a few months worked as a mechanic in the
piano business. Then in company with F. W. Whitney he began the manufacture
of children's carriages. Beginning in a small room, rented on the upper floor of an
old factory, the business has gradually increased until it is now the largest children's
carriage concern in the United States. A'arious changes have occurred in the busi-
ness at different times. About 1870 he bought out F. W., ran it a few years alone
and then formed a corporation, of which he is still president and holds a majority of
the stock. The firm now employs 150 to 200 hands and manufactures about 40,000
carriages a year, which are sent even to Australia. About 15 years ago he also
began the manufacture of shirts in Leominster in company with a Mr. Gaines, a
young man acquainted with the details of the business. They are now, probably, the
largest manufacturers of shirts in the United States. They employ about 700 hands
and manufacture 600 to 800 dozen (7,200 to 9,6(X)) shirts a day. Their business
amounts to about $1,000,000 a year. He is, as might readily be imagined, perhaps
the most prominent and wealthy man in the town ot Leominster. He has given large
sums of money to the Church there and to other benevolences, and is held in the
most universal esteem and affection as a benefactor of the poor and a public spirited
citizen. His relations with his employes have always been especially harmonious
and actuated by a mutual regard. He has several times been asked to accept public
office, but has always refused to become a candidate and has kept entirely aloof
from political affairs; res. Leominster, Mass.

Addie Sophia, b. June 11, 1854; d. Sept. 28, 1854.

Herbert Baker, b. Nov. 24, 1856; m. Belle Boardman.

Frank Judson, b. Oct. 11, 1858; m. Mary A. Porter.

Fanny Harrington, b. Apr. 18, 1867; d. Sept. 10, 1874.

Frances Abbie, b. May 29, 1873.

4381. George Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Westminster, Mass., Oct. 15. 1834; m. Nov. 23, 1860, Julia Crocker; b. Feb. 26, 1838;
res. Leominster, Mass.

7646. i. Carrie I, b. Jan. 5, 1863; m. Jan. 24, 1884, Morse; res. L.

4383. Jared Irving Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Jonas, David, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Aug 1, 1833; m. Jan. 19, 1858, Sarah Jane Kidder; b. May 10, 1834.

He was brought up on a farm and worked at that until he was 21. Then in com-
pany with his brother-in-law was in the chair business for a number of years, and
later worked at the wood-working business, and most of the time since; res. Leo-
minster, Mass., and Clinton, Mass., 269 Main St.

7647. i. Fannie Belle, b. Oct. 16, 1863; m. Jan. 19, 1888, Edward L. Flagg;

res. Leo.; is a carpenter. Ch.: Mabel Frances, b. Mar. 27, 1889.

7648. ii. Arthur Eugene, b. Sept. 9, 1868; d. June 8, 1869.

4399. Edward Whitney (Nathaniel R., Nathaniel R., Simon, Daniel, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass., June 6, 1815; m. Sept. 23, 1858, Caroline Abbe
Rogers, b. Oct. 14, 1827, in Boston; res. Belmont, Mass.; s. p.

4404. Dr.Allston Waldo Whitney (Simon, Nathaniel R., Simon, Daniel,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Framingham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1828; m. in Boston, Aug. 24,
1864, Sarah Ellen Bishop, of Boston; b. Aug. 11, 1844.

Dr. AUston Waldo Whitney, son of Dr. Simon Whitney, was educated at the
public schools of Framinghan and Leicester academy. He was also a cadet at West
Point. Entering Harvard Medical school he was graduated in 1852, and studying

7641.

i.

7642.

11.

7643.

Ill

7644.

IV,

7645.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 481

with his father began practice in South Framingham. Later he located at West
Newton and served with great distinction during the war; was surgeon of the 13th
Regt. Mass. Vols, and later brevet colonel. He was one of the best brigade sur-
geons in the Army of the Potomac and passed many a dolorous day in Libby prison.
He it was who routed the fair members of the Culpepper Female Seminary out of
their beds on the night after the battle of Cedar Mountain in order that the mangled
hundreds of his wounded soldiers might have their comfortable nests. In 1881 he
joined his old comrades; he d. Nov. 11, 1881; res. West Newton, Mass.

7649. i. Charles Simon, b. June 21, 1865; m. Mar. 8, 1886, Elinor Apple-

ton; b. July 15, 1866; he res. s. p. Boston, Mass.; add. 400 Wash-
ington, St.

4419. John Henry Whitney (George P., William C, Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin,
John, John), b. Oxford, Me., Oct. 16, 1851; m. Apr. 30, 1890, Lulu F. Colder; b. May
7, 1864; res. 26 Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me., s. p.

4421. George Peirce Whitney (George P., William C, Joshua, Daniel, Ben-
jamin, John, John), b. Oxford, Me., Dec. 28, 1862; m. Oct. 28, 1886, at Gorham, N. H.,
Stella E. Millett; b. Jan. 10, 1864; res. 249 D St., So. Boston, Mass.

7650. i. D. John, b. Aug. 18, 1891.

4437. Rev. George Whitney (Peter, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. in Quincv, Mass., Apr. 2, 1804; m. Dec. 15, 1829, Anne Greenough Grav,
only dau. of Rev. Dr. Gray, b. Jan. 5, 1800; d. Aug. 2U, 1873.

He was born in Quincy, Mass., educated there, graduated at college, studied
theology and was settled in West Roxbury over Theodore Parker's church, the First
Parish church of West Roxbury, more popularly known as Theodore Parker's church.
It is a relic of ante-revolutionary times, is now past its days of service, and remains as an
historic landmark. The society was organized in 1712, and in 1773 the church was
built, being the second Unitarian church of Boston, the first one having stood for
some years previous in Roxbury. During the twenties and the early thirties the
congregation was served by Mr. Whitney, and he is described as bright and pleasing,
fond of children, and a good preacher; he quite won the heart of the child of one of
his parishioners, who is now (1894) a white-haired old lady, by giving her free access
to his library, with permission to use any book it contained. It is almost the only
memory she retains of him, but it still brings a glow to her cheek when she speaksof
it, for in those days when books were few and not easily obtained, such a privilege
was rare and accordingly appreciated. When Mr. Whitney resigned his pastorate
to go as assistant to his father-in-law. Rev. Dr. Gray, a minister in Jamaica Plain, his
congregation deeply regretted it, for in their church he had been ordained, and they
had been his first charge. The few remaining members of that old congregation
remember him kindly, but around the name of Theodore Parker cluster the sweetest
flowers of their meniories,,of him they speak most tenderly and with tearful eyes.
To them he was an ideal man. He was Mr. Whitney's immediate successor, coming
in the summer of 1837. He d. Apr. 2, 1842; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass.

7651. i. Elizabeth Eistis, b. Sept., 1830; d. Mar., 1834.

7652. ii. Anne Gray, b. June 14, 1832; m. Nov. 9, 1859, Paschal W. Tur-

ney. He d. Oct. 23, 1875. Mr. Turney was born in New York
City, being almost the youngest child of a family of eleven
children. At the age of fourteen he went to work as an office
boy in the law office of Graham, Hoffman & Bosworth. The
business of this firm was carried on through many changes of
name, until before his death Mr. Turney found himself the lead-
ing member. Through perseverance and hard work he won a
high reputation in the legal profession, and was looked upon as
an authority on all real estate matters. He had the care of
large estates as trustee, and was a conservative investor.
Mr. Turney was a very quiet man, of domestic habits and very
fond of his friends and his friends of him. He also was of a
benevolent disposition and there were many recipients of his
charity. He was a great reader and collected quite a large
library of standard works. He himself has said that he read
all the books in his father's house (a small book-case full) before
he was thirteen years old. He received a good common school
education, and though he never attended college, was consid-

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ered a well educated man. He always felt the loss of a college
education, though, and the thorough training it gives. In his
later years he traveled extensively in Europe. He had the air
of a man of the world combined with
quiet gentlemanly habits. He was
one of the founders of the Century
club of New York. Mr. Turney lived
in New York City in his younger days,
going at the age of fourteen to live in
Mr. Graham's house, the senior mem-
ber of the firm he was with. He mar-
ried late in life and continued to live
in New York for a year or two, when
he moved to Astoria, L. I., where his
children were born and his wife died.
As a widower with one child he con-
tinued to live in the house m Astoria
until his death. She d. Jan. 4, 1864.
Ch.: Winthrop, b. Dec. 12, 1864, ad-
dress 65 Liberty St., N. Y. C, was
born in Astoria, L. I., in the house in
which he at present resides. He
studied under governesses until he was thirteen, when he
was sent away to school arid college. He graduated from Yale
college in 1888, and from the Yale law school in 1890. After
serving a clerkship in Syracuse, N. Y., with the law firm of
Stone, Gannon & Petit, he opened an ofifice for himself in New
York City, where he is now practicing law at 119 and 121 Nas-
sau St.; Alice Gray, b. Aug. 18, 1863; d. same day.

George H. G., b. May 22, 1835; m. Lucinda Chapman Collins.

Caroline Baker, b. Apr. 8, 18:38; m. Nov. 8, 1862, \Vm. Furness
Cabot, b. Jan. 17, 1835; d. Nov. 12, 1891; dry goods commission
merchant, s. p.; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Edward H., b. Sept. 14, 1841; m. Annie H. Fairbanks and Jennie
P. Robinson.

I

PASCHAL

TUKKEY.

7653. iii.

7654. iv.

7655. V.

4440. Rev. Frederick Augustus Whitney (Peter, Peter, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Sept. 13, 1812; m. Jan. 11, 1853, Elizabeth Perkins Matchell;
b. Dec. 13, 1809.

Rev. Frederick Augustus Whitney was born in Quincy, Sept. 13, 1812. He was
graduated at Harvard college in 1833, being the fourth generation in a direct line
graduating at Harvard. He continued his studies at the Cambridge divinity school,
graduating in 1838. He was ordained pastor at the First Church, Brighton, Feb. 21,
1844, and continued in charge of that parish until 1858, since which time (until his
death in 1881,) he was engaged in literary and historical work. He was engaged
in the preparation of a history of Brighton at the time of his demise, and a portion of
this work is embodied in Drake's History of Middlesex County. His interest in edu-
cation was evinced for several years as a member of the school board of Brighton,
and as a trustee of the Holton public library (now a branch of the Boston public
library), at that place, where may be found many published reports, memoirs and
addresses from his pen. He was widely known and respected in the Unitarian de-
nomination to which he belonged. Besides these, and various sermons, addresses,
and contributions to current literature, he published "Historical Sketch of the Old
Church at Quincy," (Albany, 1864), and " Biography of James Holton," founder of
the Holton library, Brighton (Boston, 1865). He was also the author of various
hymns, some of which are collected in Rev. Alfred P. Putnam's "Singers and Songs
of the Liberal Faith " (Boston, 1875). He d. Oct. 21, 1880; res. Allston, Mass., 12
Gardner St., s. p.

4441. Edmund Burke Whitney (Peter, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Quincy, Mass., Mar. 26, 1815; m. Jan. 4, 1843, Lydia Augusta Boune; b. Jan.
28, 1820.

"Edmund Burke Whitney, who died at his residence, Jamaica Plain, was a native
of Quincy and son of the Rev. Peter Whitney of that town. Coming to Boston in
early life, he spent some years in the gun establishment of William Read & Son,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 483

afterward with George H. Gray & Co., hardware dealers, subsequently filling in suc-
cession the positions of secretary and president of the Franklin Insurance Company.
The deceased was universally esteemed by those who met him in all the relations of
life for his admirable qualities and character. Mr. Whitney was a man of unblem-
ished character and highest moral convictions. His life, though uneventful, was full
of deeds of kindness and affection." Not half enough could ever be said of his
loveliness of character and manner to all persons and at all times. He d. Feb. 14,
1884; res. Boston and Jamaica Plain, Mass.

7656. i. George Edmund, b. Feb. 3, 1855; d. Sept. 6, 1864.

7657. ii, Frances A., b. Oct. 10, 1843; m. at Jamaica Plain, Feb. 8, 1872,

Jabez Silas Holmes, from Bristol, R. I., b. Oct. 30, 1844; d. Sept. 13,
1884, s. p. She res. 67 Elm St., J. P. As a counselor he was
known to his clients and to his antagonists by his assiduous
achieving industry, his concentrated devotion, his hearty
energy in attack, his steady courage under fire. To his pro-
fessional brethren he had strongly commended himself by his
clearness of mental vision, his store of carefully selected and
well digested learning and his scrupulous regard for his word.
Circumstance had decreed that the larger part of his legal
work should be devoted to patents; but very few either of the
lawyers or laymen who met him in the United States courts
could have guessed that he began his studies profoundly igno-
rant of every kind of machinery and with something like a
native antipathy to investigation in the mechanical arts. With
all his noble endowment in intellect Mr. Holmes' prime distinc-
tion was, after all, m his moral quality, which was singularly
high and fine. Hundreds of persons who had no acquaintance
with Mr. Holmes, and perhaps did not know his name, have
been struck by the singular distinction of his appearance and
bearing, in which a certain swift, decisive grace of movement
was well matched with the fineness of his sharply cut features,
the deep brilliancy of his large gray eyes and the premature
beauty of his whitening hair. To his acquaintances he was
most charming, with a charm to which the easy elegance of his
. " manners, the refinement of his tastes, the responsive vivacity
and shrewdness of his talk alike contributed.

4442. William Lambert Whitney (Abel, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., Mar. 11, 1811; m. there Oct. 18, 1836, Lucy Ann
Jones, b. June 9, 1812; d. Aug. 10, 1838; m. 2d at Quincy, July 28, 1840, Rebecca
Richardson Brackett, b. Mar. 26, 1809; d. Dec. 8, 1881.

He was in the furniture business in Cambridge from 1833 to 1850, when he sold
out; treasurer of the Cambridge Savings Bank from 1857 to 1866, when he resigned.
In the city government he was a member of common council in 1846-47; alderman in
1848, again in 1871-72 and 1874-75, declined to run in 1873; justice of the peace four
terms of 7 years each; chairman and clerk board of assessors 1850-51-52; director in
Harvard Branch railroad from its beginning in 1849 till discontinued in 1855;
director in the American Unitarian Association about ten years and resigned in
Oct., 1888; res. 31 Hawthorn St., Cambridge, Mass.

7658. i. Lucy Ann, b. Aug. 14, 1841; unm.

7659. ii. Wm. L.,b. Feb. 1. 1844; m. Alpha .Matilda Nutt.

7660. iii. Julia Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1847; m. Oct. 4, 1876, Rev. J. Edward

Wright; res. 19 Baldwin St., Montpelier, Vt. He was b. July 9,
1839; graduated at Harvard College in 1861, and at Andover
Theological seminary in 1865. Served as private and sergeant
in Co. F, 44th Massachusetts (a nine-months' regiment) from
Aug. 29, 1862, to June 18, 1863; was ordained " a minister of Jesus
Christ " in Henry, Marshall Co., 111., July 24, 1866. Had charge
of a church of the Christian connection in Jacksonville, 111.,
from about that date to Jan., 1869. Has been minister of the
Church of the Messiah in Montpelier since Sept., 1869. This
church is popularly known as the Unitarian church. Ch.: Ches-
ter Whitney, b. May 27. 1879; Rebecca Whitney, b. July 11,
1880; Sibyl, b. Aug. 12, 1883.

484

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4447. Adams Whitney (William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Northboro, Mass., Jan. 4, 1826; m. in Quincy, May 19, 1861, Susanna Channel Bur-
rell; b. Dec. 30, 1825; res. 11 Gay St., Quincy, Mass.

7661. i. Maria Adams, b. Mar. 22, 1862; res. unm. at home.

7662. ii. Abby Warren, b. Apr. 1, 1864; d. Apr. 2, 1864.

7663. iii. Wm. Harrison, b. Mar. 20, 1866; res. at home. He is corporal

in the Braintree militia company.

7664. iv, Sophia Vinal, b. Feb. 14, 1870; res. at home.

4448. Peter Lambert Whitney (William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Northboro, Mass., Nov. 23, 1818; m. So. Boston, Nov. 27, 1846, Mary H.
Smith; b. Feb. 12, 1826. He was at one time an engineer in the Charlestown navv
yard; res. So. Boston, Mass., 330 W. 3d St.

7666. i. Mary Adams, b. Apr. 26, 1847; m. Dec. 5, 1866, Albert Hiram

White. Ch.: Leah Mabel, b. Feb. 1, 1869; Albert Foster, b.
Apr. 6, 1871; res. 135 K St., So. Boston.

7666. ii. Abby Foster, b. Jan. 19, 1850; d. Aug. 24, 1850.

4449. Harrison Otis Whitney (William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Northboro, Mass., Apr. 7, 1822; m. at Qumcy, Oct. 10, 1847, Ann E.
Marsh; b. Sept. 4, 1824; d. Mar. 2, 1893.

Harrison O. Whitney, born in Northboro, Mass., lost his parents in early life and
was taken in charge by an uncle in Quincy, Mass. He later on married and here his
two children were born. In the early sixties he removed to Haverhill, Mass. By
trade he was a bookbinder, but Haverhill being a shoe city, he soon engaged in the
manufacture of paper boxes, mostly for the shoe trade. He was descended from a
family of ministers and inherited the clerical disposition and was formed by nature
for the profession, but the lack of education caused by the death of his parents, and
his consequent lack of confidence in his ability prevented his doing the work for
which he seemed in every other way so admirably fitted. ' He was devoted to his
church and religion, and was for many years, I think twenty-five, clerk of the First
Parish church of Haverhill, and alse its Sunday-school supermtendent. He died m
Sept., 1890, having lived as nearly a perfect life in his quiet, modest way as is possi-
ble for human life to attain. He d. Sept. 10, 1890; res. Haverhill, Mass.

7667. i. Henry Otis, b. Dec. 16, 1848; d. Sept. 2, 1849.

7668. ii. Geo. H., b. Jan. 30, 1852; m. Ida E. Lake.

4450. John Martyn Whitney (William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Northboro, Mass., Oct. 14, 1816; m. at Mansfield, Conn., Sept. 1, 1841, Susan
Maria Campbell; b. July 7, 1820; d. Jan. 29, 1859; m. 2d, at
Waterbury, Conn., June 9, 1862, Elizabeth Nancv Chipman;
b. Apr. 2, 1824; d. June 12, 1892.

He was, in his earlier days, a stage driver in the
northern part of Connecticut. He was employed by the
Adams Express Company when they first opened an office
in New Haven. Just previous to his death he was in the
employ of English & Merrick, an old carriage hardware
house, where he was for thirty-seven years. He was well
known and much thought of. He d. Feb. 1, 1892; res. New
Haven, Conn.

Susan Campbell, b. Aug. 2, 1858; m.
May 7, 1881, Charles W. Bowman; b.
1855; d. Jan. 7, 1889; res. 263 Oak St.,
New Haven, Conn. Ch.: Clara Whit-
ney, b. June 5, 1882; d. Oct. 28, 1890;
Christina Veitch, b. Apr. 13, 1884;
Stella Elisabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1885;
Kate Elmendorf, b. Jan. 14, 1887;
Charles Webster, b. Dec. 4, 1888.
Dwight Adams, b. July 25, 1848; m. Adalia R. Robbins.
John Andrew, b. Sept. 9, 1842; m. Georgianna S. Bogue.
Wm. Foster, b. Feb. 9, 1844; d. unm. Nov. 23, 1890.

Geo. Campbell, b. Mar., 1846; d. .

Jennie Maria, b. ; d. Sept. 14, 1859.

r669.

JOHN M. WHITNEY.

7670.

ii.

7671.

111.

7672.

IV.

7673.

V.

7674.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 485

4451. Henry Whitney (Henry, Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Wiscasset, Me., Apr. 5, 1821; m. at East Camb., Nov. 19,1852, Martha R. Hastings;
b. Aug. 81, 1824; d. Mar. 12, 1858; m. 2d there, Mar. 7, 1867, Francina A. Hastings; b.
May 23, 1832. She res. at 336 Harvard St., Cambridgeport, Mass. He d. Feb. 9,
1882; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.

7675. i. Walter Hastings, b. Sept. 16, 1853; d. Aug. 21, 1871.

7676. ii. Caroline, b. July 14, 1855; d. Nov. 13, 1856.

4452. Joseph Whitney (Henry, Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Wiscasset, Me., Apr. 10, 1823; m. in Boston, Dec. 20, 1850, Louisa Nudd; b. Nov. 21,
1824. He is a civil engineer; res. 98 Magazine St., Cambridgeport, Mass.

7677. i. Frederick, b. Mar. 26, 1853; unm.

7678. ii. Kate, b. July 2, 1855; m. July 2, 1885, Mr. Roaf ; res. Cambridge-

port, Mass.

4455. Thomas Whitney ( Henry, Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b.
E. Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 1, 1825; m. at Cassopolis, Mich., Feb. 25, 1857, Mary L. Clark;
b. Dec. 7, 1838. He is connected with N. B. Ream & Co. on the Board of Trade; res.
3026 Prairie Ave., Chicago, 111.

7679. i. Fred, b. Feb. 25, 1858; unm.; res. in Des Moines, la.; is a coal

merchant.

7680. ii. Daisy, b. Mar. 16, 1865; m. Feb. 18, 1890, William G. Young.

He is manager of the Hotel Ampersant, Saranac Lake, Fulton
Co., N. Y.

4467. Henry Martyn Whitney (Paul, Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Boston, Mass., June 25, 1826; m. Oct. 28, 1850, Emma Jane Merrill, of Can-
andaigua, N. Y., b. July 9, 1831. He d. Jan. 1, 1890; res. San Francisco, Cal., and
Philadelphia, Pa.

7687. i. Lucy Cushing, b. July 31, 1851; m. June 8. 1880, Charles H. Lee;

res. 48 E. 64th St.. New York City.

7688. ii. Elliot Phillips, b. June 10. 1853; m. Apr. 27, 1891, Helen

Graves. He d. s. p. Jacksonville, Fla., May 27, 1892.

7689. iii. Emery Stone, b. July 14, 1855; m. Elizabeth Seaver McLeod.

7690. iv. Henry Marion, b. Jan. 1, 1857; d. Oct. 7, 1859.

7691. V. Maud Marion, b. Sept. 8, 1859; res. Scranton, Pa.

4470. Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney, LL. D. (Josiah D., Abel, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Nov. 23, 1819; m. July 5, 1854, Louisa Goddard; b. Dec. 17,
1819; d. May 13, 1882, at Cambridge.

Prof. Josiah Dwight Whitney was born in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819,
He was graduated at Yale in 1839, and then spent six months in the chemical labora-
tory of Dr. Robert Hare in Philadelphia. In 1840 he joined the survey of New Hamp-
shire as assistant geologist under Chas. T. Jackson, and remained connected with
that work until May, 1842, when he went abroad. For five years he traveled in the
continent of Europe, and pursued chemical, geological and mineralogical studies.
On his return to this country in 1847, he engaged in the geological exploration of the
Lake Superior region, and, with John W. Foster, was in the same year appointed by
the U. S. government to assist Chas. T. Jackson in making a geological survey of that
district. Two years later the completion of the survey was intrusted to Foster and
Whitney, who published "Synopsis of the Explorations of the Geological Corps in
the Lake Superior Land District in the Northern Peninsula" (Washington, 1849),
and " Report on the Geology and Topography of a portion of the Lake Superior Land
District in the State of Michigan;" (part i., copper lands, 1850; part ii., the iron
region, 1851). On the completion of this work, he traveled for two years through the
states east of the Mississippi river for the purpose of collecting information with
regard to the mining and mineral interests in this country. His results were issued
as "The Metallic Wealth of the United States Described and Compared with that
of Other Countries " (Philadelphia, 1854). In 1855 he was appointed state chemist
and professor in the Iowa state university, and was associated with James Hall in
the geological survey of that state, issuing "Reports on the Geological Survey of
Iowa" (2 vols., Albany, 1858-59). During 1858-60, Prof. Whitney was engaged in a
geological survey of the lead region of the upper Missouri, in connection with the
official surveys of Wisconsin and Illinois, publishing, with James Hall, a "Report on
the Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin " (Albany, 1862). He was appointed

486 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

state geologist of California in 1860, and engaged in conducting a topographical, geo-
logical and natural history survey of that state until 1874, when the work was discon-
tinued by act of legislature. Besides various pamphlets and annual reports on the
subject, he issued six volumes under the title of " Geological Survey of California "
(Cambridge, 1864-70). In 1865 he was appointed professor of geology in Harvard,
which chair he still retains, with charge of its school of mining and practical geology.
The degree of LL. D. was conferred on him by Yale in 1870. Prof. Whitney was one
of the original members of the National academy of sciences, named by act of con-
gress in 1863, but he has since withdrawn from that body. He is also a member of
other scientific bodies, both at home and abroad. In addition to contributing to the
American Journal of Science, the North American Review and similar periodicals,
he has translated Berzelius' "Use of the Blowpipe " (Boston, 1845), and is the author
of the"Yosemite Guide Book " (San Francisco, 1869). Prof. Whitney has made a
specialty of collecting a library of geological and geographical books. Mount Whit-
ney, the highest mountain in the United States, was named in his honor. His wife,
Louisa Goddard, was born in Manchester, Eng., Dec. 17, 1819; died in Cambridge,
May 13, 1882; is the author of "The Burning of the Convent, a Narrative of the
Destruction of the Ursuline school on Mount Benedict, Charlestown, by one of the
pupils"(Cambridge, Mass., 1877), and " Peasy's Childhood, an Autibiography " (1878);
res. Cambridge, Mass.

7692. i. Has one child.

4474. Prof. William Dwight Whitney, Ph. D., LL. D., (Josiah D., Abel,
Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Feb. 9, 1827; m. Aug. 27, 1856, Elizabeth
Wooster Baldwin. She was the dau. of Gov. Roger Sherman Baldwin, and was b.
Aug. 8, 1824. He was b. Jan. 4, 1793; gr. at Yale in 1811, an eminent lawyer in New
Haven, Conn., and at one time gov. of the state, 1844^5, and United States senator,
1848-51.

He was born at Northampton, Mass. The mother was daughter of Rev. Payson
Williston (Yale, 1783) of Easthampton, and sister of the founder of Williston semi-
nary, in that town. The father was a business man, later manager, first as cashier and
then as president, of the Northampton bank, and widely and honorably known for

his ability and integrity; his children mostly turned to liter-
ary pursuits; the oldest, Josiah Dwight, being a well-known
scientist, long head of the California survey and now pro-
fessor of economical geology in Harvard university; the
third son, James Lyman, being one of the heads of the
Boston public library; and the fourth, Henry Mitchell, a
professor in Beloit college, Wisconsin; while a daughter,
Maria, is a teacher, formerly in charge of the department
of modern languages at Smith college (for women) in North-
ampton; all the sons except Wm. D., are graduates of
Yale. Wm. D. Whitney made his preparation for college
entirely in the free public schools of his native town. The
teachers whom he remembers with most gratitude are
Rodolphus B. Hubbard, long the head of the high school
there, and John B. Dwight, of New Haven (Yale, 1840). He
entered the class at the beginning of the sophomore year.
No small part of his time while in college was spent roam-
PEOF. WM. DWIGHT WHITNEY, ing ovcr the hiUs and through the valleys, collecting birds

for the Natural History society and setting them up; and
■work of this kind has never since been entirely abandoned. On leaving college,
being undecided what occupation to turn to, he at first went provisionally into the bank,
under his father, and it ended in his staying there more than three full years. During
the first year, indeed, be stopped and made a feint of beginning the study of medi-
cine— commencing service in a doctor's office one day, only to be taken down with a
long fit of illness the next, and returning to his first work when this was over. He
■did in the three years a good deal of bird and plant-collecting; and a case of his
birds, chiefly the acquisitions of this period, now forms a part of the collection in the
Peabody museum at New Haven. He did also a good deal of studying, especially
in some of the modern European languages; and finally, early in 1848, was lea,
partly under the influence and encouragement of his father's pastor, now Professor
Geo. E. Day, of Yale, to turn his attention to Sanskrit, text-books for which were
within his reach in his brother's library. In the spring of 1849, he left the bank; and
the summer of that year was spent by him among the swamps and mosquitoes of

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Lake Superior, as "assistant sub-agent" (at ?2 a day) in the United States geological
survey of that region, carried on under the care of his brother and the late J. W.
Joster; he had under his charge the botany, the ornithology, and the accounts. On
returning home, he went for a year to New Haven, to continue his Sanskrit studies
under Professor E. E. Salisbury and in company with Professor James Hadley, and
to prepare for a visit to Germany, already planned. He sailed for Bremen direct in
the autumn of 1850, and returned home in July, 1853. Three winters were passed by
him in Berlin, and two summers in Tubingen (in southern Germany), chiefly under
the instruction of Professors Albrecht Weber and Rudolf Roth, respectively, but
also of Professor Lepsius and others. Having copied in Berlin all the manuscripts
of one of the oldest and most important Hindu scriptures, the Atharva-Veda, then
unpublished, he planned an edition of it in conjunction with Professor Roth; and on
the way home, in 1853, he stopped in Paris, Oxford, and London, to collate the remain-
ing European manuscripts. The first volume of the work, containing the text alone,
was published at Berlin in 1855 and 1856; a complete Index Verborum to it was
added at New Haven in 1881; a volume of notes, translations, etc., is still due. Be-
fore leaving Germany, he had accepted an invitation to return to Yale college as
professor of Sanskrit; but he did not go there to remain until August, 1854, spending
the interval in part in scientific work. Since 1854 he has lived continuously in New
Haven. The salary of the Sanskrit professorship having been for the first sixteen
years a very small one, he was obliged to help support himself by teaching German
and French; at the outset, partly in private classes; later, in college classes only; on
the establishment of the Sheffield scientific school he had for some time the charge
in it of the department of modern languages; nor has he entirely withdrawn from
that work even down to the present time. This has led to his preparing a series of
text-books, especially for the study of German, which is not yet quite complete; it
consists of two German grammars, a larger (1869) and a smaller (1885), a German
reader with an elaborate vocabulary (1870), a brief German dictionary (1877), and a
number of annotated German texts (from 1876 on); a French grammar (published in
1886). He was elected a member of the American Oriental Society in 1850; in 1855 he
undertook the charge of its library, remaining librarian until 1873; in 1857 he was
made its corresponding secretary, and performed the duties of that office till 1884,
when he was chosen its president (resigned in '90); no small pait of his work has
been done in the service of the society; from 1857 to the present time, just a half of
the contents of its journal (vols, vi.-xii.) is from his pen. In this are included four
works of considerable extent; the annotated translation of a Hindu treatise of astron-
omy (the Siirya-Siddhanta, 1860); the texts, translations, etc., of two Sanskrit gram-
matical treatises (Atharva-A'eda Praticpakhya, 1862, and Taittiriya-Praticpakhya, 1871;
to the latter work was awarded by the Berlin Academy the Bopp prize, as the most
important Sanskrit publication of the triennium); and the Atharva-Veda Index
Verborum, mentioned above. Some of his minor contributions to the same journal,
along with others to various periodicals, were collected and published in two vol-
umes of " Oriental and Linguistic Studies " (1873 and 1874), also supervising editor-in-
chief of the great "Century Dictionary" (6 vols. 4to), completed in 1891. He has also
produced a couple of volumes on the general science of language, entitled, respect-
ively, " Language and the Study of Language " (1867; it was first prepared as Smith-
sonian and as Lowell lectures; it has been translated into German and Netherland-
ish), and "The Life and Growth of Language " (International scientific series, 1875
translated into French, Italian, German, Swedish, and Russian^ ; and the articles
on " Language " in Johnson's Cyclopaedia (vol. ii., 1876), and on Philology" in the
Encyclopaedia Britannica (vol. xviii., 1885), are by him. On the formation of the
American Philological Association (1869), he was its first president, and has contrib-
uted extensively to its proceedings and transactions. He has also written an English
grammar (" Essentials of English Grammar," 1877), and a Sanskrit grammar (see
below : two editions, English and German) — to which last he has this year added a
supplement half as big as the work itself (" Roots, Verbforms, and Primary Deriva-
tives of the Sanskrit Lang-uage," Leipzig, 1885; two editions, English and German) —
second English edition, 1889. He received the honorary degree of doctor of philos-
ophy from Breslau University in 1861; doctor of literature from Columbia College,
N. v., in 1884; that of doctor of laws from his alma mater in 1868, from William
and Mary College in Virginia in 1869, and from Harvard in 1876, also from St.
Andrew's University in Scotland in 1874, and Edinburgh University in 1884. He is
further connected with many learned societies in various parts of the world; is an
honorary member of the Oriental or Asiatic societies of Great Britain and Ireland, of
Germany, of Bengal, of Japan, and of Peking; of the Philological Society of London;

488 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

of the literary societies of Leyden, Upsala, and Helsingfors; member or correspon-
dent of the Academies of Dublin, Turin, Rome (Lyncei), St. Petersburg, and Berlin;
also correspondent of the Institute of France; and Foreign Knight of the Prussian
order "pour le merite" for science and arts (being elected to fill the vacancy made
by the death of Thomas Carlyle) — and so on. \Vm. D. Whitney married Elizabeth
Wooster, daughter of Roger Sherman and Emily (Perkins) Baldwin, of New Haven;
her father, a lawyer of the highest rank, had been governor of Connecticut and sen-
ator in congress, and inherited his name from Roger Sherman, the well-known
signer of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the committee charged with
drawing it up, whose grandson he was. They have had six children, three sons and
three daughters; of these are living one son, born Aug. 16, 1857, Edward Baldwin, a
lawyer in New York City (firm Burnett & Whitney, 67 Wall street), and the three
daughters. Very soon after their marriage, Whitney and his wife went, partly for
health and partly for study, to spend somewhat less than a year in France and Italy
(Nov., 1856 to July, 1857), passing several months at Rome. In the summer of 1875 he
visited, alone, England and Germany, mainly for the collection of further material
for the Atharva-Veda. In 1878, again, having been engaged by German publishers
to prepare a Sanskrit grammar, as one of a series of grammars of the principal
languages related with our own, he went abroad with his wife and daughters, to write
out the work and carry it through the press; and they spent fifteen months in
Europe, chiefly at Berlin and Gotha, just accomplishing the prescribed task; the
last proof-sheets of the index to the volume were read in the cars on the way to the
homeward steamer at Havre. Their way off the continent took them through Switz-
erland and across France, and at Berne they had the pleasure of falling in with
Davison and his family. The life of a college teacher is composed of uneventful
years, little marked save by the succession of classes instructed and of literary
labors brought to a conclusion. Only now and then comes in a noteworthy variety —
as when, in 1873, Whitney was invited to take part in the summer campaign of the
Hayden exploring expedition in Colorado, and passed two full months on horseback
and under canvas, coursing over regions which in good part had been till then un-
trodden by the feet of white men, and seeing Nature in her naked grandeur — mount-
ing some nine times up to or beyond the altitude of 14,000 feet. It is said of him, in
the report of the survey for that year (p. 8), that he " rendered most valuable assist-
ance to IMr. Gardner in his geographical work, for the months of July and August,
without compensation from the government" — the disinterested man ! His letters
describing the fortunes of the summer were printed in the New York Tribune and
afterwards gathered in one of its supplements (Extra No. 14 Scientific Series).

The Death of William Dwight Whitney removed the most distinguished of
American scholars. He secured more than any other the admiration both of those who
could weigh and appreciate his achievements and of the general public, and
had come to be regarded by most as the foremost representative of American
learning. When in this land and in others the question has been asked: "Who is the
most notable American man of science? " his name came oftenest in answer. Notable
as his achievements were, he held this position in the estimation of the public more
by virtue of what he was than of what he had done. There has been little in his
work, much of which has been conducted in a very special field, to touch the popular
imagination. His name is not connected with any great discovery, nor with any
striking or revolutionary theory. His positive contributions, also, to the progress of
knowledge were, perhaps, not as brilliant as those made by some other Americans.
But it was recognized by all who knew him that no one of his contemporaries pos-
sessed in larger measure that combination of qualities, that union of untiring
industry, breadth and depth of knowledge, grasp of principles, and mental balance
which makes the great scholar. He won his commanding position by the force and
dignity of his intellectual character. He had, above all, that profound Yankee rev-
erence for the plain, unadorned fact, with distrust of speculation, which, though it
sometimes, even in brilliant minds, leads perilously near the commonplace, is an
efficient check upon intellectual vagaries of all kinds, especially upon that besetting
sin of the specialist — the reckless striving after originality. He was an apostle of
commonsense, simplicity of thought and statement, and self-restraint in science; and
these we take to be the most genuine of our national characteristics. Nothing so
sharply challenged his contempt as a theory which wilfully ignored essential facts, or
went gaily on without any facts at all; and nothing so quickly provoked his mirth as the
cheap profundity which tortures the statement of a plain truth into the appearance of
abstruseness. Indeed, not the least valuable lesson of his life, for the younger gen-
eration, is the evidence which it gives that the national character and genius are quite

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adequate, without any foreign alloys, to the production of the very highest intellectual
results. Of what he accomplished as a philologist it is impossible to speak in detail.
He was fiist of all a specialist, and a specialist in a field — the study of Sanskrit —
which lies quite apart from the knowledge and interest of the general public. His
great achievements here can be understood only by his fellow scientists. He did
not, however, confine himself to these special labors, but in two directions rendered
notable public services, the importance of which has been abundantly recognized —
namely, the popularization of his science and in the recording and explaining of our
mother tongue. In these labors he has come close to thousands and has won not
only their admiration but their gratitude; and by them, perhaps more than by his
work as a Sanskritist, he will live in the general memory. As a master of clear
exposition he has opened to the layman, as no one else has done, the way to a sound
understanding of the structure and growth of language, and by the charm of his
style has made the path a delightful one to follow. In this field he was easily first,
arid it would be difficult to estimate the debt which those who are interested in such
studies owe to him. The same may be said of his work as an English lexicographer.
In " The Century Dictionary," of which he was the editor-in-chief, the public has
been enabled to find for the first time the English language, as a whole, set forth in
accordance with the principles of sound philology, under the guidance of a master
of the science. To this labor he devoted much of his time for nearly ten years; and
while it would be unjust to others to emphasize unduly his part in the great com-
posite structure, it may safely be said that in its guiding principles the book is
distinctly his contribution to the study and development of our language. The
service thus rendered to all English speakers is one the influence of which must con-
tinue to widen as the years pass, and is of a kind which the public can appreciate
and will not readily forget. To the culture and attainments of the scholar he added
the grace of the true hearted, unpretending, kindly man. No human interest was
foreign to him, and nothing that was genuine failed to arouse his sympathy. He
was, moreover, essentially a man of peace, and although — as all the world knows —
he not unfrequently went forth to battle against the Philistines, giving and receiving
many sounding blows, it seemed to the onlooker that he always fought only for the
justice of the cause and without the fervor, and, perhaps, the skill of one who fights
for the pleasure of the conflict. Taken for all in all, as a scholar and a man, he has
occupied a place in our national life which will not soon again be filled. He d. June,
1894; res. New Haven, Conn.

Personal Tributes.

The death of William Dwight Whitney, professor of Sanskrit in Yale university,
marks the end of a distinct epoch in the history of American philology. For more
than a generation he has been the foremost figure among us in this department of
science. In many foreign lands he was of all native American scho'ars by far the
best known; and at home, his personality and his achievements were, and will long
remain, a source of loftiest inspiration to his fellow-workers. His popular fame will
doubtless rest chiefly upon his connection with "The Century Dictionary ;" but his
works upon the antiquities of India, especially its language and religion, although
read by the fewest, are destined to affect profoundly — albeit indirectly — certain ele-
ments of the new education which are to be of prime and practical influence in
shaping our conceptions of human history and of religion. His great breadth of
learning was coupled with extreme thoroughness. His insight and originality were
tempered with the utmost self-restraint. And, altogether, for power of intellect, con-
joined with purity of soul and absolute genuineness of character, we shall not soon
look upon his like again.

C. R. Lanman, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., June 12, iSg^.

America and the world have lost by the death of William D. Whitney one of
the foremost scholars in any domain of human science. Whitney's great originalitv
lay in his power of collecting and arraying vast quantities of facts, and judging them
with rare inerrancy and the severest self-correcting criticism. In this respect he
resembles Darwin. The influence of his method will never perish. In close corre-
spondence with the quality of his work is the extraordinary range and quantitv of
his accomplishment. He is best known to the cultured public by his classical works
on the science of language, and his essays on a great variety of Oriental and linguis-
tic subjects. But his massive works on the \'edas and on Sanskrit grammar would

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by themselves constitute a great scholar's full life's work. There has never beer»
just such a man, and it is safe to say that there never will be again.

Maurice Bloomfield,
Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Md., June ii, i8g4.

Prof. Whitney's magnificent pre-eminence in American scholarship was every-
where recognized. His was a scholarship marked by the greatest breadth as well as
by depth. He possessed, above all, an unerring judgment. Every possible side of
a question was studied before a conclusion was reached. In the nature of the case,
this led him to reject conclusions which others had based upon a more superficial
investigation of the case. But in connection with his scholarship, and with his uni-
formly good judgment, there was a directness of aim, a sincerity of purpose, which
made his character almost ideal. His estimate of the work of other men was always-
appreciative, although he was never able to shut his eyes to work of inferior grade.
His pupils will always remember him as kind and helpful, and as in the highest
degree stimulating. No man ever came in contact with him who did not, as a result
of that contact, become a better and stronger man. Humanity and scholarship are
both greatly indebted to him.

William R. Harper, University oj Chicago, June 12, iSg^..

In his own department Prof. Whitney was the foremost scholar of the United
States, and among the great scholars of Europe his authority was second to none.
He inspired confidence by the calmness and moderation with which he gave his opin-
ion, even on the highest questions, and the value of his statements never had to be
discounted on the ground of enthusiasm or partizanship. He was a great scholar, in
the largest sense of that term; and no scholar ever bore greatness more gracefully or
becomingly.

W. W. Goodwin, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., June g, i8g4.

In the death of Prof. Whitney American scholarship has lost its most accom-
plished representative, and the world one of its most distinguished specialists. To
the rarest intellectual vigor he added a geniality which made intercourse with him a
delight and study under him a fascination. A prince of many provinces of the spirit
has fallen on him — a Sanskritist of the first rank, an investigator of unique powers
and penetration, a master of the difficult science of linguistics, and a lexicographer
unrivaled in the breadth and comprehensiveness of his learning. Permit me to add
to all this, as one who has personally witnessed it, the rare beauty of his household
life. Of him may truly be said what the Roman historian said of Vespasian: "Ven-
erabilis sefiex et patietitissifnus veri." James A. Harrison,

Washington and Lee University, Lexingtoti, Va., June 10, /Sg^.

In losing Whitney we have lost our foremost American philologian, a scholar
whose world-wide fame is a national honor, so that the example which he himself set
of exact and sober estimate is just the example it is hardest to imitate now. As early
as 1860, when I first knew him, he had laid down the lines which he followed unswerv-
ingly to the end. For heroic toil, for scholarly accuracy, for soundness, clearness,
cogency, we shall not see his like. To differ with him bred self-dissatisfaction, for
he was a manner of conscience to the rest of us.
B. L. Gildersleeve, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., June 11, i8g4.

7693. i. Edward Baldwin, b. Aug. 16, 1857. Edward B. Whitney was

born in New Haven, Conn. He was graduated from Yale in
1878, Judge Taft of the United States circuit court being one of
his classmates. After studying law at Yale and Columbia law
schools he was admitted to the bar of New York in 1880, and
for a time was managing clerk of the firm of Bristow, Peet &
Opdyke. In 1883, with Gen. Henry L. Burnett, who was a
member of that firm, he formed the firm of Burnett & Whitney,
to which he now belongs. Although he has never held public
office he has been an active Democrat and was an organizer of
the national association of Democratic clubs, being its sec-
retary from its organization in 1888 to 1890. He was secretary,
also, of the so-called anti-Hill organization in New York up to
the time of the February convention last year, when it was
reorganized. At the May convention at Syracuse he was
chosen a delegate to the National Democratic convention at

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

491

Chicago. Mr. Whitney is a trustee of the Reform club, a mem-
ber of the Century club, also of the Democratic club at 617
Fifth Ave., New York, having been formerly on its executive
committee; of the Law-
yers' club and of the
bar association of New
York. He was ap-
pointed by President
Cleveland assistant at-
torney-general of the
United States, and still
holds theoffice. Among
the most important
cases in which he has
been interested is that
of the income tax,
which he recently
argued before the su-
preme court of the
United States. His
home is at 238 West
Seventy-eighth St.,
New York, and he is
unmarried.

7694. ii. WiLLiSTON Clap, b. Apr.

2,1859;d. Mar. 11,186L

7695. iii. Marian Parker, b. Feb.

6, 186L

7696. iv. Roger Sherman Bald-

win, b. Jan. 6, 1863;
drowned while skating
on Mill river, N. H.,
Jan. 17, 1874.

7697. v. Emily Henrietta, b.

Aug. 29, 1864.

7698. vi. Margaret Dwight, b.

Nov. 19, 1866.

HON. EDWAED B. WHITNEY,

Assistant Attorney-General of tLe United
• States.

4478. Rev, Henry M. Whitney (Josiah D., Abel, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. in Northampton, Mass., Jan. 16, 1843; m. Aug. 3, 1869, Frances Wurts.

Rev. Henry M. Whitney, M. A., professor of rhetoric and English literature,
was born in Northampton, Mass.; graduated at Williston seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., in 1859; entered Yale college in 1859, but left at the close of junior year to
enlist as a private in Co. C, Fifty-second Mass. Inf'y. Shortly after his enlistment
he was promoted to sergeant-major. His regiment was assigned to the department
of the Gulf in the famous Banks Expedition. When his regiment was mustered out
in 1863, by reason of the expiration of their term of enlistment. Prof. Whitney was
offered a commission in another regiment, but was so exhausted by hard service,
having been on continuous duty, that he was compelled to decline the appointment.
He spent the next year in recovering his health and completing his college course.
Served as an officer of the U. S. Christian Commission from June, 1864, to the close
of the war, the latter part as paymaster for all the Commission work in the armies
operating against Richmond. Was among the first to enter Richmond and occupied
the official chair of the Confederacy shortly after it was vacated by Jefferson Davis.
From 1865 to 1868 he spent in theological study at Princeton, N. J., and Andover,
Mass. Shortly afterward accepted the pastorate of the Congregational church at
Geneva, 111., where he remained until he came to Beloit, in April, 1871. Prof. Whit-
ney is a man of large acquaintance with English literature, and gives careful train-
ing to all the young men in rhetoric. The British Association for the Advancement of
Science elected him an honorary member when he was abroad in 1881. He is a fre-
quent contributor to magazines and newspapers, and is noted as an orator on educa-
tional, religious and patriotic themes. From 1883 to 1891 his leisure time was mostly
given to work as associate editor of the Century dictionary; a "Dictionary of Syno-
nyms and of Synonyms Discriminated," written by him, was incorporated into that

492

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

work. Prof. Whitney was a brother of the late Prof. W. D. Whitney, of Yale, anc
of Prof. J. D. Whitney, of Harvard; res. Beloit, Wis.

7699.

7700.
7701.
7702.
7703.

7704.
7705.

1.

V.
V.

vi.
vii.

Albert Wurts, b. June 20, 1870; res. Beloit.

Edward Pavson, b. June 27, 1872; d. Aug. 1.3, 1873.

Clarissa James, b Nov. 5, 1874; d. Oct., 1879.

Elizabeth Barnes, b. Nov. 21, 1876.

JosiAH DwiGHT, b. Nov. 11, 1878.

James Lyman, b. Apr. 21, 1881.

William Dwight, b. June 17, 1883; d. Mar. 22, 1891.

. 706.
7708.

1.
ii.

7709.

iii.

7710.

IV.

7711.

V.

7712.

VI.

4483. James Dw-ight Whitney (Robert, Abel, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard,
John), b. in Westfield, Mass., Aug. 19, 1821; m. Jan. 6. 1846, Sophia Abigail Steele, b.
Nov. 23, 1824. He was cashier of a bank at Norwalk, O., 1844-49; engaged in for-
warding and wholesale trade at Sandusky, 1850-70, and from 1865 to 1871 he was
national bank examiner for Ohio and West Virginia; res. at Oberlin, 0.,and is exam-
iner for the insurance department of Ohio.

James, b. Mar. 26, 1847; d. same day.

Mary Dwight, b. Sept. 23, 1848; m. Nov. 10, 1869, Julius L. Hen-
derson, b. Oct. 1, 1844. Ch.: DeWitt C, b. July 9, 1871; d. Aug.
7, 1871; res. Youngstown, O. He is in the Atlanta & Great West.
R. R. office.
Geo. D., b. Oct. 10, 1850.
Elizabeth, b. Oct. 17, 1853.
Robert S., b. May 9, 1860.
James Steele, b. Jan. 11, 1864; d. Denver, Col., Apr., 1891.

4497. Erastus Hubbard Whitney (William H., .A.aron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Nov. 16, 1818, at Champion, N. Y.; m. Feb. 7, 1850, Lucy Cordelia
Pierce or Percy, b. .Sept. 15, 1827; she res. 1024 Church St., Eavanston, 111.'

He had the appearance of a good liver, and the term well-nourished would
apply most appropriately to hmi. Until his 30th year he weighed 135 lbs., but in

late life as high as 175 lbs. In height he measured about
5 ft. 8 in., and was of an athletic development, with
shoulders powerful and slightly rounded, arms and legs
muscular, and abdomen somewhat aldermanic. He had
a reputation for strength and agility as a young man.
His skin was white and clear, without blemish whatsoever;
his features regular and well proportioned, forehead high,
lips firm, chin square, ears handsome, wrists and ankles
not large; hair soft, of dark brown color, slightly bald at
vertex at last, and whiskers sandy. He possessed a voice
deep and sonorous, and yet he couldn't sing three notes of
the scale, although he professed to enjoy music and sing-
ing. His expression was frank, cordial, and assuring;
temperament nervous and sanguine; walk measured. Af-
fectation and dissimulation were absolutely foreign to his
nature. In dress he was plain. In 1846, in company with
his brother David, he boarded a steamer at Buffalo, N.
Y., disembarking off Milwaukee, Wis., being carried
ashore by some small craft, as the harbor was not then
navigable. There were about a thousand on board. Chicago was next visited, and
the country from there to Lake Pepin, Minn., traversed by wagon. Their first break-
down occurred just before reaching the Des Plaines river, west of Chicago. This
was a tour of inspection simply. In 1850 he married Lucy Cordelia Percy, by
whom he had one daughter, who died young, and three sons, one dying in childhood,
and two, Eugene Walcott and Duane Percy, surviving him. He was a man of keen
and accurate observation, and clear and definite ideas. In conversation he was
spirited and enthusiastic. On all subjects he possessed an opinion of his own which
he presented without reserve. If it were well-founded, in his own belief, he clung to
it tenaciously. Firmness bordering on obstinacy was a leading characteristic; he
could, however, be convinced. He was easier coaxed than driven. Whatever his
position was on any subject it was always clearly defined, and people knew just
where to find him. His frankness and candor, although sometimes lacking policy
in their expression, were always admittedly sincere and genuine. As a host he was
hospitable and cordial. His life was singularly pure and upright. He had abso-

EEASTtlS H. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 493

lutely no vices. His early education — his mother's influence — made a strong and
lasting impression upon him, and tobacco, liquor, cards and profanity were alinked in
his aversion. No employe was allowed to use profanity in his presence. His daily
life was a constant example of uprightness and good citizenship to his sons. His
influence was always allied with the best element in society. Church support and
attendance were considered paramount. He acted as one of the trustees of the
8th Presbyterian church, Chicago, of which he was chairman at times, for many
years, and was what is commonly designated as a pillar. He went down into his
pocket as often and as deeply as any of the flock. He was one of the founders of
this church society and, from his peculiar adaptability, was chosen chairman of the
building committee when the present edifice was erected. His occupations were
various. From a boy on the farm, where he had charge of the tools and acted as
carpenter and cooper, making the sap buckets and repairing everything, for which
he possessed marked ability — after receiving the finishing touches of his educa-
tion at the academy at Clinton, N. Y.— he became the village schoolmaster; specu-
lated in farms with success, built the first grist mill and tannery in Carthage, N. Y.,
with partners, and conducted a general store. Selling out he went to Uubuque, la.,
and owned an interest in a flour mill a year, then went to Norwich, N. Y., where he
was connected with a foundry and storehouse. Finally, in 1861, he established him-
self in Chicago and remained to the end of his life. He made considerable money
in the fur and wool business. At various times he was a member of different firms
dealing at wholesale in boots and shoes, glassware, groceries. His earnings to a
certain extent were invested in Chicago real estate and he erected a number of build-
ings. He was an indefatigable business worker and pusher. He mastered the de-
tails of his business, but the management of the finances and the general oversight
of the books fell to him naturally. It was business first and everything else last; it
received his constant attention regardless of hours, weather or health. During mid-
dle life a vacation was a curiosity with him, although his family enjoyed them
regularly. He never slighted anything nor left it until it was well done. He was a
close figurer, always paying and exacting the last cent. His penmanship was uni-
form and regular and plain, but characteristic. He showed unusual mechanical
ability and knowledge of building. Machinery was his delight. His ability to fall
asleep throughout life, almost the moment his head touched ihe pillow, even during
great mental strain and excitement, was quite unique. It was this faculty that pro-
longed his life. When not at business he was at home. He enforced upon his
children rigid attendance upon school and afforded them every opportunity for their
education. When relievea of business cares he was rollicking and boyish with a
large bump of fun. Although possessed of a vast fund of anecdote, he never on any
occasion, related one that even intimated an indelicate sentiment; in fine, all that he
said could, with the utmost propriety, be recounted by any family fireside. He had
faith in men and women emanating from his individual purity and uprightness.
Purity of mind was a noble and pre-eminent characteristic.
He was impulsive and irascible. He never cherished
malice and was devoid of vindictiveness. When he was in
authority he maintained it, having things pretty much his
way. As a man of personal purity, business ability, general
rectitude and intelligence and untiring perseverance and
labor he was much above the average. The world is in
need of citizens of his character. He d. Nov. 28, 1889, at
Wauwatora, Wis.; res. Carthage, N, Y., and Chicago, 111.

7713. i. Eugene Wolcott, b. Oct., 1863; M.

D.; res. Eureka, Utah. Eugene Wol-
cott Whitney, a bachelor, eldest child
of Erastus Hubbard Whitney and Lucy
Cordelia Pierce, was born in Carthage,
Jefferson Co., N. Y., Oct. 4, 1853. He
was named Wolcott for his grand-
mother Whitney, whose maiden name
was Clarissa Wolcott, a descendant of
Henry Wolcott, one of the founders of dk. EroEXE w. whitney.
the Connecticut colony. His home

from 1864 to 1889 was Chicago, 111., whence he removed to Utah
on account of ill health, and he now resides at Salt Lake City
engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1871 he completed
his preparation for college at the Chicago high school, entered

494 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

the academic department of Yale college in the autumn of the
same year, and graduated in the class of 1875. The study of
medicine was entered upon immediately at Rush medical col-
lege, Chicago, and he received his degree three years later, in
1878. Six months before graduation he entered a competitive
examination for the position of interne to Cook County hospital,
and secured first place. After serving on the house staff for
eighteen months — the regular term — he went to Vienna, Aus-
tria, where he continued the study of his profession for two and
one-half years. At various times between his return to Amer-
ica in 1881 and his departure from Chicago in 1889 he received
the following appointments: Attending surgeon to the Presby-
terian hospital, Chicago, attending surgeon to Cook County hos-
pital, lecturer on surgery, and demonstrator of anatomy and
operative surgery in Rush Medical college. In physical char-
acteristics he resembled his father. On his grandmother Whit-
ney's side, nee Clarissa Wolcott, he is a kinsman of Oliver Wol-
cott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and of his
son, Oliver Wolcott, who succeeded Jno. Hamilton as secretary
of the treasury under Washington. He held the same portfolio
for two years under John Adams.

7714. ii. DuAKE Percy, b. Apr. 12, 18-56; m. Diantha Graham.

7715. iii. Ella Cordelia, b. May 11, 1862; d. Dec. 21, 1867.

7716. iv. Fred Hubbard, b. June 25, 1865; d. Dec. 23, 1867.

4498. Aaron Stearns Whitney (William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. July 29, 180-3; m. Sept. 8, 1831, Hannah Bradish; b. Aug. 14, 1802,
in Weathersfield, Vt.; d. Apr. 23, 1884.

He was born in Washington county, Vt., to which county his father had emi-
"grated from Westboro, Mass., a few years previous. He was the oldest of eight
children. In 1817 he removed with his father to Jefferson county, N. Y., and settled
on a farm in the town of Champion. In 1830 he bought a farm of one hundred acres,
partly wild land, and commenced clearing it to make a home for himself. Sept. 8,
1831, he married Hannah Bradish, of Weathersfield, Vt., and they continued to reside
on the farm until 1846, when he exchanged it for a larger one in the town of Den-
mark, Lewis Co., N. Y., on which he resided until 1877, when he sold it and removed
to peer River, Lewis Co., N. Y., where he lived with his oldest son (Nathaniel B.)
until his death, which occurred Aug. 4, 1880. He led a very active lite. Besides man-
aging his large farm, he was an extensive stock dealer, buying many thousands of
cattle in western New York, Ohio and Canada, and driving them to the eastern mar-
kets in New York and Albany. In this business he amassed a considerable fortune.
He was strictly honest, and a man of much influence in the community in which he
lived, where he was highly respected. He d. Aug. 14, 1880; res. Champion, N. Y.

7717. ii. Henry Stearns, b. July 16, 1840; m. Hannah Maria Lawrence.

7718. i. Nathaniel Bradish, b. Mar. 13, 1838; m. Rhuby H. Houghton.

7719. iii. James E., b. May 13, 1842; m. Marrian A. Lewis.

7720. iv. JosiAH DwiGHT, b. May 5, 1844; m. Nancy Maria Ryel.

4501. George Sparrack Whitney (William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Feb. 28, 1809; m. Emaline (Wright) Whitney. He d. June 30,
1873; res. Champion, N. Y.; s. p., one boy adopted.

4503. David Josiah Whitney (Willam H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Jan. 22, 1814; m. Smith; b. . He d. 1887; res. Ra-
cine, Wis., and Chicago, 111.

7721. i. ISADORE, b. ; m. Black; res. Racine, Wis.

4507. William Henry Whitney (William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. June 16, 1821; m. Patience Ryan Johnson; res. Copenhagen, N. Y.

7722. i. Clarissa Almira, b. June 16, 1848; m. June 28, 1871, Horace

Campbell; res. Denmark, N. Y.; s. p.

7723. iii. William Henry, b. Aug. 13, 1851; m. Maria Jane Hoxley.

4509. Edwin Goldsmith Whitney (Jacob, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Nov. 30, 1812; m. July, 1834, Maria Carver. He was for many
years president of First National bank there; very wealthy and influential all along

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 495

the Ohio river in the active early years of developments in that region. He d.
Dec. 3, 1880; res. Madison, Ind.

7724. i. Brainard W.; res. New York City.

4511. Roland A. Whitney (Jacob, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Mar. 20, 1817; m. July 81, 1849, Eliza Hicks; b. Mar. 16, 1822; d. Nov. 13,
1855; m. 2d, Apr. 13, 1858, Annie E. Lemon; b. Mar. 28, 1830.

He was born in Pennsylvania, and for over fifty years has resided in Louisville,
Ky.; for thirty years he was in the merchandising business, and for the past twenty
years he has been engaged in the manufacture of jeans and woolens. He is now
(1894) president of the Falls City Jeans and Woolen Co., incorporated, manufacturers
•of Kentuky jeans; res. Louisville, Ky.

7725. i. Roland L., b. Mar. 4, 1859; m. Betty McGoodwin.

7726. ii. LiBBiE, b. July 24, 1861; m. May 5, 1886, Bushrod W. Tavlor; b.

Feb. 12, 1859; res. Louisville, Ky. Ch.: Elise, b. Oct. 27, 1888;
Roland W., b. July 7, 1894.

7727. iii. Logan R., b. July 17, 1866; m. Florence Woodruff.

7728. iv. James E., b. Mar. 1, 1864. He was born in Louisville, and has

always resided there. He now (1894) is secretary and treasurer
of the Kelley Axe Manufacturing Co.

7729. v. Fayett, b. Apr. 29, 1868; d. Jan. 11, 1869.

4512. Alexander Nelson Whitney (Jacob, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham,
IVIoses, Richard, John), b. at Madison, Ind., June 24, 1819; m. June 21, 1853, at Barre,
Mass., Elvira Augusta Smith; b. Aug. 12, 1824.

Alexander Nelson Whitney was born in Madison, Ind.; was partner in the firm
of Lowe & Whitney, wholesale dealers in boots and shoes, in Louisville; self-edu-
cated; fond of society and music; kind to the poor and unfortunate; one of the pillars
in his church; upright and honorable. Was afflicted with rheumatism and consump-
tion, which, after he traveled through the N. W. and the south in endeavoring to
regain health, finally caused his death. He, with his mother and two grand sons, lie
in Cave Hill cemetery. A few months after his death his widow moved to Madison,
Ind., and in fall of 1864 to West Philadelphia, Penn., where the home still is. He d.
July 20, 1858; res. Louisville, Ky.

7730.
7731.
7732.

Nelson O., b. May 3, 1858; m. Mary E. Tainter.
i. Edwin Bane, b. Apr. 28, 1854; d. Sept. 16, 1856.
ii. Willie Frank, b. Oct. 23, 1855; d. May 2, 1870.

4514. Hon. George Henry Whitney (Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Framingham, Mass., Feb. 24, 1821; m. Apr. 25, 1844, Susan Glover
5tickney, b. May 22, 1826.

Hon. George H. Whitney was one of the noblest and most honored citizens of
Nashua. He was a native of Framingham, Mass., but, since a child of four years,
with the exception of one year, his home has been in Nashua. He received his edu-
cation in the public schools. In 1838 the late John H. Gage started a machin-
ery manufacturing industry, and a year later Mr. Whitney became connected with
it, a connection which was not severed to his death. In 1851, with D. A. G. Warner,
Mr. Whitney was given an interest in the Gage machinery business, and in 1862 Mr.
Gage being accidentally shot, the firm then became Warner & Whitney, remaining
so until the death of Mr. Warner in 1873, when for the five succeeding years Mr.
Whitney conducted the business alone. In public life, as well as in business, Mr.
Whitney was very prominent. He early identified himself with the Whig party, but
had been a member of the Republican party since its organization. In the sessions
of 1855 and '56 he was a member of the state legislature. In 1857 and '58 he was a
member of the aldermanic board of the city. He was a member of the board of
assessors two years, and also for two years was one of the overseers of the poor; in
1875 he was mayor of Nashua. He had been a trustee in the Mechanics' Savings
hank, and served on the directory board of the Second National bank the first year
of its organization. He was a prominent member of fraternal organizations, and in
Masonry had taken all the degrees up to and including the 32d. For nearly twenty
years he had been identified with and was a member of the Pilgrim church. In pub-
lic, private and business life Mr. Whitney was a true American. He leaves a noble
record of work well done, of duties never shirked, of all that is best in manhood ful-
filled. In his family he was a model husband and father. The city loses a grand
■citizen and a man of the strictest integrity by his death. The Nashua paper says:

HON. GEORGE H. WHITNEY.

7733.

7734.

ii.

7735.

111.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 497

" Mr. Whitney has been a conspicuous citizen and an indefatigable worker in efforts
to advance Nashua's temporal and moral interests; in fact, it may be truly said that
no man within her borders was more respected in all the walks and associations of
life." He d. Mar. 7. 1895; res. Nashua, N. H.

Geo. Fred, b. Nov. 2, 1846; m. Elthea A. Davis.

Clarence Ringold, b. July 24, 1847; d. Oct. 8, 1868.

Charles H., b. June 22, 1851; m. Eliza J. Centher and Anna F.
Fisher.

7736. iv. Alice Gertrude, b. Sept. 28, 1853; m. Sept. 27, 1881, William

H. Sexton; res. Nashua. Ch.: Susan Gertrude, b. July 6, 1883;
Katherine Bland, b. Sept. 6, 1886; Marion Elizabeth, b. Aug.
13, 1890; d. Jan. 27, 1890.

7737. v. Eugene Prescott, b. Nov. 22, 1855; m. Elizabeth Jobert and

Myra White.

7738. vi. Willis Irving, b. Mar. 21, 1845; d. June 10, 1848.

7739. vii. Susan May, b. Dec. 23, 1859; d. Jan. 5, 1860.

4518. Edvi^ard Payson Whitney (Jesse,Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. May 2, 1828, in Nashua, N. H.; m. Feb. 22, 1850, Josephine Stick-
ney. Edward P. Whitney was born in Nashua, N. H.; received his education in
the public schools; learned the trade of a machinist of John H. Gage. Soon after,
when the Mexican war broke out, he enlisted in navy, and sailed in the Frigate
"Cumberland" for Vera Cruz, Mex.; remained in service about one year, than resumed
his farming business, and has continued it most of the time since, is now in the em-
ploy of the Colt's Armory Works, Hartford, Conn.; he came 35 or 40 years ago, with
others from the armory, went to London, Eng., with Col. Colt, to establish works for
manufacture of fire arms, in the old Parliament houses, remained about two years,
then returned to Hartford. Some 16 years ago he went to St. Petersburg, Russia,
employed by the Russian government for one year to instruct the soldiers in use of
the Berdan rifle, made at the armory; he now resides in Hartford, has been and
now is somewhat prominent in politics (Republican), is alderman and has held other
positions of trust, etc.; res. 55 Huyshope Ave., Hartford, Conn.

7740. i. Helen L., b. Dec. 16, 1850; d. Oct. 8, 1860.

7741. ii. Edward P., b. Oct. 19, 1854; d. Dec. 31, 1867.

7742. iii. Elizabeth A., b. Apr. 16, 1856; m. Oct. 15, 1879, Walter Lee

Cheney; res. H. Ch.: Rowena, b. July 8, 1887; Amos E. and
William L., b. Feb. 16, 1892.

7743. iv. Harry Otis, b. Apr. 15, 1858; m. Apr. 15, 1884, Emma E. Cramer;

d. Oct. 9, 1888; m. 2d, Nov. 23, 1892, Nellie J. Rice; res. H. He
was b. in Hartford, Conn., Colts Meadow. Never knew anything
until he was 8 years of age, at that time he commenced to
attend the public school in what is called the "Flat Iron" buil-
ding; life uneventful except for school boy pranks until 14th
year, when he considered that he knew more than his teachers;
gave up going to school and went to work for Hill's Archimedean
Lawn Mower Co. in 1872; on Aug. 8, left there and went to
work for Mr. Frege a contractor in Colt's Pistol factory; in 1880
left home and went to Bridgeport, where he worked for the
Frary Cutlery Co.: with them until June 11, same year, when he
moved to New Haven and went to work for the 'Winchester Re-
peating Arms Co., where he has worked ever since, except 7
months in 1883, when he went on a working trip to Cincinnati,
O.; no work there, as expected; from there to Cleveland, O., then
to Detroit, Mich., where he worked for the Detroit Novelty
Manufacturing Co. for 7 weeks; from there went to Chicago, 111.,
worked one week for the Eldredge Sewing Machine Co., then
went further west to Cedar Rapids, la.; homesick and disgusted
with the west, came back to New Haven in 1883.

7744. v. Josephine A., b. Feb. 4, 1861; m. Nov. 9, 1882, Harrv R.Knox;

res. H. Ch.: James W., b. Sept. 21, 1883; Clarence M., b. Sept.
16, 1885.

4519. Charles Frederick Whitney (Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., Dec. 26, 1829, Helen L. Blaisdell; b. Lowell.
Mass. Charles F. Whitney was born in Nashua; educated in public schools there;

498 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

learned the machinist's trade in his brother's works; has worked for the Walworth
Mfg. Co., Boston, a number of years, and is now employed at his brother's, George
M., works at Nashua; res. Nashua, N. H.

4520. Eugene Francis Whitney (Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., Feb. 7, 1834; m. there Mar, 1, 1860, Carrie H.
Clark; b. Nov. 14, 1831. He was educated in the public schools at Nashua. At the
age of 17 commenced to learn the trade of a molder of machinery castings; at the
age of 21 had charge of a boiler and foundry works in New York City. In 1887
worked in Atlanta, Ga., and Knoxville, Tenn. From there had a call as superin-
tendent of the Nashua Foundry Co. at Nashua, N. H., which position he has held
"26 years. Has held important offices in the city, minor offices, besides a member of
the board of education, common council 2 years, 1 year as president of the board,
■2 years as alderman and now chairman of the board of assessors, which position
he has held for 6 years and re-elected for a term of 2 years. He is prominent in
the various financial, charitable and other institutions in the city, is highly honored,
and has the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens. Republican in politics; res.
Nashua, N. H.

7745. i. Lizzie Adams, b. Jan. 15, 1861; m. Aug. 15, 1881, W. V. Gilman;

res. Springfield, Mass.

4522. Richard Dexter Whitney (Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., Oct. 26, 1836; m. Nov. 24, 1858, Laura A. Ingraham,
b. May 17, 1888, at Williamsville, Vt.

Richard Dexter Whitney is a native of Nashua. He received his education in
the public schools there; learned the machinist business under the superintendence
•of his brother, George M. On the breaking out of the rebellion he went into the
employ of the government at the armory in Springfield, Mass., to manufacture guns
for the army, remaining there some two years. Afterward was in the employ of the
Hayden Mfg. Co., and later in the optical works at Springfield. At the present time
is superintendent of the Walworth Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass. Mr. Whitney is a very
-energetic and persevering man, and very popular with his associates, and never lets
the grass grow very much under his feet; res. 763 E. Broadway, South Boston, Mass.

7746. i. Helen Louise, b. June 6, 1860; res. Boston.

7747. ii. Wm. Andrew, b. Sept. 29, 1862; m. Oct. 1, 1890; res. s. p. Spring-

field, Mass.

7748. iii. Frank Ratkburn, b. June 13, 1868; res. 768 E. Broadway, So,

Boston.

4523. William Henry Whitney (Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass., Sept. 19, 1840; m. Jan. 7, 1872, in Boston, Josephine
Swain Osgood, b. June 7, 1850.

He was born in Slow on the farm purchased by his father, Isaac, where he is
now residing, and where he has always lived with the exception of two years, when
he was in Delaware and following tht sea; res. Stow, Mass.

7749. i. William Everett, b. Apr. 30, 1873.
Laura Josephine, b. Mar. 13, 1874.
Eugene Henry, b. Sept. 16, 1876.
Elsie Jane, b. Mar. 13, 1880.
Alice Ruth, b. Aug. 18, 1881.
Florence Swain, b. Sept. 19, 1884; d. May 8, 1891.

4524. Isaac Nelson Whitney (Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Sept. 26, 1844, in Stow, Mass.; m. Jan. 1, 1868, Lourana C. Maston;
"b. May 12, 1838. He is a farmer; res. Bridgeville, Del.

■ Mary L., b. June 3, 1869.

Wm. H., b. Feb. 6, 1871.
Josephine, b. Feb. 20, 1876.
Geo. E., b. Aug. 4, 1800.

4543. Abraham Whitney (Christopher, Abraham, Abraham, Abraham, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Sept. 28, 1837; m. July, 1865, Mary Elizabeth Swan; b. July 25, 1844;
<i. Feb. 28, 1874; m. 2d, Eliza Whitcomb; res. Pittsfield, N. H., and Lynn, Mass.

7759. i. Dolly M., b. July 4, 1872.

7760. ii. Louis A., b. Jan. 29, 1874.

7761. iii. , b. in 1877.

7750.

ii.

7751.

in.

7752.

iv.

7753.

V.

7754.

VI.

77.55.

7756.

ii.

1 lOI.

iii.

7758.

iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

499

4548. Davis S. Whitney (Salmon, Salmon, Jonas. Jonas. Moses, Richard,
John), b. Boston, Oct. 2, 1824; m. May 24, 1883, Mrs. Sarah T. Belcher; b. May 5,1830;
res. 5 Puritan Ave., Boston, Mass.; s. p.

4664. George Henry Whitney (Justin, Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. Harvard, Mass., July 18, 1839; m. at Worcester, July 2, 1870. Sarah C.
Gould; b. Oct. 21, 1840. He is a druggist; s. p.; res. Jefferson, Mass., and Ontario,
Cal.

4567. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Harvard, Mass., Nov. 3, 1816; m. at Dublin, N. H., Apr. 29, 1845, Nancy
Augusta Hay, b. May 28, 1821; d. Aug. 3, 1893. He was a contractor. He d.
Sept. 4, 1886; res. Dublin, N. H., and Fitchburg, Mass.

Albert Raymond, b. Mar. 25, 1846; res. Winchendon, Mass.
Engelin Mazota, b. May 28, 1848;

m. Shepley; res. Waverly

House, Boston, Mass.
Emeline Frances, b. Aug. 9, 1850;

m. Briggs; res. Montpelier, Vt.

Clara Mehala, b. June 24, 1853; m.
H. W. Raymond; res. 13 Wesley
Park, Somerville, Mass.
William Edwin, b. Nov. 23, 1856; res.

Union Sq., Somerville, Mass.
Elmar Hale, b. Dec. 29, 1858; m. Ida

W. Gregg.
Edgar Hay, b. Dec. 29, 1858; unm. He
is manager of a manufacturing com-
pany; res. 155 Congress St., Boston.
Ada Molissa, b. Feb. 12, I860; m. C.

H. Norton; res. Egypt, Mass.
Harry Loring, b. July 4, 1863; ad-
dress, 319 Main St., Buffalo, N. Y.

4569. Newton Whitney (Nathan, Salmon, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Harvard, Mass., July 26, 1820; m. at Hampton Falls, N. H., in 1848, Mary
P. White, b. 1829; d. Aug. 9, 1849; m. 2d in 1868 Mary L. Hayward. He is a farmer;

7762.
7763.

i.
ii.

7764.

iii

7765.

iv

7766.

v.

7767.

vi

r768. vii.

7769. viii.

7770.

IX.

EDGAR H. WHITNEY.

res. Chicopee, Mass., P. O. box 60

7771. i

7772.
7773.

n.
iii.

Myron B., b. Apr. 11, 1849; m. at St. Anthonv Park, Minn., Sept.

4, 1887, Henrietta H, Gould, b. Oct. 6, 1858; res., s. p., at St.

Anthony Park. He is a carpenter and builder.
Charles N., b. Jan. 3, 1869; res. C.
George, b. Apr. 10, 1875; res. C.

4580. Cyrus P. Whitney (Peter, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
1). Feb. 12, 1843; m. Sept. 3, 1865, Cynthia L. Davenport, b. May 9, 18:38; res.

Malone, N. Y.

7774. i.

7775. ii.

7776. iii.

7777. iv.

Eva Maria, b. Nov. 15, 1866.

Charles Leonard, b. May 5, 1868; m. Mattie E. Irish.
Carl Cushing, b. Feb. 24, 1873; d. May 10, 1876.
Floy Fisk, b. July 20, 187.7.

4581. Byron A. Whitney (Peter, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
t. Dickinson, N, Y., Jan. 14, 1845; m. at Malone, Apr. 17, 1868, Sally R. Hazen, b.
Jan. 17, 1850. He is an insurance agent and music dealer; res. Norwood, N. Y.
7778. i. Melvin, b. Jan. 7, 1871 ; d. Sept. 28, 1874.

Lena, b. Aug. 20, 1875; d. Mar. 18, 1878.
Leighton, b. Nov. 22, 1878; d, Mar. 22, 1883.
Grace, b. Feb. 10, 1881; d. Apr. 16, 1884.
Vera, b. May 6, 1879; d. Mar. 29, 1883.
Olin H., b. Sept. 7, 1884.

4584. Warren Whitney (Garv, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),
b. July 17, 1838; m. Jan. 1, 1859, Delia Martin, b. 1840; m. 2d, July 8, 1872, Mary E.
Bisbee, b. Oct. 18, 1854; res. Kansas City, Mo.; 1417 Broadway.

7779.

ii.

7780.

ni.

7781.

iv.

7782.

V.

7783.

vi.

500 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7784. i. John C, b. May 24, 1861; m. Bertha George; res. Kansas City.

7785. ii. Grenville, b. 1877.

7786. iii. Florence, b. 1881.

4587. L. Grenville Whitney (Gary, Israel. Jonas, Jonas, Moses. Richard^
John), b. Dec. 25, 1847; m. Oct. 24, 1879, Ida H. Lincoln, b. July 24, 1852. He is in the
insurance business; res. Atlanta, Ga.

7787. i. Ethel S., b. Sept. 29, 1880.

4590. Elisha Gerry Whitney (Sealand, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. North Hero, Vt., May 19, 1828; m. at Pittsford, Vt., Dec. 26, 1854, Eliza
A. Hitchcock; b. Nov. 11, 1884; d. July 17, 1868; m. 2d, Dec. 1, 1870, Mrs. Mary Clark
McMann; b. Apr. 15, 1822; d. Nov, 4, 1891; m. 3d. July 30, 1892, Mary Elizabeth Mor-
gan, b. June 18, 1851.

He was born in North Hero on the west shore of the island which forms this
town. He grew up on the shore of the lake and on the farm, a student and lover of
home and nature; was trained to work, to respect the Sabbath, to keep good com-
pany, to be honest and truthful, to use no bad language, rum or tobacco. Attended
district school, and when seventeen years of age went to Bakersfield academy;
taught district school several winters; in 1848 went to West Poultney, Vt., and
secured a position as Assistant Pupil, and remained as regular teacher in Troy con-
ference academy some time after graduation; formed the acquaintance of Miss Eliza
A. Hitchcock, of Pittsford, Vt., also a graduate of the same institution, and married
her. In September, 1855, began teaching a private school in the city of Albany,
N. v., remained there about four years, and then moved to Malone, N. Y.; taught
several years in Franklin county, and finally settled on a farm near Malone, where
he now resides, following the profession which gives competence, ease, freedom,
health, rest and satisfaction. He has the good will of his neighbors, the love of his
family and the respect of the community in which he lives; res. Malone, N. Y.

7788. i. Charles Gerry, b. July 28, 1861; m. Grace H. Barnard.

7789. ii. James Adams, b. July '8, 1868; res. Malone. He was born in

Malone, N. Y., July 8, 1863; was only five years of age when he
lost his best friend in the death of his mother. Kind friends
have done what they could to repair the loss he thus sustained,
and he has become a strong, able-bodied man, of good habits
and sound principles. While not disliking agricultural pursuits,
he had a strong desire for mechanical engineering, and left the
farm for a time to become a locomotive engineer on the O. &
L. C. division of the Central Vermont railroad; has since left
the railroad and returned to farming. " May he never have
cause to regret it."

7790. iii. Franklin Leonard, b. May, 1868; d. July 14, 1868.

4591. Rev. Seymour Bangs Whitney (Sealand, Israel, Tonas, Jonas, Moses^
Richard, John), b. North Hero, Vt., June 5, 1837; m. Buck's Bridge, N. Y., Sept. 2,
1862, Calista M. Coburn; b. Oct 31, 1836; d. Apr. 16, 1889; res. Bridgewater, So. Dak.,
Oswego, Kas.

7791. i. MiLO S., b. Apr. 25, 1864.

7792. ii. S. Jay, b. July 14, 1869.

4592. Rev. Buel Langdon Whitney (Sealand, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. North Hero, Vt., Dec. 10, 1845; m. at Hampton, N. Y., Dec. 28,
1869, Esther E. Harris; b. Oct. 8, 1847.

Buel Langdon Whitney was born on North Hero, an island in the northern part
of Lake Champlain, Dec. 10, 1845. Later the family removed to Alburgh, on the
peninsula of the same name, so that the first twelve years of his life were spent near
the beautiful lake. About this time the family moved to Malone, in northern New
York, where they resided till the death of the parents and the scattering of the sons
to other homes broke up the home ties. The family of growing boys had here the
double advantage of the wholesome farm life and the excellent school privileges
which the town afforded. After leaving school Mr. Whitney taught for several years
in the public schools, both in northern New York and in the vicinity of his early
home on Lake Champlain, whose natural beauties held a strong charm for him through
all his life. In 1869 he married Miss E. E. Harris, of E. Poultney, Vt., and after two
years" residence at the homestead in Malone, moved to central New York near Syra-

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 501

■cuse. Not long after he was appointed president of the New York and Pennsylvania
■conferences of Seventh-day Adventists, with which body he had long been connected
This office he held for ten years, until in 1883 he received an appointment to the
mission of this denomination in Basle, Switzerland. The death of the director of this
mission soon left the local responsibility of the work upon Mr. Whitney. During his
connection with the mission a large publishing house was built and equipped, the
work of publication which had previously been conducted only in the French lan-
guage was extended to the German, Italian and Roumanian languages, and the
work of the mission otherwise enlarged and organized. All this involved not only
the care of the work at home, but almost constant travel through the various coun-
tries of Europe in the interests of the work, from the Scandinavian countries to
southern Italy and from England to the borders of Russia, and across the Atlantic to
the homeland. His health failed after a little more than four years abroad and he
returned with his family to America, and died at Battle Creek, April 9, 1888. Mr.
Whitney was an indefatigable worker, an earnest Christian, a genial and constant
friend, and a devoted husband and father. He was a man of large, generous nature,
quick sympathy and ready tact, which with an unswerving integrity of character,
won and held for him many friends, both in social and business relations. His death
in the prime of manhood seemed untimely to the many who mourned him; but the
triumph with which he met the " last enemy " and the peace in which he feU asleep
were a fitting close to a life of earnest Christian activity. He d. Apr. 9, 1888; res.
Battle Creek, Mich.

7793. i. Jeanne C, b. Feb, 26, 1872: res. Battle Creek, Mich.

7794. ii. Laura E., b. Aug. 1, 1873; res. Battle Creek, Mich.

4594. Rev. Edward Wilbur Whitnev (Sealand, Israel, Jonas, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. North Hero, Vt., Oct. 1, 1850; m. Ridge Road, N."Y., Lizzie E.
Taylor; b. Oct. 26, 1853; res. Boulder, Col.

7795. i. Lizzie Wilberta, b. Ian. 11, 1877.

7796. ii. Leon P., b. Aug. 19, 1878.

7797. iii. Gary M., b. Feb. 14, 1893.

4598. Col. George Whitney (Amos, Levi, Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Royalston, Mass., Sept. 21, 1817; m. Apr. 20, 1842, Eliza Jane Simpson; b.
Sept. 26, 1823; d. Dec. 31, 1884; m. 2d, Aug. 21, 1890, Mary Evelyn Carter; b. June
17, 1849.

Col. George Whitney is one of the most enterprising and successful business
men of Worcester county. He has achieved success. He was brought up on a farm,
and drove a team on the highway for ten years. In 1858, soon after the death of
Rufus Bullock, he bought the woolen mill at South Royalston, although he already
owned a chair shop, and had been engaged in the manufacture of chairs since the
year 1848. He thus became the head of two important manufacturing interests. He
employs more than one hundred hands in both factories, and during the past years
of depression and widespread " panic " has moved steadily on, keeping the full quota
of help in both the mill and chair shop. Col. Whitney has held the position of depot-
agent continuously since the establishment of a depot at South Royalston; has
represented his town in the legislature, both in the house and senate. He has
been a member of the governor's council for the years 1873-74-75-76, and 1877,
five consecutive years, when he declined to stand longer as a candidate for the office.
The vote at the election in 1875, to serve in 1876, as recorded in the office of the
secretary of state is: George Whitney, 24,318; scattering, 7. The vote at the election
in 1876, to serve in 1877, recorded as above is: Geo. Whitney, 33.354, and no vo;e
against him. We venture to say that no other public man in the commonwealth has
a like record of unanimity at any election where 30,000 or more ballots have b:en
cast; res. Royalston, Mass.

Sophia Elizabeth, b. May 2, 1844; d. Julv 15, 1844.
Charles, b. Dec. 28, 1845; d. Sept. 17, 1861.
Mary Eliza, b. Oct. 11, 1847; d. Oct. 27, 1865.
George Ellis, b. Jan. 30, 1864; m. Dec. 14, 1889, Elizabeth Clark
Esterbrook; res. s. p. West Fitchburg, Mass.

4601. George Frederick Whitney (Samuel, Lemuel, Ephraim, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Brattleboro, \'t., Dec. 24, 1821; m. in Woodstock, Jan. 7,
1849, Augusta P. Eaton; b. July 21, 1826.

He was born in Brattleboro, Vt., but his early manhood was passed in Wood-

7798.

7799.

ii.

7800.

iii

7801.

IV,

COL. GEORGE WHITNEY

602

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 503

stock, where he was married. For several years he kept hotel, and in 1856 moved to
Brooklyn, N. Y., where after a residence of ten years he died. After his death the
family returned to Woodstock, Vt. He d. Dec. 6, 1866; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.

7802. i. Harry, b. Mar. 5, 1852; m. Jessie Corwin; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.

7803. ii. Mary Augusta, b. Sept. 5, 1853; m. June 12, 1878, James C.

Barrett; b. Dec. 26, 1851; d. Feb. 15, 1887; res. 15 Pleasant St.,
Rutland, Vt. He was a lawyer. Ch.: Fred'k Jas., b. Nov. 25,.
1879; Ruth, b. Jan. 12, 1881.

7804. iii. Ellen Amelia, b. Aug. 31, 1864; m. Oct. 28, 1885, Dr. Deane

Richmond; res. Windsor, Vt. He was b. Aug. 20,1862. Ch.:
Whitney J., b. Aug. 13, 1887; Robert K., b. Jan. 31, 1889; How-
ard K., b. June 2, 1891.

4606. Charles Lemuel Whitney (Samuel, Lemuel, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Cavendish, Vt.. Feb. 23, 1832; m. in Fredonia, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1857,
Frances J. Gore; b. Nov. 9, 1835; d. Nov. 17, 1872, in Brattleboro, Vt.

He was born in Proctorsville in the town of Cavendish, Windsor Co., Vt.; lived
there about six weeks, then went to White River; lived there about two years, then
went to Woodstock, Vt., where his father and mother died. Lived there till he was
about sixteen years old. After that he was clerk in the old Stage house, at Brattle-
boro, Vt., working for Major Henry Smith. Afterwards was in the Revere house,
Boston, Mass., for a time; also, was at Windsor, Vt., in the Windsor house, for J. H.
Simonds. He kept the Central house, in Brattleboro, Vt., from 1853 to 1856, three
years, then went to Toledo, O., and had charge and opened the Island house. Stayed
there about a year, then took the Kingsbury house, with Mr. J. Brown; afterwards
sold out to him. He went to Brattleboro for a while. Then traveled with James
Fisk, Jr., for a year or two on the road, and was with him when he failed, just before
he went in with Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Boston. Then he went to Rutland, Vt., and
was with E. Foster Cook, in the Bardwell house, for three years. Then went to
Brattleboro, Vt., and took his wife's father's business in making mowing machines
for a few years. He was tuning for the Estey Organ Company, Brattleboro, Vt., for
two years, then went to New Haven, Conn., and had charge of the tuning depart-
ment in B. Shoninger's organ factory for three or four years, afterwards with the New
Haven Organ Co. for a year or so; then was back to Brattleboro for a few years, and
then went with O. B. North & Co., New Haven, Conn., extensive makers of saddlery
and carriage hardware, as traveling salesman, whene he has been for the last twelve
years; res. New Haven, Conn.

7805. i. Alice Chase, b. Feb. 21, 1868; res. 15 Pleasant St., Rutland, Vt..

7806. ii. Fred'k, b. June 19, 1859; d. Jan. 20, 1860.

4608. Charles Marsh Whitney (Edward W., Samuel W., Ephraim, Jonas,.
Moses, Richard, John), b. Dummerston, Vt., Feb. 10, 1828; m. at Fairfax, Vt , Oct. 7,
1850, Delia Minerva Safford; b. May 13, 1831.

Charles Marsh Whitney left Albany in 1840, going to Fort Covington, N. Y.,
where he clerked in the store of his uncle Charles Marsh. From this point he went
to Bangor, N. Y., engaging in mercantile pursuits, for a period of three years, when
he went to La Crosse, Wis., in 1857, engaging in the lumber business with Sher-
man, Griswold & Co. On the completion of the La Crosse & Milwaukee railroad (now
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul), he entered its employ, being chief clerk and
general agent at La Crosse; was also secretary and one of the founders of the La Crosse
& Minnesota Steam Packet Co., later known as the Davidson or " White Collar Packet
Line." He shipped the first bar of railroad iron and locomotive into the state of
Minnesota, and claims to have bought and shipped the first bushel of wheat from the
state of Minnesota. From 1865 to 1871 he was in the steamboat, grain and lumber
business, having mills on the Chippewa river, warehouses on the Southern Minnesota
railway, Rumsey's Landing and Eau Claire, Wis. From 1871 to 1873 was financial
manager of the La Crosse Republican a)id Leader. From 1873 to 1879 was in Chicago
as business manager for John Servis, board of trade. From 1879 to 1885 steamboat,
grain and commission business at Canton, Mo. From 1885 to the present time assist-
ent cashier and cashier of the First National bank of Faribault, which latter position
he now holds. In politics " Democrat to backbone three inches in the marrow;" res..
Faribault, Minn.

Harry E., b. Sept. 4, 1851; m. Mary Van Viliet.

Geo. Safford, b. Dec. 9, 1858; m. Lillian Francis Lathrop.

Child, b. May 10, 1852; d. May 13, 1852.

Child, b. Sept. 10, 1853; d. Nov. 1, 1853.

7807.

7808.

ii.

7809.

iii.

7810.

iv.

504 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4609. Elias Bemis Whitney (Edward W., Samuel W., Ephraim, Jonas,
Moses, . Richard, John), b. Bangor, Franklin Co., N. Y., Dec. 2, 1821; m. at
Ridgebury, Conn., Kate Craft; d. June, 1860; m. 2d at Brookfield, N. H., June 1, 1861,
Rhoda S. Burleigh. He is a furrier at 16 Milk St.; res. Boston, Mass.; 24 Apple-
ton St.

7811. i. Harry Elias, b. July 17, 1874; res. 24 Appleton St., Boston.

7812. ii. Elizabeth, d. ae. 13.

7813. iii. Three children died young.

4622a. Ephraim Whitney (Ephraim, John, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard,

John), b. Oct. 31, 1835; m. ; res. in Vermont.

7813a. i. Cora Lizzie, b. June 12, 1868; d. July 12, 1883.

7814a. ii. Annie L., b. 1870; res. Bartonsville, Vt.

4623. Hon. Giles Henry Whitney (Abel, Abel, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Boston. Mass., Jan. 18, 1818; m. Nov., 1850, Lydia Ann Davis; b.
Northboro, Feb. 16, 1825; d. Dec. 28, 1891.

Giles Henry Whitney, the son of Abel and Abigail H. (Townsend) Whitney,
of Lancaster, Mass., was born in Boston, Jan. 18, 1818. His father kept for
many years a popular and successful private school for boys in that city. His
mother died when her son Giles was only five years old, and in his record in the
classbook he deplores the loss of her guiding influence. He entered the Latin
school when he was nine years of age, remained there till he was thirteen, and there
finished his preparation for college under Mr. Frederic P. Leverett. " That one year's
instruction was worth all I have received in college." His health in his younger days
was such, he tells us, that school was noplace for him, for he was incapacitated for
hard study, and he carried this indisposition to severe intellectual labor to college with
him. "Whenever the prescribed studies were difficult I neglected them and con-
tented myself with the idea that I could do without them." He frankly acknowl-
edges his mistake and his regret at not having pursued a more studious course; not
because he failed like many others to obtain college honors, but on account of the
mental discipline and training he had missed. He had much to learn, like the rest
of us, before he could shape his course to his entire satisfaction, but his subsequent
career has shown us that our confidence in his general ability and our respect for
his manly independence and integrity of purpose was not misplaced. He studied
law in the office of George F. Farley, of Groton. and Washburn & Hartshorn of
Worcester, and also in the law school at Cambridge. He was admitted to the bar
in September, 1842, and commenced practice in Westminster, Mass., where he
remained till April, 1846, when he removed to Templeton. In June, 1865, he went to
Winchendon, where he has lived ever since. Mr. Whitney was a member of the
Massachusetts senate in 1851 and of the house in 1864, 1866 and 1881. His sight
began to fail him two years before his last election to the house, and since then he
has been unable to read or write. He was married to Lydia A. Davis, daughter of
Capt. Joseph Davis, of Baldwinsville (Templeton). By this marriage he has had six
children, two of whom are still living. [Memorials of the class of 1837 of Harvard
college.] He d. Jan. 12, 1888; res. Westminster and Winchendon, Mass.

Abby L.,b. Templeton, Jan. 28, 1852; d. Aug. 18, 1853.

Elizabeth W., b. Templeton, Apr. 7, 1854; unm.; res. W.

Alfred H., b. Winchendon, Oct. 1, 1855; unm.; res. W.

Andrew J., b. Sept. 25, 1857; d. May 15, 1863.

Ella A., b. T., Jan. 10, 1853; d. T., Aug. 18, 1853.

Mary D., b. Apr. 1860; d. Mar. 31, 1877.

4625. George Timothy Whitney (Timothy, Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Essex, Vt., Apr. 4, 1819; m. in Lowell, July 4, 1847, Charlotte Maria
Brigham, b. Mar. 23, 1822; res. 309 Bridge street, Lowell, Mass.

7820. i. Lottie J., b. Apr. 19, 1850; m. Fitts; res. 17 Pleasant Ave.,

Somerville.

7821. ii. George B., b. Feb. 13, 1858; res. 224 Avon street, St. Paul.

7822. iii. Adaline S., b. Jan, 14, 1866; m. Patterson; res. 24 W.

6th St., Lowell.

4627. George Reddington Whitney (Simon, Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Duxbury, Mass., May 27, 1829; m. in Provincetown, June 27, 1852,
Pg,uline Brown Hilliard, b. Feb. 28, 1833, dentist and music dealer; res. No. Bridge-
water and Haverhill, Mass., Washington street.

7814.

7815.

ii.

7816.

iii.

7817.

iv.

7818.

V.

7819.

vi.

78^3

7824.

7825.

111.

7826.

IV.

7827.

V.

7828.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 605

George Hillard, b. July 4, 1853; m. Addie May Ellis.

Frank Thomas, b. Feb. 18, 1866; m. Marianne Macauley.

Arthur Wilson, b. Jan. 16, 1858; m. Rowena Locke; res. Lowell.

Charles B., b. Oct. 4, 1860; m. Clara B. Clark and Kate Portis.

Fred Holmes, b. Oct. 12, 1862; m. Aug. 22, 1891; res. Haverhill.

Lena Leonard, b. Nov. 1, 1865; m. at Bay City, Mich., Jan. 1,
1890, William A. Welcome; res. Pittsfield, Mass. He was b.
Jan. 16, 1863; is in the clothing business. Ch.: Arthur Whitney,
b. May 14, 1891; Harold Holmes, b. Feb. 22, 1893.

7829. vii. Addie May, b. Apr. 20, 1876; res. Haverhill, Mass.

4632. Charles Kellogg Whitney (George, Simon, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Petersham, Mass., June 4, 1828; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Westford, \'t.,
Hannah P. Haselton; b. Apr. 19, 1826; d. Apr. 7, 1860; m. 2d, Apr. 22, 1862, Chastina
Hodge; res. Essex, \'t., and Round Lake, N. Y.

7830. i. George W., b. Dec. 24, 1850; m. L. Abbie Huntington.

7831. ii. Fred H., b. Mar. 14, 1852; m. Abbie E. Thomas.

7832. iii. Lewis H., b. July 20, 1864; res. Waterford, N. Y.

4638. Solomon Blair Whitney (Solomon B., Peter, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 29, 1809; m. Feb. 5, 1839, Amanda Martin; d.
May 26, 1845; m. 2d Sarah M. Kyle; d. Nov. 6, 1862; m. 3d Sophia A. Ray; b. Mar.
18, 1829.

He was born in Detroit, Mich., where his father was a soldier in the U. S. army.
He learned the trade of carpenter and joiner, but has always followed agricultural
pursuits. He has resided at Sackett's Harbor, Ogdensburg and Watertown, N. Y.,
and in Detroit, Franklin and Nelson, Mich. He served in the late war, and was
postmaster in his town for some years; res. Detroit, Nelson and Cedar Springs, Mich.

7833. i. Mary Amanda, b. Nov. 14. 1839; m. Nov. 12, 1860, Geo. W. De

Con; res. Nelson. Ch.: Jas. C, b. Oct. 23, 1861; Elmer S., b.

Aug. 8, 1866; Julia Anna, b. Oct. 1, 1872; res. Cedar bprings,

Mich.
Nancy Maria, b. Mar. 8, 1842; m. June 20, 1862, Norman J.

Painter; res. \'andalia, Mo.
Solomon Martin, b. Apr. 7, 1844; d. unm. Sept. 22, 1863. He

was shot through the body at the battle of Chickamauga near

Chattanooga and died two days after. He was buried in the

National cemetery.
William Robert, b. Oct. 16, 1852.
Cynthia Florence, b. July 12, 1856; m. May 11, 1872, Emmet L.

Harder; res. Cedar Springs, Mich.
Charles John, b. Jan. 30, 1868.
Geo. Fred'k, b. Julv 6, 1859.
Anna Sophia, b. Sept. 6, 1860.
Laura Eliza, b. Nov. 8, 1861.

4642. William Emerson Whitney (Solomon B., Peter, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Houndstield, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1821; m. June 9, 1847, at Birmingham,
Mich., Hannah Lapham Pratt, of Macedon, N. Y., b. Sept. 8, 1824. He has been
justice of the peace for over 20 years; res. Rockford, Mich.

7842. i. Eugene CorEll, b. July 11, 1848; ni. Emma A. Lewis.

7843. ii. Phila Cynthia, b. Mar. 9, 1862.

4650. Charles Baker Whitney (Richard, Timothy, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Lanesboro, Mass., Oct. 6, 1827; m. at Albany, N. Y., Mar., 1864,
Laura L. Sherman, b. Mar., 1828; d. July 16, 1865; m. 2d at Dorchester, June 6, 1867,
Abbie Glover Pope, b. Oct. 1, 1840.

He was born in Lanesboro, on the old Whitney place, where he resided for many
years. For a long time he was manager of the Briggs iron works there, until his
removal to Dorchester, Mass., where he passed the remainder of his life. He d. Apr.
13, 1872; res. Lanesboro, Mass.

7844a. i. Geo. Arthur, b. July 4, 1856; unm.; res. 592 Adams St., Dor-

chester, Mass.
7846a. ii. Frank Pope, b. July 20, 1869; res. 592 Adams St., Dorchester,
Mass.
83

7834.

ii.

7835.

iii.

7836.
7837.

iv.

V.

7838.
7839.
7840.
7841.

vi.
vii.
viii
ix.

506 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4650a. William Hopkins Whitney (George, Silas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Stockbridge, Mass., May 14, 1818; m. at Pittsburgh, Pa., May,
1844, Matilda Irwin, b. 1826. He was a journalist. He d. Aug. 11, 1863; res. Pitts-
burgh, Pa.

7844. i. Ann Parmela, b. Pittsburgh, 1845; d. aged 18 months.

7845. ii. Geo. Irwin, b. Nov. 24, 1847; m. Annabel McCall.

7846. iii. Cornelia, b. Pittsburgh in 1849; d. before 1850.

4651. George Fenn Whitney (George, Silas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Stockbridge, Mass., Feb. 29, 1820; m. there, Apr. 23, 1845, Mary E. Lynch,
dau. of Dea. Reuben Lynch; b. Sept. 22, 1825.

He was born on the old place in Stockbridge. At the early age of six his father
died and he resided with his uncle William until his marriage in 1845. He has been
a very quiet home body, temperate, industrious and highly esteemed. His death
was quite sudden. He was a member of the Congregational church for thirty-live
years. He d. Oct. 14, 1893; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

7847. i. Mary Ives, b. Apr. 13, 1848; m. Oct. 14, 1873, Henry C. Byington;

res. Stock. He was b. Feb. 16, 1837; is a farmer. Ch.: Lucy
Mamre, b. Aug. 7, 1875; Grace Whitney, b. Feb. 18, 1878; Alice,
b. Nov. 2, 1880.

7848. ii. Sarah Hosford, b. Mar. 4, 1854; m. Apr. 23, 1879, Byron Sted-

man; res. Hudson, N. Y. He was born at Lee, Mass., Nov. 13,
1851; is a druggist. Ch.: Grace, b. Apr. 5, 1881; Mabel, b.
Mar. 7, 1884; Edith, b. Apr. 23, 1886; Louise, b. Mar. 30, 1890.

7849. iii. Geo. Herbert, b. Aug. 19, 1863; m. Martha McGiffert.

7850. iv. Pamela Fenn, b. May 1, 1861; res. Stock.

7851. v. Chas. Wm., b. Nov. 6, 1865; m. Minnie E. Hayes.

4657. Joseph Lorenzo Whitney (Paul, Hezekiah, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Salisbury, Conn., June 16, 1819; m. at Cornwall, Conn., Sept. 12,
1849, Elizabeth Moulton Swift; b. Nov. 30, 1826; d. Dec. 29, 1868. He was a mariner
until he was thirtv years of age; res. Cornwall, Conn.

7852. i. ' Sarah Elizabeth, b. Mar. 25, 1851; m. Apr. 14, 1872, William
Samuel Palmer; res. New Milford, Conn.

Fred'k Lorenzo, b. May 22, 1853; d. July 11, 1853.
Mary Jane, b. June 29, 1854.
Catherine Lucretia, b. Apr. 2, 1856.
Joseph Ernest, b. Feb. 27, 1858.

4678. Mile? Franklin Whitney (Erastus M., Jonas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Otis, Mass., Mar. 25, 1838; m. there June 26, 1859, Sarah Jane Blunt;
b. Mar. 1, 1842. He is a farmer; res. West Otis, Mass.

Frederick P., b. Sept. 12, 1860; m. 1889, Florence B. Pierce; res.

So. Sandisfield, Mass.
Sarah E., b. Aug. 5, 1862; m. 1881, Frank M. Bliss; res. No.

Blandford, Mass.
Albert F., b. Oct. 9, 1864; m. 1883, Amanda Crittenden; res.

Hartsville, Mass.
Edward D., b. Dec. 13, 1865; m. Nov. 29, 1893, Nancy A. Heath;

res. Hartsville, Mass.
Charles E., b. June 8, 1867; m. 1888. Julia E. Ward; res. Mont-

ville, Mass.
W^ilbur L., b. May 25, 1871; d. June 27, 1872.
Marcus H., b. Sept. 8, 1873; m. Nov. 29, 1893, Gertrude S. Heath;

res. West Otis, Mass.
Lucy S., b. Feb. 2, 1875; m. 1892, Irving W. Bentley; res. New

Boston, Mass.
Katherine B., b. Sept. 8, 1876; res. at home.
Lucius M., b. Jan. 24, 1879; res. at home.

4679. William H. Whitney (Silas N., Jonas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. East Otis, Mass., Sept. 10, 1828; m.-at Springfield, July 1, 1855, Mary M.
Keys; b. July 23,1835; d. Oct. 11, 1881. He was connected with the Springfield fire
department, and was foreman of one of the companies. He d. Jan. 27, 1872; res.
Springfield, Mass.

7853.

ii.

7854.

in.

7855.

IV.

7856.

v.

7857.

i-

7858.

ii.

7859.

iii.

7860.

iv.

7861.

V.

7862.
7863.

vVz.
vi.

7864.

vii.

7865.
7866.

viii.
ix.

7867.

i.

7868.

ii.

7869.

111.

7870.

IV.

7871.

V.

7872.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. £07

Ann Elizabeth, b. Oct. 12, 1858; d. Oct. 1. 1859.
William E., b. Apr. 4, 1856; d. Oct. 14, 1863.
James H., b. Nov. 1-3, 1860; d. Oct. 18, 1863.
J. Frank, b. July 17, 1862; m. Mary L. Sheehan.
Joseph H., b. Apr. 14, 1865; d. Aug. 15, 1866.

Jane A., b. Mar. 14, 1867; m. Simon J. Griffin; res. Merrick,
Mass.

7873. vii. Carrie S., b. Aug. 9, 1869; m. Frank Guertin; res. Merrick,

Mass.

7874. viii. Wm. E., b. Nov. 20, 1871; res. Merrick, Mass.

4685. Edwin Ruthven Whitney (Caius C, Paul, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Bolton, P. Q., May 28, 1838; m. at Magog P. Q., Arretta F. Hoyt;
b. Apr. 14, 1847.

He was born in Bolton, P. Q. and received a common school education. His
mind was of an inventive turn and for the past thirty-two years he has been an
inventor. His first invention was the first automatic car coupler used by the railways
in coupling cars. It has been used with great success. He next invented an auto-
matic cord grain binder, the first binder that ever tied with a cord. Since then he
has devoted his time to electricity and perfected many valuable inventions. His
present business is the manufacture of electrical measuring instruments, which
include voltmeters.ammeters for electric railway power and laboratory use, made at his
two factories at Penacook, N. H., and Sherbrook, P. Q. He is also vice-president of
the Standard Electric Company of \'ermont, which manufactures dynamo-electric
machines and lamps, arc and incandescent lighting, by the Whitney system, at St.
Johnsbury, \t., with headquarters at Boston, Mass., and Manchester, N. H. He is
now organizing a company on a new system of storage batteries which he patented
Mar. 1.3, 1894, and which shows the only battery which can be built up of many cells
and only have two binding posts for transmission of power. His patents have all
been valuable and practical and from them he has accumulated a handsome fortune.
He is well known throughout the country, especially among the electricians, and no
one is more highly esteemed and respected among the many manufacturers in his
adopted State of New Hampshire; res. Manchester, N. H., 754 Chestnut St.
787.5. i. Edwin Hoyt, b. May 21, 1878.

4686. Enos B. Whitney (Caius C, Paul, Timothv, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. P. Q., Nov. 20, 1846; m. Oct. 7, 1873, Alwilda A. Hoyt; b. June 24, 1845;
res. Magog, P. Q.

7876. i. Susie A., b. ]an. 9. 1875.

7877. ii. Jessie A., b.'jan. 17, 1883.

4689. Ira Jefferson Whitney (Caius C, Paul, Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Rich-
ard, John), b. North Troy, Vt., Nov. 12, 1855; m. at Magog, P. O., Sept. 27, 1876, Jennie
Maria Rexford, b. Apr. 2, 1860. He is a farmer; res. Magog, P. Q.

7878. i. Ethel Jennie, b. June 21, 1877.

7879. ii. Elnora Maud, b. "lune 11, 1879.

7880. iii. Raymond Warren, b. May 10, 1888.

7881. iv. Grace, b. Jan. 28, 1891.

4697. James Paul Whitney (Marcus T. C, Paul, Timothv, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Mar. 26, 1847; m: Dec. 30, 1874, Linnie M. Drew; res. West

Gr'CE M., b. Apr. 25, 1876.

Guy Claude, b. Apr. 25, 1876; d. May 9, 1893.

Myrtie Mary, b. May 16, 1878.

Victor Drew, b. July 13, 1879.

Daisey Belle, b. Oct. 5, 1882; d. Sept. 13, 1883.

4709. William Clarence Whitney (William W., Paul, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Oct. 21, 1858; m. July 2, 1882, Mary Lvde Marks; b. Aug.
•7, 1867.

After leaving Missisquoe college, he learned the printer's trade, and worked
several years in the Green Mountain Freeman office, Alontpelier, \'t. In 1877 he
left Montpelier, thinking well of Horace Greeley's advice, going west by way of New
York, Niagara, and Chicago, to St. Louis. From there went to Lebanon, 111., to visit

Derbv, \"t.

7882.

j.

7883.

ii.

7884.

iii.

7885.

iv.

7886.

V.

508

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

•WILLIAM C. WHITNEY.

his sister's family, and went with them by boat to St. Paul, Minn., and from there to
Minneapolis, where he remained all summer, until the 18th of December, when he
went back to St. Louis, and took a position with the limes Printing Co. In May,

1879, he went to Shreveport, La., and took charge of the
Standard job office, the only large office in the city. His
health was bad all the time he was in Shreveport, and he
left there in June, 1880, and went to Marshall, Tex., and
went to work for Jennings Bros., the largest book and job
printing establishment then in Texas. It was said that he
was the best job printer in the state, and the fastest com-
positor. On June 2, 1882, he was united in marriage to
Miss Mary Lyde Marks, of Marshall, Tex. The Herald
had the following to say of her: "The bride, who is the
daughter of Mrs. N. E. Marks, is an interesting young
lady of only fourteen years, possessed of those gentle
qualities of heart and mind which win the love of all who
know her, and adorned with that native modesty which
needed not the bridal veil to increase its charm and attrac-
tion." In 1883 he went to New Orleans, where he was for
four or five years working at job printing part of the time
and part of the time assistant foreman of the Daily States.
He returned to Marshall in 1887, where he again took the
foremanship of Jennings' office, and where he has since
been. In January, 1894, he started the Senatorian, which is slowly increasing in
prosperity; res. Marshall, Tex., s. p.

4713. George Washington Whitney (Samuel D., Paul, Timothv, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Williston, Vt., Feb. 5, 1833; m. there Aug. 27, 1856, Marion
Murray; b. Aug. 25, 1837; d. May 14, 1890. He is a farmer.

George Washington, b. Feb. 5, 1833, in South Williston, Vt., the second son of
his parents, is residmg on the homestead farm where he
has passed most of his life. He spent the winter ol 1894
in California and several seasons in New Orleans during
his brother's residence there. Here he attended the Louisi-
ana university, a law school, for one year, and under Presi-
dent Grant held two offices as inspector and weigher of
customs. He was a member of the school board in Tensas
Parish and for two years assessor and collector of the same.
He was a loving and dutiful son to his mother in her widow-
hood, and was sent to the Williston academy and to Troy
Conference academy, Poultney, Vt. He married Marion^
Murray, of Williston, whom he had known from childhood
and to them was born one son, Murray D. For many year,
he has been justice of the peace in Williston, also an active
member of the grange. In his calling his specialty is rais-
ing dairy cows. For more than thirty years be has been a
member of the L-niversalist church. He is of fair com-
plexion though of heavy build, like his father. He has
a mental temperament combined with a kind and gentle
disposition. From boyhood he showed a love for books and study, and is well known
in his vicinity as a public speaker; res. Williston, Vt.

7887. 1. Murray D., b. Nov. 27, 1857; m. Ella C. Miller.

4734. Harry Fletcher Whitney (Samuel F., Aaron, Aaron, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Harvard, May 3, 1853; m. Aug. 22, 1877, Harriett T. Goddard; res.
Harvard, .Mass.

7888. i. Ralph Goddard, b. Oct. 20, 1878.
78«9. ii. Ruth, b. Oct. 28, 1880.

4737. Dr. Samuel William Whitney (Samuel F., Aaron, Aaron, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass, Feb. 23, 1859; m. in Boston, Apr. 16, 1882, Alice
H. Hames; b. Claremont, N. H., Jan. 17, 1859.

He was born in Harvard, Worcester Co., Mass., where he attended the public
schools, and completed his education at the Dean academy at Franklin, Mass., and at
Lawrence academy, Groton, Mass. He was graduated at'the Boston Dental college

1
I

GEORGE W. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 509

in 1882 and immediately moved to Albany, N. Y., and began the practice of his pro-
fession. He has since resided there and built up a largi and lucrative business; res.
Albanv, N. Y., 343 State St.

7890. i. Child, b. Jan. 7, 1885; d. Jan. 13, 1891.

4746. Martin Whitney (Leonard, Lemuel, Lemuel, Lemuel, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Sherborne, Vt., July 18, 1838; m. Mar. 10, lSb9, Xancv E. Rand; b. Mt.
Vernon, N. H., Jan. 6, 1834; res. Hillsboro, Upper Village, N. H.

7891. i. Arthur M., b. Jan. 25, 1866; m. July 12, 1890, Maud P. Beam; res.

H. U. V.

7892. ii. Charles, b. 1864; d. 1866.

7893. iii. Miranda Lucinda Ann, b. Oct. 20, 1873; m. Feb. 5, 1891, John

Davis; res. Hillsboro. Ch.: Earl L., b. Aug. 17, 1891; John, b.
Dec. 25, 1892.

7894. iv. Edgar Rand, b. Jan. 19, 1861; m. Emma P. Harvey.

4749. Joel Whitney (Urial, Urial, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. No.
Yarmouth, Me., May 4, 1829; m. at Portland, June 24, 1857, Ophelia J. Tukey. He
•was a carpenter. He d. Dec. 10, 1886; res. Portland, Me.

1^9b. i. SrEPHEN H., b. Mar. 20, 1866; unm.; res. 48 Pinckney St., Boston.

7896. ii. William J., b. May 3, 1869; unm.; res. 69 Franklin St., Portland.

7897. iii. Frank Joel, b. Sept. 16, 1859; m. Laura Jackson.

4763. Amaziah Whitney (Abner, Amaziah, Abner, John, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1848; m. Feb. 9, 1^76, Martha Eckerson; b. Jan. 21,
1853. He is a contractor and builder; res. Wilber, Neb.

7898. i. Robert F., b. Aug. 25, 1877.

7899. ii. Wm. A., b. Aug. 4, 1880; d. Feb. 26, 1882.

7900. iii. Carl H.,b. Nov. 11, 1882.

7901. iv. Leslie E., b. Jan. 15, 1891.

4779. George Riley Whitney (Nathaniel R., Amaziah, Abner, John, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Oct. 16, 1851; m. Dec. 24, 1884, Ursula Warren. He d. Nov. 27,
1886; res. Missouri Valley, la.

7902. i. Harriett, b. Sept. 16, 1885.

4787. Alvin Whitfield Whitney (Ephraim, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Corinth, Me., May 27, 1838; m. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17, 1867,
Maria Louise McDonald; b. Apr. 14, 1840; d. Apr. 11, 1870. He is superintendent of
gold mines and mills; res. Crescent Mills, Cal.

7903. i. Alvin W., Jr., b. July 27, 1870; d. May, 1871.

4793. Orrin Whitney (William, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Anson, Me., Aug. 18, 1815; m. at Presque Isle, Me., Nov. 16, 1840, Hannah Far-
banks; b. 1810; d. July 5, 1881; m. 2d, Mar. 10, 1889, Rebecca CariU; b. 1828. He is
a farmer; res. Kingston, Minn.

7904. i. Augustus E., b. June 19, 1834; m. 1866, Nettie Depity; res. Brain-

erd, Minn.

7905. ii. Winfield S., b. June 4, 1846; m. Ellen Phay.

4794. Benjamin P. Whitney (William, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Corinth, Me., Oct. 3, 1834; m. Apr. 9, 1865, Sarah M. McMurray, b. 1848.
He is a blacksmith; res. Los Alamos, Cal.

7906. i. Stillman E.,b. Mar. 3, 1856; res. Rockport, Mendocino Co., Cal.

7907. ii. Emma J., b. July 13, 1866; m. at San Luis Obispo, June 1, 18j;!9;

Jacob A. Biren; res. Los A. He was b. Mar. 3, 1862. Ch.:
Fred N., b. in Los Alamos, Mar. 2, 1890; Cecelia A., b. in Los
Alamos, May 14, 1892.

7908. iii. John S., b. Jan. 13, 1870; res. Suisun, Solano Co., Cal.

7909. iv. Fred E., b. Oct. 24, 1872; res. Los A. He was born in California;

received an excellent common school education, htted for col-
lege, and by teaching part of the time worked his way through;
res. Los Alamos.

4795. Albion Paris Whitney (William, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Jackson, N. H., Sept. 15, 1825; m. Feb. 21, 1850, in Limestone, Me., Susan

7910.

7911.

n.

7912.

111.

7913.

IV.

510 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

D. Eastman, b. Mar. 28, 1832. He was a merchant in California from 1862 until his
death. He d. Feb. 10, 1884; res. Petaluma, Cal.

Calvin E., b. Aug, 23. 1851 ; m. Fannie Boruck.

Arthur L., b. May 26, 1867; m. Anna St. John.

Albion Harvey, b. Apr. 10, 1870; res. Pet,

Chora Melissa, b. Jan. 1,1864; m. Aug. 12,1873, Fred Howlett; res.
Berkeley. Cal. Ch.: Albion Walter, b. Nov. 27, 1874; Leona May,
b. Aug. 15, 1876; d. Oct. 24, 1876; Eugene Elbert, b. June 6. 1878;
Frederick Whitney, b. Aug. 26,1879; d. Feb, 21, IbSl; Harold
Eastman, b. Dec. 22, 1890; d. May 20, 1891,

7914, V, Nancy Jane, b. Sept, 17, 1856; m. Apr. 20, 1881, Geo. P, Morrow

res, 39 Clay street, San F. Ch.: George Whitney, b, Aug. 15, 1883
Rachel Millicent, b. Sept. 5, 1885; Arthur Leslie, b. Apr. 29, 1887
d. Nov. 10, 1888.

7915, vi, Leona Merrill, b. Apr. 12, 1864; d. Oct., 1865,

7916, vii. MARCELLA.b. Apr. 23.1866; m. Oct. 19, 1892, Charles B, Wheaton.

7917. viii. Clara, b. May 21, 1873; m, Feb. 21, 1893, Lewis Spear,

4796. Rev, Ephraim H. Whitney (William, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Freeman, Me., Dec. 30, 1813; m. July 25, 1844, at East Branch, Me.,
Jane H. Hunt; b. Carthage, Me., Jan. 2, 1825; she m. 2d, 1893, Geo. L. Cooper; res,
1001 10th Ave., s, St, Cloud.

He was born in Freeman, Me., but soon moved to Corinth with his parents. He
attended school at Charleston in his earlier manhood. His attendance was somewhat
irregular from the fact that his services were required by his father — he being the
oldest boy — who wa§ m poor health. Ephraim began teaching on attaining his ma-
jority, and while so engaged attended a religious revival at Corinth conducted by Rev.
Geo. Pratt, of the Maine conference, and experienced religion. At first he was a
Universalist but later joined the Methodists, first as an exhorter and finally as a local
preacher. He received his certificate at West Hampden, Conn., Apr. 19, 1840, from
Presiding Elder Husten. He joined the Maine conference and was granted a certifi-
cate as deacon in 1844, two years later Bishop Beverly Waugh appointed him elder.
The first year of his labors was in connection with A. F. Soule on the circuit above
Oldtown. The next year he traveled as a missionary on what was then called
Aroostook, an extent of sparsely settled country, so much so that he made his ap-
pearance at the first appointment only once afterward, and that was when on his way to
conference. He was one of the preachers whose lot fell to the East Maine conference.
He labored at the following places, Corrinna, Dover, Atchison, Bear Hill, Kirkland,
Lincoln, North Bangor (now Viezie), Upper Stillwater, and Brewer -a new church
and good revival at the latter place. He located at the conference held at Bucksport.
At the close of that conference year went west; located at Clearwater, Minn.; preached
every Sunday during the time of his stay. Grasshoppers took everything he put on
the land which he had taken there and he went in the sprmg to Kingston, Meeker
Co., and ran a grist mill for A. P, Whitney until the latter sold out and went to
California. After that ran the same mill for Hiram Hall. He was appointed post-
master, which office he held during the Indian outbreak and at the close of the war
he removed back to Clearwater, sold his place there and put the money into a grist
mill in company with James Campbell, where after two years his health broke down
and he took a homestead at a place in the timber country, in Benton Co., which
name he gave, and it was organized as the town of Glendorado. All of the places
named received first of all his labors for Christianity and the public school cause. At
this latter place his health broke down to such an extent he gave his business and
place into the hands of his son Melville Clement. His daughter Clara bought a resi-
dence in the city of St. Cloud for a home for her parents, and there in a pleasant,
restful home he finished his course in peace, under the preaching of Methodist doc-
trine, and in the church which he never ceased to love. Conscious to the very last,
only the pain of parting with wife and children disturbed his closing hour. The last
words uttered were, "All things work together for good to them that love God." He
d. Jan. 14,1892; res. Freeman, Me., and St. Cloud, Minn., 1001 10th Ave., south,

7918, v. OSMO Cadv, b. May 2, 1862; d. Nov. 26, 1881.

7919. vi. LiBBY LESTiNA.b. July 3, 1867; m, Nov. 1, 1883, Charles S.Allen;

res. St. C, 1001 10th Ave., south. Ch.: Warren Hildreth, b, Feb,
11, 1886,

7920. i, Allison O., b. Dec. 16, 1852; m. Eupheuse Jane Wright.

7921. ii. Jane Nizolla, b. Sept. 30, 1857; m. Sept. 30, 18— George E.

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Lewis; res. Bismarck, N. D. Ch., Eddie Burbank and Frank
Allison.

7922. iii. Melville C, b. Oct. 23, 1858; unm.; res. Hope, N. D. He is

supt. of schools there.

7923. iv. Clara Electa, b. Mar. 27, 1860; unm.; res. B.

4805. George Whitney (Asa, Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Stow, Mass., Oct. 28, 1823; m. Mar. 29, 1853, Sarah P. Barnard; b. Harvard,
Apr. 13, 1830. He d. May 1, 1871; res. Stow, Mass.

7924. i. Fred'k A., b. Apr. 8, 1858; unm.; res. Harvard, Mass.

7925. ii. Georgianna, b. June 21, 1871 ; m. July 30, 1892, Jeremiah P. Cala-

han.

4809. Artemas Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Stow, Mass., Aug. 9, 1815; m. Nov. 11, 1847, Lucy Pease; b. Dec. 25, 18i6;
res. Maynard, Mass.

7926. i. Daniel Alpheus, b. July 13, 1849; m. Minnie Henry; res. Fonda,

Iowa.

7927. ii. Frank Foster, b. Oct. 31, 1851; m. Fannie Parker; res. M.

7928. iii. Lucv Jane, b. Jan. 22, 1854; m. Wm. Bradford Case; res. M.

7929. iv. Edwin Parker, b. Oct. 31, 1856; d. .

7930. V. Calvin Artemas, b. Dec. 3, 1858; m. Matilda Fix and Ethel

Jones; res. M.

7931. vi. Geo. Edmund, b. June 1, 1863; m. Harriett Cahoon and Maggie

Dean; res. M.

7932. vii. Mary Elizabeth, b. May 31, 1867; m. James Reed Bent; res. M.

4812. John M. Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Stow, Mass., Nov. 6, 1822; m. Feb., 1847. Elizabeth G. Walcott; d. Feb. 7,
1849; m. 2d, Mar., 1850, Hannah E. Whitmarsh; b. June 16, 1818; d. Mar. 13, 1887;
res. Maynard, Mass.

7933. i. Elizabeth W., b. May 30, 1848; unm.; res. M.

7934. ii. John H., b. Feb. 1, 1851; m. Mar. 25, 18—, Margaret Dawson. He

d. Dec. 13, 1887. She res. in Milford, Mass.

7935. iii. Hannah Eliza, b. Sept. 2, 1852; unm.; res. M.

7936. iv. Charles Daniel, b. May 16, 1856; m. Nov. 27, 1877, Addie F.

Walcott. He d. Mar. 15, 1881; res. .Maynard.

7937. v. Geo. Archibald, b. Nov. 17, 1857; m. June 7, 1879, Emma Sharp;

res. Maynard.

4814^. Ephraim Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John),b.Ashby, Mass., Sept. 19.1817; m. in Still River, Mass., July 22, 1850, Mary
Haskell; b. Dec. 6, 1825; res. Still River, Mass.

7938. i. Herbert H., b. Oct. 19, 1851; m. May 8, 1882; res. Grafton.

7939. ii. Helen F., b. Apr. 7, 1854; m. Mar. 22, 1893, Royal Chenev; res.

S R

7940. iii. Arthur S., b. May 16, 1856; d. in Stow, Apr. 17, 1877.

7941. iv. William H., b. Aug. 14, 1859; m. Sept. 18, 1888, Bertha M. Mason,

b. Aug. 5, 1869; res., s. p., Potsdam, N. Y.; is a gardner and
plant grower owning large greenhouses.

7942. V. Alfred R., b. Sept. 14, 1862; d. Feb. 25, 1883.

7943. vi. Edward H., b. Mar. 2, 1869; m. Aug. 31, 1894, Mary L. Taylor, b.

May 28, 1866; res., s. p., 21 Townsend St., Worcester, Mass.

7944. vii. Mary A., b. Oct. 25, 1871; res. S. R.

4825. Samuel Whitney (Joseph, Daniel, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 15, 1819; m. in Surry, N. H., May 3, 1849, Mary Jane
Carpenter; b. May 3, 1829; d. June 20, 1858; m. 2d at Fitzwilliam, N. H., Aug. 12, 1858,
Zebuda Foster; b. Dec. 12, 1822.

Samuel Whitney was born in Boston in 1819. His father died when he was but
nine years of age, in his thirty-sixth year. Samuel then went to live with his father's
brother, Richard in Winchendon, Mass. After living two years with his uncle he
went to live with Benjamin B. Morse with whom he learned the tanner's trade. At
the age of 25 he paid a visit to his mother, and while there was taken ill with typhoid
fever from which he linally recovered after a long illness. Afterward he took a

7945.
7946.

ii.

7947.

111.

7948.

iv.

7949.

V.

612 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

stock of gloves and mittens and went to see his cousin John, a few miles from Can-
ton, O., where he was taken down with inflammation of the bowels, after which for
more than three months he could not step over a log six inches high without lifting
the limb with the hand. Then he went to Surry, N. H., and engaged in the tanning
and trimming business, and married Mary Jane Carpenter of Surry. After she died
he removed to Fitzwilliam, N. H., where he married Zebuda Foster, in 1868. He
had two sons by the first wife; res. Surry, N. H. and Fitzwilliam, N. H.

Charles Edward, b. Apr. 29, 1860; m. Jennie Bliss.

Geo. Henry, b. May 30, 1862; m. Lizzie Brown.

Laura Frances, b. Aug. 17, 1860; d. May 7, 1870.

Mary Jane, b. Sept. 6, 1863; res. F.

John Manning, b. Mar. 22, 1866; res. F.

4837. George Henry Whitney (John, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. in Cambridge Aug. 26, 1822; m. Apr. 13, 1862, Priscilla Gallup, b. June
21, 1831; d. June 8, 1877. Res. So. Sudbury, Mass.

7960. i. George Henry, b. Sept. 6, 1854; res. Cal.

7961. ii. Isabelle, b. June 21, 1856; res. Ithaca, N. Y.

7962. iii. Priscilla Alden, b. Feb. 16, 1861; m. Apr. 7, 1885, John O.

Nicolson, U. S. N.; res. Washington, D. C.

7953. iv. Edward Gallup, b. Aug. 25, 1858; d. Dec. 11, 1861.

7954. V. Albert Gallup, b. Dec. 26, 1861; res. Zanesville, O.

4838. John Whitney (John, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b
Boston, Oct. 16, 1807; m. there Dec. 22, 1828, Mary Baldwin Holt, b. Oct. 13, 1806; d.
July 7, 1877, in Lancaster, Mass.

He was born in Boston; educated at the public schools and at Harvard college.
He was in the wholesale grocery business until 1867. From that time until his
death he was in the employ of the old Boston & Worcester railroad as commercial
agent. He d. May 24, 1861; res. Brighton and So. Lancaster, Mass.

7955. i. Mary Baldwin, b. Nov. 14, 1833; m. in Boston June 15, 1859,

George Lee Thurston, b. Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 16, 1831; d.
Dec. 16, 1862; m. 2d. Sept. 12, 1870, Henry Stedman Nourse, edu-
cator and civil engineer; b. Lancaster, Mass., Apr. 9, 1831;
graduate Harvard college, 1853; A. M.; professor of ancient
languages at Phillips Exeter academy; adjutant 66th Illinois
infantry, 1862; captain, 1863; asst. commissary of musters 17th
Army Corps, 1864-66; engineer of construction and superintend-
ent Pennsylvania Steel Works, 1867 to 1874; member house of
representatives, Mass., 1883; senate, 1885-86; member American
Antiquarian society and Massachusetts Historical society. Mili-
tary Historical society. Loyal Legion, etc., etc.; author of " Early
Records of Lancaster," " Military Annals of Lancaster," "The
Story of the 55th Illinois Volunteer Infantry," "The Birth, Mar-
riage and Death Register of Lancaster," "The History of Har-
vard, Mass.," etc., etc.; member Massachusetts Free Public Li-
brary commission; a trustee of the Worcester Lunatic Hospital.
Ch.: Wm. Lee, b. Mav 3, 1860; now (1894) traveling in Europe.
Alice Clary, b. Aug. 12, 1862; d. Jan 4, 1864; Elizabeth, b. July 7,
1872; d. July 9, 1872.
7966. ii. Benjamin H., b. Nov. 13, 1843; m. Kate L. Goodman.

7957. iii. John, b. Apr. 9, 1831; d. s. p. at Vicksburg, Miss., May 16, 1891.

He served in the regular army from 1861 to 1883, and was
retired as brevet lieut.-col.

7958. iv. Susan Ruth, b. Mar. 31, 1846; d. Aug. 11, 1845.

7959. V. Edward Mellen, b. July 17, 1849; d. Aug. 13, 1849.

4845. John Francis Whitney (Silas, Silas, Daniel. Richard, Richard, Richard.
John), b. Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 27, 1819; m. Jan. 18, 1844, Julia Ann Andrews, b.
Sept. 29, 1826; d. Dec. 16, 1845; m. 2d, July 7, 1846, Maria Hook, b. Aug. 25, 1828; res.
Dorchester Al3.ss

7960. ' \. ' Julia F., b. 1848; m. W. W. Palmer; res. . Ch.: Gertie, b.

; Wm., b. .

7961. ii. John P., b. Nov. 2, 1849; m. Annie M. Williams and Mamie E.
Pomar.

7962.

iii.

7963.

iv.

7964.

V.

7966.

VI.

7966.

Vll

7967.

vii

7968.

ix.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 51.j

JosiAH O., b. July 10, 1853; d. May 31, 1878.
Silas G., b. Mar. 26, 1855; m.; has four ch.
Alice G., b. July 3, 1857; m. John W. Mance.
Everett C, b. July 4, 1859; m., and is s. p.
Theo H., b. Feb. 17, 1861; m., and has three ch.
Geo. a., b. Dec. 15, 1868; d. Apr. 11, 1888.
Helen Maria, b. ; d. .

4846. Ephraim A. Whitney (Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Boston, 1816; m. in Boston, Johanna A. Hook, b. 1826; d. 1864; res. Boston
and Stoughton, Mass.

7969. 1. William H., b. Mar. 11, 1846; m. Clara E. Snowdell.

7970. ii. Ophelia V., b. 1850; m. William I. Hatch; res. Lyndon, Mass.

4847. Charles Whitney (Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Boston, Sept. 15, 1805; m. at Concord, N. H., June 6, 1826, Lydia AI.-Ennery;
b. Concord, Feb. 24, 1808; d. Dec. 12, 1884.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Whitney, of the Highlands, reached the fifty-eighth anni-
versary of their marriage, Friday, June 6, 1884. Mr. Whitney started from Charles-
town, Mass., June 5, 1826, at sunrise, and arrived at Chichester, N. H., at sundown, in
a chaise, a distance of about seventy miles. The following morning he was united
in marriage to Lydia Maria Emery, having seen her but twice, their courtship being
done mostly by proxy. And that they have lived together so long and happily proves
that long courtships are not always necessary. Mr. Charles Whitney, a gentleman
highly esteemed by all who knew him, died on Sunday, at his home on Melrose
street, aged 79 years. It was only 16 days after the death of his wife, with whom he
had been wedded nearly 59 years. It seemed a beautiful mercy of the Almighty that
death should not long divide them, and, although their departure is sorrowful to the
mourners bereft, yet they were sheaves fully ripe, and God has garnered them.
^Melrose Jour7ial.'\ He d. Dec. 27, 18S4; res. Boston, Mass.

7971. i. Louisa M., b. Sept. 16, 1827; m. Benjamin F. Peakes; res. 8 Cod-

man Park, Roxburv, Mass.

7972. ii. Augusta G., b. Aug. 20, 1829; m. Weissbuga. She d. Apr.

22, 1860.

7973. iii. Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 5, 1831; m. Edgar B. Fox. She d. Apr. 23,

1874, in Berlin, Wis. Ch.: Edgar Augustus, b. June 7, 1852; m.
Bertha Sweet; res. Berlin, Wis.; Harold Sumner, b. June 16,
1856; m. Addie Easton; res. Berlin; George Julian, b. May 4,
1858; m. Emma Seelye; res. Berlin; Fannie Louise, b. Feb. 14,
1864; m. Frank C. Roberts; res. Braintree, Mass.; Annie Alice
Lydia, b. Sept. 7, 1868; m. A. Adelbert Doty; Edgar Bernard,
Jr., b. Dec. 9, 1872; res. Berlin.

7974. iv. Fannie E., b. May 14, 1837; m. Henry G. Washburn; res. 8 Cod-

man Park.

7975. v. Helen S., b. July 18, 1849; res. 8^ Beethoven St., Roxbury.

7976. vi. Charles J., b. May 15, 1843; m. Mary E. Dunbar, and Helen E.

Fuller.

7977. vii. Helen S., b. Apr. 2, 1834; d. 1843.

7978. viii. Charles J , b. Jan. 15, 1839; d. Feb., 1839.

7979. ix. Charles J., b. Jan. 11, 1840; d. 1842.

4850. Silas Gore Whitney (Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1800; m. Sarah S. . Silas Gore was the Vene-
zuelan consul at Boston for several years; also vice-consul at Puerto Cabelo,
Venezuela, S. A. He d. July, 1854; res. Boston, Mass.

Henry, b. .

Sarah V., b.

7980.

7981.

ii.

7982.

iii

7983.

iv

Mary, b. ; m.John Q. A. Williams.

Joseph A. P., b. ; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.

4854. Daniel Ward Whitney (Emory, Jacob, Richard, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Watertown, Mass., Nov, 18, 1820; m. at Annin, Pa., Feb. 23, 1852,
Sarah Ann Manning, b. Mar. 20, 1818; d. Feb. 17, 1853; m. 2d, July 2, 1854, Mrs, Mary
Ann (Henry) Ball, b. Feb. 4, 1834; d. May 16, 1866.

He was born in Watertown, Mass., and went to Le Roy, N. Y., in the year 1835,

514 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

When of age he learned the trade of carriage painting and worked at it until 1844;
then went to Pennsylvania and bought a place at Newell Creek, but sold that a few
years later; then bought the place he now lives on at Turtle Point, then a wilderness.
He is a man of very strict habits; never drank a glass of liquor in his life. He
never enjoyed very good health. At present (1893) he is helpless, he has had
three paralytic shocks; also asthma and spasmodic bronchitis. He d. Oct. 11, 1894;.
res. Turtle Point, Pa.

7984. ii. William Locke, b. May 1, 1855; m. Frances Maria Wing.

7985. iii. Angeline Melvina. b. Sept. 13, 1861; res. Turtle Point.
79-6. i. Eloit Manning, b. Feb. 3, 1853; d. Feb. 3, 1853.

4858. Reuben Fairbanks Whitney (Elias, Jacob, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, Richard, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., Feb. 3, 1823; m. at Gilsum, N. H., Nov. 10,
1845, Jane L. Tubbs, b. Mar. 13, 1825. He d. Jan. 28, 1864; res. Upton, Mass., Stod-
dard and Marlow, N. H.

7987. i. Christopher F., b. July 7, 1856; m. Nellie L. Todd.

7988. ii. Ellen Maria, b. May 11, 1847; m. at Keene, N. H., Nov. 20, 1867,

Benjamin W. Eames, shoe cutter by trade; res. 15 Tirrell St.,
Worcester, Mass. He was b. Nov. 18, 18^8. Ch.: Nellie M., b.
■ - Sept. 7, 1871 ; d. Jan. 1, 1877; Gertrude L., b. Dec. 19, 1872; Flor-
ence A., b. Feb. 10, 1874.

7989. iii. Josephine Arabella, b. Mar. 9, 1849; d. Sept. 28, 1849.

7990. iv. Geo. Clement, b. Aug. 12, 1850; m. Ada Maria Wheeler.

7991. V. Anna Jane, b. Dec. 9, 1852; m. Elwin J. Marsh; res. Keene, N. H.

7992. vi. Mary Frances, b. Aug. 6, 1854; m. Geo. W. Fisher; res. 147 School

St., Keene, N. H.

7993. vii. Milton Henry, b. Nov. 30, 1857; d. Aug. 1, 1859.

7994. viii. Edward Arthur, b. Marlow, N. H.Aug. 31, 1860; m. Nov. 23, 1881,.

Georganna Nichols, b. Nov. 17, 1858, s. p.; res. So. Attleboro,.
Mass. He is the proprietor of the Sunny Point greenhouses and
is an extensive dealer in cut flowers.

4868. Levi Whitney (Levi, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard,.
John), b. Harvard, Mass., Apr. 25, 1818; m. Susan .

His will is dated Mar. 6, 1852, and was probated at Worcester, Mar. 1, 1853. His
wife Susan was executrix and his only sister Drusilla was the wife of Edward Brig-
ham, of Northboro. He d. Feb. 28, 1853, s. p.; res. Harvard, Mass.

4874. James Lawton Whitney (Richard, James, Richard, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass., Feb. 2, 1817; m. at H., Mar. 27, 1867, Ann Doherty.

He was born in Harvard, where he always resided, an extensive farmer and
highly respected citizen. From 1851 — 53 he was a member of the board of selectmen.
He d. Aug. 29, 1882; res. Harvard, Mass.

7995. i. Sarah A., b. Nov. 10, 1864.

7996. ii. Elizabeth Mary, b. Nov. 7, 1865.

7997. iii. Susan L., b. May 23, 1867; d. Oct. 11, 1867.

7998. iv. Abby Turner, b. Nov. 30, 1868.

4877. Gen. James Scolly Whitney (Stephen,Josiah,Josiah, Richard, Richard,.
Richard, John), b. So. Deerfield, Mass., May 19, 1811; m. Somers, Conn., Nov. 23, 1836,
Laurinda Collins, b. July 6, 1810.

Gen. James S. Whitney. [A paper read by S. O. Lamb, Esq., at the annual
meeting of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, at Deerfield, Mass., Feb. 24,
1891.] James S. Whitney was for many years one of the most active, enterprising,,
energetic and successful business men.andoneof the most prominent, influential and
highly respected citizens of Franklin county. He was also called from time to time
to high positions in his party, and in the state and national governments, which widely
extended knowledge or his name and reputation through his own state and the country.
It is therefore eminently proper that there should be some memorial of him in the
proceedings of this association in which he ever felt a warm interest, and of which he
was a life member. James S. Whitney was born in that part of Deerfield then called
"Bloody Brook," now South Deerfield, May 19, 1811. He was son of Stephen Whit-
ney, Esq., formerly of Nelson, N. H., a prominent merchant at Bloody Brook. Gen.
Whitney's mother, Mary Burgess, was a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Burgess. An
elder sister of Mrs. Whitney married Mr. Mitchell Dawes, of Cummington, and was-

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the mother of Hon. Henry L. Dawes. The early education of James S.Whitney was
such as he was able to obtain at home from the teaching of his parents. At an
early age he entered the store of his father, in the capacity of a clerk, and by his
industrious habits, his strict attention to his duties and his ready tact in dealing
with customers, soon established a good business character. In 1832, when at the
age of twenty-one years, he became, by purchase from his father, the proprietor of
the business and carried on the same at South Deerfield till about the first of January,
1838, when he removed to Conway. In that period of his life, though actively em-
ployed in his private business, he took a deep interest and active part in public
affairs, and especially in the movement at that time in which his father also took an
efficient part, for the organization, or the reorganization of the militia of the state,
which, in the words of a journal of the day, "was in a deplorable condition." He
entered into this work with that zeal and energy, and with such good judgment and
success as gave him a marked prominence in military circles, and in 1836, when only
twenty-four years of age, he was honored with an election and commission as brig-
adier-general of the second brigade and fourth division of Massachusetts militia. By
that title of general thus early and honorably earned and worthily conferred, he was
known in all the following years of his life. He was an efficient and popular military
officer. One who well remembers him says: "He was a superb horseman," and
was never seen on a poor horse. One interesting incident in his military experience
is worthy of mention. He commanded the infantry escort that headed the proces-
sion at the celebration of Capt. Lothrop's battle at South Deerfield, Sept. 30, 1835,
and it is said that Hon. Edward Everett, who delivered the oration on that occasion
and was a candidate for governor, was so favorably impressed by his soldierly
deportment and the efficient performance of his duty, that soon after his inauguration
as governor and of his own motion he forwarded to Gen. Whitney a commission as
justice of the peace. The fact that the General qualified by taking and subscribing
the oath of office on the 10th day of May, 1836, tends to corroborate the statement.
Gen. Whitney removed from South Deerfield about the first of January, 1838, and
then engaged in business in Conway, in company with his brother-in-law, Mr, Anson
Shepard, under the firm name of Shepard & Whitney. They soon gained an extensive
and profitable country trade. There are those yet living who remember well that
good old-fashioned country store, and the old stove around which the gcod citizens
of Conway discussed and settled, in their own minds, the most important questions
and measures affecting the destinies of their town, state and country, and around
which, as one who well remembers it has recently said, "selectmen, assessors and
constables were made and unmade." The firm of Shepard & Whitney was in time
followed by that of Whitney & Wells, Mr. Charles Wells being the junior partner,
-and that by " Whitney, Wells & Co." The enterprising public spirit of Gen. Whit-
ney, his general intelligence, his capacity for business, and his superior tact in the
management of men and affairs soon established his position as one of the leading
business men and citizens of the town. In 1843 he was chosen town clerk, and was
kept lin that office till 1852. That was the only town office that he held, although he
was frequently chosen as agent for the town in important matters, and in all cases
he was vigilant for the interests of his constituents. Gen. Whitney represented Con-
way in the legislature of 1851, and again in 1854. The legislature of 1851 was con-
trolled by that memorable coalition of the Democratic and Free-soil parties of the
state which placed Charles Sumner in that seat in the senate of the United States
which he held until his death in 1874, and passed many important measures in the
line of reform and progress. Among those measures may be mentioned the act to
■establish a board of bajik commissioners; an act relating to joint stock companies,
known as the general corporation law, which was especially advocated by Gen. Whit-
ney; "an act to change the organization of the board of overseers of the University
at Cambridge;" an "act to provide for the better security of the ballot," known as
the " secret ballot " law of 1851, a law quite as effectual and more simple than the
present law for the same purpose; an "act to amend some of the proceedings,
practice and rules of evidence of the courts of the commonwealth;" an "act relating
to the calling a convention of delegates for the purpose of revising the constitu-
tion; " an act to exempt from levy on execution the homestead to the value of 8500,
-of a householder having a family, known as the homestead law; an act to secure to
mechanics and laborers their payment for labor by a lien on real estate, known as the
mechanics' lien law; and an act providing for the election of presidential electors by
a plurality instead of a majority vote and extending the same provision to the elec-
tion of representatives in congress, after a failure to elect on the first trial. In the
discussions concerning those measures, and in all the proceedings of the house, Gen.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 517

Whitney took an active and influential part, and displayed an acquaintance with
public affairs, an understanding and appreciation of the true principles of legislation
and government, and a readiness and power in debate that placed him among the
first in ability and influence in a body which comprised among its members dis-
tinguished men who were well known through the state and who participated
in the debates and proceedings of the house. The election of Charles Sumner to the
senate of the United States, with which the name of Gen. Whitney was at the time
so often mentioned, was an event of too much importance and interest to be passed
without special notice. Probably no election of a senator in Massachusetts was ever
attended with more intense feeling and excitement. Mr. Sumner was exceedingly
popular with the Free-soil party, and in the arrangements of the coalition it was
understood that he was to be elected United States senator for the term which began on
the 4th of March, 1851. The Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, who was eminently worthy
of the confidence and support of his party was the Whig candidate. The election of
senator was then made by the concurrent vote of the two branches of legislature,.
without vote in joint convention. In the senate the coalition had the majority and
Mr. Sumner was elected on the first ballot. In the house the contest was protracted
and attended with much excitement. Several Democrats refused to vote for Mr.
Sumner; Gen. Whitney was one of them. He was a Democrat of the Jackson school
and ever had the courage to stand by his principles. He was no friend of the sys-
tem of American slavery, but he was an earnest supporter of the constitution of the
United States, and regarded the agitation of the slavery question in congress as
detrimental to the peace and interests of the country. He regarded Mr. Sumner as
an anti-slavery agitator and cast his vote for a Democrat, in some twenty or more
ballotings. In the meantime efforts were made to convince him that he was mistaken
in his views of Mr. Sumner's character and purposes. Mr. Sumner and Gen. Whitney^
apparently by accident, met in the state library for the purpose of an interview, and
without any express promise or pledge Mr. Sumner assured Gen. Whitney in substance
that he was not disposed to act the part of an agitator in the senate. The result of the
interview was reasonably satisfactory to Gen. Whitney, but knowing that the Dem-
ocrats of Conway were generally opposed to the election of Mr. Sumner, and had
approved his own course thus far, he decided to refer the matter to them for advice.
He accordingly came to Conway; a meeting of the Democrats was called, at which he
stated fully and candidly the situation in the house. After a free conference, the
voice of the meeting was that he should vote for Mr. Sumner. With this expression
of the sentiments of his constituents, he returned to Boston. The 26th ballot was
taken by the secret ballot system, the ballot of each member being put into an envel-
ope, the envelopes being uniform in size and appearance, which was then sealed and
deposited. The result was, whole number of ballots, 384; necessary for a choice, 193,.
Charles Sumner had 193, and was formally declared duly elected. It was said that
he was elected by the vote of Gen. Whitney. In due time he took his seat in the
senate, and an examination of the records will show that for some time his course
was in perfect accordance with the assurance given to Gen. Whitney. In May, 1851,
Gen. Whitney was appointed sheriff of Franklin county. He held the office about
two years, and it is no disparagement of the other able and popular gentlemen, who
have so well served the county in that position, to say that the duties of the office were
never discharged by any one in a more courteous, dignified, efficient and acceptable
manner. In 1853 the town of Conway honored itself and Gen. Whitney by electing him
as a delegate to the convention of delegates of the people for the purpose of revising
the constitution of the commonwealth. Examination of the published proceedings of
the convention shows that Gen. W' hitney took and maintained a conspicuous and hon-
orable position as one of its most able, industrious, practical and useful members.
In 1854, Gen. Whitney was interested and efficient in procuring the charter, and in
the organization of the Conway bank, in which he was a director while he remained
in Conway. In the same year he took an active part in procuring the charter and in
the organization of the Conway Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of which he was
one of the corporators and the first president. He also procured the passage of the
act providing for the combination of stock and mutual departments, and, subse-
quently, for the passage of an act authorizing the separation of the two departments,
and the removal of the business of the stock department to Boston, He identified
himself with all the public affairs of the town, and was ever prompt to aid with word and
mfluence, with heart and hand, every enterprise that tended to promote the prosper-
ity and best interests of Conway. But while Gen. Whitney was thus devoting his
time and abilities to the management of his extensive private business and the affairs
of his immediate vicinity, events were, without thought on his part, preparing for him

518 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

a different, and in some respects more public field of labor. By an act of congress
early in 1854, the president of the United States was required to appoint a civilian
as superintendent of the national armory at Springfield, Mass. The situation was
peculiar, and a source of anxiety to President Pierce, who found it difficult to
make an entirely satisfactory selection from the several candidates. Gen. Caleb
Gushing was then a member of the cabinet as attorney-general of the United States.
He was well acquainted with Gen. Whitney, with whom he served in the legislature
of 1851; Gen. Whitney, whose name bad not been mentioned in connection with the
superintendency of the armory, was one day surprised by a letter from Gen. Gushing,
stating that the president wished to see him in Washington at an early day, in regard
to a matter of business, the nature of which was not suggested. Gen. Whitney, of
course, went to W^ashington and was agam surprised when the president, after some
conversation relative to the state affairs at the armory, tendered to him the position
of superintendent. In response to the offer and request of the president, Gen. Whit-
ney said he would consider the matter and give an early answer, and after delibera-
tion and consultation with friends, he decided to accept the appointment. He was
appointed on the 13th and took charge of the armory on Oct. 19, 1854. The first
public mention of his name in connection with the appointment was, so far as I am
aware, in the Springfield Rcpiib lie an of Oct. 16, which said: "We have informa-
tion to the effect that Gen. James S. W^hitney, of Conway, is to receive the appoint-
ment of superintendent of the United States armory here. He has been in Washington,
made application (this was a mistake; he made no application), and been successful.
* *Gen. Whitney is a politician of considerable ability and a gentleman of popular
manners. He is probably indebted to Caleb Cushing's influence united to his own early
advocacy and defense of the repeal of the Missouri compromise for his service in this
matter." The manner in which the appointment was received in Springfield is shown
by the announcement in the Republican of Oct. 18, that, "A salute is to be fired to-day
in rejoicing over the selection of Gen. Whitney as superintendent of the armory. The
expectants of the fat places are expected to pay for the powder. It must be quite
gratifying to the general to know how popular his appointment is. Though not
ten persons in the city probably had dreamed of him in connection with the
place until his selection was announced in the Republican of Monday, we believe it
is now conceded to be just the appointment that all the dissatisfied wanted." Gen.
Whitney continued in charge of the armory till Mar. 1, 1860, when he resigned the
superintendency, having been called to a higher position. To say that his adminis-
tration of the affairs of the armory was successful, in the broadest and best sense of
the term, is no more than just praise. It was eminently successful. Upon this point
the public expressions, made at the time, of those whose acquaintance and knowledge
well qualified them to judge, are both conclusive and interesting. On Mar. 3, 1860,
in pursuance of previous arrangements, the officers and armorers of the armory met
Gen. Whitney, to present to him a testimonial of their respect and esteem. There
was a full meeting. The testimonial was a very elegant set of silver ware, described
as follows: A pitcher and fine goblet, all lined with gold, of original and unique pat-
tern, elaborately ornamented, and altogether the most superb set of the kind ever
seen in Springfield. Upon the pitcher was this inscription: "Presented to Gen.
James S.Whitney by the officers and armorers of the United States armory, Springfield,
Mass., on his retirement from the superintendency, Feb. 22, 1860." Each goblet bore
the following: "Gen. James S. Whitney, from the officers and armorers, Feb. 22, 1860."
The Springfield Republican of Mar. 5 gave a full report of the proceedings on this
occasion. It said that " they were creditable to all parties," and that, " Few testimo-
nials of esteem, few exchanges of compliments between parties having such relations
to each other, have the heart in them that these contained. It was easy for the
spectator to see and feel that on both sides it was no hollow farce, but that each
meant all they said. Gen. Whitney's course as superintendent was singularly suc-
cessful, both outwardly and inwardly. It has introduced great improvements in the
buildings and the grounds, in the machinery and in the guns, and it has brought
peace, order, harmony, and universal good feeling to the armory and the community,
where before for years, had raged bitter controversies full of all manner of personal
collisions and unkindness. It is enough, however, to say of his administration that
though he was the first representative of the restored civil system, after a long and
hard contest with the military government, the friends and representatives of the
latter joined as warmly in his praise as anybody; and although he was the political
appointment of a Democratic administration and has ever kept his political armor
buckled on and bright, no political distinctions have been made in the employment
of workmen, and Republicans are as ready to do him honor as the Democrats."

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 519

The Republican on the 9th of February, 1860, announced the appointment of Gen.
Whitney as collector of the port of Boston, and said: "Though not seeking the office,
we presume he will accept it, as both in political honors and personal protit it is a
much higher and more desirable position than he has at the armory. The appoint-
ment is but a just recognition of Gen. Whitney's leadership in the party, and places
him substantially at the head of the Democratic organization in New England, and
his sagacity and influence will undoubtedly enable him to retain it not only through
the remainder of Mr. Buchanan's administration, but a further and full term if the
Democratic party again succeed in maintaining its supremacy in the government.
The armory and our citizens generally will regret to lose Gen. Whitney from his
present position. He has been popular and efficient in his superintendence of that
establishment, and the announcement of his successor will be awaited with intense
anxiety, lest the perils of political appointments shall be illustrated in his career, as
they have not been in that of Gen. Whitney's." The following from the New York
Journal of Cojnmerce, not a partisan paper, shows how it was regarded in commer-
cial circles: "It is eminently fit that we should give the president due praise for the
selection of a new incumbent, so popular, so correct in his business habits, and so
sound on the national questions of the day as the gentleman who has been nominated
for the collectorship. There can be no doubt, we presume, of his confirmation."
Gen. Whitney's administration of the business affairs of the Boston Custom House
was efficient and satisfactory to the government, as well as to all who had direct
dealings with the collector or his subordinates, but it was cut short by the success of
the Republican party in the election of 1860. He entered upon the duties of the
office about the first of March, 1860, and was removed very soon, I think within 30
-days after the inauguration of President Lincoln, on the 4th of March, 1861. After
his removal from the collectorship, Gen. Whitney engaged in business in Boston,
and soon became identified with enterprises of large extent and importance. He
was for some years, and at the time of his death, president of the Boston Water
Power Company and of the Metropolitan Steamship Company, whose steamers
formed the "outside line" from Boston to New York, By his sagacity, energy and
sound judgment, he soon gained, and maintained a high reputation as a business
man among business men of the highest character. The facts that Gen. Whitney
represented Conway in the legislature of 18-51 and 18.54 and that he was a delegate in
the constitutional convention in 1853, have been mentioned. It is to be said further
that in 1849 he was a Democratic candidate in Franklin county for state senator; that
in 1852 he was one of the Democratic candidates for presidential electors at large.
Col. Charles G. Greene, for many years the well-known editor of the Boston Post,
being the other; that in 1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic national conven-
tion that nominated James Buchanan for president; that in 1860 he was a delegate
at large to the Democratic national convention which met at Charlestown, adjourned
to Baltimore and divided on candidates; that in that year he acted with those
Democrats who supported John C. Breckinridge for president; that in 1872 he repre-
sented the first Norfolk district in the state senate; that in 1876 he was president of
the Democratic state convention that nominated Hon. Charles Francis Adams for
governor of Massachussetts; and that in 1878 he presided over the Democratic
state convention in Faneuil Hall, Boston, which nominated Hon. Josiah G. Abbott
for governor, in opposition to Hon. B. F. Butler, who had received a nomination
from Democrats at Worcester. On the last named occasion he made an able and
powerful speech which attracted much attention. That was the last public effort of
his life, but there was nothing in it nor in his personal appearance — hearty and vig-
orous— that indicated that he was very near the end of his earthly career. He was
active in his attention to his extensive business interests in Boston till and on the
24th day of October, 1878. On that, day he had, in the forenoon, been in consulta-
tion with other gentlemen concerning the affairs of the Boston Water Power Com-
pany, to which labor he applied himself very closely. He was in his customary
health at noon, made a call at the headquarters of the Democratic State com-
mittee and manifested his usual interest in the progress of the pending political
campaign. Later in the afternoon he heard of the sudden death of Mr. James L.
Thorndyke, a friend and business associate. Still later, he met a friend on the
street, to whom he said that he had intended to go to the Democratic meeting in
Fanueil Hall that evening, but had just heard of the death of Mr. Thorndyke and
■concluded to go home and keep quiet, instead of subjecting himself to the excite-
ment of a political assemblage. He said, "I am getting to be an old man and per-
haps better take care of myself." The two separated shortly before 6 o'clock.
Gen. Whitney took a car on his way to his home in Brookline, where he had resided

520 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

since his removal from Springfield in 1860. When near the end of the car route he
became faint and was assisted from the car to a store near at hand. While cross-
ing the street he asked that aid be sent for. Doctors were at once called, but before
they arrived life was extinct. Heart disease was the cause of his death. On Mon-
day, Oct. 28, private funeral services were held at his house, followed by public serv-
ices in the Harvard church, every seat in which was occupied by his friends and
associates, among whom were many of the most prominent business men of Boston and
Brookline. The services were conducted by Rev. Reuben Thomas, who pronounced
an impressive and appropriate eulogy. While fortunate and successful beyond most
men in his business and public life. Gen. Whitney was also eminently happy in his
family and private relation. He married early in life and "his home was a charming
and happy place for him." At his death he left a widow, two sons, and four daugh-
ters, who still survive. The sons, Hon. William C. Whitney, an eminent member of
the legal profession in New York City, and secretary of the navy during the adminis-
tration of President Cleveland, and Henry M. Whitney, Esq., of Brookline, the able
president of the West End Railway Company, are well known in all circles of busi-
ness men. In concluding this imperfect sketch of the life of Gen. Whitney, I feel
that it can be truly and should in justice, be said that in all the active and busy
walks of life, as well as in the quiet home circle his conduct was most exemplary.
No question was ever raised, no doubt was ever suggested as to his integrity and
honor in his dealings with his fellow men either in public or private capacity. He
was temperate in all his habits, and the open, avowed friend of temperance and
good order, of industry and economy and ot all the virtues that tend most to pro-
mote the prosperity and true welfare of a community. As to his worth as a neigh-
bor and friend, the general voice of those among whom he dwelt for the greater part
of his life was explicit and satisfactory. In relation to this we have the testimony
of one who was for many years his fellow townsman and associate to some extent in
business affairs, who knew him well, who himself stood high in the estimation of his
fellow citizens, and who, after a life of usefulness, has gone to his own reward. He
d. Oct. 24, 1878; res. Conway, Mass., and Brookline, Mass., cor. Beacon and Pleasant
Sts.

Mary A., b. Sept. 16, 1837; unm.; res. Brookline.
Henry Melville, b. Oct. 22, 1839; m. Margaret F. Green,
William Collins, b. July 5, 1841; m. Flora Payne.
Susan C, b. Mar. 27, 1845; m. Sept. 5, 1867, Henry Farnum
Dimock; res. 66 W. 37th St., New York Citv. He was b. Mar.
28,1842. Ch.: Susan Maria, b. Nov. 16,1869. Htnry Farnum
Dimock was born at South Coventry, Conn.; was graduated at
Yale college in the class of 1863. Studied law at the Harvard
law school and was admitted to the bar in the city of New York
in 1865. Practiced law in partnership with Wm. C. Whitney,
under the firm name of Dimock & Whitney, until 1870. At that
time he took charge of the Metropolitan Steamship Co., in the
city of New York, and has continued in the management of
that company ever since. In 1875 he was appointed a commis-
sioner of docks in that city, and held that office for more than
six years. He was appointed by Governor Tilden in 1875 a
member of a commission to devise a plan for the government
of the cities of the state of New York, and served on that com-
mission during its life. He is at the present time a director of
the Metropolitan Steamship Co., and treasurer of that company;
a director of the Boston & Maine R. R. Co.; of the Knicker-
bocker Trust Co., of the city of New York; of the Bank of North
America, of the city of New York, and of the New York Loan
and Improvement Co., and of the Dominion Coal Company,
Limited, of Boston.

8003. V. Etta P., b. Apr. 6, 1847; unm.; res. Highland and Fountain Sts.,
West Newton, Mass.

8004. vi. Twin Brother, b. Apr. 6, 1847; d. Apr. 9, 1847.

8005. vii. LauRinda C, b. July 4, 1852; m. in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 20,
1875, Charles Tracy Barney; res. 101 East 38th St., New York
City. He was b. in Cleveland, O., Jan. 27, 1851. Ch.: Ashbel
H., b. Julv 29, 1876; James Whitnev, b. May 8, 1878; Gardiner
Tracy, b. June 25, 1880; d. Jan. 24, 1887; Helen Tracy, b. Feb. 1,

7999.

8000.

ii.

8001.

ni

8002.

IV,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 521

1882; Katharine Lansing, b. Feb. 6, 1885. Mr. Barney's home
has been in New York City since he was a small boy. His sum-
mer residence is at Southampton, L. L

4S!*1. Joseph Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. iMar. 25, 1811; m. Feb. 28, 1841, Mary Abbott Newcomb, b. Jan. 27. 1820.

He was born at Nelson, N. H.; is a farmer; has been superintendent of schools,
town clerk and selectman; res. Sullivan, N. H.
8u06. i. Ransel N., b. Mar. 18, 1842.

8007. ii. Laurette A., b. Dec. 12, 1847.

8008. iii. SCOLLEY J., b. Sept. 29, 1863; d. June 1, 1856.

4882. George Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. in Nelson, N. H., Oct. 6, 1809; m. Sept. 12, 183.3, Nancy Nims, b. May 21,
1809; d. Dec. 4, 1870. He d. June 24, 1868; res. Keene, N. H.

8009. i. George Theodore, b. June 18, 1835; d. unm. Mar. 12, 1865; was

in war.

8010. ii. Sarah Abba, b. Dec. 20, 1836; res. Keene, N. H.

8011. iii. Josiah Hood, b. Aug. 27, 1838; d. Mar. 3, 1841.

8012. iv. Henry Albin, b. June 30, 1840; d. Dec. 28, 1851.

8013. V. Frances Adelaide, b. Apr. 26, 1842; m. June 22, 1871, Geo. H.

French; res. Malone, N. Y.

8014. vi. Josiah Lee, b. May 19, 1844; res. Haverhill, Mass.

8015. vii. Leonard, F., b. Nov. 21, 1848; m. Ellen T. Gaguin.

4884. Charles H. Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Nov. 18, 1819; m. Jan. 3, 1843, Lucy C. Nims, h. Feb. 5, 1.820.

Charles H. Whitney was born in Nelson, N. H., where he lived more than fifty
years, then moved to Keene, N. H., where he resided ever since. When he resided
in Nelson his main business was the manufacture of boots and shoes, together with
town and other legal business. Since he came to Keene he has been in the insurance
business and doing other writing, such as deeds, wills, etc. He was first commis-
sioned as justice of the peace for Cheshire county in 1848; afterward was made jus-
tice of the peace and quorum throughout the state, and now holds that office. In 1853
w;.s elected town clerk of Nelson, which office he held for twenty years in succession,
or until he moved to Keene. While in Nelson held various offices of trust in town
business, selectman, auditor, collector, etc., and was elected to represent the town in
general court four years, viz., 18.55-6 and in 1869-70. In 1874 he was elected countv
commissioner for Cheshire county for three years' term; was two years a member and
clerk of council city of Keene, and in 1889 was chosen delegate from \\'ard 2 in
Keene to the constitutional convention to amend the state constitution. Has been a
member of Congregational church over fifty-three years and officer therein; res.
Keene, N. H.

8016. i. Charles R., b. Nov. 9, 1846; m. Mattie A. Page and Elizabeth

L. Hanna.

8017. ii. Ellen R., b. Jan. 27, 1854; d. Mar. 5, 18.55.

4890. John Henry Whitney (Henry H., Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Nov. 21, 1838; m. Sept. 10, 1862, Jane M. Nutting; res. New
Ipswich, N. H.

8018. i. Charles G., b. Oct. 14, 1869; res. East ]a£frey, N. H.

8019. ii. Leslie H., b. Mav 20, 1877; res. Highlands, N. C.

8020. iii. Allen, b. Feb. 14, 1882; res. Highlands, N. C.

4894. George L. Whitney (Dwell, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Mar. 10, 1833; m. 1858. Caroline E. Willard, b. Sept. 2, 1837. He
d. and she m. 2d Geo. W. Milliken, of Charlestown, N. H. Mr. Whitney served in the
civil war in the Fourth Mass. Heavy Artillery. He d. in Winchendon, Mass.; res.
Pawtucket, R. I.

4896. Edwin Whitney (Dwell, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. June 6, 1836; m. 1860, Eliza Jane Cross, b. 1842; d. Sept. 27, 1867; m. 2d,
June 16, 1868, Elizabeth F. Wheeler; res. Ashbv, Mass.

8021. i. Fred L., b. 1862; m. 1886, Laura Curtis. She d. 1889. He res.

S. Ashburnham, Mass.
84

622 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4897. Lewis Whitney (Dwell, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,.
John), b. July 9, 1838; m. Nov. 26, 1866, Martha Jane Lawrence, b. Mar. 19, 1844; res.
res. Ashburnham, Mass.

8022. i. Frank M., b. Oct. 26, 1866; m. Jan. 1, 1890; res. 214 West St.,

Worcester, Mass.

8023. ii. Charles L., b. Nov. 24, 1868; res. Worcester.

4898. Lemuel Whitney (Dwell, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Oct. 30, 1840; m. Mar. 19, 1868, Sarah Isabel Ward, b. May 16, 1847.
He res. in Ashby, Mass., for several years, but finally moved to Providence, R. L
Durinsj the war he served two years in the 21st Mass. Regt.; res. Pawtucket, R. L,
28 Cherry St.

8024. i. Arthur Edwin, b. June 11, 1881.

4900. Augustus G.Whitney (Dwell, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Sept. 26. 1846; m. May, 12, 1869. Martha S. Robbins, Sept. 14, 1840.
He is proprietor of the Ashburnham and Fitchburg stage line; res. Ashburnham,
Mass., s. p.

4902. Newton O. Whitney (Otis, Lenmel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. June 8, 1844; m , 1869, Jennie A. Henshaw; res. New Ipswich, N. H.
8026. i. Cora A., b. 1870; m. 1888, Petts; res. N. I.

8026. ii. Waldo D., b. 1873.

8027. iii. Myron O., b. 1876.

4904. Charles P. Whitney, (Otis Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Dec. 8, 1848, in Ashburnham; m. Oct., 1871, Mary O. Thomas; res. 22 Snow
St., Fitchburg, Mass.

8028. i. Lottie G., b. Feb., 1872.

4905. Herbert W. Whitney (Otis, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Sept. 6, 1846; m. June, 1869, Emma Marble; d. Nov. 1876; res. New Ips-
wich, N. H.

8029. i. Melvin B., b. Mar., 1871.

4910. Albert L. Whitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Jan. 22, 1861; m. Dec. 9, 1876, Lucy M. Wyatt; res. Riverside, Cal.

8030. i. Leslie Albert.

8031. ii. Mabel Almina.
80.32. iii. Alice .\rvilla.

8033. iv. Frank Clinton, b. Mar., 1886; d. Mar., 1892.

8034. v. Elsie Frances, b. Nov. 12, 1887; d. 1888.

8035. vi. Henry Hudson, b. 1889; d. 1889.

4911. Frank William Whitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Rindge, N. H., Nov. 3, 1852; m. Dec. 31, 1875, Mary Emma Bass,
b. Dec. 6, 1858; res. Warwick, Mass.

Charles Frank, b. Apr. 17, 1877.

Earnest Eliot, b. Nov. 23, 1882; d. May 8, 1884.

Nellie May, b. Feb. 12, 1889.

Eddie, b. Apr. 7, 1890.

Laura, b. Feb. 22, 1893.

4916. IvERS E. Whitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Jan. 16, 1863; m. Nov. 24, 1884, Martha E. Gardner, b. Nov. 24, 1866; res.
Athol, Mass.

8041. i. Charles Ervin, b, Nov. 10, 1885.

4918. Edward Marshall Whitney (Josiah ^L, Daniel, Josiah, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Sept. 3, 1846; m. June 29, 1875, Florence C. Long.

Edward M. Whitney for five years past has been in the undertaking business.
For the years 1887, 1888 and 1889 he held the office of president of Board of Civil
Service Commissioners for Long Island City, and for years 1890, 1891, to June 15,
1892, the office of registrar of vital statistics of Long Island City under P. J. Gleason;
res. Astoria, N. Y.

8U42. i. Marshall L., b. Aug. 5, 1876. ~

8043. ii. Martha L., b. Jan. 24, 1878.

8036.

] ,

8037.

11.

8038.

iii.

8039.

iv.

8040.

V.

8044.

111.

8046.

IV.

8046.

V.

8047.

VI.

8048.

VII.

8049.

VUl

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 523

John Edward, b. Sept. 17, 1879.

Floren-ce Louise, b. Jan. 20, 1882; d. Feb. 15, 1883.

Mildred, b. Sept. 28, 1884.

Walter Ottman, b. Sept. 4, 1886.

Majorie, b. Aug. 27, 1889.

Frank Austen, b. Mar. 29, 1892.

4920. Halsev Whitney (Josiah M., Daniel, Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard,
John), b. Jan. 6, 1849; m. June 8, 1881, Anne Stoue.

Halsey Whitney was born in Astoria, N. Y. He never held any political posi-
tion. Is at the present time clerk in the wholesale book house of Appleton & Co., in
New York City; res. Astoria, N. Y.

8050. i. Geo. Stowe, b, Apr. 6, 1882.

4923. Josiah Hamilton Whitney (Josiah M., Daniel, Josiah, Richard, Rich-
ard, Richard, John), b. July 4, 1854; m. Oct. 1875, Maria Long. He d. Apr. 28, 1881;
res, Astoria, N. Y.

8051. i. Dudley Edward, b. Apr. 3, 1876.

8052. ii. Mabel, b. Dec. 1878.

8053. iii. Josiah, b. Nov. 3, 1880.

4928. William Minot Whitney (William M., Daniel, Josiah, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. New York City, Aug. 1,1861; m. June 9, 1886, Jessie
Douglass Scott; res. .\lbany, N. Y.

8054. i. Lelia Douglass, b. May 3, 1884.

8055. ii. William M., b. June 5, 1888.

8056. iii. Prudence, b. Oct. 15, 1890.

4988. Benjamin Nichols Whitney (Oliver, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Rochester, Vt., 1815; m. May 21, 1840, Lovina R. Lowell, b. Nov.
13, 1822. He has been a farmer all his life, is a good Republican, hard worker,
honest, and is respected bv everybody; res. Rochester, Vt.

8057. 1. Martin D., b. May 25, 1841 ; m. Ora A. Shultz.

8058. ii. A'arnum Bruce, b. Sept. 11,1844. He was orderly sergeant of

the First \'ermont Heavy Artillery, and promoted for bravery at
Petersburg. Was taken prisoner at Weldon Gap and died in
Florence, S. C.

8059. iii. Julius Lowell, b. Oct. 26, 1847; m. Lucy Austin.

8060. iv. Herbert, b. Nov. 6, 1850; m. Mary Traffarn.

8061. v. Alice Jane, b. June 13, 1856; m. 1878, Hiram Bliss Morgan; res.

W. Chesterfield, N. H. Ch.: Mary and Herbert, who d. in
infancy,

4940. Joshua Whitney (Oliver, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard,

John), b. in" Rochester, Yt., Feb. 25, 1813; m. Oct. 16, 1839, , b. in Clarendon,

Oct. 3, 1816. He d. Sept. 11, 1888; res. Rochester, Vt.

Erastus a., b. July 21, 1839; d. Mar. 23, 1841.

John O., b. Aug. 14, 1844; d. New Orleans, La., June 13, 1862.

Robert, b. Aug. 15, 1841; m. ; res. Forrestdale, Vt.

Sidney C, b. Mar. 9, 1849; farmer; unm.; res. R.

Ida J., b. Dec. 18, 1846; m. Nov. 24, 1864, E. A. Whitmore; d.
June 24, 1881; m. 2d, Oct. 4, 1884, Amasa Lovewell; res. Gard-
ner, Mass. Ch.: Oscar E. Whitmore, b. Aug. 24, 18(i8; Cliffe A.
Whitmore, b. Dec. 13, 1870; d. July 2, 1882; Ernest A. Lovewell,
b. April 15. 1886.
• 8067. V. Celestia Ann, b. Mar. 26, 1854; m. Dec. 25, 1878, H. W. Kins-
man; res. R.
8068. vi. Mary E., b. Aug. 22, 1857; m. Nov. 11, 1878, C. E. Jones; res. R.

4941. William P. Whitney (Oliver, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Rich-
ard, John), b. Feb. 12, 1825, at Rochester; m. Sept. 22, 1852, Roxa A. Kinsman; res.
Rochester, \'t.

. 8069. i. Hattie E., b. Nov. 30, 1853; m. Sept. 6, 1873, Charles Bowman.

8070. ii. Ernest L., b. Jan. 23, 1855; m. Ella Patrick; res. Williamsburg,
Kan.

8062.

vii.

8063.

1.

8064.

IV.

8065.

HI.

8066.

ii.

524 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8071. iii. Arthur H., b. Mar. 10, 1858; m. Mamie Ivey; address Williams-

burg, Kan.
8072a. iv. Willie B., b. Dec. 11, 1860; unm.; res. Rochester, Vt.
8073a. V. Emma Luella, b. June 4, 1866; m. Edgar Eddy; address So.

Gardner, Mass.
8074a. vi. Eula B., b. May 22, 1876; unm.; res. Rochester, Vt.

4946. Joshua Avery Whitney (Joseph, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Gardner, Feb. 28, 1814; m. in Westminster, June 29, 1841, Mehita-
ble C. Gibbs, b. Aug. 27, 1818; d. Apr. 29, 1863; m.2d, in Nashua, N. H., Sept. 9, 1863,
I\lrs. Elvira Hildreth Ross, b. Nov. 9, 1813; d. Sept. 26, 1890; res. Gardner, Mass.

8072. i. Julia Ann, b. Aug. 31, 1842; m. May 3, 1862, Henry Grimes; res;

So. Gardner, Mass.

8073. ii. Laura Jane, b. May 22, 1844; d. July 28, 1857.

8074. iii. Mary Emergene, b. Apr. 16, 1851; m. Apr. 15, 1880, Walter W.

Sanderson; res. So. Deerfield, Mass.

8075. iv. AuREN Joseph, b. Feb. 23. 1853; m. Dec. 25, 1884, Mary C. Wel-

lington; res. Franklin, N. J.

8076. V. Myra Abbie, b. Aug. 16, 1855; m. Mar. 18, 1875, Julian Hildreth.

She d. May 28, 1884.

8077. vi. Madelia Elvira, b. June 12, 1846; m. 1871, Charles L. Hayden;

res. So. Deerfield, Mass.

8078. vii. Hamlin Avery, b. Feb. 27, 1860; res. unm. Gardner.

8079. viii. Jennie M., b. Apr. 24, 1^63; d. .

4956. Frederic Parker Whitney (Joseph, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 17, 1833; m. there Nov. 23, 1858, Mary W.
Merriam, b. Mar, 2, 1839; is a chair maker by trade; res. 5 St. Charles St., Boston,
IMass

8080. i. Edson L., b. Nov. 3. 1861; m. Florence L. Carter.
805^1. ii. Harry Clifford, b. Sept. 28, 1863; d. Sept. 24, 1864.

4957. Harvey Brooks Whitney (Joseph, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Gardner, Mass., Sept. 29, 1^36; m. at Westmoreland, N. H., Aug.
1, 1860, Ellen R. Bennett, b. Jan. 18, 1836.

He was born in Gardner, Worcester Co., Mass. His father's name was
Joseph Whitney, and his mother's Nancy Sawin Whitney. He was the youngest
of twelve children of said parents, eleven of whom grew to adult age. He was edu-
cated in the common schools and academies of New England; for several years was
employed as teacher in the public schools and as mechanic in the chair shops of
Gardner. In 1867 he moved to Elwood, N. J., and taught in the public schools of
New Jersey until 1890. Having passed successfully the civil service examination he
"was appointed clerk in the Pension Bureau at Washington, D. C, in Nov., 1890,
which position he still occupies. While a resident of New Jersey he served on the
board of township committee for a time, also on the county board of chosen freehold-
ers for two vears; res. 400 Ninth St., N. E., Washington, D. C.

8082. 'i. Clarence B., June 11, 1861; m.^Eliza H. Scull.

8083. ii, Ellsworth Sherman, b. July 19, 1864; unm.; res. Winchester,

Mass.

8084. iii. Flora Goodridge, b. July 21, 1873; res. 400 9th St., N. E..

Washington, D. C. She graduated at the Salem, Mass., Normal
school in 1?<92, and is now a teacher in the public schools in
Washington, D. C.

4959. Joseph S. Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Sterling, Mass.; m. Hannah Chase; shed, in 1871 in Brooklyn,
N. Y.; res. Boston, Mass.

8085. i. Annie, b. Jan. 24, 1865; m. July 28, 1883, Herbert L.Browning;

res. E. Templeton, Mass. He was b. in 1858; is a farmer. Ch.:
Lorena May, b. 1884; Alice Emma, b. 1886.

8086. ii. Minnie A., b. Sept. 3, 1855; m. May 18, 1870, Henry Finegar; res.

164 Linden St., near Central Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. He was b.
Mar. 4, 1849; is a book-keeper. Ch.: Joseph Henrv, b. June 2,
1872;d. June 2, 1872; Emma Francis, b. Apr. 25, 1873; Harry,
b. Dec. 23, 1878; d. Aug. 22, 1879.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 525

8087. iii. Emma E., b. ; m. Mason; res. E. Templeton, Mass.

8088. iv. Willie Francis, b. ; is a member of the Third Artillery

at San Antonio, Tex.

4960. Eleazer Spalding Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan
Richard, Richard, John), b. Gardner, Mass., Apr. 8, 1825; m. in Dana, Lucy Peck-
■ ham, b. June 19, 1827; res. E. Templeton, Mass.

8089. i. Elmer Eleazer, b. Mar. 19, 1849; m. Mav 30, 1871, Louisa A.

Day, b. May 5. 1852. He d. at E. T. June'5. 1885, s. p.

8090. ii. Alfred jENKS.b. July 9, 1851; d. Sept. 10, 1853.

8091. iii. Charles Alfred, b. Sept. 10, 1853; m. Rebecca B. Hinckley.

8092. iv. Walter Mason, b. Feb. 8, 1856; d. Julv 31, 1868.

8093. V. Herbert Jonathan, b. July 20, 1859; d. Oct. 28. 1861.

8094. vi. Florence Amy, b. July 23, 1863; m. in Palmer, Mass., Sept. 23,

1882, Daniel S. Merrill; d. May 4, 1883.

4962. Hezekiah Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb, Jonathan, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Templeton, Mass., Sept. 16, 1832; m. at Rockton, 111., Caroline
Spurling; b.. May 3, 1833; res. Freeport and Chicago, 111.

8095. i. Carrie A., b. 1861.

8096. ii. Charles M., b. Jan. 20, 1863; m. Elizabeth McCall.

8097. iii. Mary Elinor, b. 1868.

8098. IV. Wm. J., b. 1877.

4982. William Montague Whitney (Isaac, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard. John), b. Aug. 28, 1818, in Harperstield, N. Y.; m. in Lafayette,
Wis., May 6, 1846, Augusta Hawley Marsh; b. Apr. 21, 1826; res. Fairfax, la.

8099. i. Harriett Lovie, b. Feb. 18, 1847: m. Mar. 9, ls65, Andrew-

Jackson Waters; d. Oct. 16, I860; m. 2nd, June 26, 1872, Wilfred
Henry De Berard; res. Fairfax, la. Nellie Lovie Waters, b.
Dec. 2, 1865; Wilfred Willis, b. Oct. 31, 1874; Harry Isaac,
b. Nov. 7, 1876; Arthur Merle, b. Dec. 25, 188U; Walter
Montague, b. Oct. 10, 1882; Nellie Lovie Waters m. Apr. 24,
1886, Otis Harrison Mayhew.

8100. ii. Frank W.m., b. Apr. 17, 1855; m. Florence L. Cleveland.

8101. iii. Isaac Eugene, b. May 25, 1858; d. Feb. 9, 1876.

8102. iv. Laura Augusta, b. Dec. 16, 1849; d. Mar. 10, 1850.

4984. Russell Rawson Whitney (Isaac, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Delhi, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1823; m. Sept. 23, 1849. at Brad-
ford, Wis., Emily Steele, b. Aug. 20, 1830; d. Oct. 17, 1881. He was at one time en-
gaged in the provision business in Moingona, la., and later at Sioux City. He d.
Apr. 26, 1890; res. Sioux City, la.

8103. i. Helen L., b. Sept. 6, 1850; d, Oct. 5, 1854.

8104. ii. Laura E., b. Apr. 30, 1854; m. June 20, 1873, F. F. Fletcher, and

d. Nov. 1, 1881, in Sioux City, la.

8105. iii. Ella L., b. June 19, 1855; m. July 25, 1872, Hugh Kountz, and d.

Feb. 25, 1882; res. Sioux City, la., one child, \'ick Bernard.

8106. iv. Harriett Steele, b. Oct. 17, 1871; m. Aug. 14, 1890, James L.

Gibbons; res. 411 Cook St., Sioux Citv, la. He was b. Sept. 9,
1863. Ch.: Leah Emily, b. Aug. 30, 1894.

4985. Henry Milton Whitney (Isaac, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Eben-
ezer, Richard, John), b. Vernon, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1825; m. East Troy, Wis., Sept. 9,
1856, Louisa Mason, b. Aug. 9, 1830.

He was born in Vernon, N. Y., where he resided for some time, finally coming
•west. For five years he resided in Chicago, later locating in Kilbourn City,
W^is., in Nov., 1854, where he has since resided. He is a carpenter and contractor
bv occupation; res. Kilbourn Citv, Wis.

8107. i. Labelle, b. Oct. 2-5, 1858; m. Mar. 8, 1884, Charles Wallace: res.

s. p., Shelton, Neb.

8108. ii. Edith, b. Apr. 24, 1^61; unm.; res. at home.

8109. iii. Maude, b. July 9, 1868; m. Sept. 1, 1888, Wm. Boardman Shute;

res s. p., 612 Hawthorne Ave., Chicago, 111.

526

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

4990. Hiram Whitney (Emory, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Ebenezer,
Richard, John), b. Johnstown, Ont., 'Mav 21, 1826; m. at Watertown, N. Y., Sept.
25,1857, Ah-nira Bixby, b. Isle of Mott.'Lake Champlain, Vt., Feb. 3, 1829. While
living with an uncle at Smith's Falls, Can., he learned the
trade of pattern maker. Later he resided in Ottawa, Can.,
Watertown and Edwards, N. Y., and in 1861 moved to Chi-
cago, 111., where he now resides at 29 North Irving place;
res. Chicago, 111.

8110. i. Florence May, b. Feb. 8, 1859; d. Dec.

28, 1865.

8111. ii. Franklin, b. Aug. 17, 1863; d. Jan. 20,

1864.

8112. iii. Abraham Lincoln, b. May 6, 1865; d.

Jan. 7, 1889.

8113. iv. Hiram B., b. Sept. 29, 1867; res. at home

unm.

4992. John Whitney (Emory, Ebenezer, Zachariah,
Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Johnstown, Can.,
Aug., 1834; m. Sept. 22, 1856, Mary McMillen, b. Mar. 9,
1834. He IS a farmer; res. San Jose, Cal.

HIRAM WHITNEY.

8115.

ii.

8116.

iii.

8117.

IV.

8118.

v.

8119.

vi.

8114. i. Carrie, b. Aug. 4, 1857; res. unm., 29 N.

Irving Place, Chicago, 111.
George, b. Apr. 4. 1859; res. San Jose, Cal.
Jane, b. Oct. 15, 1861; res. Kemptville, Ont.
Annie Laura, b. Oct. 8, 1863; res. Kemptville, Ont.
John, b. Dec. 5, 1865; res. San Jose.. Cal.
Robert Emery, b. Aug. 20, 1868; res. Kemptville, Ont.

5002. AppoLLr.s H. Whitney, (Appollus, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard, John) b. Leverett, ]NIass., Oct. 22, 1824; m. 1857, Julia Elvira
Smith, b. Jan. 25, 1833; d. Dec. 23, 1875. He was a farmer. He d. Sept. 3, 1884; res.
Sunderland, Mass.

8120. 1. Frank Hamilton, b. Jan. 3, 1862; m. Nov. 29, 1888, in Florence,

Mass., Eva R. Mack, of Windsor, Conn.; res. W., s. p.

8121. ii. Elvira Louise, b. Mar. 28, 1858; m. Nov. 29, 1888, at Florence,

Albert Weston Huxlev, b. Julv 17, 1865. He is station agent for
the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., at West Cheshire, Conn. Ch.:
Albert Weston, b. Mar. 30, 189U; Ralph Hamilton, b. Aug. 21,
1891.

5003. Collins R. Whitney (Appollus, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Eben-
ezer, Richard, John), b. Sept. 2, 1828; m. Esther Darling; res. Bellows Falls, ^'t.

8122. i. Charles M., b. ; res. Maiden, Mass.

5006. Emery Judson Whitney (Appollus, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,

Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. July 5, 1835; m. Gilbert. He d. Sept. 14, 1891;

res. Orange, Mass.

8123. i. ViNNiE May, res. Orange, Mass.

5007. Otis Rawson Whitney (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Leverett, Mass., Sept. 26, 1839; m. at Norwich, Conn.,
Aug. 10,1861, Angeline M. Hall, b. Aug. 14, 1841; res. Montague, Mass.

8124. i. Fannie A., b. Septt 13, 1862; m. Feb. 22, 1879. Geo. W. Champion;

m. 2d, D. D. Pierce; res. s. p. Montague.

8125. ii. Edward E., b. Aug. 22, 1865; m. Clara Fairman,

5008. Ebenezer E. Whitney (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Leverett, Mass., Mar. 22. 1841; m. Feb. 8, 1866,^manda
J. Remington, He d. Sept., 1882; res. Montaeue, Mass.

8126. i. George E.,b. Dec. 12, 1868.

8127. ii. Mabel v., b. July 8, 1870;m. D. H.Burnell; res Westfield, Mass.

8128. iii. Hattie D., b. Nov. 21, 1872.

5009. Alvin E. Whitney (Joseph M , Ebenezer, Zachariah, Zachariah, Eben-
ezer, Richard, John), b. Montague, Mass., Aug. 1, 1851; m. there Nov. 27, 1872, Flora
E. Bartlett, b. Mar. 10, 1853.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 527

He was educated in the public and select schools of Montague, afterward tak-
ing a commercial course at Wilbraham academy, from which school he received his
diploma in 1869. He learned the tailor's trade of his father and followed that occu-
pation most of the time until 1875. Two years later he took a contract with the
Miller's Falls company, remaining with them until 1889, when he received an offer
to go to Boston to superintend the work of a new company just starting. Later he
was cashier and book-keeper for other companies until ^Iarch, 1894, when, with
others, he purchased the New England Mantel company, in which business he
was quite successful, and which he afterward disposed of to his associates. He
united with the Baptist church but later joined the Congregational denomination.
Fur many years he has been actively engaged in Sunday-school work, and held many
responsible positions. For the past eighteen years he has been musical director, and
given many concerts and cantatas; res. Beechmont, Revere, Mass.

8129. 1. Ernest A., b. Sept. 16, 1873; with Oliver Ditson Co., the well

known music publishers of Boston.

8130. ii. Prentice M, b. Sept. 4, 1880; d. July 17, 1881.

5013. Henry S. Whitney (William, Enoch, David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Harvard, Mass., June 1, 1808; m. at Lunenburg, Nov. 27, 1832, Susan Whit-
ney, b. Harvard, Jan. 23, l8ll. (See.)

The subject of this sketch was born in Harvard, Mass., June 1, 1808, being the
oldest son of William and Betsy (Farnsworth) Whitney. At the early age of ten
year?, having had but a limited chance for " schoolin'," he went to live with his

mother's brother, Farnsworth (first name not known), at Crown Point, N. Y.

He remained there several years, attending school, working on the uncle's farm,
or at brickmaking as he chose, and when he left there he went to follow the latter
business at Cambridge, Mass. Later he found employment in Lowell, and there he
met Susan Whitney, whom he married Nov. 27, 1832. 'They lived on a farm in Lunen-
burg, Mass., near her father's, for three years, then returned to Lowell for a brief
time, and from there they moved to Manchester, N. H., to grow up with the prospec-
tive city. Their goods were sent by canal boat, while they, with their two-year old
little girl Augusta, traveled in the stage coach. Here Henry became superintentlent
of the Land and Water Power company, and his training in the brick yards had well
prepared him for the selection of brick for the mills built, and the knowledge gained
on the farm served him in choosing suitable trees to decorate the streets of the cor-
poration property, now the city streets and parks. This position he held until July,
1852, when he engaged in the plumbing business for himself, following it ever after-
wards. In Manchester the other five children, George, Susan, William, Augustus,
and Nellie, were born, and there are buried all of the children except William and
Nellie. Politically he was a Whig, and the change of name to Republican party did
not alter his opinions. In 1842 he united with the Methodist church, and was always
a great worker in its interests while health allowed. The last two years of his life
he was much of an invalid. He died Feb. 28, 1888; res. Manchester, N. H.

Augusta M., b. Oct. 27, 1834: d. Aug. 2. 1846

Geo. H., b. Dec. 22, 1836; d. Oct. 13,^1838.

Susan M.. b. May 1, 18.39; d. Sept. 4, 1841.

W.M. H. H., b. Apr. 11, 1841; m. Alberta S. McGowan.

Augustus O., b. Apr. 26, 1848; d. Nov. 24, 1863.

Nellie M., b. Dec. 6, 1852; unm.; res. 151 Worcester St., Boston,
Mass.

5015a. Ebenezer Whitney (Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Eben-
€zer, Richard, John), b. Millbury, Mass., May 16, 1818; m. in New York City, Eliza
Ann Robinson, b. Sept. 20, 1820. Ebenezer "Whitney united with the First Congre-
gational church, New Britain, Conn., June 5, 18-53. ' Acted as chorister in our choir
for several years with good success. He also taught singing in the reform school,
Meriden, Conn., and later, in 1861, was connected with the reform school in Provi-
dence, R. 1.; res. Patchogue, L. I.

8137a. i. George Henry, b. ; d. aged 15 months.

5021. Edward C. Whitney (David, Isaac, David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. New Ipswich, N. H., Oct. 28, 1828; m. at Barnet, Vt„ Sept. 5, 1855, Mary Jane
Winn, b. Sept. 12, 1832; res. Ashbv, Mass.

8137. i. Etta Jane, b.Feb. 5, 1865; m. Sept. 8, 1886, Bugbee; res.

W. Fitchburg, Mass.

8131.

i.

8132.

11.

8133.

iii.

8134.

IV.

8135.

V.

8136.

VI.

528 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5022. Newton James Whitney (David, Isaac, David, Thomas, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. New Ipswich, N. H., Mar. 14, 1816; m. Mary C. Billings; m. 2d
Sarah DivoU; m. 3d, Feb. 1, 1855, at Hancock, N. H., Mary J. Redding, b. June 23,
1832; res. VValpole, N. H.

8188. i. Geo. N., b. Oct. 3, 1856; m. Apr. 12, 1882, Mrs. Ella Huntley; res.

Keene, N. H.
• 8139. ii. Nellie M., b. Mar. 8, 1858; m. Dec. 21, 1876, Austin T. Gay; res.

Keene, N. H. Ch.: Ernest A., b. ; res. K. She d. Apr.

' 25 1889

8140. iii. ' Charles" A., b. Dec. 24, 1860; m. Aug. 9, 1888, Etta E. Caldwell;
res. Drewsville, N. H.
' B141. iv. John A., b. Nov. 5, 1863; res. Drewsville, N. H.
. . - , 8142. V. HOBART L., b. Feb. 8, 1869; d. Mar. 16, 1885.

''5029. James Hervey Whitney (Moses, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas. Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Massachusetts, Aug. 4, 1808; m. Newark, 111., July 25, 1841, L.
Mirie Southworth, b. Camden, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1820; d. Dec. 15, 1893, at A.

He was born in Shelburne and, after the death of his father, went to live with
his uncle Jesse Smead, in Franklin Co., Mass., who married his mother's sister. He
lived there six years and then went to Oswego, Co., N. Y. In 1835 he started west,
working at his trade, that of carpenter, in Cincinnati, and also in Natchez, Miss. In
the spring of 1836 he went to Newark, 111., where he resided for 30 years, until he
moved to Adrian, Mo., in 1867; res. Adrian, Mo.

8143. i. Sanford S., b. June 10, 1844; m. Margarett Neff.

8144. ii. Franklin A., b. Apr. 21, 1846; m. Aug. 8, 1869; res. Newark, 111.

8145. iii. Lydia Cornelia, b.Dec.29,l847;m.May9,1867, Marshall Bagwill;
. r Shed. Nov., 1888. He was b. June 4, 1842; is a farmer; res.

y . , Millington, 111. Ch.: Ashley Mills, b.Mission, La Salle Co., 111.,

.•^':'' : Jan. 1, 1869; Edith, b. same as above, Dec. 3, 1871; Ernest

■■•■;■.. Cyril, b. town of Fox, Kendall Co., 111., Apr. 25, 1875; Wm.

James, b. same place as last, June, 1882; P. O. of all Millington,

' '• Kendall Co., 111.

8146. iv. Thirza Delia, b. Dec. 29, 1847; m. Nov. 8, 1866, George Neff; res.

Millington, 111. He was b. June 27, 1838; is acarpenter; res. Mill-
ington^ 111. Ch.: Nina, b. Sept. 29, 1869; m. lulv 4, 1890, —

Schults, Millington, 111.; Alice, b. Mar. 29, 1870; m. Apr. 9, 1890,

Scofield, Millington, 111.; Millie, b. Sept. 22,1873; m. Sept.

3, 1891, Aldrich, Millington, 111.; Stella, b. Julv 30, 1876,

Millington. 111.; Miles G., b. June 13, 1880, Millington', III; Guy
W., b. Apr. 20, 1886, Millington, 111.

8147. V. William P., b. Apr. 25, 1850; m. Emma J. Moss.

8148. vi. Alice Marie, b. Dec. 31, 1852; m. Jan. 1.5, 1870, Harvey Boynton;

res. Kingston, Wash. He was b. Feb. 1, 1836; was a farmer,
deacon of the church, and d. Oct., 1893. Ch.: Pliny Allen, b.
Oct. 4, 1871, present P. O., Kingston, Wash.; at his father's
death was chosen deacon of the church in his father's place;
Maude Mazie, b. Apr. 14, 1875; d. Aug. 31, 1875; Marshall, b.
Oct. 26, 1876; d. Mar. 12, 1877; Charles Arthur, b. May 28, 1881,
Kingston, Wash.; Ashlev Mills, b. Feb. 22, P. O. 'Kingston,
Wash.

8149. vii. Mills Henry, b. Sept. 15, 1855; m. Maude Askew.

8150. viii. Martha Jane, b. Aug. 25,1859; m. July 15,1879, — • ;

she d. Nov. 14, 1891.

5033. Richard Whitney (David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Clarendon, Vt., 1785; m. in Clarendon, Vt., Sept. 6, 1810, Jannet McCoy. He
d. May 15, 1857; res. Clarendon, W.

8151. i. Monroe, b. .

5036. Noah Whitney (David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Clarendon, \'t., Mav 1,1791; m. in Brattleboro, Dec. 2, 1813, Mercy French, b.
Feb. 26, 1794; d. Oct. 1, 1871, in Phillipston, Mass.

He was born in Clarendon, Vt. His father dying when he was quite young he
was obliged to take care of himself when most youths were obtaining an education.
He was a farmer and mechanic, reared a family of nine children, always provided

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 529

well for his family, and when he passed away left quite a little estate. He and his
wife lived together for fifty-seven years. He was a noble Christian man, and lived
to a good old age. He d. Jan. 20, 1876; res. Clarendon, Vt., and Phillipston, IMa?s.

8152. i. Mercy Maria, b. Apr. 7, 1815; m. Sept. 19, 1842, Merrick H.

Gibbs. She d. Dec. 8, 1892. He was b. Dec. 21, 1815; d. June
17, 1879; chair maker; res. Gardner, Mass. Ch.: M. Wallace, b.
July 18, 1846; m. Lydia A. Whitman. He d. Oct. 7, 1^78; Kate
M., b. Sept. 26, 1848; m. T. Edward Gates; res. Gardner,
Mass.

8153. ii. Noah Francis, b. Aug. 19, 1817; m. June S, 1843, and d. Dec,

1892; a son, Francis; res. Phillipston.

8154. iii. Chester French, b. Feb. 11, 1820; m. Persis B. Herrick.

8155. iv. Henry Asa, b. Nov. 19, 1822; m. Sarah C. Ward and Lizzie E.

Stewart.

8156. V. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 8, 1825; m. Apr. 4, 1854, at Brattleboro,

Vt., Elbridge C. Twitchell; res. So. Royalston, Mass. He was
b. Apr. 4, 1832. Ch.: Herbert L., b. Dec. 25, 1854; d. July 13,
1855; Helen R., b. Feb. 2, 1863; m. July 18, 1889, John Stuart;
res. So. R.; Eugene G., b. Jan. 22, 1867; m. Apr. 25, 1893; res.
So. R.

8157. vi. Eliza Sophia, b. Mar. 27, 1828; m. North Dana, Mass., Aug. 6,

1871, Simon E. Pike, b. June 26, 1810; res. s. p., Phillipston,
Mass.

8158. vii. Sarah Elvira, b. Aug. 29, 1830; m. Nov. 30, 1854, Noyes B. Her-

rick. She d. Dec. 5, 1872. He was b. Sept. 21, 1833. Is a
mechanic. Ch.: Addie L., b. Oct. 28, 1855; d. Sept. 20, 1856;
Frederic Z., b. Jan. 4, 1859; d. May 30, 1863; Alice M., b. July 2,
1863; res. Morristown, N. J.; Arthur E., b. May 5, 1867; m. Nov.
21, 1892; address 187 >^ Lincoln St., Worcester, Mass.; Ralph W.,
b. July 25, 1871 ; d. June 19, 1873.

8159. viii. William Wallace, b. Mar. 28, 1833; m. Harriett R. Whitnev.

8160. ix. Chauncey Hall, b. July 14, 1836; m. and Mary F.

Hager.

5037. Nathan Whitney (David, Silas, David. Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Clarendon, Vt., in 1793; m. there Abigail Whitney; d. Sept. 18, 1849.

He was born in Clarendon, Vt., but moved to Canada with his parents when
quite young. He was a farmer and resided in St. Armand, Canada, until his return
to the states, when he settled in Franklin, Vt. He was a Christian gentleman and a
friend to every one. He d. Apr. 7, 1848; res. St. Armand, Canada, and Franklin, Vt.

8161. i. Edward C., b. Oct. 22, 1817; m. Elvira T. Yaw, Eunice Brewster

and Martha York.

81 62. ii. Olive, b. Dec. 15, 1819; m. at Franklin, Vt., Oct. 17, 1840, William

Heyer, b. Dunham, P. Q., June 29, 1820; d. June 25, 1889; was
a farmer. She d. 1854. Ch.: Julia Elmina, b. Feb. 1,1844; m.
H. H. Eldred, Nov. 28, 1861; res. East Enosburgh, Vt.; Sarah
Allen, b. June 7, 1849; m. Dr. O. W. Roberts, Aug. 20, 1867; res.
24 Thompson St., Springfield, Mass.

8163. iii. Abigail, b. ; m. Rev. John B. Searles; res. Kent, N. Y., has

one son and two daus., all m.

8164. iv. Oliver C, b. Apr. 26, 1826; m. Harriett R. Williams and Joseph-

me A. Parnell.

8165. V. Harriett Rebecca, b. May 6, 1834; m. Feb. 13, 1855, Rev. Wil-

liam Whitney; res. Linlithgo, N. Y.

8166. vi. John, b .

8167. vii. Nathan, b. .

5038. Solomon Whitney (David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Clarendon, Vt., Jan. 3, 1795; m. Jan. 15, 1822, Besheba Clow, b. Sept. 1,1793;
d. June 26, 1854. He d. Mar. 21, 1840; res. Highgate Springs, Vt.

8168. i. Roderick. B., b. Sept. 28, 1825; m. and res. Highgate Center,

Vt.; left a son Phillip, whose widow res. at H. C.

8169. ii. Stephen S., b. Oct. 23, 1827; d. May 8, 1866.

8170. iii. James D., b. Nov. 25, 1829; d. Oct. 24, 1844.

8171. iv. Andrew C, b. Aug. 11, 1833; m. Mary G. Todd.

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8172. V. Giles E., b. Mar. 4, 1836; m. Adaline P. Davis.

8173. vi. Melvin R., b. Feb. 10, 1839; m. and res. Fort Dodge, la.

8174. vii. Sarah A., b. Apr. 19, 1831; d. May 12, 1869.

6043. Henry Mason Whitney (David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Clarendon, Vt., Jan. 19, 1807; m. July 4, 1837, Maria A. Wood, b.
T)ec. 31, 1812. He was born at Clarendon, Rutland Co., Vt. In his early life he
learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for about thirty years, when he
took up farming and left his trade, it being too confining; moved to Schroon, Essex
Co., N. Y., where he lived a number of years; thence, he came to Rochester, X. Y.,
where he. married, and for a time lived at Erie, Penn., also at Painesville, O., and
Chardon, O., and finally purchased a farm in Hampden, Geauga Co., O., where he
lived for many years and died at the age of 71 years, Nov. 12, 1878. He was a man
of marked integrity, temperate and modest in his habits, and liberal to a fault in the
alleviation of the sufferings of mankind. He owned his own home at his death and
left surviving a widow and five children. He d. Nov. 12, 1878; res. Hampden, O.

8175. i. Sarah M., b. Apr. 1, 1836; m. Oct. 11, 1860, Z. C. Sisson, b.

Mav 15, 1822; res. Blue Earth Citv, Minn. Ch.: Ida, b. Oct. 4,
186i; m. Jan. 21, 1885, William T. Ackerman, who d. Mar., 1888.

8176. ii. Orin H., b. ; d. unm. in the Civil war.

8177. iii. Emma L., b. May 19, 1851; m. Dec. 3, 1872, Richard G. Welford;

res. Jefferson, la. He was b. Dec. 15, 1850. Ch.: F. Hollis, b.
Apr. 27, 1876; d. Nov. 6, 1887; Claude E., b. Dec. 12, 1882; d.
Aug. 27, 1890; Rav G., b. Jan. 25, 1887; d. Aug. 16, 18.^7; Rov
G., b. Jan. 25, 1887'; d. Aug. 22. 1887; Nellie E., b. Sept. 15, 1878.

8178. iv. Albert E., b. July 19, 1853; m. Mary C. Cochran.

8179. V. RiLEV, b. ; res. Marshaltown, 'la.

8180. vi. Abbv a. b. .

5044. Oliver Whitney (Oliver, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Clarendon, A't., in 1787; m. in Arlington, Vt., Rebecca Leonard, b. 1788; d.
ae. 26, at St. Armand, Canada, Dec. 11, 1814; m. 2d .

He was born in Clarendon, ^'t., but moved to Canada with his father when quite
young. He was married the first time at Arlington, A't. She died at St. Armand,
Canada. He was a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He d.
Aug. 21, 1824; res. Philipsburgh, Canada, and St. Armand, P. Q.

8181. i. Leonard, b. Ian., 1811; d. Jan. 19, 1877, s. p.

8182. ii. Abel, b. in 1808; d. Apr. 23, 1838.

8183. iii. Maria, b. in 1814; m. . She died in June, 1873, leav-

ing one child, Eliza Jane, who took the name of Whitnev, b.
Aug. 29, 1830; m. July 4, 1851, Henry Clement, b. Jan. 16, 1826;
res. Frelighsburg, Canada. He is a tanner and currier. She
d. in April, 1894. Ch.: Sarah F., b. May 22. 1852; d. Sept. 30,
1872; John K., b. Oct. 20, 1850; Archie L., b. Jan. 15, 1865; m.
Mariam Holland; res. Chicago, 111.; Annie Bell, b. Apr. 26, 1868;
Ernest H.,b. July 17, 1872.

8184. iv. John K., b. Jan. 4, 1813; m. Philura Hubbard.

5045. Capt. Bartholomew Whitney (Oliver, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Clarendon, \'t., Dec. 30, 1792; m. at Frelighsburg, P. Q., Jan. 9,
1811, Sarah Safford, b. Apr. 2, 1792; d. Feb. 6, 1854; m. 2d, Sept. 1, 1854, Fidelia F.
Homes, b. Feb. 19, 1812; d. Nov. 4, 1890.

Bartholomew Whitney went from Clarendon, Vt., in 1812, and settled in Frank-
lin, in the same state; he was a farmer and hotel keeper on the province line. Was
captain of the local militia company, and received his commission from Robert
Skinner, governor of \'ermont, in 1823. He was quite popular, and was offered the
colonelcy of his regiment, but declined. He d. June 26, 1860; res. Swanton and
Franklin, Vt.

8185. i. Alloway, b. Mar. 23, 1814; m. Lorinda Pratt, and Elizabeth

Dewing.

8186. ii. Bartholomew, b. Mar. 8, 1826; m. Sarah Towie Pearson.

8187. iii. Azuba, b. May 3. 1818; m. Dec. 27, 1835, Freeman Bridge; res.

Franklin, Vt. He was b. May 30, 1806; d. Mar. 10, 1862; was a

farmer. Ch.: Lovina, b. Feb. 6, 1837; m. Armstrong;

res. Newport Center, Vt.; Eleanor, b. Dec. 25, 1839; m. twice,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 531

second time June 23, 1893, Connell; res. N. C; Oren, b.

Dec. 14, 1844; res. Franklin Center; Eunice, b. ; m. E.

Phillips, res. F. C; Chauncey R., b. ■ — ; res. East Franklin,

Vt.

8188. iv. Harriett Ellen, b. Nov. 27, 1834; m. in F., Feb. 8, 1855, Towle

Pearson; res. W. Berkshire, \'t. He was b. Feb. 23, 1832. Is a
farmer. Ch.: Phebe Adelle, b. Nov. 24, 1855; m. Harvey 01m-
stead, Oct. 25, 1876, East Franklin, Vt.: Mary Emma, b. fuly
24, 1859; m. Gardner Olmstead, Sept. 15, 1880, Franklin Center.
Yt.; William A., b. Oct. 23, 1865; unm.; Luna Bertha, b. Nov.
27, 1870; unm.

8189. V. Elvira R., b. Apr. 10, 1824; m. Sept. 27, 1842, Richard Ro^-ers, b.

July 2, 1816; d. July 11, 1879; m. 2d, Nov. 17, 18sy, Robert Stan-
hope; res. Enosburg Falls, Vt. Ch.: Harriett, m. to J. Demoe,
West Berkshire; Saphrona, m. to A. W. Chase, Cambridge, \'t.;
Freeman, m. to Lizzie West, East Franklin; Lynda, d. Apr. 27,
1866; Libbie, m. to Lote Marsh, North Troy; Annie, m. to
Homer Walker, North Troy; Sherman, m. to Abbie Gaens,
Berkshire Center; Ellie A., m. to Maynard Burlison, W. Berk-
shire.

8190. vi. Ci'RTis C, b. ; res. Frelighsburg, P. Q.

8191. vii. Sarah Paulina, b. May 30, 1856; m. Sept. 11, 1878, Rufus W.

Rogers; res. Berkshire, \"t. He wash. Feb. 11, 1^57. Is a farm-
er.^ Ch.: Heman, b. lune 30, 1879; Pearl F., b. Ian. 11, 15<83;
d. Mar. 20, 1883; Otis W., b. June 1, 1884; Harold" Whitnev, b.
Mar. 24, 1889; Frank Lee, b. Oct. 15, 1892.

5046. John Whitney (Oliver, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, Johni,
b. Clarendon, Vt., Dec. 18, 1790; m. at P>elighsburg, C. E., ]ulv 7, l!^ll, Lucv Leonard,
b. St. A., July 7, 1794; d. June 30, 1863.

He was a native of Clarendon, Yt., and early in life moved to Canada with his
parents. He had a fine farm and managed it well, but he was more of a speculator
than farmer, trading, buying and selling and making more money in this way than
from the farm. He d. Sept. 7, 1864; res. St. Armand, C. E.

8192. i. Hannibal H., b. July 9, 1814; m. and res. Montreal, Canada. He

d. Jan. 29, 1877. His wid. and son res. Seattle, Wash.

8193. ii. Rebecca Leonard, b. Aug. 15, 1817; m. Dec. 14, 1887, at St. A..

Dr. William H. Ellsworth. He was b. Sept. 12, 1815; d. Feb. 10,
1864; res. Greenville, Mich. Ch.: Julia Caroline, b. Mav 11,
1840; m. Sept. 4, I860, to Alexander McPherson, Detroit, Mich.;
Mary Elisabeth Susan, b. Oct. 30, 1841; m. to Charles Jesse
Church, Nov. 19, 1860; res. Greenville, Montcalm Co., Mich.; John
Charles, b. Aug. 24, 1847; address Fowlerville, Mich.; m. Feb. 28,
1874; Gertrude, b. May 17, 1855; m. to C. F. Morgan, M. D., June.
8, 1875. Dr. William H'. Ellsworth, late of Greenville, Mich.,"d. at
Michigan City, Ind., 1864, of typhoid pneumonia. Dr. Ells-
worth was b. in Berkshire, Franklin Co., \'t., in the year 1815;
studied medicine with his father. Dr. William C. Ellsworth;
attended the medical college of his native state, at Wondstock,
for some time, but completed his professional education in Mon-
treal, Can. He settled in his native village where he was
obliged not only to compete with his father, a distinguished
physician of long experience, but with many other justly cele-
brated physicians, yet he soon succeeded in establishing for
himself a reputation equal to anv around him. In 1855 the
doctor went to Michigan and settled in Greenville, Montcalm
Co., and immediately entered upon the ])ractice of his profes-
sion, and in a remarkably short time acquired a large practice,
which he retained until his death. By his unwearied attention
and kind sympathies toward the sick and suffering, he won the
confidence and love of a vast number, and to a wonderful
degree, which was strikingly exhibited by the tearful eyes that
gathered around his lifeless remains when they were borne back
to his home by his stricken companion. Only a few weeks
before the doctor went south with his brother, Maj. C. C. Ells-

632 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

worth, to visit the Army of the Cumberland, and on his return
home was seriously injured by a railroad accident, which
occurred in the state of Indiana, and which induced the disease
of which he died. Dr. Ellsworth was in the very prime of life
and in the midst of his greatest usefulness. This strange prov-
idence has cast a deep gloom over the entire community, and
his loss will be long and heavily felt.

8194. iii. Nathanial S., b. Dec. 2, 1820; m. Helen I. Mills.

8195. iv. Lucy Ann Hibbard, b. July 27, 1824; m. Feb. 10, 1845, Rev..

Aaron Slaght, the son of Aaron Slaght and Catherine White-
head, and was b. in Townsend, Co. of Norfolk, Province of
Ontario, Can., in the year 1822, on Aug. 18. He was m. at
St. Armand, Province Quebec, by the Rev. F. N. Jersey, Bap-
tist minister. She d. May 25, 1849, at Waterford, C. W. She
was an active member of the church and worked quite actively
among the young people, with whom she was a great favorite.
Her remains were interred at the cemetery near that place. The
first child was Lucy Annabelle, b. June 8, 1846; the second child
was Mary Helen, b. June 15, 1848; was m. April 12, 1872, to John
Bostwick Backus, M. D., at London, Ontario, by the Rev. Dr.
Cooper, then pastor of the London Baptist Church. She
removed to Braidwood, 111., with her husband, and d, there on
Mar. 30, 1874, leaving one daughter six days old, who is living and
at present at school in Hartford, Conn., named Helen Whitney
Backus. On Aug. 23, 1876, Lucy Annabelle Slaght was m.
to John Bostwick Backus, M. D., at Waterford, Ontario, by the
Rev. Mr. Cameron, pastor of the Brantford Ontario Church.
There are two children of this union, Grace Constance, b. June
8, 1878, and Erie Waters, b. July 28, 1879, both of whom are liv-
ing. Mrs. Backus was noted for her gentleness of demeanor,,
kindliness of disposition and purity of character, and was en-
deared to a large circle of friends and acquaintances at her
demise. John Bostwick Backus, M. D., is the son of John A,
Backus and Sarah M. Bostwick (both deceased), b. Apr. 27,1845,
at Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ontario, Can.; attended McGill college,
Montreal, and graduated in medicine in 1870. He practiced
a few months in Simcoe and then later at Braidwood, 111.,
where he still resides.

5051. Aaron Whitney (Samuel, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,.
John), b. Jamaica, Vt., Julv 26, 1800; m. there May 21, 1822, Esther Maynard,b. Apr.
4, 1803; d. May 10, 1891. He was a shoemaker. He d. Feb. 26, 1848; res. Jamaica,
Vt., and Edinburg, N. Y.

8196. i. Henry C, b. Mar. 2, 1823; d. Dec. 13, 1879.

8197. ii. Martha A., b. Jan. 6, 1826; m. Jan. 12, 1848, Augustus Wilder,

d. Dec. 22, 1848.

8198. iii. Ora, b. Feb. 27, 1830; d. July 2, 1831.

8199. iv. Oscar O., b. Aug. 15, 1832; m. Sarah R. Steel.

8200. V. Mary C, b. Dec. 14, 1834; m. Jan. 11, 1855, Charles Van Pelt, b.

Mav 9, 1826. He is a farmer; res. Scotia, N. Y. Ch.: Esther |.,
b. Dec. 28, 1856; Frank M., b. Mav 30, 1862; m. Dec. 24, 1884;
Cora M., b. July 26, 1868; d. Nov. 1, 1884; Ella Mav, b. Nov. 1,
1S72.

5053. Reuben Parmenter Whitney (Samuel, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Jamaica, ^'t., Apr. 25, 1806; m. June 2, 1831, at Ware,
Mass., Rachel Ann Pierce, b. Feb., 1801; d. Nov. 7, 1847; m. 2d, Hannah Williams
Wilson; m. 3d, Mary Wallace.

He was born in Jamaica, Vt., but early moved to Mass. Soon after his marriage
he moved to Sturbridge, Mass., where he died. On account of continued sickness in
his family he was not able to accumulate much, but he was noted for his sterling and
unswerving honesty, and a character highly prized by his descendants. He d. Oct,
31, 1871; res. Southbridge, INIass.

8201.
8202.
8203.

Geo. Parmenter, b. Oct. 7, 1833; d. Dec. 19, 1855.
i. Arthur Pierce, b. Jan, 20, 1842; m. Margaret Jane Milburn.
ii. Jos. Augustus, b. ; d. .

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 533

8204. iv. Martha Elizabeth, b. ; d. Feb. 27, 1871.

8205. V. Marv Dana, b. ; d. 1 year old.

8206. vi. Henry Algernon, b. ; res. Woonsocket, R. I., 86 Sum-

mer St.

5075. Isaac Whitney (Xewhall, Benjamin, Solomon, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Durham, C. E., Dec. 15, 1^39; m. at Lawrence, Mass., in 1876,
Helen T. Chapman, b. Feb. 24, 1854; res. 4 Hereford, PI., Lowell, Mass.

8207. i. IvEY Lillian, b. Nov. 20, 1878.

8208. ii. Emma M., b. 18s6; d. 1887.

5076. Artemas Chushen Whitney (Newell, Benjamin, Solomon, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Durham, C. E., Dec. 2, 1838; m. at Wheelock, \'t.. Mar.
13, 1866, Sarah E. Stark, b. July 5, 1839.

He was born on a farm in Canada, but early moved to the states, locating at
Wheelock, Yt., where he was married. Later he moved to St. Johnsbury Center,
■where he has since resided on his farm. During the war, from 1861 to 1865 he was
one of the selectmen; res. St. Johnsbury Center, Vt.

8210. i. INDA M., b. Jan. 19, 1867; m. Jan. 1, 1890, B. A. Farnham; res. St. J.

8211. ii. Charles Newhall, b. Sept. 6, 1868; m. Mar. 24, 1892; res. St. J.

Center.

8212. iii. Jennie Elizabeth, b. Dec. 16, 1874; res. St. J.

.''082. David Austin Whitney (Samuel, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Shrewsburv, Mass., Aut;. 1, lsl6; m. Jane Kirbv; res. Walla
Walla, W. T. ' ^

8213. i. Charles E., b. .

8214. li. Fred, b. .

8215. iii. , b. .

5083. William Whitney (Samuel, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Shrewsbury, Mass., Sept. 6, 1818; m. Oct. 1851, Margaret Beath, b. Feb. 2*^,
1825. He d. Apr. 1, 18^6; res. Chicago, 111., 351 Jackson Boul.

8216. i. Jeneatte Miller, b. Aug. 26, 1853; m. Geo. Harper; res. 351

Jackson Boul.

8217. ii. Robert, b. Aug. 20, IS-A; d. young.

8218. iii. William B , b. Nov., 18-55; m. Kittie McGeary.

8219. iv. Robert, b. Aug. 6, ls59; unm.; res. Chicago; is a traveling sales-

man for Edson Keith & Co.

8220. v. Fannie Hudson, b. Oct. 1, 1861; m. Julv 2, \m). Geo. D. B.

Dods, b. Oct. 28, 1859; res. 394 Hermitage Ave.. Chicago, 111.
Ch.: Margaret Whitnev, b. Apr. 26, 1891; Geo. D., b. Sei>t. 1,
1892; d. Apr. 15, 1^<93. '

8221. vi. James A., b. Oct., 1865; d. 188.5.

8222. vii. Frank Atwell, b. Aug. 28, 1866; unm.; res. 351 Jackson Boul.;

is emploved at Edson Keith & Co.'s.

8223. viii. Elizabeth B., b. Oct. 26, 1867; d. 1868.

5088. George Francis Whitney (Samuel, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Shrewsbury, Mass., June 18, 1834; m. Lucy M. Rice, of Westboro.
After his death she married a Mr. Seaver, and res. in Worcester. His widow was
appointed administratrix of his estate, Feb. 3, 1863. He d. 1863; res. Shrewsbury,
Mass.

5096. David Whitney (Nathan. David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Bolton, Mass., Feb. 10, 1833; m. at Worcester, Dec. 6, 1860, Harriett, L.
Howland, b. Nov. 6, 1833. He is a carpenter; res. Auburn, Mass.

8224. i. Henry H., b. Sept. 5, 1862; m. Carrie Adell Morse.

8225. ii. Fannie L., b. June 29, 1^67; m. June 11, 1891, Edward H. White;

res. A. He was b. Oct. 20, 18b9. Ch.: Ralph Howard, b. Jan.
27, 1894.

5100. Nathan H. Whitney (Nathan, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas.
Thomas, John), b. Bolton, Mass., June 27, 1842; m. at Wilton, N. H., Aug. 1, 1865,
Abbie Ninette Lovejoy, b. Jan. 27, 1845; d. Feb. 4, 1875. He is superintendent and
treasurer of the Gurney carriage factorv, 17 Randolph St.; res. Boston, Mass.

8226. i. Harry M., b. Aug. 17, 1866; m. Jan. 31, 1894, Annie Coffee; res.

S. Framingham, Mass.

534

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

822^

11.

8230.
8231.
8232.

11.

iii.

iv.

Lucy Marian Abbie, b. Mar. 22, 1868; m. Oct. 2, 1887, Edmund
M. Purdy; res. Wilton, N. H.

8228. iii. Arthur Moses, b. Nov. 22, 1870; d. Jan. 2, 1871.

5102. Frederick Whitney (Nathan, David, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas'
Thomas, John), b. Townsend, Mass., Feb. 18, 1849; m. at Westboro, May 2, 1871'-
Susan ^Iaria Warren, b. Apr. 8, 1848. He is a carriage and sleigh manufacturer; res*
Athol and Ayer, Mass.; s. p.

5104. Henry Austin Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Boston, Oct. 6, 1826; m. Mar. 3, 1852, Fanny Lawrence, b. Aug. 19,
1828;d. Jan. 28, 1883.

A Boston paper published the following obituary: " President H. A. Whitney.
Death of a noted financier and railroad operator. Henry A. Whitney, the banker
and ex-president of the Boston & Providence railroad, died Feb. 21, 1889, at 6 o'clock
at his residence, 261 Marlboro street. Mr. Whitney was born in this city in 1826, and
after receiving a public school education entered early in life into a course of com-
mercial training. Entering Harvard he was graduated in the class of 1846. He be-
came a banker, and invested his capital in railroad shares. He was a large holder
in the Boston and Providence railroad, and succeeded W. W. Woolsey as president
of the corporation. Last summer the road was absorbed by the Old Colony system.
Mr. Whitney was a very able man." He was a prominent member of the Massa-
chusetts Historical Society, and has privately printed the following works: "A
Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Eleanor Whitney," 1857; "Incidents
in the Life of Samuel Whitnev," 1860; "An Account of the First Settlers of Hing-
ham;" he d. Feb. 21, 1889; res. Boston, Mass.

8229. i. Henry Lawrence, b. Oct. 27, 1853; accidentally shot, d. Oct.
23, 1866.

Joseph Cutler, b. Dec. 7, 1856; m. Georgianna Hayward.
Ellerton Pratt, b. Aug. 21, 1858; res. Blue Hill, Mass.
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 23, 1860; m. 1884, Dr. James Jackson Minot;

res. 188 Marlboro St., Boston. Ch.: George Richards, b. Dec.

2, 1885; James, b. Oct., 1891. He was b. Oct. 11, 1852. graduated

at Harvard college, 1874, A. B.; Harvard college, 1878, M. D.;

physician Carney Hosp.; physician to out-patients Mass. Gen.

Hosp.
Constance, b. May 11,

1865; m. Sept.' 11,

1890, Franz Edouard
Zerrahn; res. Blue
Hill, Mass. Ch.: Con-
stance, b. June 21,

1891. He was b. in
Boston, 1857; studied
architecture at the
Boston Institute of
Sociology; architect
by profession.

Hugh, b. Sept. 7, 1870;
res. Blue Hill, Mass.

5105. John Perkins Whitney
(Thomas H., Ebenezer, Samuel, Ben-
jamin, Thomas, Thomas, lohn), b. Nov.
30, 1854; m. Apr. 8, 1885, E. T. Steven-
son; res. .

8235. i. Josephine, b. Sept. 6,

188X.

5106. Thomas Heston Whitney
(Thomas H., Ebenzer, Samuel, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 29, 1856;
m. Jan., 1877, May Owen; res. .

8236. i. Geo. Parmlev, b.

8237. ii. Thomas H., b.

8238. iii. Herbert 0.,b.

8233.

8234.

VI.

SAMDEL A. WHITNEY.

5109. Samuel Austin Whitney (Thomas H.. Ebenezer, Samuel, Benjamin,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 535

Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 5, 1864; m. Feb., 1693, Louise Thompson, dau. of
Col. R. S. Thompson, of Chicago; res. Glassboro, N. J.

6118. Rev. Leonard Whitney (Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. in Williston, Vt., Oct. 23, 1812; m. in Bennington, Vt., Sept. 18,
1842, Ann Jennett Harwood; b. Jan. 12, 1825.

Leonard Whitney was born in Williston, Vt., the son of Otis and Sarah Whitney.
With such a parentage he received vigor of body and mind. In such a home his
native qualities developed healthfully. He grew to an active boy, and became
leader of all the sports and mischief in the neighborhood. He was strong, quick, im-
pulsive, wayward, generous. He was by no means distres-
singly "good" in the Sunday-school-library-book style. His
garents and his teachers found him difficult to manage,
iut he was the friend of the weak. He responded readily
to what was generous, just and kind. The district school
and the academy gave him his early education, which his
father urged the restless boy to continue by going to col-
lege. But he had dreams of adventures amid strange scenes,
fostered, perhaps, by the seatales of his grandfather, Joseph
Edmunds, the old privateersman. When sixteen years old
he went to Boston, and shipped for a voyage. But before
the vessel sailed he had seen enough of the charms of sea-
life to change his mind. He succeeded in getting free from
the engagement, and never after had a return of the longing
for the sea. The experiences of his Boston trip, acting on
a mind singularly receptive, turned his attention to the sober
purposes of life. He worked with interest on his father's eev. leonaed whitney.
farm. He attended school at Hinesburg, Vt., and made good

progress in his studies. He choose the profession of law as his work for life, and for
several years gave himself to its study. In August, 1835, he was admitted to practice
at the Chittenden county court, Burlington, Vt., "by the unanimous consent of the bar."
He spent several years in the practice of law at Ann Arbor, Mich., and at Auburn, N.
Y. He was not by nature fitted in mind and morals to succeed in any but the higher
fields of law practice, and circumstances never allowed him to enter those fields.
Work, study, anxiety brought him poor health, and he went to Saratoga Springs to
rest. While there he visited not infrequently at the home of an old family friend,
who was settled near by as the pastor of the Baptist church in Union Village — the
Rev. William Arthur, father of the late President Arthur. His old friend had a
strong influence over the young lawyer. During the summer he united with Mr.
Arthur's church, decided to give up law, and to become a Baptist minister. That
fall he began his ministerial work as pastor of the Baptist church at Bennington, in
his native state. He afterwards preached at Penton, \'t., Reading, Pa., Washington,
D. C, and at Canandaigua, N. Y., later at Peoria, 111., and finally at Keokuk, la. He
accepted the latter call, and became its minister in October, 1853. He had been only
a short time in Keokuk when he had an invitation to the pastorate of the Unitarian
church in Rochester, N. Y., which he declined. His society in Keokuk erected a
building which was dedicated in 1856, and Mr. Whitney entered upon his years of
valuable service. His geniality as a man, his generosity as a friend, his eloquence as
a preacher, his power as a thinker, and the genuine religiousness of his nature called
into his church a company of men and women of remarkable ability. He sought
and obtained the appointment of chaplain to the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, of which
R. G. Ingersoll was colonel. He gave up his parish and joined his regiment with
enthusiasm. For this work he was peculiarly fitted. He was genial inspirit; he
met all men in a happy way. He had an appreciation of man; he could detect the
divine-human through the lowliest and most smful guise. He was unselfish; he gave
gladly his last crust to the suffering. He was entirely without sanctimonious pre-
tense; he went among the men as a brother, a friend, a sympathetic helper. The
officers and men were drawn to him at once. The relations between him
and them were cordial and brotherly. He was their minister in the true
sense — their helper, their leader in the best things. Of the appreciation
in which he was held in the regiment the following letter from his honored colonel
gives generous testimony :

New York, January 6, 1888.
Rev. O. Clvte. — My Dear Sir : — It gives me great pleasure to write a few
words in reference to the Rev. Leonard Whitney. He was one of the best, one of

536

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

the purest, one of the noblest men I ever knew. He was in the highest sense a
deeply religious man — that is to say, he lived in accordance with his ideal. There
was about him neither cant nor hypocrisy. He did not pretend to be better than
others — he wished only to make others better.

While 1 knew him, his entire time was occupied in doing good to others. He
was a perpetual consolation to the sick and wounded — -an example for all. He won
the respect of every man who knew him, and his influence was only good.

He was a thorough believer in the religion of good works, and he lived in exact
accordance with his belief.

He as truly gave his life for his country, as though he had died on the field of
battle. "Vours truly,

R. G. Ingersoll.
Mr. Whitney died in the prime of life, died regretted and mourned by the popu-
lation of an entire city, died without an enemy, and his loss was an irreparable one.
The admirers and appreciators of Mr. Whitney were not confined to his society.
He had frequent hearers from the other denominations. His efforts were mostly argu-
ments. He had a natural gift in argument, which may have been confirmed by his
study of law. This style was attractive to inquirers outside of his immediate people.
As a preacher he was far above the average. His power was the result of great
ability coupled with evident sincerity. He never descended to hair splitting
niceties, but always grasped the vital questions touching the subject in hand. He
had no patience with arguments founded on isolated passages of Scripture. He died
June 12, 1862; res. Keokuk, la.

Harwood Otis, b. Apr. 17, 1844; m. Helen J. Hay.

Chas. Edmund, b. Oct. 6, 1846; d. Feb. 9, 1864.

Leonard S., b. June 20, 1850; d. young.

Jennett, b. Feb. 7, 1858; d. Oct. 16, 1858.

Carleton p., b. Sept. 8, 1860; unm.; res. Keosauqua, la.

5120. Edmund Whitney (Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Williston, Vt., Nov. 5, 1818; m. at Montpelier, Vt., Mav 1, 1839, Esther
Flagg, b. Sept. 10, 1820; d. June 14, 1862; m. 2d Mary Elizabeth 'Seaton. He is a
farmer; res. Williston, Vt.

8239.

8240.

11 ■

8241.

in

8242.

IV

8243.

V.

8244.
8245.
8246.

8247.

8248.

1.

ii.

iii.

IV.
V.

Henry Otis, b. Dec. 26, 1840; d. Mar. 1, 1869.

Wm. F., b. Oct. 27, 1842; m. Zeruah F. Brownell.

Ellen Josephine, b. Jan. 4, 1845; m. Jan. 10, 1875, Dr. Isaac D.

Alger; res. Minneapolis, Minn. Ch.: Edmund Whitney, b.

June, 1877.
Edmund B., b. June 19, 1848; m. Juliet Hood.
Zenas B., b. Dec. 25, 1853; m. Aiida Porter.

5122. Solon Whitney (Chester, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Waterbury. Vt., 1810; m. Lucy B. Noble; m. 2d Emeline Butler; d. 1852.

He was born in Waterbury, \'t., about 1810, and moved
from that state to Illinois about 1835, where he was engaged
in farming near Shockoken, in Hendej^son county, across
the Mississippi river from Burlington, la. He also owned
a steam ferryboat and was engaged in ferrying the Cali-
fornia emigrants across the river at that place in an early
day. His first wife died childless soon after marriage. He
died in 1851, leaving a widow and several small children,
viz., Chester, Otis and Emeline. In 1853 the children went
to live with their uncle Baxter in Vermont. He d. 1851;
res. Shockoken, 111.

8249.
8250.
8251.

8252.
8253.

I.

ii.

fii.

iv.

V.

; d. young.

young,
d. 1857; injured by

Elisha Green, b.

Mary, b. ; d.

Chester, b. 1840;
falling on the ice.

Amelia, b. ; d. young.

Otis, b. Apr. 30, 1847; res. unm. Cos-
mopolis. Wash. He was born in
Shockoken, 111. His father dying
when he was young he went to live
with his uncle Baxter in Vermont.
1866, when he moved to Riley, Kan.

OTIS WHITNEY.

There he resided until
In 1868 he engaged in

farming on his own account. In the spring of 1873 he started

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 537

for Arizona, where he arrived in August and at once engaged
in farming and mining. Later he moved to Washington, where
he has since resided.

8254. vi. Emeline, b. July 4, 1850; m. July 4, 1868, Orlando B. Heath, and

d. Dec. 22, 1882. Ch.: Herbert J., Clinton Otis, Orlando Baxter,
one d. young.

5123. Baxter Whitney (Chester, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas,
John), b. Waterbury, Vt., May 27, 1812; m. there. May 8, 1836, Mary A. Kneeland, b.
June 27, 1814; d. at Topeka, Kan., Oct. 15, 1887.

He was born on a farm in Waterbury and resided with his parents, while his
only brother left his home to seek his fortunes in the west. Soon after his marriage,
in 1838, he left on a visit to his brother in the west, going via the Erie canal. He
was absent eight months. In 1859 he went west to the extreme border of civilization
at that time, twenty miles beyond Manhattan, Kan., much nearer the Indians than
was comfortable. In 1877 he moved to Topeka and died there. He d. Apr. 17, 1889;
res. Waterbury, Vt., and Topeka, Kan.

8255. i. Katherine A., b. Aug. 31, 1838; m. Nov. 15, 1858, Albe B. Whit-

ing; res. Topeka, Kan. He was b. Nov. 10, 1835; res. 1157 Fil-
more St. Ch.: Harris L., b. Nov. 12, 1861; m. Aug. 18, 1885,
Georgia L. Murdock, of Cambridgeport, Mass.; Mary Helen, b.
July 12, 1863; m. Nov. 15, 1883, H. L. King, 702 N. 5th Ave., Atchi-
son. Kan.; Katharine L., b. July 22, 1866; m. June 1, 1892, Talmage
S. Hand, 7 W. 19th St., New York City; Lillian B., b. Feb. 14,
1868; m. Jan. 3, 1889, Hampton L. Shirer, 1157 Filmore St.,
Topeka, Kan.; Annie T., b. July 16, 1872; d. July 28, 1876; baby
boy, b. Oct. 17, 1864; d. Oct. 29, 1864.

8256. ii. Geo. Baxter, b. Apr. 11, 1837; d. Dec, 1851.

8257. iii. Emeline B., b. Apr. 10, 1844; m. Dec. 25, 1865. Montgomery Wis-

ner; res. Bozeman, Mont. He was b. Oct. 7, 1839. Ch.: Lewis
Baxter, b. July 12, 1867; Irenaeus Kneeland, b. Sept. 28, 1872.

8258. iv. • Wm. Wallace, b. July 7, 1840; d. in the army from the hardships

of war in the fall of 1864.

8259. v. Arthur B., b. Aug. 30, 1846; m. Emma J. Patch and Carrie M.

Tyler.

5133. Dr. Albert B. Whitney (Elijah, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer..
Thomas, John), b. Hudson, O., Dec. 11, 1837; m. Nov. 24, 1874, Cordelia C. Hurd, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.

Albert B. Whitney, second son of Elijah Whitney, was born in Hudson, O.^
where his father was engaged as a Christian minister, when he returned east and
settled in the city of Providence. He received in this latter city his boyhood's edu-
cation. At the age of 14 he came with his father and the family to Brooklyn, N. Y.,.
and then to New York City, his education being continued in the grammar schools
of these two cities and then in Columbia college, where he graduated in 1861. Two
years later he graduated in medicine, his father having been a practicing physician
m New York. He has practiced medicine from his early student days till the pres-
ent time and is still continuing it. Has been connected with the Northwestern Dis-
pensary of New York City and with the Eclectic Medical Society, and professor in
one of its colleges; is fond of the literature and learning of his profession, and has
not held public offices or other stations, except a railroad directorship for a short
time. His intention is to continue his profession as his life work; res. New York
City, N. Y., 148 W. 77th St.

8260. i. Mary Louise, b. Oct. 12, 1875.

8261. ii. Albert Oscar, b. Apr. 17, 1879.

5134. Horace P. Whitney (Elijah, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Spencertown, N. Y., Oct. 18. 1834; m. at Brooklyn, Oct. 18, 1859, Mrs.
Annie Ringwood (Johnson) Taylor, b. Feb. 22, 1839.

He went with his father and mother to New Brunswick, N. J., where his father
was minister to the Congregational church. He was also with his father while residing
in Providence, R. I., as minister to the Congregational church of that city. In Prov-
idence he entered business for himself at the age of 18. Upon the entrance of his
father into the medical profession in N. Y., Horace entered the advertising business
on his own account and soon thereafter became partner of Wm. Cauldwell in the
35

538 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

publication of the New York Mercury. He was well known to the citizens of New
•York and Brooklyn, and was born in Columbia county. Mr. Whitney went to New
York in 1856, and the year following became associated in the management of the
Sunday Mercury and New York Mercury with the present proprietor, the business
association being continued until 1876. In that year failing health compelled his
retirement from active pursuits, though he retained the presidency of the Harlem
Bridge, Morrisania & Fordham Railway until the time of his decease. A man of
remarkable business ability, enterprising and successful in whatever he undertook,
it was a great hardship for Mr. Whitney to be laid aside by sickness while yet in the
prime of his life; but he bore his suffermgs uncomplainingly, and his courage and
patience kept at bay for years the enemy to whom most other men would have suc-
cumbed. In his declining years Mr. Whitney traveled extensively and was thus
removed from the circle of his old friends and associates. In his travels he was
accompanied by his devoted wife, with three children. Mr. Whitney leaves an
estate which will handsomely provide for the future of his family. He resided on
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, and afterwards on 5th Ave., N. Y. City. He held polit-
ical offices but rarely. He d. Litchfield, Conn., Aug. 23, 1884; res. Columbus Ave.,
cor. 76th St., New York City.

8262. i. Horace Pratt, b. Oct. 10, 1866; unm.; res. Yonkers, N. Y., P. O.

box 245.

8263. ii. GiRARD Nelson, b. Feb. 16, 1871; m. May 29, 1894, Emily

Alwaise Spratlev; res. 60 W. 76th St., N. Y. C.

8264. iii. Annie Ruth, b. ; res. 60 W. 76th St., N. Y. C.

5186. Samuel Curtis Whitney (David, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas. John), b. Westbcro, Feb. 10, 1822; m. Nov. 25, 1847, Harriett Sophia Pren-
tice, b. Grafton, Oct. 18, 1828; d. Feb. 15, 1892; res. Athol, Mass., P. O. Box 520.

Samuel Edgar, b. Nov. 4, 1848; d. Sept. 9, 1849.

Arthur W.m., b. Sept. 4, 1850; m. ,

Abbie Sophia, b. Dec. 12, 1856.

8265.

8266.

8267.

111.

8268.

IV.

8269.

V.

Elmer Curtis, b. Apr. 6, 1859; m. Anna E. Delra.
Hattie S., b. Apr. 1, 1868; m. Mar. 25, 1886, in Warwick, William
L. Hayden, b. May 80, 1861; s. p.; res. Orange, Mass.

8270. vi. Frank Melvin, b. July 2, 1871.

5139. RuFUS Havden Whitney (David, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Westboro, Mass., Jan. 24, 1826; m. Apr. 7, 1844, in Thompsonville,
Conn., Emily B. Stevens.

He was born in Westboro, Mass., and remained on a farm until thirteen years of
age, then went into a provision and grocery store until seventeen, when he went to
Boston with J. W. Blodget & Co., importers and wholesale dry goods jobbers.
Remained with them four years, then went with White, Brown, Davis & Co.; worked
-on a salary for four years, then was taken in as a partner, and remained for six years,
then went into business with two other gentlemen; name of firm, Whitney, Crain &
Marr. They did the importing and jobbing business of dry goods and made lots of
money and after that they lost heavily by the advance of gold and hard debts, and
were obliged to compromise with their creditors. He then went with A. Hamilton &
Co. at a salary of §8,000 per year as buyer both in Europe and here; in two years was
taken in as partner. The big fire came and the loss was large and they lost all.
After settling with their creditors, he went into his present business of commission
broker and has done very well; has been in since 1879. He has always called Boston
his home since 1849, still his family lived in Europe for several years and in New
York for about two years, but his business has been in Boston all the time; res. Bos-
ton, Mass., address 75 State St.

8271. i. Harry F., b. ; d. Bainbridge, Ga., Dec. 20, 1891.

8272. ii. Lizzie H., b. .

8273. iii. Helen M.. b. .

8274. iv. Kate V., b. .

5141. George David Whitney' (David, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Westboro, Mass., Sept. 11, 1828; m. in Hopkinton, Mass., June 10,
1862, Sarah J. Garfield, b. Upton, Mass., Oct. 2, 1831; res. Upton, Mass.

827.5. i. George R., b. June 10, 1865.

8276. ii. Charles A., b. Dec. 20, 1867.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 539

6162. Bartholomew W. Whitney (William K., John S., Thomas, Thomas,
Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Dana, Mass., July 19, 1825; m. June 4, 1850, Rhoda Long,
b. Rutland, Vt., July 23, 1825; res. Royalston, Mass.

8277. i. Miranda L., b. Dec. 11, 1851; d. Apr. 3, 1862.

8278. ii. Flora M., b. Mav 1, 1855; d. Apr. 3, 1862.

8279. iii. Emma C, b. May 26, 1857; m. Aug. 22, 1876, Henry D. Smith; res.

Winchester, N. H. He was b. June 6, 1855. Ch.: Edith M., b.
July 10, 1877; Bertha I., b. Aug., 1883; Chester A., b. Apr. 20,
1890.

8280. iv. Mary S., b. Nov. 11, 1859; d. Jan. 23, 1888.

8281. V. Nora M., b. June 1, 1863; d. Sept. 29, 1887.

8282. vi. Annie M., b. Jan. 1, 1871; m. Aug. 8, 1891, Wm. O. Emery, of

Winchester, N. H.

6167. Adin Whitney (Artemas H., John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Dana, Mass., Aug. 24, 1820; m. at Palmer, Apr. 25, 1843, Julia Moores; d.
July 18, 1869; m. 2d Mrs. Abbie Daniels. He was a farmer. He d. Aug. 16, 1891;
res. Ludlow, Mass.

8283. i. William H., b. Feb. 27, 1848; m. Emma F. Havnes.

8284. ii. EsTELLA Inez, b. Mar. 25, 1855; m. Aug. 3, 1873, Frank D. Bram-

ble; res. Monson, Mass. He was b. Feb. 17, 1855; is a lumber
dealer. Ch.: Lena Juliaette, b. Oct. 4, 1876; Arthur Dwight, b.
Aug. 5, 1879; Ida Estella, b. Nov. 1, 1«84; Vina Mabel, b. Feb.
16, 1890.

5168. Alexander Whitney (Artemas H., John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Dana, Mass., Oct. 25, 1824; m. at Ludlow, Nov. 28, 1846, Maria
Hayden, b. Dec. 9, 1824; d. May 28, 1881; m. 2d, Dec. 14,1882, Mrs. Lucy Plumly
Keith, b. May 8, 1828. He is a farmer; res. No. Wilbraham, Mass.

8285. i. RosETTA, b. Sept. 15, 1847; d. Mar. 10, 1848.
82>!6. ii. Chas. M., b. June 20, 1854; d. Nov. 1854.
8287. iii. Clara, b. Dec. 28, 1856; d. June 13, 1863.

5169. ZuRi Whitney (Artemas H., John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Dana, Mass., Jan. 29, 1823; m. at Ludlow, Dec. 18, 1845, Sarah S. Alden, b.
Mar., 1822; d. June 10, 1888. He is a farmer; res. Ludlow Center, Mass.

8283. i. Charles M., b. Dec. 20, 1852; m. Lillian C. Arnold.

6171. Merrick Whitney (Artemas H., John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Springfield, Mass., May 8, 1832; m. at Palmer, Dec. 25, 1856, Han-
nah Tourteilott; d. Dec. 6, 1857; m. 2d, Apr., 1859, Maria Peters. He was a mer-
chant. He d. Mar. 14, 1888; res. Hartford, Conn.

8289. i. Mabel, b. ; d. young.

5173. Lorenzo Whitney (Joseph H., John S., Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Shrewsbury, Mass., May 4, 1817; m. Marlboro, Mass., May 10, 1848,
Sarah Hall, b. Aug. 10, 1836. He is a farmer; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; P. O. West-
boro.

8290. i. Lucie M., b. Mar. 6, 1850; m. Oct. 10, 1870, Frank G. Crocker, of

East Templeton, and d. Mar. 8, 1872.

5188. Imri S. Whitney (Asa, Eleazer, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Henniker, N. H., Sept. 20, 1824; m. at Nashua, Nov. 13, 1848, Zeviah C. Web-
ster, b. Newport, N. H., Oct. 9, 1828; d. Riverdale, Sept. 19, 1891; m.2d, May 15, 1894,
Mrs. Lenora Whitney, b. Henniker, Oct. 17, 1836.

At an early age he gave signs of great love for music and was an apt scholar at
his first school. When twenty years of age he taught his first singing school in his
native town. In 1848 he began a regular course of musical studies at Nashua, N. H.,
and then composed his first song, "My Cottage Home," which was very popular and
sold extensively. In 1849 he began his successful career of teaching juvenile classes.
Since then he has accomplished quite as much in the line of concerts with children
as well as adults as any man in the country, having taught hundreds of juvenile
classes, varying from fifty to eight hundred in a class. He has given hundreds of
juvenile concerts and a large number with adult classes, and has taught in many of
the towns of New Hampshire between the Merrimack and the Connecticut rivers.

540 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mr. Whitney settled in Manchester, N. H., Dec, 1855, where he was first employed
to teach a singing school and to lead the choir for the then Elm St. Baptist church,
now the Merrimack St. Society. During the years of 1856-57-58 and 1859 he was
engaged to teach music in the "Teachers' institutes" of the state. Here he advo-
cated what he has since shown in the city of Manchester, that vocal music can be
successfully taught in the public schools. After laboring with the school committee
of Manchester every way possible, to induce them to try vocal music in the city
schools, they at last engaged Mr. Whitney, Sept., 1860. for one term, to try the exper-
iment. After training the children some three months, he brought together some
fifteen hundred of them for a public exhibition. This task was no small matter for
one man to undertake. The thing, however, was done, and successfully. A public
exhibition was given, and the people were astonished that so many children could be
made to sing together in good tune and time. So well were the school committee
pleased, that they engaged Mr. Whitney for another term, and appointed him teacher
in the public schools. Mr. Whitney has had very large experience in teaching both
juvenile and adult singing classes. In this department of music he stands at the
head of his profession. Many years of constant training has made him famous as an
instructor of children. He has always been a close student and a hard working man.
As a teacher of music Mr. Whitney has become extensively known. He has never
labored to become a public performer upon any instrument, or to become a public
singer, and yet there are few men better qualified in the various departments of
music than he is. He has thoroughly studied and had a large experience in all
branches of the science, has published some popular compositions, and has a good
collection of original music in manuscript. In Nov., 1883, he bought a farm at Riv-
erdale. He resides in New Boston; his son-in-law in Weare. After going there he
continued his profession and business in Manchester, going to and from Manchester,
eleven miles by rail, as suited his convenience, until July, 1888, when he sold out his
business and gave up his profession as a teacher of music on account of failing
health. He held the office of superintendent of schools for New Boston for the year
1884. Since July, 1884, he has also held the office of justice of the peace for Hills-
boro countv. He resigned his position as teacher of music in the public school
of Manchester, July 1, 1871, having given eleven years of very hard work to establish
a system of teaching music in the school of the city. The same system is continued
to-day by the teacher who was his successor. He was noticed by the Mirror and
Ajnerican, the leading papers of the city, as the father of music in the public schools
of Manchester. Jan., 1872, he commenced to publish a musical paper called " Whit-
ney's New Hampshire Journal of Music," which he is now (1895) publishing; res.
Riverdale, N. H.

8291. i. Adah Clarissa, b. Oct. 1, 1861; m. Jan. 23, 1883, at Manchester.
N, H., Harry Hobson Simons. Ch.: Mildred Whitney.

5189. Jason H. Whitney (Asa, Eleazer, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. June 19, 1826; m. Feb. 13, 1855, Lenora A. Wood, b. Oct. 17, 1836; res. Hen-
niker, H. H.

Mary Lizzie, b. June 2, 1856; m. John Gilchrist.

E.MMA P., b. July 20, 1858.

Fred'k, b. Feb. 27, 1861.

Infant, b. Oct. 23, 1869; d. Oct. 24, 1869.

5195. Jacob S. Whitney (Asa, Eleazer, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Nov. 3, 1841; m. June 4, 1868, Lottie B. Marsh, b. Jan. 26, 1845; d. Aug. 8,

1869; m. 2d, Jan. 23, 1872, Susan L. Webster, b. Oct. 13, 1850; d. ; res. Henni-

ker N H.

8296. i. Walter N., b. Jan. 18, 1873.
8297a. ii. Dora L., b. Feb. 27, 1879.

5207. Stephen J. Whitney (Stephen P., Stephen, Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Newport, N, H., July 14, 1863; m. at Antrim July 14, 1883, Emma
E. Holt; res. >sewport, N. H.

8297. i. Gertrude M., b. Aug. 1, 1886.

5213. Austin Lorenzo Whitney (Lorenzo C., John, Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Sandisfield, Mass., Nov. 7, 1858; m. there Martha L. Sheldon, b.
Jan. 29, 1858; d. July 27, 1888; m. 2d, Oct. 15, 1889, Martha A. Webb, b. Dec. 20, 1855;
res. Monterey, Mass.

8298. i. Ella, b. July 14, 1888.

8292.

i.

8293.

11.

8294.

Ill

8295.

iv,

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541

6217. Hiram E. Whitney (Edward A., John, Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Montville, Mass., Dec. 5, 1849; m. Nov. 1, 1879, Susan A. Lamson; res. Mont-
ville, Mass.

8299. i. Cora E., b. Dec. 22, 1884.

8800. ii. Dora A., b. Dec. 22, 1884.

5218. Wilbur L. Whitney (Edward A., John, Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas,
John), b. Apr. 23, 1851, in Montville, Mass.; m. May 22, 1870, Maria Robinson; res.
Waterbury, Conn.

8301.
8302.
8303.
8304.
8305.
8306.
8307.

1.
ii.
iii.
iv.

V.

vi.

vii.

LiBBiE J., b. Aug. 18, 1870.
Minnie E., b. May 14, 1872.
Waldo B., b. July 1, 1874.
George E., b. Dec. 10, 1876.
Robert Z., b. Oct. 20, 1879.
Bessie M., b. Aug. 25, 1881.
Ruth E., b. July 30, 1886.

5223. George Ernest Whitney (Elnathan, Elnathan, Elnathan, Elnathan,
Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 23, 1861; m. Mar. 6, 1889, Adonelle Eaton, b. June 10,
1863; res. Goffstown Center, N. H.

8308. i. Mary Sylena, b. June 18, 1891.

5227. Theodore Train Whitney (Seth D., Moses, Jacob, Jonas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. in Milton, Mass., Apr. 26, 1846; m. in Framingham, Oct. 6, 1880.
Ch.: Annie Caroline Mann; res. Milton, Mass.

8309. i. Theodore Train, b. at Carondelet, Mo., July 22, 1881.

8310. li. Seth Dunbar, b. at Lakewood, N. J., Mar. 17, 1883; d. Mar.,

1885.

8311. iii. Mary Adeline, b. Apr. 13, 1885,

8312. iv. Annie Leslie, b. July 9, 1887.

8313. V. Elinor, b. Dec. 27, 1889.

5232. John Baker Whitney (lackson, Abraham, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Hartford, Vt., Jan. 17, 1835; m. Feb. 11, 1869, F.Elizabeth Cald-
"welj, b. Charlestown, Mass., Mar. 18, 1850; res. So. Braintree, Mass.

8314. i. William E., b. Feb. 19, 1870.

8315. ii. Ella May, b. May 19, 1872; m. Aug., 1894, Frank Nelson; res.

Mattapan, Mass.

5233. Cyrus O. Whitney (Benjamin H., Abraham, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Hartford, Vt., Nov. 17, 1838; m. at Wilton, N. H., Lydia H. Gold-
smith, b. Feb. 24, 1845.

George L., Henry H. and Cyrus O. enlisted in 1861 in
the 6th Regt. \'t. \'ols.; were discharged and re-enlisted as
veterans in same company and regiment. George and
Henry were killed in May, 1864. Cyrus, with his regiment,
particiiiated in twenty-three battles, was four times
wounded, and has two honorable discharges; res. Wilton,
N. H.

Henry Goldsmith, b. Apr. 20, 1870.

Everett James, b. Sept. 18, 1873.

Herbert Stephen, b. Aug. 28, 1879.

Ira Almaron, b. ivlar. 17, 1888.

5244. Charles P. Whitney (John B., Jacob, Abner,
Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Shelburne Falls, Mass.,
July 14, 1866; m. at Creston, 111., in 1888, Grace E. Lewis,
b. Jan. 15, 1867.

Chas. Pratt, son of John Brooks and Katherine Pratt
Whitney, born at Shelburne Falls, Mass., removed to Chi-
cago (with parents), 1874, and educated in public schools of
that city. At the age of 14 he started in the fire insurance business as office boy,
and eight years afterward was made a member of the insurance firm of Granger,
Smith, Miller & Co., of which firm he has now been a member seven years Mar-
ried in 1^88 to Grace Elizabeth Lewis, of Creston, 111. Fall of 1893 built at Edge-
water, where he now resides. He is vice-president Chicago Athletic association.

8316.

i.

8317.

li.

8318.

iii.

8319.

iv.

CHARLES P. WHITNEY.

542 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

secretary and treasurer of Massachusetts society in Chicago, member of the Sons of
American Revolution, and other societies; res. Chicago, 111.; address with Granger
Smith, Miller & Co., 172 La Salle St.

8320. i. Lewis Husted, b. Feb. 8, 1892.

8321. ii. Charles Pratt, Jr., b. Dec. 12, 1898.

5253. Watson H, Whitney (Harrison H., Abner, Abner, Jonas, Eleazer,
Thomas, John), b. Turner Falls, Mass., Aug. 21, 1841; m. Jan. 26, 1865, Lucretia A.
Davis, b. June 22, 1842. He d. July 31, 1882; res. Orange, Mass.

8322. i. Walter C, b. July 27, 1868.

8323. ii. Harrison H., b. July 7, 1873.

8324. iii. Geo. F., b. July 7, 1873; d. Oct. 27, 1873.

5262. Benjamin McNeal Whitney (Amos, Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Thomas. John), b. Dixon, 111., Mar. 24, 1855; m. there, May 30, 1878, Clara Sthare;
d. Apr. 18. 1886; m. 2d, Sept. 5, 1888, Grerena Waldon.

He was born in Dixon, 111., and was engaged in the coopering business with his
father till he moved to Minneapolis. He is still in the same business, but was iu
Duluth one year in the commission business, but left on account of the climate, and
is now one of the stock owners in the Hennepin Co. Barrel Works at Minneapolis;
res. Minneapolis, Minn., care Hennepin Co. Barrel Works.

8325. i. Emeltne Grace, b. Aug., 1879; d. Sept., 1879.

8326. ii. Arthur C, b. Mar. 18, 1882; d. May, 1886.

8327. iii. Lavina, b. May 29, 1884.

8328. iv. Clara, b. Mar. 25, 1886.

5265. George G. Whitney (Cyrus J., Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Feb. 6, 1840; m. in Ky., Oct. 14, 1872, Elizabeth Bowl, b. Hull, England,
Aug. 3, 1852. He was a soldier in the late war; res. Louisville, Ky., and Antrim, N. H.

8329. i. Emma M., b. Mar. 30, 1874, noted singer, leading soprano M. E.

church, Louisville.

8330. ii. Granville G., b. Jan. 18, 1880.

5267. Cyrus J. Whitney (Cyrus J., Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Sept. 27, 1844; m. Oct. 17, 1875, Louisa E. Allds, b. June 25, 1845.

Cyrus J. Whitney is a well to do farmer at Antrim Center, N. H. His wife was
born in Antrim, educated there, and graduated in 1872 from the Tilton, N. H., sem-
inary. P'or several years she was a school teacher; res. Antrim Center, N. H.

8331. i. Roscoe Alvin, b. Mar. 18, 1877.

5268. Charles F. Whitney (Cyrus J., Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Sept. 20, 1847; m. July 4, 1881, Mrs. Sarah Somers; res. Antrim, N. H.

8332. i. Ellen E., b. June 2, 1882.

8333. ii. Charles F., b. Oct. 1886.

5273. Frederick A. WHiTNEY(Cyrus J., Jonah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Jan. 4, 1864; m. Sept. 19, 1883, Mary Shea, of Hancock, N. H.; res. Han-
cock, N. H.

8334. i. Anna Belle, b. July, 1884.

8335. ii. Freddie, b. Aug., 1886.

8336. iii. Harry A., b. Feb. 1891.

5281. William L. Whitney (Lovell, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Mar. 12, 1822; m. Sarah P. Whitney (dau. of John) (see), b. Apr. 16, 1827.
He was in the war of the rebellion and discharged for disability Dec. 26, 1862; res.
W. Rindge, N. H.

Lizzie S., b. Jan. 19, 1859.

Wayland J., b. Dec. 21, 1853.

Emma H., b. Jan. 1, 1860.

Ida S., b. Sept. 16, 1865.

5284. Hon. Charles Whitman Whitney (Charles W., Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Troy, N. H., Nov. 26, 1827; m. Sept. 2, 1850, Sarah Frances
Taylor, b. Oc^ 23, 1829.

He was born in Troy, and with the exception of living three years in Fitzwil-

8337.

i.

8338.

ii.

8339.

111.

8340.

iv

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

543

liam, and three years in Boston in a wholesale dry goods store, he has spent his
time in mercantile business in Troy. Coming home Irom nine months' service as
commissary clerk on the James river, in 1865, he bought out the stock of goods and
the brick store of D. W. Farrar, in Troy, and has been in
busmess in that place since. Held the office of postmaster
twenty-five years; a number of town offices; represented
the town in legislature in 1871 and 1872; three years was
master of Monadnock Lodge F. & A. M.; member of Hugh
De Payens commandery, Keene, N. H.; res. Troy, N. H.

8341.

8342.

8384.

u.

HI.

Ella Fran'CES, b. Apr. 1, 1851 ; m. Aug.

21, 1887, Geo. F. Kimball; res. Troy.

Ch.: Edward Whitney, b. July 11, 1878;

Marv F., b. July 28, 1879; d. Aug. 21,

1880.'
Cora Mabel, b. July 28, 1854; m. Jan. 26,

1881, Dr. Melvin T. Stone; res. Troy.

Ch.: Mary Frances, b. Apr. 30, 1886;

d. Apr. 15, 1891 ; Mildred T.; b. Mar. 17,

1889.
Charles W., b. Mar. 14, 1861; m. Lizzie

L. Heywood.

8344.

i.

8345.

n.

8346.

iii.

8347.

iv.

8348.

V.

8349.

VI.

8350.

vn

HON. CHARLES W. WHITNEY.

5285. Samuel Griffin Whitney (Charles W., Isaiah,
Isa'ah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Trov, N. H., Sept. 20, 1819; m. Mav ^4,
1842, Abbie N. Whittemore, b. May 29, 1820; d'. Feb. 25, 1894. He was a merchant
in earlv life, but many years past has been a farmer; res. Monticello, la.

Sarah A., b. Apr. 17, 1843; d. Apr. 11, 1858.

Charles H., b. Sept. 30, 1845; d. June 20, 1863. He was in the
31st Regt. of Iowa \'ols. during the war.

W.M. A., b. Oct. 16, 1S47; m. Eliza Chandler.

William A., b. July 9, 1850; m. Lucy L. McAllaster,

Lemuel P., b. Aug. 23, 1851; d. Oct. 29, 1872.

Edward G., b. Aug. 17, 1856; d. Aug. 31, 1857.

Mary A., b. Feb. 10, 1860; d. Sept. 16, 1866.

5292. George Isaiah Whitney (Henry, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Burlmgton, Vt., Dec. 14, 1833; m. Oct. 2, 1865, Emily E. Sweet, b. Sept. 21,
1845.

He attended the local school and in 1852 went to California and 1855 was one of
the first to honor the overland route. While in the west he was in the mines of
California and British Columbia, and was one of the first men to enlist in the army of
1861, and was afterwards sutler in army. He has lived in Brooklyn twelve years and
is in the express business; res. 497 Green Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
8351. i. Waldo H., b. Aug. 6, 1868.

5294. Charles H. Whitney (Henrv, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Apr. 23, 1839; m. Nov. 26, 1868; Mary Jane Kelley, b. Feb. 1, 1847; d. Mar.
19, 1889. Had 7 children and all died at an early age; res. Burlington, Vt., 103
Church St.

5304. Solon Franklin Whitney (Benjamin F., Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 22, 1831 in Harvard; m. Sept. 1, 1859, Charlotte Corday
Wilder, b. Sept. 2, 1832. Charlotte C. Wilder is a granddaughter of Mrs. Dr. Samuel
Young, whose maiden name was Pierce. Mrs. Sarephina Young's father, Joseph
Pierce, was in the Revolutionary war in a Worcester company, under command of
Col. Timothy Bigelow. She was born in Athol, Mar. 20, 1786, and d. in Harvard,
Dec. 28, 1871, leaving a son and daughter, now dead.

Solon was born in Harvard, where he lived with his parents about five years, then
moved with them to Seneca Falls, N. Y., residing there nearly ten years, where most
of his schooling was obtained. He fitted nearly for college at the village academy,
and at the private school of Rev. Mr. Ackley, an Episcopal clergyman. Returning to
his native town in 1845 for a season, he then served an apprenticeship in the village
stores at Acton and Littleton. He had always assisted in his father's store in
Seneca Falls, had taken care of the district school library, of which his father was
librarian, and had wandered quite widely in travel, history and philosophy. While
in a store serving his employers, he spent three or four years learning the carpenter's,

544 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

then the woodcarver's trade. Having accumulated some money, he decided to
spend it in bettering his education. Spent two years at a normal school, and one
in teaching as assistant in the Fall River High school, fitting for college in the
meantime; entered Brown University in Sept., 1855, graduating in 1859 with the
degree of A. M., and election of O. R. K. of the Brown Chapter. Accepted position of
first assistant in the Brookline High school, then in 1862 as assistant in the Bridge-
water Normal school; left this in 1866 to take charge of the Watertown High
school. In 1872-85 he was one of the sub-masters of the Cambridge High
school. In 1872 he entered Harvard college as special student in chemistry
with Louis Agassiz. While teaching in Cambridge he continued to reside in Water-
town, where he had taken great interest in helping to start and manage the free
public library, of which he has had continuous charge for 25 years. His best thought
and life has gone into this little village library; it has been his dream by night, "his
work in vacations and spare moments until now it has absorbed for the last ten vears
much of his time and strength. It is large and successful for so small a town —
the books on the shelves show an average use of each twice in the year for every
man, woman and child in the town; a lot and a building worth 845,000, with about
21,500 volumes, and 27,()00 pamphlets and papers, which they are now rapidly put-
ting into binding. He was one of the originators of the Historical Society of
Watertown, of which he was the first secretary and treasurer, and of which he is
now librarian and custodian. Is member of Boston Society of Natural History, of
the Appalachian Club, of the American Library Association. Was member for ten
years of American Association for Advancement of Science; res. Watertown, Mass.

8352. i. Lottie Louise, b. July 22, 1861.

8353. ii. Margarett Blanchard, b. May 30, 1872.

5306. James Harris Whitney (Benjamin F., Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. in Harvard, Mass., Aug. 16, 1835; m. Apr. 11, 1860, Addie Thomas
of Boston; d. of consumption Dec. 31, 1864. James H., went to Seneca Falls, N. Y.,
when an infant in 1836, returned to Acton, Mass., in 1845, and to Harvard in 1848.
He spent a portion of his boyhood, 1845-49, with his father farming; in 1849 in Wor-
cester, 1850-53 in a store in Shirley, Mass.; 1853-54 at Normal Institute, Lancaster,
Mass.; 1854-61 in a furniture and upholstery business, Boston, Mass.; 1861-91 in
charge of upholstery department at Stewart's and afterwards at Arnold, Constable &
Co.'s in New York City. During these 30 years he had occasion to cross the ocean to
and from Europe many times (nearly 90) to buy goods, traveling over a large part of
Europe in search of the finest goods known to the trade. Since 1891 he has returned
to Harvard and for a time at least, is quietly cultivating his paternal acres, as a gen-
tleman farmer; res. Harvard, Mass.

8354. i. George Clarenxe, b. Nov. 5, 1861; d. Oct. 3, 1888. He lived

most of his life and was educated in New York City, spent two
years in Columbia College, went into the oil broker's business,
had a seat in Exchange, traveled in Europe for his health, but
returned not much improved, went as far west as Minneapolis,
but failing rapidly returned to New York City, to die of con-
sumption, which he probably inherited of his mother.

8355. ii. Minnie, b. 1863; d. 1864 of consumption.

5311. William Ellery Channing Whitney (Benjamin F., Cyrus, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. in Harvard, Mass., Apr. 11, 1851; m. Oct. 6, 1881,
Alma C. Walker, b. Jan. 22, 1854.

He was graduated at the Massachusetts Agricultural college in the class of
1872. Studied architecture in Boston until 1877, when he went to Minneapolis, where
he has since resided practicing his profession; res. Minneapolis, Minn.

8356. i. Marion, b. Aug. 19, 1882.

8357. ii. Katherine, b. Mar. 16, 1888.

5320. Hon. Edward Livingston Whitney (Richard H., Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Adrian, Mich., Sept. 7, 1840; m. May 2, 1864, at Natchez,
Miss., Eliza J. Curry, b. Dec. 26, 1846.

Edward Livingston Whitney, born at Adrian, Mich., Sept. 7, 1840; in 1860 he
went to Madison, Wis., and organized what was known as the Madison Hardee Cadets,
a military organization of great merit of which he was captain. In 1862 he enlisted
in the 12th Wisconsin Regiment as a private, participated in the battle of Shiloh;
went to Holly Springs and Vicksburg with Grant, and was appointed captain and

8358.
8359.
8360.

i.

li.

iii.

8361.

8362.
8363.
8364.

iv.

V.

vi.

vii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 545

commissary of the post at Natchez, Miss., in 1863-64, and was an honored officer
there under General Camby, commander at New Orleans, La. He married Eliza J.
Curry of Natchez, Miss., in 1863, to whom there were born 7 children. Edward L.
Whitney in 1865 purchased of Judge Snyder of St. Joseph, La., a plantation of 1,200
acres, and removed his family on to this plantation, and was a successful planter,
also taking a prominent place in the politics of the parish of Tensas, La., having
been elected to the position of sheriff, then to parish judge and for one term served
as senator in the Louisiana legislature. He was a man of strong will and determi-
nation and large influence among men with whom he had to deal, and was regarded
as a father by the 300 colored people who made their home upon his plantation. He
■died of pneumonia Jan. 4, 1886, and left an estate valued at §75,000; res. St. Joseph,
Tensas Parish La.

Clara H., b. Mar. 25, 1865.

Richard H., b. Nov. 26, 1870.

Katie C, b. Dec. 29, 1866; m. Jan. 25, 1888, B. F. Young; res. St.
Joseph, La.

Edward L., b. Mar. 5, 1878.

Annie L., b. Mar. 2, 1880.

Eliza A., b. Feb. 9, 1885.

India B., b. Mar. 24, 1875.

5321. Channing Whitney (Richard H., Cvrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Adrian, Mich., Dec. 28, 1842; m. Sept. 26, 1867, Nellie M. Cornell, b. June 21,
1844, at Adrian.

Channing Whitney, born at Adrian, Mich., Dec. 28, 1842; was married to Ellen
M. Cornell, and have born to them one son. Channing Whitney entered the mer-
cantile life as merchant tailor in 1865, and continued until 1875, when he entered into
the banking business and organized the Commercial Exchange bank of Adrian, and
is still engaged in that business at this time, 1895. He has been a prudent, hard work-
ing, successful business man, and has accumulated a fortune of 8100,000, and steadily
gaining. He is a member of and a faithful worker in the First Baptist church of
Adrian, and for years has been engaged in the Sunday-school work, and is regarded
as one of the prominent men in the city; res. Adrian, Mich.

8365. i. Charles Seward Colfax, b. IVIar. 21, 1870.

5322. Charles Carroll Whitney (Richard H., Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Adtian, Mich., July 4, 1844; m. Oct. 13, 1870, Emma L. Lapham,
b. Feb. 2S, 1850.

Charles Carroll Whitney, born July 4, 1844; was married to Emma L. Lapham, of
Adrian, Mich., to whom were born two children, at Alpena, Mich. Charles C. Whit-
ney entered the drug store of Fred Steans, of Detroit, in 1^65, and remained withhmi
until 1867, when he removed to Alpena and engaged in the drug business himself,
but removed to Bay City in 1874 and engaged in the manufacture of crackers for the
wholesale market, at which he made money rapidly. In 1887 he was instrumental in
organizing the Commercial Bank of Bay City, and was elected as the 1st vice-presi-
-dent of that bank, which position he still holds, and the bank is a success. He has
been successful in his business enterprises and at this date, 1^95, is honored and re-
spected, and one of the prominent men of the city, and worth about 850,000, and is a
working Christian man, being a member of the First Baptist church of Bay City, Mich;
res. Alpena and Bay City, Mich., 521 N. Washington, St.

8^66. i. LvLu'F. Carroll, b. June 4, 1873.

8367. ii. Harry Livingston, b". May 6, 1880.

5323. Dr. Aaron Augustus Whitney (Richard H., Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Adrian, Mich., Feb. 7, 1850; m. Apr. 25, 1872, Clintma S.
Curtis, of Wilton, N. H., b. Dec. 28, 1854.

Aaron Augustus Whitney, born Feb. 7, 1850, at Adrian, Mich., and married
Clintina S. Curtis, of Wilton, N. H.. in 1872; they have no children. A. A. Whitney
entered the medical college of Bellevue hospital. New York, in 1868, and graduated
from that institution, and has been a practicing physician since that time, meeting
with a fair success, first at his old home at Adrian, Mich., then at Port Huron, Mich.
He has stood well in the communities where he has lived, but has never made much
of a success in a business way. He is an earnest Christian worker, being a member
•of the First Baptist church of Port Huron, and always ready to do the work when duty
■calls. Has been interested in fraternal societies and joined the Knights of Pythias,

8368.

ii.

8369.

IV.

8370.

j.

8371.

iii.

8372.

V.

546 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor, Knights of the Maccabees, and half a dozen other
orders. Has held important official positions in these orders, and is at present grand
trustee of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor for Michigan; res. Port Huron, Mich.,
and St. Louis, Mo., 3000 Locust St., s. p.

5327. Edwin H. Whitney (Isaiah, Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Sept. 10, 1851; m. June 6, 1875, Mary E. Albert, b. Jan. 14, 1847.

Edwin H. Whitney was born at the old homestead on Sept. 10, 1851, and lived
there contmuously until sixteen years of age. He then lived with his sister and
attended the high school in Marlboro, Mass., for a fewmonths.'and after a few months
at home went to the Westbrook seminary at Portland, Me., for one term. In the fall
of 1868 he entered the first class at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, graduating
from there in 1871 with the degree of B. S., having taken the course in mechanical
engineering. He remained in Worcester until 1875, some three years being in the
railroad office of the master mechanic of the Worcester & Nashua railroad. In the
summer of 1875 he married and moved to Keokuk, la., and worked one year as chief
clerk of the general superintendent of the Keokuk & Des Moines railway. Then
returned east and during 1877 and '78 was at Harvard and in the machine shops in
Lowell and Worcester, Mass. In 1879 he went to Providence as draughtsman for the
master mechanic of the Providence & Worcester railroad. In 1882 went to work
for the American Ship Windlass Company, of Providence, R. I., and has since been
in their employ as draughtsman, superintendent, mechanical and constructing engi-
neer; the latter position he now occupies. He is a member of the American Society
of Mechanical Engineers and associate member of the American Society of Naval
Architects; res. Rumford, R. 1.

Charlotte E., b. May 26, 1877.

George Walter, b. July 12, 1880.

Eddie Lee, b. ; d. infancv, 1876.

Marv Cornelia, b. July 12, 1880; d. Sept. 4, 1880.

Harry Albert, b. July 4, 1883; d. Oct. 20, 1883.

5329. Charles G. Whitney (Isaiah, Cyrus, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas,
Johni.b. June 24, 1854; m. Nov. 17, 1881, Jessie C. Keating, b. Quincy, Mass., 1849; res,
Waltham, Mass., 3 Stow St.

8373. ii. Gertrude E., b. Mar. 17, 1887.

8374. i. Elizabeth Gove, b. Mar. 7, 1885; d. Sept. 10, 1885.

5339. Augustus Luke Whitney (Luke, Lulher, Israel, Elijah; Isaiah, Thomas,
John), b. Harvard, Mass., June 19, 1845; m. in Lowell, Mass., May, 1, 1877, Addie H.
Hassey, b. Feb. 27, 1859.

He was born in Harvard and remained at home and worked on the home farm until
he was eighteen years old, in 1862, and went to Worcester Mass., to learn the machinist's
trade of Lucius W. Pond. For three years he served his apprenticeship and received
his diplomas in 1865. He worked for A. G. Prouty at New Worcester, making the
first card cloth machine that was made and placed in the World's Exhibition. That
one went to Paris in 1866. He afterwards contracted to build vises and planer
chucks for the New England \'ise Co., of Fitchburg, Mass. Later became superin-
tendent for three years. He then went to work for Putnam Machine Co., of Fitch-
burg, as assistant foreman for J. Q. Wright; worked there four years. Then went to
work for the American Watch Co., Waltham, Mass., and worked in the machine
shop seven years. He moved to Leominster and has had charge of Harwood Mfg.
Co.'s leather bed and chair seating works as their superintendent ever since. Has
been president of the Farmers and Mechanics Association for four years; director
of the Leominster Club for seven years, which includes the wealthiest residents in
that place, and at present its president; chairman of the board of selectmen, of
which he has been for two years; member of the board of health, and superintend-
ent of the National Fiber Board Company, of which the capital stock is §1,000,000.
He is highly respected, owns a fine residence and proposes to make Leominster his
residence; res. Leominster, Mass..

8375. i. Minnie Pearl, b. July 31, 1881; d. Sept. 22, 1881.

8376. ii. Ralph Augustus, b. Dec. 15, 1884.

5360. Albert Whitney (John, John, John, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b,
Goffstown, N. H., Dec. 29, 1863; m. in Manchester, Sept. 13, 1884, Georgia F. Sever-
ance, b. Sept. 21, 1860; res. W. Manchester, N. H., 48 Clinton St.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 547

8377. i. Ethel May, b. Jan. 16, 1886.
8;-!78. ii. Lewis Albert, b. Jan. 23,1888.

8379. iii. J. Frank, b. June 20, 1890.

5371. Warren E. Whitney (Elhanan W., Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah,
Thomas. John), b. Nov. 29, 1852; m. Sept. 2, 1877, Anna C. Rowe, b. Feb. 1, 1857. He
d. Apr. 21, lt'82; res. Sarnia, Ont.

8380. ii. Eldora J., b. Oct. 6, 1879.
83S1. iii. Beulah A., b. Aug. 21, le81.

8382. i. Frank W., b. June 1, 1878; d. July 3, 1878.

5372. Terry H. Whitney (Elhanan W., Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Sept. 11, 1854; m. Oct. 1, 1872, Fannie B. Barnum, b. June 27, 1855;
res. Ypsilanti, Mich.

8383. i. Howard E., b. July 14, 1873.

8384. ii. Gilbert L. b. Jan. 4, 1875.

8385. iii. Madge, b. Oct. 1, 1889.

5373. James L. Whitney (Elhanan W., Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Nov. 17, 1857; m. Dec. 21, 1890, Lizzie Eugenia Barnard, b. Apr. 5,
1858. From 1879-81 was a member of the school committee; res. Harvard, Mass.

8386. i. Warren, b. Jan. 29, 1892; d. Jan. 29, 1892.

5374. Eustace B. Whitney (Elhanan W., Simeon, Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Dec. 3, 1862; m. Dec. 22. 1883, Edda A. Whitehouse. b. Apr. 14,
1863; res. Hartland, Me.

8387. i. Harry E., b. Mar. 1, 1885; d. Sept. 3, 1887.

8388. ii. Pearl, b. Sept. 10, 1886.

8389. iii. Carrie, b. Sept. 5, 1889.

8390. iv. Sarah M., b. July 26, 1892.

5382. Charles D. Whitney (Sidney S., Samuel, Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Apr. 6, 1844; m. Oct. 12, 1868, at Cambridgeport, Hannah S. Eaton,
b. Mar. 3," 1850; d. Aug. 31, 1884; res. Allston, Mass.

8391. i. LoiiSA F., b. Oct. 24, 1869; d. June 20, 1877.

8392. ii. Charles O., b. Feb. 26, 1872; res. A.

5388. George Whitney (Asa, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Oct. 17, 1819; m. Sept. 25, 1849, Marv Jerusha Ely, d. Apr. 17, 18o4. He d. Mar. 6,
1885; res. Philadelphia, Pa.

8393. i. Mary Ely, b. July 27, 1850; m. Alex. E. Outerbridge, Jr.; she d.

May 19, 1885. Ch.: George Whitney, b. May 12, 1881; res. Ger-
mantown, Pa.

5392. John Randall Whitney (Asa, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
John), b. m Brownsville, X. Y., Oct. 21, 1828; m. Mar. 8, 1853, Louisa Caldwell Butler,
b. in Cincinnati, O., Apr. 16, 1829; d. in Phil, Mar. 19, 1863; m. 2d in New York City,
Nov. 10, 1864, Mary Graham Young, b. Oct. 1, 1834; res. Bryn Mawr, Pa.

8394. i. Bessy Butler, b. June 9, 1856; m. Aug. 31, 1882, in London, Eng.,
Dr. Arthur A. \'an Harlingren; res. Rosemont, Pa.

William Wallace, b. Aug. 17, 1858; res. B. M.
Charles Henry, b. July 11, 1861; res. B. M.
Lewis B., b. Feb. 13, 1863; m. Mary Ella Head.
Anna Temple, b. Aug. 31, 1865.
Frances Graham, b. Sept. 19, 1868.
John Drayton, b. Nov. 25, 1869.

5393. James Shields Whitney (Asa, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
John), b. Brownville, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1830; m. at New Berlin, N. J., Sept. 6, 1860, Eliza-
beth Field Knap, b. Dec. 22, 1837.

He was born at Brownville, N. Y., removed thence to Schenectady in 1831, where
his father, Asa, had been appointed assistant superintendent on the Mohawk & Hud-
son railway (from Albany to Schenectady, now a part of the New York Central). In
1836 his father went to Smithfield furnace, near Newburg, N. Y., to take charge of a
furnace, and the family removed thither. In 1837 they returned and his father
resumed his position on the railroad, where he had been made superintendent in
1832. In 1839 he removed to Albany, where he remained till 1842, his father being

8395.

ii.

8396.

iii.

8397.

iv.

8398.

v.

8399.

VI.

8400.

vii-

-548 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

one of the canal commissicners of the state. He attended the Albany academy there.
In the fall of 1842 he removed to Philadelphia, his father entering into partnership
-with Mr. M. W. Baldwin, in the Baldwin Locomotive works. There he attended the
public schools, graduating at the high school in 1848. He then went into the car
-wheel foundry business, which his father and brother George had established in
1847, and became a partner in 1855. At present he is carrying on this business as
sole proprietor, under the old name A. Whitney & Sons. He was married Sept. 6,
1860, at New Berlin, N. Y., to Miss Elizabeth Field Knap, of that place; removed to
Wallingford, twelve and one-half miles out of Philadelphia, in 1892; was a member
•of the board of public education, Philadelphia, from 1873 to 1879, and from 1885 to
1889, when he resigned (both times), otherwise has never held any public office; res.
Wallingford, Pa.;' address, 1816 True St., Philadelphia, Pa.

8401. i. Asa Williams, b. May 31, 1861; m. Helen F. Stebbins.

8402x. ii. Anne Knap, b. Nov. 12, 1862.

8403x. iii. Tho.mas Brown, b. June 19, 1869.

8404x. iv. Emma Seiler, b. Apr. 7, 1873.

5395. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John),
b. July 20, 1817, in Townsend, Mass.; m. Jan. 8, 1840, Lydia Stowell, b. Aug. 24, 1818.

Samuel Whitney was born in Townsend, Mass., July 20, 1817. For many years
he was mechanic for the Nashua Mfg. Co., and like his father was a skillful and
ingenious workman, inventing not a few labor-saving devices which he did not
patent. In May, 1864, he entered the employ of the American Watch Co., at Wal-
tham, from which he retired in 1888. He has been for many years a member of the
Congregational church, is a Republican in politics, and has been a generous helper
in religious and philanthropic causes. He d. Oct. 17, 1894; res. Waltham, Mass.

8405x. i. Geo. W., b. Mar. 27, 1843; m. Lucy Harrington.

8406x. ii. Frank A., b. Sept. 5, 1846; d. July 23, 1^49.

8407x. iii. Elbert W., b. Dec. 8, 1849; m. Mary F. French.

8408x. iv. Charles H., b. June 19, 1860; res. Waltham.

5396. Jonathan Wallace Whitney (Samuel, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan,
Jonathan, John), b. Townsend, Mass., May 13, 1819; m. there Oct. 3, 1844, Mary A.
Brooks, b. June 10. 1821.

Jonathan Wallace Whitney learned his trade at Chelmsford, Mass., in 1843 re-
moved to So. Woburn, now Wmchester. A member of the board of selectmen in
1860. Moved to Providence m 1861. He d. Apr, 16, 1889; res. Providence, R. I.
8409x. i. Melbourne W., b. Sept. 18, 1846; m. Abby F. Lee.
8410x. ii. Ellis Brooks, b. June 2, 1848; m. Addie A. Rhodes and Mrs.
Elvira A. Ayer.

5401. Arthur Eastman WhiTney (Joel, Asa, Levi, Daniel. Jonathan, Jona-
than, John), b. July 5, 1847, in Winchester; m. Nov. 12, 1878, Alice Fletcher, b. Aug.
15, 1853.

Arthur E. Whitney was born in So. Woburn, now Winchester, Mass. Educated
in the public schools of Winchester. Was librarian of the public library when 16
years old. Entered his father's employ (mechanical engineer and machinist) in
1864. Early developed the family taste for invention. To present date Mr. Whitney
has taken out twenty-two patents, all of which have proved successful and have
been adopted as useful and labor saving. Most of Mr. Whitney's inventions have
been made in the line of leather making machinery and they are well known to the
leather trade all over the United States and somewhat in England. Mr. Whitney is
at the present time a successful inventor and manufacturer. His factory is at Win-
chester, where he lives. Mr. Whitney has been elected to offices of trust and honor
by his townsmen, although his taste is not in that direction. He served three years
on the board of selectmen; one year as chairman. He has served as a trustee of the
town public library nine consecutive years and has served on a great many impor-
tant committees for doing town work. Mr. Whitney has always been interested in
historical matters and has written important historical articles on local history. He
is a life member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society; vice-
president of the Winchester Historical Society; life member of the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society; one of the trustees of the Winchester Home for Aged People,
■etc., etc.; res. 3 Mystic Ave., Winchester, Mass.

8411x. i. Robert Fletcher, b. Sept. 29, 1879.
84r2x. li. Harold Treadwell, b. Apr. 25, 1886.

ARTHUR E. WHITNEY.

549

550

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5405. Fred Milton Whitney (Joel, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
John), b. Oct. 27, 1856; m. Apr. 15, 1888, Elmira T. White.

He was educated in the Winchester public schools, and was engaged in the
wholesale millinery and dry goods business when he died. He was quiet and retir-
ing in his manner of living, and had no taste for public life. He d. Aug. 7, 1890, s. p.;
res. Winchester, Mass.

o410. Charles Henry Whitney (Levi, Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jona-
than, John), b. Jan. 30, 1829; m. . He d. Apr. 26, 1867: res. Calais, Me.

8413x. i. Charles, b. .

8414x. ii. Ella, b.

m.

Hinds; res. Calais, Me.

o427. Luke Henry Whitney (Luke, Aaron, Levi. Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
John ), b. Saco, Me., May 5, 1840; m. June 6, 1867, Marv Ellen Edwards, b. Oct. 6, 1847.
He is a trader, Episcopalian and Republican; res. No. Cambridge, Mass.

8415x. i. Arthur Henry, b. Apr. 13, 1868; d. Aug. .3, 1868.

8416x. ii. Herbert Fales, b. Nov. 1, 1869; d. Aug. 1, 1870.

5429. Amos Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
b. Biddeford, Me., Oct. 8, 1832; m. Sept. 8, 1856, Laura Johnson, b. Nov. 9, 1837

He was born in Biddeford, Me. Some of his younger
years were spent in Saccarappa, where he was educated in
the common schools. At the age of twelve years he moved
to Exeter, N. H., where he remained until he was four-
teen. He then entered the employ of the Essex Machine
Company, in Lawrence, Mass., and learned the machinist's
trade. He went to Hartford when he was about nineteen
years of age and was employed by the Colts Fire Arms
Comjiany for a few years, and for a number of years he was
in the employ of the Phoenix Iron Works. In 1860, with
Francis A. Pratt, he founded in a small way what is now
the Pratt & Whitney Co., manufacturers of machinist's
tools, special machinery, etc., now one of the largest con-
cerns of the kind in this country. It is well known in this
country and abroad. He is a stanch Republican in politics,
but being of a.very retiring disposition never takes an active
part in public affairs; res. 231 Lawrence St., Hartford,
Conn.

8417x. i. Nellie Hortense, b. Oct. 5, 1860; d.
June 8, 1865.

841Sx. ii. Nettie Louise, b. Nov. 8, 1865.

8419x. iii. Clarence Edgar, b. Nov. 26, 1869.

John),

AMOS WHITNEY.

5430. John Webster Perkins Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jona-
than, Jonathan, John), b. Biddeford, Me., July 12, 1835; m. Mar. 22, 18-55, Olive Eliza-
beth Springer, dau. of Rev. John S. Springer, b. Mar. 22, 183S. He was an engraver.
Mrs. W. is an artist; res. Boston, Mass., and Melrose.

8420x. i. John Frank, b. Dec. 22, 1856; m. Anna P. Robinson.

8421x. ii. Fred'k Augustus, b. Mar. 6, 1860; unm.; res. New York City,
care Eimer & Amend, 205-11 Third Ave. He was graduated
with distinction from Harvard university in the class of 1884.
His tastes, as his chosen profession of chemistry would indicate,
are strongly scientific.
8422x. iii. Geo. ELi,"b.'june 10, 1862; m. Ida Tufts and Annie M. Savory.

5432. George Quimby Whitney (Aaron, Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jon-
athan, John), b. Apr. 22, 1843; m. Oct. 27, 1870, Isabelle Gaylord, b. Feb. 14, 1851.

George Q. went to Hartford when he was twelve years of age and has lived there
since. He is a machinist by trade, and is employed by the Pratt & Whitney Com-
pany. He served in the late war; was slightly wounded at the battle of Antietam,
and was later taken a prisoner of war, and remained about eight months in the
Andersonville prison. He was discharged a short time before the close of the war;
res. Hartford, Conn., s. p.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 551

5439. James Holbrook Whitney (John, John, James, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Boston, 1804; m. Mary R. Rutgers.

He was born in Boston and early engaged in the hardware trade; finally moved
to New York City and formed the firm of Whitney & McFarland, and then failed
in 1837 and took up iron brokerage business and was in it all his life and was quite
successful; res. New York City.

8423x. i. Charles W., b. Jan. 17, 1881; m. Victoria Lockwood.

8424x. ii. Marv H., b. 1832; d. 1846.

8425x. iii. John Henry, b. 1833; res. N. Y. C.

8426x. iv, Alfred R., b. Feb. 26, 1835; m. Adaline P. Nesbitt and Mary L.

Freeman.
8427x. V. Cornelia, b. 1837; d. 1841.
8428x. vi. Clementina, b. 1839; d. 1842.

5450. Lyman Whitney (James, John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John) b.
Sherborn, Mass., June 1, 18U8, m. Mary Leland, b. Nov. 13, 1815; d. Nov. 13, 1855; m.
2d Parmelia O. Lenter. He was selectman 1852-53-54; was a farmer. He d. Aug. 1,
1880; res. Sherborn, Mass.

8429x. i. Anne Maria, b. 1841; m. Hoo-er; res. So. Framingham,

Mass.
8430x. ii. Mary E., b. 1843; m. Geo. H.Young. She d. Jan. 20, 1877. Ch.:

Edwin C, b. Julv 18, 1866; m. Oct. 23, 1890, No.290 Quincy St..

Boston, Mass.; Carrie A., b. Apr. 12, 18'.9, No. 25 Catawba St.,

Roxbury, Mass.; Arthur W., b. Nov., 1871; George H., b. Nov..

1873, No. 18 Richards Ave., Portsmouth, N. H.; Mary E. (youngest

and died aged about 3 years).
8431x. iii. Daniel L., b. 1845; m. and res. So. F.
8432x. iv. Geo. L., b. Aug. 21, 1848; m. Martha A. Fleming.

5451. Sylvester Whitney (James, John, James, Tames, John, Jonathan, John),
b. Sherborn, Mass., Apr. 12, l&^lU; m. there May 2, 1833, Fanny Sanger, b. May 15, IblO.
He is a farmer; res. Sherborn, Mass.

8433x. i. John, b. Mar. 17, 1837; res. unm.,So. Framinirham.
8434x. ii. Mary F.,b. Dec. 8, 1839; m. June 15, I860, " ; res. So. Fram-
ingham.

5454. James Whitney (James, John, James, Tames, John, Jonathan, John), b.
Sherborn, Mass., Sept. 27, 1816; m. May 9, 1844, Mary Ann Clark, b. Jan., 1816.

He was a well known and respected citizen of Natick and for 17 yeai-s was treas-
urer of the five-cent savings bank there. He d. July 21, 1889, s. p.; res. Natick, Mass.

5458. Ezra Slack Whitney (Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John),
b. in Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1808; m. at Albany, N. Y., June 4, 1833, Lydia Ann
Butcher, b. Mar. 12, 1812; d. Apr. 7, 1^88.

Ezra Slack was born in the city of Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1808; was in business
m Albany, N. Y., where he married Lydia Anna Dutcher, of that place, June 4, 1833.
After residing there a number of years he moved to Brooklyn, N. Y., and did busi-
ness in New York City; was also at Washington, D. C, postoffice department, under
Lincoln's administration, where he lived five years, then with his family moved back
to Brooklyn. He was a Democrat and a Baptist for over forty years. He was con-
verted under the ministry of Rev. B. O. Welch, at the Pear St. Baptist church,
Albany, N. Y., of which church he was clerk until he moved to Brooklyn. He moved
to Philadelphia, Pa., April 16, 1885, and died in that city Jan. 2, 18?:'6. He showed
himself the same earnest working Christian, doing whatever he could for the good of
the church and the glory of God. He was peculiarly apt in Biblical quotations, hav-
ing a retentive memory, coupled with thorough knowledge of the Bible. He was the
first recording secretary of the Bible Union, and his interest was deep and sincere in
all movements to advance the Bible cause. He was a severe sufferer during closing
sickness, but was patient to the end. When the end came it was all peace. He
fell asleep in the arms of the Saviour, whom he had loved for many years. He was
the father of nine children, six bovs and three girls. He lived to celebrate his golden
wedding, June 4, 1883, at Hackensack, N. J. He d. Phila., Pa., Jan. 2, 188!6; res.
Brooklyn, N. Y., and Bayou Grape, La.

8435x. i. Robert Fuller, b. Aug. 31, 1834; d. Albanv, Aug. 7,1835.

8436x. ii. Anna Sarah, b. July 6, 1836; m. Aug. 28, 18.53, John W. Watkins.
He d. Baltimore, Julv 12, 1882. He was b. Aug. 21, 1829. Ch.:

562 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Ettie Louise, b. July 27, 1854; d. Aug. 23. 1856; Charles Whitney,.
b. May 14, 1856; d. Feb. 21,1875; Edward Rosseau,b. Nov. 12,.
1857; P. O. address Fort Washington, Pa.; William Woodward,
b. May 21, 1860; d. Dec. 18, 1862; Blanche, b. May 8, 1863; address
7 W. 65th St., New York.

8437x. iii. Henry E., b. Dec. 29, 1838; m. Helen C. Lester.

8438x. iv. Fred'k A., b. July 10. 1841 ; m. E. Louise Hunt.

8439x. V. Lydia Dutcher, b. Feb. 13, 1844; m. Aug. 29, 1867, Dr. Rollin B.
Gray, b. June 4, 1840; res. 108 W. 103d St., New York City. Ch
Anita, b. Apr. 29, 1868, Brooklyn, N. Y.; m. Mar. 27, 1893, to George
H. Linsz,of Phila.. Pa.; Marion, b. Oct. 26, 1869, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lillian, b. Jan. 5, 1871, Brooklyn, N. Y.; d. Apr. 12, 1876, Brooklyn
N. Y.; Elizabeth, b. June 12, 1872, Brooklyn, N. Y.; d. Mar. 9^
1872, Brooklyn, N. Y. Rollin B. Gray, doctor in medicine, was
born in Randolph, Pa. He passed his childhoood in Buffalo and
Elmira, N. Y., his father practicing at those places. He was
educated at Alfred university and by a private tutor. He was
a law and medical student at the outbreak of the civil war in
1861, residing in St. Louis. Served in the capacity of lieutenant
in a Missouri (Union) regiment during three months' service; was
at battles at Camp Jackson and Fulton, and at expiration of
three months' service went to Europe, whence he returned in
August, 1862, and was appointed lieutenant 18th Inf., Mo. Vols.,
and served as such during balance of war. Was graduated in med-
icine from St. Louis Med. college and licensed by law of state
of New York, by examination, and finally granted diploma of
Doctor of Medicine by New York Horn. Med. college. Was
formerly Pres. L. I. Med. Soc. and now member New York Co.
Med. Soc, etc.; practices in New York City.

8440x. vi. Wm. Ezra, b. May 18, 1846; res., unm., at Columbus, O., care
Standard Oil Co.; res 1289 Forsythe Ave. He was born in
Brooklyn, N. Y., May 18, 1846; received a public school educa-
tion in this same city; was converted at the age of fourteen
years, and united with the Strong Place Baptist church in
November, 1861, of Brooklyn. Lived in the city of Washing-
ton, D. C, for three years; went back to Brooklyn, N. Y., in June,.
1869; was for same year collector in two collecting companies in
New York; being an active member at one time of the Brook-
lyn and Washington Young Men's Christian Associations. He
was also secretary and treasurer of the Band of Hope, at Hack-
ensack, N. J., his former residence. He was one of the
members who helped to organize this society. He was the
correspondent of the Bergen County Index, of that place, for a
number of years, until he made Philadelphia his home. While
living there he took a great interest in the Prohibition move-
ment in 1882, and wrote a number of articles for the paper.
Was correspondent of five papers, and manager of the Christian
Endeavor paper and editor of the " Church News." While a
resident of Philadelphia was assistant chairman of the Young
"Men's Christian Association, Germantown, Phila., over three
years, an active member of the Y. P. S. C. E. of Niatum Bap-
tist church, of that city, holding office as vice-president, and
chairman, at one time of the lookout and prayer meeting com-
mittees, having always taken a deep interest in all religious
work. He is at present the president of the Baptist Young
People's Union of the Russell Street Baptist church, of Colum-
bus. In politics he is Republican.

8441x. vii. Sameul Colgate, b. Sept. 14, 1848; d. Brooklyn, July 23, 1867.

8442x. viii. Charles Clarence, b. June 15, 1851; d. Apr. 1, 1854.

8443x. ix. Carrie Louise, b. Jan. 9, 1854; m. Mar. 24, 1880, John B. Fitch.
He was b. July 25, 1841; is a salesman for the Standard Oil Co.;
res. Cleveland, O. Ch.: Blanche, b. Apr. 9, 1881; Salem Dutcher,.
b. Aug. 26, 1882; Wm. Whitney, b. July 25, 1885; Frederick
Augustus, b. Jan. 9, 1889; John B., Jr., b. Dec. 10, 1891.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 558

5462. John S. Whitney (Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b.
Eastport, Me., Aug. 4, 1819; m. June 6, 1850, Mary E. Gellusseora at Therville Par-
ish, La., b. Feb. 2'6, 1827. He has been postmaster for about 25 years; res. Orange
Lake Fla.

'8444x. i. Henry Ezra, b. Mar. 7, 1851; d. Dec. 12, 1852.

8445x. ii. Chas. A., b. Oct. 15, 1858; m. Cora B. Harrington.

844fix. iii. John A., b. Sept. 15, 1855; m. Beulah S. Clement.

8447x. iv. \Vm. p., b. July 17, 1857; m. Martha C. Young.

8448x. V. Walker S"., b. Oct. 11, 1859; d. June 1, 1881.

8449x. vi. Augustus G., b. June 15, 1865; m. Nora.Hickson.

8450x. vii. Walter S., b. Apr. 16, 1867; unm.

5466. Oliver A. Whitney (Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b.
Perry, Me., Oct. 24, 1829; m. at Ottawa Centre, Mich., Julia A. Comlor. He is a
farmer; res. Gilroy, Cal.

8451x. i. Ezra, b. ; unm.; res. G.

8452x. ii. Arthur, b. ; unm.; res. G.

5474. Warren Whitney (Isaac, James, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan.
John), b. Sherborn, June 16, 1819; m. Mar. 29, 1845, Ann E. Watson, b. Feb. 2, 1823.
He was selectman in 1850-51-52 and 1853. He d. May, 1888; res. Sherborn, Mass.

8453x. i. Julia, b. ; m. Hosmer; res. So. Framingham.

8454x. ii. Joel T., b. ; res. So. Framingham.

5475. James R. Whitney (Isaac, lames, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Sherborn, Feb. 24, 1821; m. there Mav 15, 1845, Susan A. Clark, b. Nov. 2,
1822; d. Feb., 1878. He was a farmer. He d. Oct., 18s0; res. Sherborn, Mass.

8455x. i. Frank, b. Feb. 12, 1846; m. Elizabeth Coolidge.

8456x. ii. Ella, b. Dec. 15, 1848; res. S.; unm.

5478. Hon. Felix Grundy Whitney (Martin, James, Benjamin, James, John,
Jonathan, John), b. X. Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 9, 1818; m. Oct., 1848, Catherine G.
Briggs, b. June 26, 1827; d. June 23, 1886.

Mr. Whitney spent his boyhood in his native village. He enjoyed the advan-
tages of attendance on its public schools with a supplementary course in the then
famous Day's academy at Wrentham. He early showed a spirit of enterprise that
distinguished him through life. When about 15 he left the parental roof and entered
a wholesale grocery store on Bromfield street, Boston. He succeeded well, but his
career as a grocer closed suddenly, and in this wise. Young Whitney had a
friend who was going away on a voyage and he improved one evening by going down
to the wharf to see him off. He returned a little late to the house of his employer,
where, after the manner of those days, he made his home. The old gentleman could
not brook such a grave offense in the youth and recommended that he report at N.
Attleboro. But instead the spirited apprentice loaded his trunk into a wheelbarrow,
and started for the wharf. For ten years Mr. Whitney followed the sea. He went
on several long voyages and experienced his share of the vicissitudes of a sailor's
life. On one hapless Wednesday his ship was burned to the water's edge and he
was picked up next day by a vessel which was itself wrecked the following Saturday.
Mr. ^Vhitney in his second shipwreck made safe landing on an island, and the hrst
vessel that touched refused him passage, because his story of two shipwrecks in four
days was too improbable even for ears accustomed to the varied fact and fiction of
the sea. He succeeded better the next time, and after a rough passage, during
which the ship came near going ashore on Cape Hatteras, he arrived safely in Boston.
Several of his voyages were in company with the late Capt. Abraham Hayward. His
career as a sailor ended as unexpectedly as it had begun. He had shipped as first mate
under a Capt. Chace, for a long voyage, and went to the old homestead in N. Attle-
boro, to await the summons of his captain. Days passed and no news came. Finally
it was discovered that the latter had been detained ten days at E. Attleboro, and the
ship had sailed without first mate Whitney. This incident, enforced by the entrea-
ties of his friends that he would leave the ocean, and possibly by considerations not
unconnected with his speedy and happy marriage, wooed him from the sea. One of
his first enterprises, and one that his landsman neighbors discouraged, was the open-
ing of Orne street, the first street opened off the main thoroughfare of Washington
street. It was named after Mr. Whitney's mother. He worked a while for his brother
George, then for H. M. Richards, the prosperous jeweler. In Sept., 1849, he started
86

554 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

for himself. He sold his business to his sons, Geo. B. and E. F. Whitney, who have
retained the old firm name unchanged. In his business as jeweler, Mr. Whitney was
distinguished for his advanced ideas in regard to methods and his ingenuity in designs.
He was one of the exhibitors at the Paris exposition, and opened an office in London
soon after, keeping it open until about two years ago. He crossed the ocean many
times in the interests of his large export trade and on his last visit in 1882, noted with
interest the same London pier where he had tied his ship forty years before! A pro-
gressive man, Mr. Whitney was active in all public affairs. He was interested in
starting the North Attleboro library, and served in many district offices and town
committees. In politics he was a life-long Democrat, and in 1874 represented, largely
by the assistance of Republican votes, the first Bristol representative district in the
general court. He was once director of the North Attleboro National Bank and of
the Attleboro Branch railroad. Mr. Whitney married Catharine J. Briggs, daughter
of Rufus Briggs and sister of Wm. Briggs of Attleboro and Mrs. Walter Ballou of
N. Attleboro. They had sons of whom all save two died in childhood. Their
married life was singularly happy. Then only did the •\icissitudes, the labor, the
reverses of years demand reprisals of his vigorous constitution and have their claims
allowed. Age seems, in a measure, to rob success of its intoxication, failure of its
pangs, honor of its allurements, and to reduce life to Longfellow's simple creed, "To
live for those that love us." And when his lifelong companion was taken, Mr. Whit-
ney expressed a willingness to follow. He d. Nov. 7, 1887; res. N. Attleboro, Mass.

8457x. i. Henry F., b. June 11, 1851; d. May 21, 1853.

8458x. ii. Geo. Barbour, b. Nov. 6, 1852; m. Annie L. Norton and Mary L.
Bickford.

8459x. iii. Frank R., b. Feb. 1, 1854; d. Oct. 12, 1856.

8460x. iv. Edwin F., b. Sept. 8, 1856; m. Annie A. Davenport.

8461x. v. Wm. Orne, b. Jan. 16, 1862; d. Sept., 1871.

5479. Dr. James Orne Whitney (Martin, James, Benjamin, James, John, Jon-
athan. John), b. Attleboro, Mass., Mar. 2, 1823; m. at Lincoln, R.'I., Apr! 20, 1^50,
Elisabeth Slack Miller, b. Jan. 29, 1816.

Dr. Whitney was born in Attleboro. When a boy 12 years of age and exceed-
ingly active and athletic he went skating one day, but overdid to such an extent that
hip disease set in, partially disablmg him for life. He was attended during this
trouble by Dr. Thaddeus Phelps of Attleboro, and from that time he adopted the
study of medicine as his life work. Later he studied under Dr. Phelps and in 1845
graduated from the medical academy at Berkshire. He commenced practice in that
village, but in a few years removed to Pawtucket where he resided. About fourteen
years ago, after an unusually happy and prosperous summer he broke down from
overwork. About five years ago an abscess which had formed in his side some years
before was lanced, and since that time he has been out of his bouse but very little.
Dr. Whitney was a strong alopathic supporter, and was regarded by physicians as
an exceptionally acute diagnostician, his judgment in this regard being well nigh
infallible. He was one of the founders and the first physician of the Pawtucket
dispensary, and a member of the Rhode Island and Massachusetts Medical societies.
At the time of the war he endeavored to enter the service as hospital surgeon at
Washington, but was not admitted, owing to his infirmity. He was, however, examin-
ing surgeon under the draft act. He was a member of the Rhode Island Historical
Society, a stanch supporter of Trinity church, where he was vestryman for a num-
ber of years, and a member of Union Lodge, A. F. & A. M. He has written a
number of articles for medical journals throughout the country, and has introduced
a number of original surgical appliances into the profession. He d. Jan. 24, 1895;
res. Pawtucket, R. I.

8402. i. Anna Russell, b. Feb. 8, 1851; res. P.

8408. ii. Mary, b. Nov. 28, 1852; m. Mar. 1, 1887, Dr. Charles Crawford
Carter; res. Rock Island, 111. He is a well-known physician at
Rock Island, 111., is surgeon in the Third Brigade Illinois
Militia. Ch.: James Orne, b. Feb. 6, 1888; d. Dec. 12, 1889;
Charles Crawford, b. Sept. 5, 1889; lived only three weeks; Rich-
ard Whitney, b. Aug. 14, 1890.

8404. iii. Sylvie, b. Dec. 31, 1854; m. Oct. 18, 1881, Winthrop Carver Dur-

fee; res. Jamaica Plains, Mass. Ch.: Walter Chaloner, b. Jan.
29, 1883; Pauline Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1885; Phihp Sherwood,
b. June 11, 1891.

8405. iv. James Orne, b. Aug. 18, 1860; d. Aug. 11, 1861.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY, 555

5484. George O. Whitney (George, Joseph, Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. 1824; m. Abby T. Rich; res. New Orleans, La.

8406. i. Caroline, b. 1849.

5505. Daniel James Whitney (James, James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. in Craftsbury, Vt., June 9, 1840; m. in No. Woodstock, Conn., May 10, I860,
Nancy Child, b. Apr. 6, 1841; d. Dec. 25, 1868; m. 2d at East Douglass, Oct. 11, 187U,
Miranda White, b. June 21, 1850. He ran an overland express from Farnumnsville to
Worcester, Mass.; res. Farnumnsville, Mass.

8407. i. Nancy L., b. Oct. 7, 1867; m. in Grafton, Mar. 11,1888, Everett

B. Clark; res. Webster, Mass. Ch.: Maud Atkins, b. June 17,
1890; Nelson Whitney, b. June 27, 1892.

8408. ii. D. Elwyn Hovey, b. Nov. 6, 1887.

5506. Chandler Briggs Whitney (James, James, Ezra, James, John, Jona-
than, John 1, b. Craftsbury, Vt., June 23, 184.3; m. Mar. Id, 1870, Harriett Cowle^; d.
Apr. 23, 1875; m. 2d, Oct. 21, 1875, Clara G. Cowles. He is a traveling salesman;
s. p.; res. Barnet, Vt.

.5515. George P. Whitney (Micah, James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John),
b. in Thompson, Conn., Sept. 22, 1839; m. at Woodstock, Nov. 7, 1865, Lucy M. Lyon,
b. June 5, 1841. He is a retail boot and shoe dealer; res. Providence, R. I., 997
Westmmster St.

8409. i. Earnest M.,b. Aug. 11, 1876.

5516. Charles H. Whitney (Micah, James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan,
John I, b. Thompson, Conn., Apr. 2,1838; m. at Dudley Hill, Mass., Lydia A. Perry,
b. Au'fi. 27, 1838. He was an mnkeeper. He d. June 17. 1878; res. Webster, Mass.

8410. i. Bertha A., b. July 23, 1864; m. Oct. 30, 1884, Elmer J. Coleburn,

b. Oct. 1, 1861; res. Webster, Mass.; s. p.

8411. ii. Charles S., b. May 8, 1861; m. Apr. 8, 1890, Addie Blanding, 11

Central St., Worcester, Mass.

8412. iii. Minnie H , b. Aug. 2, 1869; m. Jan. 31, 1894, Ellis Batten; res.

Lockport, N. Y.

8413. iv. LuLA J., b. June 14, 1876; res. 101 Sumner St., Worcester, Mass.

5517. Sergt. James D. Whitney (Daniel, James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Grafton, Mass., Mar. 16, 1838; m. at Grafton, \"ictoria Kay, b. Mar. 17, 1839.

He was born in Grafton, and was well known in Worcester county. He was a
good soldier, generous and brave; having a magnificent physique and bearing, he
was often detailed to be one in any hazardous enterprise, or when an act of immi-
nent peril was deemed necessary. On the eve of the fieht at Roanoke Island, at
Gen. Reno's request, with three comrades, they penetrated the lines of the enemy,
and his report to the commanding general, with that of Capt. Josiah Picket, in com-
mand of Co. A, 2.5th regiment, had much to do in the plans of that victorious battle.
It was in the charge on the Cypress Swamp fort of the following day that Comrade
Whitney with his tent mate. Officer Addison March, of Worcester police force, on the
right of the company, were disabled by wounds in the last volley as the colors struck
the crest of the fort and the regiment went over the ramparts. In the fight at Fred-
ericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862, Comrade Whitney stopped the fragment of a shell at the
farthermost point on Marye Heights, just as his regiment lay down to escape the
terrible storm of shot and shell, the missile striking him in the neck. The thick col-
lar of his overcoat saved him from serious injury, but the iron, intent on its mission,
ploughed a furrow through cape and coat from top to bottom. It was a most miracu-
lous escape from death. Antietam was another in which he showed his courage and
bravery. Whenever courage was needed for perilous undertakings, he was always a
volunteer or chosen by the commander. He was a favorite with his commander and
comrades throughout the entire campaign. Comrade Whitney was for a while on
the Woonsocket police, but his last years were spent at his trade or on the paternal
estate in Grafton. He d. Dec, 1893; res. Grafton, Mass.

8414. i. Charles D.,b. June 29, 1874; res. G.

8415. ii. Ruth A., b. Feb. 5, 1860; m. at Grafton, Frank White; res. G.

He was b. Jan. 17, 1857. He is a painter, Ch.: Isabella A., b.
Feb. 3, 1883; Fred E., b, Aug. 19, 1885.

556 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5521. George Schuyler Whitney (Otis, James, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Aug. 26, 1847; m. Jan. 9, 1870, Anna Mae Wilkinson, b. Nov. 4, 1848; res.
Milford, Mass.

8416. i, Florence E., b. Aug. 28, 1871.

8417. ii. Hester M., b. Aug. 8, 1886.

5525. John Andros Whitney (Benjamin, Moses, Ezra, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Dorchester, Mass., Nov. 23, 1811; m. at Waltham, Apr. 6, 1837, Eliza
Wellington, b. Aug. 3, 1804; d. July 11, 1893. He was in the railroad business. He
d. Nov. 22, 1892; res. Newton and Ashland, Mass.

8418. i. Frances Maria, b. Nov. 4, 1839; m. Nov. 22, I860, Wm. A. Web-

ber, b. June 27, 1840; res. 13 Cook Ave., Meriden, Conn.; s.p. He
is a musician.

8419. ii. Theo. W., b. Apr. 8, 1843; m. Emma Frances Folsom and

Amanda Condon.

5529. Samuel Albert Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Ezra, James, John, Jona-
than, John), b. in Monson, Mass., May 17, 1819; m. in Ware, Sept. 2, 1845, Sarah Ellen
Clark, b. Dec. 13, 1824.

He was born in Monson, Mass., and went with his parents to the wilderness of
Maine in 1820. They settled near Moose Head lake; in a few years a town was incor-
porated and called Monson, in honor of his birthplace. After a residence of twelve
years there, the family returned to Massachusetts. He was married in Ware and
later resided in Ware and Brimfield, Mass., and Hartford, Conn., and for the past
thirty-seven years in Norwich, Conn. His business has been that of a merchant and
for a few years he held the office of selectman and assessor, and for many years was
notarv public; res. Norwich, Conn.

8420. i. Mary Abeie, b. Dec. 31, 1854;d. May 5, 1856.

5534. Albert Galiton Whitney (Wait, Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jona-
than, John), b. Danville. O., May 3, 1847; m. Nov. 9, 1871, Elnora Radenbaugh, of
Champaign, 111., b. Aug. 9, 1849.

He was born in Danville, O., and worked on a farm until eighteen years of age,
attending the district school as opportunity presented. Later, until his majority, he
attended the \'ermillion institute, a Presbyterian college at Hayesville, O. After
graduating, for the following three years he taught school in Amity, O., and in Illi-
nois. Entering school at Champaign he attended five terms, teaching during vaca-
tions. Later he was principal of school at Salem, 111, He studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1873. In 1876 he moved to Saline, Kan., and since then has
resided in New Mexico, Champaign, 111., and Beatrice, Neb. In 1890 he moved to
Chicago and since then has practiced his profession there; res. 695 Fletcher St.,
Chicago, 111.

8421. i. Cleveland, b. Oct. 13, 1872.

8422. li. Lillian, b. Dec, 1876.

842.3. lii. Albert R., b. .

8424. iv. Oliver F., b. -.

5536. Jacob Franklin Whitney (Wait, Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jona-
than, John), b. Kno.x Co., O., Jan. 4, 1835; m. Apr. 30, 1857, Rebecca Frisby, b. 1838;
res. Centerville. la.

Frances, b. 1858; m. Smith.

Curtis, b. 1859.
Wait, b. 1861.

Elnora, b. 1864; m. Ingraham; res. Gandy, Neb.

Addie, b. 1866; m. — Chaneller; res. C.

Ollie, b. 1868; res. C.
Marvin, b. 1872; res. C.

5537. Thomas Hart Benton Whitney (Wait, Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Danville, O., 1840; m. 1861, Elizabeth Robinson, b, Aug. 12, 1845.
He was a farmer. He d. Aug., 1879; res. Millwood, O.

William, b. Jan. 3, 1863; res. M.

Harry Clay, b. Dec. 1, 1864; res. Chicago, 111.

Mary Frances, b. 1868; m. Norman H. Welton; res. M.

Benton, b. Mar., 1866; res. Akron, O.

Minnie B., b. 1871; m. June, 1893, William Anderson; res. M.

8425.

i.

8426.

n.

8427.

iii.

8428.

iv.

8429.

V.

8430.

vi.

8431.

vn

8432.

8433.

8434.

iii.

8435.

IV.

8436.

v.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 567

5542. Hon. Lewis Cass Whitney (Wait, Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Danville, O., June 20, 1851; m. Centerville, la., June 3u, 1877,
Mamie Eunice Best.

Lewis Cass Whitney, born June 20, 1851, in Brown township, Knox Co., O. Born
with the measles. Attended one term of school at Hayesville academy, at Hayes-
ville, O. At fourteen went west to Iowa. Xext year went to Denver, Col.; same year
went to St. Louis, Mo. Through the aid of his brother, A. G. Whitney, he entered
the 1. I. universitv at Champaign City, 111., in the year 1868; attended three years;
taught school several terms in Illinois; went back to Iowa in 1871; studied law with
Judge Joseph C. Knapp at Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., la.; was admitted to the bar
in 1872; commenced practice at Centerville, la. Was a Democrat in politics; took an
active part in the politics of Iowa. Was elected mayor of Centerville four terms.
Was married to Mamie Eunice Best at Centerville, la., June 80, 1877. Moved to
Sedan, Kan., 1885. Was a Democrat candidate for county attorney of Chautauqua
Co., Kan., in the year 1887, and again in 1889; defeated both times by a small major-
ity, the last time by seventeen votes. The county was several hundred Republican.
Removed to Snohomish, Wash., 1891. Was a candidate for county attorney on
Democratic ticket in 1892 for Snohomish county; was defeated in a three-cornered
fight by the Peoples' Party candidate by forty-three votes. His marriage was an
unfortunate one, both for his wife and himself; it was unhappy from the first; was
ended by his wife getting a divorce, practically by agreement, in 1889. Of this mar-
riage three children were born; all boys. His wife is still living and is now Mrs. L.
G. McPherson; re?. Sedan, Kan. At Snohomish he formed a copartnership in the law
business with the Hon. J. W. Frame, one of the leading Democrats of the state.
Their firm have taken a high standing at the bar; res. Snohomish, Wash.
8437. i. Cfxil, b. Dec. 17, 1878.

843^. ii. Hansel, b. Sept. 20, 1880.

8439. iii. MoNFORT, b. Aug. 6, 1882.

5548. Edward Eli Whitney (Ebenezer I., Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jona-
than, John), b. West Hartford, \'t., Nov. 5, 1X3"-'; m. in Knox Co., O., Jan. 17,1864,
Lettia Jane Parrish; res. Danville, O.

8440. i. Willie Lincoln, b. .

8441. ii. Channing Phceni.x, b. .

8442. iii. Mary A.manda. b. .

5551. Gl RDON Boar DM AN Whitney (Ebenezer J., Thoma=, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Brown, O., Nov. 29, 1839; m. there Jan. 12, 1860, Ann Ilgenfrieg.
He served in the civil war as a private in Co. B., 142d Regt. Ohio National Guard
and died .^ug. 4, 1864, in the Balfour U. S. General hospital at Portsmouth, \'a., of
camp diarrhtea, and was buried there in the U. S. cemetery; res. Brown, O.

8443. i. Ida Lucinda.

5556. Joseph Robert Whitney (John J., Thomas, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jon-
athan, Jnhn), b, Loudonville, O., Nov. 2, 1851; m. in Peru, O., Mav 25, 1881, Carra E,
Hoskins, b. Feb. 20, 1857.

He was born at the Whitney homestead, east of Loudonville; has been a resi-
dent of that town since, the farm, since his brother's death, and the care of his
mother occupying his time. In the spring of 1881 he married Miss Carra Hoskms,
of Xorwalk, northern Ohio. Thev have one son; res. Loudonville, O.

8444. i. John Wright! b. July 25, 1>^82.

5580. Ansel Dewey W'hitney (Zabad, Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Royalton, Vt., Aug. 2, 1827; m. there Jan. 27, 1853, Jerusha F.
Crandall, b. Sept. 27, 1831; he is a cabinet maker; res. Worcester, Slass.

8445. i. Alma T., b. Oct. 20, 1853; d. Apr. 12, 1861.

8446x. ii, Walter Scott, b. Mar. 14, 1858; m. Annie F. Keenan.

8447. iii. Helen G., b. Sept. 14, 1867; m. Nov. 10, 1887, Vinal S. Wright;

res. 7 Jaques St., Worcester.

5582. Charles Carroll Whitney (Zebina, Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., July 30, 1836; m. Mar. 2, 1862, Hattie M. Perham,
of Bethel. He was first lieut. of Co. E, 2d. Regt. Vt. \'ols., during the war; res.
Tunbridge, Vt., and E. Bethel, Vt.

8448. i. Willis Ward, b. Jan. 16, 1863; m. Emma Sanborn.

558 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8449. ii. Charles Perham, b. Sept. 12, 1864.
8460.^ iii. Geo. W. Tapley, b. Jan. 12, 1871.

5584. Lucius Cornelius Whitney (Zebina, Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Apr. 30, 1833; m. Oct. 28, 1855, Sarah M. Wright;
res. Tunbridge, Vt., and E. Bethel.

8451. i. Sarah Maria, b. Feb. 17, 1857.

5588. James A. Whitney (James M., Jonathan, Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan,
John), b. Bethel. Vt., Sept. 12, 1849; m. there Sept. 14, 1872, Augusta A. Diamond,
b. Oct. 31, 1851.

He was educated at the common schools; worked with his father as a mechanic
until 21 years of age. Since, he has been employed as a commercial traveler, which
business he still follows. In politics he is Republican, and decidedly American in
principal, believing that Americans should rule America; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

8452. i. Phil S., b. Feb. 26, 1878; res. No. T.

8453. ii. Ned L., b. Oct. 30, 1884; res. No. T.

5590. Ohel E. Whitney (Albert R., Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan,
John), b. Rootstown, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1842; m. at New Albany, Ind., Dec. 23, 1865, Sarah
Hayes, b. ; d. May 16, 1886; m. 2d, May 30, 1887, Mary E. Askren.

He was born in Rootstown, O.; his father died when he was 10 years of age;
Apr. 25, 1861, he enlisted in the 7th Ohio Infantry, at Ravenna, Portage Co., O.,
and re-enlisted as a veteran on Jan. 14, 1864, at Bridgeport, Ala., and was discharged
at Louisville, Ky., July 1, 1865. He is a mason by trade; res. Birmingham, Iowa.

8454. i. Edward E., b. Mar. 18, 1868; m. Lilly S. Moore and Nora M.

Gillette.
Mark M., b. Aug. 11, 1873.
Mary M., b. Apr. 14, 1875; d. Mar. 3, 1891.
Frank B., b. Feb. 8, 1877.
Lilly L., b. Feb. 22, 1888.
Lottie L., b. Feb. 15, 1890.
Mirtie M., b. Sept. 15, 1892.
Dolly E., b. Sept. 12, 1894.

5594. Azro B. Whitney (Benjamin, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Mar. 11, 1840; m. Nov. 1, 1865, Emma A. Hackett;
b. Aug. 4, 1845; res. Jessup, la.

Myron Edson, b. Jan. 7, 1867; res. Jessup, la.

Cora M., b. Jan. 10, 1869; m. May 12, 1886, E. H. Rice; res.

Dunkerton, la.
Aurie E., b. Mar. 27, 1871 ; res. Jessup.
Mark H., b.Apr. 13, 1876.
Don F., b. Mar. 11, 1881.
Nellie M., b.Dec. 11,1886.

5595. William Whitney (Benjamin, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, A't., Sept. 3, 1837; m. Apr. 3, 1867, in Jefferson, Wis.,
ISIarietta Curtis; b. Jan. 23, 1843; res. Fort Atkinson, Wis.

8468. i. William C, b. Aug. 15, 1868; he is a locomotive engineer.; unm;
res. 1329 Park Ave., Chicago, 111.
Frank E., b. Dec. 14, 1869.
Mary E., b. May 18, 1872.
Clara C, b. July 8, 1874.
David C, b. July 3, 1876.

5596. Mark C. Whitney (Benjamin, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Apr. 23, 1851; m. in Lowell, Mass., Sejit. 28,
1874, Rachel P. Carrigan; b. Aug. 4, 1855; res. Lowell, Mass.; Barclay, la., and

8455.

ii.

8456.

iii.

8457.

iv.

8458.

v.

8459.

vi.

8460.

vii.

8461.

viii.

8462.

i.

8463.

ii.

8464.

iii

8465.

iv

8466.

v.

8467.

vi

8469.

ii.

8470.

iii.

8471.

iv.

8472.

V.

Volga, So. Dak.

8473.

i.

8474.

11.

8475.

iii.

8476,

iv.

8477.

V.

Benjamin C, b. Nov. 23, 1876.
Bertha MAY,b. Jan. 21, 1878.
Fay Bean, b. Apr. 16, 1881.
Edith Jane, b. Feb. 4, 1885.
Rachel Adell, b. June 9, 1890.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 559

5603. Daniel Frank Whitney (Daniel, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, \'t., May 16, 1846; m. June 2, 1874, at Dayton, la.,
Maggie Dianna Edwards; b. Dec. 2, 1851; res. Sumner, la.

8478. i. Julia E., b. Apr. 5, 1876.

8479. ii. Wallace H., b. Apr. 3, 1877.

8480. iii. Lottie E., b. Mar. 17, 1879.

8481. iv. Mary R., b. Apr. 19, 1880.

8482. V. Emma R., b. July 8, 1881.

8483. vi. Daniel L., b. Aug. 24, 1882; d. Aug. 21, 1483.

8484. vii. Mintha M., b. Mar. 10, 1884.

8485. viii. Maggie L., b. Nov. 18, 185<5.

8486. ix. INA S., b. July 17, 1890.

5609. David Whitney (Daniel, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Brookfield, Vt., Feb. 21, 1844; m. Sept. 27, 1871, at Jessup, la., Mary Jane
Cutshall; res. Sibley, la.

8487. i. Walter Eugene, b.

8488. ii. Clarence Arthur, b. .

8489. iii. Orvill Eli, b. — — .

8490. iv. Mabel, b. .

8491. V. Bertha, b. .

8492. vi. Frank, b. .

8497.

8498.

8499.

in

8500.

IV,

8501.

V.

8493. vii. Fred, b. .

8494. viii. Emma, b. .

8495. ix. David, b. .

8496. X. Charley, b. .

5611. Cyrus H. Whitney (Daniel, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Brookfield, Vt., Aug. 12, 1852; m. Jan. 15, 1874, Luthera S. Spra^ue, b. East
Randolph, Feb. 2.3, 1850; res. East Brookfield, Vt.

Daniel A., b. Feb. 11, 1875.
David D., b. Aug. 6, 1878.
S. Lee RoY.b. June 24, 1886.
Gladys L., b. Mar. 19. 1888.
AUDRA D., b. Jan. 18, 1890.

5612. Dr. Walter E. Whitney (Daniel, David, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Brookfield, Vt., Sept. 12, 1856; m. Nov. 1, 1882, Sarah G. Skillin,
b. Mar. 9, 1861.

He was born in the Green Mountain state, came west, and entering Rush Med-
ical college, was graduated in 1881. He immediately began practice at Tripoli, la.,
and continued in his profession until his death. He was also a registered pharmacist,
and conducted a drug store at Tripoli. He d. Julv 14, 1894; res. Tripoli, la.

8502. i. Floyd E., b. Sept. 1, 1883.

8503. ii. Cora F.,b. Feb. 21,1886.

5619. Albert Whitney (George, Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Tunbridce, Vt.. Mar. 21, 1840; m. Sept. 14, 1865, Ann M. Hackett, b. June
24, 1843; res. No. tunbridge, Vt.

8504. i. Minnie A., b. Aug. 19, 1866; m. Jan. 22, 1889, Frank T. Folsome;

res. Randolph, Vt.

8505. ii. Orlando B., b. Mar. 28, 1870; d. June 4, 1874.

8506. iii. Sadie A., b. Apr. 5, 1878; res. No. T.

5630. James Pierce Whitney (Joseph, Abel, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,

Jonathan, John), b. ; m. Mar. 28, 1876, Rosa Goodale; res. Tunbridge, Vt.,

Sanduskv or Granville, Vt.

8507. i. Emma A., b. May 4, 1877.

5631. Martin ^L Whitney (Charles F., Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, \t., June 26, 1837; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Lucy Church, b.
May 8, 1841. He is a carpenter; res. Barton, Vt.

8508. i. Nellie, b. Dec. 20, 1866; res. 1013 University Ave., S. E., Minne-

apolis.

8509. ii. Carrie, b. Feb. 27, 1870; res. B.

8517.

8518.

8519.

iii

8520.

iv

560 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8510. iii. Laila, b. Aug. 20, 1875; d. Aug. 16, 1881.

8511. iv. Flora, -b. Mar. 19, 1878; res. B.

5632. Abijah Fitch Whitney (Charles F., Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b Feb. 28, 1840, at Tunbridge, \'t.; m. at Plainfield, Vt., Dec. 7,
1865, Rosette L. Smith, b. 1845. He is in the lumber business; res. Morrisville, Vt.

8512. i. Lillian Jane, b. Mav 30, 1870.

8513. ii. Gertrude May, b. (Dct. 27, 1878.

5688. Mark Whitney' (David, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Chelsea, Vt., July 13,1848; m. July 3, 1866, at Cold Spring, Wis., Maria
Stannard, b. Sept. 6, 1846; res. Keosauqua, la.

8514. i. Everett E., b. June 23, 1869.

8515. ii. Lewis Elton, b. June 14, 1874.

8516. iii. Mark Wilbur, b. Apr. 14, 1887.

5639. Lewis Whitney (David, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Washington, Vt., June 17, 1845; m. at Janesville, Wis., Oct. 16, 1878, Sarah
Jane Ludwig. He is a painter; res. Whitewater, Wis.

Ethel Claire, b. Sept 9, 1879.
Wildon Forrest, b. Feb. 18, 1881.
Beatrice, b. July 29, 1887.
David Rolland, b. Sept. 12, 1889.

5640. Rev. Austin DeWitt Witney (David, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph,
Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Washington, Vt., Jan. 17, 1847; m. Oct. 24, 1877, Mary
Etta Lynch, b. 1850.

Austin D.Whitney was born in Washington, A't., Jan. 17, 1847. Went to Wis-
consin when but four years of age. His first recollections of Wisconsin are playing
along the streams near Ft. Atkinson with cousins — members of Captain Whitney's
family — feeding fish as they sprang from the clear brooks to catch the bits of bread
thrown by childish hands. Having a bilious temperament malaria soon produced
fever and ague. The remedy often bemg packed in a cold wet sheet, afterward
the inevitable chologogue.. The first ten years were spent in the common schools
where the writer mastered the common branches and was honored with a certificate
entitling him to teach in Jefferson Co. He spent some time in the State Normal
school at Whitewater, Wis. He taught six terms of school. In 1864 he enlisted in
the 40th Regt. Wis. Vol. Inft. and served four months, came home with the sick of
his regiment and was honorably discharged at Madison, Wis. Was converted in
June, 1867, and soon after entered the ministry of the United Brethren church. He
has served his conference in the relation of presiding elder seven years. Has been
three times elected as delegate to the general conference of his church, and two
years held the position of conference evangelist. Is treasurer of the missionary
society and always identified with the educational interests of the church; res. Burr,
Wis.

Grace, b. Jan. 20, 1881.

ESTELLE, b. Feb. 10, 1887; d. Feb. 23, 1887.

DoRE, b. June 21, 1889; d. July 12, 1889.

Beryl, b. Nov. 16, 1893.

5641. Rev. Dennis John Whitney (David, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Orange Co. Vt., Nov. 8, 1848; m. Apr. 29, 1869, Nancy Almeda
McCune, b. Dec. 27, 1849; d. Dec. 6, 1875; m.2d, Feb. 19, 1888, Idagene Lacy, b. July
2, 1858.

He was born in Washington, \'t., and when but three years of age his parents
moved to Jefferson Co., Wis., settling on a farm where he resided until eighteen
years of age, when he began teaching, which he followed for some time. He began
preaching in the winter of 1867 and was ordained an elder in the church of the
United Brethren in Christ in 1873. He followed other occupations after this. Was
inspector for Washburne & Moen Manufacturing Company in Pittsburg and Johns-
town, Pa., in barb wire factories in 1888. Since that has been working at carpenter
work, also preaching and teaching. He spent some time in Valley Co., Neb., in 1884.
Then in Butler Co. in winter and spring of 1884 and 1885, carpentering. Returned
to the old home in Whitewater, Wis., in spring of 1885; then in May, 1885, returned
to Butler Co., Neb., and worked at his trade. From there went to Oberlin, Kan., and

8521.

i.

8522.

ii.

8523.

111.

8524.

IV.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 561

8525.

i.

8526.

11.

8527.

111.

8528.

iv.

8529.

V.

8533.

ii.

8584.

lii.

8535.

iv.

8536.

V.

took a homestead and timber claim in Sherman Co., Kan. In the fall of 1885 went
to Voltaire, Sherman Co., Kan., to make settlement on his homestead. After this
returned to Butler Co., Neb., and taught school during the winter of 1885 and 1886.
In spring of 1886 returned to his homestead at Voltaire, Kan., and took up his trade
and also_ continued preaching; res. Goodland and Russell, Kan.

LuRA Mabel, b. May II, 1875; res. Whitewater, Wis.

John Lacey, b. June 26, 1889.

Austin Von Piekre. b. Aug. 27. 1891.

Marie Louise, b. Dec. 16, 1892; d. Apr. 8, 1894.

Jennie \'ida, b. Aug., 1894.

5647. Willis Wilber Whitney (John, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. at Tunbridge, \'t., Mar. 29, 1851; m. Nov. 3, 1877, Adelia R. Bea-
man, of Washington, Vt., b. 1853; d.July 4, 1879; m. 2d, Oct. 16, 1883, Lucy M. Allen,
b. Oct. 15, 1866. He is a farmer; res. Tunbridge and Williamstown, \'t.

8530. i. Ella May, b. Mar. 5, 1887.

5649. Charles A. Whitney (John, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Williamstown, Vt., May 19, 1854; m. in Stow, Mass., Aug. 29, 1887,
Alice Brown. He d. Dec. 10, 1890; res. Maynard, Mass.

8531. i. Grace S., b. Feb. 9, 189U.

5650. Fred H. Whitney (John, Thomas, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), \\'illiamstown, \'t., Aug. 18, 1856; m. Mar. 2, 1882, Lizzie B. Webster, b. Sept.
30, 1855; res. Williamstown, \'t.

8532. i. Susie E., b. May 16, 1883.
Harry F.,b. Sept. 11, 1884.
Emma E., b. Apr. 27, 1889.
Aura E., b. June 5, 1891.
Ora E., b. June 5, 1891.

5658. Orson Whitney (Aaron P., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. No. Tunbridge, Vt., Jan. 4. 1^43; m. at Corinth, Nov. 8, 1869, Emily M. Han-
son, b. Feb. 22, 1843; d. Jan. 14, 1875; m. 2d, Feb. 1, 1876, at So. Royalton, Laura F.
Jones, b. May 13, 1851; res. No. Tunbridge, Vt.

8537. i. Warren S., b. Feb. 19, 1877.

5663. Aaron Whitney (Aaron P., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. No. Tunbridge, Vt., Apr. 16, 1851; m. May 10, 1886, Nellie Hatch, of Straff-
ord; res. Tunbridge, \'t.

8538. i. Harry S., b. Apr. 21, 1887.

5666. Abijah Parker Whitney (Aaron P., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. No. Tunbridge, \'t.. May 22, 1857; m. June 30, 1885, at Chelsea,
Clara M. Farnham, b. Sept. 11, 1862; res. No. Tunbridge, \'t.

8539. i. Marion S., b. Mav 16, 1886.

8540. ii. Elsie E , b. Jan. 16, 1888.

8541. iii. Abbie M., h. Dec. 26, 1889.

8542. iv. Archie Paul, b. Oct. 23, 1891.

5667. Horace Greeley Whitney (Aaron P., Aaron, Benjamin. Joseph, Jo-
seph, Jonathan, John), b. No. Tunbridge, Dec. 14, 1858; m. Nov. 26, 1883, Jennie Cox;
res. So. Royalton, Vt.

8543. i. Guy Harrison, b. June 2, 1888.

5670. Byron W. Whitney (William F., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Nov. 10, 1860; m. Mar. 18, 1884, Lydia Tucker; res. Nashua, N. H., 3
McDonald Ave.

8544. i. Mabel A., b. June 28, 1885.

8545. ii. Jetta G.,b. Oct. 4,1887.

8546. iii. Glen E., b. Apr. 11, 1890.

5671. Edward T. Whitney (William F., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Tunbridge, Vt., Nov. 10, 1864; m. Feb. 25, 1889, Clara Jinkins;
res. Oakland, Cal., 856 Broadway.

8547. i. William Edward, b. May 8, 1893.

8552.

iii.

8553.

iv.

8554.

V.

8555.

vi.

562 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

5672. Nelson C. Whitney (William F., Aaron, Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Sept. 6, 1868; m. May 30, 1891, Sadie Clark; res. Manchester, N. H.,
46 Hanover St.

8548. i. Christie B., b. Dec. 30, 1892.

5680. Frank T. Whitney (Alvah W., Isaac W., Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Chelsea, Vt., Aug. 26, 1856; m. Feb. 11, 1877, at West Fairlee, Adah
M. Blakely, b. Mar. 2, 1857. He is sheriff and jailor of his county; is a well-known
and prominent citizen; res. Chelsea, Vt.

8549. i. Florence Ethel, b. Oct. 27, 1879.

5688. Alonzo Asaph Whitney (Asaph S., Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Plymouth, Vt., Nov. 11, 1834; m. there Sept., 1858; Sarah Parker, b. 1838;
d. May 30, 1862; m. 2d, May 25, 1868, Emily Taylor Hadley, b. Oct. 19, 1834; res.
Plymouth, Vt.

8550. i. Ella M., b. Mar. 2, 1855; m. 1875, Leander M. Carlisle, b. Jan. 27,

1850; res. Tyson, Vt. Ch.: Sarah M., b. Nov. 16, 1876; Lewis
A., b. Feb. 20, 1885; d. May 5. 1886.

8551. ii. Clara A., b. July 27, 1857; m. at Charleston, N. H., W. J. Walker;
m. 2d Wm. Hoyles, s. p. She d. Mar. 9, 1891.

Allen, d. ae. 5.

Georgie, d. ae. 1,

Charles D., b 1874; res. Cavendish, Vt.

Edward A., b. ; d. ae. 19.

5700. Henry A. Whitney (Calvin, Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Ludlow, Vt., Aug. 28, 1836; m. Jan., 1868, Mary A. Brown, of Wells, N. Y.
He d. Jan. 12, 1890; res. Springfield, Vt.

8556. i. Frank, b. Jan., 1871.

8557. ii. Roxanna A., b. 1874.

8558. iii. Effie, b. 1877.

8559. iv. Leroy, b. 1882.

5701. RoswELL O. Whitney (Calvin, Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jona-
than, John), b. Plymouth, Vt., Aug. 29, 1«38; n. in New Bedford. Mass., Aug., 1859,
Phiebe Reynolds, b. 1839; d. 1878. He is a mason by trade, but of late years has been
in the real estate business; res. Providence. R. 1.

8560. i. Fred R., b. May, 1861.

8561. ii. A. Elmore, b. Sept. 1867.

5704. Charles W. Whitney (Calvin, Daniel, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Ludlow, Vt., Oct. 25.1844; m. there Mar. 14, 1865, Charanda Ellerson, b.
Dec. 19, 1847; d. June 24, 1889. He is a farmer and carpenter; res. Sudbury, Mass.

8562. i. Eva M.,b. May 16, 1866; m. May, 1884, Mr. Brigham. Ch.: Persis

■ E.,b. Apr., 1886; Alice R., b. Jan. 21, 1887; Mabel F., b. July 4,

1888; Cora M., b. Apr. 29, 1890; res. Hudson, Mass.
Cora F., b. Sept. 22, 1870; res. S.
Edgar O., b. July 8, 1873; res. S.

Ida M., b. June 23, 1876; m. June 8, 1893, Mr. Noyes; res. Sudbury.
Julia A., b. Feb. 22, 1878.
Charles H.. b. May 19, 188i;
Francis E., b. Jan. 3, 1883.
Roy a., b. Jan. 10, 1884.

5710. Augustus Whitney (Hiram, Daniel James, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan,
John), b. Plymouth, Vt., Mar. 22, 1842; m. in Toledo, O., Mar. 19, 1864, Mary Berg-
stresser, b. Apr. 25, 1843. He is a painter and paper hanger; res. Fremont, O.

8563.

ii.

8564.

iii.

85t 5.

IV.

8566.

v.

8567.

vi.

8568.

vii.

8569.

vni.

8570.

Willie Augu

STUS.

8576.

vii.

Andrew J.

8571.

ii.

Verga.

8577.

viii.

Henry J.

8572.

iii.

Jeffie.

8578.

ix.

LillieB.

8673.

iv.

Frank.

8579.

X.

Nettie.

8574.

V.

Wallace.

8580.

xi.

Hazel K.

8575.

vi.

Albert.

5716. George F. Whitney (Orange, Jazamiah, James, Joseph, Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Lenapee, N. H., Feb. 9, 1839; m. at Newport, May 11, 1864, Azubah
C. Wheeler, b. Aug. 25, 1838. He is a farmer; res. Newport, N. H.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 563

8581. i. Frank C, b. Mar. 11, 1865; m. Nov. 20, 1888, Carrie Newell, b.
May 5, 1868; he res. at Newport; s. p.

5724. John W. Whitney (Lemuel, John, John, James, Joseph, Jonathan, John ),
b. Belvidere, 111., Aug;. 6, 1851; m. at Montevideo, Mmn., Nov. 10, 1880, Julia D. Gra-
ham, b. Dec. 29, 1855; res. Hector, Minn.

8583. i. Ralph S., b. Jan. 20, 1881; d. Mar. 1. 1884.

8584. ii. Fay John, b. Mar. 8, lb83.

8585. iii. Alma Gale, b. Aug. 30, 1885.

8586. iv. Bessie E., b. Sept. 15, 1887.

8587. V. Bert, b. 1889.

5728. Oscar L. Whitney (Lemuel, John, John, lames, Joseph, Jonathan, John),
b. Belvidere, III, Mar. 29, 1847; m. at Fillmore, Minn"., Nov. 15, 1871, Ann M. Riley,
b. May 1, 185U. He is a farmer; res. Hector, Minn.

8588. i. Charles J., b. Sept. 23, 1872.

8589. ii. Nellie F., b. Nov. 30, 1874.

8590. iii. R. R., b. May 30, 1877.

573^ Francis Marion Whi-tney (James, Jonathan, Jonathan, James, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Sciola, la., May 4, 1861; m. Nov. 19, 1882, Hattie B. Chandler, b.
June 28, 1864.

He was born in Montgomery Co., la., and remained on the farm of his father
until he was eighteen years oi age, when he taught school for three years. When
twenty-one years of age he engaged in business on his own account at Sciola, and
after three years moved to Cumberland where he is engaged in general merchandis-
ing; res. Sciola, la., and Cumberland, la.

8591. i. Gurney Orville, b. Jan. 28, 1884.

8592. ii. Floyd Harrold, b. June 28, 1886.

8593. iii. Lucia Leona, b. Apr. 4, 1890.

5734. James Alexander Whitney (James, Jonathan, Jonathan, James, Joseph,
Jonathan, John), b. Sept. 27, 1866; m. Feb. 27, 1889, Eva Taylor, b. Feb. 5, 1869.

He is a native of Montgomery Co., la., and was born on a farm. Remaining
with his parents until attaining his majority he soon engaged in business. At pres-
ent he is a member of the firm of Whitney Bros., general merchants at Cumberland,
la.; res. Sciola and Cumberland, la.

8594. i, Orvil Robert, b. Feb. 1, 1890.

5754. C. Lincoln Whitney (Calvin F., Calvin, Jonathan, James. Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Dec. 13, 1860; m. Aug. 11, 1887, in Chicago, Catherme McAleer, b.
Cmcinnati, O., Julv 19, 1863; res. Riverside, 111.

8595. i. 'Paul Cleveland, b. June 11, 1888.

8596. ii. Catherine May, b. June 17, 1891.

5756. William E. Whitney (Calvin F., Calvin, Jonathan, James, Joseph, Jon-
athan, John), b. Camden, Me., Sept. 5, 1866; m. at Lincolnville, Me., June 9, 1887,
Alice M. Shiblee, b. July 1, 1866. He is in the liverv business; res. Thomaston, Me.

8597. i. Ura M., b. Sept. 26, 1888.

8598. ii. Bertha J., b. Apr. 11, 1890.

5770. Capt. William Glennv Whitney (Ruluff, Christopher, William, Wil-
liam, William, Joshua, John), b.Dryden, N. Y., Apr, 11, 1811; m. Oct. 20, 1836, Melvina
Fleming, b. June 14, 1814; d. Apr. 29, 1847; m. 2d, Mar. 20, 1850, Elcey F. M. \'an
Vobrhees, b. May 5, 1823. She is a direct descendant of Steven Coerte van voor
Hess who came from Holland in 1660 and settled at Flatlands, L. I. She d. Feb. 8,
1889.

He was a man of medium height, compactly built, but with no spare flesh; dark
brown bright eyes and black hair. He worked for and with his father from the time
he was large enough to cook and wait on the men digging coal, gradually becoming
the responsible head of the family. He became part owner and commander of a
steamboat plying between Port, and Cinti., and it is not known whether he took his
title " Capt." from this or the militia company of which he was at one time captain.
He retained the grocery up to 1859, also carrying on a commission business. Coming
into possession of a canal boat through going security, he decided to run it in con-

664 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

nection with his commission (grain) business, and finding there was money in it
built a line of boats and gave his whole attention to buymg the grain of the Scioto
valley and shipping it, until the building of the railroad. Corrupt legislation against
keeping up the canal, and ill health ruined his fortunes. He was no politician
and never sought office, but filled a few unremunerative city offices to oblige his
fellow citizens. In party he was a Whig until after the war, when he voted Repub-
lican. In religion he was an Episcopalian. All his life was given to the service of
his family, and a long invalidism was borne with patience and gentleness. His
purity of life always was a most remarkable part of his character. A filthy jest,
slang, or profanity or rough manners were his abhorrence. His creed was "to live
and let live;" not meaning by that self-indulgence, but a belief in making use of the
good things of this life, but at the same time giving everybody else a chance, even
if one must forego some advantage to do it. He never resided anywhere but Ports.,
O., after going there with his father in 1821. He d. Feb. 5, 1889; res. Portsmouth, O.,
429 Waller St.

8699. v. IS.A.BELLA Olive, b. July 4, 1851; res. at home unm.
8600. vi. Mary Jane, b. July 23, 1853; m. Aug. 30, 1876, Charles Edwin
Jewell, b. Apr. 14, 1851; d. June 14, 1889. Ch.: Elsie H., b. Sept.
4, 1877; Charles G., b. June 28, 1880; Susie M., b. Dec. 18, 1883;
d. June 12, 1884; Tom Whitney, b. June 14, 1889. Whitney
genealogy of Elsie Howard, Charles Gordon and Tom Whit-
ney Jewell through their father, Charles Edwin Jewell, as shown
by "Jewell Register" and book of Wm. L. Whitney, of Potts-
ville, Pa. Richard Whitney, son of John and Elenor Whitney,
of Watertown, Mass., b. England, 1626; had Moses, by wife
Martha Coldam, b. Watertown, Aug. 1, 1655. Moses m. Stow,
Mass., Sarah Knight; had among other children Abraham, b.
May 29, 1692. AlDraham had daughter Mary who m. Silas
Jewell, Jr., Nov. 22, 1748; had among other children Silas C, b.
Sept. 9, 1751; d. Marlboro, Mass.; m. Abagail Garfield; had
Lewis, b. Apr. 11, 1781; m. 1st Lucv Goodwin, 1810; had Silas
T., b. May 23, 1812; Silas T. resided Harmar, O.; had by his 2d
wife Harriet Howard, Chas. Edwin, who m. Mary Jane Whit-
ney, Ports., O.
RuLUFF, b. Aug. 26, 1837; m. Ellen M. Cassiday and Mary Louis

Adams.
Susannah, b. Sept. 5, 1840; m. July 31, 1887, John S. Womble, b.

N. Carolina, May 4, 1841; res. s. p., Oviede, Orange Co., Fla.
Wm. Fle.ming, b. Nov. 2, 1843; m. Lizzie M. Jones.
James, b. Apr. 23, 1847; d. Apr. 25, 1847.
Elsie G., b. June 6, 1858.
Martha W., b. Jan. 18, 1860; d. July 18, 1862.
Teresa, b. Mav 3, 1863; m. Nov. 25, 1886, at Des Moines, la.,
Allan C. McA'rthur, b. Mar. 4, 1854; res. Circleville, O. Ch.:
Dorothy, b. Nov. 18, 1887.

5771. John Whitney (Ruluff, Christopher, William, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. Solon, N. Y., Aug. 15,1801; m. Parnell Fitch, dau. of Elias and Rachel, b.
Salisbury, Conn., June 29. 1812; d. s. p., Aug. 11, 1839; m. 2d Mrs. Arenia (Fleming)
Kellev, b. Ky., June 14, 1814. He d. Dec. 25, 1854; res. Portsmouth, O.

8608. i. John Nesbit, b. Mar. 7, 1845; d. unm. July 2, 1884.

8609. ii. James G., b. Apr. 22, 1847; m. Linda Delia Carr.

5781. Dr. Benajah Ticknor Whitney (Billa, Christopher. William, William,
William, Joshua, John), b. Tompkins Co., N. Y., Dec. 18, 1813; m. 1840, Sarah E.
Hathaway, d. in 1872.

Benajah T. Whitney was born in Tompkins County, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1813. At
the age of twenty-four he commenced the study of medicine with a Dr. Perry,
nephew of Commodore Perry, of Cumberland, in the state of Maryland; but com-
pleted the required time of pupilage with Drs. Goodyear and Hyde, in Cortland
village, in New York, and received the degree of doctor of medicine from the Fair-
field Medical college in the spring of 1840. While in attendance upon the lecture
course at Fairfield, a Dr. McNaughton, then of Saratoga, was practicing and giving
instructions at that place, in the art of dentistry, and thinking better to qualify him-
self for the general practice of medicine, Dr. Whitney availed himself of the instruc-

8601.

i.

8602.

ii.

8603.

iii.

8604.

iv.

8605.

vii.

8606.

VIII

8607.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 565

tions of tliis gentleman, who laid the foundation of his subsequent successful career
as a practitioner of this specialty of the healing art. Immediately after his gradua-
tion he entered upon the practice of his chosen profession in Norwich, Chenango
county, and united with the general practice of medicine, that of dentistry, which he
continued until the summer of 1848. About this time ill health admonished him that
some change of climate, mode of life, and business was necessary, and he accord-
ingly removed to Clarksville, Tenn., and engaged in the practice of dentistry alone,
to which from that time he devoted his exclusive interest. While in Tennessee, he
became connected with the Mississippi \'aney Association of Dental Surgeons, one
of the first societies if not the first of the kind organized in this country, and con-
tributed several valuable papers on subjects connected with dental science. Here
it was he first became interested in the elevation and advancement of the dental pro-
fession by means of organizations known as dental societies, which since that time
have accomplished so much in the diffusion of knowledge and the advancement of
dental science. Dr. Whitney remained about two years in Tennessee, and then re-
moved to California, where he spent about one year. In 1851 he returned and went
to Buffalo, and soon after associated himself with Dr. Charles W. Harvey, which con-
nection was continued until 1856, after which time he continued the practice of den-
tistry alone. During the summer of 1860 he perfected and introduced an improved vul-
canizing machine and flask which still bear his name, and by which he is known
through this country and Europe wherever vulcanite plates are made for artificial
teeth. In 1865, finding his health impaired by the confinement consequent upon
carrying on both his dental and vulcanizer business, he associated with himself Dr. A.
P. Southwick, in whose favor he relinquished his dental practice entirely in May,
1867. About this time Drs. B. T. Whitney, George E. Hayes, George B. Snow and
Theodore G. Lewis formed an association for the manufacture of various appliances
connected with dentistry, under the name of the Buffalo Dental Manufacturing Com-
pany, and to the management of the affairs of this company Dr. Whitney devoted his
time and attention until continued ill health made it necessary for him to relinquish
all business cares, and seek rest and recreation in a pleasure trip to Europe, which
occupied the summer months of 1871, affording him, however, but temporary relief
from the effects of the insidious disease which eventually terminated his life. After
his return from Europe in October last, his health gradually but steadily declined,
and since the first of January he had been confined to his house, and for the most
part to his bed. Death relieved him of his suffering on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28,
at about three o'clock. About 1848 Dr. Whitney united himself with the Protestant
Episcopal church, in whose communion he ever after remained an active, de-
voted and consistent member. For many years he was connected with Trinity
church, but upon taking up his residence in a somewhat distant portion of the city
he worshipped with the Church of the Ascension, of which he became a vestryman,
holding that of^ce at the time of his death. Not only to the many friends and
acquaintances of Dr. Whitney will his death prove a serious loss, but the dental pro-
fession both here and throughout the state will be pained to hear of his decease.
His influence for good was felt in whatever circle he moved, whether professional,
religious or social. He was prominent and indefatigable in all movements looking
toward the progress of dental science in this state, and considered it a duty to be
present at all meetings held for that object within any reasonable distance. To his
efforts especially are we indebted for the present state law relating to dentistry. He
successively held the office of president of the Buffalo Dental Association, the Dental
Association of Western New ^ork, the Eighth District Dental Society, and the Den-
tal Society of the state of New York, all of which he very ably filled. Dr. Whitney
retained his connection with his medical brethren and always evinced a warm inter-
est in matters relating to general medicine by being present at their meetings. He
was a member of the Erie County Medical Society. In his intercourse with his fellow
men he was very genial and friendly, and was governed by the strictest principles of
honesty and integrity. In short he was everywhere esteemed as the true type of a
Christian gentleman. Mrs. Whitney, his wife, died childless. This is the end of a
family that a short time ago occupied a high social position in Buffalo, the head of
whom was one of the most distinguished of his profession in the state. Not long
before his death Dr. Whitney returned from Europe, through which he traveled, in
hopes of finding relief from the fatal disease which was preying upon him. Mrs.
Whitney was the companion of her husband, watching him with the most unwearied
solicitude. He returned to his native country, only to linger a few weeks and then
goto a better world. The death of her husband was a terrible shock to Mrs Whit-
ney. Like one of old she mourned and refused to be comforted. She left Buffalo,

566 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

with a view of spending some time at the home of her youth in Cortland. Shortly
after her arrival there she was attacked by what her physicians termed nervous pros-
tration, brought on by excessive grief. From this, however, she so far recovered as
to be able to write to her friends in Buffalo and elsewhere that she was convalescent.
She suffered a relapse which terminated fatally. Rev.J. E. Robie, of Buffalo, a distin-
guished clergyman and editor, was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Whitney, who supported
her almost fainting form as she stood by the coffin of her husband. Upwards of twenty-
five years before, amid all that made life happy, Mr. Robie united her in holy wedlock
to the husband of her youth, now the silent inmate of that coffin. It is strange, indeed,
that these three persons connected by so many ties, by such long and pleasing asso-
ciations, should within so short a time all be laid in the tomb. Mrs. Whitney was a
daughter of the late Gen. S. G. Hathaway, of Cortland, and a sister of Col. Samuel
G. Hathaway, of Elmira. She was also a sister-in-law of Mrs. L. B. Proctor, of Dans-
ville. [Buffalo, N. Y., paper.] He d. s. p. Jan. 28, 1872; res. Buffalo, N. Y.

5785. John Ticknor Whitney (Christopher, Christopher, William, William,
William, Joshua, Johnt, b. Hinsdale, N. Y., Mar. 14, 1830; m. at Franklinville, Sept.
7, 1851, Mandana McClure, b. Mar. 3, 1831. He is a manufacturer of harness, and
served during the war as regimental saddler of the 6th N. Y. cavalry; res. Franklin-
ville, N.Y.

8610. i. Christopher, b. Apr. 14, 1852; m. Dec. 15, 1876, Dell Wiese;

res. F.

8611. ii. Emma, b. Dec. 22, 1853; m. Albert L. Smith; res. West Bay City,

Mich.
8G12. iii. Fred, b. Dec. 2, 1856; m. Oct. 21, 1880, Ellen Bush; res. Buffalo,
N. Y.

8613. iv. Mandana, b. Apr. 26, 1859; m. Mar. 30. 1880, Vale C. Smith; res.

Olean, N. Y. He was b. June 24, 1857. Ch.: Beulah L., b. May
25, 1881; Fred G.. b. Dec". 9, 1883.

8614. v. Nettie, b. Sept. 29, 1861; m. July 27, 1883, William F. Showalter;

res. Niagara Falls, Ont. He was b. Apr. 14, 1859. Is a carpen-
ter. Ch.: Clinton Harry, b. May 17, 1884; Lida Whitney, b.
July 27, 1886.

8615. vi. Addie, b. Aug. 15, 1864; d. Aug. 28, 1866.

5786. Rev. Lyman Whitney (Christopher, Christopher, William, William,
William, Joshua, John), b. Locke, N. Y., Oct. 6. 1806; m. Aug. 24, 1828, Elizabeth
Weatherby, b. Sept. 16, 1811; d. at Troy, O., Apr. 12, 1894.

He studied for the ministry at the school at Hamilton, N. Y., going there from
Hinsdale, N. Y., in the .year 1836. In 1840 he moved to Ohio; in 1843 he went to
Bloomington, 111.; in 1846 he went back to Ohio, having charge of churches in
Seville, Greenfield, Painesville and other places. For a while he also had charge of
a church in Carrollton, 111. In the fall of 1856 he went to St. Anthony's Falls, Minn.,
and remained one year. From there he went to Illinois; thence to Kansas. From
Kansas, in the year 1877, he came to California, living at Los Angeles, where he
died. He d. Aug. 20, 1889; res. Hinsdale, N. Y., and Los Angeles, Cal.

8616. i. Albertus L., b. Aug. 1, 1829, m. Cornelia L. Tozer; res. Los An-

geles, Cal.

8617. ii. Albert B., b. Dec. 30, 1830.

5788. RUFUS Leroy W^hitnev (Christopher, Christopher, W^illiam, W^illiam,
W^illiam, Joshua, John), b. Homer, N. Y., Mar. 16, 1819; m. Feb. 24, 1848, Maria Louise
Moses. He served during the late war; res. New Scandia, Republic Co., Kan.

8618. . i. Lee, b. .

5797. John Fuller Whitney (Ruluff D., Cornelius, William, William, William,
Joshua, John), b. Sheffield, Mass., Apr. 13, 1816; m. there Oct. 23, 1837, Sylvia Lee;
res. Freedom, O.

8619. i. Amelia L., b. May 10, 1839; m. May 10, 1858.

8620. ii. Mary J., b. Nov. 3, 1849; m. Nov. 25, 1871.

8621. lii. John C, b. Apr. 15, 1844; m. Oct. 18, 1866, Anna L. Loomis, b.

Aug. 29, 1845. He enlisted in Battery A, First Artillery, Ohio
Vols., was wounded in the head at Stone River, and the ball is
still in his skull. He was captured by the rebels and was for a
while in Libby prison.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 567

6808. Virgil Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1796; m. Nov. 30, 1819, Marcia L. Doly. He d.
Feb. 11, 1889; res. Binghamton, N. Y.

8622. i. Chas. Frederick, b. Dec. 18, 1820; d. New Orleans, Dec. 8, 1844.

8623. ii. Adeline, b. May 16, 1823; m. Apr. 10, 1844, Rodnev A. Ford; res.

B. Ch.: Charles Wallace, b. June 9, 1845; m. July 10, 18«3, Kate
Stockdale. She d. Oct. 9, 1888, at Ninevah, N. Y.; Charlotte
Augusta, b. Nov. 14, 1846; m. Feb. 16, 1871, Charles Junius
Knapp, b. June 30, 1845; ch., Frederick Percy, b. Jan. 17, 1872;
Elliott Carleton, b. Feb. 13, 1873; d. Dec. 4, 1874; Helena Ade-
line, b. Apr. 1, 1874; Rodney Augustus, b. Dec. 13, 1875; Charles
Egbert, b. Feb. 8, 1877; d. Oct. 23, 1882; Bessie Louise, b. July
13, 1880; Emily Bertie, b. Apr. 27, 1882; all b. at Deposit, N. Y.;
Mvra Gaines, b. Aug. 26, 1848; m. Oct. 14, 18— Bolivar Rade-
ke'r, b. July 3, 1830, at Colchester, N. Y.; ch., IMarv Elizabeth, b.
Sept. 2, 1880; Carlton Whitney, b. Sept. 28, 1882; d. July 25,
1883; Grace, b. June 2, 1885; d. Aug. 28, 1885; Virgil Whitney,
b. Nov. 4. 1851; d. Apr. 29, 1889; m. Oct. 15, 1876, Delia Shepard,
b. July 20, 1855; ch., Frederick Whitney, b. Dec. 24, 1877; Rod-
ney Augustus, b. Feb. 20, 1880; d. Oct. 9, 1881; Alfa Louise, b.
July 17, 1883; Rodney Augustus, b. June 28, 1887; Mary Louise,
b. Apr. 29, 1854; d. Mar.^14, 1888; Frederick Augustus, b. June
7, 1860; d. Apr. 14, 1864; George Hunter, b. Feb. 2_', 18G5; Helen
Josephine, b. Nov. 13, 1866; Edmund Augustus, b. July 13, 1868;
m. Sept. 5, 1889, Maude E. MacDonald, b. Sept. 25, 1871; one
ch., Helen LaVergue, b. July 20, 1890.

8624. iii. Robert B., b. Feb. 25, 1826; d. Dec. 1, 1858.

8625. iv. Virgil, b. Aug. 18, 1833; d. Jan. 2, 1^63. He m. Parmela Whit-

ney, Jan. 1, 1856.

5809. Gen. \'incent Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William,
Joshua, Johnj, b. Binghamton, N. Y., Apr. 12, 1799; m. Susan Harper.

He was a member of legislature 1832-33; brig.-gen. of militia of New York
state 1832. He d. Feb. 14, 1861; res. Binghamton, N. Y.

8626. i. JuLl.A, b. ; m. ^ Porter; res. B.

5810. George Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. at Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 12, 18ul; m. July 25, 1824, Sophia Silk Evans,
b. Kidderminster, England, May 28, 1806; d. Mar. 22, 1886. He d. June 27, 1863; res.
Chenango, N. Y.

8627. i. May Elizabeth, b. July 1, 1825; m. July 24,1846, Charles White.

She d. s. p., Honesdale, Pa., June 19, 1841.

8628. ii. WiLLiA.M Henry, b. July 10, 1827; m. Julia Clarissa Freeman.

8629. iii. Sophia, b. May 10, 1830; m. Jan. 8, 1857, Dr. Thomas Webb. She

d. Feb. 24, 1860, at Binghamton, N. Y. He was grad. at the
Geneva Med. college.

8630. iv. Jane, b. Apr. 18, 1833; m. Mar. 26, 1859, Oliver Orby Keeler; d.

Oct. 31, 1875, at Port Dickinson, N. Y.

8631. V. James Evans, b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. Alice M. Angell.

8632. vi. George, b. Feb. 12, 1839; m. Flora A. Paddock and M. Louise

Stoddard.

8633. vii. Thomas Water.man, b. June 18, 1840; was a jeweler; d. unm.

Apr. 3, 1887.

8634. viii. Franklin, b. Oct. 30, 1844; d. Nov. 24, 1844.
. 8635. ix. Rhoda, b. Jan. 11, 1847; unm.; res. B.

5811. Washington Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William,
Joshua, John), b. Binghamton, N. Y., July 22,1803; m. Caroline Park. He d. Mar.
14, 1875; res. Binghamton, N. Y.

8636. i. Franklin, b. ; res. 82 Murray St., New York City,

5813. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William, Joshua,
John), b. Binghamton, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1805; m. Mar. 4, 1830, Zara Silk Evans, b. July
20, 1810. He was a farmer. He d. May 3, 1891 ; res. Binghamton, N. Y.

8637. i. Zara, b. May 15, 1832; m. Oct. 18, 1855, Rev. James Winchell

568 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Capen, clergyman in the M. E. church. She d. s. p., May 28,
1857, at Richfield Springs, N. Y.

5815. William Wallace Whitney (Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William,
William, Joshua, John), b. Bin^hamton, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1810; m. 1832, Myra
Clark; b. N. O., La., 1805; she m.2U 1839, Maj.-Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines; b.
1817; d. 1849.

Myra Clark, heiress, born in New Orleans, La., in 1805; died there Jan. 9, 1895;
is known from the extraordinary lawsuit with which her name is associated. Her
father, Daniel Clark, born in Sligo, Ireland, about 1776, immigrated to New Orleans,
where he inherited his uncle's property in 1799. He was U. S. consul there
before the acquisition of Louisiana, and represented the territory in congress in
1806-8. He died in New Orleans Aug. 16, 1813, and his estate was disposed of under
the provisions of a will dated May 20, 1811, which gave the property to his mother,
Mary Clark, who had followed him to the United States, and was living at German-
town, Pa. His business partners, Relf and Chew, were the executors. Clark was
reputed a bachelor, but was known to have had a liaison with a young French
woman of remarkable beauty, Quline Des Granges, during the absence of her re-
puted husband in Europe. Two daughters were born ot this connection, one at
Philadelphia in April, 1802; the other (Myra) in New Orleans in 1805. The latter
was taken to the home of Col. Davis, a friend of Clark's; nursed by a Mrs. Harper,
and in 1812 went with Davis' family to reside in Philadelphia, where she passed by
the name of Myra Davis. In 1803, Davis then being in the legislature, sent home
for certain papers, and Myra, in searching for them discovered letters that partially
revealed the circumstances of her birth. In 1832 she married W. W. Whitney, of
New York, who, in following up the discovery, received from Davis an old letter that
contained an account of a will made by Clark in 1813, just before his death, giving
all his large estate to Myra, and acknowledging her as his legitimate daughter.
Whitney and his wife went to Matanzas, Cuba, saw the writer of the letter and,
after collecting other evidence, instituted suits to recover the estate, which included
some of the most valuable in New Orleans. On the trial of one of these cases Mrs.
Harper testified that four weeks before his death Clark showed her the will he had
just made in favor of Myra, permitting her to read it from begmning to end, and
acknowledged the child's legitimacy. Baron Boisfontaine testified that Clark told
him the contents of the will and acknowledged the child. On this and other similar
evidence the lost or destroyed will was received by the Supreme court of Louisiana
(Feb. 18, 1856,) as the last will of Daniel Clark, though of the document itself no
vestige had ever appeared. But by the law of Louisiana a testator can not make
devises to his illegitimate child. It was proved by the testimony of two sisters of
Myra's mother, one of v.hom swore she was present at the ceremony, that Clark
privately married her in Philadelphia in 1803, a Catholic priest officiating; she hav-
mg previously learned that Des Granges, her supposed husband, had a prior wife
living, and was therefore, not legally her husband. Clark's contemplated acknowl-
edgement of the marriage was said to have been frustrated by suspicions of her fidelity,
and deserted by him she contracted a third marriage. In another suit the V. S.
supreme court decided that the fact of the marriage and legitimacy was established.

Mrs. Whitney survived her husband, married Gen. Gaines in 1839, and survived
him also. In 1856 he filed in the Supreme court of the United States a bill in equity
to recover valuable real estate there in the possession of the city of New Orleans, and
a decision in her favor was rendered at the December term of 1867. The value of the
property claimed was estimated in 1861 at §35,000,000, of which Mrs. Gaines had up to
1874 obtained possession of 86,000,000, and numerous actions for ejectment were still
in progress. Only a small part of this came into the possession of the claimant,
the rest having been swallowed up in the interminable legal proceedings that
preceeded the final victory. In April, 1877, Judge Billings, of the U. S. Circuit
court at New Orleans, rendered a decision in which he recognized the probate of the
will of Daniel Clark of 1813. The decree commanded the city of New Orleans and
other defendants to account to a master in chancery for all the income from the
property during their possession, and deprived them of their titles and of all ac-
cumulation therefrom. The master made a report from which an appeal was taken
and in May, 1883, judgment was again given in favor of Mrs. Gaines for $1,925,667,
with §566,707 as interest. From this decision a fresh appeal was taken to the U. S.
supreme court in the month of June following, and thus the matter stood at her
death. Under a previous decision Mxs. Gaines could have turned out of their homes
over 400 families occupying land and holding titles from the city, but although

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 569

greatly in need of money, she preferred obtaining judgment against the city to taking
harsh measures. With this view she steadily declined several tempting offers of
money from those who would have shown little mercy to the innocent holders of the
disputed property. Although wealthy at the time of Gen. Gaines' death, his widow-
spent her entire fortune in the effort to free her mother's name from stain, and secure
the millions that were finally decided to be rightfully hers. See Wallace's "Cases
Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States."

Gen. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, soldier, b. in Culpepper county, Va., March 20,
17T7; died in New Orleans, La., June 6, 1849. James Gaines, his father, commanded
a company in the Revolutionary war; was a member of the North Carolina legisla-
ture, and took part in the convention that ratified the Federal constitution. Edmund
early showed a preference for a military life. Having joined the U. S. army he was
appointed second lieutenant of the 6th Infantry on Jan. 10, 1799, and in April, 1802,
was promoted to first lieutenant. He was for many years actively employed on the
frontier, and was instrumental in procuring the arrest of Aaron Burr. He was collector
of the port of Mobile in 1805, and was promoted to captain in 1807. About 1811 he re-
signed from the army intending to become a lawyer, but at the beginning of the war of
1812 returned, and became Major on March 24. He became colonel in 1813 and at
Chryslor's field on Nov. 11, covered with his regiment the retreat of the American
forces. Later m the same year he was made adjutant-general, with the rank of
colonel. He was promoted to brigader general March 9, 1814, and for gallant con-
duct in the defense of Fort Erie, m August, 1814, where he was severely wounded,
"repelling with great slaughter the attack of a British veteran army superior in num-
ber;" he was brevetted major-general, and received the thanks of congress, with a
gold medal. Similar honor was done him by the states of \'irginia, of Tennessee and
of New York. He was appointed in 1816 one of the commissioners to treat with the
Creek Indians. He was in command of the southern military district in 1817 when
the Creeks and Seminoles began to commit depredations on the frontiers of Georgia
and Alabama, and having moved against them was in desperate straits, when he was
joined by Gen. Jackson, a circumstance which may be regarded as the initiative of
those measures which in 1820 added Florida to the United States. In the troubles
which arose with the Seminoles in 1836, and which cost Gen. Thompson his life, he
was again engaged and was se\'erely wounded at Ointhlacoochie. When the Mexican
war began, some ten years later, he made himself trouble with the government by
assuming the liberty of calling out a number of the southern militia without orders,
and was tried by court-martiai, but not censured. He was a man of simplicity and
integrity of character. He d. Sept. 13, 1837; res. New York, N. Y.,and New Orleans,
La.

8638. i. James G., b. ; he was murdered by his brother-in-law, James

Y. Christmas, in 1882.

5822. Joshua Whitney (Thomas, Joshua, Thomas, William, William, loshun,
John), b. Whitney's Point, N. Y., July 16, 1810; m. Mar. 13, 1838, Elizabeth M. Bell,
b. Dec. 17, 1819; res. Atlanta, .Ga.

8639. i. Mary Frances, b. Dec. 25, 1828.

8640. ii. Julia Elizabeth, b. Mar. 21, 1842; d. Ga., Feb. 21, 1871,

5824. Henry' Tho.mas Whitney (Thomas, Joshua, Thomas, William, William,
Joshua, John), b. June 21, 1815; m. Feb. 14, 1850, Elizabeth Park, b. Aug. 20, 1819;
res. Whitney's Point, N. Y.

8641. i. Charlotte Elizabeth, b. Mar. 28, 1852.

8642. ii. Thomas Henry, b. June 3, 1854; d. Sept. 20, 1863.

8643. iii. Jennie Frances, b. Apr. 10, 1857.

5835. Charles Snow Whitney (Wolcott, Joseph, Elijah, John. William,
Joshua, John), b. Oswego Co., N. Y., 1830; m. at Northfield, O., Apr. 2, 1854; b. Apr.
8, 1832. He d. Feb. 11, 1891 ; res. Akron, O.

8644. i. W. W., b. Dec. 5, 1855; res. Cleveland, O.

8645. ii. Daniel L., b. Nov. 27, 1860; m. Lillie V. Cariher.

8646. iii. Nellie V., b. Mar. 22, 1878; res. Akron.

5838. Orla H. Whitney (Norman K., Joseph, Elijah, John, William, Joshua,
John), b. Scriba, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1839; m. Nov., 1860, at Downer's Grove, 111., Elvira
Edgerly, b. June 30, 1837. He is a broker; res. 11 Fairfield Ave , Chicago, 111.

8647. i. Norman Knox, b. Dec. 31, 1861; m. Eunice Kelley.

37

670 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8648. ii. Hattie B., b. Nov. 24, 1863; m. Aug. 14, 1884, L. Tiffany; res. 719

W. Lake St., Chicago.

8649. iii. Mary A., b. Mar. 31, 1869; m. Oct. 21, 1890, George Oliver; res.

721 W. Lake St.

5842. Rev. Alfred Brown Whitney (Samuel B., William, Elijah, John, Will-
iam, Joshua, John), b. Boston, Mass., Sept. 14, 1847; m. Tiffin, O., Nov! 2, 1882, Theo-
dosia Elizabeth Beilharz, b. Oct. 19, 1847.

Rev. Alfred Brown Whitney was born in Boston, the son of Samuel Brown and
Sarah (Brown) Whitney. She was a native of Edgecomb, Me. He attended the
public schools in Boston, graduated from the English High school, studied at the
Boston Latin school for college, attended, also, the Massachusetts Inst, of Technol-
ogy, to prepare for civil engineering, but afterward entered Brown university at
Providence, R. I., to ht for the ministry. He subsequently, in 1881, was graduated
from the Newton, Mass., Theol. institution. Dec. 13, 1863, he enlisted for the war,
and went to the front in the 11th Mass. Battery, of which his father was also a mem-
ber. This was attached to the 9th corps (Gen. A. E. Burnside's), Army of the
Potomac. Their first engagement was the battle of the Wilderness. They were
with Grant near Appomattox, when Lee surrendered. He was in some dozen battles
and the siege of Petersburg for nine months. With his father, he was discharged in
1865, when he returned to school. In 1874, his mother and two sisters having died,
and, being in poor health, he went west, teaching school in Nebraska and Colorado.
In 1875 he was ordained pastor-elect of the First Baptist church of Greeley, Col.
Subsequently he was a general missionary in southwest Colorado under the American
Baptist Home Mission Society. In 1882 he was married to Miss Theo E. Beilharz,
daughter of Dr. Beilharz, of Tiffin, O. He is now pastor of the South Street Bap-
tist church, Indianapolis; res. Indianapolis, Ind., 53 Fletcher Ave., s, p.

5848. William Henry Whitney (Henry J., William, Elijah, John, William,
Joshua, John), b. New Orleans, La., May 14, 1847; m. in N. O., Nov., 1872, Lilly McAn-
drew Eraser, b. May 1, 1850. He is a clerk in the Penn. railroad offices; res. Philadel-
phia, Pa.

8650. i. Ross Peterson, b. Dec. 29, 1875.

8651. ii. Donald Eraser, b. Aug. 19, 1878.

5851. Frank R. Whitney (Alfred, William, Elijah, John, William, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 25, 1853; m. 1872, Ella Pinto, of Kennebunk, Me.; res. Boston, Mass.,
add. 150 Commercial St.

8652. i. Alfred M., b. Mar. 25, 1874.

8653. ii. Freddie C, b. Sept. 13, 1879.

8654. iii. Frank H.. b. Aug. 7, 1885; d. Oct. 20, 1885.

5868. Eli Geddings Whitney (Theodore A., Archibald, Lebbeus, Caleb,
William, Joshua, John), b. May 2, 1842; m. Sept. 4, 1866, Josephine B. Huggins,
b. Feb. 8, 1848, in North Carolina. He d. Sept. 2, 1890; res. Wilmington, N. C;
Charleston, S. C., and Jacksonville, Fla.

Annie McLeod, b. July 29, 1866.

Eliza Brown, b. Jan. '^9, 1868.

Florence Huggins, b. Jan. 19, 1872.

Wm. a., b. Jan. 23, 1874.

Hall Geddings, b. Oct. 11, 1875.

Theodore Arthur, b. July 7, 1877.

Phcebe May, b. May 27, 1882.

Grover Cleveland, b. Nov. 4, 1884.

Bessie Miller, b. Dec. 11, 1888.

Robert Gary, b. ; d. June 27, 1882.

5924. William Henry Whitney (James J., John M., James R., Caleb, William,
Joshua, John), b. Fayette, Miss., Dec. 31, 1862; m. Feb. 18, 1881, Naomi Burch Camp-
bell. He d. Apr. 24, 1886; res. Fayette, Miss.

8666a. i. Camille, b. June 21, 1884; d. Sept. 21, 1885.

8667a. ii. Eabl Frost, b. June 30, 1885.

6931. James McCaleb Whitney (Prosper K., John M., James R., Caleb,
William, Joshua, John), b. Fayette, Miss., Dec. 12, 1860; m. Nov. 6, 1882, Delia
Stevens; d. Dec, 1886; m. 2d, Aug., 1887, Katie Mayberry; res. Longview, Tex.
8666. i, Katie Juanita, b. Jan. 12, 1884.

8655.

8666.

ii.

8667.

HI.

8668.

IV.

8659.

v.

8660.

VI.

8661.

vn.

8662.

vni.

8663.

IX.

8664.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 571

8667.
8668.

i.
ii.

8669.

111.

8670.

IV.

8671.

V.

5952. Julius Oliver Whitney (Oliver C, Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Mar. 25, 1832, in Mexico, N. Y.; m. in Chicago, Cordelia
Watrous, b. Dec. 28, 1832; res. 1047 W. Taylor St., Chicago, 111.

8666. i. Nellie Edith, b. Feb. 4, 1862; res. at home,

5953. RiL^Y Whitney (Orrin, Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,
John), b. Mex'i3, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1819; m. Jan. 5, 1842, Ruth S. Green; res. Mexico,
N. Y.

Leonard Ames, b. Nov. 27, 1842; m. Jennie E. Rich.
Frances E.mertie, b. Apr. 6, 1845.
Albert Ceylon, b. June 22, 1849.
Sarah Fidelia, b. Oct. 11, 1852.
Laura Josephine, b. July 80, 1859.

5955. Henry Milton Whitney (Orrin, Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Corne-
lius, Joshua, John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1824; m. in New Haven, N. Y., Jan. 28,
1846, Rhoda Ann Halladav, b. Aug. 27, 1827. He is a contractor; res. Oswego, N. Y.
8672. i. Rosa Emeline, b. Oct. 23, 18.52; d. July 7, 1853.

• 8678. ii. Orla Jesse, b. Nov. 8, 1854; m. June 10, 1886; res. 120 East
Bridge St., Oswego, N. Y.

8674. iii. Geo Henry, b. Sept. 8, 1857; m. Mar. 22, 1883; res. 112 E. Bridge

St., Oswego, N. Y.

5957. Edwin Whitney (Orrin, Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua,

John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1830; m. Jan. 10, 1856, Mary Jewett. She d. ;

m. 2d, Feb. 25, 1867, in Syracuse, Anna Winkworth. b. Apr. 12, 1839; res. Oswego,
N. Y.

8675. i. Jessie, b. June 20, 1871.

8676. ii. Irving, b. June 9, 1880.

5966. Dr. Grove Dutton Whitney (Alvin L., James, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Pavilion, N. Y., Mav 8, 1842; m. at Rochester, Mich., Dec. 23,
1867, Rebecca B. Whitney, b. Oct. 11, 1843. '

He is a doctor; studied medicine at University of Michigan 186.V70. Served as
a private in Co. A, 140th Regt. N. Y. S. \'ols.; was in many engagements and twice
wounded; discharged Julv 8, 1865; res. Pavilion, N. Y.

8677. i. Mary' Eliza, b. Jan. 25, 1870; m. May 10, 1893, W. J. Malette;
res. Le Roy, N. Y.

Geo. Cephas, b. Jan. 26, 1873; res. P.

Effie Aroline, b. Jan. 4, 1875; d. Aug. 18,1878.

Lutine Day, b. Sept. 21, 1877.

Bessie Aroline, b. Sept. 29, 1879.

5968. Rev. Edavin James Whitney (Alvin L., James, Cornelius, Matthias,
Cornelius, Joshua, Johni, b. Pavilion, N. Y., Mar. 10, 1847; m. at Le Roy, June 27,
1871, Almira C. Bentley, b. Oct. 14, 1849.

He remained at his parents' home in Pavilion until he was eighteen years of age.
He learned the trade of broom making, which he followed for several years,
until he was 27, when he was received into the Genessee conference of the M. E.
church as a probationer in the traveling connection as preacher, being appointed
at Parma Center, Monroe Co , N. Y., as first circuit, Sept., 1874. His following
appointments have been: 1877 to 1879, Newfane, N. Y.; 1879 to 1881, Kendall, N. Y.;
1881 to 1884, East Clarkson; 1884 to 1885, Chili, N. Y.; 1885 to 1888, North Parma, N.
Y.; 1888 to 1893, Waterport, N. Y., and in October, 1893, he was stationed at Castile,
where he now lives. He is a son of Alvin Whitney, who was born m Granville,
Washington Co., N. Y., September, 1803, moving to Pavilion in 1825, marrying Miss
Betsev Cook, December, 1826. Alvin died Feb. 4, 1883; res. Castile, N. Y.

Wm. F.. b. May26, 1872.

Minnie M., b. Mar. 7, 1874; res. 12 King St., Rochester.

Edwin M., b. Mar. 17, 1877.

Alvin, b. Nov. 10, 1879.

Yale B , b. Jan. 22, 1884.

Case Ward, b. Aug. 4, 1890.

5971. Orville Howard Whitney (Chauncey B., James, Cornelius, Matthias,
Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1828; m. there Sept. 29, 1859, Clara

8678.

ii.

8679.

iii.

8680.

IV.

8681.

v.

8682.

i.

8688.

ii.

8684.

ni.

8685.

iv.

8686.

V.

8687.

vi.

572 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Graham, b. May 11, 1841. He was a volunteer in the late war; is a painter by trade;
res. ]\Icxico ^. Y.

8688. 'i. * ' Chaunxey O., b. June 26, 1861; m. 1881; res. Mexico, N. Y.

8689. ii. Emma S., b. July 2, 1865; m. 1888, Sherwin, res. Mexico.

8690. iii. Geo. H., b. Oct. 14, 1867; m. 1888; res. Oswego, N. Y.

8691. iv. George ANN A, b. Oct. 14, 1867; m. 1889, — ^pplegate; res.

Atlantic, la.

5972. Addison P. Whitney (Chauncey B., James, Cornelius, Matthias, Corne-
lius, Joshua, John), b. Mexico, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1830; m. Jan., 1856, Clara Sprague; res.
Goodman place, Hartford, Conn.

8692. i. Geo. Willie, b. Apr. 14, 1858; d. June 5, 1871.
8698. ii. Erwin Lester, b. Oct. 14, 1864; res. N. Y. City.

8694. iii. Genevieve E., b. 1868; d. 1868.

5982. William Kirk Whitney (James P., James, Cornelius, Matthias, Corne-
lius, Joshua, John), b. Romeo, Mich., July 17, 1838; m. at Oakland, Cal., Feb. 11,
1865, Caroline Stimson; res. San Francisco, Cal.

8695. i. Narisse Crittenden, b. ; unm.

8696. ii. Ethel Stuart, b. ; unm.

8697. iii. James Proctor, b. Aug. 16, 1872; unm.; commercial traveler; res.
901 Filmore St., San F.

Matthias, Cor-
Y., Feb. 19,

5988. Harry Cyrus Whitney (Cyrus, Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Oswego, N. Y., July 19, 1862; m. Dec. 11, 1889, Georgia
Story, b. Aug. 15, 1865. He is secretary and general manager of the Watertown gas
works; res. Watertown, N. Y.

5992. Charles L. Whitney (Lyman E., Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Nov. 27, 1851, Mexico, N. Y.; m. Dec. 18,1872, Mary Adams,
b. Dec.'25, 1847; res. Welhvood, N. Y.

8699. i. William L., b. Sept. 23, 1873; res. Palermo, N. Y.

8700. ii. Glenn, b. Apr. 11, 1877; res. Palermo, N. Y.

5995. George B. Whitney (James R., Eliphalet, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Feb., 1847; m. Ellen Munger; res. Mexico, N. Y.

8701. i. Lucy, b. .

8702. ii. Herbert, b. ,

6006. Orson Silas Whitney (Silas, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Centerville, N. Y., July 10, 1849; m. in Harlan, la., Feb. 29, 1872,
Mary Baird, b. May 22, 1854; res. Coleridge, Neb.

Gertrude, b. Nov. 28, 1872; unm.
Mary E., b. June 2, 1876; d. Mar. 11, 1880.
Orson D., b. Dec. 17, 1879; d. Aug. 21, 1889.
Ralph B., b. May 29, 1883.
Ruth L., b. Oct. 13, 1885.
Roy M., b. Sept. 17, 1888.

6007. Oscar Cross Whitney (Silas, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Centerville, N. Y., June 27, 1851; m. in Atlantic, la., Feb. 6, 1876,
Onona M. Bliss, b. Mar. 21, 1856; res. Coleridge, Neb.

8709. i. Bertha Harriett, b. Mar. 26, 1877.

8710. ii. Grace Lorette, b. Mar. 16, 1879.

8711. iii. AlbertOscar, b. Feb. 13, 1882.

8712. iv. Elsie Myrtle, b. Mar. 17, 1887.

8703.

i.

8704.

n.

8705.

111.

8706.

IV.

8707.

v.

8708.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 573

6009. Henry B.Whitney ( Lucius, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Sand Bank, N, Y., May 2, 1838; m. Apr. 28, 1861, Martha H. Smith,
b. Sept. 22, 1840.

" When he was about four years old his father moved to Chaumont, Jefferson Co.,
N. Y.; from there he moved to La Forgeville, Jefferson Co., N. Y.; from there to Red-
field, Oswego Co.; then to Sandy Creek, Oswego Co., N. Y.; there Henry began to
learn the carriage maker's trade. In 1857 he moved to Pulaski, N. Y., and has
resided there ever since. Aug. 6, 1862, he enlisted in Co. B., 110 N. Y. V. I., Col.
Littlejohn in command; reached Baltimore, Md. Co. B was detailed to guard the
railroad; joined the regiment and embarked on the U. S. transport "Ericsson;"
Nov. 4, 1862; landed at Ship's Island Dec. 16, 1862; left there Dec. 25; landed at
Carrolton, La.; went in camp Jan. 2, 1863; went to Baton Rouge in March; was in
action when Farragut run the Port Hudson batteries; then down the river to Algiers;
by railroad to Berwick bay; Apr. 13 and 14 was in the battle of Bisland; at Opelusas,
La., the company was detached with three other companies; on their return to 13erwick
were attacked by Gen. Dick Taylor's army and quite a number killed and wounded.
We were hurried to Port Hudson by railroad and steamboat, landing at Springfield,
May 29. The next day they were in our position about the center of the line; was put
in the charge on June 14. June 20 we crossed the river and joined the regiment guard-
ing that side of the river, until Port Hudson surrendered, July 9; went in the hos-
pital Aug. 22; joined the company again Nov. 17 at New Iberia, La.; Jan. 4 marched
to Franklin. He was detailed in the Div. Q. M. office; went to duty again Feb. 19;
regiment arrived at Fort Jefferson, Fla., Feb. 28; remained there until Aug., when
he embarked for home, leaving a good many of our comrades, who died from the
fevers of that climate. Since his arrival at home he has worked at his trade in this
village;" res. Pulaski, N. Y.

8713. i. Charles H., b. Feb. 8, 1862; d. Apr. 30, 1863.

8714. ii. Fred G., b. Mar. 19, 1868; res. P.

8715. iii. Earnest A., b. Nov. 13, 1872.

6013. William Sanford Whitney (Eseck, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias,
Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Pineville, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1845; m. Feb. 26, 1871, Harriett
Ophelia Strong, b. Feb. 25, 1853; res. Massena, la.

8716. i. Etta M., b, Mav 20, 1873.
Nina D., b. Oct.'21, 1875.
Leon E., b. Feb. 18, 1878.
ViRA R., b. June 14, 1880.
Lloyd W., b. Aug. 11,1884.
Meda M., b. July 16, 1888.

6015. Cheanev Orley Whitney (Thomas, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias,
Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Centerville, N. Y., Apr. 20, \><b2; m. at Elkhorn, la., Feb.
1, 1882, Carrie B. Christensen, b. .\'ew Denmark, Wis., July 21, 1853. He is an engi-
neer and builder; res. 516 Alton St., Seattle, Wash.

8722. i. Lester L., b. Nov. 30, 1883.

8723. ii. Mabel Sophia, b. Aug. 2, 1886.

8724. iii. Thomas Frederick, b. Dec. 7, 1888.

6016. Walter J. Whitney (Thomas, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Albion, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1847; m. at Rockford, HI., Sept. 1, 1868, Har-
riet Chase, b. Dec. 17, 1848. He is a veterinary surgeon; res Exira, la.

8725. i. Orley H., b. Oct. 25, 1868; d. May 30, 1877.

8726. ii. Jessie M., b. Oct. 9, 1871; m. Poage; res. Exira.

8727. iii. Leonard J., b. May 22, 1873; res. Ex.

6017. George W.Whitney (Thomas, Cornelius, Cornelius, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Albion, N. Y., 1848; m. July 30, 1869, in Shelby Co., la., .^lice Castle,
b. 1856. He is a farmer; res. Gibbon, Neb.

8728. i. Daniel S., b. 1871.

8729. ii. Elizabeth, b. 1872; m. 1890, Marshall; res. Aurora, Neb.

8730. iii. Jennie, b. 1886.

8731. iv. Edith, b. 1876; d. 1889.

6021. James Grant Whitney (Franklin H., John, Cornelius, Matthias, Cor-
nelius, Joshua, John), b. Whitneyville, Cass Co., la., Jan. 20, 1864; m. at Atlantic, Feb.
12, 18f<9, Nellie M. Milner, b. Nov. 13, 1863.

8717.

ii.

8718.

in.

8719.

IV.

8720.

V.

8721.

VI.

8736.

ii.

8736.

III.

8787.

IV.

8738.

V.

8739.

vi.

8740.

Vll.

8741.

viii.

8742.

ix.

574 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He was born Jan. 20, 1864, in Whitneyville, Cass County, la. In a short time his
parents removed to Lewis, same county, and from there to Atlantic, where most of
his hfe has been spent. At the age of fourteen he entered the Atlantic bank as
assistant bookkeeper. He is now junior partner in the firm, and also cashier. On
Feb. 12, 1889, he was married to Nellie M. Milner; res. Atlantic, la.
8732 i. Elinor Marie, b. May 15, 1891.

8733. ii. Grace Evelyn, b. Nov. 15, 1892; d. Feb. 19, 1893.

6037. Elkanah Whitney (William M., Joshua, Joshua, Matthias, Cornelius,
Joshua, John), b. Rush, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1832; m. in Cottage Grove, Ore., Jan. 8, 1861,
Mary Ann White, b. Oct., 1839. He is a farmer and stockraiser; res. Lane and
Gale, Ore.

8734. i. Albert Vine, b Oct. 7, 1861. He is engaged in stockraising, is
unm.; res. Cottage Grove, Ore.

Phebe Jane, b. June 20, 1863; d. Sept. 20, 1867.
Wm. Perry, b. Jan. 18, 1865.
Daniel Merion, b. Jan. 10, 1868,
Caroline, b. July 13, 1872.
Jerome, b. Oct. 25. 1874.
Johnston, b. Sept. 20, 1877.
Martha Ann, b. Dec. 20, 1880.
RosiNA Jane, b. Jan. 10, 1884.

6095. Asa H. Whitney (Edward B., Asa, Joshua, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Forrestville, N. Y., June 2, 1850; m. June 6, 1883, Ida M. Vrooman, b. July 21, 1860.
He is a dry goods merchant; res. Dunkirk, N. Y., 612 Central Ave.

8743. i. Howard Vrooman, b. Apr. 24, 1887.

8744. ii. Julia Marie, b. Apr. 12, 1893.

6100. Horace Porter Whitney (Thomas P., Noah A., Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Sept. 19, 1836, in Toledo, O.; m. there June 30, 1863, Mary Bishop.
He was a farmer. He d. Mar. 24, 1885; res. Toledo, O.

Alice May, b. July 22, 1867.

Mabel Blanche, b. Jan. 25, 1872.

SvRA Irene, b. July 3, 1874.

Herbert Porter, b. July 21, 1877

6104. Walter James Whitney (George W., Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Pavilion, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1830; m. Oct. 3, 1854, Margaret E. Dow, b.
Mar. 21, 1833. He is a contractor; res. 463 So. Robey St., Chicago, 111.

8749. i. Geo. Walter, b. July 22, 1855; m. Emma Davis.

8750. ii. Chas. Wm., b. Dec. 29, 1857; m. Ella M. Warner.

8751. iii. Henry L., b. Mar. 24, 1862; unm.; res. Motto Grosso, Brazil, S. A.

6105. William Colt Whitney (George W., Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Livingston Co., N. Y., Aug. 11, 1832; m. Naperville, 111., 1856, Helen
M. Wilcox, b. Binghamton, N. Y. Apr. 7, 1837. He d. May 29, 1872; res. Naperville,
III., Toledo, O., and Downeyville, Cal.

8752. i. Fred, b. Feb. 24, 1857; m. Mary Marshall.

8763. ii. Flora Sierra, b. Jan. 26, 1859; m. 1878, at Aurora, 111., F. X.
O'Brien. Ch.: Frank L., b. Dec. 19, 1879; d. Aug. 28, 1871;
Annie H., b. July 30, 1883; m. 2d, June 3, 1889, James L. Riland,
b. May 5, 1857; res. Leadville, Col.

6107. George Keyes Whitney (George W., Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Pavilion, N. Y., Apr. 8, 1838; m. at York, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1864, Jane
R. Stewart, b. Nov. 18, 1842. He is a farmer; res. Geneseo, N. Y.

8754. i. Mary S., b. Sept. 21, 1866; m. Oct. 19, 1887, Myron A. Bow.

8765. ii. Jennie N., b. Nov. 7, 1868; m. May 8, 1890, James J. Gilmore; res.

York, N. Y.

8766. iii. Walter W., b. July 29, 1872; m. June 22, 1893, Olive Sherwood;

res. Geneseo, N. Y.

6109. Thaddeus E. Whitney (George W., Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. York, N. Y., Sept 21, 1844; m. there Dec. 12, 1877, Jennie Hunter, b.
Apr. 16, 1861. He is a farmer; res. York, N. Y.

8745.

8746.

8747.

in.

8748.

iv.

8757.

j.

8758.

ii.

8759.

in.

8760.

IV.

8761.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 575

George Field, b. Sept. 6, 1879.
John Hunter, b. May 21, 1881.
Ralph Harrlson, b. July 9, 1884.
Mary Helen, b. May 18, 1886.
Thaddeus Edward, Jr., b. July 2, 1888.

6113. John B. Whitney (George W., Shubael, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. Cleveland, O., Oct. 31, 1848; m. in Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 7, 1881, Rebecca
Colvin, b. July 7, 1854.

He was born in Cleveland, O., but soon after his marriage located in Chicago,
where he is at present senior member of the well known firm of Whitney, Chris-
tenson & Co.. manufacturers and jobbers of pants. His factory and general sales-
rooms are at 254 Monroe St.; res. Chicago, 111., 5486 Washington Ave.

8762. i. Helen Althea, b. Sept. 5, 1883.

8763. ii. Arthur Colvin, b. May 19. 1885.

6120. James Watrous Whitney (George R., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Parma, O., Sept. 2, 1843; m. in Ripley, O., May 13, 1869, Lizzie
Torbet, b. Jan. 10, 1846.

Jas. W. Whitney was born in Cuyahoga Co., O., Sept. 2, 1843. Attended school
at Baldwin university, Berea, O. Enlisted in Battery D, 1st O. V. Y. Lt. Artillery
Aug. 15, 1862. Was in thirty-one engagements and eleven hard fought battles; once
taken prisoner; honorably discharged at Greensboro, N. C, June 10, 1865, the war
being over. Engaged in the manufacture of bent carriage wood work at Berea and
La Grange, O., for fifteen years. Moved to Anderson, Ind., in 1881 ; engaged in the hard-
wood lumber business for four years. Moved to Denver, Col., in April, 1886, and is
engaged in the real estate business, res. Denver, Col., 1725 Arapahoe St.

■"8764. i. Carrie May, b. Apr. 13, 1870; d. Feb. 5, 1875.

8765. ii. And one other child that died young.

6121. George Appleton Whitney (George R., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua,
David, Joshua, John), b. Berea, O., Nov. 28, 1838; m. in Elyria, O., Dec. 2, 1869, Mary
Arabella Patterson, b. May 10, 1850.

He was born in Berea, O. He was educated at Berea, O., and was a soldier in
the war for the Union. After the war closed he engaged in manufacturing business
in Berea. He seems to have inherited a natural mechanical genius from some source,
possibly from the same fountain head from which Eli Whitney, the inventor of the
cotton-gin, received his. He has had several inventions patented. He is now a
manufacturer at \'andalia. III.; res. Defiance, O., and Vandalia, 111.

8766. i. Grace Mildrid, b. May 2, 1874; d. Aug. 9, 1881.

8767. ii. Ethel Sophia, b. Feb. 26, 1879.

6122. George E. Whitney (Albert A., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. June 2, 1836; m. July 30, 1858, , b. Jan. 22, 1839; res. Des Moines, la.

8768. i. David Arthur, b. June 8, 1859; m. Laura B. Hicks and Rutli

Ann Morris.

8769. ii. Mary Claire, b. Feb. 23, 1864; m. Apr. 27, 1891, Abel L. Bishop;

res. 1631 E. Walnut St.. Des Moines.

8770. iii. Albert Ervin, b. Nov. 6, 1860; res. 1631 E. Walnut St.

6123. Albert Appleton (Whitney) Fay (.'\lbert A., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua,
David, Joshua, John), b. Oct. 2, 1844; m. Dec. 11, 1867, Catherine Haight, b. Apr. 10,
1845. He had his name changed to Fay. He is a dealer in coal, wood and flour; res.
Brockton, N. Y.

8771. i. Mary Elma, b. Apr. 18, 1871; m. June 14, 1893, Vernon Mathews;

res. B.

8772. ii. Luke Haight, b. Dec. 14, 1873.

8773. iii. Geo. Albert, b. Mar. 27, 1875.

6124. Robert Shaw Whitney (Albert A., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua, David,

Joshua, John), b. , Mass., Sept. 14, 1835; m. in Elyria, O., June 2, 1855, Emily

Hicks, b. Loraine Co., O., May 13, 1837. She m. 2d, Dec. 5, 1877, Augustus I. Garnsey.
She res. at Burnside Crossing, Cook Co., 111. He was a carpenter and carriage man-
ufacturer. He d. Jan. 29, 1875; res. Brighton and La Grange, O., and Burnside Cross-
ing, 111.

8774. i. Martha E., b. May 5, 1856; d. Nov. 5, 1858.

8775. ii. Robert R., b. Aug. 11, 1858; m. Rozella White.

8776. iii. Neville E. b. Oct. 23, 1860; m. Sarah E. Cornish.

8785;

i.

8786.

ii.

8787.

iii.

8788.

iv.

8789.

V.

8790.

vi.

8791.

vii.

8792.

vni

676 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8777. iv. James A., b. Apr. 6, 1863; d. Apr. 29, 1864.

8778. V. Susan Janette, b. June 13, 1867; m. Nov. 29, 1886, John C. Minch;

res. Amherst, O. Ch.: J. Bertie, b. Sept. 11, 1887; d. Sept. 7,
1888; Mary Emilv, b. Sept. 12, 1888; Leland, b. Sept. 11. 1891;
Leon, b. Sept. 11, 1891.

8779. vi. Salmon D., b. Nov. 29, 1870; unm.; res. Burnside Crossing, 111.

8780. vii. Geo. E., b. June 8, 1875; d. July 3, 1875.

6128. Milton Whitney (Asa W., Milton', Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b.
Pittsfield, O., Aug. 18, 1839; m. at Oberlin, Dec. 4, 1862, Susan L. Ware, b. Aug. 2,
1841. He is a carpenter and blacksmith; res. Alta, Cal.

8781. i. Francis L., b. Dec. 19, 1868; unm.; res. 1935 Geary St., San Fran-

cisco.

8782. ii. Harriett N., b. Mar. 2, 1871; unm.; schoolteacher; res. 425 Pine

St., Spokane, Wash.

8783. iii. Chas. M., b. Jan. 20, 1873; res. 1935 Gearv St.

8784. iv. Agnes E., b. Dec. 16, 1874; res. 1935 Geary St.

6130. Edward Whitney (Asa W., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Pittsfield, O., Sept. 12, 1844; m. Dec. 25, 1870 at Wellmgton, O., Celia Adelaide
Spicer, b. June 27, 1848. He is a machinist; res. Pittsfield, O.

Nettie Elizabeth, b. Mar. 17, 1872; m. Aug. 19, 1893, James E.

Hughes; res. P.
Nora Edna, b. Jan. 29, 1874; m. Feb. 2, 1890, Charles Hulert

Nason.
LvDiA Emily, b. Feb. 2, 1876.
Carlos Alva, b. Aug. 6, 1878.
Henry Rollin, b. Aug. 29, 1880.
Edward, b. June 18, 1882; d. same day.
Frank Clarence, b. July 4, 1884.
Frances Clara, b. July 4, 1884.

6133. James Jay Whitney (Asa W., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua, John),
b. Pittsfield, O., Aug. 16, 1858; m. at Bellevue, Dec. 20, 1879, Alice Amelia Stout, b.
Nov. 6, 1861; res. Fremont, O.

8793. i. Edna IsABELL.b. Dec. 11, 1881.

8794. ii. Stella Marion, b. 1883; d. young.

8795. iii. Elmer Daniel Austin Appleton, b. Nov. 28, 1884.

8796. iv. Alton Eugene, b. Aug. 13, 1886.

8797. V. James Clayton, b. June 11, 1891.

6134. Frederick C. Whitney (Asa W., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David, Joshua,
John), b. Pittsfield, O., Aug. le. 1854; m. Oct. 7, 1875, Emma J. HoUinsworth, b.
Feb. 26, 1856. He is a carpenter; res. Brooklyn Village, O.

" Lottie Bell, b. Sept. 22, 1877.

Geo. C, b. Oct. 28, 1879.
Albert Richard, b. Oct. 17, 1883.
Lewis Wm., b. Oct. 29. 1885.
Mirtie May, b. Jan. 10, 1890.

6139. Arthur Eustace Whitney (Silas D., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Pittsfield, O., Dec. 19, 1843; m. at Cleveland, Oct. 29, 1872, Kathe-
rine Heimerdinger, b. July 23, 1853. He conducts an extensive music store at St.
Paul; res. St. Paul, Minn.

8803. i. John, b. Sept. 30, 1880.

6143. Frank Stoughten Whitney (Charles H., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Pittsfield, O , Jan. 7, 1845; m. at Cheyenne, Wyo., May 29, 1870,
Margaret Orilla Karns, b. Jan. 3, 1850. He is a farmer; res. Junction, Mont.

8804. i. Ira Lewis, b. Mav 20, 1871.

8805. ii. Elvira MARTHA.'b. Sept. 8, 1872; d. Mar. 15, 1874.

8806. iii. Charles Albert, b. Apr. 22, 1877.

8807. iv. Orilla Karns, b. Sept. 23. 1885.

6148. James Milton Whitney (Charles H., Milton, Asa, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Knoxville, la., Aug. 14,1855; m. Jan. 17, 1883, Elizabeth Bow, b.
May 24, 1860; d. June 13, 1887; m. 2d, Feb. 12, 1890, at Cheyenne, Wyo., Mrs. Anna
Stewart, b. Apr. 19, 1852. He owns a large stock farm; res. Uva, Wyo.

8798.

8799.

8800.

iii

8801.

iv

8802.

v.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

577

8808. i. Stephen Henry, b. Oct. 30, 1883.

8809. ii. Frank Cornell, b. Mar. 31, 1886.

6150. George Whitney (Charles, David, Samuel, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John),b. Rochester, Minn., Mar. 25, 1856; m. Feb. 17, 1889, Louise Jones, in Adelade,
Australia; artist; res. Lakeside, 111., s. p.

6152. Frank Whitney (Charles, David, Samuel, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Rochester, Minn., Apr. 7, 1860; m. Nov. 23, 1882, Cora Nesbit, in"Alber-
<juerque, N. M.; artist; res. Lakeside, 111., s. p.

6172. Carson Willard Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, Tarball, Solomon,
David, Joshua, lohn), b. Van Buren, Ind,, Nov. 19, 1858; m. at White Pigeon, Mich.,
June 16; 1881, Minnie Rathfon, b. Mottville, Mich., June 7, 1862.

He was born in Van Buren, La Grange Co., Ind.; by the death of his mother he
was left without maternal care at the early age of one year. He lived with his
grandparents for five years, and subsequently with some of his uncles. At the age
of eighteen he learned telegraphy, and soon became connected with the Lake Shore
& Michigan Southern Railway at \'istula, Ind. Later he entered the employ of the
Chicago & Western Indiana R. R., and is now employed by this company; res.
Hammond, Ind.

8810. i. Loren Lloyd, b. Sept. 4, 1883.

8811. ii. Celon Carson, b. Dec. 3, 1890.

6175. Albert R. Whitney (Rufus, Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Mar. 21, 1851; m. Feb. 9, 1878, Louisa Fitch, d. 1884; m. 2d, Feb. 1885, Jane
Dav, d. Jan. 1893; m. 3d, Feb. 23, 1893, Emma Kidwell; res. North Enid, Oklahoma.

8812. i. Glenn, b. June 9, 1879.

8813. ii. RuFis, b July 10, 1881.

6176. Bruce E. Whitney (Rufus, Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David, Joshua,
John), b. Nov. 22, 1857; m. Feb. 22, 1886, Mary Lee, b. Feb. 21, 1862; res. Chesaning,
Mich.

8814. I. Willis, b. Nov. 27, 1887.

6178. Belden Lester WHITNE^ ( Rufus, Solomon, Tarball, Solomon, David,
Joshua, John), b. Grand Blanc, Mich., Apr. 20, 1865; m. Dec. 25, 1889, Bertha Edella
Findlev, b. July 8, 1870. He is a farmer; les. Chesanmg, Mich.

8815. 1. Lina Belle, b, Apr. 18, 1893.

6185. Erwin F. Whitney (Newton, Solomon, Solomon, Solomon, David,
Joshua, John), b. Deep River, la., Sept. 12, 1860; m. Oct. 8, 1884, at Brook-
Ivn, la.. Ella M. Adair, b. Apr. 29, 1861. He is a retail druggist; res. Des Moines, la.

8816. i. Helen Shirland, b. Sept. 6, 1885.

6204. Franklin Whitney (Thomas R., Thomas G., Samuel, Samuel, John,
Benjamin, John), b. Apr. 2, 1847; m. Aug. 25, 1871, Ella S. Pullen; res. Chicago, 111.,
117 N. Sheldon St.

8817. i. Camilla M.. b. Julv 15, 1874.

8818. ii. Geneva L., b. 1878.'

FEAKKLIX WHITNEY.

CAMILLA M. WHITXEY.

578 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6232. Col. Jophanus Henderson Whitney (Abram H., James, Jacob, Benja-
min, John, Benjamin, John), b. Avon, Me., Jan. 15, 1846; m. in Medford, Mass., Dec.
5, 1869, Martha Lydia Ann Flanders, b. July 15, 1848.

After his father's decease he attended the common school until the civil war,
when at the age of 16 he enlisted in Company C, 39th Regiment Massachusetts
A'olunteers, and served for a term of three years; wounded in left hip at battle of
Five Forks April, 1865; the latter part of the term as color bearer of the said regi-
ment. After his return to Medford he learned the trade of house painting; then
went into the cigar manufacturing business in the city of Boston, still residing in
Medford. While thus engaged in said business he became interested in the police
business in Medford, and studied criminal law, and in 1876 was appointed to take
charge of the police department in Medford, where he continued until 1887, when he
was appointed a member of the detective department of the Massachusetts District
Police by Governor Ames, where he is engaged at the present. Since his return
from the civil war he has been connected with the militia of the state, holding a com-
mission as field officer in the 5th regiment, and lately elected lieutenant-colonel; res.
Medford, Mass.

8819. i. Mary Evelyn, b. Dec. 19, 1871; d. Dec. 24, 1872.

8820. ii. Orville Jophanus, b. Dec. 31, 1874.

8821. iii. Nancy Isabel, b. June 25, 1880.

6234. Dr. Charles Alvano Whitney (Benjamin, Christopher A., Jacob, Ben-
jamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 21, 1860; m. in Boston, Mass., Feb. 11, 1885,
Belle Armstrong, b. Sept. 27, 1861; res. Boston, Mass., 17 Hotel Pelham.

8822. i. Lloyd, b. Aug. 10, 1888.

€243. Stephen F. Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Harrison, Me., May 15, 1821; m. there May 4, 184.5, Catherine
Brown, b. Aug. 28, 1820. He is a farmer and veterinary surgeon; res. Harrison, Me.
Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1846; d. infant.
Irene I., b. June 10, 1847 d. June 2-3, 1865.
Ann E., b. July 11, 1849; m. May 25, 1880, George E. Tarbox,

of Harrison.
Frances D., b. Feb. 19, 1851; m. Apr., 1872, Daniel Woodsun,

of H.
Charles S., b. May 6, 1853; m. Anna Ridlon.
Wm. H., b. May 12,' 18-55; m. Nellie Whitney.
Stephen H., b. Aug. 24, 18.57; m. Hattie Rodick.
Fred A., b. Nov. 20, 1859; m. Mabel Wheeler.
Kate E., b. Oct. 20, 1861; m. Sept., 1882, Andrew J. Ricker,

of Portland.

6244. James G. Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. in Harrison, Dec. 20. 1822; m. Jan. 3, 1847, Betsey H. Carsley,
b, Jan. 5, 1825; d. ; res. Harrison, Me.

8832. i. Charles F., b. Oct. 10, 1847; m. and res. H.

8833. ii. Horace K., b. Oct. 3, 1849; m. Jan. 12, 1885, Esther L. Tarbox,

b. May 16, 1846; res. s. p. Olympia, Wash.

8834. iii. Eleazer P., b. Feb. 15, 1851; m. Sept. 25, 1876, Mary E. Dwyer,

b. Jan. 22, 1841; res. s. p. Green River, Wash.

6245. Edward K. Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Harrison, Me., Sept. 9, 1824; m. there Oct. 29, 1848, Arvilla Cas-
well, b. Aug. 9, 1827.

He is one of the most successful farmers in Harrison, and one of the most
progressive agriculturists there. He has engaged largely in stockraising, and fruit
growing, and takes an active position in all agricultural, educational, political and
religious movements; he is well informed on general topics, and is an honorable
and highly respected citizen; res. Harrison, Me.

8835. i. Edward, b. Aug. 19, 1851; m. Mary Eliza Stone.

8836. ii. Harrison, b. Oct. 15, 1858; unm,; is a physician; res. New Haven,

Conn.

8837. iii. Fairfield, b. Feb. 20, 1892; m. Aug. 4, 1891, Alma M. Brackett,

b. Nov. 30, 1857. He is a teacher at the Greely Institute in
Cumberland, Me.

8838. iv. Mary F., b. Apr. 28, 1866.

8823.

i.

8824.

11.

8825.

iii.

8826.

iv.

8827.

V.

8828.

vi.

8829.

VII.

8830.

vin.

8831.

ix.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 579

6246. George F. Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Jan. 12, 1826; m. Nov. 16, 1848, Mary A. Bailey, b. Oct. 17, 1822.
He resides on the farm first settled by his great-grandfather, Moses; res. Har-
rison, Me.

8839. i. George F., b. Sept. 24, 1850; m. .

8840. ii. Frank H., b. May 30, 1852; m. .

8841. iii. Mary Ella, b. Aug. 15, 1855; m. Sept. 27, 1873, Charles E. Roberts;

res. H. Ch.: George V., b. Sept. 24, 1874; Edna W., b. Feb. 23,
1878; Ralph W., b. Nov. 3, 1882; Ruth E., b. July 26, 1885;
Joseph and Leonia E., b. June, 1886; Jos. d. Oct., 1886.

6247. Eleazer K. Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. May 13, 1828; m. Jan, 6, 1867, Mrs. Olive (Tibbitts) Green; res.
Harrison, Me.

8842. i. Ernest F., b. July 17, 1867; res. Gorham.

6248. William Lyman Whitney (Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Harrison, Me., June 12, 1833; m. July 3, 1855, Hannah
Maria Simpson, b. Aug. 14, 1832; res. 127 Magazine St., Cambridge, ^iass.

8843. i. Lizzie Emma, b. July 25, 1866; m. Sept. 15, 1887, Elmer C. Wil-

lison; res. 127 Mag. St., Camb. Ch.: Howard Whitney, b. Jan,
24, 1891.

6254. Joseph F. Whitney (William G., Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Lee, Me.. Dec. 3, 1841; m. Sept. 19, 1875, Delanah H. Spencer,
b. Mar. 6, 1849; res. Lee, Me.

8844. i. Bertha A., b. Mar. 11, 1877.

8845. ii. Joseph G., b. Apr. 19, 1880.

8846. iii, Mary H., b. July 28, 1883.

8847. iv, William G., b. July 23, 1888.

6257. Adelbert Whitney (Henry, Samuel, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Waldo, Me., May 29, 1864; m. Mar. 23, 1890, Lena M. Haney, b. June
12, 1871; res. Big Timber, Mont.'

8848. i. Charles W., b. Apr. 14, 1892,

6260. Ebenezer Augustus Whitney (Silas, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Oct. 6, 1840; m. at Skowhegan, ^Ie., May 24, 1866, Ellen J. Wood-
cock, b. Nov. 22, 1844. He is a contractor and builder; res. Madison, Me.

8849. i. Geo. Ansel, b. June 21, 1868; gr. Orono, Me,, State college,

8850. ii. Georgie Ardell, b. June 21, 1868; res. at home.

8851. iii, Clifton, b. Oct. 21, 1886; res. at home.

6263, Josiah Francis Whitney (Silas, Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benja-
min, John), b. Gorham, Me., Mar. 23, 1825; m. at Long Pond, Me., May 14, 1850, Mary
Moore, b. Concord, Me., Mar. 15, 1833. He is a farmer; res. Solon, Me.

8852. i. Seth Harding, b. July 2, 1851; m, Apr. 26, 1889, Hannah Get-

chell; res. N. Vassalboro, Me.

8853. ii, Helen A., b. July 16, 1852; m, 1884, E. J. Abbott; res. Roch-

ester, N. H,

8854. iii. Delara A., b. Feb, 22, 1854; m. Feb, 24, 1879, A. C. Stevens, res.

Lowell jVIsss

8855. iv. George' W., b. Nov, 23, 1855; m. Dec. 26, 1879, Azzettia Wood;

res, Norridgewock, Me.

8856. v. Mary E., b. Mar. 1, 1857; m. July 25, 1880, W. B. Fletcher; res.

Chelmsford, Mass.

8857. vi. William H., b. Mar. 25, 1859; m. June 10, 1884, Eva Longley;

res. Solon, Me.

8858. vii. Josiah F., b. Dec. 25, 1860; m. Susie E. Bray and Florence E.

Cameron; res. Keene, N. H.

8859. viii. Mellen A., b. Sept. 30, 1862; m. Aug. 10, 1892, Eva Judkins; res.

Solon.

6274. Edward P. Whitney (Asa P., George W., Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 29, 1843; m. Dec. 24, 1866, Carrie Whiting, b. July 25, 1846.
He d, Jan. 25, 1874; res. Harri^n, Me.

580 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8860. i. Edward G., b. Nov. 6, 1867; m. Oct. 29, 1891, Esther J. Mans-

field, b. Nov. 28, 1869. He is a druggist, and res. Townsend,
Mass.

6275. Charles C. Whitney (Asa P., George W., Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,

Benjamin, John), b. Mar. 20, 1846; m. Nov. 29, 1866, Mattie M. Hogle, b. ; d.

June 8, 1877; m. 2d, May 1, 1879, Nellie A. Johnson; res. Marshall, Minn.

6277. Hon. Henry Clay Whitney (Alfred M., Samuel, Asa, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Detroit, Me., Feb. 23, 1831 ; m. Aug. 5, 1857, at Urbana,
III. Sarah Anna Snyder, b. Dec. 21, 1841.

He attended Augusta college, Ky., and Farmer's college, O. At the latter his
classmates were President Harrison, Bishop Nalden (Methodist), and Murat Hal-
stead. He attended the Cincinnati Law college and Chicago Law school (at its first
session). He read law at Cinti. with Jolliffe & Getchell. President Hayes had his
headquarters there. Was admitted to the bar in Carroll Co., Va., in 1853; commenced
to practice in Urbana, 111., in June, 1854; was atty. for 111. Cen. R. R. from 1855 to
1861; was paymaster U. S. A. throughout the war; was state senator in Kan. from
16th dist., embracing Allen, Woodston, Neosho, Labette, Wilson, Montgomery, and
Howard. Was a candidate for the U. S. senate when Caldwell was elected. Is a
Methodist in religion and Republican in politics; has been a Free Mason since 1855,
first of Urbana lodge, then of Western Star lodge, both in Illinois; then of Acacia
lodge in Lawrence, Kan., and next of Cleveland lodge. 111. Lived in Chicago from
1854 to 1862, then from 1873 till the present. He still lives there, but is temporarily
in Beechmont, Mass.; res. Urbana, 111., 141 So. Western Ave., Chicago, 111., and Bos-
ton, Mass.

8861. i. Henry Strong, b. Sept. 1, 18.58; m. Harriett J. Hambrook.

8862. ii. Anna Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1861; m. Nov. 24, 1885, Charles B. Pelton;

Lake Helen, Fla. He was b. June 27, 1858. Ch.: Jessie Strong,
b. Oct. 23, 1886, at Lake Helen, Volusia Co., Fla.; Henry Whit-
nev, b. Jan. 7, 1889, at Lake Helen, Fla.; Anna Hattie, b. Nov.
6, 1890, at Lake Helen, Fla.; d. Oct. 27, 1891.

8863. iii. Lucinda Aseneth. b. Sept. 18, 1864; m. Nov. 27, 1884, William
W. Walker; res. Beachmont, Mass.

Carrie Lizzie, b. Sept. 19, 1866; d. Mar. 5, 1867.
Frank Alfred, b. Mar. 10, 1868; res. Chicago; lawyer.
Sarah Carrie, b. Sept. 10, 1870; d. Aug. 21, 1884.
Harriett Strong, b. July 1, 1874; res. Beachmont, Mass.
Jessie Ring, b. Mar. 21, 1881; d. Dec. 26, 1881.

6285. John Howard Whitney (Nelson, John, Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benja-
min, John), b. Newport, Me.; m. at Indianola, la., Mary E. Tarleton; res. Indianola, la.

8869. i. Wirt Nelson, b. Dec. 6, 1873; res. I.

6287. Rev. Reuben Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, Benjamin, John), b. Standish, Me., June 23, 1794; m. Jane Whitmore, b. ; d.

; m. 2d Phebe Dearborn, b. Nov. 16, 1794; d. Jan. 8, 1865. He was a preacher,

a farmer and in the war of 1812. He d. Nov. 23, 1837; res. Sebago, Me.

8870. i. ZiLPHA A.,b.Jan.ll,1819; m. Dec. 29, 1844, Benjamin F. Cutler, b.

Apr. 19, 1822; res. Wash., D. C, 6:34 A St.. N. E. Ch.: Clara L.,

b. Aug. 9, 1846; m. Oct. 1, 1866, Thos. E. Roach; Mary A., b.

Apr. 26, 1850; Jennie W., b. Dec. 22, 1858. He is a surveyor and

lumber manufacturer.
Sarah H., b. Feb. 24, 1823; d. Sept.. 1832.
Jane, b. Apr. 28, 1830; d. Sept., 1832.
Susan D., b. Sept. 13, 1831.
Brazill H., b. May 21, 1837; m. Jane S. Lord.

62^8. Simeon Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel. Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. at Standish, 1824, Joanna Shaw. b. Oct. 3, 1803; d.
Dec. 4, 1884. He d. Sept. 8, 1873; res. Standish and Harrison, Me.

8864.

iv.

8865.

V.

8866.

vi.

8867.

vn.

8868.

viii

8871.

ii.

8872.

m.

8873.

iv.

8874.

V.

8875.
8876.
8877.
8878.

Marshall S., b. Aug, 21, 1825; m. Sarah M. Wentworth.
i. Mary Jane, b. Apr. 13, 1827; m. Seth Kneeland; res. Har.
ii. Harriett, b. May 6, 1829; d. 1830.
V. Albion, b. Mar. 29, 1831; d. 1831.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 581

8882.

1.

^883.

11.

8884.

iii.

8885.

iv.

8886.

V.

(<887.

VI.

8888.

vii.

8889.

viii.

8890.

ix.

8891.

X.

8892.

XI.

8^98.

xu.

8894.

XIU.

8895.

XIV.

889G.

XV.

8879. V. Rhoda E., b. June 18, 1832; d. Feb., 1834.
88KU. vi. Alonzo, b. Mar. 28, 1836; d. Dec. 20, 1858.
8881. vii. LoviNA A., b. Mar. 8, 1838; d. Mar. 26, 1860.

6293. Levi Whitney (Reuben, Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Litchfield, Me., Nov. 27, 180U; m. 1st at Litchfield, Hannah Whitney;

m. 2d, 1835, at Bowdoinham, Me., Mary Hutchings, b. Apr. 25, 1815; d. . He

was a cooper by trade. He d. Feb. 20, 1881; res. Richmond, Me.
Nancy Maria, b. Feb. 13, 1823.

Otis, b. Dec. 22, 1824; m. and Emma Saunders He

d. 1880. Ch.: Clara; res. Richmond.

Isaac Smith, b. Sept. 14, 1826; m. Lizzie Mitchell; res. Worces-
ter, Mass.

Nathaniel, b. Mar. 12, 1828; m. Jane . He d. 1876; a dau.,

Mary res. 22 Pine St., Portland.

Jane Allen, b. Aug. 29, 1831; m. Frank Thomas and d. 1883.

Wm. Hutchings, b. Apr. 11, 1836; m. Laura E. Small; res. Rich-
mond, Me.

Hannah Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1840; m. David L. Davis; res. 20
Exchange St., Gloucester, Mass.

Levi Lincoln, b. Feb. 12, 1843; m. Ellen M. Moore. He d. Mav,
1890; a dau., Edith, res. R.

Graham Horatio Babscn, b. June 1, 1845; m. Henrietta Rogers.

Mary Frances, b. May 5, 1847; res. R.

Eliza Howes, b. June 17, 1849; d. 1851.

Jt)HN Horace, d. in infancy.

Ira Scott, d. in infancy.

H.arriett Alma, d. in infancy.

Winifred Louise, d. in infancy.

6301. Abel Whitney (Levi, Nathaniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Mar., 1810, in Standish, Me.; m. Sarah Cole, b. 1811; d. 1853. He d. in 1884;
res. Naples, Me.

8897. i. Henry C, b. Jan. 25, 1844; unm.; res. 16 Chapman PL, Boston.

6310. Henry Augustus Whitney (Beriah, Ephraim, Joel, Abel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. St. Stephens, N. B., Feb. 11, 1834; m. at St. John, N. B., Dec. 13,
1861, Margaret Jane Lindsay, b. Yarmouth, N. S., May 11, 1841; d. at Shediac, N. B.,
May 22, 1872. He was mechanical superintendent of the Intercolonial railway; res.
Shediac, N. B.

8898. i. Horace Stanley, b. Oct. 29, 1862.

8899. ii. Willie, b. June 11, 1865.

8900. iii. Etta Merrick, b. July 4, 1869.

8901. iv. Maggie Elizabeth, b. Mar. 30, 1872.

6330. Francis Whitney (Abner, Jessie, Daniel, Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Me., Oct. 24, 1836; m. at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 2, 1858, Margarrette L. Rix,
b. Aug. 21, 1839. He is a mechanical engineer; is in the hardware business; res.
Chicago, 111., 301 Francisco Ave.

8902. i. Frank M., b. June 30, 1864; m. Cornelia, A. Fames; res. Strat-

ton, Me.

6334. Augustus Hervey Whitney (Zachariah L., Isaac L., Isaac, Isaac, Na-
thaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Raymond, Me., Oct. 14, 1835; m. Sept., 1867, Fannie M.
Garland.

He was born in Raymond, Me., and early showed a fondness for literature and
music. From early age he has been a close student and is now recognized as a
thoroughly educated musician. At the age of twenty he went to Portland, Me., and
learned the trade of organ making and at once embarked in business on his own
account. After being in business in Montreal and Kalamazoo, Mich., he moved to
Quincy, 111., and estalalished the Whitney & Holmes Organ Co., with which he has
been very successful. He possesses many agreeable qualities and is a pleasant
social companion. (U. S. Biog. Die). He d. Aug. 26, 1891; res. Quincy, 111.

8903. i. Frances Hervey, b. May 21, 1870.

8904. ii. Joseph Walter, b. Jan. 11, 1872.

8907.

8908.

ii.

8909.

111.

8910.

IV.

8911.

V.

8912.

VI.

682 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6335. Joseph Newell Whitney (Zachariah L., Isaac L., Isaac, Isaac, Nathan-
iel, Benjamin, John), b. Raymond, Me., Sept. 14, 1836; m. at Washington, D. C, Nov.
23, 1865, Charlotte S. Burroughs; res. Washington, D. C, s. p. Chief clerk of bureau
of statistics.

6338. Dr. Walter I. Whitney (Zachariah L., Isaac L., Isaac, Isaac, Nathan-
iel, Benjamin, John), b. Raymond, Me., Oct. 20, 1844; m. at Baltimore, Md., Apr. 22,
1893, Hattie L. Lamond, b. Dec. 5, 1858; res. Chicago, 111., marine hospital, s. p.

6341. Ralph Waldo Whitney (John C, Sewell P., Barnabas, Isaac, Nathan-
iel, Benjamin, John), b. Green Lake county. Wis., July 12, 1865; m. at Hector, Minn.,
Jan. 22, 1886, Carrie B. Richards, b. July 9, 1864; res. Stewartville, Minn.

8905. i. Claude Lester, b. Feb. 14, 1889.

8906. ii. Harold Charles, b. Nov. 23, 1893.

6353. Nelson Whitney (Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jon-
athan, John), b. Milford, Mass., May 5, 1811; m. Millbury, Mass., Apr. 6, 1836, Ruth
Morse Guild, b. May 16, 1813; d. in Bellingham, Nov. 2o, 1893. He was a boot and
shoe maker. He d. Oct. 17, 1882, in Bellingham; res. Milford and Millbury, Mass.
Alonzo Nelson, b. June 2, 1837; m. Ellen Amanda Hancock.
Melissa Ruth, b. Mar. 12, 1839; d. Dec. 25, 1843.
Augustus Eugene, b. Dec. 6, 1840; d. Jan. 9, 1844.
Elbridge Green, b. Nov. 13, 1842; m. Emma A. Barney.
Betsey M. G., b. Oct. 17. 1844; d. Aug. 6, 1848.
Melissa Ruth, b. Jan. 28, 1847; m. Nov. 9, 1866, Milton F. Hol-
brook; res. Bellingham. He was b. Medway, ?vlass., July 9,
1845. Is superintendent of a mill. Ch.: Mabel W., b. in Bell-
ingham, Nov. 2, 1867; Edwin N., b. in Franklin, Mass., Ian. 15,
1870; d. Oct. 1, 1876.

8913. vii. Laura Ann, b. June 18, 1849; d. Nov. 21, 1849.

8914. viii. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Apr. 25, 1851; m. Jan. 16, 1894, George

D. Nourse, b. July 26, 1852; res. Bellingham, Mass. He is a
farmer, s. p.

6356. Dexter Whitney (Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan, Benjamin, Jon-
athan, John), b. Milford, Mass.; m. in Bellingham, Adeliza Cook, b. 1813; d. May 22,
1887, in B.

Dexter Whitney was born in Milford, Mass., but lived in Bellingham many
years, and died there about 1877; by occupation he was a bootmaker. He married
Adeliza Cook; they had three children; the daughter died in infancy; the second
child was Henry A. Whitney, and the third, Lewis E., who was killed in the civil
war. He was prominently connected with the Baptist church in Bellingham for
many years. He d. Feb., 1877; res. Bellingham, Mass.

8915. Henry A., b. July 2, 1851; m. Helen A. Holbrook.

6362. George Whitney (Luther, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benja-
min, John),b. in Seneca, N. Y., Apr. 1, 1808; m. Mar. 20, 1834, Dolly Barden.b. Dec. 10,
1808; d. Mar. 20, 1893. She was the oldest daughter of George and Dolly Barden, and
was born in Benton, Yates Co., N. Y. In the eighteenth year of her age she united with
the Baptist church at Benton. For sixty-six years she was a faithful and true Chris-
tian; never for a moment did her faith and trust in her Savior waver. In the spring
of 1834 she was united in marriage to George Whitney, of Seneca, Ontario Co., N. Y..
and in May of that year went to Michigan and with her husband settled in the town-
ship of York, Washtenaw Co. In 1841 the family moved to Wheatland, Hillsdale
Co., where she has since lived. She was a devoted wife and mother, a true and faith-
ful friend, a woman of noble Christian character, denying herself that she might help
others. She met the sorrows and trials of life, of which she had an uncommon share,
with rare courage and fortitude, bravely doing her duty to the end. None knew her
worth so well as those who loved her best; res. Hudson, Mich.

Jane E., b. Aug. 31, 1835; unm.

George Barden, b. Dec. 9, 1837; unm.

Emily M., b. Oct. 8, 1839; unm.

Martin, b. Apr. 18, 1841. He died Mar. 12, 1893. He was born
in the township of York, Washtenaw Co., Mich., and moved
with his parents to their home in Wheatland when only three

8916.

i.

8917.

11.

8918.

iii,

8919.

IV

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 583

weeks of age, wherq his entire life since that time has been
passed. His health had been poor the early part of winter, but
he had improved somewhat, when he rode to Pittsford one
intensely cold day. He took a severe cold, from the effects of
which he never recovered, failing gradually, and passed quietly
away Sunday morning. Mar. 12. He bore his sufferings, which
at times were great, uncomplainingly and with wonderful forti-
tude. He knew he was going to die, and was very composed
and resigned.

6364. Nathan Whitney (Luther, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1812; m. Oct. 14, 1839, Betsey E. Scotford, b.
Oct. 14, 1809; d. Jan. 16, 1880. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 13, 1867; res. Wheat-
land and DeWitt, Mich.

8920. i. Mary C, b. June 24, 1841 ; m. Dec. 26, 1858, Francis T. Flewelling,

b. Jul v 26, "1831. Ch.: Frank Luther, b. Apr. 14, 1860; m. Nov.
11,1^80; res. 439 W. Superior St., Cleveland, O.; Ralph Tyler,
b. Nov. 23, 1871; m. Aug. 16, 1893; res. Alma, Mich.

8921. ii. Ezra Parker, b. Apr. 22, 1843; d. Jan. 5. 1876.

8922. iii. Etta, b. Apr. 23, 1848; m. Tucker, and d. s. p., Aug. 5,

1871.

6372. Columbus C. Whitney (Otis, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1819; m. July 3, 1847, Evealine Yeaklev, b.
Aug. 2(1, 1822; d. Mar. 3U, 1848; m. 2d. May 14, 1849, Jane Yeakley, b. Sept. 2. 1819;
d. June 14, 1882; m. 3d, Apr. 24, 1884, Elizabeth E. Brown, b. Dec. 8, \><--M; res.
Clifton Springs, N. Y.

8923. 1. Eva Y., b. June 6, 1850; m. Feb. 12, 1871, Morris Van Gelder, b.

Dec. 23, 1843. She d. Oct. 12, 1883, in Sacramento, Cal. Ch.;
Homer, b. Aug. 2U, 1873; d. July 15, 1876; Claude W., b. Nov. 14,
1877; res. Acampo, Cal.

8924. ii. Hobart J., b. Ai:)r. 14, 1853; unm.; res. C. S.

8925. iii. Jessie Sophia, b. Sept. 15, 1857; d. Oct. 8, 1865.

6-375. Capt. Otis Whitney (Otis, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., June 13, 1821; m. Oct. 4, 18-54, in Monterey, N. Y.,
Harriett Newell Barnes, b. Sept. 14, 1829.

Otis Whitney, Jr., was born June 13, 1821, in the town of Seneca, Ontario Co.,
state of New York, where he lived till nearly thirty years of age, working on the farm,
attending school and studying law; was admitted to the practice in the supreme
court of the state of New York at a gener.il term of the court held in the city of
Auburn, county of Cayuga, on the first day of November, 1847, but never engaged
actively in practice, having no relish or respect for it. He traveled and taught
school for three years, and then went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Tyler
H. Abbey, who was a successful merchant at Watkms, Schuyler Co., state of New
York, and continued in business up to the fall of 18-54, when he caught the western
fe\er and decided to take the advice of Horace Greeley to "go west and grow up
with the country." Before leaving he was united in marriage with the daughter of
Dr. Enos Barnes, in western New York, a well known and popular physician and
surgeon, and one of the earliest settlers on the west side of Seneca Lake. The newly
married couple started immediately on the journey west, and finally located in Quas-
queton, Buchanan Co., state of Iowa, where he purchased two hundred acres of
land, intending to make a farm of it, but finding more satisfactory employment in
town never settled on the land. Most of the time up to 1^62 was spent in clerking,
overseeing flour and saw mills, and acting justice of the peace, for which office his
previous study of law was especially helpful. In the fall of 1862 he went into the
army as first lieutenant of Company H, Twenty-seventh Regiment Iowa \'olunteer
Infantry. In camp of instruction he was familiar with the drill, etc., as he had been
studying the tactics from the commencement of the war and in command of and
drilling a company of home guards for more than a year. In a few weeks the regi-
ment was ordered to the field, or as the popular phrase is, to the front, and not more
than half drilled or disciplined. On Apr. 10, 1863, he became captain of the company
by reason of resignation of Capt. Jacob M. Miller, the previous captain, who became
disabled and unable to endure active field service. Whitney was captain of the
company up to the close of the war, and was discharged with the company and regi-

584 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ment at Clinton, la., Aug. 8, 1865. He returned to his home in Quasqueton, which he
had not seen in three years, worn out, run down, and weak from constant diarrhtta
for three years, and which continued for more than fifteen years after the war. Find-
ing no place of business obtainable he with his family, wife and two children, went
on a visit to the old folks at home in the state of New York. While on this visit he
was induced to engage m an enterprise to be consummated at Richmond, Ya., in the
establishment of a dairy farm. The project was a complete failure, and mindful
still of the advice of Greeley he again went west with his family to grow up again,
locating on government land in Oswego Township, Labette Co., Kas., in the spring
of 1867. Upon this place he lived seventeen years, when he sold out and moved into
the city of Oswego, two and a half miles distant. The land sold for $31.25 per acre,
costing from the government §1.25 per acre. He has continuously lived in Oswego
up to date, Oct. 20, 1894, aged seventy-three years four months and seven days. He
has no regular business of his own, but spends most of his time assisting his son-in-
law in a coal, wood, flour and feed store; res. Quasqueton, la., and Oswego, Kas.

8926. i, E.MMA Hawlev, b. Aug. 2. 1855; m. Oct. 1, 1876. Lafayette Baker,

b. Sept. 19, 1851; res. Oswego. Ch.: Roy Whitney, b. Aug. 22,
1877; d. Nov. 12, 1877; Clifford Otis. b. June 12, 1879; d. Aug.,
1882; Edward Lafayette, b. Feb. 10, 1883; Florence Eva, b. Mar.
5, 1885; Emma Louise, b. Aug. 17, 1890; Viola, b. June 22, 1893.

8927. ii. Edward Otis, b. May 29, I860; m. Laura M. Norris.

6382. Edward Webster Whitney (Otis, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Benjam.n, John), b. Oct. 2, 1834; m. Oct. 2, 1869, Kate Chapin. He d. Feb. 29,
1884; res. Marysville, Cal.

8928. i. Frank Chapin, b. June 6, 1870; d. Nov. 21, 1876.

8929. ii. Edward Otis, b. Dec. 3, 1875.

6384. Jonas Whitney (Jonathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Albion, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1824; m. in Bergen, N. Y., Julv 17, 1842, Eme-
line Pollay, b. Oct. 20, 1822.

He was born in Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y., and his wife in Erie Co., in the same
state. He resided in Albion until 1869, and followed his trade, that of harness
maker. He moved to Iowa and Kansas in 1890; res. Canandaigua, N. Y., and Lone
Elm, Kan.

8930. i. Louisa Jeanette, b. Sept. 16, 1843; m. Jan. 10, 1866, F. Chatter-

don; res. Lone Elm, Kan. They have 3 sons.

8931. ii. Herbert Jonas, b. Julv 5. 1853; m. Mary E. Kelly.

8932. iii. Frank Pollay. b. Feb.'3, 1857; m. July 26, 1882, Stella A. Schisca;

res. Lee Co., 111.; 3 ch.

8933. iv. Charles Murray, b. Sept. 20, 1845; m. Julia A. Nelson.

6393. Alexas R. Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Feb. 22, 1824; m. Aug. 14, 1851, Mary J. Oakley, b. Hillsdale,
N. Y., Aug. 14, 1830.

Alexas R. Whitney was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., and was but fourteen years
of age when his parents migrated to Lee county. Aug. 14, 1851, he was married to
Mary J. Oakley. His sons are married, associated with the father in the extensive
business of the culture and shipping of fruit and the manufacture and sale of cider.
He is prominently identified with horticultural matters in this state, and is associ-
ated with Frank Dysart, ex-president of the state board of agriculture and present
postmaster at Franklin Grove. Mr. Whitney was one of the organizers of the state
board of agriculture, forty years ago, and has been connected with it ever since.
Mr. Whitney has steadfastly refused to hold office of any kind, and is the only sur-
viving organizer of the board who has not filled some position; res. Franklin
Grove, 111.

Sarah J., b. June 24, 1852; d. Sept. 9, 1853.
Jesse R., b. Mar. 14. 1854; m. Ida M. Dysart.
Carrie L., b. Sept. 21. 1855; d. Dec. 30, 1857.
Carrie L., b. Mar. 16, 1857; m. June 24, 1879, Albert N. Crawford.
Ch.: Olive M., b. Mar. 28, 1880; John R., b. Apr. 5, 1882; Albert
N., b. July 19, 1884; Robert D., b. Oct. 31, 1886; Charlie L., b.
Mar. 12, 1889; res. F. G.
8938. V. Nathan A. b. Dec. 6, 1859; m. Hattie M. Timothy.
S939. vi. Mary J., b. Jan. 31, 1866; m. June 19, 1889, Clinton L. Booth; add.
228 Equitable Bldg., Denver, Col.

8934.

i.

8935.

ii.

8936.

iii

8937.

iv

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 585

6396. Daniel H. Whitney (Cheeney, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Seneca Castle, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1819; m. May lo, 1850, Susannah Ue
Graff, b. Jan. 6, 1830; d. Dec. '^1, 1861; m. 2d, June 7, 1855, Martha Van Gelder, b.
Aug. 31, 1834; d. Oct. 26, 1876; m. 3d, Mar. 4, 1381, Sarah Van Gelder, b. Feb. 28,
1832; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

8940. i. Clara A., b. Mar. 6, 1856; m. Sept. 5, 1877, Charles S.Bond; res.

Luverne, Minn. Ch.: Claude H., b. Jan. 11, 1883; Carrie E., b.
Apr. 8, 1886.

8941. ii. Hattie, b. Dec. 31, 1862; d. Nov. 13, 1863.

8942. iii. Mabel A., b. June 9, 1868.

8943. iv. Frank E., b. Oct. 21, 1872.

6398. Hachaliah Whitney (Cheeney, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1822; m. May 15, 1843, Matilda Vrooman,
dau. of William, b. July 21, 1825; d. Oct. 26, 1867; m. 2d, Jan. 10, 1869, Hannah C.
Stevens, b. June 14, 1832; res. .Seneca Castle, N. Y.

8944. i. Frances Matilda, b. Apr. 28, 1844; m. Nov. 13, 1865, Francis

Henry Carr, b. Oct. 25, 1841 ; (1894) res., s. p., Clifton House, Chi-
cago, 111. He was born on a farm three miles east of Canandaigua,
N. Y.; was educated at the public schools, and followed agricul-
tural pursuits until 25 years of age. In 1865 he went to Detroit,
Mich., as agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co.
Since then he has been in the hotel business, and is now senior
member of the firm of Carr & Reeve, owners of the Clifton
House, and the Normandie, in Detroit, Mich., and the Bryant, at
Flint, Mich.

6399. Sidney Whitney (Cheeney, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Seneca Castle, N. v., Aug. 20, 1824; m. May 16, 1850, Amelia \'an
Gelder, b. Sept. 4, 1824; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

8945. i. Willis, b. Nov. 19, 1854; unm.

8946. ii. Burritt Gray, b. Feb. 27, 1859; unm. Both sons live at home

and work on the farm. Burritt is a good blacksmith. Willis
has invented a corn husker but has never got it patented; both
are ingenious boys.

6402. Byron Whitney (Cheeney, Nathan, Jonathan Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Seneca Castle, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1830; m. there, Aug. 22, 1854, Mary C.
Leeson, b. Apr. 28, 1835; res. Seneca Castle, N. Y.

8947. i, Julia E., b. June 27, 1855; m. Dec. 26, 1878, Prescott Crosby; res.

S. C, s. p.

6404. Cheeney Parkhurst Whitney (Cheeney, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Jonathan, Benjamin, lohn), b. June 10, 1836, in Seneca, N. Y.; m. Nov. 26, 1861, Mary
C. Chapman, b. Oct. 28, 1835; res. Orleans, N. Y.

8948. i. Margaret Olive, b. Apr. 7, 1864; m. Sept. 3, 1890, William F,

Chapman, res. 125 West Chester Park, Boston, Mass.

8949. ii. Almon Chap.man, b. Apr. 15,1867.

8950. iii. Mary Matilda, b. Nov. 11, 1870.

8951. iv. John Cheeney, b. Apr. 3, 1875.

6403a. Oscar Whitney (Joel, Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Sept. 26, 1817; m. Aug. 15, 1839, Elizabeth R. Crosbv. Address of living
child, Mrs. Lorain F. McCook, Kenilworth, 111. He d. Oct. 29,'l890.

6405. Lemuel Parkhurst Whitney (Joel, Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1820; m. there, Sept. 2, 1841, Elmira Col-
well, b. Jan. 30, 1812; d. Oct. 16, 1888.

He was born in Seneca, N. Y., where he resided until 1840, when he moved to
Hudson, Mich, where he has since resided, engaged in farming and lumbering. He
is a member of the Congregational church; res. Hudson, Mich.

8952. i. Joel Colwell, b. Dec. 14, 1843. He was born at Hudson, Mich.;

educated at the public schools there and at Hillsdale college,
and while at the latter place enlisted in the army in the summer
of 1862 in Co. C, Berdan's Sharpshooters, and served until 1863.
38

586 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

That year he went to Chattanooga, Tenn., with Gen. Edwin
McCook, as chief clerk of the supply agency for the Army of the
Cumberland. He was there when the war closed, when he at once
engaged in the wholesale dry goods and grocery business. In
1873 he came to Chicago and at present is interested with J. W.
Doane & Co., importers and wholesalers of teas and coffees.
This firm has one of the largest trades in this line in the coun-
try. He is unmarried, and his address is 45 Wabash Ave.
8953. ii. Daniel Oliver, b. Mar. 15, 1850; d. June 26, 1860.

6407a. ^ Wells W^hitney (Joel, Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,

John), b. Sept. 24, 1823; m. June 11, 1845, Demis Holmes, b. , d. ; m. 2d

Laura Potter, b. , d. ; m. 3d, June, 1873, Emeline Shattuck. He d. April

18, 1887. Address of living child, Mrs. Robert J. Berry, Reading, Hillside Co.,
Mich.

6411a. Charles Carroll Whitney (Joel, Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Seneca, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1832; m. Nov. 25, 1857, Marion Clarke, b.
Mar. 17, 1839, d. Jan. 11, 1873; m. 2d, Sept. 23, 1878, Julia L. Brown, b. Nov. 26, 1848.
He was born in Seneca Castle, N. Y. Graduated at Williams College in 1853.
Subsequently engaged in the telegraph business, and was manager of the Western
Union office at Indianapolis during the war. Was assistant secretary of the Frank-
lin Life Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Ind., in 1874. In 1876 he became pri-
vate secretary of Wm. H. Beers, vice-president and actuary of the New York Life
Insurance Company, and retained that position with him when he became president.
He was elected secretary of the company in 1892, the office having been created for
that purpose. He is also a director in the Manhattan Safe Deposit and Storage
Company; res. New York, N. Y., add. 346-348 Broadway.

8954a. i. Annette, b. Apr. 24, 1859; m. Mar. 3, 1879, Wm. H. Dall; res. 1119
12lh St., n. w., Washington, D. C.

895.5a. ii. Marion, b. Mav 14, 1862; d. Feb. 3, 1867.

89.56a. iii. Lizzie, b. Feb. '18, 1863; res. 27 W. 128th St., N. Y. City.

8957a. iv. Robert Edwin, b. Sept. 9, 1865; ad. 115 Broadway, N. Y. City.

8958a. V. Esther, b. May 21, 1882; res. 170 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

6413a. William Henry Whitney (Joel, Joel, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Apr. 28, 1837; m. Apr. 25, 1864, Lavina H. Fiero; res. Geneva,
N. Y. P. O. box 377.

6406. John Whitney (Theodore. Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benja-
min, John), b. Niagara, N. Y., Apr. 24, 1828; m. Apr. 6, 1848, Elizabeth A. Garrett, b.
June 6, 1825; res. Suspension Bridge, N. Y.
■ Ellen E., b. Sept. 3, 1849.

Frederick G.. b. Mar. 22, 1852.

Margaret Experiance, b. Oct. 8, 1854.

John Warner, b. Nov. 18, 1856; d. luly 12, 1857.

Mary Sophia, b. May 26, 18-58; m. Oct. 18, 1876, Vogt.

Emma Electa, b. Dec. 13, 1860.

Eliza Bryant, b. May 11, 1863.

Frances Kate, b. Feb. 13, 1866.

George Warner, b. Oct. 2, 1868.

6410. Charles Field Whitney (Theodore, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Benjamin, John), b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1831; m. Oct. 4, 1854, Char-
lotte W. Crittenden, b. Apr. 30, 1835; res. Mineral Ridge, O.

8963. i. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1855; m. Oct. 14, 1874, W. H.

Warner; res. Mineral Ridge, O. Ch.: Whitney, b. June 3, 1878;
Hugh L. b. Dec. 25, 1880.

8964. ii. Frances A., b. June 22, 1857; m. Sept. 15, 1876, Rev. J. J. Graham;

res. Perry ville, Va. Ch.: Alice Frances, b. May 23, 1877; Wm.
Charles, b. Sept. 5, 1880; Lottie Crittenden, b. June 14, 1882;
Paul Edgar, b. July 30, 1885.

8965. iii. Abbie W., b. July 26, 1858; res. M. R.

8966. iv. Charles Edward, b. Apr. 16, 1866; m. Feb. 14, 1891, Annie

Elizabeth Helnig; res M. R. She was b. Nov. 30, 1866; s, p.
He is a clerk.

8954.

1,

8955.

11.

8956.

HI.

8957.

IV.

8958.

v.

8959.

VI.

8960.

vu.

8961.

vin

8962.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 587

8967. V. Ami E., b. Sept. 18, 1861 ; d. Apr. 24, 1874.

8968. vi. Nellie T., b. Nov. 21, 1864; d. Dec. 15, 1887.

8969. vii. Kate E., b. Nov. 17, 1871 ; m. Oct. 8, 1890, R. A. Woods; res. Pasa-

dena, Cal. Ch.: Donovan Whitney, b. Jan. 17, 1893.

8970. viii. J. F., b. Dec. 30, 1874; res. M. R.

6413. Ami Whitney (Theodore, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Niagara, N. Y., May 24, 1837; m. Aug. 25, 1862, Catherine Rose Mills; b.
Sept. 2, 1844; d. Jan. 25, 1866.

He was born in Niagara, N. Y., where he resided for many years. He was united
in marriage in Plainwell, Mich., where he was engaged for some time in the retail boot
and shoe busmess. Was county clerk there for some time. For a few years before
his death he was in very poor health, and was obliged to spend his winters in the
south or west. He d. Apr. 14, 1873; res. Rochester, N. Y.

8971. i. Alice K., b. June 18, 1864; res. 100 East Ave., R.

8972. ii. Mary, d. infancy.

8973. iii. George, d. infancy.

6415. Erastus Frank Whitney (Jasper, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Thompson, O., Aug. 31, 1836; m. Aug. 8, 1860, Lucinda Ham-
burger, b. Feb. 'z2, 1840; d. June, 26, 1876; res. Bowling Green, O.

8974. i. Rosa Etta, b. 1863; m. John G. Benkie. They had three ch.

She d. North Judson, Ind., in 1891, leaving two ch. He m. again
and res. Koutz, Ind.

8975. ii. Adelbert Ezra, b. Sept. 10, 1865, res. unm. 205 Illinois St.,

Chicago, 111.; clerk in post office.

8976. iii. Lester Elihu, b. May 7, 1872; res. with Adelbert.

8977. iv. Willis Clark, b. Dec. 2, 187y; res. B. G.

6416. Ezra A. Whitney (Jasper, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Seneca Co., O., Aug. 12, 1840; m. at Fostoria, O., Nov. 12, 1866, Mary E.
Decker, b. May 14, 1846; res. Tacoma and Puyallup, W. T.

8978. i. Alva D., b. Dec. 15, 1867; unm; res. Tacoma.

8979. ii. Nettie M., b. June 18, 1869; teacher; unm.; res. at home.

8980. iii. O C, b. Dec. 29, 1870; school principal; unm.; res at home.

6417. A.Mi Whitney (Jasper, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Seneca Co., O., Apr. 19, 1842; m. Apr. 10, 1862, Julia Damschroder, b. Apr.
5, 1845. He was a farmer. He d. May, 26, 1891; res. Hessville, O.

8981. i. Mary M.,b. Aug. 24, 1863; m. Sept. 21, 1893, A. H. Arnold; res.

Hessville, O.

8982. ii. Adela M., b. Aug. 22, 1865; m. Nov. 30, 1882, Louis Schneider;

res. Hessville, O.

6422. Edwin G. Whitney (Jasper, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. at Flat Rock, O., Mar. 26, 1827; m. Ian. 5, 1851, at Gibsonburg, O.,
Margaret Garns, b. Jan. 12, 1834. He d. Nov. 23, 1862; res. Gibsonburg, O.

8983. i. Emma E„ b. Nov. 28, 1^51; d. Dec. 18, 1851.

8984. ii. Malissa, b. April 19, 1853; d. Sept. 17, 1853.

8985. iii. Francis, b. May 9,1854; m. Apr. 18, 1875, Margaret Ickes; res.

Gibsonburg, O.; four ch.

8986. iv. Samuel J., b. Mar. 23, 1856; d. Dec. 6, 1871.

8987. v. Ella E., b. Sept. 13, 1859; m. Jan. 13, 1878, Peter J. Powers; res.

G. ; four boys living.

8988. vi. Milan J., b. Jan. 13. 1861; res. G.; farmer and school teacher.

8989. vii. Mary A., b. Dec. 21, 1862 ; m. Mar. 30, 1887, Moses Warner.

She d. June 7, 1889; one girl; res. 975 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111.

6427. Ami Whitney (Isaac A., Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Dec. 27, 1838; ui. July 4, 1864, Emma C. Strong, b. May 21, 1845; d. June 27,
1887; m. 2d, July 23, 1890, Marv Mellon; res. Quincv, Mich.

8990. i. MANSFiELD,'b. Nov. 20, 1865; m. June 1, 1893, Alice King, b. May

8, 1868; res. Quincv, Mich.

8991. ii. Frank, b. Dec. 27, 1868; m. Dec. 25, 1890, Effie McGinnis; res.

Quincy, Mich.

8992. iii. Nellie E.,b. June 21, 1875; m. Mar, 13, 1892, Harry Greening;

res. Q.

588 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6433. J. Shearman Whitney (Ami, Ami, Jonathan. Jonathan, Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John), b. Flint Creek, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1847; m. at Cleveland, O., Feb. 24, 1875,
Emma C. Crozier.

He resided with his parents at Flint Creek until 1871, when he removed to Well-
ington, Kan. After two years he returned to his former home. After marriage, he
resided on a farm in Gorham, N. Y., until 1880, when he removed to a farm in Flint
Creek, N. Y. After living at this place for eight years he moved to Hall's Corner's,
N. Y., where he remained for a short time. In May, 1889, he went to El Cajon, Cal.,
where his family followed him in the following August. In 1894 he returned to Hall's
Corner's, N. Y.; res. El Cajon, Cal., and Hall's Corner's, N. Y.

8993. i. Wm. Ami Jefferson, b. Jan. 15, 1876.

8994. ii. George C, b. June 11, 1877.

8995. iii. Anna Belle, b. Dec. 6, 1879; d. Dec. 24, 1879.

6435. Thomas Densmore Whitney (Ami, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin John), b. Apr. 20, 1852; m. Feb. 1, 1880, at Seneca Castle, N. Y., Jane Ann
Potter, b. Jan. 22, 18-; res. Stanley. N. Y.

8996. i. Frank Robert, b. Nov. 1, 1881.

8997. ii. Charlotte Ann, b. Aug. 14, 1883.

8998. iii. Zillah Margaret, b. Mar. 14, 1885.

6436. Charles Wjlliam Whitney (Ami, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. May 5, 1854; m. Nov. 23, 1881, at Osawatomie, Kan., Emma M.
Parker, b. London, Eng., June 27, 1858; res. Osawatomie, Kan.

8999. i. Frances Ann, b. Jan. 21, 1884.
8000. ii. Fred A. H., b. July 28, 1885.

9001. iii. Ernest Frank, b. June 22, 1887.

9002. iv. Thomas Shearman, b. Dec. 8, 1889.

6437. Frank Ami Whitney (Ami, Ami, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Benja-
min, John), b. June 4, 1858; m. Nov. 14, 1887, at Salem, Ore., Ada F. Parker, b. Mai-
den, Eng , Aug. 26, 1864; druggist; res. Osawatomie, Kan.

9003. i. Shearman Parker, b. Sept. 27, 1888.

6440. Drake Whitney (Solon M. W., Parkhurst, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Benjamin, John), b. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1843; m. Dec. 21, 1871, Grace
V. Oatman.

Drake Whitney was born at Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug.
23, 1843; educated at Niagara in private schools, the public
schools and Porter's academy, and at Dr. Reed's Walnut Hill
school, Geneva, N. Y. Was graduated with degree civil
engineer, in 1864, at the Renselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, N. Y. Is a member of the Theta Delta Chi college
fraternity. Delta Chapter, at Troy, N. Y. Studied in Europe
from June. 1865, to May, 1869, at the University of Got-
tingen, Hanover, at the Freiberg Mining Academy, Frei-
berg, Saxony, and at the Ecole des Mines, Paris, France.
Was in Colorado and California in 1870. Was for a while
an assistant engineer on the Erie R. R.; also a resident
engineer on the Canada Southern R. R., and on the Mich-
igan Midland R. R. Was assistant engineer during the
changing of the new Suspension Bridge from wood to iron.
DBAKE WHITNEY. Was fourteen years corporation engineer, before 1892, of

Niagara Falls, and is also engaged in general practice. Ran
the best levels ever taken for the great tunnel. Is a member of Niagara Frontier
Lodge No. 132, F. & A. M., Royal Arch Chapter No. 200. and Genesee Commandery
No. 10, of Lock port, N. Y.; res. Niagara Falls, N. Y., 335 Buffalo Ave.

9004. i. Grace Oatman, b. Apr. 28. 1873.

9005. ii. Frances Ethel, b. Apr. 19. 1877.

9006. iii. Edwin Bullinger, b. Jan. 22, 1881.

*
6446. Benjamin Rush Whitney (David. Jonathan, David, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Shelburne, Mass., Apr. 27. 1832; m. at Utica, Mo., Nov. 25, 1858,
Mary Anne Conrad, b. Newry, Pa., Mar. 8, 1838.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

589

9007.

i.

9008.

11.

9009.

iii.

9010.

iv.

9011.

V.

9012.

VI.

9013.

VII.

9014.

VI 11

9015.

IX.

9016.

X.

BENJAMIN R. WHITNEY.

1894.

He was born in Shelburne, Mass., Apr. 27, 1832. While an infant his parents
removed to western New York, and in 1845 to Madison, Ind. He received his edu-
cation at Hanover College, Hanover, Jeff. Co., Ind., taking the degree of B. A., Sept.
18, 1858. Taught school in Shelby Co., Ky., and Lafayette,
Ind., for the next two years, and in Sept , 1852, joined a
party of civil engineers on the Ohio and Miss. ' Railway,
and has practiced the profession of civil engineer ever
since. Went to Missouri in May, 1856, and was assistant
engineer on the Hannibal & St. Joseph R. R. for two years.
Married Nov. 25, 1858, and went to Kansas City, Mo , July,
1860, when work was commenced on the west end of the
Mo. Pacific Ry., and has made his permanent home in
Kansas City ever since. Was city engineer of Kansas
City in 1885-86, but his practice has been mainly in rail-
way construction, in which he has filled all the positions
from chairman to chief engineer, having served in the
states of Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Loui-
siana, Colorado and California and the territories of New
Mexico and Arizona; res. Kansas City, Mo., 628 Harrison
street.

Mary, b. Aug. 22, 1859; d. Nov. 24, 1876.

Benj. R., b. Feb. 24, 1861; m. Lillian
White.

David V., b. Dec. 26, 1864; m. Minnie May Shively.

LrcY Gertrude, b. Nov. 28, 1867.

Pai-l, b. June 24, 1.^70.

Arthur Avery, b. Mar. 15, 1872.

Mari Francis, b. Oct. 22, 1875; res. Cassel, Germany,

Mary Elinor, b. July 11, 1881.

Beatrice Fanny, b. Aug. 10, 1885.

Four Others, d. in infancy.

6447. Dr. David Victory Whitney (David, Jonathan, David, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Benjamin, John), b. Canisteo, N. Y., May 5, 1888; m. Ellen Ralston.

Dr. David \". Whitney was born in Canisteo, N. Y., May 5, 1838. He read med-
icine with Dr. C. E. Parker, of Beardstown, 111., and took the degree of M. D. in St.
Louis early in 1862. Immediately on receiving his degree he was appointed assistant
surgeon in the Missouri state militia — a body of troops in the service of the United
States government in the state of Missouri — and about three months afterward was
promoted to surgeon of the regiment commanded by Col. Geo. H. Hall, of St. Joseph,
now of Deadwood, S. D. This regiment participated in the second battle of Spring-
field, Mo., and Dr. Whitney was director of the Central General hospital of Missouri,
located at that place. In 1863 he accompanied his regiment to Sedalia, Mo., and
while there resigned his commission in the army and was appointed assistant sur-
geon in the U. S. navy. After serving about three years, mostly in the gulf ports, he
left the service of the government. A natural disposition to roam, increased by his
government service took him west, and in 1886 he went to Helena, Mont., with a mule
train, starting from Atchison, Kan. After various adventures there he started alone
down the Missouri river, making short stops in the scattered settlements and among
the different tribes of Indians then living in those regions, and reached Kansas City
in the summer of 1868. After practicing medicine for the next two years in Marma-
ton and Sedgewick, Kan., he again went west and lived a life of adventure in Colo-
rado, New Mexico and Utah, as miner, prospector, deputy U. S. marshal, and what-
ever else fell in with his roving inclinations. He finally settled down to the practice
of his profession in Wyoming; was appointed physician to the company operating the
coal mines of the L^. P. R. R., and was elected member of the Wyoming legislature.
He married here and in 1878 moved to St. Edward, Neb., where he established him-
self in the practice of medicine, and died there Sept. 17, 1882. He was a man of
brilliant natural endowments and excellent acquirements, but of eccentric habits; res.
St. Edward, Neb.

■9017a. i. Elizabeth Bessie, b. ; res. Columbus, Neb.

6449. Charles Edward Whitney (Elias, Jonathan, Elias, Elias, Jonathan,
Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 24, 1836; m. Sept. 13, 1859, Mary Elizabeth Onion, b. Apr.
30, 1840.

9019.

iii.

9020.

iv.

9021.

V.

9022.

vi.

9023.

vii

590 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He is justice of the peace, bail commissioner, and first special justice of the third
district court of southern Worcester. Is secretary of Montgomery Lodge, A. F. &
A. M.; res. Milford, Mass., 16 Grant St.

9017. i. Horace, b. Oct. 19. 1861; m. May 22, 1890, Cora Lee Snell, b.

Mar. 9, 1868. He is a dentist and res. in Milford, s. p.

9018. ii. Alice E., b. Feb. 19, 1864; m. Sept. 24, 1884, David A. Wescott;
res. Hopedale, Mass.

Julia E., b. Aug. 22, 1867; res. Milford.
Mary E.,b. Feb. 2, 1870; res. Milford.
Amy L.,b. Apr. 24. 1872; res. Milford.
Cora May, b. Feb. 21, 1876; res. Milford.
Chas. E., b. Oct. 12, 1879.

6451. Charles Emour Le Baron Whitney (Charles B., Jonathan, Elias,
Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Nov. 10, 1839, Wrentham, Mass.; m. Aug. 14,
1864; Augusta G. Nichols, b. Saco, Me., Sept. 9, 1841; res. Medway, Mass.

9024. i. Maud Miller, b. Nov. 27. 1866.

9025. ii. Bessie Nichols, b. Mar. 15, 1868.

9026. iii. Charles Albert, b. Dec. 6, 1869.

6452. George W. Whitney (Charles B., Jonathan, Elias, Elias. Jonathan, Ben-
jamin, John),b. Milford, Mass., Feb. 18, 1844; m. in Chelsea, May 1, 1866, Jennv True,
b. Dec. 31, 1843; res. Stoneham, Mass.

9027. i. Gertrude B., b. May 7, 1868.

64."3. Frank Le Prelate Whitney (Charles B , Jonathan, Elias, EHas, Jona-
than. Benjamin, John), b. Baltimore, Md., July 6, 1862; m. at Jamaica Plain, Mass.,
June 9, 1881, Mary E. Brooks, b. Roxbury, Mass., Nov. 19, 1853. He is a retail boot
and shoe dealer; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass.

9028. i. Frank Edwin, b. May 28, 1882.

6465. Elias Whitney (George, Jonathan, Elias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. Jan. 21, 1849; m. Sept. 11. 1872. Mary Elizabeth Gleason, b. Feb. 21, 1852.

The greater part of his life was spent in Milford, Mass.; moved to Brooklyn, N.
Y., where he now resides, in Apr.. 1882; received a common school education in
the public schools of Milford; graduated from Bryant & Stratton Commer-
cial college in 1866, since which time has been engaged in various mercantile pur-
suits, and at present a stockholder and closely identified with the E. P. Gleason
Mfg. Co., extensive manufacturers of gas and electric light supplies, 181 to 189 Mer-
cer St., New York City, and 93 to 99 Commercial St., Brooklyn. During the last ten
years of his living in Milford he was an active member of the Milford brass band; was
made an Odd Fellow inTisquantum, Lodge No. 46, Sept. 4, 1871, at Milford; joined Mil-
ford Lodge No. 692, Knights of Honor, in 1878; is a thirty-second degree Mason, and a
member of Mecca Temple A. A. O. M. S. of New York City. In Mar., 1891, he was
the recipient of a valuable past master's jewel from the brethren of Enterprise Lodge
No. 228 of Masons of New York City; res. 132K Noble St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

9029. i. Charles Wilfred, b. Apr. 3, 1881 ; d. Apr. 4, 1881.

9030. ii. Gladys Louise, b. Sept. 14, 1885.

6458. Henry E. Whitney (Lemuel, Laban, F.lias, Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin,
John), b. in Milford. Mass., Oct. 7, 1859; m. Apr. 27, 1884, Mary Smith, b. Nov. 12,
1864; res. Woonsocket, R. I.

9031. i. Gertrude Ethel, b. Apr. 29, 1886; d. Aug. 2, 1886.

9032. ii. Maud Estelle, b. Mar. 27, 1888.

6469. Isaac A. Whitney (Erastus, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin, Ben-

jamm, John), b. Apr. 12, 1816; m. Sept. 10, 1840, Jane Waters, b. ; d. Mar. 7,

1858; m. 2d, July 4, 1858, Hattie Crowl. He d. Feb. 18, 1890; res. Maquoketa, la.

9033. i. Amon a., b. ; res. Beatrice, Neb.

6471. WiLLARD Wedlock Whitney' (Erastus, Isaac, Jonathan. Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Greenwich, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1823; m. July 27, 1850,
Fanny P. Orton, b. Feb. 19, 1831; d. Feb. 9, 1878. He d. May 15, 1891; res. Maquo-
keta, la.

9034. i. Ursula E., b. Nov. 9, 1851; m. John E. Coope; res. Imlay City,

Mich.

9037.

9038.

ii.

9039.

iii.

9040.

IV.

9041.

V.

9042.

VI.

9043.

VII

9044.

1.

9045.

11.

9046.

111.

9047.

IV.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 591

9035. ii. • Oliver H., b. Mar. 27, 1855; m. Emma Hunter.

9036. iii. Sarah Jane, b. June 28, 1857; m. Feb. 14, 1883, Cyrus Traver, b.

Nov. 21,1825; res. Elvira, la. Ch.: Percy C, b. Feb. 14,1886;
Ray, b. Aug. 22, 1888; d. Jan. 14, 1889; Creon A.,b. Apr. 28, 1890;

6472. James E. Whitney (James M., Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin,
Benjamin, John), b. Aug. 18, 1848; m. July 4, 1872. Narcassa M. Mead, b. Nov. 4, 1853,
res. Chicago, 111.; address 115 Dearborn St., r. 82.

Inez M., b. Jan. 21, 1875; d. Apr. 18, 1875.

Jasmine G., b. Aug. 27, 1876.

Grace W., b. Oct. 7, 1878.

Ira M., b. Aug. 22, 1880; d. Aug. 5, 1882.

Iris E.. b. July29, 1885.

Asaph E., b. Apr. 28, 1891.

Claude L., b. Jan. 29, 1893.

6474. Marcus W. Whitney, (James M., Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin,
Benjamin, John), b. Amboy, N. Y., Mar. 15, 1852; m. June 18, 1876, Ella E.
Bradly, b. Dec. 6, 1851; res. Piano, 111., Milwaukee, Wis., and 202 Fullerton*Ave.,
Chicago, 111.

Harriett G., b. Apr. 12. 1877.

Alice A., b. July 25, 1878.

Katella L., b. Aug. 14, 1880.

Litta M., b. Aug. 14, 1887.

6480. David Dewane Whitney (George W., Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Galena, 111., Mar 22, 1846; m. Feb. 17, 1873, Ada B.
Halpin, b. Feb. 13, 1848.

He was born in Galena, 111., Mar. 22, 1846. Spent the first ten years of his life
at Syracuse and Camillus, N. Y., and the next five years in St. Anthony, now Minne-
apolis. The next ten years were spent in Chicago, 111., and Milwaukee, Wis., during
which time he learned the trunk trade, and the sash, door and blind business, the
former of which he has worked at and carried on a manufactory in Minneapolis
up to 1881. Since that date he has been in the real estate business in Minneapolis,
Minn., Los Angeles, Cal., and Chicago, 111., in which line of business he is still
(1893). He is located perminently in Los Angeles, Cal., at his old business, trunk
manufacturing; res. Minneapolis, Minn., add. 301 Title & Trust Bldg., Chicago, 111.,
and 344 No. Main St., Los. Angeles, Cal.

"' " Jesse v., b. Nov. 25, 1874.

Arthur D., b. May 20, 1875.

Fred J., b. Feb. 8, 1877.

Irving D., b. Jan.21. 1881.

Frankie G., b. May 7, 1884.

6486. Grant U. Whitney (George W., Asaph, Jonathan, Benjamin, Benjamin,
Benjamin, John), b. at Galena, 111., Apr. 17, 1864; m. Jan. 7, 1891, Mary T. Hentrich, b.
Jan. 29,1868. He is with D. D. Whitney, trunk manufacturer, and was formerly with
the Bijou Trunk Company, at Minneapolis, Minn.; res. Minneapolis, Minn., and Los
Angeles, Cal., 344 No. Main St., s. p.

6512. George L.Whitney (Horace I., Jesse, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Feb. 14, 1865; m. Oct. 1890, Lizzie Curry; res. Bad Axe, Mich.

9053. i. Jessie M., b. May, 1891.

6513. William H. Whitney (Horace L, Jesse, Isaac, Jason, Mark, Benjamin,
John), b. Jan. 8, 1868; m. Oct. 5, 1891, Lucy E. Mason; res. Washington, Mich.

9054. i. Bert, b. Mar. 3, 1893.

6524. Lorenzo Henry Whitney (Samuel D., James W., Fisher, Jason, Mark,
Benjamin, John), b. Kingston, 111., Mar. 28, 1863; m.in Chicago, Aug. 24, 1885, Maggie
Reitzel, b. Apr. 3, 1864. He is a carpenter; res. Belvidere, 111.

9055. i. Wren, b. Oct. 7, 1887.

9056. ii. Rena, b. Mar. 18, 1889.

9057. iii. Dean, b. May, 1893.

9048.

i.

9049.

ii.

9050.

iii.

9051.

iv.

9052.

v.

592 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

6525. Charles Linxoln Whitney (Samuel D., James W., Fisher, Jason, Mark,
Benjamin, John', b. Kingston, 111., Feb. 28, 1867; m. Mar. 4, 1886, in Beloit, Wis.,
Carrie Thurston; res. Belvidere, 111.

9058. i. Maida L., b. Dec. 10, 1886.

9059. ii. Hazell I., b. May 3, 1889.

9060. iii. Dudley Dean, b. Feb. 2, 1892.

6546. Charles Freeman Whitney (Joseph L., Freeman S., George, Jason,
Mark, Benjamin, John), b Natick, Sept. 5, 1869; m. in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 3,
1891, Edith Ward Savage, b. Mar. 27, 1870. He is a dealer in teas and coffees; res.
Natick, Mass.

6549. John Heath Whitney (John H., Elisha, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John,
John, John), b. Feb, 24, 1838; m. Harriett A. Bates. He d. Sept. 19, 1887; res. Boston,
Mass., rear of 7 Monument Sq.

9061. i. Richard, b. Jan. 27, 1874.

9062. ii. Ralph Holyoke, b. Sept. 25, 1876.

9063. iii. Robert Bates, b. Apr. 11, 1879.

6553. Theodore Davis Whitney (Nathaniel D., Elisha, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel,
John, John, John), b. Boston, Mass., July 2, 1847; m. Feb. 7, 1876, Annie Isabelle
Richardson; res. Brookline, Mass.

9064. i. William, b. Dec. 10, 1877.

6563. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin D., Asa, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel, John,
John, John), b. is Vicksburg, Miss., Jan. 15, 1864; m. June 11, 1888, Annie Dexter
Perry, b. Aug. 31, 1867. He is a painter and decorator; res. West Medford, Mass.

9065. i. Annie, b. Dec. 31, 1890.

9066. ii. Benjamin Perry, b. Oct. 15, 1892.

6567. Hammond Moore Whitney (Asa H., Asa, Elisha, Elijah, Daniel,
John, John, John), b. Hampton, Va., July 28, 1851; m. in Boston, Nov. 13, 1879,
Catherine Howard Reed, b. 1854.

He was born in Hampton, Va., July 28, 1851. Moved to N. Y., 1855, and to New-
town about 1857, and to Cambridge, Mass., at the death of his father in 1859. In
1862 he went to live with an aunt, on a farm at Leicester, Mass., attending the
Leicester Military academy two winters, and working on the farm at other times,
until 1865, when the family moved to Lancaster, Mass., where he continued to
work on a farm, except in winter, until 1867, when he went to work in a cotton mill,
and continued there until 1869, when he went to Oxford, Mass., and worked in a
woolen mill until early in 1870, when he went to Boston and went to work in a whole-
sale paper store, where he remained until 1885, at which time he became connected
with one of the oldest paper manufacturing concerns in the country, and in 1889 was
made vice-president, which office he now holds. He served in the state militia six
years; res. 39 Carlton St., Brookline, Mass.

9067. i. Catherine, b. Sept. 28, 1881.

9068. ii. Margaret, b. Dec. 28, 1887.

6579. John Whitney (William, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Sophiasburg, Ont., Mar. 1, 1834; m. Nov, 6, 1854, Hannah E. Spafford,
b. Dec. 20, 1833; res. Petersboro, Ontario.

9069. i. William Albert, b. Nov. 20, 1855; unm.; res. Grand Forks, N.

Dakota.

9070. ii. Maggie Ludema, b. Aug. 3, 1858; m. Fred Sweetman; res. Chi-

cago Lawn, 111.

9071. iii. Herbert Henry, b. Oct. 31, 1861; m. Harriett Lucina Baker.

9072. iv, Helen Louise, b. May 6, 1863; res. Peterboro, Ont.

6580. Henry Lambert Whitney (William, Bartholomew, Samuel, Joseph,
Timothy, John, John, John), b. Sophiasburg, Ont., Mar. 2, 1841; rti. Sept. 30, 1860,
Lettitia Ann Sprung, b. Feb. 12, 1842; she res. at Goodrich. He is a farmer; res.
Sophiasburg, Canada and Goodrich, Ont.

9073. i. Albert E., b. . 9077. v. Hariett H., b. .

9074. ii. Richard, b. . 9078. vi. Bertha, b. .

9075. iii. Alvin, b. . 9079. vii. Latita. .

9076. iv. Geo. Morris, b. .

9081.

i.

9082.

11.

9083.

IV,

9084.

V.

9085.

vi

9086.

VII

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 593

6581. Daniel Whitney) William, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Ontario, Jan. 8, 1836; m. June 25, 1856, Nancy De Long, b. Sept. 14,
1837. He d. Aug. 16, 1868; res. Ameliasburg and Brighton, Ont.

9080. iii. David Henry, b Oct. 1, 1860, Ameliasburg, Ont.
Nartisha, b. June 25, 1857.
Sarah Catherine, b. Aug. 10, 1859.
BiANCA Permelia, b. May 12, 1862.
Hiram Daniel, b. Dec. 6, 1863.
John Stanley, b. Julv 4, 1865.
MiNA Victoria, b. Dec. 25, 1866.

6582. Paul Lambert Whitney (William B., William B., Samuel, Joseph,
Timothy, John, John, John), b. Prince Edward Co., Ont , Aug. 30, 1851; m. there June
13, 1867, Hannah Elizabeth Hubbs, b. June 10, 1846; m. 2d Annie Barton, b. Nov. 19,
18 — . He is connected with a railroad companv in Canada; res. Smithville, Ont.

9087. i. Genette, b. Dec. 8, 1868.

9088. ii. Daniel, b. Apr. 22, 1870; m. Jan. 20, 1894; res. S.

9089. iii. Stanley, b., Jan. 17, 1871.

9090. iv. Henry, b. Feb. 8, 1878.

9091. V. LoRNA,b. Feb. 4, 1885.

6589. Isaac Whitney (Samuel, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Sophiasburg, Ont., July 1, 1834; m. in Brighton, Ont., in 1859, Laura
Pufifer, b. Nov. 17, 1835. He is a farmer; res. Oak Lake, Ont,

Jesse, b. Jan. 9, 1863; m. Alice Post.

Victoria Ann, b. June 15, 1860; m. Sept. 9, 1880, L. A. Short; res.

Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., Cal. He was b. Mar. 16, 1853; is a

farmer.
NoRRis, b. Apr. 13, 1865; res. Oak Lake, Ont.
Henry, b, Oct. 17. 1867; res. Oak Lake, Ont.
WiLLARD, b. 1869; res. Oak Lake, Ont.
Malissa Jane, b. 1871; m. 1893.
Mary Elizabeth, b. 1874.
May, b. 1876.

6590. Simon Lawrence Whitney (Samuel, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Tim-
othy, John, John, John), b. Prince Edward Co., Ontario, July 28, 1832; m. Feb. 26,1852,
Minerva Phillips, b. Aug. 12, 1834. He was a farmer. He d. Feb. 19, 1894; res. Cod-
rington, Ont.

9100. V, Homer C, b. Apr. 12, 1869; m. Jan. 25, 1893, Eliza Gertrude Mc-
Kenney, b. Dec. 29, 1872; res. Codrington, Ont.
William Harris, b. Apr. 6, 1862.

Harry Dennis, b. .

Samuel, b. Apr. 26, 1854.
Nancy jANE,b. Nov. 12, 1856.
Geo, Henry, b. July 1, 1859.

6591. Albert Whitney (Samuel, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b.Mastings, Ont., June 12,1844; m.Apr.26, 1866, Mahala Jane Phillips, b.
Mar. 22, 1848. He is a farmer; res. Narmora, Canada,

Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1867.
Joshua, b. Sept. 10, 1868.
Drucilla, b. July 13, 1871.
Herman, b. Sept. 18, 1873.
Sherman, b. Sept. 18, 1873.
Ethel, b. Dec. 14. 1882.

6595. Nelson Whitney (Norman, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Keesville, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1826; m. at Dalles, Ore., Oct., 1873, Jennie
Chamberlin, b. 1848; res. Goldendale, Wash.

9112. i. Fred'k Norman, b. Sept. 29, 1874.

9113. ii. Mabel LuELLA.b. 1876.

9114. iii. Stella May, b. 1878.

6596. Henry J. Whitney (Norman, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Keesville, N. Y., Feb. 11, 1828; m. at Glen Falls, N. Y., in 1849, Julia

9092.

i.

9093.

11.

9094.

iii.

9095.

IV.

9096.

v.

9097.

VI.

9098.

Vll.

9099.

Vlll

9101.

iv.

9102.

vi.

9103.

1.

9104.

ii.

9105.

111.

9106.

9107.

ii.

9108.

Ill

9109.

iv,

9110.

V.

9111.

vi.

9119.

9120.

ii.

9121.

111.

9122.

IV.

594 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Van Dusen; b. 1834. He is a lumber dealer and sash manufacturer; res. Morean,
N. Y., and Stevens' Point, Wis.

9116. i. James Henry, b. Nov. 5, 1864; m. Anna Robbins.

6698. Daniel Whitney (Norman, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Keesville, N. Y., Apr. 18, 1833; m. at Ogdensburg, N. Y., Margaret
Satchell. He is a printer; res. West.

9116. i. Bertha Ella, b. .

9117. ii. Nelson, b. .

9118. iii. Four Ch. d. infancy.

6603. Charles Whitney (Norman, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Keesville, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1844; m. at Burlington, Vt., Feb., 28, 1866,
Rhoda Pnelps; b. Oct. 7, 1842. He is a contractor and builder; res. Burlington, \'t.,
86 Grant St.

Geo. R., b. Dec. 23, 1866.

Alton C, b. Dec. 3, 1869.

Mary M., b. July 6, 1876.

Harry E., b. July 23, 1877; d. May 12, 1878.

6611. Rev. George Armstrong Whitney (Daniel M., Samuel, Samuel, Joseph,
Timothy, John, John, John), b. Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 29, 1838; m. Aug. 13, 1867,
Marian Josephine Sherwood; b. May 5, 1842.

He was. born at Green Bay, Brown Co., Wis., Sept. 29, 1838; his early life was
passed there with the exception of two years at school in Whitehall, N. Y., White-
hall academy. Prof. Werden Reynolds being the principal. In the fall of 1858 he
entered Nashotah Theological seminary, Wisconsin, as a preparatory student under
the Rev. James DeKoven, D. D., and afterwards completed his collegiate course
under him at Racine college, taking in due time his master's degree from that insti-
tution. His theological studies were taken up and finished at Nashotah where he was
ordamed to the diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Jackson Kemper, D. D., first Bishop of
Wisconsin. He was also advanced to the priesthood by Bishop Kemper in old
St. Paul's church, Milwaukee, in 1866. Since then has been engaged in his work,
holding charges in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois, being for the past eight years
until going to Iowa, in the diocese of Chicago; res. Maquoketa, la.

9123. i. George Sherwood, b. May 14, 1868; res. west side, Chicago, 111.,

is pastor of a parish.

9124. ii. Mabel Sherwood, b. Aug. 28, 1881.

6612. Henry Eugene Whitney (Daniel M., Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy,
John, John, John), b. July 16, 1843, at Green Bay, Wis.; m. July 8, 1868, at Oconomo-
woc, Mary Emily Brown; d. July 1, 1888; m. 2d, Feb. 9, 1892, Marion \'. Roberts; res.
648 Alton St., Appleton, Wis.

9126. i. Grace Emily, b. July 4, 1869; d. Sept. 29, 1869.

9126. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 17,"1873.

9127. iii. ANNiE,b. July 12, 1876.

6615. Edwin H. Whitney (John C, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Fond du Lac, Wis., July 22, 1864; m. at New London, Wis., Caroline
Borngesser, b. Oct. 27, 1869. He is in the general merchandise business; res. Wey-
auwega. Wis.

9128. i. Guy E., b. Apr. 12, 1881.

9129. ii. Byron J., b. May 22, 1892.

6617. James H.Whitney (John C, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,

John John), b. Stockbridge, Wis., Feb. 2. 1847; m. ; d. 1877; m. in 1878, Louise

Schultz, b. in 1863. He is a drayman; res. Weyauwega, Wis.

9130. i. Abbie, b. 1=73.
91L'l. ii. Lilley, b. 1880.

9132. iii. Edna, b. 1884.

9133. iv. Erma, b.l889.

66)8. William Clark Whitney (John C, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy,
John, John, John), b. Fond du Lac, Wis , Sept. 19, 1860; m. Aug. 27, 1876, Ella Har-
mon, b. May 2, 1854. He is a painter and paper hanger; res. Tomahawk, Wis.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 595

9134. ii. Carrie Lavina, b. Oct. 27, 1880.

9135. i. Florence B., b. Feb. 11, 1878.

9136. iii. Myrtle Faye, b. July 26, 1885.

6619. John L. Whitney (John C, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Weyauwega, Wis., Oct. 1, 1856; m. Nov. 3, 1877, Emma J. Patterson,
b. Jan. 25, 1859.

He was born in Weyauwega, Wis., resided there and married his wife there. A
few years after marriage he entered into business, furniture, sewing machines and
musical merchandise, at Weyauwega; after four years he sold and moved with his
family to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1886, and in 1887 removed to Azusa, which is twenty-
one miles east of Los Angeles; there he built a store and engaged in general mer-
chandise. After two years he sold and removed to Hoquiam, Wash., where he en-
gaged in the real estate business, and remained there until Sept. 17, 1893, when with
his family he went east visiting Chicago, Washmgton, D. C, New York and Niagara
Falls. At present (1894) he resides at Colorado Springs, Col.; res. Peekskill, N. Y.
and Colorado Springs, Cal.

9137. i. Mabel I., b. Nov. 7, 1878. ■

6620. Frank W. Whitney (John C, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Lind, Wis., Sept. 2, 1858; m. in Aberdeen, Wash., 1888, Lizzie Curtis,
b. Aug. 2, 1869. He is deputy sheriff; res. Montesano, Wash.

9138. i. Hazel E.m.ma, b. Dec. 22, 1890.

9139. ii. Fred Curtis, b. June 23, 1892.

6629. Hermon Leroy Whitney (Lyman B., Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Tim-
othy, John, John, John), b. Chesterheld, N. V., Dec. 12, 1852; m. Sept. 22, 1875, Alice
Hanna. He is a machinist; res. Burlington, Vt.

9140. i. William L., b. Aug. 18, 1876; d. Aug. 24, 1876.

9141. ii. Hattie L.. b. Apr. 5, 1878.

9142. iii. Bertha M., b. Mar. 22, 1880.

9143. iv. Geo. L., b. June 27, 1883; d. Dec. 12, 1888.

9144. v. Arthur L., b. Oct. 2, 1890.

6630. Albert Augustus Whitney (Lyman B., Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Tim-
othy, John, John, John), b. Cadyville, N. Y., Sept. 2L 1855; m. at Burlington, \'t., Apr.
4, 1877, Mary A. Baker, b. Nov. 23, J 851; d. Jan. 8, 18^1; m. 2d, May 25, 1892, Louise
A, Millham, b. Dec. 1, 1865; res. Burlington. \'t.

9145. i. Ella M., b. Dec. 27, 1887; d. Jan. 2, 1888.

6633. Thomas Deyks Whitney (Luther, Luther, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy,
John, John, John), b. Kenosha, Wis., July 1, 1859; m. at Muskegon, Mich., Mar. 24,
1891, Julia Lucy Hills; b. Oct. 6, 1868; he was with his brother tor some time, but is
now auditor for Armour & Co.; res. Chicago, 111.

9146. i. Margaret Jane, b. Oct. 1, 18S2.

6636. Luther H. Whitney (Edgar, Luther, Samuel, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Lawrenceville, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1849; m. at Trenton, Mo., Sept. 30,
1874, May Gibeant; b. Dec. 1, 1858. He is a machinist; res. Trenton and Eden-
burg, Mo.

Edgar C, b. June 26, 1875,

Edna B.,b. Dec. 26, 1878.

Lillian H., b. Sept. 27, 1880; d. Sept. 14, 1881.

Joseph G.,b. Apr. 6, 1883.

Luther H., b. Mar. 13, 1886.

Julian W., b. Sept. 18, 1891.

6661. Merrill Whitney (Daniel, John, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John, John,
John), b. Compton, 111., Jan. 18, 1867; m. Feb. 4, 1893, at Kenosha, Wis., Josie L.
Murphy; b. St. Charles, 111., Feb. 12, 1872; res. Wasco, Kane Co., 111., s. p.

6695. Frank J. Whitney (Mark J., Jarvis, Palmer, Joseph, Timothy, John,
John, John), b. Mar. 2,1868; m. Sept. 17, 1889, Ruth Yarnell; b. Aug. 10, 1865; res.
Fresno, Cal.

9153. i. Roy Yarnell, b. Apr. 8, 1891.

9154. ii. Matilda Bell, b. Oct. 1, 1892.

9147.

9148.

ii.

9149.

Ill

9150.

IV.

9151.

V.

9152.

vi

596 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7029. William Flanagan Whitney (Moses, Ephraim, Ephraim, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in Upton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1815; m. there Nov.
10, 1840, Harriett N. Morse; b. Aug. 24, 1817; d. Nov. 27, 1892.

He was born on the old Ephraim Whitney farm in Upton, and passed his life fol-
lowing agricultural pursuits. He was a pleasant, social man. In the old house,
which is still standing, can be seen the old-fashioned fireplace used for over a hun-
dred vears; res. Upton, Mass.

'9155. i. Henry A., b. July 24, 1841; served in the 25th Regt. Mass. Vols,
during the civil war and d. Mar. 16, 1867.

9156. li. Sarah R., b. July 26, 1844; d. May 8, 1872.

9157. iii. Eli H., b. Oct. 28, 1847; m. Elvira J. Stowe.

9158. iv. Clara C, b. Jan. 16. 1850; m. May 8, 1868, Edward A. xXeale. Ch.:

Nellie J., b. Eeb. 1870; went west.

9159. v. Ella Maria, b. Mar 7, 1852; d. June 18, 1852.

9160. vi. John F., b. Nov. 7, 1854; m. Matilda F. Pendleton.

7038. Daniel Whitney (Amos, Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., 1814; m. Jan. 6, 1835, Louisa Brown. He d.
June 6, 1891.

9161. i. Everett, b. in 1836; m. Jane Balcome.

9162. ii. Daniel W., b. Aug., 1838; m. Mary Pond.

9163. iii. ANGiNETTE,b. June 16, 1841; m. Gould. She d. Nov. 1886,

leaving one child, Eva, who m. a Call and res. Boston, Mass.

9164. iv. Laura Eveline, b. Feb., 1845; m. John Robbins, s. p.

9165. V. Ann Elizabeth, b. Oct., 1848; d. Nov., 1848.

9166. vi. Andrew Rockwood, b. Oct. 30, 1860; d. July, 1877.

7039. Sylvester Whitney (Amos, Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., June 2, 1819; m. there Oct. 12, 1843, Anna Marie
Fiske, b. June 24, 1821, He is a farmer and resides on the old place; res. Upton,
Mass.

9167. i. Charlotte Marion, b. Nov. 5, 1844; m. Nov. 14, 1866, Walter

Bryant Clapp; res. Upton, Mass. Ch.: Edwin Blake, b. July 27,
1872.

9168. ii. Alfred Langdon, b. Jan. 22, 1848; res. Upton, Mass.; unm.

9169. iii. Edward Rice, b. Apr. 24, 1851; d. May 7, 1851.

9170. iv, Jennie Eveline, b. Apr. 9, 1858; m. Sept. 26, 1878, Estus Warren

Harback; res. Upton. Ch.: Frank Leonard, b. Jan. 13, 1879;
Maud Ella, b. July 9, 1880; Nellie May, b. Aug. 24, 1886; Fred
Warren, b. Sept. '7, 1889; Charles, b. Nov. 3, 1891; d. July 31,
1892; a son, b. Sept. 7, 1893.

7044. Albert T. Whitney (Joel, Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., Dec. 16, 1836; m. there Mar. 31, 1858, Mary A.
Rockwood, b. Jan. 20, 1840. He is in the provision business, s. p.; res. 34 Cutter St.,
Worcester, Mass.

7050. Daniel Stockwell Whitney (Joseph H., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., Oct. 9, 1834, m. Maria Fisher;
m. 2d, Celia Hewett. He d. Sept. 29, 1877; res. Hopkinton, Mass.

9171. i. Oscar D., b. .

9172. ii. Lizzie Maria, b.

9173. iii. Warren Stockwell, b. .

7051. Joseph Jerome Whitney (Joseph H., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., July 25, 1836; m. at Uxbridge,
Matilda Arnold, b. I8£t4. He is a mechanic; res. Hopkinton, Mass.

9174. i. Joseph Stewart, b. May 21, 1863; res. H.

7053. William Harrison Whitney (Joseph H., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., May 6, 1840; m. Apr. 22,
1861, Abbie A. Hubbard, of Millbury, b. July 13, 1844; res. Grafton, Mass., and 5
Howes St Dorchester Al3.ss

9175.' i. Anna Frances, b. Sept. 16, 1861; m. June 29, 1886, Frank E.

Stackpole; s. p.; res. 5 Howes St.
9176. ii. George W. W., b. June 27, 1864; m. Alice Frances Fineran.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 697

7055. Fred Whitney (Joseph H., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Grafton, Mass., Jan. 7, 1845; m. Louisa Gardner; res. City
Point, Boston, Mass., Atlantic Ave. Edson Electric Co.

9177. i. Frank, b. . 9179. iii. Joseph, b. ,

9178. ii. Louise, b. . 918U. iv. , b. .

7063. Luther Warren Whitney (Nathaniel G., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 2, 1834, in Grafton, Mass.; m. Apr. 7,
1856, Ruth E. Tefft, b. Oct. 1, 1837; res. Newton Center, Mass., and Walnut Hill,
Dedham, Mass.

9181. i. Henry N., b. Nov. 22, 1856; m. Ellen L. Thompson.

9182. ii. Nellie Frances, b. May 24, 1858; m. May 10, 1879, G. G. Mor-

rell, b. Jan. 1, 1858; res. Walnut Hill. Mass.

9183. iii. Charlotte Lvcina, b. Aug. 28, 1861; m. Jan. 5, 1881, Prof.

Edward S. Cobb; res. W. H. He was b. May 21. 1858. Ch.: E.
Whitnev, b. Nov. 30, 1881; Irene Mabel, b. July 10, 1883.

9184. iv. Ernest N., b. July 26, 1865; unm.; res. W. H.

7064. George Thompson Whitney (Nathaniel G., Joseph, Nathaniel, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Northbridge, Mass., Oct. 11, 1838; m. Nov.
23, 1864. Mary Eliot Putnam, dau. of Jasper, b. May 1, 1842; d. Dec. 6, 1874; m. 2d,
Mrs. Augusta P. (Aldrich) Kenyon. He is an officer at the Worcester county jail;
res. Northbridge, Mass., and 135 Chandler St., Worcester, Mass.

9185. i. Alice Augusta, b. Se"pt. 11, 1865; d. Grafton, July 18, 1867.

9186. ii. Harland K., b. May 7, 1868; res. Worcester; clerk in a shoe

store; unm.

9187. iii. Geo. Howard, b. Mar., 1870; d. 1872.

9188. iv. Arthur Kimball, b. Mar 23, 1873; add. r. 5, 18 Post-office square

Boston, Mass.

7069. Eli Whitney, Jr. (Eli, Eli, Eli, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John-
John), b. Jan. 22, 1847, in New Haven, Conn.; m. there Oct. 22, 1873, Sarah Sheffield
Farnum, b. Sept 27, 1850.

He was born in New Haven, Conn., where he has always resided; was educated
at the public schools there and later was graduated in the class of 1869 at Yale
college. He has held various local offices and at present (1894), is a member of the
Board of Education. Is also president of the New Haven Water Company; res.
New Haven, Conn.

Anne Farnum, b. Sept. 20, 1874.

Henrietta Edwards, b. Feb. 27, 1876.

Sarah Tracy, b. Sept. 18, 1877.

Elizabeth Fay, b. Apr. 3, 1879.

Louise Huntington, b. Feb. 20, 1881.

Susan Breavster, b. Mar. 16, 1885.

Frances Pierrepont, b. Aug. 19, 1891.

7071. David Merrill Whitney (William A., Moses, Samuel,' Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, lohn, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., June 16, 1814; m. May 27, 1837,
Emily Eddy, b. Jan. 19, 1810; res. Shelburne Falls, Mass.; s. p.

7072. Dr. Hamilton Franklin Whitney (Russell, Moses, Samuel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Aug. 5, 1814; m. MaY 31, 1841, Laura E. Bush-
nell, b. Sept. 2, 1821, d. June 15, 1848; m. 2d, Apr. 21, 1849, Eunice E. Tiffanv, b.
Feb. 14, 1823.

Laura Bushnell's mother was Sally Hurlburt. There was born at Goshen, Conn.,
Mar. 26, 1788, a triplet of girls who made one of the most remarkable records known.
They were Sibyl, Sarah (or Sally) and Susan, children of Gideon and Anna (Beach)
Hurlburt. For the period of 87 years this triplet was unbroken, Sibyl dying first at
that age June, 1875. Her wedded name was Luddington. In October of the next year
Susan (Mrs. Grennell) died at the age of 88. Sarah lived to the age of 95, dying Jan.
11, 1883. These sisters looked so much alike, particularly Mrs. Grennell and Mrs.
Bushnell, that up to 75 or 80 years of age it was difficult for their most intimate
friends to tell them apart.— [From Northern Christian Advocate, Feb. 10, 1887.]

Dr. Hamilton Franklin was born in Vt. Aug. 5, 1814. Studied medicine with Dr.
Strong, of Honesdale, Pa. Afterwards entered Jefferson Medical college at Phila-

9189.

i.

9190.

11.

9191.

iii.

9192.

IV,

9193.

V.

9194.

vi.

9195.

vii.

ELI WHITNEY, JR.

598

9197.

in

9198.

11.

9199.

IV,

9200.

V.

9201.

9202.

ii.

9208.

HI.

9204.

IV.

9205.

V.

9206.

VI.

9207.

VII

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 599

delphia, Pa., where he graduated with honors March, 1844. Practiced at Tona-
wanda, N. Y., Gibson and Jackson, Pa., with much success, and died at the latter
place. Was buried in the Lamb cemetery, near Jackson. He d. Mar. 30, 1855; res.
Jackson, Pa.

9196. i. Annette W., b. Feb. 20, 1844; m. Apr. 5, 1877, Albert D. Saxon,

b. Feb. 20, 1849, s. p.; res. West Torrington, Conn.; a dairy farmer.

CoYDON E., b. Feb. 15, 1850; m. Marian C. Frith.

Laura B., b. Mar. 28, 1848; d. Sept. 18, 1848.

Elbert C.b. Jan. 1852; d. Oct. 15, 1852.

Frank H. b. Oct. 1855; d. Mar. 7. 1858.

7077. CoYDON L. Whitney (Russell, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Oct. 26, 1823; m. Feb. 22, 1861, Fannie A.
Pope, b. May 22, 1837. He is a farmer; has been four terms president of the town
council; res. Honesdale, Pa.

Lizzie H., b. Oct. 20, 1862.

Minnie E., b. Feb. 24, 1865; m. Aug. 27, 1890, Walter J. Adams.

Russell T., b. Jan. 18, 1868.

Hattie E., b. July 1, 1872; d. Dec. 20, 1872.

Nellie B., b. Oct. 10, 1873; d. Jan. 1, 1874.

Grace A., b. Aug. 7, 1877.

Blanche L., b. Feb. 18, 1882.

7078. Allis Whitney (Torrev, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Nov. 13, 1816, in Harford, Pa.; m. Oct. 18, 1842, Elizabeth Welch, b.
Oct. 6, 1819^ d. July 4, 1873; m. 2d, Jan. 28. 1878. Jane Aunger; b. Sept. 25, 1841.

Allis Whitney was born in Harford. Pa. He settled in 1835 in the then thriving
town Honesdale and worked at the carpenter's trade until his health failed and phy-
sicians advised him to follow an out of door business. In 1849 he started in the livery
business in a small way and built up a prosperous trade to which his sons George and
Horace finally succeeded. He added farming, having three large farms in his pos-
session at his death. For many years he was a director in the Wayne County Agri-
culturaj society. He d. Oct. 2, 1889; res. Honesdale, Pa.

Horace Torrey, b. May 30, 1844; m. Isabella E. Palmer.

Charles Allis, b. June 16, 1846; res. H.

George Henry, b. July 18, 1848; res. H.

Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, 1850.

Walter Merrick, b. Jan. 5, 1879.

7079. Merrick T. Whitney (Torrey, Moses. Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Nov. 20, 1818; m. Nov. 26, 1842, Fostina L. Wheaton; b. Aug.
25, 1818.

Merrick T. Whitney was born in Jackson, Pa., and settled on the farm in 1842
where he ever after lived in Thompson. In 1862 he enlisted forty-six of his neighbors
and friends and with them entered Co. B, 17th Regt. Pa. Cavalry; at its organization
he was chosen first lieut., but failing health compelled him to resign his commission
in Jan., 1863. That he was held in high regard by his townsmen is shown by his
holding all but one of the offices in Thompson. In 1878 he was elected county com-
missioner on the Republican ticket and re-elected in 1881. He d. Mar. 24, 1887; res.
Thompson, Pa.

9213. i. LovELL M., b. Mar. 31, 1844; d. Oct. 20, 1846.

9214. ii. Newell De Lancy, b. Jan. 16, 1847; enlisted in the war at 17 and

served till July 25, 1865, when he was honorably discharged.
Studied law with Judge Griswold of Binghamton, N. Y., and
was admitted to the bar in 1870; was lieut. of Battery A, 6th Div.
N. G. S. N. Y., and lieut. -col. on Gov. Hoffman's stafT; d. at
Thompson, Mar. 25, 1874.

9215. iii. Orville C, b. Oct. 13, 1849; m. Mary S. Severy. -

9216. iv. Ann M., b. Oct. 3, 1851; m. Nov. 26, 1870, Edwin A. French; b.

1836. She d. Nov. 1, 1875.

9217. V. Charles F., b. Jan. 13, 1858; m. Rena A. Fletcher.

7080. Joel Barnard Whitney (Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 5, 1823; m. May 6, 1842, Lucy Ann Babcock.

He was born in Jackson, Pa., Jan. 5, 1823, enlisted in the war Feb. 29, 1864, and

9208.

9209.

11.

9210.

III.

9211.

IV.

9212.

V.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

served until discharged June 13, 1865, in Co. F, 60th N. Y. Engineers. He d. May 9,
1889; res. Thompson, Pa.

9218.

9219.
9220.
9221.

9222.

n.
iii.

iv.

Amorette E., b. May 2, 1844; m. Mar. 24, 1861, Wm. Henry
Truax; res. Thompson. Ch.: Lovell, b. Feb. 21, 1863; Lillian
I., b. Nov. 6, 1864; Adelbert H., b. Feb. 11, 1867; d. Mar. 16,
1869; Myron C, b. Oct. 27, 1871 ; d. Feb. 1, 1875.

Leander B., b. Oct. 21, 1846; m. Jennie M. Rogers.

Alonzo E., b. May 27, 1850; m. Delia F. Simpson.

Emma C, b. Aug. 1-5, 1856; m. July 3, 1881, Charles Brink, b. Dec.
11, 1856; res. New Milford, Fa. Ch.: Edna M. K., b. Aug. 12,
1882; Archie, b. Nov. 23, 1885; Clyde, b. July 25, 1887; Cora E.,
b. Aug. 17, 1889.

Eva M., b. Aug. 15, 1856; m, Nov. 18, 1877, Henry Stafford, b. Apr.
8, 1852; res. West Lawrence, N. Y. Ch.: May S., b. Dec. 12, 1878;
John L., b. Apr. 19, 1882; Clayton, b. May 25, 1888.

7081. Russell Velasco Whitney (Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Gibson, Pa., Jan. 29, 1832; m. Dec. 24, 1852, Melissa C.
Wheaton, b. June 15, 1830.

Russell \'elasco Whitney is a farmer in Thompson, Pa. For some time he was
in the grocery business with his son-in-law at Susquehanna, Pa. During the war was
Sergt. in the 17th Penn. Cavalry; res. Thompson, Pa.

9223. i. Ella A., b. Apr. 9, 1854; m. June 15, 1879, Edwin J. Mathews, b.

Mar. 13, 18.54. Is a marble dealer in Susquehanna, Pa.; is Supt.
of the M. E. Sunday school. Ch.: Ruth E., b. Mar. 15, 1884;
Ina L., b. Sept. 24, 1889.
ii. William M., b. Oct. 21, 1855; m. Ida E. Hamlin,
iii. Edwin S., b. Feb. 15, 1862; m. Emma E. Larrabee.

7082. Joseph Winchester Whitney (Stephen, Moses, Samuel, Samuel
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro. \'t.. Mar. 26, 1820; m. Feb. 22, 1847,
Lucia Halladay, b. Mar. 20. 1822; d. June 30, 1880; res. Williamsville, Vt.

9226. i. Stephen \'ELASco,b. July 10, 1849.

9227. ii. Helen Adelle. b July 8, 1863; res. West Brattleboro, Vt.

7085 Carley Pkescott Whitney (Stephen, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, John, lohn), b. Marlboro, Vt., Sept. 9, 1834; m. Dec. 3, 1857, Olive
Rosella Mather, b. May 7, 1838, dau. of Cotton Mather, Esq.; res. Marlboro, Vt.

9224.

9225.

9228.
9229.
9230.
9231.

1.
ii.

V.

7092.

iel

Anneite Estelle, b. lune 6, 1863.

Ernest Mather, b. Dec. 11, 1870.

RossiE Mather, b. Mav 15, 1866; d. Dec. 10, 1867.

Mabel Sabrina, b. Apr'. 21, 1877; d. Sept. 6, 1883.

Dr. John Morgan Whitney (Moses A., Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
Nathaniel,John, John), b. Marlboro, \'t., Oct. 1, 1835; m. in Oberlin, O., Aug. 5,

1869,Mary Sophronia Rice, b. Nov. 29, 1837.

John Morgan Whitney was born in Marlboro, Vt., Oct.
1, 1835, in the home of his grandfather. At two years of
age he was taken by his parents to Strongsville, O., but on
the death of his mother soon after their arrival, he was
brought back to his uncle, Stephen Whitney, in Marlboro,
where he remained two or three years. He then went to
live with his father in Strongsville, O. After his father's
second marriage his older brother, Locke, was brought
from his uncle, William Whitney's, in Rowe, Mass., and
for the first time they knew each other as brothers. A
few years of school and the father took his family to the
new state of Illinois. The home was not far from the river
DuPage; upon its meadows deer were then more plentiful
than cattle, so that scarcely an hour in the day during the
summer there could not be seen several; often thirty or
forty were counted at a time. In the waters were found
the most enticing fish that ever inveigled a boy from work.
The first school of three months was taught by the father.
The next three months the following year was taught by a young man who sat
with his cap on with a rod by his side long enough to reach the head of the
farthermost boy, and when any one disturbed him in his reading " Fame's Age of

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Reason" and similar works, he was given a cut across the head and shoulders,
and the reading continued. The next year a school-house was built and an excel-
lent teacher was engaged. After the father's death, the two boys went back to
Strongsville to their guardian's, Mr. Jubal Whitney. Here they enjoyed the privileges
of excellent schools and were by them prepared to enter the preparatory department
of Oberlin college. By teaching winters, with some assistance they easily carried for-
ward their education. During the summer vacation of 1856, Locke being in Strongs-
ville, the town was visited with dysentery as an epidemic. The scourge was so fatal
that none dare venture to care for the sick outside of the family. One family could
find no one to care for them, and he volunteered his help, and, being overworked by
his studies, soon fell before the destroyer, in the twenty-tirst year of his age — a young
man of great promise. The complete failure of John's health compelled him to relin-
quish study for several years. During the war he obtained a clerkship in the quar-
termaster's department of Tennessee, and was there until the war closed. He came
home, studied dentistry under Dr. J. F. Siddall, of Oberlin, O., and graduated from the
dental college of Pennsylvania. During the summer of 1869 he was married to Mary S.
Rice,of Oberlin,and took for his weddingtour atrip to Honolulu, Hawaiian island. Here
he commenced the practice of dentistry. After four years he returned with his wife to
Columbus, O., where he took a course and graduated from the Starling Medical col-
lege of that city. He opened an office for the practice of dentistry in Cleveland,
where he had two children born to him. Finding the weather too severe for health,
in the fall of 1876 he returned with his family to Honolulu, where he has been in the
successful practice of his profession ever since; res. Honolulu, Hawaiian Is.

9232. i. Mary Louise, b. Sept. 27, 1874; d. Dec. 13, 1879.

9233. ii. Wm. Locke, b. Feb. 8, 1876.

9234. iii. Ada Rice, b. July 25, 1877 (adopted).

7096. Guilford ]\I. Whitney (Moses A., Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Troy, 111., Mar. 9, 1849; m. Granville, 111., Sept. 1, 1880,
Mary C. Harrison, b. Nov. 20, 1854. He is a dry goods merchant; res. Chicago, 111.,
352 Blue Island Ave.

9235. i. Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1885.

9236. ii. Guilford Harrison, b. Apr. 21, 1888.

7101. Henry F. Whitney (Zenas H., Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, \'t., June 9, 1849; m. Nov. 27, 1877, Metta A.
Hall, b. July 29, 1856; res. Marlboro, Vt.

9236a. i. Perry Z., b. Sept. 21. 1879.

9237. ii. Alice V., b. Nov. 5, 1881.
923>!. iii. Ardelle M., b. Sept. 27, 1883.

9239. iv. Mary B., b. July 25, 1885.

9240. v. Hazel A., b. Feb. 12, 1890.

7116. Joshua Kimball Whitney (Newel K., Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Feb. 13, 1835; m. Bee. 10, 1856, Ann Logstroth, b. July
15, 1837. Farmer, Mormon and Democrat; res. Mendon, Utah.

9241. i. Newel K., b. Sept. 13,1857; res. 226 No. 2d W. St., Salt Lake
City, Utah.

John K., b. Oct. 12, 1859; m. Oct. 3, 1884; res. Roxbury, Idaho;

P. O., Kainbuck.
Ann E., b. Nov. 9, 1861; m. June 28, 1883, G. N. Sanders; res,

Mendon.
James H., b. Aug. 31, 1863.
Marion, b. Oct. 17, 1866; m. June 12, 1889, E. W. Dunn; res.

Brigham Citv, Utah.
Luella, b. Nov. 8, 1868; m. E. S. Kimball; res. Logan City, Utah.
Bradley, b. July 5, 1871; d. Jan. 5, 1874.
Herbert, b. May 3, 1874.
Edmercica, b. Dec. 5, 1879.

7121. Jethro H. Whitney (Newel K., Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Omaha, Neb., May 8, 1848; m. May 28, 1876, Jane S. Gib-
son, b. May 12, 1858; res. Park City, Utah.

9250. i. Jethro G., b. Feb. 11, 1877.

9251. ii. Olive J., b. Feb. 11, 1878.

89 V

9242.

ii.

9243.

iii.

9244.
9245.

iv.
v.

9246.
9247.
9248.
9249.

vi.
vii.
viii
ix.

602 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9252. iii. Jeannette, b. Oct. 6. 1879.

9253. iv. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, 1881.

9254. V. Melvina B., b. Dec. 16, 1885.

7124. Horace Kimball Whitney (Newel K., Samuel, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John. John), b. Kirtland, O., July 25, 1823; m. in Nauvoo, 111., Feb.
3, 1846, Helen Mar Kimball, b. Aug. 20, 1828; m. 2d, at Salt Lake, Utah, Oct., 1850,
Lucy Bloxam, b. 1832; d. Sept., 1851; m. 3d, Dec. 1, 1856, Mary Cravath, b. Sept. 8,
1838.

The subject of this sketch was the eldest child of Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann
Whitney, and was born at Kirtland, Geauga Co., O., on the 25th of July, 1823. He
early evinced a great love for books, and throughout his life was an almost incessant
reader. His parents being well to do and desirous that their children should learn,
he had ample opportunity to gratify his taste for reading, and even m his boyhood
became quite a prodigy among his mates, owing to his scholarly attainments. His
anxious father, fearful that his son might injure his health by excessive study, would
often take the light from his room at night, lest he should read after retiring. Hor-
ace at such times, with a Henry Kirke White persistency, would open his window, and
thrusting his head and book out into the moonlight read on by Luna's pale beams
until tired nature insisted upon repose. When Joseph Smith, the Mormon leader,
founded at Kirtland schools for the study of ancient languages and science, Horace
K': Whitney was in the front rank of pupils enrolled, and being an apt grammarian,
with a prodigious memory 'and a quick mtellect, soon acquired a proficient knowl-
edge of Hebrew, Greek and Latin. He was also an expert mathematician. "Ask
Horace," became a by-word among his companions in later years, whenever informa-
tion was desired. They styled him " the walking dictionary." He was not only lit-
erary, but musical in his tastes. He sang melodiously, and played the flute like a
master. Horace, in his early years, was very fond of manly sports; particularly
swimming. Among his schoolmates was a larger boy who often played the bully,
and was especially hard upon young Whitney, bwing perhaps to his proficiency at
school, which would naturally make him a favorite with his teacher, and consequently
an object of dislike to envious companions. One day the boys were "in swimming,"
and IVIr. Bully dove and did not come up again. General alarm prevailed, when
Horace, who was an expert in the water, plunged in and rescued the drowning lad,
whose head he found entangled in some ugly roots at the bottom of the deep mill-
pond. It is perhaps needless to add that the gratitude of the rescued boy knew no
bounds, and that he was the firm friend thereafter of the youth who had saved his
life. Horace removed with his parents from Kirtland in the fall of 1838, and spent
the ensuing winter at Carrolton, Greene Co., 111.; their journey to Missouri, whither
the main bidy of their people had preceded them, being intercepted by the news of
the expulsion of the Mormons from that state. In order to help support the family
Horace applied to the trustees of the school district in which he resided for a situa-
tion as teacher. A mature age — say over twenty-one — was required in an applicant.
He was in his sixteenth year, but was large of his age, and appeared somewhat older.
Havmg answered every question satisfactorily to the examiners the chairman
remarked, "I should take you to be about twenty-three, Mr. Whitney." "You
needn't guess again," was the shrewd answer, and the young scholar was forthwith
engaged. At Nauvoo, after the family removed to Illinois, Horace learned the print-
ers' trade, and in Salt Lake Valley was among the force of compositors who, in 1850,
set the first type for the Dcserct Xai'S, which still lives, the oldest newspaper in the
Kocky Mountains. Horace, as stated elsewhere, was with his people in their exodus
from Nauvoo into the western wilderness. He was one of the original Mormon pio-
neers, who, on the 24th of July, 1847, entered the valley of the Great Salt Lake and
founded on its desolate shores, since redeemed and made to blossom like an Eden in
the desert, what is universally regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in the
world. His life here was peaceful and comparatively uneventful. He was a great
lover of the drama, and for many years a member of the Deseret Dramatic Associa-
tion, playing, on the local stage, purely for amusement, various parts, with recog-
nized ability. He subsequently performed for several years in the Salt Lake theater
orchestra. During almost his entire life in Utah he was a bookkeeper in the of^ce of
President Brigham Young, a situation which he held at the time of his death. He
never aspired to official life, and as he grew older his love of quietude and distaste
for publicity of any kind became more and more apparent. He was never so con-
tented as when seated in his a.m chair, devouring with eager mind Bulwer, Scott,
Cooper, Dickens, Thackeray, or any of the great masters of literature, or applauding

9255.

9256.

ii.

9257.

111.

9258.

IV.

9259.

V.

9263.

viii.

9264.

IX.

92^

X.

'^2^^

XI.

9267.

Xll.

9268.

Xlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. )))

at the Temple of Thespis the efforts of genius before the footlights. Horace Ki i
ball Whitney, an honest man, and a brilliant, though unassuming and unambitious
spirit, died at Salt Lake City, Utah, on the 22d of November, 1884; res. Nauvoo, 111.,
and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Helen Rosabell, b. May 6, 1847; d. May 6, 1847.

Wm. Howard, b. Aug. 17, 1848; d. Aug. 23, 1848.

Horace Kimball, b. Sept. 1, 1849; d. Sept. 1, 1849.

ViLATE Murray, b. June 2, 1853; d. Feb. 5, 1870.

Elizabeth Ann, b. Nov. 27, 1857; m. Nov. 9, 1886, Robert T.
Paton; res. 285 C St., Salt Lake Citv, Utah. Ch.: Joseph Whit-
ney, b. May 24, 1888; d. July 13, 1889.

9260. vi. Genevieve, b. Mar. 13, 1860; m. Dec. 29, 1886, Edward Lee Tal-
bot, b. Dec. 25, 1862; res. 285 C St., Salt Lake City, Utah. Ch.:
Edward Lee, b. Dec. 4, 18S7; Florence, b. Mav 28, 1890.

9261. vii. Helen Kimball, b. Mar. 24, 1862; m. Oct. 30, 1883, George Tay-
sum Bourne, b. Sept. 1,1857; res. Salt Lake City. Ch.: Helen
Vilate, b. Aug. 15. 1884; George Bradford, b. Sept. 30, 1886; Gen-
evieve, b. Dec. 27, 1888; Horace K., b. June 14, 1891.

Charles Spaulding, b. Nov. 21, 1864; d. Aug. 4, 1886.
Florence Mariam, b. Apr. 4, 1867; m. Sept. 21, 1887, Henry M.

Dimoody, b. Mar. 4, 1866; res. 326 S. 1st West St., Salt Lake

City, Utah.; s. p.
Phebe Isabel, b. Sept. 24, 1869; d. July 23, 1874.
Orson Ferguson, b. July 1, 1855; m. Zina Beal Smoot.
Horace Gibson, Id. Jan. 6, 1858; m. Marion M. Beatie.
Ella Eliza, b. Mar. 22, 1859; m. Jan. 14, 1878, R. V. Decker, b.

Sept. 4, 1848; res. 18 E. No. Temple St., Salt Lake City. Ch.:

R. LeRoy, b. Dec. 5, 1878; Mary G., b. Mav 30, 1886.

9269. xiv. Emmaretta Smith, b. Mar. 23, 1861; m. Sept. 24, 1884, George

D. Pvper, b. Nov. 21, 1860; res. Salt Lake City. Ch.: Emma-
retta,'b. Nov. 3, 1885; George Whitney, b. July 6, 1887.

9270. XV. Joshua Rodolphus, h. Mar. 8, 1864; m. Emeline L. World.

9271. xvi. Laura Maria, b. Dec. 2, 1865; m. Apr. 30, 1888, William George

Rynders, b. Feb. 26, 1866; res. 26 E. No. Temple St., Salt Lake
City. Ch.: Whitney, b. Mar. 13, 1890.

9272. xvii. Lucy Helen, b. Mar. 4, 1867; unm.; res. Salt Lake City.

9273. xviii. Elizabeth Sikes, b. Dec. 20. 1870; d. Aug. 3. 1872.

9274. xix. Mary Linda, b. Aug. 17, 1872; unm.; res. Salt Lake City.

9275. XX. Clark Lyman, b. June 10, 1874; unm.; res. Salt Lake City.

9276. xxi. Samuel Austin, b. Feb. 12, 1877.

9277. xxii. Geo. Washington, b. July 4, 1878; d. Sept. 4, 1878.

9278. xxiii. Lafayette, b. July 4, 1878.

9279. xxiv. Harriett, b. Apr. 14, 1883.

9280. xxv. Newell, b. 1851; d. 1851.

7131. WiLLARD Armes Whitney (Solomon, Solomon, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 5, 1857; m. Mar., 1879, Abbie L. IBrowning.
Willard Armes Whitney was born in Little Compton, R. I., Oct. 5, 1857; went to
Kansas with his father in spring of 1866, being then nine years old past; attended
district school at College Hill schoolhouse until he was able to enter the State Agri-
cultural college at Manhattan, where he studied two years, standing well in his
classes and grading well. His vacations and spare time were devoted to assisting his
father on the farm, where he acquired a liking for the work, and in 1879 he married
Miss Abbie L. Browning, which marriage has resulted in the birth of eight bright
boys, all living but one. He is settled on a good farm of his own, and is doing com-
paratively well, and, ordinarily speaking, has a bright future before him. Morals good,
habits temperate, and is highly respected by all who know him; res. Manhattan, Kas.
"""' ■ Harry B., b. May 14, 1880.

Ralph C, b. Aug. 10, 1881.

Geo. E., b. Mar. 6, 1883.

Solomon, b. Dec. 15, 1885.

Willard Armes, b. Jan. 11, 1887.

Asaph, b. Sept. 4, 1889.

Raymond, b. Apr. 20, 1891.

Truman, b. Apr. 20, 1891; d. Sept. 18, 1891.

9281.

i.

9282.

ii.

9283.

111.

9284.

IV.

9285.

v.

9286.

vi.

9287.

vii.

9288.

viii.

604 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7136. WiLLARD Newton Whitney (Emory, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Sept. 3, 1828; m. May 15. 1855,
Georgianna Mather, b. Mar. 27, 1836, dau. of Cotton Mather, Esq. He d. Nov. 8, 1878;
res. Brattleboro, Vt.

9'z89. i. George Emory, b. Dec. 4, 1857; m. Nov. 14, 1888, Mary Y.

Stamps, b. Jan. 9, 1865, s. p.; farmer; res. W. Brat.
929G. ii. Florence M., b. Nov. 25, 1864; m. Mar. 27, 1886, Seely;

res. Springfield, 111.

9291. iii. Dorr R., b. July 30, 1866; res. Waterbury. Conn.

9292. iv. Lucy M., b. Mar. 11, 1870; res. Brat.

7137. Frederick Alonzo Whitney (Emory S., Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., June 23, 1833; m. Feb. 19, 1855,
Eveline Mason, dau. of Emory, b. July 27, 1832.

Mr. Whitney was born in Marlboro in June, 1833, being one of the children of
Emory and Serepta (Hale) Whitney. His grandfather was Nathaniel Whitney, and
his great-grandfather, Capt. Nathaniel Whitney. The old home farm where
Nathaniel Whitney, the founder of the family, originally settled, was the well-known
place on the Marlboro South road, where Joel P. Butterfield now lives. The house
built by Nathaniel Whitney and afterward occupied by his son Nathaniel, stood on
the site of the present buildings. When Emory Whitney grew up and married he
went across the field to what was formerly the old county road, where he lived and
where his children were born. The father died when Alonzo was some four or five
years old. In the family were five children, of whom Brutus M., of Marlboro, and
Harriet, the youngest of the family, now Mrs. Shinnemann, of Pulaski, 111., are the
only survivors. One son died at an early age, and the death of another son, Willard
N., took place in Brattleboro a few years ago. After attending the district schools in
Marlboro and in Halifax young Whitney came to Brattleboro at the age of about 17
years to enter the employ of the clothing firm of Cune & Brackett. Frank S. Brack-
ett, the junior member of the firm, was Mr. Whitney's uncle by marriage. Mr. Whit-
ney learned the tailoring and clothing business in all its branches, becoming an expert
cutter. After Mr. Cune's retirement, about 1861, Mr. Whitney was admitted as a
partner with Mr. Brackett. In 1874 the business was divided, Mr. Brackett taking
the ready-made branch and Mr. Whitney the custom department. Mr. Brackett died
late in 1878, and the following spring Mr. Whitney became sole proprietor of both
branches of the business, under the style of F. A. Whitney & Co. He retired in Feb.,
1888. No merchant in Brattleboro ever enjoyed a higher reputation for integrity than
F. A. Whitney. His customers came to know that his word was as good as his bond,
and it was because of this faith of the public in him, coupled with the fact that he
knew his business thoroughly and was unceasing in his work, that brought him suc-
cess. He possessed agreeable personal and social qualities and had a kindliness of
heart and of manner which made him universally esteemed. He d. Sept. 24, 1894,
s. p.; res. Brattleboro, Vt.

7138. Brutus Merrill Whitney (Emory S., Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Marlboro, Vt., Dec. 9, 1835; m. Jan. 1, 1857,
Sylvia A. Thayer, dau. of Col. Ezra, b. July 21, 1837; d. Oct. 1, 1885; res. Brattle-
boro, Vt.

9293. i. Emma J., b. Apr. 26, 1866; m. Feb. 26, 1889, Fletcher. Ch.:

Chas. L., b. July 2, 1891; res. Marlboro, Vt.

7141. John Stewart Whitney (John S., Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Whitingham, Vt., Nov. 18, 1855; m. at Colraine,
Mass., May 25, 1884, Laura Fidelia Butterfield, b. at Brattleboro, May 2, 1862. He is
a farmer; res. Marlboro, Vt.

9294a. i. Cora Emma, b. Aug. 16, 1885.

9295a. ii. Harlan Curtis, b. Aug. 5, 1887.

9296a. iii. Blanche Ann, b. Sept. 10, 1889.

9297a. iv. Ella Maria, b. Jan. 19, 1892.

9298a. v. Lester Merrill, b. Apr. 21, 1894.

7150. George Myron Whitney (Cole M., Phinehas, Phinehas, Joshua,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Ilion, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1845; m. there Jan. 9, 1884,
Josephine Steber, b. Utica, N. Y., Sept. 13, 1851.

He was born in Ilion, N. Y., where he resided for 27 years. Was educated at

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

605

GEORGE M. WHITNEY.

the public schools, and for some time was bookkeeper at Remington's Armory.
During the year 1862 he was bookkeeper at Ford's Armory, at Watertown, where
arms were made for the Union army. In 1873 he came to Chicago, and for twenty-
three years has been connected with Marshall Field &
Co., wholesale. At the present time he is manager of the
silk and dress goods departments; res. Chicago, 111.,
care of Marshall Field & Co., wholesale.

9293a. i. Dorothy, b. Feb. 25, 1892.

7151. Harvey Alvin Whitney (Cole M., Phine-
has, Phinehas, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Ilion, N. Y., May 2, 1847; m. Jan. 12, 1891, Katherine
M. Flynn, b. June 12, 1863. He is a speculator; res.
Frankfort, N. Y.

9294b. i. Harvey A., Jr., b. Oct. 13, 1891.

9295b. ii. Geo. E.,b. Jan. 19, 1^94.

7154. George Washington Whitney (Joel F.,

iohn, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
, Essex, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1864; m. May 5, 1890, at Aledo, 111.,
Josie B. Carey, b. Mar. 27, 1873; res' Kewanee, 111.
9294. i. Mary Emily, b. Aug. 20, 1891.

7155. Rev. Joel Fisk Whitney (John R., John,
Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Wadham's Mills, N. Y., Mar. 30, 1843; m. there May 3,
1871, Louisa Maretta Bailey, b. Hebron, N. Y. June 4,
1844.

Joel Fisk Whitney was born at Wadham's Mills
(town of Westport), Essex Co., N. Y., Mar. 30, 1843;
united with Congregational church June 1, 1856; graduated
at Barre, \'t., academy, 1864; graduated at Middlebury
college, 1868; Andover Theological seminary, 1871; or-
dained to gospel ministry. May 3, 1871; missionary A.
B. C. F. M., 1871-81, at Ebon and Kusaie, Micronesia;
pastor Congregational church, Wadham's Mills, N. Y.,
1881-83; Congregational church, Wolcott, Vt., 1883-86;
St. Johnsbury, East, Vt., 1886-88; Jamaica, Vt., 1888-90;
Marshfield, Vt., 1890-92; began pastorate at Coventrvville,
N. Y., Feb. 19, 1893; married Miss Louisa Maretta Bailey,
daughter of Rev. Phinehas Bailey, late of Albany, Vt.;
res. Marshfield, Vt., and Coventryville, N. Y.

John Russell, b. Oct. 31, 1874, at Ebon, Marshall Isls., Pacific
Ocean.

Edward Fiske, b. Aug. 29, 1877, as above.

HARVEY A. WHITNEY.

9295.

9296.
9297.

n.
iii.

Mary Etta, b. June 15, 1882, at Wadham's Mills, N. Y.

9298.

i.

9299.

n.

9300.

iii

9301.

IV

9302.

V.

7162. John R. Whitney (John R., John, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Wadham's Mills, N. Y., July 29. 1847; m. May 18, 1S75, Lena Groll, b.
Aug. 10, 1852, at Coblentz, Germany. He is a retail druggist; res. Garnett, Kan.

Wm. Russell, b. July 26, 1876. He gr. at high school in 1893.
Arthur John, b. June 4, 1879. He gr. grammar school in 1893.
Louis Alvis, b. July, 13, 1882; d. Nov. 25, 1882.
Harry Edward, b. July 1, 1885; d. Sept. 10, 1885.
Chas. Gleed, b. Mar. 11, 1887.

7163. Moses Fisk Whitney (John R., John, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Apr. 18, 1849, at Wadham's Mills, N. Y.; m. Feb. 3, 1875, Ella
M. Burt, b. Sept. 14, 1855. He is a dealer in country produce; res. Walpole, Mass.

9303. i. Perrin Burt, b. Oct. 20, 1876.

9304. ii. Andrus E., b. Mar. 18, 1882.

9305. iii. Elsie May. b. May 12, 1889.

7169. RoLLiN W. Whitney (William W., Cvrus, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Mar. 30', 1848; m. Mar. 26, 1874, Ann E.
Taylor,b. Oct. 6, 1844.

He had little time for work outside that required by his farm and the support of

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9306.

i.

9307.

ii.

9308.

iii.

9309.

IV.

9310.

V.

9311.

vi.

9312.

VII

his seven children, and was a charter member of the Springfield Grange, and a
member of the Vermont Dairymen's Ass., before which body he frequently reads a
paper of interest to no one but members of the craft; res. Springfield, Vt.

Agnes Taylor, b. May 13, 1875.

Wm. Spen-cer, b. Aug. 16, 1876.

Walter Rollin, b. Sept. 9, 1878.

Philip Henry, b. Mar. 21, 1881.

Ruth H., b. Jan. 17, 1883.

Hellen L., b. June 7, 1885.

Anne J., b. Apr. 16, 1887.

7189. H. Genio Whitney (Lucius, Benjamin, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Essex, N. Y., June 25, 1847; m. there, May 10, 1877, Nettie E.
Bellows, b. July 16, 1856. He is a farmer; res. Wadham's Mills, N. Y.

9313. i. Fred Rupert, b. May 25, It'SO.

9314. ii. Mabel Eunice, b. Dec. 23, 1882.

9315. iii, Miriam Andrie, b. Apr. 22, 1889.

9316. iv. Bessie Louise, b. June 20, 1892.

7191. Oliver B. Whitney (Joseph C, Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. July 23, 1853; m. July 11, 1875, Pauline A. Hyland; res.
Mmneapolis, Minn.

9317. i. Gertrude P., b. June 6, 1876.

9318. ii. Joseph H., b. Jan. 5, 1880.

9319. iii. Marion, b. Nov. 5, 1884.

7196. William Elijah Whitney (Lemuel G., Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springfield, \'t., Nov. 1, 1835; m. May 25, 1874,
Emma Almira Payn, b. Aug. 15, 1841; res. 98 Pearl St., Burlington, Vt.

9320. i. Eda Almira, b. Jan. 13, 1877.

7197. Joseph L. Whitney (Lamuel G., Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Jan. 22, 1837; m. Jan., 1873, Mrs. Betsey
Garvin; res. Manton, Mich.

9321. i. William Garvin, b. .

9322. ii. Dayton, b. ; res. Colfax, Mich.

7199. John Kingsbury Whitney (Lemuel G., Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua,
Nathaniel. Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springfield, Vt., Aug. 19, 1841; m. Oct. 20, 1875,
Abigail M. Everett; res. Moore's Forks, N. Y.

9323. i. Carl Everett, b. July 30, l-<76.

9324. ii. Lawrence Luther, b. Jan. 16, 1881.

7201. Lemuel Griffith Whitney (Lemuel G., Joseph, Lemuel, Joshua,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, Johnj, b. Springfield, Vt., Feb. 17, 1847; m. June 4, 1873,
Fannie Hay; res. Mocre's Forks, N. Y.

Frank Hay, b. May 30, 1876.

Edna \'iola, b. Oct. 17, 1878.

Caroline Matilda, b. Sept. 21, 1880.

Stella Belle, b. Oct. 6, 1883.

Myra Augusta, b. Mar. 20. 1885.

Leroy Lemuel, b. Nov. 3, 1887.

Harriett Olive, b. June 1.3, 1890.

7203. Jonathan Mather Whitney (Lemuel G., Jo-
seph, Lemuel, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John),
b. Springfield, Vt., Aug. 20, 1851; m. Sept. 30, 1872, Lephe
Allen; res. Minneapolis, Minn.

9332. i. Frank. 9334. iii. .Allen.

9333. ii. Glen. 9335. iv. Ethan.

7206. James Warham Whitney (George Jay, War-
ham, John, Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Rochester, N. Y., Apr. 5, 1845; m. at Batavia, N. Y., Dec.
8, 1870, Pauline Clark; m. 2d, Belle Nott Waring; m. 3d,
Mar. 17, 1892, Effie Lyle.

He runs the Whitney grain elevator on Brown street. He is senior member also
of the firm of Whitney & Gibson, grain merchants of Buffalo; res. Rochester, N. Y.,
Clinton place; s. p.

9325. ■

9326.

9327.

iii.

9328.

IV.

9329.

V.

9330.

VI.

9331.

vii

JAMES W. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 607

7209. Warham Whitney (James M., Warham, John, Joshua, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Rochester, N. Y., July 3, 1854; m. at Elmira, Apr. 16, 1885,
Fanny Palmer Arnot, b. July 14, 1860.

He has always lived in Rochester, going to its schools. After leaving school he
received the appointment of deputy city treasurer. From there he went as assistant
bookkeeper at the Rochester Savings bank and left the bank to become a member
of the firm of Whitney & Wilson, proprietors of one of the largest flouring mills of
that city, of which firm he is still a member; res. Rochester, N. Y.

9336. i. Charlotte, b. Jan. 27, 1891.

7223. William Whitney (William, William, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Templeton, Mass., Aug. 25, 1821; m. at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., Sept., 1846, Nabby Day, b. Jan. 27, 1827; d. Mar., 1885. He is a tub and churn
manufacturer; res. Templeton, Mass.

9337. i. Ella D., b. 1847. 9338. ii. Wm. Leroy, b. 1849.

9339. iii. Lola, b. ; d. ae. 18 in Attleboro, Mass.

7229. Austin Whitney (Seth, William, William, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Gardner, Mass., Feb. 27, 1819; m. Dec, 1843, Maria Allen of Peters-
ham. John P. Allen of Gardner was appointed guardian to Ellen Maria in Feb.
1860. He d. Oct. 1851; res. Gardner, Mass.

9340. i. Austin, b. June 2J, 1847; d. Julys, 1849.

9341. li. Ellen, Maria, b. Oct. 16, 1850; m. Mashall Miles. She d. Feb.,

1890.

7338. IvERS Whitney (Joseph, William. William, William, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Gardner, Mass.; m. May 24, 1844, Lucy Whitney, his cousin, b. June
22, 1821, dau. of Seth and Sally (Wood) Whitney; d. Mar. 29, 1857; m. 2d, Apr. 16,
1860, Rhoda Adams, b. Aug. 9, 1820.

Ivers Whitney was a farmer and in conipany with his father carried on the farm-
ing business. In 1856 he was elected one of the assessors, and with the exception of
the following year held the office for twenty-seven consecutive years or until his
health would not admit of it. He also held the office of overseer of poor for nineteen
years, besides other minor offices. He was noted for his integrity, and generally
respected by all classes. He d. Apr. 20, 1889; res. Gardner, Mass.

9342. i. Marcus, b. Sept. 13, 1846; m. Luella Brooks.

9343. ii. Emm.a. Eliza, b. Mar. 29, 1856; unm.; res. Gardner.

9344. iii. Lucy Ella, b. Sept. 11, 1863; res. Gardner.

7241. Charles Whitney (Amasa, William, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Gardner, Sept. 21, 1830; m. in P'itchburg, Dec. 2, 1857,
Mary Knowlton, b. May 19, 1836. He was born in Gardner, where he still resides
engaged in the agricultural pursuits. For many years he has been an overseer of the
poor; res. Gardner, Mass.

9345. i. James A., b. Nov. 2, 1858; d. June 27, 1861.

9346. ii. Charles E., b. Mar. 8, 1867; m. Fanny A. Lesure.

7247. Dudley Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Winchendon, Mass., Aug. 10, 1836; m. there Jan. 1, 1863,
Mary E. Whitney; b. there Jan. 27, 1835; res. 754 Broadway, Boston, Mass.; s. p.

7254. William Webster Whitney (Webster, Amasa, William, William,

William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 5, 1833; m. Jan. 22, 1857, ; res.

Winchendon, Mass.

9347. i. Elisha Murdock, b. June 22, 1861; m. Mary M. Whitney.

7262a. James Osgood Whitney (Oreson, Luke, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Dec. 31, 1831; m. at Westminster, Mass., m 1853, Marie
Drury; b. Feb. 16,1835; d. 1869. He was a marble worker. He d. June 29, 1875;
res. Baldwinsville, Mass., and Rosewood, Fl.

9348a. i. Charles Oreson, b. May 30, 1855; m. Rhoda A. Perry.
9349a. ii. One Child d. young.

7263. William H. Whitney (Luke, Luke, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Gardner, Mass., May 19, 1841; m. Mar. 3, 1867, Mary Ella
Sweet; b. July, 1850; res. 237 Spruce St., Chelsea, Mass.

608 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9348. i. Nellie F.,b. Dec. 23, 1867; m. Nov. 27, 1888, Deane; res.

108 Hawthorn St., Chelsea.

9349. ii. William A., b. Jan. 3, 1869; ns. Chelsea.

7276. David Rice Whitney (William F., William, Phinehas, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 10, 1828; m. Apr. 30, 1855, Sophia Paine Dunn, b. Oct.
31, 1834; d. Dec. 17, 1885.

David Rice Whitney was born at Boston on the 10th of January, 1828, and
graduated at Harvard university in the class of 1848. After an extended tour
in Europe, he returned to Boston and entered at once into commercial pursuits.
These he followed until 1876, when he retired from active mercantile business and
turned his attention to banking. He was at once elected president of the Suffolk
National bank, which position he held until January 1, 1884. During his presidency,
having free access to the records of the Suffolk bank, for many years known as the
King bank of New England, he wrote a short history of that institution, giving an
account of its system of bank note redemption, known as the Suffolk bank system,
of which it was the originator and which it forced upon all the banks of New Eng-
land for a period of forty years.

Mr. Whitney's interest in financial matters has always been very deep; and at
one time, in addition to his duties as president of the Suffolk National bank, he was
a member of the finance committees of three of the largest banking and trust insti-
tutions in his native city — the New England Trust Co., Provident Institution for Sav-
ings, and Massachusetts Hospital Life Ins. Co. In 1884 Mr. Whitney retired from
the presidency of the Suffolk National bank to become the head of the New England
Trust Co., the first institution of the kind chartered in New England, and at the
present time the largest and most successful.

In addition to his regular occupation Mr. Whitney has found time to give to
various public and charitable organizations. For many years he was the treasurer
of the Temporary Home for the Destitute; also one of the trustees, and for a time
treasurer, of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He also served for a long period
as one of the managers of the Home for Aged Women and as a member of the
corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, besides which he served
for several years as treasurer of Emmanuel (Episcopal) church, of Boston, and is at
the present time one of the trustees of donations to the Protestant Episcopal church
of Massachusetts.

Mr. Whitney has never held any political office, but has seldom failed to vote at
every election for the candidate whom he believed to be best fitted for the office
sought, irrespective of political party; res. 68 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass.

9350. i. Frances Elinor, b. June 21, 1857; m. May 18, 1876, Walter Bur-

gess; res. 68 Com. Ave. Ch.: Mabel Whitney, b. Sept. 1, 1877.

9351. ii. Mabel Blanche, b. May 16, 1865.

7280. Prof. William Fiske Whitney (William F., William, Phinehas, William,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Boston, Mar. 26, 1850; m. at Stockton, Cal., Apr.
26, 1888, Louise Elliot.

He was born in Boston, where he has always resided. Educated at the public
schools, he fitted for college and was graduated at Harvard University in the class
of 1871. He is now a professor in the Harvard Medical school; res. Boston, Mass.,
228 Marlboro St.

9352. i. Lyman Fiske, b. Jan. 28, 1889.

9353. ii. William Elliot, b. Nov. 30, 1893.

7284. William Fiske Whitney (George H., William, Phinehas, William,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 24, 1844; m. there June 10,
1869, Mildred A. Buckner, b. July 12, 1847.

Mr. Whitney, like most men who have done great service to the agricultural and
livestock interests, was farm-born. He first saw the light of day on a farm near St.
Charles, Mo., in 1844, and his early life up to his majority was spent in the usual
avocations of the Missouri farm boy, learning what farmers' boys usually learn
(which to a bright and active boy is no little education in itself), and, taken in con-
nection with that vigor which is the result of early farm life, is of inestimable value
in later years. The isolation of the farm, however, begets in many farm boys a
wonderful desire to see the world. Mr. Whitney was no exception. In 1865, when he
had attained his majority, his ambition, as that of many a farm boy, was to be a pilot
on a steamboat on the Missouri river, and for five years he followed this life. If there

DAVID R. WHITNEY,

609

610 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

is any occupation that requires close observation, discriminating judgment and a level
head it is that of a pilot on a steamboat on the Missouri river, with its treacherous
sand bars, its changing currents and its constant dangers. It has, however, its draw-
backs, and the man who wishes to have a home of his own and enjoy its quiet, and
who, besides, has decided home instincts, will not choose long between the pilot
house and the home when a young lady to whom he is devotedly attached points the
way to the home. He was married to Miss Mildred A. Buckner, of St. Charles, Mo.,
and to them have been born two sons and one daughtei. We are inclined to think
the good lady did not think much of the business of steamboating, for we find that in
the fall of 1874 the family removed to Mexico, Mo., and Mr. Whitney was engaged
during that fall in the stock business, buying and shipping. June I, 1875, he went to
Washington, D. C, and was clerk of the committee of the house of representatives
of the District of Columbia, and for two terms was clerk of the banking and cuirency
committee. A position like this is all right for a young man for two or three years,
but all wrong as the settled business of life, and in 1880 Mr. Whitney resigned his
position to take charge of a farm in Saline County, Mo., ten miles southwest of Mar-
shall, and for eleven years engaged in general farming and stockraising, handling
mostly beef cattle. When cattle began to decline in 1886-87 he sold his herds and
made up his mind to become a breeder of Holstein-Friesians and a breaker up of the
way toward making Missouri the great dairy state for which nature intended her.
His first investment was in 12 head of cattle costing S2,800. This was the foundation
of the present herd, which now numbers over one hundred. He has from time to
time added such individuals as in his judgment would bring them up to his ideal
standard, and as a result he has a herd which is recognized as one of the leading
Holstein-Friesian herds in the west. In the fall of 1890 he met Mr. M. E. Moore, of
Cameron, Mo., at the Kansas City Exposition, for the first time, and after discussing
fully the necessity for a state Holstein association they agreed to organise it, and
the following spring united in a call for the Holstein-Friesian breeders of the west
to meet at Marshall, Mo., in the month of April. The beginning was small, only six
breeders being present, and Mr. Whitney was elected secretary. The following
October another meeting was held, at which time the membership had increased to
twenty-seven, and it was then named the Western Holstein-Friesian Association.
The second annual meeting was held in Kansas City, October 26, 1892, when the
membership numbered ninety-six, and when the important step of establishing a
herd book was agreed upon, one reason being that they believed the fees charged by
leold association were exorbitant. In the hands of Mr. Whitney and th e able
board of directors, the association has become a verv great success, and now numbers
one hundred and eighty-five breeders, distributed through twenty-six states of the
Union, and is still on the increase. Mr. Whitney is the originator of the present
system of keeping the records, which is regarded by many as the most complete of
the kind in the United States; res. Mexico, Mo.

9353a. i. Aylette Howe, b. Apr. 20, 1870; m. June 5, 1894, Mabel Robin-

son; res. M.; is a druggist.

9353b. ii. Arthur Buckner, b. Jan. 5, 1877; res. M.

9353c. iii. Mildred Clark, b. Feb. 27, 1887; res. M.

7288. Claren'CE Smyrna Whitney (Samuel, Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, Wil-
liam, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Ashland, Mass., Mar. 27, 1850; m. Feb. 18, 1875, at
Providence, Martha Watson Hunt, b. June 7, 1849.

He was born at Ashland, Mass., where his father was engaged in the manufacture
of paper. After an excellent common school education he entered Phillips academy,
Andover, Mass , and was graduated in 1870. He then started in to learn the paper
business. At present he is associated with his brother in the wholesale paper busi-
ness at 63 and 65 Essex St., Boston; res, Sutherland Road, Boston, Mass., and Hyde
Park, Mass.

9354. i. Mary Erving, b. June 17, 1876.

9355, ii. Laura Noble, b. May 7, 1882.

7290. William Erving Whitney (Samuel, Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. North Reading, Mass., Aug. 9, 1855; m. in Boston, 1878,
Mary E. Fenn, b. Aug. 12, 1858.

He was born in North Reading, Mass.; fitted for college at the Phillips acad-
emy, Andover, Mass.; entered Yale college in 187.3, and was graduated in 1877. He
at once entered into the wholesale paper business with his brother, under the firm
name of Whitney Bros,, and is now located at 63 and 65 Essex St., Boston, Mass.;
res. 453 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass.; s. p.

lip^^^^A

• WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 611

7292. Fred'k Waldo Whitney (Geo. E., Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Aug. 8,1854; m. Sept. 6, 1876, Celia E. Smith; d. Apr. 4,
1883, s. p.; m. 2d, Sept. 9, 1884, Emma F. Estabrook, b. July 11, 1855; divorced; res.
Rapid City, S. D., and Blythebourne, N. Y.

9356. i. Frederick W., b. Dec. 22, 1885.

7300. Dr. Frank Eugene Whitney (Nathan, Smyrna, Samuel, Samuel, Wil-
liam, Nathaniel, John, John), b. June 9, 1853; m.Nov. 26, 1883, Grace M. J. Chase, b.
Apr. 26, 1860.

His early childhood was spent in Westminster and Fitchburg, Mass. When
about ten, his father, who was a paper manufacturer, moved to Claremont, N. H.,
and from there, about two years afterwards, to Bennington, N. H., where his home
has been ever since. He has been a resident of Rochester since 1881. He graduated
at Kimball Union academy, Meriden, N. H., in 1874, became an alumnusof Dartmouth
college m 1878, and graduated from the medical department of the University of the
city of New York in 1881, and has been practicing there ever since. He is a church
member and warden of the Congregational society of that city, and is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, bemg at present secretary of Temple R. A. Chapter of that
place. He is especially interested in music, having sung tenor in, and being director
of, church choirs for about twenty-five years; res. Rochester, N. H.; s. p.

7310. Franklin M. Whitney (George W., Jonas W., Abner, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Westminster, Mass., Aug. 23, 1842; m. June 12, 1868, Fannie
L. Downe, b. Apr. 12, 1849; res. 30 Orange St., Fitchburg, Mass.

9357. i. Edith L., b. Sept. 7, 1869; m. Dec. 25, 1891, Albert R. Fellows;

res. Fitchburg. He was. b. Dec. 25, 1868.

9358. ii. Roy Elliott, b. Mar. 16, 1874; d. July 21, 1875.

9359. iii. Daisy Christabel, b. Sept. 12, 1876; res. Fitchburg.

7315. Hon. Wilbur Fisk Whitney (John, Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Dec. 9, 1839; m. July 17, 1866, Emeline S. Jewell, b.
Dec. 27, 1839.

He was born in Ashburnham, Mass. For more than twenty years he has been
actively engaged in the manufacture of chairs, and has become an important factor
in the business interests oi his native town. He was schooled in the business from
boyhood. In mechanical skill, in a clear and prompt comprehension of the growing
demands of the trade, and in the adoption of new methods to meet the changing
requirements of the business, he has advanced to a prominent position among the
manufacturers of the present time. In the personal supervision of an important
industry Mr. Whitney has found full employment, yet he has been an efficient mem-
ber of the school committee for many years, and has labored in his work with unfail-
ing interest. He is a director of the Ashburnham National bank, and of the Nashua
Reservoir Co. In 1875 he represented his district in the legislature. In 1878 he was
nominated for congress by the Greenback and Independent parties. In the election
he received 7,000 votes. He was renominated in 1882 and 1884. In 1876 and 1877
he was nominated for state treasurer, and in several instances his candidacy was
indorsed by the Prohibitionists. With the experience of years he has joined the
fruits of an attentive study of the social and political problems of the times. His
conclusions are intelligently formed, and his judgment of men and measures is free
from partiality or prejudice. In municipal affairs he has always manifested a com-
mendable interest, and at all times has maintained an advanced position among his
fellow men. In his daily life he has seldom wounded or disapjiointed his friends,
and has cultivated no enemies; res. South Ashburnham, Mass.

9360. i. Oscar Jewell, b. Jan. 22, 1871; d. Jan. 2, 1886. In his brief life

was developed a maturity of mind and character that com-
manded the respect and summoned the love of all who knew
him. If young in years he was manly and noble in habit; his
emotions were the offspring of a reflective mind, and in thought
and deed his kindness to his friends and associates, his purity
of life and his obedience to dutv were unfailing. [Hist, of Ash.]

Celena Mower, b. June 24, 1873.

LuELLA CrsHiNG, b. May 4, 1875.

Ethel Eloise, b. June 2, 1881.

Edith Lillian, b. Jan. 1, 1883.

9361.

ii.

9362.

iii.

9363.

iv.

9364.

v.

9366.
9367.

9368.

ii.
iii,
iv

9369.

V.

9370.

vi.

612 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7319. Orange Whitney (John, Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Mar. 16, 1849; m. June 5, 1875, Laura M. Collester; d. Jan. 28, 1885.

He was born in Ashburnham, Mass., where he always resided until 1881, when
he moved to Winchendon. Like his father he was engaged in the manufacture of
chairs, and at one time was located in the Burgess mills, in A. Has many town offices
of trust and honor; res. Ashburnham and Winchendon, Mass.

7322. Alfred Merritt Whitney (John, Joseph G., Abner, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Ashburnham, Mass., June 14, 1856; m. June 3, 1884, Susie
W. Davis. He is a member of the firm of Orange Whitney & Co., chair manufact-
urers; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

7327. Jonathan Lowell Whitney (Silas, Silas, Silas, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John),b. West Boylston, Mass., Mar. 14, 1828; m. in Berlin, Jan. 6,
1848, Hannah T. Moore, b. Sept. 15, 1829. He was in the express business. He d.
Jan. 26, 1877; res. Leicester and Worcester, Mass.

9365. i. Lucy Aroline, b. Apr. 4, 1849; m. H. H. Bowman. She d. s. p.,

Apr. 26, 1869.
Charles H., b. May 22, 1853; m. Susie E. Blackmer.
Wm. Henry, b. Dec. 15, 1854; m. Mary Brennan.
Jenny Abby, b. Sept. 2, 1857; m. Dec. 8, 1880, Henry Hunt Brown-
ing, b. Apr. 11, 1856; res. 59 Webster St., Haverhill, Mass., s. p.
He is a civil engineer.
Josephine Hannah, b. Mar. 26, 1860; m. Sept. 29, 1880, Frank D.

Hayden; res. 19 Bellevue St., Worcester.
Margaret Osgood, b. Apr. 23, 1864; m. Nov. 12, 1884, Fred W.
Blackmer, res. 27 Westminster St., Worcester.

7329. Rev. Joseph Holbrook Whitney (David C, Silas, Silas, Samuel,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1834; m. Jan. 21, 1864,
Mrs. Mary L. (Hubbard) Whitney, b. Sept. 17, 1889; d. Apr. 17, 1877; m. 2d, Oct. 14,
1879, Mrs. Frances S. Gillespie, wid. of Rev. James A. Gillespie.

Joseph H. Whitney was born in Sutton, Mass., Nov. 21, 1834. Lived with his
parents, David C. and Tyler B. Whitney, in Douglass, Mass., and Burrillville, R. I.,
until 1848, when removed to Ashburnham, Mass., his father's native town. Obtained
an academic education by working at his trade, that of chairmaker. Admitted to the
bar at Worcester, Mass., Dec, 1860. Entered the Union service in May, 1861, serv-
ing two years and ten months as private, sergt., sergt.-major, and 2d lieut. in 4th and
21st Regts. Mass. Vols. Married Jan. 21, 1864, Mrs. Mary L. (Hubbard) Whitney,
widow of his brother, Charles Milton Whitney. Studied for the Methodist ministry
at Boston university, 1867 and 1868. Removed to Wisconsin in Apr., 1868. Was a
member of West Wis. Annual Conf. M. E. church from that time until 1882, with the
exception of three years spent in teaching at Central Tenn. college, Nashville, Tenn.
On account of failing health retired from the active work of the ministry in 1882.
Was asst. adjt.-gen. dept. of Wis. Grand Army of the Republic from 1883 to 1885;
in adjt.-gen. office of Wisconsin from 1885 to 1891; was chaplain of Dept. of Wis.
G.A. R. in 1882 and 1891; res. Baraboo and Madison, Wis., s. p.

The following poem was written by Rev. Joseph Holbrook Whitney:

It's eretting rather lonesome. The "boys" that used to stand
So close in line together, "for God and native land,"
Are fighting fortune's battles, witli less of hope than pain ;
Or sleeping 'neatii the blossoms, till the bugle sounds again.

I would risk a dozen battles, if 1 could only feel
The old-time touch of elbows beneath the shining steel;
And see the loyal colors as they looked to you and me,
When we followed them together, and shouted "victory."

It's getting rather lonesome. We are straggling far behind ;
Yet ever pressing forward in the race of life, to find
That younger generations must reap the golden grain,
And cannot stop to listen to the sower's sad refrain.

Why struggle on in sadness? Why murmur and repine?
This favored generation hath no memories like thine:
No memory of a struggle to make a nation free ;
No memory of Gettysburg, nor "' Sherman to the sea."

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 613

No memory of the friendships that only we can know,
Begotten in a struggle the wrong to overthrow :
No memory of liardstiip and pain for others' good,
No memory of a nation, redeemed with loyal blood.

We may be only stragglers ; but there are better things
Than the follies of the present, or all the wealth of kings.
These memories we cherisl). are ours, and will abide.
Through every ill unchanging, whatever may betide.

7330. Charles Milton Whitney (David C, Silas, Silas, Samuel, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. July 1-5, 1836; m. June 10, 1858, Mary L. Hubbard, b. Sept.
17, 1839; she m. 2d her brother-in-law; res. Ashburnham, Mass. C. M. was killed at
the battle of Chantilly, Va.. Sept. 1, 1862.

9371. i. Tyla Maria, b. Oct. 30, 1859; m. May 6, 1885, James H. Spencer;

res. Necedah, Wis.

9372. ii. CHARLEsMcCLELLAN,b. Sept. 18, 1861; d. Dec. 29, 1861.

7336. Lincoln Whitney (Merrick, Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. July 1, 1834; m. Feb. 5, 1859, Mary Caroline Mclntire, b. Dec. 28, 1837;
res. Ashburnham.

9373. i. Jennie A., b. Dec. 20, 1862.

7354. Leonard A. Whitney (Austin, Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Ashburnham, Mass., June 16, 1858; m. Jan. 8, 1888, Ida M.
Gibson, b. May 25, 1863; res. Chicago, 111., The Ontario, cor. Ontario and State Sts.

9374. i. Austin, b. Aug. 28, 1889.

7359. Charles W. Whitney (Jason, Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Dec. 7, 1840; m. Aug. 13, 1865, Ruana Barrell, b. Nov. 7, 1842; res.
Ashburnham, Mass.

9375. i. William C, b. May 27, 1866.

9376. ii. Martha E., b. Apr. 23, 1869.

9377. iii. Geo. F., b. Sept. 30. 1872; d. Sept. 11, 1874.

9378. iv. Sarah R., b. Sept. 17, 1875.

9379. v. Abbie a., b. Nov. 13, 1879.

7371. Walton Brooks Whitney (Ohio, Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Aug. 28, 1859; m. Jan. 14, 1886, Sadie B. Sherburne, of Pel-
ham, N. H.

Walton B. Whitney, youngest son of Ohio and Mary R. (Brooks) Whitney,
graduated from Gushing academy, Ashburnham, in 1881. Elected town clerk in
1887, which office he still fills. Was appointed notary public by Gov. Brackett in
1890. Is proprietor of the town printing oi^ce; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

9380. i. Harold Parker, b. Julv 18, 1888.

9381. ii. Melvin Sherburne, b. Oct. 20, 1890.

7373. Dr. Waldo F. Whitney (Amos, Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Apr. 22, 1844; m. Jan. 2, 1870, Abbie Hale. Is a dentist; res. Newton,
Mass.

7374. Albert E. Whitney (Amos, Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Jan. 20, 1847; m. 1872, Mary E. Lowe; res. Newton, Mass.

7382. Frank W. Whitney (Walter, Ohio, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. June 13, 1856; m. Dec. 25, 1882, Georgia Augusta Taylor.

He was born at Fitchburg, Mass.; he was educated in the common schools of
that city, graduated from the high school in 1875, and received the degree of A. B. in
the college of Liberal Arts, Boston univ., in 1879. In 1879 the Boston supervisors
granted him their "first-grade certificate." He was principal of Kingston (N. H.)
academy during the year 1879-1880. In the year 1880-1881 he was principal of a
Boston evening school and substituted in the city day schools. He was an assistant
in the chemistry laboratory of the Mass. Institute of Technology in the fall of 1881.
On the 1st of Jan., 1882, he became the principal of the Palmer, Mass., high school,
and held this position till his election to the principalship of the Chicopee, Mass.,
high school in July, 1884. After three years of service at tne head of this school, he

614 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

was elected to a like position at Dover, N. H. He is now completing (1894) his eighth
year as principal of the high school. Mr. Whitney has written for educational pub-
lications and read papers before New Hampshire teachers' associations and institutes.
In 1892 he was elected treasurer, and in 1893 president of the New Hampshire State
Teachers' Association; res. Chicopee, Mass., and Dover, N. H.

9382. i. Walter Robinson, b. Feb. 24, 1887; d. July 24, 1888.

7389. Charles Leavitt Beales Whitney (John M., Hananiah, Hananiah,
Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Springheld, Mass., Oct. 21, 1860; m. at
Charlestown, Oct. 18, 1882, Lottie Jane Byam, b. Sept. 19, 1854.

He was graduated from Harvard college in 1871, the second scholar in his class.
He obtained a fellowship and took a post-graduate course at Harvard, where he
obtained the degree of doctor of philosophy. He then studied at Leipsic, in Ger-
many, for something over a year. On his return he entered the Harvard law school,
where he was graduated in 1876. He then entered the office of Jewell, Field &
Shepard, and afterwards had a brief experience in the actual preparation and trial
of cases, both in the office of the city solicitor of Boston and that of the United States
district-attorney. In all these places he showed remarkable legal ability and faith-
fulness, and he became the partner of ex-Gov, Gaston in 1879, wiien the latter re-
sumed practice after the expiration of his term of office. This partnership continued
until recently, when the condition of Mr. Whitney's health compelled him to abandon
work. He was m every way a marked man in his profession; he was distinctively a
scholar, and, combined with profound learning, had a mind analytical and logical,
and unusual accuracy and grace of statement. His integrity, as a man and a prac-
titioner, was without blemish; and his success in the trial of cases, both with the
court and the jury, was remarkable. He was 42 years old at the time of his death.
He was married to Miss Lottie J. Byam, daughter of Mr. E. G. Byam, of Charlestown,
who, with three children, survives him. He was a member of the Harvard Congre-
gational church in Brookline. He d. Sept. 14, 1892; res. Brookline, Mass.

9382a. i. Charles Beale, b. Julv 9, 1883.

93^3a. li. Mary Leavitt, b. June' 13, 1885.

9384a. iii. Byam, b. Mar. 15, 1887.

7401. Nelson Whitney (Alonzo A., Abraham J., James, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, John, John), b. Danby, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1823; m. in Corning, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1845,
Susan Caro'me Parcel, b. Mar. 11, 1824.

He is a farmer and proprietor of a cheese factory. During the war he was
quartermaster of the 3d Pa. \'ols. Inftry. He then later raised a company which was
organized in 1861 in the state service and later in the U. S. service; res. Whitney-
vilie. Pa.

VVm. Edward, b. Sept. 20, 1846; d. Sept. 10, 1848.

Mary, b. July 2. 1848; m. Apr. 26, 1869, Abram Tipple; b. July 14,
1846; res. W.

Frank, b. Aug. 31, 1850; m. Adeline Schieffelin.

Fanny, b. June 18, 1853; m. Jan. 20, 1872, Otis L. Atherton;
res. W.

Willis, b. Sept. 3, 1855.

Seymour, b. Aug. 31, 1858.

Nelly, b. Sept. 12, 1860.

Jessie, b. July 14, 1863.

lONE, b. Jan. '30, 1867.

7402. Rev. Edgar Mortimer Whitney (James L., Abraham J., James, Sam-
uel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Newfield, N. Y., July 20, 1828; m. 1850, Harriett
Westcott, m 2d, Mav 16, 1859, Laura Harris; res. Susquehanna depot. Pa.

9392. i. Mary Frances, b. May 19, 1865.

9393. ii Edgar M., Jr., b. Apr. 29, 1868.

7403. Oliver Wilkinson Whitney (James L., Abraham J., James, Samuel,
Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Newfield, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1830; m. at Williamsport,
Pa., Jan. 20, 1859, Lucy Brill Burdick; res. Chippewa Falls, Wis.

9383.

i.

9384.

ii.

9385.

iii.

9386.

IV.

9387.

V.

9388.

vi.

9389.

vii.

9390.

viii.

9391.

IX.

9394.
9395.
9396.

Martha Alice, b. Mar. 3, 1860.
1. Mary Adelia, b. Mar. 4, 1863.
ii. Albert, b. July 29, 1872.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 615

7407. Abram Johnson Whitney (James L., Abraham J., James, Samuel, Sam-
uel, Nathaniel, John. John), b. Caton, N. Y., Aug. 4, 1842; m. at Elmira, Aug. 10, 1862,
Almira Elizabeth Broakman, b. Tioga, Pa., May 12, 1846; res. Caton, N. Y.

9397. i. Fanny May, b. Mar. 13, 1868.

7408. William Whitney Cowan (James L., Abraham J., James, Samuel, Sam-
uel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Caton, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1853; m. at Painted Post, N. Y.,
July 26, 1870, Priscilla Emeline Mead; b. Caroline, N. Y., May, 1853. He was adopted
by his aunt Mrs. Cowan, and his name changed from Whitney to Cowan; res. Gibson,
N. Y.

9398. i. Frank Le Roy, b. Apr. 25, 1872.

9399. ii. Edith Maria, b. Mar. 26, 1875.

7415. Edwin Emerson Whitney (Peter I., Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Cascade, Mich. Aug. 14, 1843; m. Dec. 25, 1866, Harriett
Lucma Button, b. Coldwater, Mar. 1, 1848. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. B, 6th Regt.
Mich. Cavalry; mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., in 1865. For some time he
was a scout, emploved by Gen. Phil. Sheridan; res. Sand Lake, Mich.

9400. i. Henry Lowell, b. June 5, 1872.

7416. Zerah Peter Whitney (Peter I., Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, John, John), b. Clarence Hollow, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1836; m. at Amboy, 111., Aug. 22,
1860, Charlotte Catherine McKenney, b. Nov. 9, 1833; res. Lewis, la., s. p.

7417. James Porter Whitney (Peter I,, Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathan-
iel, John. John), b. Clarence, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1838; m. at Wayland, Mich., Oct. 9, 1862.
Anna Grumman, b. Solon, O., June 16, 1842; res. Sand Lake, Mich.

9401. i. Effie May, b. Nov. 3, 1864.

9402. ii. Henry Clare, b. Jan. 12, 1868.

7419. William Bevins Whitney (Peter I., Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Thornapple, Mich., Mar. 27, 1842; m. at Wayland, Mich.,
Sept. 28, 1862, Lovina McBride, b. Dec. 12, 1842; res. Rock Falls, 111.

9403. i. Caroline Betsey, b. July 9, 1867.

9404. ii. Nelly, b. Jan. II, 1870.

7427. George B. Whitney (Oscar F., Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Plainfield, Mich., Nov. 12, 1838; m. Aug. 25, 1860, Kate Austin, b. July
22, 1842; res. Lakcville, Mich.

9405. i. Mary, b. May 25, 1861; m. at Rochester, Mich., H. L. Atwell; res.
42 Beacon St., Detroit, Mich.

Oscar N., b. Feb. 27, 1865; m. Dec, 24,1884, Mary A. Mussey; res.

Lakeville, Mich.
Fred C, b. Feb. 3, 1867; m. Dec. 18, 1893, Mary Church; res.

Parkhurst St., Pontiac, Mich.
Annie E., b. June 30, 1869; res. at home.
Frank C, b. Aug. 12, I87I; res. at home.
Chas. W., b. Aug. 12, 1873; res. at home.
Clara W., h. June 30, 1875; res. at home.
Robert W., b. Aug. 14, 1878; res. at home.

7428. Frank Whitney (Oscar F., Zerah, James, Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel,
John, John), b. Plainfield, Mich., Mar. 7, 1840; m. there .Mar. 8, 1874, Carrie M.
Wrightman, b. Aug. 14, 1854; res. 118 W. Broadway, Grand Rapids, Mich.

9413. i. Julia, b. Mar. 8, 1875.

9414. ii. Maud, b. Dec. 9, 1877.

9415. iii. Edwin, b. Nov. 23, 1879.

7469. Joseph A. Whitney (Joseph H., Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah, John,
Joseph, John, John), b. Lunenburg, Dec. 9, 1831; m. Mar. 27, 1855, Elizabeth Blanch-
ard, b. Feb. 4, 1832; res. Athol, Mass.

9416a. i. Joseph H., b. Feb. 1, 1861; m. Feb. 2, 1881.

9417a. ii. Henry A., b. Mar. 15, 1857; d. Feb. 8, 1859.

9418a. iii. George A., b. Aug. 2, 1865; res. Athol Centre.

9419a. iv. Mary E., b. June 14, 1867; d. July 29. 1867.

9406.

ii.

9407.

iii.

9408.

iv.

9409.

v.

9410.

vi.

9411.

vn

9412.

vii

616 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7470. George H. S. Whitney (Joseph H., Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah,
John, Joseph, John, John), b. Sept. 12, 1837; m. July 5, 1858, Lucilla H. Elbridge, b.

; d. July 81, 1876; m. 2d, Sept. 19, 1877, Mrs. Sarah A. Abbott; res. Ashburnham,

Mass.

9420a. i. Geo. Henry, b. Apr. 12. 1860; res. Cambridge, Mass.

9421a. ii. Alfred O. L., b. Sept. 18, 1862.

9422a. iii. Eliza Ann, b. Apr. 15, 1864; m. June 25, 1880, Fred Robbins.

7473. Aaron Porter Whitney (Josiah B., Zachariah, Zachariah, Zachariah,
John, Joseph, John. John), b. Apr. 4, 1836; m. 1858, Mary Conlon, b. May 7, 1838; d.
July 29, 1865; m. 2d, 1867, Mrs. Maria M. Payne; d. s. p. Aug., 1892. He d, Apr. 1,
1891; res. Lunenburg and Leominster, Mass.

9416. i. Aaron Porter, b. Apr. 4, 1859; unm.; res. 814 S, 8th St. Denver.

9417. ii. Hattie M., b. Jan. 12, 1861; res. 38 Sumner St., Boston, Mass.

9418. iii. Daniel C, b. Dec. 26, 1863; res. with Aaron.

7476. Dr. Henry Thomas Whitney (Josiah B., Zachariah, Zachariah, Zacha-
riah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Lunenburg, Mass., Apr. 11, 1849; m. at Fitchburg,
July 15, 1876, Louie Ann Seaver, b. Nov. 19, 1848.

He was born in Lunenburg, Mass., and when only eight years of age moved to
N. H. He followed various vocations until eighteen years of age, when he began to
fit for college. In 1870 he entered Amherst College; 1871 changed to Middlebury,
Vt., and in 1873 to Burlington, Vt.. college to the medical department. Later he
entered the New York Medical university, and was graduated \n medicine in 1874.
He opened an office in that city, but was soon called to the care of the City Insane
Asylum on Ward's Island. From 1874 to 1876 he was superintending the Vt. State
Insane Asylum at Brattleboro. In 1876 he went into general practice. The follow-
ing year he was appointed medical missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. to Foochou,
China, and has been connected wiih that mission ever since. He has had charge of
hospitals and dispensaries, treated 75,000 patients, and performed 5,000 operations,
taught medical students, learned three Chinese languages and prepared some works
in Chinese. Revised Gray's Anatomy in Chinese, prepared an Anglo-Chinese Med-
ical Vocabulary of 5,000 terms. He has prepared two physiologies, a geography, and
International Sunday-school lessons in Chinese for ten years. He has been a college
trustee and is now subeditor of two medical publications. Res. Oberlin, O., 2 No.
Water St.

9419. i. John Seaver, b. Dec. 8, 1877.

9420. ii. Mary, b. July 18, 1879.

9421. iii. Henry Pierce, b. June 19. 1881.

7480. Charles G. Whitney (Isaac S., Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph,
John, John), b. Jaffrev-N. H., Julv 4, 1824; m. Mar. 1851, Harriett S. Stowe, b. May 3,
1832, d. Mar. 22, 1891/ He d. May 7, 1876; res. .

9422. i. Charles F., b. Nov. 12, 1856; m. Mattie T. Brigham.
942.3. ii. George H., b. May, 1860; d. Mar., 1861.

9424. iii. Carrie M., b. Sept. 20, 1861; m. Apr. 8, 1885, Eustace H. Brig-

ham; res. Marlboro, Mass. Ch.: Alice \V., b. Aug. 3, 1886;
Nannie Sophia, b. July 81, 1892.

7481. Zimri Whitney (Isaac S., Zimri, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph, John,
John), b. ; m. Susan J. . He d. 1867; res. Marlboro, Mass.

9425. i. George L., b. Mar. 20, 1861.

9426. ii. Fred'k F., b. Feb. 6, 1865; res. Waltham. Mass.

9427. iii. Lorenzo Z., b. Aug. 20, 1867.

7490. John Shepperd Whitney (Hosea, Zimri, John. Zachariah, John, Joseph,
John, John), b. Cambridge. Mass., Nov. 22, 1888; m. Sept. 1, 1861, Irene Richmond,
b. 1837; d. Nov. 7, 1874; m. 2d, July 14. 1875, Chloe Whiting, b. Aug. 31, 1841. He
was a farmer; res. No. Leominster, Mass.

9428. i. John A., b. July 14, 1862; res. Oxford. Me.

9429. ii. Martha E., b. Mar. 11, 1865; m. Nov. 25, 1886, Elmer Ellsworth

House; res. 399 Dorchester St., South Boston, Mass. He was
b. Apr. 4, 1861. Ch.: Clarence Ellsworth, b. Sept. 26, 1887;
Grace Whitney, b. Aug. 10, 1892.

9430.

i.

9431.

ii.

9432.

iii

9433.

iv

9434.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 617

7496. Lorenzo Peabody Whitney (Thomas P., Zimri, John, Zachariah, John,
Joseph, John, John), b. Charlestown, Mass., May 21, 1841; m. at Lynn, Mass., Oct. 18,
1866, Elizabeth Jane Foxwell, b, Aug. 7, 1843. He is a salesman; res. Somerville,
Mass., 46 >^ Florence St.

DuANE Thomas, b. July 16, 1867.

Sara Jane, b. Dec. 27, '1869.

Frank Irwin, b. Sept. 11, 1873; d. Dec. 24, 1877.

Bessie May, b. Apr. 11, 1875.

Roy Foxwell, b. July 23, 1880.

7505. Thomas S. Whitney (Zachariah F., John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph,
John, John), b. Apr. 21, 1844; m. Mar. 3, 1869, Abbie S. Everett; d. May 18, 1889. He
was in the war of the rebellion and was wounded May 6, 1864; mustered out at the
end of three years; res. Rindge, N. H., and So. Lancaster, Mass.

9435. i. Fannie H., b. June 4, 1870; m. June 15, 1889, George L. Platts; res.

Marlboro, N. H. He d. Sept. 25, 1892; res. So. L.

7509. George A. Whitney (Zachariah F.,John, John, Zachariah, John, Joseph,
John, John), b. Peru, \^t., Mar. 10, 1854; m. Oct. 1, 1879, Allie M. Knapp, b. Dec. 27,
1859; res. 164 High St., Clinton, Mass.; s. p.

7518. Charles Whitney (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin,
Joseph, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass., Dec. 11, 1828; m. in Lowell in 1851, Sarah
Kimball Bradley, b. Apr. 8, 1827; d. Aug. 1, 1889.

He was born in Watertown, Mass., and was the eldest of a family of four sons,
all of whom have been prominently identified with the lumber interests. He at-
tended school at Westford, Mass., and later at Lawrence academy, Groton. In 1848
he went to Lowell and entered the employ of his uncle, Samuel Horn, as clerk. His
father and brother, David, were engaged in the lumber traffic in a small way, and
as the business extended Charles left Mr. Horn and joined them. This little firm
was the nucleus of what eventually proved to be the largest lumber concern in the
United States. David went to Detroit, Mich., and later they formed a combination
of the large firms of D. N. Skillings & Co. and Lawrence Barnes & Co., and opened
an office in Boston. In addition to the immense lumber interests he was a large
owner of land in the Back Bay district, in Boston, and built the Hotel \'endome, a
large and elegant hotel on Commonwealth Ave. He made his home here during
the winterfor a number of years. He was president of the Wamiset National Bank
of Lowell for more than twenty years; also vice-president of the Merrimack River
Savings Bank, and director of a Bank in Boston, and of the Union Cotton Mills of
Fall River. Personally he was a man of unobtrusive manner but very genial and
of a kindly disposition. He was emphatically a business man and cared nothing for
political office. He was very charitable and a good friend to the poor. He d. Sept.
18, 1887; res. Lowell, Mass.

9436. i. Ada Medora, b. Nov. 23, 1853; m. Feb. 2, 1876, George Gilbert

Davis, b. Aug. 30, 1844 He is a manufacturer of woolen ma-
chinery; res. in the winter at 243 Beacon St., Boston, and in the
summer at N. Andover, Mass. Ch.: Madeline, b. Dec. 10, 1878;
Chas. Whitney, b. Apr. 12, 1881; Dorothy, b. Feb. 12, 1890. Mr.
Davis is a son of the late Hon. Geo. ll. Davis, of North An-
dover, was born in that town. He graduated from Phillips
academy, Andover, and from the Scientific school at Harvard
college. He then became a member of the firm of Davis &
Furber, a firm established many years ago for the manufactur-
ing of woolen machinery and card clothing.

9437. ii. Katherine A., b. Nov. 27, 1861; res. Hotel Vendome, Boston,

Mass.

7520. Hiram Whitney (David, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph,
John, John), b. Acton, Mass., Oct. 29, 18:^3; m.at Westford, Mass., June 10, 1868, Mar-
tha Elizabeth Leland, b. July 6, 1845. He is a retired lumber dealer; res. Westford,
Mass.

94:38. i. Mabel Elizabeth, b. July 10, 1875; res. W.

9439. ii. Ethel Leland, b. July 10, 1875; d. Aug. 20, 1875.

7529. George Benjamin Whitney (Adams, Jonathan, Jonathan, Joseph, Ben-
jamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Fitchburg, Mass., Oct. 27, 1853; m. there, Sept. 5, 1887,

40

618 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Annie Louise Tayler, b. Apr. 12, 1867. He is a farmer; res. Fitchburg, Mass., Mt.
Elam road.

9440. i. Leigh Tayler, b. Aug. 16, 1888,

9441. ii. Myron Benj., b. Aug. 7, 1890.

9442. iii. Gladys Bessie, b. Aug. 30, 1892.

7537. Charles Abijah Whitney (Samuel B.. Abijah, Abijah, Joseph, Benja-
min, Joseph, John, John), b. Aug. 15, 1855; m. Nov. 1881, Leila Porter; res. Waltham,
Mass.

9443. i. Elsie CHREHORE,b. Mar. 5, 1883.

9444. ii. Thos. Lawrence, b. Oct. 13,1885.

7542. Louis Henry Whitney (Charles H., Nathan, Abijah, Joseph, Benjamin,
Joseph, John, John), b. Lincoln, Mass., July 20, 1845; m. at W^eston, Jan. 31, 1874,.
Martha E. Fiske, b. Sept. 4, 1849; res. Lincoln, Mass.

9445. i. Edith Fiske, b. Nov. 30, 1875.

9446. ii. Louis Lincoln, b. Dec. 15, 1876.

9447. iii. Clifford Brigham, b. Sept. 5, 1880.

7565. Leon Augustine Whitney (Augustine, Nathan, Nathan, Nathan, David^
Benjamin, John, John), b. Westminster, Apr. 29, 1864; m. Nov. 30, 1892, Geneva Frad-
ley, b. Apr. 13, 1864.

He was born in Westminster, was graduated at the technical school in Worces-
ter as a mechanical engineer and is now a draftsman and designer in a large machine
shop; res. 112 S. Elliott PI., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Westminster, Mass; s. p.

7566. Everett Ellsworth Whitney (Jason W., Reuben P., David, Nathan,
David, Benjamin, John, John), b. May 8, 1861, in Hingham, Mass.; m. Oct. 2, 1890,
Katharine J. McCammon, b. Feb. 9, 1862.

Everett E. Whitney, son of Jason W. and Lydia A. Davis Whitney, was born at
Hingham, Mass., May 3, 1861 (also a twin brother, Edward C, who died at the age of
four months). His education was derived from the public schools in Hingham and a
commercial college at Boston. Remained with his father, assisting him in business,
until the fall of 1882, then accepted a position in Boston, remainmg nearly a year.
W'ent to Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 1, 18o3, and obtained a situation with J. S. Mansfeld, pro-
prietor of the largest " book and news depot " in the territory, remaining with him until
July 1, 1886, then returned to Massachusetts. Accepted position of auditor's assistant
with the Penna. Steel Co., at Steelton, Pa., the first part of the following September,
about two months after returning from Arizona; was made auditor and cashier in
February, 1890. Married Katharine J. McCammon Oct. 2, 1890, at Middletown,
Dauphin Co., Pa.; res. Steelton, Pa.

9448. i. Jason McCammon, b. Feb. 8, 1894.

7580. John Allen Whitney (John E., John, John, Nathan, David, Benjamin,.
John, John), b. Apr. 14, 1849; m. Nov. 29, 1876, Susan E. Hibbard, b. May 8, 1852; res.
Grafton, Mass.

LuLA E., b. Dec. 20, 1877.
Ellen G., b. Jan. 12, 1881.
John F., b. Feb. 22, 1882.
Oren E., b. June 27, 1886.

7581. Charles Sumner Whitney (John E., John, John, Nathan, David, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Jan. 15, 1853; m. at Winchendon, Mass., May 30, 1873, Etta Jones^
b. Rindge, N. H., June 29, 1854; m. 2d, Feb. 5, 1881, George A. Tarbell; she m. 3d,
Sept. 15, 1890, John Hale; res. 17 William St., Fitchburg, Mass. He d. July 23, 1876,
res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.

9453. i. Amy E., b. Grafton, Mass., Mar. 9, 1876; d. Sept. 11, 1877.

7583. Dr. Sumner Clark Whitney (Sumner A., John, John, Nathan, David,
Benjamin, John, John),b. Portsmouth, Va., Mar. 7, 1853; m. in Worcester, July 7, 1874,
May Olive Hoyt, b. Mar. 7, 1853.

He was brought up in Worcester and attended the public schools and the mili-
tary academy; studied dentistry and medicine in Philadelphia in 1876 and 1877, and
practiced dentistry in Worcester till March, 1891, when, owing to poor health, he went
to New Haven in hopes of finding a more congenial climate. He is church clerk of

9449.

'•

9450.

ii.

94.51.

ni

9452.

iv,

EVERETT E. WHITNEY.

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620 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

the First Baptist church, member of several temperance organizations, of the New
England Dental Societies, but his most loved work is in connection with the Boys'
Brigade, a Christian movement for the best interests of the boys. Is president of the 6th
New Haven Boys' Brigade, and was the organizer of the company; res. New Haven,
Conn., 678 State St.

9454. i. Harry Sumner, b. Wore, May 18, 1876; d. Warren, Aug. 26, 1878.

9455. ii. Ernest Sumner, b. War., Mar. 27, 1878.

7592. George Frederick Whitney (John M., Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Ashby, Mass., Nov. 20, 1841; m. at Newtonville, June 18,
1874, Josephine I. Bryant, b. June 11, 1844. He is a soap and wax manufacturer at
59 Long Wharf; res. Boston, Mass.

9456. i. Ellerv Waldo, b. Aug. 12, 1876; res. Arlington.

9457. ii. Erving Bryant, b. Apr. 14, 1879; d. Aug. 24, 1882.

7598. Frank Ormond Whitney (Jonas, Jonas P., Josiah, Josiah, David, Ben-
jamin, John, John), b. Fitchburg, July 21, 1851; m. Oct. 26, 1881, at Boston, Anna
Myrick Snow, b. May 20, 1855; res. Boston, Mass., 175 Humbolt Ave.

9458. i. Franklin Snow, b. June 4, 1883.

7604. George A. Whitney (Theodore A., John B., Josiah, Josiah, David, Ben-
jamin, John, John), b. Fitchburg, Mass., May 28, 1856; m. Jan. 4, 1887, in Wakefield,
Minnieville W. Woodward, b. Jan. 5, 1862; res. Chelsea, Mass.

9459. i. James Theodore, b. June 3, 1888.

9460. ii. Charles Everett, b. Mar. 16, 1890.

9461. iii. Arthur George, b. June 30, 1892.

7610. William Lincoln Whitney (Myron W., William, Josiah, Josiah, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Jan. 11, 1861, m. May 4, 1884, Florence J. Roberts, of Flor-
ence, Italy, the dau. of the resident English doctor and pharmacist, Henry Roberts.

Like his father and brother, he is a vocalist of enviable reputation. Ater an
excellent education in the schools of this country, and graduating at the Boston Latin
school, he spent seven years under the best teachers in Italy, Germany and England,
perfecting his musical education. He spent four years under \'annucini, the noted
Italian vocal teacher; then studied in Munich one year with Rhienberger in com-
position, and then one year in Frankfort with Stockhausen in vocal training. He
then studied in London with the principal teachers one year and returned here

Erobably as thoroughly trained a musician as we have. He has a beautiful
ass voice, but started in with such success teaching that he has no time to
spare for the travel vocal work demands, and being modest to the extreme of nerv-
ousness, he prefers to teach. He has been his younger brother's only teacher. He
was a most careful, conscientious and studious pupil. He is one of the professors
at the New England Conservatory of Music, and has the reputation of being one of
the very best teachers in this country; res. Boston, Mass.

9462. i. Myron Henry, b. June 10, 1885, in Munich, Germany.

7614a. Malcom Russell Whitney (George, Joseph H., Joel, Jonas, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Phillipston, Mass., June 14, 1851; m. in Waseca, Minn.,
Catherine L. Wood, b. May 17, 1858; res. Phillipston, Mass.

9463. i. Freder ic E., b. July 24, 1884.

7617. George Walter Whitney' (Horace W., Horace, Joel, Jonas, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. in Claremont, N. H., Mar. 17, 1862; m. June 29, 1891, Cora
V. Thomas, b. Aug. 2. 1868; d. May 18, 1892; res. 563 Main St., Cambridgeport,
Mass., s. p.

7628. Chester C. Whitney (Harrison B., Harrison G., Jonas, Jonas, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Oct. 1, 1871, in Westminster; m. Jan. 28, 1891, Grace
Demmic; res. 80 Myrtle St., Boston, Mass., s. p.

7631. Charles P. Whitney (Charles O., Charles, Jonas, Jonas, David, Benja-
min, John, John), b. Sept. 6, 1861; m. June 27, 1888, Armintia Stewart, b. Apr. 18, 1867.

He is an engineer, and it is said has a pair of eye glasses in his possession which
were worn by John Whitney in 1635; res. So. Superior, Wis.

9464. i. Mable, b. Jan. 12, 1890.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 621

7642. Dr. Herbert Baker Whitney (Francis A., Joseph, Jonas, Jonas, David,
Benjamin, John, John), b. Leominster, Mass., Nov. 24, i856; m. Mar. L 1893, Belle
Boardman.

Dr. Whitnfy was born in Leominster; lived there until age of sixteen, when he
entered Harvard (academic), after preparation at the Leom. high school. Graduated
from Harvard in class of 1877, at age of twenty, and immediately entered the Harvard
Med. school. After a four years' course, graduated M. D., " cum laude," was interne
at the Boston City hospital for a year, and then went abroad, studying medicine two
years in German hospitals and traveling during vacations in Germany, France,
Switzerland and Italy. After returning to America began the practice of medicine
in Boston. At end of two years considered it advisable to come to Colorado on
account of threatened lung difficulty (had just been appointed an instructor in
Harvard Med. school). Went to Salida, Col., and after a "horseback practice "of a
year and a half in that town, high up in the Rockies, he came to Denver, where he
has since been in regular practice. Lectured for two years in the Denver Uni-
versity Med. school, and have also given several short courses of "emergency"
lectures at the Colorado Chautauqua and elsewhere in Colorado. Is now prof, of
children's diseases in the State University of Colorado, visiting physician to Arapahoe
County hospital, and to St. Luke's hospital in Denver; res. Denver, Col., 10 Masonic
Temple.

7643. Frank Judson Whitney (Francis A., Joseph, Jonas, Jonas, David, Ben-
jamin, John, John), b. Leominster, Mass., Oct. 11, 1858; m. Oct. 11, 1882, Mary A.
Porter, of Leominster, Mass., b. Oct. 4, 1858. He is a member of the firm of Whitney-
Blake Book & Drug Co., incorporated; res. Boulder, Col.

9465. i. Ai-sTiN P., b. Aug. 28, 1886.

9466. li. Harold F., b. Apr. 24, 18^7; d. Apr. 24, 1891.

9467. iii. Donald, b. Dec. 16, 1889; d. Apr. l><, 1890.

9468. iv. Mary, b. July 24, 1892.

765.3. Georgp: H. G. Whitney (George, Peter, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Jamaica Plains, Mass., May 22, 1835; m. June 15, lt'70, in Brooklyn,
N. Y., Lucinda Chapman Collins. He was a shipping merchant. He d. Jan. 9, l^mj;
res. Brooklyn, N. Y.

9469. i. Chanmng Gray, b. Feb. 2'^, 1874. He is a clerk in auditor's

office of the N. Y. & N. E. R. R., and res. at 19 East River St.,
Hyde Park, Mass.; unm.

7655. Edward Herbert Whitney (George, Peter, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, lohn), b. Sept. 14, 1841; m. May 8, 1^70, Annie M. Fairbanks: d. March
1878; m. 2d, July 26, ls81, Jennie P. Robinson, b. Texas.

He was born in Quincy, Mass., and when fifteen years of age went to Cuba, where
he resided for twenty years; of the firm of Geo. H. Gray & Danforth, of Boston. In
1875 his father-in-law, J. L. Fairbanks, importer of stationery and account book manu-
facturer, died, and since then he has carried on the business; res. Newton Lower
Falls, Mass ; P. O. Box 1473, Boston, Mass.

Russell, b. Feb. 11, 1871; d. Mar. 7, 1X75.

Edith, b. May 15, 1878; d. Sept. 1, 1873.

Joe F., b. Sept. 22, 1874.

Stanley Grey, b. June 22, 1876.

Philip, b. Mar. 5, 1878.

Elealer Cabot, b. Apr. 22, 1882.

Alice, b. Mar. 30, 1883; d. Sept. 11, 1883.

Marion, b. Apr. 9, 1885.

E. Herbert, b. Apr. 8, 1889.

7659. William Lambert Whitney, Jr., (William L.,.'\bel, Peter, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 1, 1844; m. Nov. 12, 1872, at Mont-
pelier, Vt., Alpha Matilda Nutt, b. July 27, 1848.

He was nearly fitted for college when in Aug., 1862, he left school and enlisted
for nine months in Co. E, 44th Mass. Infantry; served the term out in North Caro-
lina, returning home in June, 1863. His parents refusing to allow him to re-enlist, he
engaged with a wholesale dry goods house in Boston until they gave their consent
to his accepting a commission as 2d lieutenant in the 54th Mass. Infantry, a colored
regiment, commanded by Col. Robert G. Shaw. Commission was dated Dec. 3, 1864.
He went to South Carolina, joined the regiment and served with them until the regi-

9470.

9471.

11.

9472.

iii.

9473.

iv.

9474.

V.

9475.

VI.

9476.

VI 1.

9477.

VIII

9478.

IX.

622

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ment was discharged, Aug. 20, 1865, at Charleston; was acting adjutant for several
months and afterwards promoted to 1st lieutenant. He went into the hardware
business in Boston in 1865, soon after coming home; at the end of two years sold out,
and in February, 1868, went into the china and glassware business in Council Bluffs,
la., where he remained till August, 1881, when he sold out and went to Newton, where
he is now living; res. Newton Mass., 74 Waban Park.

9479. i. Lambert Nutt, b. Nov. 15, 1878.

9480. ii. Geo. Brackett, b. May 12, 1875.

9481. iii. Wm. Richardson, b. May 1, 1877; d. Feb. 16, 1878.

9482. iv. Philip Richardson, b. Dec. 31, 1878.

7668. George Henry Whitney (Harrison O., William, Peter, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Quincy, Mass., Jan. 30, 1852; m. at Haverhill, June 8, 1876,
Ida E. Lake, b. Oct. 19, 1852.

George Henry Whitney, born in Quincy, removed to Haverhill when about ten
years old. After two years in the high school he attended for one year a commercial
school in Boston, and then engaged with his father in the box business. He was
married in June, 1876, and died the following March, at the age of twenty-
five, having contracted a severe cold which terminated in quick consumption.
He possessed a keen thirst for knowledge, and his intellectual ambition no doubt
enriched his mind at the expense of health and life. There was also a sturdy prin-
ciple of truth, rectitude and integrity running through his whole nature. He was
very proud of the name he bore and was an honor to it. He d. Mar. 14, 1877; res.
Haverhill, Mass.

9483. i. Georgia Mayhew, b. May 26, 1877; unm.; res. 388 Main St.,

Haverhill.

7670. DwiGHT Adams Whitney (John M., William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. New Haven, Conn., July 25, 1848; m. May 16, 1872, Adalia R.
Robbins, b. Mar. 14, 1844. He is in the provision business; res. New Haven, Conn.,
122 Poplar St.

Eva Elizabeth, b. 1873.
Bernice Louisa, b. Oct. 10, 1877.
Viola Winnifred, b. Apr. 12, 1879.
Frank Robbins, b. Jan. 10, 1873.
Dwight Norman, b. May 8, 1886.

7671. John Andrew Whitney (John M., William, Peter, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Tolland, Conn., Sept. 9, 1842; m. Dec. 26, 1867,Georgiana Standish
Bogue, b. Oct. 1, 1846; res. New Haven, Conn.

9489. i. George Andrew, b. Mar. 20, 1869; m.

Mary E. Thompson.
Walter Campbell, b. July 8, 1871;

unm.; res. N. H.
Frederick Kelsey, b. Oct. 1, 1873; d.

Jan., 1874.

7689. Emery Stone Whitney (Henry M., Paul,
Paul, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. San Fran-
cisco, Cal., July 14, 1855; m. Apr. 20, 1882, Elizabeth Seaver
McLeod, dau. of Rev. John McLeod, of Phil., b. Aug. 7,
1859; res. 224 N. 4th St., Allentown, Pa.

9491a. 1. Emery Stone, b. Feb. 6, 1883.

Elizabeth McLeod, b. Aug. 17, 1884.

W^illiam, b. Sept. 6, 1886.

Albert, b. Apr. 25, 1888; d. Aug. 31,

1888.
Jennie Merrill, b. Dec. 31, 1889.
Henry, b. Feb. 16, 1892.

7714. DuANE Percy Whitney (Erastus H., William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Apr. 12, 1856; m. Oct. 7, 1885, Diantha Graham, of Detroit,
Mich., b. June 27, 1859; res. 1024 Church St., Evanston, 111.; address, 160 Market St.,
Chicago, 111.

9492. i. Graham Hubbard, b. Oct. 15, 1887; d. Mar. 22, 1888.

9493. ii. Gertrude, b. Oct. 15, 1887; d. Jan. 28, 1888.

9494. iii. Mildred Graham, b. Aug. 4, 1889.

9484.
9485.

9486.

iii

9487.

iv

9488.

v.

9490.
9491.

II.

ni.

9492a. n.
9493a. iii.
9495a. iv.

9496a. v.
9497a. vi.

DUANE P. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY CENEALOGY. 623

7717. Henry Stearns Whitney (Aaron S., William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses,
Richard, John), b. July 16, 1840; m. Feb. 23, 1861, Hannah Maria Lawrence; res.
Copenhagen, N. Y.

9495. i. Nora Belle, b. Apr. 7, 1867; res. New Rochelle, N. Y.

9496. ii. Geo. Alden, b. May 2, 1871; res. Sacket's Harbor, N. Y.

9497. iii. Ella Cordelia, b. Sept. 1, 1875; res. Potsdam, N. Y,

7718. Nathaniel Bradish Whitney (Aaron S., William H., Aaron, Aaron,
Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Champion, N. Y., Mar. 13, 1838; m. Mar. 1, 1860,
Rhuby H. Houghton, b. Feb. 14, 1836; carriage maker.

Nathaniel Bradish Whitney was the oldest son of Aaron Stearns Whitney and
Hannah Bradish, and was born on his father's farm in the town of Champion, Jeffer-
son Co., N. Y., March 13, 1838. In 1846 his family removed to the town of Denmark,
, Lewis Co., N. Y., and settled on a large farm near the village of Copenhagen. He
attended the public school, afterward a select school in Copenhagen, and corn-
pleted his education at the Norwich academy, at Norwich, Conn. He married in
1860, Rhuby Houghton, of the town of Denmark, Lewis Co., N. Y. From 1862 to 1872
he was engaged quite extensively in the cheese making industry, owning and oper-
ating several large factories. In 1873 he engaged in the manufacture of carriages
at Deer River, Lewis Co., N. Y., in which business he continued until 1889, when, on
account of failing health, he removed to Santa Ana, Orange Co., Cal., where he is
engaged in the same business at this writing (1894); res. Tustin, Cal.

9498. i. Oscar S., b. May 23, 1861; d. Dec. 20, 1863.

9499. ii. Oscar Nathaniel, b. Jan. 25, 1866; m. at Sterling, Mass., July 14,

1894, Lilian Walton, b. Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 10, 1866; res.
Geneva, N. Y. Born near village of Copenhagen, town of Den-
mark, county of Lewis, state of New York, Jan. 25, 1866. Moved
with parents to village of Deer River, Lewis Co., N. Y., in 1872,
where he attended common school until age of fourteen. Worked
for short time as clerk in American Express office at Lowville,
N. Y., then telegraph operator for two years in office of Utica &
Black River R. R., at Watertown, N. Y., then for short time
clerk in American Express office at Potsdam, N. Y. April 21,
1884, moved to Rochester, N. Y., and until Jan. 1, 1887, filled
various positions for American Express Co. On last named
date was appointed agent for American Express Co. at Geneva,
N. Y., serving then in that capacity until June 15, 1891, when
he resigned to accept a position with the People's Building,
Loan & Saving Association, of Geneva, N. Y., of which he was
one of the incorporators, and of which he is at the present writ-
ing a director.

9500. iii. Wm. S., b. Aug. 10, 1867; m. Alice M. Wiggins.

9501. iv. Florence Justine, b. Oct. 31, 1868; res. Bakersfield, Cal.

9502. v. Addie E., b. Mar. 12, 1871; res. Tustm, N. Y.; m. George A.

Morris; res. Bakersfield, Cal.

7719. James E. Whitney (Aaron S., William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Champion, N. Y., May 13, 1842; m. Feb. 13, 1866, Marian A. Lewis,
b. Mar. 24, 1846; res. Copenhagen, N. Y.

9503. i. Cora D., b. Dec. 4, 1866; m. Nov. 23, 1887, L. F. Loucks; res.

Copenhagen, N. Y.

9504. ii. Mary C, b. Sept. 4, 1874.

7720. JosiAH DwiGHT Whitney (Aaron S., William H., Aaron, Aaron, Moses,
Moses, Richard, John), b. May 5, 1844; m. Dec. 1, 1875, Nancy Maria Ryel, b. Jan. 15,
1851; res. Copenhagen, N. Y,

9505. i. Wayne Dwight, b. Nov. 10, 1885.

7723. William Henry Whitney (William H., William H., Aaron, Aaron,
Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 13, 1851; m. Feb. 13, 1873, Maria Jane Hoxley;
res. Champion, N. Y.

9506. i. Herman Allen, b. Julv 7, 1874.

9507. ii. Leda Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1879.

9508. iii. Linnie May, b. Dec. 30, 1880.

9509. iv. Nellie Emeline, b. Nov. 18, 1882.

624

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7725. Roland L. Whitney (Roland A., Jacob, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Louisville, Ky., Mar. 4, 1859; m. Oct. 27, 188L Betty Mc-
Goodwin, b. Aug. L 1861.

He was born and has always resided in Louisville; was educated in the public
schools. At present (1894) is secretary and treasurer of the Falls City Jeans &
Woolen Company, incorporated, manufacturers of Kentucky jeans; res. Louis-
ville, Ky.

9510. i. Evelyn, b. Aug. 22, 1882.

7727. Logan R. Whitney (Roland A., Jacob, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Louisville, Ky., July 17, 1866; m. May 7, ls90, Florence
Woodruff, b. Nov. 6, 1866.

He has always resided in Louisville; was educated at the public schools. He is
now (1894) engaged in public works; res, Louisville, Ky.
9511'. i. Ethel, b. Apr. 30, 1891.

7730. Prof. Nelson O. Whitney (Alexander N., Jacob, Jacob, Abraham,
Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b. in Aiken, S. C, May 3, 1858; m. June 12, 1888, in
Philadelphia, Pa., Mary E. Tainter, b. Sept. 10, 1858.

Prof. Whitney attended public schools until 1871;
Saunders academy and Hastings academy till 1874; Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 1874 to 1878 graduated in the civil
engineering section of the class of 1878; assisted Prof.
Haupt as instructor in civil engineering for a short time
and taught in the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts
at same time; with Pennsylvania railroad 1879 and 1880;
with the Mexican National railroad in old Mexico, 1881
and 1882 as locating engineer in the valley of Toluca;
1883 to 1886 locating engineer South Pennsylvania rail-
road in Pennsylvania, and afterward resident engineer
charge Tuscarora tunnel; 1886 to 1891 assistant to chief
engineer Pennsylvania company; member Pilgrim Con-
gregational church, Western Society Civil Engineers, etc.
In June, 1891, was elected professor of railway engineering
at University of Wisconsm, Madison; is a charter member
of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He has filled
the chair at the University of Wisconsin with great ability, pbof. xelsox o. whitxf.y.
and is one of the leading engineers in the west. The

author of this work is indebted to him for valuable assistance; res. Chicago, 111., and
Madison, Wis.

9512. i. Helen Goldsmith, b. Mar. 21, 1884.

9513. ii. Alden Bradford, b. Dec. 1, 1885.

9514. iii. Mary Park, b. Oct. 10, 1888.

9515. iv. Edward Nelson, b. June 17, 1890.

7733. George Fred Whitney (George H., Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abraham,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., Nov. 2, 1846; m. Nov. 15,1871, Elthta A.
Davis, b. Sept. 13, 1848.

George Frederick Whitney was educated in the public schools in Nashua, N. H.,
and after his graduation went into iron works of his father to learn the business or
trade of a machinist; is now foreman and superintendent of his works. He has been
prominent in city affairs, has served in city councils as alderman a number of times,
and has held other important positions in various charitable and other institutions in
that city; res. Nashua, N. H.

9516. i. Ada Mabel, b. Dec. 10, 1872; m. Sept. 12, 1894, Arthur F. Cum-

mings; res. N.

9517. ii. Lottie May, b. Aug. 6, 1878.

9518. iii. FREDHENRY,b. June 29, 1881.

7735. Charles Henry Whitney (George H., Jesse, Jacob, Abraham. Abra-
ham, Moses, Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., June 22, 1851; m. in 1876, Eliza J.
Genther, d. Mar., 1883; m. 2d, Oct. 20, 1886, Anna F. Fisher, b. Feb. 12, 1850.

He was educated in the public schools in Nashua, N. H.; learned the trade of
an iron founder; was connected with the Nashua fire department; afterward was
appointed chief engineer of the same. At the present time holds the position of

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

625

He also holds the position of superin-
cotton mills) in Nashua; res. Nashua,

chairman of the board of fire commissioners,
tendent of machinery at the Jackson Mfg. Co
N. H.

9519. i. William Everett, b. Feb. 20, 1876.

9520. ii. Henry Gage, b. Jan. 12, 1888.

9521. iii. Fanny Katherine, b. Mar. 10, 1890.

7737. Eugene Prescott Whitney (George H., Jesse, Jacob, Abraham, Abra-
ham, Moses. Richard, John), b. Nashua, N. H., Nov. 22, 1855; m. Sept. 2fi, 1^83.
Elizabeth Jobert, b. ; d. Nov. 19, 1887; m. 2d Myra B. White, b. Aug. 29, 1867.

He was educated in the public schools in Nashua, N. H.; learned the trade of
a machinist, and is foreman and superintendent of the Flather Planer Co., in Nashua,
N. H., and has been prominent in military affairs of the state; res. Nashua, N. H.

9522. i. Clarence Eugene, b. Dec. 80, 1893.

7767. Elmer Hale Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, Salmon,' Jonas, Jcmas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Dublin, N. H., Dec. 29, 1K58; m. at Buffalo, N."V., Oct. 25, 18^8, Ida
Williams Gregg, b. Oct. 13, 1863; d. Dec. 10, 1889. He is an insurance agent; res.
Buffalo, N. v., 319 Main St.

9523. i. RoLLiN Gregg, b. Dec. 3, 1889.

7775. Charles Leonard Whitney (Cvrus P., Peter, Israel, Jonas, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. May 5, 1868; m. Feb^ 14, 1893, Mattie E. Irish; res. .

9524. i. ■ GiFFoRD Irish, b. Mar. 24, 1894.

7788. Charles Gerry Whitney (Elisha G., Sealand, Israel, Jonas, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. July 28, 1861, at Fort Edward, N. "i'.; m. at Silver Lake, \'t.,
July 14, 1^86, Grace H. Barnard, b. July 14, 1866.

He was born at Fort Edward, was reared on a farm, had ordinary advantages of
school and home; he early showed signs of mechanical skill, and when about eighteen
years of age went to learn the carpenter's trade with his uncle Charles Hitchcock
at Pittsford, \'t. At present is a carpenter and builder, an honest workman, re-
spected citizen and Christian gentleman; res. Pittsford Mills, Vt.

9525. i. Ethel E., b. Oct. 9, 1887.

9526. ii. Mary E., b. Oct. 18, 1891.

7802. Harry Whitney (George F., Samuel, Lemuel, Ephraim, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Woodstock, \'t., Alar. 5, 1852; m. in Marlborough, N. Y,, June 19,
1889, Jessie Corwin, b. May 31, 1862.

His parents moved to Brooklyn, March, 1856, and he continued to reside there
till 1867 (his father died Dec. 6, 1866), and February of that year he moved back to
Woodstock. September, 1869, he went to New York and
went in the employ of Schiltz, Southwick & Co., leather
merchants in the " Swamp," and continued with them
until their business was absorbed by the United States
Leather Company, when he went with the latter company
as superintendent of their storage warehouse; res. Brook-
lyn, N. Y., 237 Quincv St.

9527. i. Frederic Corwin. b. Dec. 1, 1890.

7807. Prof. Harry E. Whitney (Charles M., Ed-
ward W., Samuel W., Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Fort Coyington, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1851 ; m. at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1881, Mary Van Viliet, b. Sept. 4,
1851.

Harry Edward Whitney, born at Fort Covington, N.
Y., removed to Bangor, 185',; to La Crosse, Wis., in 1857.

Entered Shattuck school, Faribault, Minn., graduating in , ^

1871 as valedictorian of class. Entered Trinity college, peof. haery e. whitxey.
Hartford, Conn., Sept., 1871, graduating in June, 1874.

Member of the Psi Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa societies. Entered Shattuck school as
professor of Latin and German, which position he has held for twenty successive
years. Has been quite prominent in Masonic circles, now (1894) holding the posi-
tion of V. E. Dep. Grand Commander of Minnesota, Knights Templar. Is a Demo-
crat in politics and member of the Episcopal church; res. Faribault, Minn.
9528. i. Mary, b. Nov. 11, 1883.

€26 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

7808. George Safford Whitney (Charles M., Edward W., Samuel W.,
Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Faribault, Minn., Dec. 9, 1858; m. Jan.
6, 1893, Lillian Frances Lathrop, b. Mar. 26, 1858.

George S. Whitney, born at La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 9, 1858, educated at Shat-
tuck school, entered mercantile life at La Crosse, Wis., in business at Canton, Mo.,
and Faribault, Minn.; res. Faribault, Minn.; s. p.

7823. George Hillard Whitney (George R., Simon, Simon, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Haverhill, Mass., July 4, 1853; m. Sept., 1889, Addie
May Ellis, b. Aug., 1871; res. Chicago, 111.

9529. i. Fannie Pauline, b. Apr. 25, 1892.

7824. Frank Thomas Whitney (George R., Simon, Simon, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 18, 1856; m. Jan. 15, 1885, Marianne
Macauley; wholesale jewelery; res. New York; address, 200 Broadway; s. p.

7826. Charles Brown Whitney (George R., Simon, Simon, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Brockton, Mass., Oct. 4, 1860; m. Dec. 26, 1882, Clara Bird
Clark, b. Aug. 2% 1861; d. Nov. 2, 1891; m. 2d, Jan. 11, 1893, Kate Portis, b. 1871; res.
Chicago, 111.

9530. i. Edith Marion, b. Saco, Me., Sept. 11, 1883.

7830. George W. Whitney (Charles K., George, Simon, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Essex, Vt., Dec. 24, 1850; m. Oct. 22, 1872, L. Abbie Hunt-
ington, b. Aug. 20, 1849; bookseller and stationer; res. Burlington, Vt.

9531.
9532.
9533.

Alfred Huntington, b. Apr. 27, 1875.
Samuel Huntington, b. Oct. 31, 1877,
Frances, b. Dec. 31, 1886.

9534.

i.

9535.

ii.

9536.

iii.

9537.

iv.

9538.

V.

7831. Fred Haselton Whitney (Charles K., George, Simon, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Essex, Vt., Mar. 14, 1852; m. Nov. 5, 1872, Abbie Elizabeth
Thomas, b. Feb. 6, 1852; res. Essex, Vt., and moved to Bloomfield, N. J., in 1887.

Guy Thomas, b. Sept. 17, 1873.

Chas. Wm., b. Aug. 19, 1875.

Lucy Cornelia, b. Sept. 27, 1877.

Florence Annette, b. Aug. 9, 1883.

Marion Isoude, b. June 14, 1885.

7842. Eugene Corell Whitney (William E., Solomon B., Peter, Timothy,
Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Cannon, Mich., July 11,1848; m. Jan. 1, 1870, Emma
A. Lewis; res. Cannon, Mich.

9539. i. William A., b. Dec. 22, 1871.

7845. George Irwin Whitney (William H., George, Silas, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 24, 1847; m. in New York, Oct. 12, 1876,
Annabel McCall, b. Nov. 19, 1853; d. Jan. 28, 1883. He is a banker; res. 57 4th Ave.,
Pittsburg, Pa.

9540. i. William Hopkins, b. Jan. 28, 1883; d. same day.

7849. George Herbert Whitney (George F., George, Silas, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Stockbridge, Mass., Aug. 19, 1863; m. in Hudson, N, Y.,
Oct. 18, 1887, Martha McGiffert, b. Hudson, N. Y., Mar. 3, 1865. He is a druggist;
res. Mechanicsville, N. Y.; s. p.

7851. Charles William Whitney (George F., George, Silas, Timothy, Jonas,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Stockbridge, Mass., Nov. 6, 1865; m, at East Hartland,
Conn., Apr. 5, 1893, Minnie E. Hayes, b. Great Barrington, Mass., June 26, 1867. Is a
farmer; res. Stockbridge, Mass.; s. p.

7870. J. Frank Whitney (William H., Silas N., Jonas, Timothy, Jonas, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Springfield, Mass., July 17, 1862; m. at Turner's Falls, Mass., Apr.
16, 1890, Mary L. Sheehan, b. May 1, 1862. He is a locomotive engineer; res. Mer-
rick, Mass.

9541. i. William H., b. Feb. 18, 1891.

9542. ii. Henry F., b. Dec. 14, 1893.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 627

7887. Dr. Murray Don Whitney (George W., Samuel D., Paul, Timothy,
Jonas, iMoses, Richard, John), b. Williston, Vt., Nov. 27, 1857; m. at Kansas City, Oct.
20, 1887, Ella C. Miller, b. Sept. 14, 1853. He is a farmer, studied medicine, and
practiced for some time; res. Westminster Depot, Mass.; s. p.

7894. Edgar Rand Whitney (Martin, Leonard, Lemuel, Lemuel, Lemuel,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Lyndeboro, N. H., Jan. 19, 1861; m. Dec. 5, 1885, Emma P.
Harvey, b. Manchester, N. H., July 24, 1868; farmer; res. Nelson and East Sullivan,
N. H.

9543. i. Frank Allen, b. July 17, 1886.

9544. ii. Hellen Eva, b. Feb. 6, 1888.

9545. iii. John Edgar, b. Apr. 3, 1891.

7897. Frank Joel Whitney (Joel, Urial, Urial, Abner, John, Moses, Richard,
John), b. Portland, Me., Sept. 16, 1859; m. at Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 11, 1882, Laura
Jackson, b. May 2, 1863. He is a locomotive engineer; res. Portland, Me., and 31
Sydney St., Dorchester, Mass.

9646. i. Eva O., b. Nov. 21, 1883.

9547. ii. Olive E., b. Sept. 13, 1886.

7905. Winfield S. Whitney (Orrin, William, Samuel, Abner, John, Moses,
Richard, John), b. Presque Isle, Me., June 4, 1846; m. Sept. 18, 1870, Ellen Phay, b.
Mar. 1, 1854; res. W^est Branch, Wash.

9548. i. Bertha, b. Aug. 18, 1871; m. Oct. 11, 1888, McKeehen; res.

W. B.

9549. ii. Grace, b. Dec. 6, 1875.

9550. iii. Daisy, b. Dec. 13, 1879.

9551. iv. Fay, b. May 4, 1888.

7910. Calvin Eastman Whitney (Albion P., William, Samuel, Abner, John,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 23, 1851; m. Oct. 10, 1883, in San Francisco, Fannie
Boruck. He d. Nov. 29, 1891; res. San Francisco, Cal.

9552. i. Marcus Boruck, b. June 3, 1885.

9553. ii. Lillian May, b. July 13, 1887.

9554. iii. Mildred Marguerite, b. Aug. 19, 1890.

7911. Arthur Leslie Whitney (Albion P., William, Samuel, Abner, John,
Moses, Richard, John), b. May 26, 1857; m. Nov., 1882, Anna St. John; res. 3116
Washington St., San Francisco, Cal.

9555. i. Albion St. John, b. May 31, 1884.
9656. ii. Leslie Denman, b. Feb. 23, 1887.

7920. Allison O. Whitney (Ephraim H., William, Samuel, Abner, John,
Moses, Richard, John), b. Maine, Dec. 16, 1852; m. Apr. 4, 1874, Eupheuse Jane
"Wright; b. Oct. 12, 1851; he is a farmer; res. St. Cloud, Minn.

9557. i. Effie May, b. Feb. 4, 1878.

9558. ii. Mary Jane, b. Dec. 27, 1886.
9659. iii. Maebelle, b. June 4, 1888.

7945. Charles Edward Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Daniel, Daniel, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Surrey, N. H., Apr. 29, 1850; m. Dec. 22, 1875, Jennie
Bliss, of Otis, Mass.; b. Dec. 22, 1849; res. Westport, N. H.

Mabel Emma, b. Dec. 27, 1876.

Edward Carpenter, b. June 3, 1878.

Milton Henry, b. Sept. 6, 1879.

Annie May, b. Feb. 6, 1881; d. Aug. 3, 1884. Conway, Mass.

Nellie Irene, b. July 8, 1882.

Frank Howard, b. Sept. 4, 1883.

Susan May, b. Jan. 1, 1885.

Geo. Samuel, b. Apr. 6, 1886; d. Sept. 8, 1886, at Conway, Mass.

Grace Blanche, b. Dec. 13, 1888.

Gertrude Helen, b. Dec. 19, 1889.

Harry Staples, b. Apr. 20, 1891.

7946. George Henry Whitney (Samuel, Joseph, Daniel, Daniel, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Fitzwilliam, N. H., May 30, 1852; m. Oct. 6, 1885, Lizzie
Brown; d. Apr. 4, 1886.

9560.

9561.

ii.

9562.

in.

9563.

iv.

9564.

v.

9565.

VI.

9666.

VII.

9667.

vni

9668.

ix.

9569.

X.

9570.

XI.

628 WHITNEY GENEALOGV.

He was born in Fitzwilliam, N. H.; was an engineer, and at the time of his death
was in the employ of Doliber, Goodale (S: Co., at 41 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass.,
manufacturers of Mellen's food for infants and invalids. He was strictly temperate,
never used liquor or tobacco in any form, was industrious and a staunch republican.
He d. Apr. 1, 1886; res. Boston, Mass., 1098 Washington St., Madison Hotel.

9571. i. Lizzie Irene, b. Mar. 15, 1886; res. above address.

7956. Benjamin Holt Whitney (John, John, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Wayland, Mass., Xov. 13, 1843; m. at Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 14,
1874, Kate L. Goodman, b. Aug. 8, 1845.

B. H. Whitney was educated at Chauncy Hall, Boston, served three years'
apprenticeship, 1859-61, with the publishing house of Ticknor & Fields; then in
employ of Boston & Worcester railway as freight agent, 1861-67, at Brighton, Mass.;
then went to Toledo, 1867, with the firm of H. W. Sage & Co., wholesale lumber, as
bookkeeper, manager and partner; then of firm of Whitney & Tracy, wholesale lum-
ber, now manager at Toledo, O., for the wholesale lumber firm of Geo. X. Fletcher
& Sons;' res. Toledo, O., s. p.

7961. John Prescott Whitney (John F., Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Rich-
ard, Richard, lohn), b. Dorchester, Mass., Xov. 2, 1849; m. in Elizabeth, X. J., Jan.
22, 1874, Annie M. Williams, b. Dec. 6, 1850; d. Jan. 1, 1878; m. 2d, at St. A., Apr. 4,
1888, Mamie E. Pomar; res. St. Augustine, Fla.

9572. i. John f^R.\N(:is, b. Oct.31, lb74; res. St. A.

7969. William Henry Whitney (Ephraim A., Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 11,1846; m. Xov. 8, 1883, Clara E.
Snowdell, b. Sept. li*. 1859. He is a sign painter and musician; res. 29 Russell, St.
Charleston Dist., Boston, Mass.

9573. i. Jennie Evelyn, b. June 23, 1889.

7976. Charles J. Whitney (Charles, Silas, Silas, Daniel, Richard, Richard,
Richard, John), b. Boston, Mass., Mav 15, 1843; m. there Mary E. Dunbar; d. Oct. 27,
1874; m. 2d, Sept. 12, 1885, Helen E.' Fuller, b. Oct. 7, 1858. She res. 1 Waterford
St., Boston. He was foreman of the Vienna Pressed Yeast Co. He d. June 22, 1893;
res. Boston, Mass., 8 Codman Park, Ruxbury.

9574. i. Charles H., b. Dec, 1866; res. at home.

9575. ii. Edith L., b. Mar., 1871; res. at home.

7984. William Locke W^hitney (Daniel W., Emory, Jacob, Richard, Rich-
ard, Richard, Richard, John), b. May 1, 1^55; m. May 27, 1879, Frances Maria Wing,
b. May 6, 1857; d. Aug. 19, 1888. He is a farmer, and also conducts a wagon and
blacksmith shop; is a man of temperate habits; res. Turtle Point, Pa.

9576. i. Infant, b. Feb. 6, 1882; d. Feb. 28, 1882.

9577. ii. Bruce Leroy, b. Xov. 8, 1883.

7987. Christopher Fairbanks Whitney (Reuben F., Elias, Jacob, Richard,
Richard, Richard, Richard, John),b. Stoddard, X. H., July 7, 1856; m. at Keene, June

2, 1880, Nellie L. Todd, b. Dec. 25, 1856. He is of " the firm of Hill & Whitney,
148-150 Pearl St., Boston, Mass.; res. Hartford, Conn., Xewtonville, Mass.

9578. i. Helen M., b. Sept. 6, 1885.

9579. ii. Mabelle H., b. Mav26, 1887.

9580. iii. Bertha X., b. Oct. 27, 1889.

7990. George Clement W^hitney (Reuben F., Elias, Jacob, Richard, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. L'pton, Mass., Aug. 12,1850; m. at Brattleboro, Vt., Oct. 18,
1876, Ada Maria W'heeler, b. June 30, 1850; res. Brattleboro, Vt., 12 Brook St., and
Greenfield, Mass.

9581. i. Leon D., b. Julv 19, 1877.

9582. ii. Ralph F., b. Ju'lv 11, 18^2; d. June 19, 1887.
9588. lii. Agnes I., b. Feb'. 28, ls85.

9584. iv. Elwin'C, b. Apr. 8, 1889.

8000. Henky Melville Whitney (James S., Stephen, Josiah, Josiah, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John ), b. Conway, Mass.", Oct. 22, 1839; m. in Brookline, Mass., Oct.

3, 1878, Margaret F. Green, dau. of Admiral Green, b. Dec. 1856.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 629

Henry M. Whitney, the Builder of the West End Railway System of Boston.

BV GEORGE L. AUSTIN.

Standing upon a public platform in Lynn, Mass., in September, 1872, Wendell
Phillips addressed these words to his audience: " You hear a man talking sometmies
who has heard that his brother has found a million dollars, and he says, ' I am very
much disappointed.' He means he is surprised. You hear another, who has heard
that a noted criminal has been arrested, and he says he is surprised. Now, when he
is disappointed, it means that a man falls below his expectations. To be surprised,
means that a man gives you thought."

I have thought of these words many times, while following the progressive course
in commercial successes of Henry Melville Whitney, more widely known to-day as
the president of the West End Street Railway of Boston, Mass., — a transit system
which is, at this writing, without a peer on the face of the globe. It may truly be
said, however, that to thousands of people, who are familiar with his name, his pub-
lic addresses and the great work which he has accomplished, Mr. Whitney, as a per-
sonality, is quite unknown. By some his motives are misconstrued; by others, they
are misunderstood, and the reason is, undoubtedly, they do not know the man.
This is not because he is unapproachable in his manner or repelling in his speech;
or because he is in the habit of masking his official identity behind " red tape," and
can never be found when wanted. He is the opposite of all this, and his demo-
cratic respect for the rights of his fellow-men is as marked as is his conscientious
sense of business integrity and justice. Wherever met or by whomsoever
approached, Mr. Whitney is always the same — a type of manhood eloquently indi-
cated by his portrait. Few men, of his age, have ever undertaken and carried out
to completion more important enterprises. In all these he has been a leader, with
courage and sagacity unfailing. For a period of at least five years he has held a
position which no other man would dare even to covet, much less to occupy. With
such a character as this confronting us, is it a wonder that thought is suggested; that
those who know him best are surprised, while those who know him least are amazed?

In the small, hilly town of Conway, Franklin Co., Mass., a county which is a
part of the ever-beautiful Deerfield valley, Mr. Whitney was born on Oct. 22, 1S39.
At the time of his birth his father, General James S. Whitney, kept a good old-
fashioned store; and the old stove around which the good citizens of Conway dis-
cussed and settled, in their own minds, the most important questions of the day is
still remembered by many. The enterprising public sjiirit of General Whitney, his
broad intelligence, his capacity for business and his superior tact in the management
of men and affairs, were destined to leave their impress upon the boy, who thus grew
up in a home made happy and charming by the presence of a gO(jd mother — Laurinda
(Collins) Whitney. General Whitney was a stern old Democrat of the Jacksonian
type, and the idol of the community in which he dwelt. He served two years in the
legislature, where it is stated, his vote decided the election of Charles Sumner to
the U. S. Senate; subsequently, from 1854 to 1860, he was superintendent of the U. S.
Armory at Springfield, ai:dwas collector of the port of Boston for one year preced-
ing the inauguration of President Lincoln. His death occurred Oct. 24, 1878.

Of the youthful days of Henry M, Whitney there is little to be said. In the
public schools of the town he acquired his first rudiments of education; and then,
while still in his teens, he was sent to Williston seminary at Easthampton. He was
accompanied by an elder brother, William C. Whitney, since famous as secretary
of the navy during the administration of President Clevelanti. At that renowned
training school, the boys became acquainted with another lad, of about the same
age — Henry D. Hyde — to-day one of the ablest members of the Suffolk bar.

It transpired, however, that young Whitney was not much given to book-
learning, but was rather more fond of fun and harmless mischief. His term at
Williston, therefore, was limited to one year. Returning to Conway he went to work
in the store; and then, for three years, he served as a clerk in the Conway bank,
where he developed that business turn of mind which has served him so well
ever since.

In 1860, as already stated, his parents removed to Boston, where General
Whitney, after leaving the custom house, became identified with enterprises of
large extent and importance, notably with the Boston Water Power company, and
with the Metropolitan Steamship company. The son, in the meantime, had passed
two years in the Bank of Redemption; afterwards as a clerk in the naval agent's
office, and next had been engaged in the shipping business in New York City. In

HENRY M. WHITNEY.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 631

1866 he became Boston agent of the Metropolitan Steamship company; and, in 1879,
after he had obtained possession of the stock, which had gradually sunk in value,
he became president, holding the same position to this day. From that time to 1S87,
Mr. Whitney was recognized by all who knew him as a keen-witted and thrifty busi-
ness man of Boston. His mind was full of enterprises of various kinds and char-
acter; in all that he engaged success followed him. Indeed, everything to which he
turned his attention seemed to bring him gold.

In the spring of 1886 Mr. Whitney, who had long foreseen the magnificent
possibilities of that section of Boston, which borders on the suburban town of Brook-
line, quietly purchased large tracts of land along the line of Beacon street, in the
last-named place. In midsummer of the same year he became conscious that he
had himself put not less than $800,000 into the scheme, and that it was likely to be
too heavy a load to carry on alone. He at once took a number of his more intimate
and wealthy friends into his confidence, told them what he had already done, and
what he proposed to do further, and then invited them to join him. That they
acceeded promptly is a striking evidence of the confidence reposed in Mr. Whitney's
integrity, wisdom, and tact. The syndicate thus formed was the now famous West
End Land company. The result of its endeavors is one of the most picturesque
boulevards of which this country can boast, fringed with residences and suburban
villas of rare beauty such as only the rich can afford.

The next move was the buildmg of a street railway which should connect Bos-
ton with Brookline and run directly through this territory, by another corporation
formed and headed by Mr. Whitney. The length of the road was about eight miles
and it was named the West End Street Railway.

This line had been in operation but a few months when the subject of street
blockades in Boston began to seriously worry the public mind. At the time, the fol-
lowing roads, besides the West End, centered in Boston: the Metropolitan, the
Cambridge, the South Boston, and the Consolidated (Middlesex and Highland).
Popular sentiment decreed that the incessant clashing of interests engendered by so
many distinct companies must come to an end, and that, too, speedily. Mr. Whitney
and the mature minds associated with him became convinced that there was only
one way out of the chaos, that only a single plan could solve the problem — that was
consolidation. Such a plan was outlined ana was agreed to by the various roads. In
Sept., 1887, Mr. Whitney explained the policy of the West End Street Railway Com-
pany at a meeting of the new corporation in language as forceful to-day as it was
prophetic then. The address is one of the most interesting and important ever deliv-
ered by its author. One passage in it merits reprinting in this sketch. Said Mr.
Whitney: " I believe that this company is destined to play a very important part in
the lives of this whole community. I am myself deeply sensible of the responsibility
which this organization holds in this community. I hope and believe that we shall
so be able to administer our affairs that not only shall the stockholders be proud of
the organization and have a security second to none, but that every employe shall be
proud to belong to the organization, and that the entire community will point to it
with pride. We believe that we can do something for the comfort and happiness of
this people that we could not do as individual corporations, and I am deeply sensible
of the responsibility which rests upon us to do it. I hope that this company will meet
the future questions connected with the transportation problem in the broadest way."

No words were ever uttered with more profound sincerity, and that they have
been scrupulously lived up to, so far as Mr. Whitney is concerned, no one can deny
who is knowing to all the facts underlying the history of this gigantic enterprise from
that date to the present moment. That, perhaps, the most important franchise ever
granted by the state and city to a private corporation was placed thus in safe hands
is equally true.

I am forced to pass over many events which have transpired during the last half
decade, though important they are as bearing upon Mr. Whitney's life, and come
next to the part which he has taken in giving to Boston the most complete system of
electric railway which exists anywhere in the known world.

In 1887 the electric railway in Richmond, Va., attracted attention far and wide.
It attracted Mr, Whitney, who went to that city to study its merits. He returned to
Boston impressed with the conviction that electricity was indeed the power of the
future. He decided to test it as a power for the present and, as the result of his con-
victions, in 1888 an electric line was set in motion, extending from Park square, Bos-
ton, to Oak square, in the Brighton district, a portion of it being operated by an under-
ground conduit and the remainder by the trolley system. The conduit system proved
a failure.

•632 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

In February, 1889, a line of twenty motor cars from Bowdoin square, Boston, to
Harvard square, Cambridge, was inaugurated, and so successfully by the Thomson-
Houston Electric Co., that Mr. Whitney, six months later gave an order for 600
.additional motors. This was the beginning of the great electric system, which is
to-day both the pride and the boast of Boston.

Since then, the history; of the West End Street Railway has been one of constant
development and of rapid improvement. Gigantic power stations have been erected,
which are marvels of engineering skill; more modern models of apparatus have
replaced those of older and less efficient types; nearly 16,000 horse-power are being
daily furnished by the electric generators at these stations, and over 1,200 motors
.are under 469 electric cars. Although but 100 miles of the 260 operated by the com-
pany are equipped with the electric system, suburban property reached by the sys-
tem has appreciated m value over 100 per cent.

To this grand result the best skill of this country has contributed; but, to the
credit of the company it should be added, that its own corps of engineers have super-
vised the work. This work has not progressed, however, without opposition. Upon
several occasions ignorance and prejudice have combined to stay the progress of the
growth, which means so much to the body politic. How ably this opposition has
been met by Mr. Whitney is evidenced by the numerous addresses which he has
been forced to make within the past two years. While he has contested for rights
which, in justice to his corporation and to himself, are vital to the future welfare of
the enterprise, he has never yet lost sight of the fact that argument and not anger,
courtesy and not disdain, are the best weapons to use in dealing with an enlightened
public.

Mr. Whitney's home is in Brookline. It was in this beautiful but quiet town
that he first met Miss Margaret Foster Green, to whom he was married on Oct. 3,
1878. The union has been blessed by the birth of one son and four daughters. The
summer home of the family is at Cohasset.

Mr. Whitney's success in life has been phenomenal, a surprise even to his most
intimate friends. The West End enterprise has not required" the whole of his time
by any means, and his name is associated with several other prosperous corpora-
tions, notably the Hancock Inspirator Co., the Never-Slip Horseshoe Co., the Met-
ropolitan Steamship Co., and several others. In all of these enterprises he has
largely invested capital and actively directed their policy.

The personal appearance of Mr. Whitney is clearly indicated by his portrait.
There is no mistaking the look of firmness and decision which his eyes flash upon all
occasions; but it is a look tempered by refined courtesy and kindness, except when
it confronts a man unworthy of his trust. Frank, outspoken and confiding himself,
Mr. Whitney regards nothing more despicable than deceit. He is of medium stat-
ure, rather stout and somewhat inclined to stoop when walking. He appreciates a
sound mind in a sound body and is happily blest in the possession of both. He is
quick in all his actions — perhaps nervously so — and equally as quick to decide a ques-
tion. In social intercourse he appears to be more a good listener than a good talker;
and yet few persons can recite a more taking anecdote or more keenly relish one.
As is generally conceded, he is a most impressive public speaker, and always com-
mands the attention even of his opponents. He possesses a wonderful memory, a
deep sense of the value of facts and figures, and rarely advances an argument that
does not rest on such. His address to the state legislature, in March 1891, is an
illustrious example of this assertion. There is always a sincere purpose underlying
his speeches; this he expounds with the earnestness of Sumner and the graceful dic-
tion of Phillips.

Mr. Whitney bears a big heart, filled with the tenderest sympathy towards those
of his fellow-men who are worthy of it. His generosity is proverbial, his charities
are dispensed freely, unostentatiously and with discretion; and many there are who
to-day are indebted to him for their success in life. Happy in his home, true to his
friendships, appreciative of all efforts that tend to uplift humanity and ever ready to
assist them, he enjoys the universal respect of the community. The best tribute that
I can pay to the man and his achievements is the assertion that he is the idol of every
• one in his employ; add. 81 Milk St., Boston, Mass.; res. Brookline, Mass.

9585. i. Ruth Bowman, b. Dec. 1, 1879.

9586. ii. Elinor Green, b. Jan. 18, 1881.

9587. iii. Laura Collins, b. June 20, 1882.

9588. iv. James Scolly, b. June 20, 1886.

9589. v. Margaret, b. Apr. 1891.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 633

8001. Hon. William Collins Whitney (James S., Stephen, Josiah, Josiah,
Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Conway, Mass., July 5, 1841; m. Flora Pavne,
b. in 1848; d. Feb. 5, 1898.

William Collins Whitney was born in Conway, Mass., in 1841. He comes from
stanch Democratic stock. His father was Gen. James S. Whitney, for half a century
a Democratic leader in Massachusetts and collector of the port of Boston under
President Buchanan. Like his son, Gen. Whitney was an Independent Democrat.
In 1851 he was a member of the Massachusetts house; Charles Sumner was a candi-
date for United States senator, and a single Democratic vote would elect him. Gen.
Whitney was asked to give that vote. A Democrat could not be elected, and if Sum-
ner should fail, then some pro-slavery Whig would probably win the prize. Gen.
Whitney was a stanch friend of human freedom. He asked time for consideration,
returned to Conway, and addressed his constituents upon the question. They de-
cided that he should vote for Mr. Sumner. He did so, and his vote gave Charles
Sumner to the country for twenty-three years. Gen. Whitney survived until 1878,
and was able as late as 1876 to preside over the Democratic state convention in Massa-
chusetts and take an active part in the Tilden campaign.

William C. Whitney entered Yale college in 1859, after having been graduated
from Williston semmary, Easthampton, Mass. At Yale he had for a classmate
William G. Sumner, since well known as a writer and teacher upon economic sub-
jects. The two divided the prize for English essays, and Mr. Whitney delivered the
class oration on being graduated. Leaving the Harvard Law school in 1865 he went
to New York City and continued the study of the law in the office of Abraham R.
Lawrence, now a justice of the supreme court of that state.

It was but a short time after his admission to the bar that he attracted consider-
able attention by his stanchness to his clients. Nothing could swerve him from what
he believed to be his duty to them. This characteristic was indicated in several
instances. One of them was that in which Charles H. Sweetser, a classmate of Mr.
Whitney, was concerned. Sweetser founded and edited the Evening Gazette. He
sold out a half interest in his property, and then, losing control of it, he started the
Eveni7ig Mail. His former partner in the Evening Gazette preferred a criminal
charge agamst him. The partner had the support of many influential men, and
Sweetser found it impossible on that account to secure the services of any of the
lawyers of prominence. He went to Mr. Whitney, who, upon hearing his tale, offered
to take charge of his case, notwithstanding that such action involved the possible
unfriendliness of certain men with whom, as was quite natural, it was desirable that
he should stand well. Perhaps if he had lost his case the unfriendliness would have
been his. It is easy to pass by on the other side of a man who is unsuccessful. But
he conducted the matter so skillfully that the charge against .Sweetser was dismissed.
And when Charles Reade sued Sweetser for libel because of unfavorable criticisms
of the novel " Griffith Gaunt," Mr. Whitney again defended him successfully. So
much publicity attached to these two cases — and so far as Mr. Whitney was con-
cerned the sort of publicity that is beneficial — that his professional position became
equal to those in the foremost ranks.

Mr. Whitney soon showed that he had inherited his father's taste for politics.
Young, handsome and ardent, he naturally took the lead among his companions. As
early as 1871, in company with Peter B. Olney, Henry Havemeyer, Herbert O.
Thompson, William A. Pelton, Edward L. Parris, Thomas Cooper Campbell, Wil-
liam C. Wickham, and others of the same sort — courageous, independent, and
resourceful — Mr. Whitney established the Young Men's Democratic club of New
York. This club from its very foundation took its stand in behalf of honest govern-
ment and reform, and aided materially in rescuing the city from the clutches of the
Tweed ring. Its members soon attracted the attention of Kir. Tilden, and Mr. Whit-
ney and others became famous as his "boys." Mr. Whitney took an active part in
the campaign which resulted in the election of Mr. Tilden as governor and William
C. Wickham as mayor. The Young Men's Democratic club gave a reception to
Gov. Tilden in 1874 and Mr. Whitney was one of the principal speakers. He pro-
tested against the continuance of an inflated money policy, and made a plea for
"hard money." In the light of current events it is not inappropriate to give a brief
extract, from this speech made almost a generation ago. He said:

It is always easier to pay with a promise than to pay down ready cash. History shows what
the fruit of such a policy is and must be. This was one road; before us there lay an easy path
of apparent prosperity, plenty of money and good times generally. This was tlie path the Kepub-
lican party chose deliberately and with fall knowledge of what tlie result would be.

The other path was one of struggle and difficulty, tlie narrow and thorny path, if you please,
of economy and taxes, of the payment of the national debt and the setting of the country a= soon as
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634 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

might be on a firm, sound basis. W'lien wc departed from tbe path of virtue we were bound to lead
the life of a spendthrift. Tiiis we did. and the day of reckoning has now come. Our building, firm
and substantial though it appeared, was built upon a bed of sand. With the pinch of taxation
came slack work. Other people saw through their burdens many things done by officials which
were not in tiie line of tiieir public duties.

Both parties were chargeable with this almost universal rottenness. But in New York the
Democratic party took these rogues by the throat — men in ttieir own party— and hurled them out,
while the Republicans added tlio crime of concealment to that of commission. A paper currency
has fostered this depreciation of public virtue. The brunt of the battle of resumption has yet to
be borne. It behooves all to bear a part. This question of money is not one of policy. It is
one of pure honesty.

Mr. Whitney was appointed counsel to the corporation in 1875, and as such he
became the barrier between the city treasury and claims growing out of ring frauds,
which amounted in the aggregate to millions of dollars. When he assumed office
there were pending 3,800 suits against the city, in which were involved between
$15,000,000 and 820,000,000, and new suits were being brought daily. Within two
years he doubled the volume of business disposed of, at the same time lessening the
expenses. One of his most gratifying successes was in the contest over the claim of
the widow of the architect of the new county court house. The claim was for a per-
centage on the actual cost of the building, or its honest cost. These commissions
ranged from SIOO.OOO to $400,000. All of the witnesses were either dead or had been
forced to flee from the country, and it was thought impossible that the city could
make any adequate defence. But Mr. Whitney evolved one — an ingenious one. The
quality of every class of work was ascertained by employing competent experts.
The history of the construction was traced, and the unnecessary substitution or iron
for brick conclusively shown. As a result a verdict was secured for the city after a
jury trial that took up the month of May, 1876. Mr. Whitney held the office until
December, 1882, having been twice reappointed. He resigned when he had yet two
years to serve. He greatly increased the effectiveness of the department by divid-
ing it into four departments and employing capable subordinates. Through his
personal efforts the Union Ferry Company was compelled to pay an adequate and
substantial rental to the city instead of the nominal sum received by the Tweed ring.
The expense of opening streets was reduced by an economical system. In two cases,
involving Broadway and Riverside Park, the sum of 8538,000, allowed by the courts,
was by him lessened to $213,000. Nearly $2,000,000 was demanded from the city for
printing and stationery furnished during the ring days. Mr. Whitney, with great
secrecy, instituted suits for fraud against some of the claimants. He waited until
those implicated could be arrested at the same time. Then his order of arrest was
served on each of them, and within three weeks the claims for millions had been dis-
missed and settled by the payment of $50,000. Probably no corporation counsel ever
administered the office more vigorously than Mr. Whitney. But work, as he has often
laughingly remarked, does not oppress him; he throws it off easily. When he was
at the head of the navy department, and lifting it from the slough of decay and was
astonishing the naval officers and bureaucrats by doing the work of half a dozen men
in a day, he used to still more astonish them by often appearing at a dinner, a recep-
tion and a ball in the evening, lively and brilliant, dancing and jesting with the young
folks as if no cares were on his mind, and the navy department was an unsubstantial
dream. The next morning they would find him devoted to his tasks with undimin-
ished ardor. So when he was corporation counsel, he found plenty of time, some
how or other, to attend to political affairs. In 1876 he attended the St. Louis conven-
tion and helped nominate Mr. Tilden for the presidency, and took an important part
in the campaign. John Kelly, at the head of Tammany Hall, fought Mr. Tilden
fiercely in St. Louis. Mr. Tilden was a man who provided against every adverse
chance. He was not sure that Tammany Hall would support him properly election
day, so, with the assistance of Mr. Whitney and the rest of his "boys," he organized a
plan of campaign calculated to get the full Democratic vote of New York City in any
event.

In 1880 Mr. Whitney went to Cincinnati, and in 1884 to Chicago, where he was
Mr. Cleveland's most influential and conspicuous adviser. All of the Democrats in the
state were gratified when Mr. Cleveland chose Mr. Whitney for his secretary of navy,
and the review of the great work which he accomplished in making possible the
splendid squadron of evolution, which was given, shows that he merited their ap-
plause. At the time the Democratic party came into power it was well understood
that the great mass of the people of the country demanded the construction of a new
navy. The party which had just gone out of office had attempted in a measure to
appease this demand. To do this they had given out in contracts to the shipbuilding
firm of John Roach & Co., the construction of four vessels. These vessels were in

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636 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

process < f building when Secretary Whitne\' assumed office. It was determined at
once to ask for appropriations for a large number of vessels and set on foot in ear-
nest the task of building up the navy. The appropriations from the previous Repub-
lican administration, together with the large amounts received by the new admin-
isfation were already available. The designs for new ships were under considera-
tio.n, and with their selection all that remained was the awarding of the contracts to
the individual firms. Investigation set on foot by Secretary Whitney, however, dis-
closed the doleful fact that the steel manufacturers of this country were wholly un-
able to cope with the proposed work. Not a single plant existed in the country
which could be put in service in turning out material of the kind called for in the
specifications. Not only was the United States m March, lb85, "without a vessel of
war which could have kept the seas for one week as against any first-rate naval
power," but it was dependent upon English manufacturers for the forging of guns, for
armor, and even for secondary batteries, resorting in the case of rapid-fire guns to
purchases from French manufacturers in the main. At the very outset it became
evident that the policy of the government must be outlined, and a decision at once
rendered as to whether the navy department should call in foreign shipbuilders to
build our new war vessels or place our own manufacturers in a position which would
render them capable of doing the work.

Secretary Whitney early came to the conclusion that the United States ought to
be independent of all other countries. He referred to the matter in his report for
1886 as follows:

At tlie present time, and for many years to come, in the event of a conttict with either a first or
a second-class naval power, it would be quite impossible for the United States as at present situ-
ated to produce witliin its territory eitlier the armor required for armored ships or the guns neces-
sary for their armament. Nor would it be possible for the navy of the United States to protect sucli ar-
ticles in transit across tlie ocean in time of war. As at present situated, the country would be entirely
defenceless in tlie absence of any ability to produce armor or the larger higii-powered guns. It is
a most lamentable circumstance that a country like ours, with its immense products of iron and
steel, should be content to be dependent upon tiie manufacturers of any other nation for the fabri-
cation of armor and higli-i>ower guns, both of wliicli are now essential and indispensable parts of a
modern fighting >hip. VViiatever its commercial policy may be. in the production of its necessary
implements of war it should certainly be independent. This i)olicy involves delay in the construc-
tion of tlie first vessels autliorized, but at the end of five years the country would, by pursuing it.
be indejiendent, and in a much stronger position in every respect than would result from any other
course.

The policy indicated by the secretary would, if put in operation, involve a delay
in the construction of all classes of armored ships of at least three years, but in the
face of this the policy, says the secretary, "was determined upon without hesitation
as the only course consistent with a proper regard for our national pride and
dignity." Secretary Whitney immediately devolved the efforts of the department
to the problem of domesticating in this country the industries for the making of
armor and of forging for high-power guns. It became necessary to prepare factories
for the construction of steel forgings for the heavier guns, armor for iron-clad ves-
sels, and secondary batteries of machine and rapid-fire guns. Just how to go about
it was the perplexing problem. The first step taken was the issuance of an order
stopping the purchise of all armor and steel abroad. Contracts were pending in
March, 1885, for armor and gun steel purchased in England amounting to
$227,365.20. The final payments upon these contracts made subsequent to that date
amounted to about 8100,000 and it is needless to say that no further purchases were
made of armor or gun steel abroad after March, 1885. Mr. Whitney called in con-
ference the representative firms of the country and made known his intention of
giving every possible help to the home industry. Contracts were drawn up for
different portions of the work desired and a condition imposed on the bidding
calling for the erection of a plant in this country adequate to the manufacture of
both armor and gun steel up to the highest standard of European requirements.
The experiment consolidated in one advertisement all its requirements for armor
and gun steel for the then authorized war ships, stipulating that it should be of do-
mestic manufacture and giving an average of two and a half years in which to pro-
duce and deliver it, which covered the time necessary for the procurement of a plant.
A period of about seven months was allowed for the submission of bids, in order to
afford an opportunity for full investigation by expected bidders. Throughout the
whole of the seven riionths every influence which could with consistency be brought
to bear was used by Mr. Whitne^ to stir the manufacturers of the country up to a
realizing sense of the importance of the endeavors. And when the bids were opened
no difficulty was found in making a contract with the Bethlehem Iron Company,
under which the erection of a plant was stipulated for the production of armor and

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 637

gun steel. At the very outset Mr. Whitney received the warm support of the
naval appropriation committees of both houses, the sum of 84,000,000 having been
inserted in the appropriation act for this very purpose. The bids were opened
March, 1888, and "coming," says Mr. Whitney, "at a time when the failure of
congress to make provision for the country's defence was being generally regretted,
caused a feeling of quite universal congratulation throughout the country. It
marked a most important step in the progress toward national independence, most
sincerely, it is believed, by the larger portion of our people."

The policy which had thus been successfully pursued in the matter of armor and
gun steel was also followed in the matter of secondary batteries and with a like
result. This question of rapid-fire guns came up next. One of the largest manu-
facturing establishments of these weapons in the world was that of Hotchkiss Sc Co.
Hotchkiss was an American inventor who offered his new type of guns for the exclu-
sive use of this government. But the ill-timed parsimony and prejudice against all
innovations which characterized previous administrations was experienced by Hotch-
kiss. He took his machine-gun to France, offered it to the French government and
his offer was taken up. He established works in France, aside from the original ones
in this country, and began the manufacture of the guns on a large scale. It was not
until the guns had passed out of the hands of this government that their importance
was recognized at the department, and orders were issued to make some purchases.
It was found, however, that three times the price originally asked by Hotchkiss must
be paid for the weapons, and it is needless to say that this fact caused considerable
regret in the department. Mr. Whitney would not pay the extra price for the guns,
and made it understood at the cutset that if Hotchkiss guns were to be bought for
the new war vessels they must be made on American soil and not first sent to France.
By the accumulation oi orders, sufficient inducement was given to Hotchkiss to bring
about the desired results. It was found by the representatives of the Hotchkiss
company, to the decided gratification of Mr. Whitney, that with the superior tools in
use in this country the secondarv batteries of our ships could be produced at prices
much cheaper than those manufactured by any foreign government. In this manner
the contracts for armor and gun steel were made at prices within 2-5 per cent, of the
European prices for the similar articles, not greater than the difference in labor
between the two countries, notwithstanding the heavy outlay for plant (estimated at
§2,500,000) necessary to be made to undertake the contract.

With the gratifying results brought about by Mr. Whitney's efforts and stimu-
lated by the shipbuilders of the country, it is now believed that the private ship
yards of this country can produce war ships equal and probably superior to any pro-
duceil abroad. At the same time that Mr. Whitney stimulated into full growth a new
industry in the United .States, he did not fail to stipulate that the material furnished
should be of the very highest standard. To effect this the inspection tests were neces-
sarily severe — more severe than ever experienced by a shipbuilding firm working for
private parties. It is safe to say, however, that the class of material obtained is
superior to any ever produced for any similar purpose. Not only in one section of
the country, but throughout its whole extent has the influence of the new steel indus-
try been felt. On the Pacific coast the quality of steel produced has been so notable
for its excellence that the construction of cruisers there may mark an important
event in its industrial history. There is still another point worthy of notice. Early
in the eighties the rank of the United States in the naval powers _of the
world was hardly in keeping with the standing of some of the South American
republics. But as a result of Mr. Whitney's efforts he was able to make the follow-
ing statement regarding the new cruisers: The department is able to report that
when the ships in course of construction and those authorized shall have been com-
pleted, the United States will r:fnk second among the nations in the possession of
unarmored cruisers, or "commerce destroyers," having the highest characteristics,
viz., of a size of 3,000 tons and upward and possessing speed of nineteen knots and
upward. The achievements of the ships then "in course of construction and those
authorized " are familiar to all who read the newspapers.

The Whitneys in Social Life. — Royal entertainers, they were popular with
all classes of people. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were delightful. They enter-
tained elaborately in New York, and, during their residence in Washington, their
country house at Grasslands was a suburban retreat for all the Washington beaux
and belles. The house was kept open all the year around, and all visitors were wel-
come, whether Mr. and Mrs. Whitney were there or not. Priscilla, the oldest servant
in the Whitney household, was always in charge at Grasslands during her mistress'
absence. Although a full-blooded negro, Priscilla could speak French like a native,

638 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

and she was invariably pressed into service as interpreter when the diplomats were
present. But whether a foreign ambassador, in the bravery of court medals and gold
lace, called, or a congressman from the backwoods, Priscilla always smiled and bade
them enter, telling them they could have a bowl of fresh milk or a glass of punch,
just which they liked. The hallway at Grasslands was twelve feet square. Its floor
was of polished Georgia pine, and the furniture was old-fashioned mahogany seats.
A tall Dutch clock, with a solemn brass face and a massive pair of antlers formed a
hat and cloak rack. Grasslands was furnished entirely with antique furniture. Mrs.
Whitney said it was chosen because it was in keeping with the old farm house. The
fireplace in the dining-room was wide enough to burn great logs of wood. The old
mahogany table looked as if it might have come over with the Pilgrims, and the
dining-room chairs were wide enough to make the fattest man in congress perfectly
comfortable. Mr. Whitney's city home in Washington was more admired than any
other house at the capital. The receptions given by Mrs. Whitney were more elab-
orate than those of anybody else, and the house was always filled with guests. The
ball-room in the Washington house is almost historic. Many notable courtships
began there. It was in this room that Mrs. James Brown-Potter made herself famous
by reciting "Ostler Joe."

A society writer who was in Washington during Mr. Whitney's residence there,
described the size of this room by saying that a two-horse wagon load of hay could
be turned around in it without touching the walls. These walls were covered with
brocaded satin, and its furnishings were beautiful and unique. It had little couches
of brocaded Venetian velvet, several dainty sedan chairs, and the fireplace was
large enough to roast a whole ox.

Mrs. Whitney always distinguished herself as a hostess. She inherited much of
the political ability of her father. Senator Henry B. Payne. She was bright and
witty, handsome and sensible. She was one of the very few women who knew how
to be a society woman without being snobbish, and who could condescend to entertain
people on a lower social level without making them feel that she was patronizing
them.

The New York home of the Whitneys at Fifty-seventh street and Fifth avenue
was presented to Mrs. Whitney by her brother, Oliver Payne, of the Standard Oil
Company. It cost $700,000. It is one of the most splendid houses in New York.

In 1892, when presidential candidates were being discussed in the newspapers, a
prominent paper had this to say: " There seems to be no lack of candidates for the
presidency from which to make a choice, but what that choice will be never was a
more problematic question than at this time. Mr. Whitney has many stanch admir-
ers, and were his name to be brought prominently forward in the convention he
would be strongly supported. And there is no question but that he, as is the case with
every other ambitious and patriotic citizen, would like to be chief magistrate. But it
is doubtful if he would care to make any personal attempt to secure the nomination.
He is stanch and strong in his loyalty to Mr. Cleveland. In fact he is quoted as
having said that if he were perfectly certain of securing the nomination, he would not
allow his name to be used if thereby the nomination of Mr. Cleveland was jeopard-
ized."

Mr. Whitney is a most genial, likeable and approachable man. It would almost
be safe to say that every one who knows him, no matter of what political belief,
admires him. He is a handsome man. His fifty years rest lightly upon him. He
looks at least ten years younger than he really is. He is tall, straight and agile,
ruddy-cheeked and keen-eyed. He enters as keenly into the enjoyment of horse-
back riding and outdoor games as any boy. One of his enthusiastic friends once
remarked that he would alw-ays be a boy, even if he should become chief justice of
the United States. But with this light-heartedness and faculty for enjoying himself
he combines the attributes of dignity, sterling judgment and executive efficiency of
a high order.

He is a witty conversationalist and a clever and ready platform speaker.

In 1894 Mr. Whitney, on his return from Europe, was met by a delegation from
the Democratic state convention, then in session at Saratoga, and unanimously ten-
dered the nomination for governor of New York. He most respectfully declined the
honor, though strongly urged by the representative men and journals of the party
throughout the state. In company with his daughter he soon left for the continent,
and at this time, June, 1895, has just returned from Europe.

Mrs. Flora Payne Whitney was the daughter of Henry B. Payne, of Cleveland,
recently United States senator from Ohio. She was the youngest of the family. While
a very young girl she showed a great fondness for t)ooks. She had tutors at home

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 639

and attended the best schools of New York, afterward devoting a year to study in
Europe. She was an enthusiastic student, and devoted herself to sciences and lan-
guages with great fidelity. On her return home her father offered her a brilliant
social introduction in either Cleveland or New York, but she chose instead a course
of several years of scientific study at Cambridge under the personal instruction of
Prof. Louis Agassiz. During her residence in Europe the young girl was in constant
correspondence with her father. Her letters to him cover a large range of topics.
He regarded them as worthy of publication, but it was without her knowledge that
the volume was issued. Soon after the completion of her scientific course at Cam-
bridge, while yet scarcely out of her teens, she married William C. Whitney, then a
young lawyer. That was about twenty years ago. Her life since, until her death,
was devoted to her husband and her children, but she found time to make and to hold
a leadmg place in society in New York and Washington, and to establish a local
reputation as a linguist, as an authority in archaeology and as a judge and critic of
literature. Her career as one of the leaders of society in New York began in 1879.
At that time Mrs. Frederick Stearns announced that her large residence at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Fifty-seventh street was for sale, and Col. Oliver H.
Payne, Mrs. Whitney's brother, bought it for his sister. The Whitneys then began
to entertain, and were soon after recognized as social leaders. When Mr. Whitney
became secretary of the navy in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, Mrs. Whitney made their
home in Washington second only to the White House in social importance. They
occupied the old Frelinghuysen house on I street, transforming it into one of the most
luxurious homes in Washington. Ex-Senator Payne, Mrs. Whitney's father, is still
living. When Mrs. Whitney's first child was born he gave the young mother $1,000,-
000. Col. Oliver H. Payne, her brother, is also a millionaire. Res. 57th St. and 5th
Ave., New York, N. Y. '

Pauline, b. in 1875.

DoKOTHV Payne, b. .

d. Feb. 3, 1883.

9590.

i.

9591.

ii.

9592.

in.

9593.

IV.

Henhv Payne. " Like father, like son," has been exemplified in
the course of Harry Payne Whitney, son dT Hon. William C.
Whitney. During his three years at Yale Harry Whitney has
made a brilliant record, socially and politically. Although he is
the son of a millionaire, and one of the most prominent states-
men in America, young Whitney is as popular and unassuming
a man as there is on the campus. He has a liberal allowance,
but makes no show of spending it, and in tliis has always shown
the true "Yale spirit." His rooms in Lyceum, one of the "old
brick row " buildings, are comfortable and well located, that is
all. He prepared for college at Groton, Mass., and will gradu-
ate from Yale next year. He was on the sophomore german
and junior promenade committees, and led the junior german
last winter with his sister. Miss Pauline Whitney, who had re-
cently made her debut in New York society. Whitney was also
floor manager of the junior " prom." This shows his ability as
a society leader, but that doesn't make a popular Yale man
alone, or the New Haven college would not be the manly place
it is said to be. Whitney is not a hard student, but he has the
reputation of being the brightest man in his class, and wears
the coveted Phi Beta Kappa key, which is bestowed on the
highest stand men, after the scholarship is computed on the first
three years' work. He is also an editor of the Yale Daily News,
a position which requires six months of hustling competition to
obtain. Whitney is a member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity.
These social honors which have been named in connection with
Yale men are not of importance in themselves, except that they
are all awarded by popular vote, and show how a man is esti-
mated by 250 of his fellows. Harry Whitney is one of the best
polo players in the country, and has played on the Newport
team for several summers. He has just returned to college
after a two-months' absence owing to his mother's death last
winter. [1893.]
9594. V. William C.

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8015. Leonard Farrington Whitney (George, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Rich-
ard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Nov. 21, 1848; m. Jan. 29, 1882, Ellen Theresa Gag-
uin, b. Hyde, England, Mar. 29, 1861; res. Haverhill Mass.

9695. i. Abbie Farrington, b. Sept. 22, 1882.
9596. ii. Annie Theresa, b. Nov. 16, 1883.
9697. iii. Eileen Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1886.
9598. iv. Leonard Joseph, b. May 31, 1888.

8016. Charles R. Whitney (Charles H., Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Richard,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Nov. 9, 1846; m. June 2, 1874, Mattie A. "Page, of Haver-
hill, b. July 1, 1853; d. Jan. 1, 1875; m. 2d, June 14, 1882, Elizabeth L. Hanna, b. Dec.
25, 1854. He was born in Nelson, N, H., and resided in Keene; at present he resides
in Palmyra and is a commercial traveler.

9699. i. Charles Arthur, b. Mar. 3, 1885.

8057. Martin Dunster Whitney (Benjamin N., Oliver, Joshua, Caleb,
Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. May 26, 1841, in Rochester Vt.; m. Oct. 15, 1865,
Ora A. Shultz; served through war in Co. E. 4th Regt. Vt. Vols.; res. Rochester, Vt.

9600.

Mont Eliner; res. Baltimore, Md.

8059. Julius Lowell Whitney (Benjamin N., Oliver, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan,
Richard, Richard, John), b. Rochester, Vt., Oct. 26, 1847; m. Dec. 24, 1874, Lucy Aus-
tin. He d. Jan. 21,. 1876; res. Rochester, \'t.

9601. i. Julius, b. ; res. Rochester.

8060. Rev. Herbert Whitney (Benjamin N., Oliver, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan,
Richard, Richard, John), b. in Hancock, Vt., Nov 6, 1860; m. Dec. 24, 1873, Mary
Traffarn, b. Boonville, N. Y.

Herbert E. Whitney, or, as he prefers to be called, simply Herbert — having as
he says "got tired of carrying about so long a name"^ — was born in Hancock, \'t.
He was graduated from Canton Theological school in 1872, and was settled and or-
dained to the ministry in Waterloo, Canada, in 1873; was the same year married to
Mary Traffarn at Utica, N. Y.; was afterward engaged in his profession in Webster,
N. Y., Ludlow, Vt., Storm Lake and Mt. Pleasant, la., Sherborn and Columbus, N.
Y., Athol and Boston, Mass.

" The members of the Second Unitarian Society of West Somerville are to be
ministered to by a woman pastor. Rev. Mary T. Whitney of North Cambridge, who

has received and accepted a unanimous
call. The new pastor will enter upon the
duties of her office at once. Mrs. W^hitney
is the wife of Herbert Whitney, pastor of
the First Unitarian church at Athol, to whom
she was married in Utica, N. Y., in 1873.
She was born in Boonville, N. Y., which is
near Utica. Her maiden name was Traf-
farn, and on her father's side she is a de-
scendant of an old Huguenot family. Al-
though her father was orthodox, he was very
liberal in his faith and convictions, a ten-
dency which she has inherited to a notable
degree. Her early education was acquired
at Utica academy, Whitetown seminary and
Clinton Liberal Institution, all prominent
schools of learning. She graduated at St.
Lawrence university of Canton, N. Y., and
for a time turned her attention to teach-
ing, filling most acceptably an important
position in the Webster (N. Y.) academy for
several years. She afterward attended the
kindergarten training school at Chicago,
from which she graduated and taught that
system for a year. During all this time her attention had been largely given to the
religious movements of progressive Christianity, and her naturally speculative mind
had been directed into congenial channels by mathematical and logical studies, with
a leaven of theology coming from the most liberal of teachers. In 1885 she believed

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 641

it to be her duty to preach the gospel, and her first sermon was delivered from the
pulpit of the Universalist church at Mt. Pleasant. She became pastor of parishes at
Upper Lisle and Middleville, N. Y., preaching to the great satisfaction of her hearers,
and manifesting a remarkable capacity for parish work. It was in the latter place
that she was ordained as a minister of the gospel in 1887. Three years ago she was
invited to assume the pastorate of the Unitarian church at Millbury, Mass., which
was then in a rather languishmg condition and deeply !n debt. She continued there
until within a short time, and succeeded during her three years' ministry in lifting a
good part of the debt and increasing the membership. Mrs. Whitney is president
of the Worcester League of Unitarian Women. She is a very popular public speaker.
Only a few days ago she made an address at Portland, Me., at the annual meeting
of the Sunday-school Society, and she spoke with much force before the con-
vention of the Woman's Christian Tempemnce Union recently. Her lessons and
teachings are from the practical side of life, and she nnkes the greatest questions of
morals applicable to the interests of daily life. She has a commanding presence and
a voice clear, resonant and penetrating that can be plainly heard in the most dis-
tant parts of the halls of the largest size;" res. Ludlow, \'i., Storm Lake, la., Athol,
IMass., 11 Prentiss St., N. Cambridge, Mass.

9602. i. Waluo T., b. Sep:. 6, 1877.

9603. ii. Frederic T., b. Sept. 9, 1879.

9604. iii. Karl T., b. July 21, 1882.

9605. iv. Leslie T., b. Dec. 17, 1884.

8080. Prof. Edson L. Whitney (Frederic P., Joseph, Joshua, Caleb, Jonathan,
Richard, Richard, John), b. at Gardner, Mass., Nov. 3, 1861; m. Nov. 15, 1890, at
Ouincy, Mass., Florence Louise Carter, b. Jan. 1, 1868.

He lived in Gardner till March, 1865, when he moved to Boston. Was educated
in the Boston schools; prepared for college in the Boston Latin school; graduated
from Harvard college A. D. 1885, a//// laiide, and with honorable mention in history.
Was admitted to the Suffolk (Boston) bar June, 1886, although two years' study of
law is required; 1H87, LL.B., Boston university law school, after completing the
three years' course in two years; 1887 to 1890, in the graduate school of Harvard
college, studying history, political economy and law, receiving the degree of A.M.
1888, and Ph. D. 1890. He received a Bowdoin prize of SlOO one year for an essay.
Was assistant in history 1887-89, and held a Townsend scholarship of S250, 18^9-90.
He has tutored privately and has taught school, as he prefers teaching to law prac-
tice. He studied law in the office of Hon. John D. Long and Stillman B. .\llen, also
in the office of Heman W. Chaplm. Instructor in the Harvard law school 1892-3.
He was professor of history and modern languages in Norwich university, Northfield,
A't., which position he has recently resigned lor a similar position in Redfield college,
Redfield, S. D. He is a member of the Nebraska Historical Society, American His-
torical Association, American Economic Association, and a charter member of the
Nebraska Congregational History Society. His wife is eighth in descent from Rev.
Samuel and Eunice Carter, settled in Woburn in 1638, and on her mother's side is
eighth in descent from William Hartwell, who settled in Concord, Mass., 1636.
Last year he taught in the Massachusetts Institute of Technologv, Boston, but resided
in Auburndale, one of the suburbs of Boston, and this year (1895) teaching in Ben-
zonia college; res. 5 St. Charles St., Boston, Mass., and Benzonia, Mich.

9606. i. Frederic Carter, b. Aug. 22, 1891. Prof. Whitney, in writing

in relation to his son in 1893, says : He was born in Rochester,
N. Y. His young age at present has precluded his marrying or
having children, or having in fact much history beyond the dis-
covery of new methods of keeping his parents awake nights.
His tender age makes it necessary for him to have his postoftice
address with his parents. His religion and politics will prob-
ably be those of his fond father, although at present he has not
expressed himself very strongly upon the subject.

8082. Clarence Bennett Whitney (Harvey B., Joseph, Joshua, Caleb, Jona-
than, Richard, Richard, John), b. June 11, 1861; m. Sept. 3. 1887, Eliza H. Scull, of
English Creek, N. Y.; res. Atlantic Citv, N. J.

9607. i. Alice, b. Mav 24. 1890.

9608. ii. Clarence Bennett, b. Mar. 25, 1894.

8091. Charles Alfred Whitney (Eleazer S., Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb,
Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. East Templeton, Mass., Sejn. 10, 1853; m. in

9611.

9612.

11.

9613.

iii

9614.

IV,

9615.

V.

9616.

9617.

9618.

111.

9619.

IV.

9620.

V.

642 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Chelsea, Apr. 8, 1874, Rebecca B. Hinckley, b. Sept. 9, 1648; res. East Templeton,
Mass.

9609. i. Etta Florence, b. July 14, 1875; m. Nov. 29, 1893, George E.

Hays; res. 11>^ Bellevue St., Worcester, Mass.

9610. ii. Lucy Alberta, b. May 23, 1878; res. E. T.

8096. Charles Mason Whitney (Hezekiah, Jonathan, Jonathan, Caleb,
Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Freeport, 111., Jan. 20, 1863; m. Sept. 23, 1886,
at Vernon, Mich., Elizabeth McCall, b. Aug. 24, 1863; res. 183 N. Ashland Ave., Chi-
cago, 111.

9610a. i. Charles, b. June 20, 1887; d. June 20, 1887.

9611a. ii. Chester Wm., b. Jan. 25, 1889.

9612a. iii. John Henry, b. June 24, 1891; d. Dec. 10, 1891.

8100. Frank William Whitney (William M., Isaac, Ebenezer, Zachariah,
Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Lafayette, Wis., Apr. 17, 1855; m. in Fairfax, la., Dec.
31, 1877, Florence L. Cleveland, b. June 29, 1856; farmer; res. Fairfax, la.

Isaac Raymond, b. May 11, 1879; d. Aug. 27, 1881.

Oscar P. F., b. Jan. 2, 1881.

Montague E., b. Apr. 14, 1884.

Carroll L., b. Oct. 30, 1890.

Ruth La Belle, b. Aug. 2, 1892.

8125. Edward E. Whitney (Otis R., Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Zachariah,
Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Montague, Mass., Aug. 22, 1865; m. July 4,
1888, Clara Fairman; res. Montague, Mass.

Alice May, b. Dec. 4, 1888.

Bertha Lillian, b. Julv 8, 1890.

Cora B. M., b. Nov. 2, 1891.

Delbert Edward, b. Feb., 1892.

Ethel, b. Aug. 15, 1893; d. Oct. 3, 1893.

8134. William H. H. Whitney (Henry S., William, Enoch, David, Thomas,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Manchester, N. H., Apr. 11, 1841; m. Sept. 14, 1869,
Alberta S. McGowan.

W. H. H. Whitney, the fourth child of Henry S. and Susan (Whiting) Whitney,
was born in Manchester, N. H., April 11, 1841. While never very robust as a child,
he was persevering and industrious and obtained a good education in the public
schools of the city, becoming a bookkeeper for the Manchester Iron Works after
graduating. He held this position until April, 1864, when he decided to see Wash-
ington, D. C, the city toward which all eyes, both north and south, were turned.
He secured a position in the U. S. Treasury, later became chief of a division, and
held that position seventeen years. In June, 1885, he lost the position, as the party
in power had changed. The failing health of his father recalled him to Manchester
the following month, and there he has since resided, being a bookkeeper for the
Amoskeag corporation; res. Manchester, N. H.

9621. i. Henry Selden. b. Aug. 21, 1876.

8143. Sanford Satterly Whitney (James H., Moses, Joseph, Joseph,
Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Kendal! Co., III., June 10, 1844; m. Jan. 30, 1872,
Margaret Neff, dau. of Ebenezer and Margaret Neff, b. Mission Point, 111., Oct. 14,
1840. She is a member of the M. E. church.

Sanford Satterly Whitney, oldest son of James H. Whitney, was born on a farm
in Big Grove township, Kendall Co., 111., June 10, 1844. When he was about twelve
years of age his father sold his farm in Kendall Co. and bought another in La Salle
Co., near Sheridan. In 1867 he sold that farm and went to Bates Co., Mo., and
bought land, and gave Sanford and brother, Frank, each 120 acres. James Whitney,
the father, left the rest of his family in Sandwich, 111., till the spring of 1869, when
they all moved to Missouri except the two oldest girls, who were married. The
father and the boys started a nursery on his farm. Sanford's health failed, and the
spring of 1871 he returned to Illinois and spent the summer and the next winter.
Jan. 30, of that winter, 1872, he was married. His health had improved so much that
he thought he would try the west again. Accordingly they moved to Missouri in
May of that year. He built a house and improved his farm and bought stock, and
was doing well, until in the summer of 1874 the grasshoppers raided that country and

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 643

injured the crops. They returned to Illinois and spent the winter, going to Missouri
again in the spring. The grasshoppers had deposited their eggs there, and in the
spring they hatched out by millions, and destroyed everything except a little
corn that was planted late. He sold his stock and everything except three horses
and a few household goods and moved back to Illinois, and settled on his father's
old farm, in Kendall Co., which he bought the next year, giving his farm in Mis-
souri in part payment. He resided there until the spring of 1881 when his health
again failed. He then sold the farm and moved to a farm adjoining, where he died
Sept. 27, 1881, of consumption. The widow remained on the farm till the following
spring (1882), when she went to Millington, where she has since resided. In De-
cember, 1891, she received the appointment of postmistress, and she conducted the
business with great ability. He d. Sept. 27, 1881; res. Millington, 111.

9622. i. Wm. Maynard, b. May 22, 1874.

9623. ii. Ada MAROE,b. May?, 1876.

9624. iii. Jay Harvey, b. June 6, 1880.

8147. William Plumb Whitney (James H., Moses, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Newark, Kendall Co., 111., Apr. 25, 1850; m. June 28, 1873,
Emma J. Moss, b. Dec. 12, 1855; d. Sept. 6, 1881. He is a carpenter by trade, but for
many years followed farming; res. Elwood, Neb., and Downer's Grove, 111.

9625. i. Flossie A., b. Mar. 22, 1874; m. June 22, 1892, Jonathan Stark;

res. Elwood, Neb.

9626. ii. Grace, b. July 28, 1874; res. E.

9627. iii. Lyall A., b. Nov. 19, 1877; res. E,

8149. Mills Henry Whitney (James H., Moses, Joseph, Joseph, Thomas,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Newark, 111., Sept. 15, 1855; m. Jan. 18, 1882, Maude
Askew, b. Oct. 7, 1862; he is a farmer; Republican; res. Adrian, Mo.

9628. i. Clarence, b. Nov. 30, 1882; d. Aug. 31. 1883.

9629. ii. Lyman C, b. June 18, 1884.

9630. iii. Alice M., b. July 11, 1887.

9631. iv. Kelber Mills, b. Jan, 7, 1893.

8154. Chester French Whitney (Noah, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Feb. 11, 1820; m. Sept. 10, 1848, Persis B. Herrick, b.
Jan. 26, 1823. He d. Mav 31, 1882; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

9632. i. Frederick C, b. May 6, 1864; m. July 27, 1883, Minnie R.

Scoville; res. Troy, N. Y.

8165. Henry Asa Whitney (Noah, David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, lohn), b. Clarendon, Vt., Nov. 19, 1822; m. Sept. 29, 1853. Sarah C. Ward, b.
Tune 10, 1824; d. July 28, 1857; m. 2d. July 6, 1860, Lizzie E. Stewart, b. Nov. 1, 183;:!;
d. Mar. 27, 1877; res. Baldwinsville, Mass.

Walter H., b. June 3, 1854; m. and res. Onronta, N. Y.

Alfred C, b. Jan. 31, 1856; m. Alice L. Sawyer.

Emma A., b. June 1, 1857; d. Mar. 14, 1863.

Geo. S., b. Sept. 16, 1862; m. July 7, 1891, Mary S. Wright, b. Sept.

9, 1860; res. s. p., Baldwinsville, Mass.
Charles H., b. Dec. 26, 1863; res. Winchendon, Mass.
Austin F., b. Aug. 31, 1865; res. GuUup's Mills, Yt.
James C, b. July 6, 1868; res. Bald.

Gertrude S., b. Sept. 6, 1872; m. June 1, 1892, E. L. Bishop; res.
Bald.

8159. Rev. William Wallace Whitney (Noah, David, Silas, David, Benja-
min, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Westminster, Vt., Mar. 28, 1833; m. Feb. 13, 1856, at
Franklin, Vt., Harriett Rebecca Whitney, dau. of Nathan and Abigail (Whitney)
Whitney, b. May 6,1834.

He was born in the west parish of Westminster, Vt. At the age of four years bis
parents moved to Hinsdale, N. H. He attended district school in the winters and
worked on the farm summers until he was eighteen years of age, when his father
then gave him permission to leave home and care for himself. He then went to Bos-
ton, Mass., and worked a year for $20 a month and board, after which he went to the
high school in Saxton River two terms, then worked in a chair shop in the town of
Phillipston, Mass., for a while; made good wages for those times; went to Amherst

9633.

i.

9634.

ii.

9635.

iii.

9636.

iv.

9637.

V.

9638.

vi.

9639.

vii.

9640.

viii

644 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

college, Massachusetts; returning to Gardner and worked in the chair shop again.
He married and continued to work at his trade until 1863, when he was licensed to
preach the gospel in the M. E. church, New England conference. His first appoint-
ment was Locks \'illage, Franklin Co., Mass. He preached there two years, then
removed to the Troy conference and was stationed at East Dorset, \'t.; later at
Bloomingdale, Essex Co., N. Y., Shushan, N.Y., Granville, N, Y., Troy City, Peters-
burgh, West Lebanon, N. Y., Sand Lake, Stoney Creek, Glenville, Corinth, N. Y.;
there, on account of hjs health, he resigned and withdrew from the conference work;
went south, spending a year in traveling; went back to Troy City, N. Y., and soon
received a call from the Reformed (Dutch) Church of America to become pastor of
a church in Ephratah, which he did, and was received into the Classis of Montgom-
ery, Particular Synod of Albany, serving that church for a little over four years. . He
then received and accepted a call from the Livingston Reformed church at Lin-
lithgo, Columbia Co., N. Y., where he now resides. He has been there four years.
Received his degree in 1869 from the Syracuse university of doctor of divinity. Has
been preaching for thirtv years; res. Linlithgo, N. Y.

9641. 1. Ida R., b. So. Gardner, Mass., Nov. 10, 1856; d. June 5, 1878, at E.

Dorset, Vt.

9642. ii. Hattie L., b. East Clarendon, \'t., July 10, 1859; unm.

9643. iii. Abbie M., b. Hinsdale, X. H., Oct. 13, 1861; d. Sand Lake, N. Y.,

Aug. 23, 1880.

8160. Chauncey Hall Whitney (Noah, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,

Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Hinsdale, N. H., July 14, 1836; m. Mar. 25, 1858,

b. ; m. 2d, at Petersburg, N. Y., June 17, 1873, Mary F. Hager, b. Feb.

25, 1855; res. Templeton, Mass.

9644. i. WiLBERT Clifton, b. Sept. 13, 1859; m. July 24, 1892, Laura

Townsend; res. W^est Gardner, Mass.; P. O. box 273.

9645. ii. Grace Jeannette, b. Aug. 31, 1875; res. T.

8161. Edward C. Whitney (Nathan, David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. St. Armand, Canada, Oct. 22, 1817; m. Dec. 12, 1839, at E. Franklin,
Vt., Elvira T. Yaw, b. Dec. 5, 1820; d. Julv 10, 1854; m. 2d, at Huntington, Vt., Oct.,
1857, Eunice Brewster, b. 1829; d. May 8,' 1873; m. 3d, May 15, 1878, Martha York,
b. Feb. 8, 1846; res. Jericho Centre, \'t.

9646. i. Marsella J., b. Jan. 23. 1841; m. Oct. 19, 1859, Ezra J. Chaffee;

res. Albanv, Vt. Ch.: Emma J., b. Aug, 26, 1860; Carl B., b.
Dec. 3, 187i.

9647. ii. Cordelia C, b. Sept. 24, 1843; m. Feb. 6, 1862, Capt. Orloff H.
Whitney (see); res. Enosburgh Falls, \'t.

Hannibal H., b. Dec. 10, 1844; m. .

Edward Charles, b. Franklin, Feb. 29, 1852; m. at Oregon, Mo.,
Jan. 1, 1880, Susanna Sutherland, b. Nov. 20, 1850. He is a me-
chanical engineer; res. s. p. Knoxville, 111.

John E., b. Sept. 27, 18-56; m. Apr. 14, 1880, Julia Bostwick; b. Aug.
15, 1858; res. s. p. Bristol, \"t.

Addelade O., b. Mar. 6, 1860; m. Nov. 24, 1880; Frank Stiles.
Ch.: Winfield, b Jan. 19, 1885.

Mortimer, b. May 8, 1862; unm.

8164. Oliver Cro.mwell Whitney (Nathan, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Swanton. \'t., Apr. 26, 1826; m. at Sheldon, \'t., Oct. 11,
1849, Harriett R. Williams, b. May 3, 1829; d. Galena, 111., Mar. 31, 1854; m. 2d, at
Galena, 111.. Dec. 25, 1854, Josephine A. Parnell, b. England, Aug. 6, 1836; d. Jan. 31.
1888; res. Sheldon, \'t.. Galena, 111., and White Cloud, Kan.

Weston, b. Sheldon July 26, 1850; d. White Cloud, Dec. 16, 1862.

Olive, b. Galena Oct. 23, 1856; d. Jan. 7, 1858; at Galena.

Frank A., b. Nov. 2, 1858; m. Annie Papenhausen.

Hattie A., b. June 26, 1861; m. at VJ. C, Jan. 29, 1882, George W.
Thrailkill; res. Saratoga, Kan.

Olive J., b. Mar. 7, 1864; d. Sept. 11, 1880.

Jean D., b. May 17, 1866.

Edna S., b. Feb. 17, 1868.

Anna, b. July 19, 1870; m. at W. C, Nov. 29, 1891, C. C. Hollebaugh ;
res, \'erdon. Neb.

964^.
9649.

iii.
iv.

9650.

V.

9651.

vi.

96.52.

vii

96.53.

i.

96.54.

ii.

9655.

in.

9656.

IV.

9657.

V.

9658.

vi.

9659.

vii.

9660.

Vlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 645

9661. ix. Charles E., b. Jan. 29. 1873.

9662. X. Josephine M., b. Aug. 31, 1875.

9662a. xi. Mabel, b. Dec. 3, 1877; d. Oct. 24, 1878.

9663. xii. Ray E., b. Feb. 3, 1880; d. Apr. 11, 1880.

8171. Andrew C. Whitney (Solomon, David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Franklin Co., Vt., Aug. 11, 1833; m. at Alden, la., Jan. 31,1858,
Mary G. Todd; b. Nov. 26, 1839. He is a farmer; res Alden, l^.

9664. i. Ida M„ b. Mar. 31, 1860; m. June 30, 1886, Lyman B. Rogers; res.

Alden, s. p.

9665. ii. Edith F.,b. May 18, 1861.

9666. iii. Louis H., b. Aug. 6, 1863; m. Grace McPherson.

9667. iv. Leona A.,b. Oct. 25, 186.5.

9668. V. Minnie S., b. May 18, 1868.

9669. vi. Andrew M., b. Jan. 14. 1871.

9670. vii. Charles, b. Dec. 4, 1874.

9671. viii. Mabel, b. Oct. 18, 1877.

9672. ix. Effie, b. Oct. 12, 1880; d. Nov. 22, 1889.

172. Giles E. Whitney (Solomon, David, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas,
nas, John), b. Highgate, \'t.. Mar. 4,1836; m. at Alden, la., Apr. 15, 1865, Adaline
ivis, b. Ionia, Mich., May 17, 1844. He is a farmer; res. Alden, la.

8172.
Thorn;
P. Da^

9673. i. Millie A., b. Oct. 5, 1866; m. Mar. 17, 1891, Louis Stebe. Ch.:

Bessie M., b. Apr. 17, 1891; Addie M., b. Oct. 17, 1892.

9674. ii. MoNTiE A., b. June 15, 1868; m. Jan. 31, 1893, Clara M. Cox; res.

s. p., Alden, la.

9675. iii. Mavnard F., b. Mar. 16, 1870.

9676. iv. Myrtie M., b. Apr. 24, 1872; m. Apr. 27. 18^2, William R. Cox;

res. Alden, la. Ch.: Rosse W., b. Feb. 1, 1893.

9677. V. Martin D.,b. Jan. 29, 1874.

9678. vi. Maurice R., b. Dec. 21. 1S77.

9679. vii. Irving G., b. June 22, 1880.

9680. viii. Adelbert C.', b. Nov. 27, 1883,

9681. ix. Abbie H., b. Feb. 16, 1886.

8178. Albert Emmet Whitney (Henry M., David, Silas, David. Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Hampden, O., July 19, 1853; m. June 12, 1881, Mary Cath-
erine Cochran, b. Jan., 1856; d. June 14, 1885.

He was graduated at the Grand River institute, Austmburg, O., June, 1879;
received degrees A. M. and B. S. at Wooster university, Ohio, June, 1882; read law
under Judge D. W. Canfield, Chardon, O., and Judge Geo. A. Rathbun. of Ridgway.
I'a., and was admitted to practice May 25, 1885. He taught in the public schools from
1871 to 1880, and from 1882 to 1885 was principal of Richardsville academy. Rich-
ardsville. Pa. At present he is practicing law in Chicago with offices in the Reaper
block; res. 313 Fulton St., Chicago, 111.

9682. i. RoY Lamar, b. ; d. young.

9683. ii. Arah M., b. May 14, 1886.

8184. Hf)N. John K. Whitney (Oliver, Oliver. Silas. David. Benjamin, Thomas.
Thomas. John), b. St. Armand, Canada. Jan. 4, 1813; m. there Philura Hubbard, b.
June 19, 1804; d. Oct. 3. 1880.

Mr. Whitney was a native of St. Armand, P. Q., where he continued to reside
until some time after he was married, when he removed to East Franklin. He was
by occupation a farmer. He twice represented the town in the General Assembly in
1859 and I860, and also at the extra session in the spring of 1861. He was twice
elected commissioner for the county and twice county judge in 1869 and 1870. He
was justice of the peace for nearly a score of years. He was active in the tem-
perance reform and manifested a good degree of interest in the social, intellectual
and religious advantages of the community, and was respected by all who knew him.
He was a kind husband and loving father. He d. Sept. 16, 1873; res. East Frank-
lin. Vt.

9684. i. Sarah R., b. Julv 24, 1833; d. Mar. 9, 1836.

9685. ii. Helen L.. b. May 29. 1835; m. Feb. 24, 1858, Artemas Holden;

res. St. Armand, Que.. Canada. Ch.: A. Homer, b. Mar. 8.
1859; m. Feb. 25, 1885, Gertrude Barnev; res. Frelighsburg, P. Q.;
Edgar DeF.. b. Dec. 31. 1861; m. June 27. 1886, Mjllie J. Ingles;.

646 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

res. Frel; Orloff W., b. Nov, 17. 1863; m. Jan. 2, 1885, Flora
Brown; res. Franklin.

9686. iii. Orloff H., b. Mav 7, 18;^; d. June 28, 1838.

9687. iv. Orloff H., b. Apr. 19, 1839; m. Cordelia Whitney.

9688. V. Sarah R., b. Apr. 13. 1841 ; m. Jan. 3. 1861. Harrison L. Ford; res.

E. F. Ch.: Harriett C, b. Dec. 2, 1861; m. Aug. 26. 1886. Clar-
ence P. Ewins; res. \o. Troy, Vt.; Orloff W., b. Aug. 31. 1864;
m. Nov. 24. 1887, Dell G. Burleson; res. W. Berkshire; Alice M.,
b. June 26, 1868; m. June 6, 1888, Chas. W. Scott; res. Scotts-
more, P. Q.; Clarence W.. b. May 12, 1871; m. Sept. 16, 1891,
Mina A. Ladd; res. W. Brome, P. Q.

9689. vi. Philura A., b. Feb. 24. 1846; d. Apr. 8. 1848.

9690. vii. Philura A., b. Feb. 8. 1848; m. Aug. 21, 1867. W. P. Olmstead;

res. Anthony. Kas. Ch.: Winnifred.b. Sept., 1881; d. Nov., 1881;
Fred W., b. Sept., 1882.

9691. viii. John L., b. Oct. 12, 1850; m. Annie E. Colcord.

8185. Alloway Whitney (Bartholomew, Oliver, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas. Thomas, John), b. Sw^anton, \'t.. Mar. 23,1814; m. at Berkshire. Nov. 5, 1843,
Lorinda Pratt, b. July 18. 1824; d. Mar. 4, 1852; m. 2d at Franklin, July 21, 1852,
Elizabeth Dewing, b. Feb. 16, 1826.

■~~^ Alloway Whitney was born in Swanton. Vt.. and was a child at the time the
British under Gen. Prove were defeated at Plattsburgh. N. Y. He was a farmer and
always resided in Franklin. He owned a large amount of real estate, was educated
in French and spoke it almost perfectly. He d.Highgate Springs, Sept. 4, 1889; res.
St. Armand, Can.

Mary E., b. Feb. 14. 1846; m. Nov. 10. 1868. Daniel Chamberlain.
He d. Sept. 25, 1870; res. Baldwin, Wis. She d. Sept. 10, 1877.
Eunice Ellen, b. Dec. 28, 1847; m. Sept. 21, 1870. Hartson F.
Woodard, attorney; res. Minneapolis. Ch.: May Agnes, b.
July, 1873.
Adolphus D., b. Oct. 15, 1855; m. Maria M. Colcord.
Louisa S., b. June 14, 1857; m. Nov. 27, 1877; Sanford W. Arm-
strong; res. E. Franklin, Vt. Ch.: Edith, b. June 28, 1885.

9696. V. Elnora B.; b. Feb. 27, 1865; m. Apr. 2, 1889, Carl K. Emery; res.

So. Franklin, Vt.

8186. Hon. Bartholomew Whitney (Bartholomew. Oliver, Silas, David, Ben-
jamin. Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Franklin, Vt., Mar. 8, 1826; m. there Nov. 3, 1847,
Sarah Towle Pearson, b. Nov. 10, 1826.

He was born in Franklin, Vt., where he always resided. Having obtained a
common school education he entered Bakersfield academy where he was graduated.
He early joined the M. E. church in which he was a steward for over thirty years. He
was entrusted with all the town offices and in 1880 was unanimously elected a mem-
ber of the Vermont legislature at Montpelier. He d. Oct. 16, 1893; res. W. Berk-
shire, Vt.

9697. 1. Wm. Arnold, b. Mar. 4. 1849; m. Elma Hurlbert.

9698. ii. Florence Elizabeth, b. Apr. 11, 1852; m. Jan. 5, 1871, H. G.

Spaulding; res. Sheldon, Vt. Ch.: Hannah S., b. June 22, 1871;
Mary B.. b. Dec. 14. 1873; Glenna M.. b. May 5. 1875; Bertha A.,
b. Dec. 14, 1883; Marian E.. b. Feb. 13, 1891.

9699. iii Dorothy May, b. May 25, 1857; m. May, 31. 1876. Herman A.

Ebrick; res. East Franklin, Vt. Ch.: Verral L..b.May 24.1877;
Gertrude M., b. Mar. 14, 1879; d. Apr. 20, 1882; Henry A., b. Jan.
9. 1882; Edith M., b. Aug. 24. 1884; Charles A., b. Apr. 5, 1888;
Harold A., b. Mar. 16. 1891.

9700. iv. Herbert E., b. July 8, 1854; m. Ida M. Stowe.

9701. V. Stephen Bart, b. Nov. 25, 1860; m. Addie Parmelia Chaffee.

9702. vi. Marion Gertrude, b. June 2, 1866; m. Mar. 28, 1889, Edward

H. Chamberlin; res. East Franklin. Ch.: Ina V., b. Nov. 2,
1892.

8194. Nathaniel Stevens Whitney (John, Oliver. Silas. David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas. John), b. Frelighsburg, P. Q., Dec. 2, 1820; m. at Montreal, July
27, 1847, Helen I. Mills, b. Nov. 18, 1830.

The Canadian Illustrated News oi Montreal, July 7, 1883, says: "Another of

9692.

i.

9693.

ii.

9694.
9695.

iii.
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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 647

Montreal's worthies, the esteemed and widely-beloved gentleman, Nathaniel S.
Whitney, has at last gone over to the majority at the comparatively early age
of 62 years.

Mr. Whitney was born at Frelighsburg, on the 2d December, 1820, and came
to Montreal at an early age. Later on he entered into the wholesale dry goods
business, and subsequently into the leather business, in which he continued until his
death. Mr. Whitney was always identified with measures of progress. In his office
was held the first meeting of the Montreal Telegraph company at its organization.
He was always foremost in promoting or taking part in the promotion of works of
utility, benevolence, and religion. He was largely instrumental in forming the horti-
cultural society of which he was latterly president; was a life governor of the hospital,
not in name only, but in deeds and activity, as the annual reports have testified; was
a trustee of the Mount Royal cemetery; a devoted adherent of the church of England.
He was for many years a lay delegate to the synod, a member of the executive com-
mittee, and a governor of the Diocesan college. Mr. Whitney came of the good old
United Empire loyalist stock, and showed fiimself a worthy descendant by serving
in both winters of the rebellion, although not of the age required by law. In politics
he was always a stanch Liberal. He was several times invited to come forward as
a candidate for his nati\e county, but always dechned. It was while visiting his
country residence, ' The Hills,' where he had a large stock farm at Frelighsburg,
that he caught the cold resulting in his death. Respected by all alike, for his loving
and excellent qualities, he will long be missed, and his death leaves a blank m a large
circle which will not soon be filled up." He died May 3L 1883; res. Montreal, P. Q.,
317 Prince Arthur St.

9703. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. June 29, 1851; m. Feb. 25, 1880,

; res. Montreal. Ch.: Mary Marguerite Gladys, b. Feb.

8, 1881; Arthur Reginald, b. Jan. 9, 1887.

9704. ii. Emma M., b. Montreal, Sept. 2, 1861; d. England, Sept. 29, 1877,

9705. iii. Lucv Leonard, b. Mar. 17, 1865; m. May IL 1887, Charles Xorris

Whitney; res. Newton ville, Mass.

9706. iv. John E.M.,b. July 14, 1848; m. at Montreal, Jan. 25, 1882, Adelaide

Lucy Bouchette, b. July 4, 1853. He was born in Montreal,
where he attended school, later graduated at college, and soon
after entered the employ of Whitney, Wardlow & Co., leather
merchants. For a number of years past he has been in the
leather business on his own account in Montreal; res., s. p.,
Montreal, Canada, 42 Shuter St.

9707. V. Florence Anna, b. Jan. 10. 1868; m. June 28, 1882, Albert Clar-

ence Lvman; 3 sons; res. Montreal.

9708. vi. Alice Ruth, b. Nov. 15, 1863; m. Apr, 28, 1886, Percv Atherson

Bath; res. Toronto. Ch.: Chas. Whitnev, b. Apr. 5, 1^87; Henry
James, b. Feb. 12, 1889; Edward Osier, b. Mar. 23, 1892.

9709. vii. Alice Ethel, b. June 22, 1869; m. Aug. 24, 1886, Charles Mc-

Clothier, s. p.; res. .Montreal.

9710. viii. Arthur Stevens, b. Sept. 5, 1866; m. Oct. 5, 1892, Susie Emma

O'Brien, b. Sept. 14, 1866. He was born in Frelighsburg, P. Q.
attended the public schools in Montreal, and later was graciu
ated at St. Paul's school. Concord, N. H. Entering the employ
of Whitney, Wardlow & Co., leather merchants of Montreal
he remained a short time. Soon after he was employed in the
same business by J. M. Whitney & Co., and in May, 1892
engaged in the leather trade on his own account; s. p.; res
317 Prince Arthur St., Montreal.

8199. Oscar O. Whitney (Aaron, Samuel, Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas
Thomas John), b. Jamaica, Vt., Aug. 15, 1832; m. at Edinburgh, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1854.
Sarah R. Steel, b. May 31, 1837. Is a carpenter and builder; res. Glens Falls, N. Y.',
48 First St.

9708a. i. Osie S., b. July 27, 1855; m. O. R. Denning; res. Cortland, Neb.

9709a. ii. Leah R., b. Aug. 18, 1857; m. J. D. Kathan. She d. Apr. 21, 1887.

He res. Gloversville, N. Y.
9710a. iii. William O., b. Feb. 19, 1863; unm.; res. G. F.

8202. Arthur Pierce Whitney (Reuben P., Samuel, Silas. David, Benjamin.
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 20, 1842; m. at Alexandria, \'a.,
Nov. 27, 1872, Margaret Jane Milburn, b. July 16, 1852.

648 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He was born in Southbridge where he lived until 13 years of age, about as other
boys; attended the public school and twu terms at the "high school," as it was then
termed. At 13 he left home and went to Saratoga county, N. Y., where he stayed
(that is, in Saratoga and Fulton counties), until Jan., 1862; when at the age of 20 he
enlisted in the 4th Rect. \. V. H. Art'y, served three years, and has since resided in
Washington, except aijuat fuur years that he lived in Alexandria, Va.; res. Washing-
ton, D. C., 1517 Coiunibia St.

9711. i. Geo. Milburn, b. Sept. 16, 1873; res. at home. '

9712. ii. Fred'k Pierce, b. Ian. 3, 1881.

9713. iii. Paul Clinton, b. Aug. 28, 1882.

8218. William Beath Whitney (William, Samuel, David, Samuel, Ben-
jamin, Thomas, Thomas, lohU), b. Chicago, 111., Nov., 1855; m. Nov. 29, 1883, Kittie
McGeary, b. Chicago, Julv 28, 1858; res. Chicago, 111., 188 W. Congress St.

9714. i. Edward B.,b. Oct. 6, 1884.

9715. ii. Margaret, b. Jan. 20, 1885.

9716. iii. Henrietta, b. Jan. 5, 1887.

9717. iv. Janet, b. June 4, 1890.

8224. Henry Herbert Whitney (David, Nathan, David, Samuel, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas. Johni.b. Auburn, Mass., Sept. 5, 1862; m. in Oxford, Mass., Oct. 14,
1891, Carrie Adell Morse, b. Apr. 29, 1870. Is a pattern maker; res. Auburn,
Mass., s. p.

8230. Joseph Cvtler Whitney (Henry A., Joseph, Joseph, Samuel, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, Johni, b. Boston, Dec. 7, 1856; m. Nov. 9, 1882, in Boston, Georgi-
anna Haywood, b. Jan. 22, 1857.

Joseph C. Whitney was born in Boston, where he was educated at the public
schools. He later entered Harvard College and was graduated in the class of 1878.
He is engaged in business in Boston in the care and management of personal prop-
erty and real estate. With his family he passes the winters in Boston and summers
at Milton, where he is a legal resident. He has served for several years as a trustee
of the Milton Public Library; res. Milton, Mass., P. O. box 3573.

9718. i. Henry Lawrence, b. Jan. 13, 1886.

9719. ii. George Haywood, b. Jan. 31, 1892.

8239. Harwood Otis Whitney (Leonard, Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Bennington, \'t., Apr. 17, 1844; m. at Warsaw, 111., July
14, 1870, Helen J. Hay. b. Sept. 13, 1844; d. June 13, 1873.

Harwood Otis Whitney was born at Bennington, \'t.; parents removed to the
west while he was an infant, and settled permanently in Keokuk, la. He attended

public and private schools in Keokuk until the age of four-
teen, and was then sent to Williston academy, Williston, Vt.,
and remained there two years. Returned to Keokuk, la.,
and entered the army at age of seventeen as a private in
Co. C, 3d Regiment, Iowa \'olunteer Cavalry. Served in the
field through the campaign of the Army of the Southwest, in
command of Gen. S. R. Curtis, of Iowa. Marched from St.
Louis through Missouri and Arkansas to Helena, Ark., and
was engaged in the battle of Pea Ridge, in the Ozark moun-
tains, in 1862. Upon arrival at Helena, Ark., Gen. S. R.
Curtis was placed in command of the department of the
Missouri, with headquarters at St. Louis, Mo. By his order
he was detached from his regiment and ordered to St. Louis
to serve as a clerk in the adjutant-general's ofifice. Depart-
ment of the Missouri. Served the remainder of his three
years' term of service as a clerk in adjutant-general's office,
and was recommended by Gen. S. R. Curtis, Gen. Halleck,
HAEwooD o. WHITXEV. and others, for a lieutenancy in the regular army, but pre-
ferred his discharge, and returned to Keokuk, la., and
engaged in railroad business. Served at several points as general agent for rail-
roads, and his last position in railroad service was as general agent for the C, B. &
Q. Ry., at Keokuk, la. He has since engaged in speculative business of his own,
using some capital acquired in a long term of remunerative work and economy; res.
Keokuk, la., s. p.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 649

8245. William Flagg Whitney (Edmund, Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Williston, Vt., Oct. 27, 1842; m. there, Dec. 18, 1866,
Zeruah Forbes Brownell, b. Dec. 17, 1846. He is a farmer; res. Williston, Vt.

9720. i. Henry Otis, b. Oct. 7, 1870.

9721. ii. Chas. Flagg, b. Mar. 27, 1874.

9722. iii. Laura Brownell, b. Nov. 29, 1876.

8247. Edmund Barton Whitney (Edmund, Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Williston, Vt., June 19, 1848; m. Oct. 6, 1874, Juliet Hood,
of Winooski, A't. He is a retired glove manufacturer; res. Gloversville, N. Y.; s. p.

8248. Zenas Blinn Whitney (Edmund, Otis, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan, Thomas,
Thomas, John), b. Williston, Vt., Dec. 25, 1853; m. Apr. 5, 1882, Alida Porter, of
Gloversville. He is a wholesale dealer in skins and glove leather; res. Gloversville,
N. Y.

9723. i. Marion Ellen, b. Aug., 1885.

8259. Arthur Barton Whitney (Baxter, Chester, Aaron, Nathan, Nathan,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Waterbur>% Vt., Aug. 30, 1846; m. Sept. 16, 1868, Emma
J. Patch, b. Mar. 10, 1846; d. Mar. 14, 1879; m. 2d, Sept. 11, 1881, Carrie M. Tyler, b.
May 16, 1858.

Until he was twenty years of age he lived with his parents on a farm in the state
of \'ermont. In 1866 his parents moved to Milford, Kan., where he learned the
miller's trade. In 1881 he moved with his family to Colorado Springs, Colo., and
spent the succeeding four years there and in that vicinity. He then returned to Kan-
sas and the miller's occupation. In 1890 he moved west again, and for want of any
place further west to go to, stopped in western Washington, where he now is and
henceforth will be; res. Cosmopolis, Wash.

9724. i. Frank Arthur, b. Oct. 18, 1869; with Gilfillan Scale & Hard-

ware Co., 725 Old Colony bldg.. Dearborn and Van Buren Sts.
Chicago, 111. '

8268. Elmer Curtis Whitney (Samuel C, David, Elijah, Thomas, Thomas,
Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Westboro, Mass., Apr. 6, 1859; m. Warwick, Mass., Dec.
26, 1884, Anna E. Delra, b. Nov. 7, 1863; res. Orange, Mass.

9725. i. Maude Beatrice, b. Jan. 6, 1887.

9726. ii. Frank Ralph, b. Oct. 7, 1891.

8283. William Harmon Whitney (Adin, Artemas H., John S., Thomas,
Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Ludlow, Mass., Feb. 27, 1848; m. at Chicopee,
May 13, 1876, Emma F. Haynes, b. June 25, 1855. He was a farmer. He d. Oct. 6,
1888; res. No. Wilbraham, Mass.

Mabel E., b. Julv 15, 1876.

Artemas A., b. Aug. 21, 1878; d. June 12, 1879.

Artemas Adin, b. June 22, 1880.

Wm. H., b. May 7, 1882.

Frank E., b. Aug. 11, 1884.

Ira E., b. Nov. 17, 1886.

8288. Charles M. Whitney (Zuri, Artemas H., John S., Thomas, Thomas,
Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Ludlow, Mass., Dec. 20, 1852; m. at Palmer, Sept. 29, 1877,
Lillian C. Arnold, b. Feb. 6, 1859. He is a farmer; res. Ludlow Centre, Mass.

9733. i. L. May, b. Aug. 25, 1879.

8343. Charles W. Whitney (Charles W., Charles W., Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Troy, N. H., Mar. 14, 1861; m. Mar. 24, 1886. Lizzie L. Hey-
wood.

He was born in Troy, N. H., where he was educated at the public schools. For
several years he was employed by his father as clerk in his store. Of late he has
been pay clerk in the office of the Thomson-Houston Electric Light Company, in
Arlington, Mass.; res. Arlington, Mass.

9734. i. Dorrace Bell, b. Sept. 20, 1888.

8346. Wm. A, Whitney (Samuel G., Charles W., Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Thomas, John), b. Oct. 16, 1847; m. June 3, 1884, Eliza Chandler, b. Oct. 13, 1863; res.
Sylvania, O.
42

9727.

9728.

ii.

9729.

ni.

9730.

iv.

9731.

v.

9732.

vi.

eso

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9735. i. Clarence T., b. June 16, 1885.

9736. ii. Ethel May, b. May 6, 1887.

9737. iii. Clifford W., b. Aug. 6, 1889.

9738. IV. Earl Griffin, b. Mar. 22, 1892.

8347. William H. Whitney (Samuel G., Charles W., Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah,
Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. July 9, 1850; m. Sept. 17, 1876, Lucy L. McAllaster, b. Sept.
12, 1850. He d. July 9, 1877; res. Edgewater, 111.

9739. i. Will Page, b. July 30, 1877; d. June 30, 1882.

8401. Asa Williams Whitney (James S., Asa, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan,
Jonathan, John), b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 31, 1861; m. Sept. 24, 1890, Helen Frances
Stebbins, b. May 28, 1864; chemist; res. Wallingford, Pa.

9740. i. Wallace Brown, b. Sept. 13, 1891,

8405x. Rev. George Wallace Whitney (Samuel, Asa, Samuel, Levi, DanieU
Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 27, 1843; m. May 13, 1868, Lucy Ann Harrington,
of Westmmster, b. Sept. 14, 1848.

After leaving the Nashua high school he studied theology with Rev. H. Closson,
of Cavendish, Vt., and preached his first sermon (text Ps. )xi -.2) on his twenty-first
birthday. Removing to Massachusetts he was settled at W. Boylston, Westminster,
Beverly (five years) and Quincy (six years). April, 1878, he became pastor of the
Augusta M. E. church, preaching his last sermon Jan. 2, 1881. He was then pros-
trated by a severe hemorrhage, which led to his death in W^altham, Mass., at his
father's home. May 26, 1881. He was a ready and eloquent extempore preacher, a man
of large sympathy and spirituality, and a very devoted pastor. He was a zealous
member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar. Augusta Lodge, of
which he was chaplain, printed a series of very appreciative resolutions after his
decease, and the religious and secular papers alluded to his work and character in
terms of high praise. He d. May 26, 1881; res. Waltham, Mass.

8409. Melbourne Wallace Whitney (Jonathan W., Samuel, Asa, Levi,.
Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Winchester, Mass., Sept. 18,1846; m. at Provi-
dence, R. I., Oct. 25, 1876, Abby F. Lee; res. Providence, R. I., P. O. box 1560.

9740a. i. May Brooks, b. May 25, 1879.

8410. Ellis Brooks Whitney (Jonathan W., Samuel, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jona-
than, Jonathan, John), b. Winchester, Mass., June 2, 1848; m. in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Nov. 11, 1872, Addie A. Rhodes, b. Feb. 25, 1853; d. May 18, 1879; m. 2d, in Boston,
Oct. 13, 1881, Mrs. Elvira A. Ayer, b. Raynham, Mass., Feb. 23, 1847; res. Providence,
R. I.

9741a. i. James Lyman, b. Sept. 21, 1873.
9742a. ii. Bertha V., b. June 12, 1875; d. July 22,
1879.

8407x. Rev. Elbert Watson Whitney, B. A., B. D.
(Samuel, Samuel, Asa, Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan,
John), b. Dec. 8, 1849; m. Sept. 8, 1875, Mary Frances French,
b. June 13, 1854, dau. of Dr. C. S. French.

Elbert Watson Whitney, of Milford, Mass., was born
at Nashua, N. H., Dec. 8, 1849. He removed to Waltham,
Mass., in 1864 and graduated from the high school in 1869.
Entering Tuft's college (Medford, Mass.) he received the
degree of B. A. in 1873, and of B. D. in 1875. In college he
was class prophet, and gave two poems at the anniversaries
of the Mathetican society. July 1, 1875, he was ordained
pastor of the First Parish church of Saugus, Mass., founded
m 1732. April, 1876, he accepted a call to Peabody, Mass.
He was a member of the school committee until his removal
to Brattleboro, Vt., in Jan., 1880. Here he was one of the men who established
the Brattleboro free library (of which he was trustee till his removal from town)
and the Professional club. April, 1887, he accepted a call to the First Universalist
church of Cincinnati, O., and was a trustee of the Ohio Universalist convention
while he remained in the state. Nov., 1890, he became pastor of the Milford, Mass.,
Universalist church, organized in 1785. A considerable number of his sermons and
addresses have been published in secular and religious papers; res. Milford, Mass.

EEV. E. W. WHITNEY.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 651

9741. i. Mabel, b. May 27, 1876. She received an excellent common

school education and is now (1894) in Smith college.

9742. ii. Arthur Bryant, b. July 8, 1878; was educated at the public

schools and fitted for college, and in 1895 entered Tuft's college,
his father's alma mater.

8420x. Frank John Whitney (John W. P., Aaron, Aaron, Levi, Daniel, Jon-
athan, Jonathan, John), b. Dec. 22, 1856; m. Anna Pauline Robinson, of Pembroke,
N. H.; res. Roxbury, Mass., 6 Cedar Park.
974y. i. Nadine, b.

8422x. Capt. George Eli Whitney (John W. P., Aaron, Aaron, Levi, Daniel,

ionathan, Jonathan, John), b. June 10, 1862; m. Ida Tufts, d. Apr. 1890; m. 2d,
"eb. 10, 1894, Annie M. Savory, of Salem, Mass. He is captain of the steamer City
of Portsmouth; res. East Boston, Mass., Mayo's wharf.

9144. i. (Beatrice Ellen, b. Mar. 24, 1890; d. 1891.

8423x. Charles William Whitney (James H., John, John, James, James, John,
Jonathan, John), b. New York City, Jan. 17, 1831; m. at New Rochelle, N. Y., June 4,
1857, Victoria Lockwood, b. July 10, 1837; res. White Plains, N. Y.

9745. i. GouvERNEUR Rutgers, b. May 19, 1858; res. W. P.

9746. ii, Geo. Lockwood, b. Sept. 25, 1860; res. W. P.

9747. iii. Charles William, b. July 23, 1862; res. St. Louis, Mo., Wain-

wright building.

9748. iv. Fredk King, b. Apr. 28, 1864; d. Mar. 28, 1869.

9749. V. Victoria, b. Apr. 19, 1866; m. Apr. 19, 1892, Alexander Fleming

Popham; res. Englewood, N. J.

8426x. Alfred Rutgers Whitney (James H., John, John, James, James, John,
Jonathan, John),b. New York, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1835; m. there Dec. 5, 1861, Adaline P.
Nesbitt, d. Aug. 1878; m, 2d, Nov. 1, 1879, Mary L. Freeman.

He was born in New York City, and started in the grocery business in 1853, but
was not successful, as the war broke out and he lost heavily. He was employed by
Capt. Ericsson and associates to take charge of all material for the Monitors, and
when the war was over he began buying all the iron left over and selling it, and from
this became an iron merchant and then built a rolling mill and wire nail factory.
He has never held office, but has always been a Republican and took a deep interest
in politics, and was a delegate from New York that nominated Harrison, but was
for Depew; res. Morristown, N.J.

Alfred R., b. June 16, 1868; res. Everett, Wash.

Sallie Nesbitt, b. Apr. 10, 1871.

Elsie Montgomery, b. Oct. 23, 1876.

Livingston, b. Nov. 12, 1880.

Lelia, b. Aug. 23, 1882.

H. Le Roy, b. Feb. 4, 1884.

Frank, b. Dec. 20, 1885.

Eleanor N., b. Sept. 12, 1887.

Roger Van Rensselaer, b. May 24, 1889; d. Jan. 24, 1895.

Maurice, b. Aug. 28, 1892.

8432x. George L. Whitney (Lyman, James, John, James, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Sherborn, Mass., Aug. 21, 1848; m. there, Nov. 24, 1872, Martha A. Fleming,
b. Feb. 25, 1849. He is a farmer and also conducts a large livery stable; res. So.
Framingham, Mass.

9757. i. Dudley B., b. Apr. 10, 1874; res. at home.

9758. ii. Bertha E., b. Sept. 28, 1881.

8437x. Henry Edward Whitney (Ezra S., Ezra, John, James, James, John,
Jonathan, John), b. Albany, N. Y., Dec. 29, 1838; m. June 12, 1867, Helen C. Lester,
b. Oct. 12, 1844. He is in the real estate business; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.

9759. i. Richard Elliott, b. Apr. 21, 1868.

9760. ii. Louise Hunt, b. June 28. 1870.

9761. iii. Helen, b. Jan. 21, 1876; d. May 14, 1890.

9762. iv. Harold Edward, b. Aug. 4, 1880.

9750.

i.

9751.

n.

9752.

ni.

9753.

iv.

9754.

v.

9755.

VI.

9756.

vn.

9757a.

vni

9758a.

IX.

9759a.

X.

652 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8438x, Frederick Augustus Whitney (Ezra S., Ezra, John, James, James,
John, Jonathan, John), b. Albany, N. Y., July 10, 1841; m. at Brooklyn. Sept. 25, 1862,
E. Louise Hunt, b. Sept. 25. 1838; d. Jan. 12, 1887; res. Brooklyn, N. Y.

9763. i. Fred'k, b. Paris, France, June 29, 1867 ; d. Brooklyn, Mar. 27, 1873.

8445x. Charles A. Whitney (John S., Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jona-
than, John), b. Oct. 15, 1853; m. Sept. 31, 1886, Cora B. Harrington. He d. May 12,
1891; res. Orange Lake, Fla.

9764. i. Mary V., b. Nov. 12, 1887.

9765. ii. Chas. Osborn, b. July 11, 1889.

8446x. John A. Whitney (John S., Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jonathan,
John), b. Sept. 15, 1855; m. May 7, 1879, Beulah S. Clement; d. Aug., 1885. He d.
Mar. 16, 1883; res. Orange Lake, Fla.; s. p.

8447x. William P. Whitney (John S., Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jona-
than, John), b. July 17, 1857; m. Apr. 16, 1884, Martha C. Young; res. Orange Lake,
Fla.

9766. i. William T., b. Dec. 26, 1885.

8449x. Augustus G. Whitney (John S., Ezra, John, James, James, John, Jona-
than, John), b. June 15, 1865; m. Mar., 1889, Nora Hickson; res. Jacksonville, Fla.

9767. i. John A., b. Feb. 1, 1890.

9768. ii. Robert H., b. May, 1893.

8455x. Frank Whitney (James R., Isaac, James, Benjamin, James, John, Jona-
than, John), b. Sherborn, Mass., Feb. 12, 1846; m. there Dec. 25, 1871, Elizabeth Cool-
idge, b. Mar. 19, 1847. He is a farmer; res. Sherborn, Mass.

9768a. i. Gertrude Coolidge, b. June 26, 1872; m. Jan. 16, 1894, C.Lewis

Bickford; res. 37 Arlington St., S. Framingham, Mass.
9769a. ii. Helen Almira, b. July J, 1880; res. S.

8458x. George Barbour Whitney (Felix G., Martin, James, Benjamin, James,
John, Jonathan, John), b. N. Attleboro, Mass., Nov. 6, 1852; m. Jan. 30, 1878, Annie L.
Norton, b. 1855; d. Jan. 6, 1884; m. 2d, Nov. 7, 1886, Mary L. Bickford, b. Aug. 8,
1861; d. s. p. Mar. 25, 1892.

He was born in North Attleboro, Mass.; was educated at the public schools there,
at Dean academy, Franklin, Mass., Goddard seminary, Barre, Vt., and Tufts college,
Somerville, Mass. He then returned to North Attleboro, engaged in business with
his father until 1888, when he went to Rico, Cal., and engaged in mining. At present
he is manufacturers' agent for an eastern jewelry house in Chicago; res. Chicago,
111., 115 Dearborn St., room 118.

9769. i. Gertrude, b. June 3, 1880; res. Cottage City, Mass.

8460x. Edwin Felix Whitney (Felix G., Martin, James, Benjamin, James,
John, Jonathan, John), b. N. Attleboro, Mass., Sept. 8, 1856; m. Oct. 28, 1880, Annie
Amanda Davenport, b. Dec 11, 1850. He is a jewelry manufacturer; res. Dorches-
ter, Mass., 320 Boston St.

9770. i. Charles Smith, b. Au^. 25, 1881.

9771. ii. Florence Louise, b. bept. 7, 1885.

8419. Theodore Wellington Whitney (John A., Benjamin, Moses, Ezra.
James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Newton, Mass., Apr. 8, 1843; m. at Somersworth, N,
H., Aug. 24, 1866, Emma Frances Folsom.b. Dec. 12, 1848, d. Dec. 24, 1868; m.2d, at
Boston, June 15, 1890, Amanda Condon, b. Sept. 14, 1844; he is a machinist; res. 73
Walnut St., Somerville, Mass.

9769a. i. Edith Frances, b. Sept. 18, 1867; m. Feb., 1889, Clarence

Tucker; res. 13 Highland Av., Somerville, Mass.
9770a. ii. John Alfred, b. Dec. 16, 1868; res. 13 H. Av.

8446x. Walter Scott Whitney (Ansel D., Zabad, Jonathan, Peter, Josiah,
Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. So. Royalton, \'t., Mar. 14, 1858; m. at Boston, May 28,
1881, Annie F. Keenan, b. Dec. 25, 1858; he is a stenographer; res. Boston, Mass.; 192
Blue Hill Av., Roxbury; s. p.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 653

8448. Willis Ward Whitney (Charles C, Zebina, Jonathan, Peter, Josiah,
Josiah, Jonathan, John),b. Jan. 16, 1863; m. Emma Sanborn; res. Tunbridge,\'t., East
Bethel, Vt. ^

9772. i. Alex Harry, b. Dec. 13, 1886.

9773. ii. Charles Carroll, b. Nov. 3, 1888.

8454. Edward E. Whitney (Ohel E., Albert R., Josiah, Josiah, Josiah, Josiah,
Jonathan. John), b. Seymour, Ind., Mar. 18. 1868; m. Nov. 18, 1888, Lilly S. Moore, b.
Oct. 3, 1867, d. May 17, 1892; m. 2d, June 19, 1893, Nora M. Gillette, b. Aug. 1, 1878;
res. Birmingham, Iowa; s. p.

8601. RuLUFF Whitney (William G., Ruluff, Christopher, William, William,
William, Joshua. John), b. Aug. 26, 1837, in Portsmouth, O.; m. Apr. 26, 1871, Ellen
^L Cassiday, b. Feb. 15, 1846, d. Chicago, 111., 1881; m. 2d, Oct. 13, 1881, Mary Louise
Adams, b. Feb. 5, 1853. He is foreman in one of the largest tinning establishments
in Ohio; res. Cincinnati, O., 285 Findlay St.

9774. i. Ruluff. b. Mar. 5, 1883; d. July 14, 1883.

9775. ii. Grace Melvenia, b. June 14, 1884.

9776. iii. Wm. Glenny, b. May 19, 1887.

9776a. iv. Clara Belle, b. Mar. 9, 1862; m. Oct. 25, 1877, Edward] W.
Harvev, b. May 18, 1849; res. Chicago, 111. Ch.: Jesse Edwin,
b. June 10, 1879; res. 1203 Wrightwood Ave.

8603. William Fleming Whitney (William G., Ruluff, Christopher,
William, William, William, Joshua, John), b. Nov. 2, 1843; m. May 15, 1871, Lizzie M.
Jones, b. May 15, 1845.

William Fleming Whitney, clerk of the courts of Scioto county, Ohio, was born
in Portsmouth, where he has always resided. He attended the public schools in his
native city and the Bryant & Stratton business college in Cincinnati. After his
graduation he was a clerk and later a bookkeeper. He entered the county clerk's
office as deputy m 1867 and has continued to serve the county in some capacity since
that tmie. In 1883 he was appointed clerk, and in 1889 was elected to that position
and re-elected in 1893. He has been a member of the school board for six years. In
May, 1864, he enlisted in Co. E., 140th Ohio V. I., and served for a short time.
He is a Knight Templar, member of the G. A. R. and Elks; res. Portsmouth, O.

9777. i. Edward Glenny, b. May 17, 1872.

9778. ii. David Alkert, b. Mav 17, 1872; d. June 27, 1872.

9779. iii. Tom Jones, b. Jan. 23, 1878; d. Dec. 10, 1884.

8609. James Glenny Whitney (John, Ruluff, Christopher, William, William,
William, Joshua, John), b. Apr. 22, 1847; m. at Cincinnati, O., Sept. 4, 1873, Linda
Delia Carr; b. Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 3, 1855; res. Cincinnati and Portsmouth, O.

9780. i. John, b. Dec. 28, 1874; d. Feb. 3. 1878.

9781. ii. Maude Irene, b. Sept. 12, 1877.

9782. iii. Bessie Anderson, b. Mar. 9, 1879.

8616. Albertus L. Whitney (Lyman, Christopher, Christopher, William,
William, William, Joshua, John), b. Hinsdale. N. Y.. Aug. 1. 1829; m. at St. Paul,
Minn., Feb. 22, 1863, Cornelia L. Tozer. b. Oct. 20. 1835, at Farmersville, N. Y.

Albertus L. Whitney was with his father from 1829 to 1850; then he went to
Kentucky and taught one year. From there went to Wisconsin and taught; in 1856
went to St. Anthony Falls and taught. From 1858 to 1863 was in employ of U. S.
in postal service; Feb. 22, 1863, was married in St. Paul, Minn., to C. L. Tozer, then
went to Jeffersonville, Ind., and for three years was railway ticket agent. From
there went to Minneapolis, Minn., and was again an employe in the Minneapolis
postofifice as assistant postmaster and superintendent of carriers. In 1875 he went
to Los Angeles, where he has since made his home. For five years he was con-
nected with the postoffice department, and later was deputy county assessor and
cashier for the county tax collector; res. Los Angeles, Cal.

9782a. i. Frank A., b. July 31, 1865; d. June 21, 1867.

9783a. ii. Alice D., b. May 14, 1868, res. at home.

9784a. iii. Paris Gibson, b. Aug. 27, 1870; d. Mar. 17, 1874.

8628. William Henry Whitney (George, Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William,
William, Joshua, John), b. Chenango, N. Y., July 10, 1827; m. Jan. 7, 1856, Julia Clar-
issa Freeman, b. Aug. 27, 1834; he is a jeweler; res. New York, N. Y., add. 179 Broad-
way.

654 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

8631. James Evans Whitney (George, Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, Will-
iam, Joshua, John), b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. Apr. 11, 1860, Alice M. Angell, b. Aug. 8,

He was born on a farm in Chenango Co., N. Y., where he lived until he was sixteen
years of age, when he went in his brother's jewelry store for two years, then went on
the road as a commercial traveler. He went to Michigan in 1865 and engaged in
the shoe business. He did not make a success of it, closed his store, went back to
New York City and tried the jewelry business again, leaving his family there. They
were burned out and lost nearly everything. He brought them to Binghamton and
left New York. He stayed there two years then went back to Bay City. He is now
agent for the Singer sewing machine; res. Bay City, Mich.
9788. i. John P., b. 1864.

9784. ii. Geo. E., b. 1870.

9785. iii. Herbert A., b. 1874.

9786. iv. Vincent J., b. 1882.

8632. George Whitney (George, Joshua, Joshua, Thomas, William, William,

Joshua, John), b. Feb. 12, 1839; m. Sept. 16, 1869, Flora Adelaide Paddock, b. ;

d. Feb., 1871; m. 2d, Oct., 1873, M, Louise Stoddard. He is an attorney; res. Bing-
hamton, N. Y.

8645. Daniel Leander Whitney (Charles S., Walcott, Joseph, Elijah, John,
William, Joshua, John), b. Peninsula, O., Nov. 27, 1860; m. Oct. 30, 1883, Lillie Viola
Cariher, b. Nov. 10, 1867. He is a sign writer; res. 100 E. Mill St., Akron, O.

9787. i. Chester Lerov, b. May 29, 1887.

8647. Norman Knox Whitney (Orla H., Norman K., Joseph, Elijah, John,
William, Joshua, John), b. Dec. 31, 1861; m. Nov. 21, 1882, Eunice Kelley.

Norman K. Whitney, assistant yardmaster in the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road company's yard at California avenue and Kinzie street, was instantly killed.
He was standing on one of the many tracks in the yard superintending the making
up of a freight train. While he was busy giving orders, engine No. 742 of the same
road came rushing down the tracks at about twelve miles an hour. Mr. Whitney
did not realize his danger until the engine was close upon him, and then attempted
to jump aside. Before he could do so the engine struck him in the side, knocking
him a distance of nearly twenty feet. When picked up the injured man was still
breathing, but expired within a few minutes. Mr. Whitney was only 32 years of age
and lived at No. 42 Washtenaw avenue. He was a married man and well liked
among the railroad employes with whom he worked. The engineer of the engine
which ran down Mr. Whitney was not arrested, as no blame was attached to him.
At the time of the accident he was ringing his bell and thought nothing of seeing
the yardmaster on the track, as he thought he was aware of the close proximity of
the engine. When too late to realize his mistake, he attempted to reverse his engine,
but without avail. Killed by the cars Dec, 1892; res. 42 Washtenaw Ave., Chicago,

8667. Leonard Ames Whitney (Riley, Orrin, Matthias, Cornelius, Matthias,
Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Nov. 27, 1842; m. July 6, 1867, Jennie E. Rich; res.
Mexico, N. Y.

9788. i. Ernest Lyle, b. ; res. Mexico, N. Y.

8749. George Walter Whitney (Walter J., George W., Joshua, Joshua,
Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. July 22, 1855; m. Apr. 8, 1885, Emma Davis; res. 432
Pine St., San Francisco, Cal.

9789. i. Arnold W., b. Feb., 1886; d. June, 1891.

9790. ii. Clarence H.,b. July 10, 1889.

9791. iii. George W., b. Aug., 1892.

8750. Charles William Whitney (Walter J., George W., Joshua, Joshua,
Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Dec. 29, 1857; m. Dec. 15, 1887, Ella M.Warner.

Charles W. Whitney, patrolman, born in Naperville, 111., 1857; came to Chicago
1877; entered the force 1885; was wounded at the Haymarket riot and unfit for duty
for one year; res. 489 Winchester Ave., Chicago, 111.

9792. i. Margarette L., b. Dec. 6, 1887; d. Sept. 11, 1888.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 655

8752. Fred Whitney (William C, George W., Joshua, Joshua, Joshua, David,
Joshua, John), b. Naperville, 111., Feb. 24, 1857; m. lune 24, 1890, Mary Marshall, b.
Dec. 2. 1854; res. Centralia. Wash.

9793a. i. Helen N., b. Dec. 12, 1891.

8768. David Arthur Whitney (George E., Albert A., Appleton D., Asa,
Joshua, David, Joshua. John), b. June 8, 1859; m. Nov. 20, 1862, Laura B. Hicks, b.
; d. Mar. 19,1888; m. 2d, Nov. 20,1888, Ruth Ann Morris; res. Burnside Cross-
ing, 111.

8775. Robert RoDell Whitney (Robert S., Albert A., Appleton D., Asa,
Joshua, David. Joshua, John), b. Aug. 11, 1858; m. Sept. 21, 1878, Rozella White. He
is in the express business; res. Lagrange, O., and Burnside Crossing, Cook Co., 111.

9793. i. Geo. Leon, b. Sept. 1,1879; d. July 27, 1885.

9794. ii. Cora L., b. May 4, 1882.

9795. iii. May, b. July 27, 1884.

9796. iv. Elvie, b. May, 1891.

8776. Neville E. Whitney (Robert S., Albert A., Appleton D., Asa, Joshua,
David, Joshua, John), b. Brighton, O., Oct. 23, 1860; m. in Chicago, 111., Sept. 11, 1883,
Sarah E. Cornish, b. Mar. 17, 1862. He is a carpenter; res. Burnside Crossing, Cook
Co., 111., s. p.

8835. Edward Whitney (Edward K., Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Harrison, Me., Aug. 19, 1851; m. Mar. 7, 1888, at West
Northfield, Mass., Mary Eliza Stone, b. Sept. 27, 1851; res. Orange, Mass.

9797. i. Robert Buckingham, b. Nov. 27, 1889.

9798. ii. Clifford Caswell, b. May 31, 1891.

8839. George F. Whitney (George F., Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel,

Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 24, 1850; m. Nov. 10, 1875, ; res. 175

Lincoln St., Worcester, Mass.

9799. i. Freddie May, b. Nov. 10, 1876.

8840. Frank H. Whitney (George F., Freeman, Enoch, Moses, Nathaniel,

Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. May 3U, 1852; m. Aug., 1873, . He d.

Mar. 11, 1887; res. Harrison, Me.

9800. i. A. Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1874.

9801. ii. Mary W., b. May 9, 1880.

8858. Josiah F. Whitney (Josiah F., Silas, Josiah, Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel,
Benjamin, John), b. Solon, Me., Dec. 25, 186U; m. at Bingham^ June 1, 1885, Susie E.
Bray, b. May 1, 1868; d. Apr. 11, 1889; m. 2d, May 26, 1891. Florence E. Cameron, b.
Apr. 3, 1874. He is a pharmacist; res. Boston, Mass., 9 Eaton St.

9802. i. Charles B., b. July 2, 1888; d. Jan. 24, 1889.

8861. Dr. Henry Strong Whitney (Henry C, Alfred M., Samuel, Asa,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Urbana, 111., Sept. 1, 1858; m. Feb. 13, 1879,
Harriett J. Hambrook, b. Aug. 9, 1858.

He was educated at the common schools at Urbana, 111., and Kansas. Entering
the Chicago Homoeopathic Medical college as a medical student, he was graduated
in 1894, with high honors, being valedictorian of the class. He was at once offered
a position on the faculty of the same institution, which he accepted, and is now, there-
fore, lecturing on materia medica and the "organon,"' and is also chemical assistant to
the chair of clinical therapeutics. He promises to be an eminent phvsician; res.
1164 W. Adams St., Chicago, 111.

9803. i. Minnie George, b. Dec. 28. 1879.

9804. ii. Jessie Anna. b. June 7, 1882.

8874. Brazill H. Whitney (Reuben, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Abel. Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Sebago, Me., May 21, 1837; m. there, Nov. 25, 1866,
Jane S. Lord, b. Apr. 1, 1844; res. Sebago, Me.

9805. i. Charles R., b. July 14, 1868.

9806. ii. Ellen E., b. July 8, 1871.

9807. iii. Walter W., b. June 12, 1874.

656 WHITNEY 'GENEALOGY.

9808. iv. Jennie C, b. Nov. 4. 1876.

9809. V. Ida M., b. May 16, 1882.

9810. vi. Gracie M., b. Jan. 21, 1885.

8875. Marshall Spring Whitney (Simeon, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Abel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Standish, Me., Aug. 21, 1825; m. in Brown-
field, July 21, 18—, Sarah Merrill Wentworth, b. Sept. 22, 1838; res. Neponset, Mass.
He d. Feb. 26, 1887; res. Brownfield and Harrison, Me.

9811. i. Anville Leroy, b. Mar. 28, 1865; unm.; res. 9 Taylor St., Nepon-

set. He is a dentist. His office is at 2 Park square, Boston,
Mass.

8890. GoRHAM Horatio Babson Whitney (Levi, Reuben, Nathaniel, Abel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Richmond, Me., June 1, 1845; m. at Bow-
doinham, Me., Jan. 5, 1869, Henrietta Rogers, b. Nov. 18, 1847. He was a carpenter
and builder. He d. Oct. 22, 1888; res. 6 Marcella St., Boston, Mass.

9812. i. Mary Elizabeth, b. Nov. 1, 1869.

9813. ii. Ada Florence, b. Dec. 25, 1871.

9814. iii. Etta Gorham, b. Apr. 3, 1876.

9815. iv. Gorham H. B., b. Mar. 30, 1881.

9816. v, Howard Rogers, b. Feb. 10, 1883.
9817a. vi. Frederic Percy, b. Aug. 25, 1886.

8907. Alonzo Nelson Whitney (Nelson, Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan,
Benjamin, Jonathan, John), b. Millbury, Mass., June 2, 1837; m. in Bellingham, Oct.
20, 1859, Ellen Amanda Hancock, b. Aug. 9, 1841. He is a shoemaker; res. Belling-
ham, Mass.

9817. i. Arthur N., b. Sept. 18, 1860; m. Ada L. Jennison.

9818. ii. Allie Louise, b. Oct. 18, 1862.

9819. iii. Oscar LiNwoOD, b. Jan. 27, 1872; address Brattle square, Boston,

Mass.

8910. Elbridge Green Whitney (Nelson, Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse, Jona-
than, Benjamin, Jonathan, John), b. Milford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1842; m. Nov. 13, 1867,
Emma A. Barney, b. Oct. 15, 1847; res. Milford, Mass.; shoemaker, 310 Main St.

9820. i. Ernest A., b. Sept. 16, 1868.

9821. ii. Walter E., b. July 18, 1871.

9822. iii. Florence A., b. Aug. 30, 1874.

9823. iv. Leon Francis, b. Nov. 24, 1881.

9824. V. Irving Ray, b. June 20, 1884.

9825. vi. Irwin Ray, b. June 20, 1884.

8915. Hon. Henry A. Whitney (Dexter, Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse, Jonathan,
Benjamin, Jonathan, John), b. in Bellingham, Mass., July 2, 1841; m. there Dec. 2,
1865, Helen A. Holbrook, b. Apr. 26, 1840.

Henry A. Whitney was born in Bellingham, July 2, 1841. He married Helen
Holbrook. The union has resulted in three children. He was by occupation, for
many years, a boot maker, but for the past few years he has followed the occupation
of a hatter. He is very prominent in town affairs; he is at present constable and
town clerk; was elected to the state legislature in Nov., 1893; res. Bellingham, Mass.

9826. i. Jennie Louise, b. Oct. 22, 1866; unm.; res. Atlanta, Ga., Spel-

man seminary. Jennie L. Whitney was educated in the town
schools of Bellingham, Mass.; was graduated from the state
normal school at Framingham, Mass.; has followed the occupa-
tion of teacher, having taught in public schools in Quincy, Mass.,
and Bellmgham, Mass.; is at present a critic teacher in the nor-
mal department of Spelman seminary, Atlanta, Ga. A perusal
of Spelman's Messenger acquaints us with the dedication of
Giles hall, Dec. 1, 1893, erected for the normal and missionary
departments of Spelman seminary. Miss Jennie L. Whitney
now instructs her model normal training school in this hall,
$50,000 of which was given by John D. Rockefeller. This sem-
inary is an index of the Baptists of the North for education of
the colored people, where nearly 1,000 pupils are enrolled.
• 9827. ii. Lewis Edward, b. Feb. 29, 1868.
9828. iii. Eva Lillian, b. June 3, 1870.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 657

8927. Edward Otis Whitney (Otis, Otis, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Benjamin, John), b. Quasqueton, la., May 29, 1860; m. at Columbus, Kas., July
3, 1889, Laura M. Norris, b. Aug. 17, 1869; d. Oct. 1, 1894; res. Oswego, Kas.

9829. i. Carl, b. Mar. 24, 1890.

8931. Herbert Jonas Whitney (Jonas, Jonathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Albion, N. Y., July 6, 1853; m. in Des Moines, la.,
Mary Evea Kelly, b. Apr. 15, 1854; res. Highlands, Col.

9830. i. Evea Zellonah, b. Nov. 20, 1876; res. Highlands, Col.

8933. Charles Murray Whitney (Jonas, Jonathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jona-
than, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Canadaigua, N. Y., Sept. 20, 1845; m. Julia Ann
Nelson, b. Apr. 3, 1845; res. 289 Fremont St., Chicago, 111.

9831. i. Charles Merton, b. Oct. 1, 1867; res. Galveston, Tex.

9832. ii. Katherine Nina, b. Sept. 30, 1868; m. June 24, 1886, at Harvard,

Neb., Will H. Payne; res. 289 Fremont St.

8935. Jesse R. Whitney (Alexas R., Nathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Mar. 14, 1854; m. May 17, 1875, Ida M. Dysart; res.
Franklin Grove, 111., and Carroll, la.

9833. i. Bessie M., b. Mar. 21, 1876.

9834. ii. Alice L., b. Mar. 2, 1878.

8938. Nathan A. Whitney (Alexas R., Nathan, Nathan, Jonathan, Jonathan,
Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Dec. 6, 1859; m. Oct. 18, 1878, Hattie M. Timothy, b.
Sept. 29, 1859; res. Franklin Grove, 111.

9835. i. Nathan R., b. Sept. 23. 1885.

9836. ii. Leroy B., b. Oct. 21, 1887.

9008. Benjamin Rush Whitney (Benjamin R., David, Jonathan, David, Jona-
than, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 24, 1861; m. Dec. 27,
1888, Lillian White, b. Nov. 14, 1865.

Benj. R. Whitney, Jr., was born in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 24, 1861, and was edu-
cated in the public schools of that place. At the age of 17 he took a subordinate
position in a party of locating engineers on the Chicago & Alton Railroad in Mis-
souri, and when 20 years of age was resident engmeer on the Denver & New Orleans
railroad in Colorado. He devoted his time to railroad construction in Missouri and
the states and territories west as far as Arizona till 1885, when he turned his attention
to municipal engineering, and is now engaged in the engineering department of the
Board of Public Works of Kansas City, Mo.; res. Kansas City, Mo.

9837. i. Benj. Rush, b. May 8. 1891; d. Dec. 11. 1891.

9838. ii. Mary Frances, b. Oct. 3, 1892.

9009. David Victory Whitney (Benjamin R., David, Jonathan, David, Jona-
athan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26, 1864; m. Feb. 8, 1887,
Minnie May Shively, b. Mar. 10, 1868.

David V. Whitney was born in Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26, 1864, and was educated
m the public schools of that place. He attended lectures on chemistry and phar-
macy in the Kansas City medical college, and has since been engaged in the drug
business in his native city; res. Kansas City, Mo., 3722 E. 12th St.

9839. i. Victor David, b. Oct. 25, 1887.

9840. ii. Harry Arthur, b. Sept. 27, 1889.

9841. iii. Andrew Jacob, b. June 18, 1892.

9035. Oliver H. Whitney (Willard W., Erastus, Isaac, Jonathan, Benjamin,
Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Greenwich, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1855; m. Mar. 1, 1883,
Emma Hunter, b. Dec. 9, 1853; res. Maquoketa. la.

9842. i. Ethel O.. b. Jan. 27, 1884.

9071. Herbert Henry Whitney (John, William, William B., Samuel, Joseph,
Timothy, John, John, John), b. Sophiasburg, Ont., Oct. 31, 1861; m. at Pictou, Nov.
27, 1888, Harriett Lucima Baker, b. Aug. 19, 1859. He is the agent for agricultural
works; res. Demorestville, Ont.

9843. i. LuLA K., b. Feb. 23, 1890.

9844. ii. Herbert Franklin, b. Oct. 17, 1891.

9848.

ii.

9849.

iii.

9850.

IV.

9851,

V.

9852.

vi.

9853.

vii.

9854.

viii

658 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9092. Jesse Whitney (Isaac, Samuel, William B., Samuel, Joseph, Timothy,
John, John, John), b, in Cramey, Ontario, Jan. 9, 1863; m. July 5, 1883, Alice Post, b.
Jan. 10, 1866. He is a carpenter; res. Hanlock, Ont.

9844a. i. Ethel, b. 1886.

9845a. ii. Leslie, b. 1889.

9846a. iii. Infant, b. 1894.

9115. James Henry Whitney (Henry, Norman, Samuel, Samuel, Joseph, Tim-
othy, John, John, John), b. Keesville, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1854; m. at Fort Edward, Oct. 14,
1875, Anna Robbins, b. Sept. 22, 1856; res. Amsterdam, N. Y., 14 William St.

9845. i. Eva Julia, b. Oct. 4, 1878.

9846. ii. Henry James, b. June 4, 1877.

9157. Eli H. Whitney (William F., Moses, Ephraim, Ephraim, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., Oct, 28, 1847; m. Jan. 13, 1873,
Elvira J. Stowe; b. Feb. 19, 1850; res. Westboro, Mass.

9847. i. Willie Edwin, b. Feb. 4, 1874.
Edmund Stowe, b. Apr. 26, 1875.
Alice Edna, b. Jan. 18, 1877.
Henry Eli, b. July 13, 1879; d. July 13, 1879.
Nina Estelle, b. June 8, 1881.
Harry Erwin, b. Nov. 17, 1883.
Eli William Curtis, b. Mar. 7, 1886.
Elvira Elizabeth Warren, b. Mar. 7, 1886.

9160. John F. Whitney (William F., Moses, Ephraim, Ephraim, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., Nov. 7, 1854; m. June 3, 1884,
Mrs. Matilda F. Pendleton; b. Brewer, Me., Nov. 2, 1843; res. Upton, Mass., s. p.

9161. Everett Whitney (Daniel, Amos, Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., 1836; m. 1858, Jane Balcome;
res. .

9855. i. William, b. Feb. 5, 1859; m.

9162. Daniel Winslow Whitney (Daniel, Amos, Amos, Ephraim, Nathaniel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Upton, Mass., Aug. 1838; m. Mary Pond; res.

9856. i. . Fred, b. .

9176. George Warren Walter Whitney (William H., Joseph H., Joseph,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. S. Boston, Mass., June 27,
1861; m. atBrookline, Sept. 3, 1890, Alice Frances Fineran, b. Oct. 14, 1869; res. 5
Howes St., Dorchester, Mass.

9857. i. Gladys Francis, b. Nov. 21, 1891.

9858. ii. Geo. Harold, b. June 6, 1894.

9181. Henry Nathaniel Whitney (Luther W., Nathaniel G., Joseph, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Newton Center, Nov. 22,
1856; m. Apr. 12, 1881, Ellen Louise Thompson, b. Dec. 15, 1861; res. 42 Quincy St.,
Somerville, Mass.

9859. i. Edith Louise, b. Jan. 7, 1887.

9860. ii. Harry Raymond, b. Sept. 2, 1888; d. June 7,1889.

9861. iii. Florence Marion, b. July 18, 1890.

9862. iv. Walter Warren, b. Oct. 6, 1891; d. Dec. 3, 1891.

9197. Coydon Emery Whitney (Hamilton F., Russell, Moses, Samuel, Sam-
uel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jackson, Pa., Feb. 15, 1850; m. June 11,
1871, Marian C. Frith.

For several years he was editor of weekly and daily papers in Susquehanna, Pa.;
now correspondent for several city papers; res. Susquehanna, Pa.

9863. i. Eva E., b. July 11, 1872.

9864. ii. Grace H., b. Dec. 15, 1873.

9865. iii. Charles E., b. Mar. 18, 1878.

9208. Horace Torrey Whitney' (Allis, Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel,
Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 30, 1844; m. Nov. 5, 1867, Isabella Eliza-
beth Palmer; res. Honesdale, Pa.

9866. i. Fred Blakeslee, b. July 31, 1868.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 659

9215. Orvillf. C. Whitney (Merrick T., Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 13, 1849; m. June 30. 1875, Mary S. Severy, b.
Nov., 1857. He is an insurance agent and gr. at Hillsdale college, Mich., in 1875;
res. New Milford, Pa.

9867. 1. LuciELLE, b. May 24, 1876.

9868. ii. Nellie, b. Jan. 31, 1878.

9869. iii. Fred N., b. Apr. 3, 1886.

9217. Charles Freemont Whitney ^Merrick T., Torrey, Moses, Samuel,
Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 13, 1858; m. Jan. 31, 1880, Rena A.
Fletcher, b. Jan. 31, 1860; res. on the old homestead; P. O. add. North Jackson, Pa.

9870. i. Mabelle M.,b. Jan. 31, 1882.

9871. ii. Lena G., b. Jan. 26, 1885.

9872. iii. Merrick C, b. May 6, 1889.

9873. iv. Infant, b. May 25, 1891.

9219. Leander B. Whitney (Joel B., Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 21, 1846; m. Nov. 31, 1873, Jennie M. Rogers,
b. Apr. 2, 1852.

He resides in Thompson on a part of the old homestead. Served with his father
in Co. F, 50th N. Y. Engmeers, enlisting Feb. 16, 1864, and being discharged June
13, 1865; res. Thompson, Pa.

9874. i. Allen C, b. Mar. 29, 1876.

9875. ii. Raymond L., b. June 28, 1879.

9876. iii. Frank D., b. Mar. 8, 1881.

9877. IV. Archie C, b. Aug. 13, 1883; d. Apr. 7, 1884.

9878. V. Harry W., b. Feb. 8. 1887.

9220. Alonzo E. Whitney (Joel B., Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May, 27, 1850; m. Mar. 1, 1879, Delia F. Simpson,
b. July 4, 1859. Lives on half of the old homestead; res. Thompson, Pa.

Floyd L., b. Feb. 1, 1880.
Bertie L., b. Nov. 12, 1881.
Nettie May, b. Sept. 2, 1884.
Flossie Belle, b. Jan. 14, 1887.
Mabel, b. May 9, 1889; d. Sept. 2, 1890.

9224. William M. Whitney (Russell V., Torrev, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 21, 1855; m. at Elk Lake, Pa., May 12, 1881,
Ida E. Hamlin, b. June 30, 1857; res. Susquehanna, Pa.

9884. i. Ethel M., b. June 27, 1882.

9885. ii. Fred H., b. Mar. 29. 1885; d. Sept. 19, 1885.

9886. iii. Infant, b. Feb. 13, 1887; d. Mar. 1, 1887.

9887. iv. Arthur Ray, b. May 9, 1890; d. Aug. 6, 1890.

9225. Edwin S. Whitney (Russell V., Torrey, Moses, Samuel, Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Nathaniel, John, John) b. Feb. 15, 1862; m. June 20, 1883, Emma E. Larrabee,
b. Aug. 7, 1863; res. Thompson, Pa.

9888. i. Monroe W., b. Sept. 30, 1886.

9266. Bishop Orson Ferguson Whitney (Horace K., Newel K., Samuel,
Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Salt Lake City, Utah, July 1,
1855: m. Dec. 18, 1879, Zina Beal Smoot, b. Feb. 20, 1859.

Orson Ferguson Whitney, preacher, poet and historian, is the fifth child and
third son of Horace Kimball and Helen Mar Kimball Whitney, and was born in Salt
Lake City, Utah, July 1, 1855. His childhood and early youth were passed in an
uneventful manner, and up to his 15th year he had acquired merely the customary
common school education given most boys in the larger cities of the far west at that
time. College graduations were almost unknown, and though the subject of this
sketch passed with credit through the Deseret university, the main institution of
learning in the territory, it was with no greater marks of^ distinction than attended
most of the others of his schoolmates. He spent some time, as a lad of 13, working
on the construction of the Union Pacific railway, and for some years earned a liveli-
hood and aided his parents by laboring as a teamster, a clerk and a traveler for a
mercantile house. It was not till 1874, at the age of 19, that the mind of young Whit-
ney turned toward those more elevated channels which were to lead him to a definite

9879.

i.

9880.

ii.

9881.

in.

9882.

IV.

9883.

v.

660

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

OESOX F. WHITNEY.

profession, that of literature, and cause his name to be enrolled among the foremost
writers and thinkers of the west. With others of a literary and dramatic turn of
mind, he established the Wasatch Literary Association, which gathered to itself the
choice spirits of the city for several years, and remained, even after Whitney had
retired from it, a nursery and traming school of literature, music and the drama.
Young Whitney's predilections first lay in the direction or music and the drama,
tastes no doubt imbibed from his father. In the university, as a boy, he had been
known as the first declaimer in the school. He decided on adopting a dramatic
career, and at the age of 21 was about to set out for the east in pursuance of this

design when he received a call from the church to which
he belonged (Latter Day Saints) to fill a mission in the
codl regions of Pennsylvania. He obeyed the call and
spent about a year and a half laboring as a missionary in
that state and in Ohio, during which he wrote a series of
letters to the Salt Lake Herald under the nom de plume of
lago, which attracted considerable attention. Returning
home his eloquent sermons brought him into notice and he
was appointed a bishop in the church. He also accepted a
position on the staff of the Deseret News, where he
remained for several years. In February, 1880, he was
elected a member of the city council by the People's party
and served till the fall of 1881, when he left for Europe
to fill a second mission. He remained abroad 21 months,
during which time he edited the organ of his church in
Europe, the Mi/Zenttial Star, published at Liverpool. He
visited the main cities of Great Britain and the continent
and accumulated a large store of information to be used in
his writings at a later period. Returning home in the sum-
mer of 1888, he resumed his position on the staff of the
A^ews, which he left a year later to accept the office of treasurer of Salt Lake City.
He acted in this capacity until February, 1890, when the defeat of his party handed
the city over to Liberal control. He was twice chosen chancellor of^ the Deseret
university by the territorial legislature. He published a volume of his poetical
writings, which attracted widespread attention, in December, 1890, and is now
engaged on a history of Utah, which will be published in three volumes, and the
appearance of which is looked for with the keenest interest by all classes of citizens.
He was married December 18, 1879, to Miss Zina B. Smoot, of Provo, and resides at
present in Salt Lake City.

"""" Horace Newell, b. Oct. 27, 1880.

Heber Kimball, b. June 3, 1882; d. April 20, 1883.
Emily, b. Jan. 20. 1885.
Helen Mar. b. Aug. 1, 1887.
Margaret, b. Aug. 24, 1889.

9267. Horace Gibson Whitney (Horace K., Newel K., Samuel, Samuel,
Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Salt Lake City, Jan. 6, 1858; m. Jan. 10,
1884, Marion M. Beatie, b. Apr. 21, 1861.

The subject of this sketch is the eldest issue of the marriage of Horace Kimball
and Mary Cravath Whitney, and was born at Salt Lake City, L'tah, on the 6th of
Januarv, 1858. His early life was much the same as that of any other western boy,
born of intelligent and moral parents, in a region at that time — though it had been
settled for over ten years by his people — still remote from outside civilization. His
education, however, was not neglected, and a very tender age saw him under the
tutelage of the best school "marms" and masters that his native town could boast.
This early training prepared him in due time for the local university, through which
he passed with credit, excelling in rhetoric and English literature. At the age of fif-
teen he wielded a facile and even brilliant pen, and gave promise of being a satirist
and an essayist of no mean ability. Like his father before him, he early imbibed a
passion for reading, and devoured with avidity the standard authors— poets and nov-
elists; Dickens of the latter and Goldsmith of the former class being his especial
favorites. These authors probably did more to shape his literary style than any
others, and the clever imitations he sometimes gave of them, to the delight of ad-
miring friends, told how deeply their genius had impressed him. In 1873 he left the
university to engage in business, not on his own account, but as bookkeeper for a
wholesale liquor firm, which place he vacated about a year later for a more advan-

9889.

i.

9890.

ii.

9891.

iii

9892.

iv

9893.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 661

tageous position in the prominent banking house of White & McCormick. This
situation he retained for ten years, during a portion of which time he maintained his
connection with the Zeta Gamma Debating society, an adjunct of his alma mater,
the Deseret university, and its contemporary the Wasatch Literary association, in
both ot which he shone among the leading lights. In 1884 he was solicited to take a
place on the editorial staff of the Salt Lake Daily Herald, to whose columns he
had previously contributed to some extent, principally dramatic notes and criticisms,
paving the way for his subsequent creation of the dramatic and lyric department of
that now flourishing journal. As city editor of the Herald Mr. Whitney was a
marked success, but his business tact and energy made him a desirable acquisi-
tion in its financial department, and on September 1, 1887, at the reorganization
of the Herald Publishing Company, he became its treasurer and assistant man-
ager, retaining, however, the dramatic and lyric department, after which excel-
lent feature several of the local journals patterned. In 1889 IVIr. Whitney became
sole manager of the Herald, which responsible position he now occupies. He is
also manager of the Home Dramatic club, which he helped to found in April, 1880,
and of which his brother Orson F. was also a founder and for some time a leading
member. This club still delights local audiences occasionally, and has acquired an
extensive reputation by its highly creditable productions of standard plays. Mr.
Whitney, like most of his father's family, is musically inclined, and the cultivation
of the divine art is with him almost a passion. He has a good tenor voice, and as a
choir leader may be said to excel. He married, Jan. 10, 1884, Miss Marion Mumford
Beatie, and is the father of two fine boys. Barring two or three visits to New York,
Chicago and other eastern cities, combining business with pleasure, Mr. Whitney
has dwelt all his life in his native city; res. Salt Lake City, Utah.

9894. i. Horace Beatie, b. Mar. 10, 1885.

9895. ii. Frank -Mumford, b. June 11, 1888.

9270. Joshua Rodolphus Whitney (Horace K., Newel K., Samuel, Samuel,
Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Salt Lake Citv, Mar. 8, 1864; m. Dec.
25, 1884, Emeline L. World; b. Jan. 14, 1866.

Joshua Rodolphus Whitney, second son and fourth child of Horace Kimball and
Mary Cravath Whitney, was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, March 8, 1864. He re-
ceived a common-school education and passed a creditable examination at the
Deser%t university in the usual branches, at the age of 19. Since that time his
career has been limited to a quiet mercantile life. He has been connected with the
drug department of Z. C. M. l.for many years, occupying a responsible position; res.
Salt Lake City, Utah.

9896. i. Newell K.. b. Feb. 23, 1886.

9897. ii. Joshua R., b. Apr. 19, 1889.

9342. Marcus Whitney (hers, Joseph, William, William, William, William,
Nathaniel, John, John), b. Gardner, Sept, 13, 1846; m. May 8, 1878, Luella Brooks; b.
Dec. 13, 1849.

He was born in Gardner, Mass., Sept. 13, 1846, where he lived until December,
1867, and then lived in East Templeton, Mass., about thirteen years, or until 1880,
since that time he has resided in Gardner. Has been engaged in the chair business
as employe most of the time; res. Gardner, Mass.

9998. i. Hellen Luella, b. Mar., 1883.

9346. Charles E. Whitney (Charles, Amasa, William, William, William,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Gardner, Mass., Mar. 8, 1867; m. Nov. 17, 1891,
Fanny A. Lesure, b. Ashfield, Mass., July 7, 1870. He is one of the firm of A. & H. C.
Knowlton, chair manufacturers; res. West Gardner, Mass.

9899a. i. Walter Augustus, b. Oct. 24, 1892.

9347. Elisha Murdock Whitney (William W., Webster, Amasa, William,
William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 22, 1861; m. Jan. 31, 1889, Mary
Matilda Whitney; res. Winchendon, Mass.

9899. i. William Webster, b. Sept. 27, 1892.

9348a. Charles Oreson Whitney (John O., Oreson, Luke, William, William,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Baldwinsville, Mass., May .30, 1855; m. at Hyde
Park, Nov. 29, 1874, Rhoda Ann Perry, b. July 4, 1845. He is a carpenter; res.
Marblehead, Mass.

y

662 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9900. i. James Evander, b. Nov. 7, 1875.

9901. ii. Marie, b. June 17, 1877; d. June 23. 1877.

9902. iii. Chas. Robert, b. Apr. 4, 1879.

9903. iv. Flora Martha Geneva, b. Aug. 18, 1881.

9366. Charles Herbert Whitney (Jonathan L., Silas, Silas, Silas, Samuel,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Leicester, Mass., May 22, 1853; m. in Worcester,
July 15, 1873, Susie E. Blackmer, b. Sept. 21, 1853. He was in the livery business.
He d, Jan. 24, 1894; res. Worcester, Mass., 19 Harrington Ave.

9900a. i. Lucy Addie, b. Feb. 13, 1874.

9901a. ii. Chas. Herbert, b. Jan. 4, 1876.

9902a. iii. Arthur Lowell, b. Nov. 22, 1877,

9903a. iv. Fannie Knapp, b. Jan. 29, 1880.

9904a. V. Ralph Henry, b. Mar. 8, 1883.

9905a. vi. Olive, b. July 28, 1885; d. July 7, 1886.

9906a. vii. Vera, b. July 28, 1885.

9367. William Henry Whitney (Jonathan L., Silas, Silas, Silas, Samuel,
William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Leicester, Mass., Dec. 15, 1854; m. in Chicago,
Nov. 27, 1877, Mary Brennan, b. Aug. 15, 1851. He d. Nov. 8, 1880; res. Gainesville
and Jacksonville, Fla.

9907a. i. J. Lowell, b. Feb. 14, 1879; res. Park Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis.

9385. Frank Whitney (Nelson, Alonzo A., Abraham J., James, Samuel,
Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Whitneyville, Pa., Aug. 31, 1850; m. May 18, 1872,
Adeline Schieffelin, b. Dec. 31, 1850; res. Whitneyville, Pa.
9899. i. Claude Lorraine, b. Feb. 9, 1873.

9422. Charles F. Whitney (Charles G., Isaac S., Zimri, John, Zachariah,
John, Joseph, John, John), b. Nov. 12, 1856; m. Sept. 18. 1878, Mattie T. Brigham; res.
7 Hastings St., Marlboro, Mass.

990ub. i. Helen Bradford, b. Jan. 6, 1883.

9901b. li. William B., b. Jan. 21, 1888.

9489. George Andrew Whitney (John A., John M., William, Peter, Aaron,
Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. New Haven, Conn., Mar. 20, 1869; m. there July 2,
1891, Mary Elizabeth Thompson, b. Jan. 7, 1869; res. New Haven, Conn., care N. H.
Clock Co.; s. p.

9500. William Stearns Whitney (Nathaniel B., Aaron S., William H.,
Aaron, Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 10, 1867; m. Feb. 15, 1888, .A.lice
M. Wiggins; res. Santa Ana, Cal.

9902b. i. Elfreida A., b. Feb. 19, 1889.

9903b. ii. Jessie E.,b. Sept. 16, 1890; d. .

9904b. iii. Ray Briant, b. .

9634. Alfred C. Whitney (Henry A.. Noah, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 31, 1856; m. 1883, Alice C. Sawyer, b. July 17, 1857;
res. E. Templeton, Mass.

9905. i. Chessie D., b. Mar. 30, 1884.

9906. ii. Henry D., b. May 15. 1887.

9907. iii. Emma A., b. June 10, 1889.

9908. iv. Ralph C, b. July 23, 1891.

9648. Hannibal H. Whitney (Edward C, Nathan, David, Silas, David, Ben-
jamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 10, 1844; m. in 1869, ; she d. m 1882;

res. 39 Salem St., Worcester, Mass.

9909. i. Charles, b. 1867.

9910. ii. Fred L., b. 1886.

9655. Frank A. Whitney (Oliver C, Nathan, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,.
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. White Cloud, Kas., Nov. 2, 1858; m. there, Dec. 28, 1890,
Annie D. Papenhausen, b. May 31, 1871. He is a painter and decorator; res. Hins-
dale, 111.

9911. i. Lawrence Ridgeway, b. Jan. 31, 1892.

9912. ii. Oliver Bruno, b. Dec. 6, 1893.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 663

9666. Louis H. Whitney (Andrew C, Solomon, David, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 6, 1863. at Alden, la.; m. Oct. 5, 1887, Grace Mc-
Pherson, b. July 25, 1870; res. Alden, la.

9913. i. Lee, b. May 4, 1888.

9914. ii. Blanche, b. May 5, 1890.

9915. iii. Maude, b. May 25, 1892.

9686. Capt. Orloff H. Whitney (John K., Oliver, Oliver, Silas, David, Benja-
min, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Franklin, Vt., Apr. 19, 1839; m. Feb. 6, 1862, Cordelia
Whitney, b. Sept. 24, 1843, in Franklin, Vt. (see.).

At the commencement of the last war he enlisted with Ransom Guards, of St.
Albans, at the first call for three months' men. Succeeding this he enlisted with the
nine months' men in the fall of 1862, as adjutant. In Mar., 1863, was made captain of
Co. H, 13th Vt. Regiment. Was afterward taken sick, and died June 2, 1863, in a hos-
pita lat Alexandria, Va., at the early age of twenty-four years; res. Enosburg Falls, Vt.

9916. i. Helen C, b. Jan. 23, 1863; m. Jan. 22, 1890, Olin Merrill; res. Enos-
burg Falls. Ch.: Annie Francis, b. Nov. 15, 1892,

9691. John L. Whitney (John K., Oliver, Oliver, Silas, David, Benjamin,
Thomas, Thomas, John), b. East Franklin, Vt., Oct. 12, 1850; m. there, Feb. 6, 1875,
Annie E. Colcord, b. Jan. 14, 1857.

John L. Whitney was reared on a farm and followed that occupation until about
thirty years of age, since then has worked at carpenter work during the summer
months and taught music during the winter; had the advantages of a good education;
res. East Franklin, Vt.

Lulu G., b. Jan. 29, 1877.

Maud H., b. Mar. 9, 1878.

Nellie C, b. July 31, 1880.

Glenna p., b. May 9, 1882; d. Mar. 9, 1883.

Henry K., b. Jan. 24, 1884.

Edith M., b. Sept. 11, 1885.

Bernice, b. Mar. 29, 1887; d. Oct. 27, 1887.

Orloff H., b. Feb. 21, 1891; d. Feb. 26, 1891.

9694. Adolphus Dewing Whitney (Alloway, Bartholomew, Oliver, Silas, Da-
vid, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. St. Armand, P. Q., Oct. 15, 1855; m. at
East Franklin, Vt, Oct. 20, 1875, Maria M. Colcord, b. Aug. 8, 1856.

Adolphus Dewing Whitney, his son by the second marriage, resides on the home
farm in Franklin; was educated in the common schools and \'ermont Methodist
seminary; married Miss Maria Colcord, of Berkshire, Vt., and has five children, the
last two were twins, born July 25, 1892. Father, mother and children all are singers,
being a Whitney gift, runs in the blood. Has bred some fine horses and sold for good
money; res. East Franklin, Vt.

Harlow A., b. Nov. 17, 1877.

Charles, b. Aug. 1, 1879.

Joseph H., b. Jan. 30, 1890.

Foster Clement, b. July 25, 1892.

Helen, b. July 25, 1892.

9697. William Arnold Whitney (Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Oliver, Silas,
David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Franklin, Mar. 4, 1849; m. May 15,
1872, Elma Hurlbert, of Sheldon.

He is a farmer, owns an extensive farm and is highly respected in the commu-
nity where he resides. Has been entrusted with nearly all the offices in the gift of his
fellow citizens. He is prominent in church and all benevolent work; res. Sheldon
and Bakersfield, Vt.

Edward O., b. July 6, 1873; d. Nov. 18, 1885.

Ellen G., b. Sept. 29, 1874.

Morton H., b. July 21, 1876.

Wayland a., b. Feb. 11. 1879; d. Nov. 18, 1885.

Hurlbert E., b. June 5, 1881.

Wilmer C, b. Dec. 9, 1888.

F. Belle, b. Dec. 9, 1888.

9917.

i.

9918.

ii.

9919.

ni.

9920.

iv.

9921.

V.

9922.

VI.

9923.

Vll.

9924.

VIU

9925.

9926.

ii.

9927.

ni.

9928.

IV,

9929.

V.

9930.

i.

9931.

ii.

9932.

ni.

9933.

IV.

9934.

V.

9935.

VI.

9936.

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664 • WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

9700. HuRLBERT Edson Whitney (Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Oliver, Silas,
David, Benjamm, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Franklin, Vt., July 8, 1854; m. May 16,
1877, Ida M. Stowe, of West Berkshire.

At one time he conducted an extensive farm, but at present is connected with the
Franklin County Creamery Co. He has held several town offices; res. East Frank-
lin, Vt.

Orilla H.,b. Sept. 22, 1877.

Sarah C, b. Nov. 14, 1881.

Florece M., b. Aug. 8, 1883.

Herman B., b. July 17, 1885.

ELLAC.b. Mar. 27, 1893.

9701. Stephen Bartholomew Whitney (Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Oliver,
Silas, David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Franklin, Vt., Nov. 25, 1860; m.
at W. Berkshire, Apr. 11, 1883, Addie Parmelia Chaffee, b. Jan. 18, 1866.

Stephen B. was born in Franklin, and is now living on the farm on which his
father died and which he purchased in 1894. He is greatly interested in religious
work, is a Sunday-school teacher, is steward in the M. E. church, president or the
Epworth League and prominent in all church matters. He is a farmer and is highly
esteemed and respected; res. W. Berkshire, Vt.

9937.

i.

9938.

ii.

9939.

in.

9940.

IV.

9941.

V.

9942.
9943.
9944.

Cora Leona, b. Jan. 10, 1885.
i. Bernice Evelyn, b. Nov. 30, 1889.
ii. Wesley Ray, b. Aug. 28, 1892.

9817. Arthur Nelson Whitney (Arthur N., Nelson, Ethan, Hachaliah, Jesse,
Jonathan, Benjamin, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Bellingham, Sept. 18, 1860; m. in
Mendon, May 29, 1883, Ada Lucinda Jennison, b. Sept. 24, 1862; res. Mendon, Mass.,
and 10 Chester Ave., Brockton, Mass.

9945.
9946.
9947.

Raymond Lee, b. Apr. 18, 1886.
i. Hazel Stuart, b. Mar. 26, 1888.
ii. Gladys Taft, b. Dec. 25, 1891.

Whitney Index.

Christian names of persons by the name of

Whitney. . \

Aaron, 45, 46, 47, 50. 53, 62, 74, 79, 80, 83. 90, 92, 93,

105, 107, 108, 111, 153, 161, 162, 163, 164, 176, 192,

193. 202. 20.'), 214. 273, 285. 301, 337, 355, 363, 369.

375. 468, 494, 531, 545, 561, 616.
Abiezer, 227.
Abel, 37, 62. 80. 81, 83, 92, 103, 108, 120, 147, 149, 162,

163, 164, 169, 176, 200, 207, 280, 294, 295, 301, 309.

373, 411. 530. 5«1.
Abigail, 24, 25, 29, 31, 35, 36, 45, 46, 51, 53, 57, 58. 60,

61, 63, 65, 67, 68, 71. 72, 73. 89, 91, 106, 108, 121, 123,

124, 129, 130, 134, 139, 148, 151, 160, 167, 170. 186.

188. 192, 201, 212, 231, 233, 234, 245, 260, 278, 295,

306, 325. 330. 337, 33s, 365, 529.
Abraham, 30, 32, 44, 45, 46, .^0, .")4, 61, 71, 73, 74, 80,

94. 103, 101, 118. 149. 165. 166. 195. 233, 279, 280,281,

303, 304, 466, 469, 498, 526.
Abiah, 226, 261.
Abby (ie), 149, 210, 276,279,282.292,296,81.5,320,

3-^, 3.58, 36h. 375, 402, 4.58, 460. 484, 504, 514, 530,

538, ,561, 586. .594, 013. 640. 644, 645.
Abram, 47, 118, 227, 282, 406, 407, 465, 4B7, 615.
Abijali. 73. 74, 108. 1.50, 151, 152, 20h. 282, 337, 374,

375, .'60. 561.
Abner. 48, 53. 72. 84, 94, 147, 178, 196, 233, 273, 821,

322, 412, 4.5s.
Achsah, 72, 103, 217, 308.
Ada. 364. 411, 499, 601, 617. 624. 643, C56.
Addie, 362, 399, 404, 436, 471, 4s0, 5.5, 556. 566, 623.
Ad in. 344.

Adelbert, 315, 408, .587. 645.
Adelia. 'is."), 391, 402. 5s7.
Adelaide, 225. 283. 357, 367, 388. 644.
Adam (si, 121. 282. 295. 470. 4.S4.
Adeline, 17d, 215, 219, 221. 264, 265. 303. .32s, 330, 3:}H.

341,316,348,355,378, 3S3, 40.5, 445, 447, 471, ,504,

567.
Adeliza. 204.
Addison, 392, 572.
Adin,.539.
Adah, 540.
Adolphus, 646. 663.
Agnis, 370, 402, 473. 576, G06, 628.
Alvars, 151.
Albion, 229. 231, 323.
Allison, 510, 627.
Alden, 251, 433, 624.
Alexas, 415.

Albion, 410, 509, 510. 580, 627.
Alta, 405.
Alozia, 280.
AlbertQj^, 383.

Alma, 322, 363, 373, 378, 402, 434, 557, 563.
Almeda, 404.
Almon, 585.
Almont, 407.
Alsera, 252.
Alfred, 198, 215, 228, 231,589, 309, 326, 8.32, 386, 388,

392, 407, 409, 4.58, 459, 479. 5U4, 511, 525, 551, 570,

596. 612, 616, 626, 613, 651, 662.

Alonzo, 193. 201. 215. 2.30, 251. 279, 283, 358, 373. 376*
444. 465,466, 472. ,562. 5sl, 58^,600, 656, 659.

Alvin, 128, 217, 244, 290, 322, 339, 391, 479, 509, 526,
.571, .592.

Allie, 65t).

Alva, .587.

Alex. 653.

Albert, 129, 200, 206, 207, 212, 218, 223. 224, 226, 228.
304, 319, 320, 322, 328, 338. 343, 353, 357, 367, :^)9,
372, 373. 377, 379, 392, 4<il, 402, 404, 428. 430,435,
436, 443, 461, 470, 492, 499, ,506. 512. .522. 530. .537.
546, 556, 55M, 562, 566, 571, 572, 574. 575, 576, 577,
579. .592. 593. .595, .596, 613. 614, 622. 645.

Almira, 121, 157, 160, 176. 200, 201. 218. 220, 334, 339,
392, 445.

Alanson, 112, 139, 265.
Althima. 26»).
.\lfaretha, 315.
Almera, 265.

Alvah. 109, 210. 281, 376, 469.

Allen, 53, 221, 240, 305, 333, 399, 403, 474, 521, 562,
606. 659.

Allston, 292, 480.

Alexander. 53. »i, 193, 196, 216, 261. 292, 302, 344. 44,5,

49.5, ,539.
Alloway, 530. 646.
Albert us. 566, 653.
Alexas, .584.
Alton, f.76, 594.
Alice,25. 49, 59. 80,81. 83. £«, 89, 104, 112, 155. 173, 193,

200. 218. 293, ?0(.l, 311, 321. 357, 3h0, 39«;, 399, 405,

407, 420, 421. 426, 428, 4«)5, 479, 497, 49k. 503, 513,

522, 52it, .528, 574. 5h7. ,590, 591, .597, 599, 601, 621,

641, 64.', 64 1. 647. 6.53. 657. 658.
.\lplieu-. 72, 149, 229. 409.
Ann, 52, 55, 67, 160, 173, 177, 1&8, 201, 207, 212, 215,

216,222,223,224,251,259.271, 281. 306, 324, 339,

343, 866, 369, 373, 402, 411, 41ti, 442, 506, 507, 578,

596, 599, 601.
Andrew, 112, 121, 210, 220, 227,229,2.32,287,371,

376, 389, 406, 436, 469, 470, 504, 529, 56;J, 596, 645,

657.

Andrus, 605.

Anna. 24. 40. 45, 47, 67. 76, 77, 78, 83, 91, 92. 107, 108,
114. 122, 131. 132. 178, 197, 203, 204, 219, 221, 2,35.
238, 252, 266, 270. 2^2, 358, 374, 3s8. 415, 416, 417,
42(5, 436. 466, 471, 481, 505, 514, 542, 547, 551, 554,
5sO, 58S, 596, 644.

Annes. s8. H9.

Anne. 33, 44. 113. 129, 158, 292, 606.

Annah, 115.

Annette. 431, 4:35, 586, 599, 600.

Annie, 120, 149, 2.54, 285, 321, 329, 340, 358, 379, 390,
397, 406, 409, 421, 434, 4.57, 504, .524, .526, 538, 539,
541, 545. 551, ,570, 592, 594, 597, 615, 627, 640.

Annie. 88, 257, 439.

.\iison, 322.

AnsU, 303, 371, 557.

48

665

666

WHITNEY INDEX.

Angelina, 305, S99.

Angeline, 133, 222. 237, 317, 514.

Anginette, 596.

Anville, 656.

Allie, 439, 440.

Ammi, 123.

Amasa, 358.

Amelia, 313, 341, 364, 392, 416, 536, 566.

Amarilla, 219.

Amaretta, 440, 500.

Amos, 32, 33. 37, 41, 44. 55, 62, 64, 68, 84, 95, 102, 105,
106, 118, 125, 134, 150, 151, 168, 176, 196, 197, 201,
202, 205, 226, 253, 275, 282, 306, 350, 364, 436, 461,
550.

Amory, 169.

Amity, 43.

Ami, 117, 225, 235, 404, 416, 417, 587.

Amine, 373.

Amon. 590.

Amy, 89, 116, 357, 590, 618.

Amey, 60.

Ambrose, 122.

Amasa, 74, 144, 261, 266, 270, 305, 453, 454.

Amariah, 130, 177, 246.

AmrUlen, 63.

Amaziah,84, 321.509.

Amanda, 206, 210, 230, 265, 321, 327, 331, 366, 876,

377, 399, 446, 468.
Appleton, 115, 223.
Aphia, 118.

AppoUus, 188, 333, 526.
Arabella, 283.

Arad, 168.

Arathusa, 102, 157, 177, 196, 261.

Araveeta, 210.

Arminda. 90, 467.

Aroline, 3^0.

Arseneth, 132, 133.

Artemas, 87, 103, 149, 178, 187, 193, 200, 323, 336, 344,

378, 511, 533, 619.
Artemetia, 207.
Archibald, 112, 215.
Arathena. 95.

Arthur, 285, 362, 371, 375. 376, 379, 392. 398, 402. 421,
444, 4<5, 458, 470, 480, 505, 509, 510, 511, 522. 524,
531, 534, 538, 542, 549, 550, 575, ,576, 589. 591, 595,
596, 605, 610, 620, 627, 647, 649, 651, 656, 059, 662.
664.

Arminta, 383.

Arietta, 421.

Arvetta. 428.

Arvilla, 210.

Archie, 561, 659.

Ardelle, 601.

Arab. 645.

Arnold, 6,54.

Ashley, 400.

Asa. 59. 60, 62, 85, 90, 105, 112, 114, 115, 120, 122, 130,
131, 152. 165, 178. 18)h, 193, 202, 211, 221. 223, 224,
230, 245, 246, 270, 282. 303. 323, 33(i, 334, .345, 358,
859, 399, 400, 401, 402. 409, 426, 574. 650.

Asaph. 92, 126. 211, 238, 239, 330, 376, 420, 591, 603.

Asahel, 139. 386.

Aseneth, 103, 192, 198, 211, 225, 236.

Atwood, 192, 227.

Aura, 561.

Angnstme, 285, 405, 473.

Augusta, 169, 211, 356. 377, 397, 513, 526.

Augustus, 221, 295, 328, 331, 412, 468, 509, 522, 526,
546. 562. 581, 582, 652.

Austin, 274, 340, 346, 374, 452. 459, 540, 560, 561, 607,
613.621,<'43.

Anrelia, 280.

Audra, 559.

AuriDa, 828.

Auren, 524.

Aurie, 5.58.

Avis. 217.

Ava, 406.

Azro, 372, 558.

Azubah, 52, 149, 192, 276, 279, 530.

Ayl»»tte, 610.

Baxter, 270, 341, 454, 587,

Barilla, 257.

Barney. 305.

Barnard, 256, 439.

Barrett, 51.

Bathsheba, 119.

Bartholomew, 190, 337, 314, 530, 5?9, 646.

Barnabas, 46, 62, 83, 122, 173, 174, 319.

Bayard, 390. ._

Barzillai, 85, 178, 344.

Belden, 404, 577.

Benjamin, 22, 23, 24. 26, 27, 29, 80, 31, 35, 87, 38, 89,
40, 41, 44, 45, 50, 51, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 64, 73, 76, 78,
91, 106, 108, 110, 111, 113, 118, 120, 121, 132, 134, 1.50,
151, 152, 1.57, 1.58, 186, 190, 195, 1H8, 203, 204, 205,
212, 214, 219, 226, 227, 229. 232, 245, 2il, 256, 260.
261, 271. 283. 284, 291, 295, 323, 330, 337, 338, 349,
350, 353, 3.57. 368, 370, 372, 389, 407, 411, 412, 418,
426, 434, 447, .509, 512, 523, 542. 558, 588, 589, 592,
628, 657.

Berina, 149.

Bela, 140, 194, 472.

Benajah, 383, 564, 565, 566.

Benzette, 388.

Bertha. 293, 404, 421, 444, 467, 477, 555, 558, 559, 563^
572, 579, 592, 594, 595, 627, 628, 642, 650, 651.

Bethiah, 88, 406.

Bethyah, 39.

Bert(ie),376, 563, 591, 659.

Bertrum, 399.

Betsey, 49, 58, 88, 93, 94, 95, 102, 110, 113, 119, 122.
136, 139, 148, 150, 152, 153, 154, 156, 157, 160, 167,
168, 169, 176, 177, 178, 180, 184, 185, 187, 188, 189,
190. 195, 203, 207. 208, 210, 229, 232, 238, 254, 256,
257, 261. 270, 317, 334, 375, 452, 582.

Bezaleel, 23, 46, 203.

Beatrice, 560, .561. 589.

BeUe, 229, 376, 663.

Benton, 556.

Betty, 54, 83, 84, 129, 434.

Bernard. 227, 406.

Beryl, 560.

Beulah, 84, 133. 134. 177, 547.

Bernice. 256, 622, 663, 664.

Beriah. 2:i2. 411.

Belinda, 273, 458.

Bessie. 375, 4;«, 540, 547, 563, 570, 571, 590, 606, 617^
653, 6.57,

Billa, 213, 382.

Bianca. 227. 593

Bird, 379.

Blanche, 413, 599, 604, 663.

Boylsfon. 211, 376.

BracUl, 655.

Bradley, 601.

Braddock, 408.

Brainard. 495.

Brizill, 58(). ^

Brutus. 444, 604.

Bruce, 397, 404, 577, 628.

Bradshaw, 22, 158, 293,

Brittania, 256,

Bnel, 306, 500.

Burdick. 257.

Barrett. 585.

Burton, :346.

Bulah, 47, 48, 70.

Bnrk. 346,

Byron, 305, 322, 375, 415, 499, 561, 585, 594.

Byam, 614.

Cains, 173,315.

Caleb, 22, 36, 41, 49, 59, 66, 88, 130, 178, 187, 821.

Calista, 175, 197, 320.

Calvin. 110, 112. 113. 119. 153, 156, 211, 213, 218, 219^
286. 365, 366, 376, 377. 379, 436, 510, 511, 627.

Camilla, 577.

Camille, 570.

Carl, 499, 509, 606, 652.

Carley, 439, & 0.

Carlos, 208, 318, 375, 576.

Carlton, 536.

CarmiJly, 420.

Carolyn. 397.

Carrie, 346, 375. 3.6, 391, 892, 893, 426, 456, 463, 480,
507, 52C, 547, 5.52, 5.59, 575, 580, 584, 595. 616.

Caroline, 104, 158, 164, 173, 198, 210, 211, 215, 216,
218, 219, 220, 222, 224, 227, 245, 256, 2.57, 260, 263,
272, 294, 304, 324, 332, 340, 348, 356, 365, 866, 367, •
884, 394. 400, 425, 450, 453, 455, 466, 472, 475, 482»
485, 574, 582, 586, 606, 615.

WHITNEY INDEX.

667

Carrol], 642.

Carylan, 396.

Carson, 404, 577.

Case, 571.

Casper, 218. 396.

Catherine, 74, 106, 129, 135, 160, 166, 205, 216, 246,
265, 274, 289, 304, 811, 319, 332, 343, 405, 408, 427,
428, 434, 506, 563, 592.

Caty, 257.

Celestia, 220, 523.

Celena, 611.

Cecil, 286, 412, 475, 557.

Celinda, 237.

Celia, 218.

Celon, 577.

Channing, 355.

Charteey, 238.

Chaancy, 14, 217. 221. 224, 280, 892, 529, 572, 644.

Cheeney, 234, 391, 895, 415, 573, 585.

Chrieteaze, 294.

Christaing. 220.

Christiaua, 228, 389.

Choley. 437.

Chora, 510.

Charles, 77. 80. 110, 129, 139, 146, 152, 157, 158, 160,
161, 163, 171, 191, 193, 197, 193, 203, 207, :i08. 212. 213,
215. 216, 224, 227, 228, 230, 232, 233, 234, 2.35, 238, 241,
242, 251, 252, 259, 265, 271, 272, 274, 278, 279, 280, 281,
282, 288, 290, 291, 294. 296, 303, 308. 309, 310, 311, 313.
314, 318, 321, 322, 325, 327, 328, 329, 331, 341, 346, 349,
350, 351, 3.52, 354, 355, 356,357, 358. 362, 366, 367, 368,
371, 373, 374, 376. 377, 378, 379, 380, 384, 386, 387, 388,
389, 390, 393, 394, 397, 398, 400, 402, 403, 404, 406, 407,
409, 411, 416, 417,418, 419, 421. 424, 425, 426, 429, 4.30.
434. 435, 436, 444, 451, 4,53, 454, 45K, 457, 4.58, 4.59, 460,
464,466, 467, 468, 470, 471, 472, 475, 476, 477, 479, 481,
497, 499, 500, 501, 503, .505, .506, .509, 511, 512, 513,
521, 522, 525, .526, 528, .533, 536, 538, 539. 541, .542,
543, 545, 546, 547, .548, 550, 551, 5.52, 555, 5.57, 5.58,
559, 561, 562, .563, 567, .569, 572, 573, 574. 576, 578,
579, 580, 5M, 586, .5hS, 589. 590, 591, 594, 597, 603,
C05, 607, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 620, 624.
625, 626, 627, 628, 640. 641, 642. 643, 645. 649, 651,
652. 653, 654. 655. 657. 658. 659, 661. 662. 663.

Charlotte, 11.5, 121, 13.5, 163. 170, 177, 198, 199, 204,
208, 219, 221. 229. 242. 251. 299. 308. 311, 314. 321, 322,
3.56, 364, 369, 405, 412, 417, 429, 437, 441, 4.56, 546, 569,
588, 596, 597. 607.

Chandler, 307, 437, 5.55.

Christopher, 110, 119, 166, 213, 227, 804, 383, 514, 566,
628.

Chester, 118, 192. 279, 841, 466, 474, 479, 529, 536, 620,
642, 643, 654.

Chloe, 136, 253, 2.59, 279, 452.

Channing. .545, C21.

Chessie, 662.

Cinda, 137.

Cleveland, 556.

Clyde, 404,

Cliflford, 618, 650, 655.

Clara, 223, 252. 2«6, 287, 303, 314. .320, 331, .348. 3.50,
3.56. 357,372, 375. 89m. 399. 4(jO, 406. 412. 421, 434,
453,461,467, 475,499.510. 511, 525, 539, 542, 545,
558. 562, .585. 596, 615. 653.

Clark. 77. 136, 221, 2ii2. 246, 257, 399,428. 603.

Claude, 397, 582. 591, 602.

Clandius, 215.

Clayton, 467.

Clementina, 459, 551.

Clifton, 440, 579.

Clinton, 433, 461.

Clarinda, 194, 197.210. 450.

Clarissa, 146. 164. 165. 172. 184. 19C, 200, 203. 224,
235, 238, 301, 364, 382, 415, 492, 494.

Cloise. 59. .

Clarence, 240, 247,292, 347,410, 421,430, 434.456,
467. 497, 524, 550. .559, 610, 624, 641, 643, 650, 654.

Comfort, 112.

Corn, 39^ 504, 522, 541, 543, 558, 559, 562, 590, 604,
623. 655, G64.

Content. 67, 211.

Cordelia, 232, C44.

Covdon. 439, 597, 658.

Colnmbus, 413, 583.

Constant. 122, 233, 412. 534.

Courtland, 241, 421.

Cole, 259, 444.

Cornelius, 389.

Cornelia, 312. 343, 344, 351, 384, 389, 413, 415, 418,

445, .506. 551.
Cornelius, 25, 35, 36, 59, 110, 112, 118, 170, 213,215,

217.
CoUins, 333, 526.

Cooley, 2.59.

Columbia, 2.34.
Cromwell, 151.

Crescent, 388.

Curtis, 531, 556.

Cutler, 840.

Cynthia. 93, 112, 133, 156, 184, 197, 2.57, 270, 290, 345,
362, 412, ,505.

Cyrus, 92,95, 138,191,196, 197,207, 217. 261.305,310,
319. 349, 3.50, 852, 354, 873, 392, 893, 413, 446, 499,
541, 542.

Daniel, 28, 29, 34. 40, 45, 46. 48, 55, 56, 62, 66, 73, 77,
78, 85. 88, 104, 106, 107, 109, 121, 129, 132, 158. 1.59,
167, 168, 176, 178, 185, 193, 201. 203. 205. 207, 211,
228, 245, 246, 247, 249, 2.50, 251. 253. 254, 260, 308,
823, 324, 325, 343, 359, 367, 368, 369, 372, .376, 407,
414, 427, 428, 429, 431. 432, 433, 434, 436, 446, 4.58,
511, 513, 551, 555, 559, 569, 573, 574, 585, 586, 593,
594. 596, 609, 610. 61(!. 654, 658.

David. 25, 29, 35, 36, 37. 43. 45, 50, 51. 59, 60. 63, 67,
71, 73, 74. 75, 76, 90, 91. 104. 108. 109. 112, 114, 116,
117, 123. 126. 127, 128, 150, 152, 153. 164, 189, 190,
192, 207. 208. 218. 224. 226. 228. 229. 233. 237, 242.
247,_251, 265. 274. 282, 301, 302, 304, 334, 337, 33K,
339, 343, 372, 373, 374, 396, 405, 407, 413, 418, 420,
424, 428. 429, 437, 451, 455. 468. 470, 494, 533. 5.58,
559, 560, .575, 589. 591. 593. 597, 608, 653,655,657.

Davis, 304. 499.

Dana, 307.

Daisy, 485, 507, 611, 627.

Daj-ton, 606.

Dean, 591.

Delara, 579.

Delia 391 392.

Deborah, 23, 51, 53, 159, 219, 344, 470,

De Witt, 414.

Dennis, 374.

Desire, 53.

Delphina. 283.

Delia, 259. 362.

Deliverance, 76.

Densmore, 211.

Dewey. iSS.

Dennis, .560.

Dexter, 193, 343, 413, 582.

Delbert, 642.

Dianna, 209. 2.58.

Dinah, 51. 104, 133. 376.

Dickey, 434.

Dimis, 247.

Dora, 379, 540, 541.

Don, 371, 442,558.

Donald, 570,621.

Doty, 229.

Douglass, 220, 451.

Dore, .560.

Dorr, 604.

Dorothy, 31, 88, 45, 48, 77, 78, 85, 215, 605, 689.646.

Dorrace, 649.

Dorcas, 47, 95, 176, 178, 186, 197. 253, 323.

Dolly. 136, 147, 179, 186, 197, 275, 325, 413, 49-, ,558.

Drucilla, 593.

Drusilla, 326.

Drake, 417, 588,

Dudley, 270. 369, 453, 523, 592, 607, 651.

Dulcina, .366.

Duane, 219, 396, 494, 617, 622.

Dummeras, 47.

Dwell, 1X4, 185, 328.

Dwell y, 87.

Dwight. 392, 429, 484, 622.

Dyer, 465.

Earnest. 522, 655, 573.

Earl, 3',«. 461, 570, 6.50.

Eben, 128, 192, 205, 244, 304, 840, 369, 377, 408,

Eber, 103.

Ebenezer, 30, 43, .50, 53, 63, 65, 68, 89, 90, 92, 118, 121,
128, 129, 186, 18S, 192, 214, 217, 226, 229, 244, 332,
333, 334, 387, 393, 405, 426, 437, 527, 579.

668

WHITNEY INDEX.

Eda, 113. 606.

Edear, 194, 249, 372, 431, 465, 499, 509, 561, 595, 614,

627.
Edmund, 109, 121, 201, 229, 233, 284, 294, 341, 402,

472. 473. 482, 536, 649, 658.
Edith, 317, 371, 464, 470, 525, 558, 573, 611, 615. 618,

621, 626. 628, 645, 652, 6S&, 663.
Eddie, 52*2, 546.
Edmercica, 601.
Edson, 259, 524, 641.
Edwin, 155, 159, 171, 194, 197. 224, 228, 252, 302, 314,

315, 328, 331, 334. 352. 353. 354. 3.'>5, 86H. 374, 391,

392, 403, 407, 417, 429. 436, 437, 439, 461, 465, 466,

474, 475, 494, 495, 5(H5. 507, 511, 521, 546, 554, 558
571, 579, 580, 587, 588, 594. 600, 60.i. 615. 652, 659.

Edward. 67. 75, 152, 161, 16*^, 185. 192. 194. 221. 234,
251, 283. 287, 292, 300, 301, 303, 304, 306, 307. 313,
329. XU, 343, 3.52, 355, 362, 367, 369, 371, 399, 4tt2,
407, 4U9, 412, 414, 421, 424, 433, 449, 456, 458, 469,

475, 480. 482. 490. 492. 497. 501. 511. 512, 514, 522,
526. 527, 529, 543, 544, 545, 557, .561, 562, 576, 578,
584. 596, 621. 624, 627, 642, 644, 648, 653, 655, 657,
663.

Edna, 403, 412, 430, 433, 576, 594, 595, 606, 644.

Eddy, 417.

Ettie, 319, 374, 387, 392. 467. 562, 571, 615. 627. 645.

Eileen. 640.

Eletlia, 405.

Elena. 405.

Elmctta. 405.

Elbert. 398. 479. 548, 599, 650.

Elmore, 377, 562.

Elon.226, 405.

Ehviu, 374. 628.

Eldora, 3.")8.

Elhawan. 201, 358.

Ellery. 620.

Elmer, 525, 538. .576, 625. 649.

Eloit, 514.

Elmar, 499.

Elora, 469.

Elverton. 460.

Ellis, 4.55, 548, 650.

Ellie, 379.

EL-ie, 420, 498, 522, 561. 564, .572, 605. 618, 651.

Ellertou. 533.

Elealer. 621.

Eliza, lis, 151, 160, 169, 170. 175. 198, 203, 208, 209,
210, 213, 217, 22ii. 2;?2, 238, 242, 265, 270, 2«9, 311
313, 315, 325, 33S, 341, 344, 350. 351, 359, :364, 306,
373, 377, 379, 380, 383, 400, 415, 4.53, 454, 4.58. 529,
546. 570. .581. 586, 616.

Eli, 2\ 41, 68. 121. 134. 149, 180, 205. 228, 254, 255,
256, 280, 389, 396, 437, 438, .570, 593, 596, 597. 598,
658.

Elkanal), 112. 396, 574.

EUswortli. 524.

Elipbalet. 69. 89. 217.

Eleazer, 23, 31, 52, 53, 93, 193, 226, 228. 323. 331, 407,
525, 578.

Electa. Ill, 139, 214, 241, 258. 321, 350. 416, 440.
441.

Elias, 119. 122, 228, 238, 307, 418, 419, .504, 590.

Elisha. 23, 40, 46, 6(;. 70. 72. 73. 77. lb, 79, 111, 129,
130, 131, 13h, 139, 148. 1.5s. 101, 210, 244. 245, 293,
S06, 376, 471, 5C)0, 536. 589. 607. 661.

Elizabeth, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32. 34, 35, 86, 37, 40, 41,
44. 48, 50. 53. .54, 57, 5H. 59, 61, 65, 66. 69. 72. 73. 74,
78. 85. 87, 88, 91, 92, 103, 104, 105. 107, 111, 126, 130,
134, 135. 145, 147, 150, 156, 161, 164. 203. 205, 216,
216, 223.229, 235, 25ti, 261,265. 271, 27^, 2(0,285,
289. 292, 293. 29<.i, 301, 302, 304, 307. 311, 313, 322,
324, 325. 333. 339. 3ti7. 387. 389, 405, 4U'), 40S. 416, 418.
426, 436, 445, 447, 449, 453, 466, 481, 492, 497, 504,
511, 533. 546. 573. .597. 602. 603, 622.

Elbridge. 175, 344, 582, 6.56.

Elmira, 317.

Elliott, 474, 485.

Elmina, 84, 177, 233. 238, 291, 323, 327, 365, 445.

Eldora. 547.

Eleazer. .579.

El vie, 655.

Elfredia, 662.

Eliab. 120, 229, 232.

Ellas, 38, 47, 54, 63. 84, 123. 124, 180, 326, 412.

Elijah. 32. 40. 54, 55, 58, 66, 84, 92, 104, 111, 129, 138,

192. 253, 262, 323. -341, 342, 343. 436.
Elinor. 24, 26, tO, 35, 229, 294, 507. 541, 556, 574. 632.

646,651.
Elozia, 279.
Elvira, 184, 185. 195. 257. 280. 331, 409, 460, 526, 531,

548, .576, 658.
Elwyn, 555.
Ella, 160, 234, 293, 331, 346, 350, 355, 391, 393, 899,

419, 444. 459. 494. 504, ,^25, 540, .541. .543. 5.5<i, 561,

562, 5m6. .5H7, 595, .596. 6t)0, 603. 604, iMft. 623, 664.
Ellen, 129, 204, 209, 217, 287, 290, 3(KI, 305, 819, 320,

321. 339, 344, 3.57,367,371.389, 398, 414, 416. 417.

418. 428, 456, 461, 470, 472, 475. £03, 514, 521, 536.

542.
Ellenor, 57, .58, 218, 409, 4.59, 607, 61«. 655, 6G3.
Elathan. 23. 31, 53, 93, 94, 194, 195, 347.
Emma. 109. 210, 2.52, 283, 284. 293, 331, 346, 350. 358,

368. 373, 376, 386, 387. 389, 390, 394. 404, 409, 433,

456, 460, 469, 472, 509, 524, 525, .530. .533. 539, .540,

542. 54H, 559, .561. 566, 572, 584, 586. 587,600,604,

607, 643, 647. 662.
Emmaretta, 603.
Emery. 165, 229, i 33, 485, 526, 622.
Emelia, 59.
Emily. 1.51, 196, 205, 216, 229, 231, 244. 245, 258, 280,

2H5, 307. 326, 350. 364, 36 i. 369, 426, 427. 429, 454,

4.58. 466. 491, 582, 660.
Emeline, 321, 324, 333. 346, 374, 40G, 417, 432, 465,

499.
Emerson, 324.
Emergency. 259.
Emilie, 214. 291.
Emogeue. 305. 415.

Emor\-, 180, 188. 2.59, 325. 326. 332. .357. 444.
Emeline, 128, 193. 194, 229, 261, 279. 280. ;!2b. 339. 537,

542.
Emmie, 390.
Engeline, 499.
Enos, 315, 507.
Enoch. 9ii. 119. 22^. 345.
Ephraim. 30. 3.5, 4'), 47. ,50, 66, 67, 71. 80. 81, 85. 104.

105, 121. 133, 134. 166, 168, 178, 179. 231, 2.53, 2h7,

308, 309, 322, 325. 324. 325, 864. 504, 510. 511, 513..
Erie. 120. 656.
Ernest. 375. 405, 458, 464, 528. 527. 579, 588, .597, 600,

62i». 654.
Evan. 4U5.
Erastus. 113. 173. 206, 238, 301,' 314, 343, 416, 420, 492,

493, .52:1 .587.
Ermina. 217.
Erwin, 572, 577.
Erma. 594.
Ervini.'. 020.
Esther. 30. :«, 40, 56, 57, 59. 66. 76, 84. 108, 123, 126.

149.203, 204, 211, 231, 255.239, 242, 253.2.59,416.

417. 445, 5^6.
Eseck. 21H, 394.
Estelle. 320, Ml
EstellH. 35s. .i39.
Etta, 328, 371. 894. 404, 451. 520. 527, 573. 581. 583. 642,

651).
Ethiel. 280.
Ethan. 413, 606.
Ethel. 149. 396. 412, 425, .500, 507, 547, .560, 572, 575.

,593. 611, 617, 624, 625, 642, 650, 6.57, 65s. 659.
Eunice. 47. .52. 53, 60. 66. 105, 120. 121, 126, ir.2. 161,

165, 22S, 229, 231, 233, 234, i39, 272, 279, 2S1, 303,

324, 337, 371, 412, 449, 469, 646.
Eugene, 303. 847, 378, 390, 405. iSl, 493. 497, 498,

505, 625. 620.
Eudora, 322.
Enstace. 358, 547.
Eula, 391, .524.
Eva, 252, 379, 390, 394, 424, 433, 465. 467. 470. 499.

562, 583, 600, 622, 627. 656, 658.
Evangeline, 467.
Evalene. 399.
Eveline. 326, 307.
Everett, 213, 433, 464, 474, 513, 541, 560, 5%, 618, 619,

6.58.
Evelj-n, 8'20, 362. 425, 624.
Evan. 405.
Evea, 657.

Experience, 123, 129.
Ezekiel. 30, 39, 45, 50, 64, 74, 90, 151, 176, 188, 333.

WHITNEY INDEX.

669

Ezra, 48, 56. 84. 107. 134, 149. 202. 203, 234. 235, 253,

279 280. 2XA. 3(36, 367, 416, 466, 551, 583, 587.
Fairfield, 578.
Fannie, 314, 326, 329. 455, 459, 463, 475, 480, 513, 526,

533, 617.626.662.
Fanny. 94. lf^9. 160, 172, 195, 327. 331. 338, 340, 349,

364, 420, 455, 465, 480, 614, 615, 625.
Fayette. 305, 495.
Fay. 433, 5.ih, 563, 627.
Felicia, 197, 326.
Felix, 366.
Ferdinand. 212.
Fiddia, 203. 542.
Fidelia, 217, 238, 330, 414.
Filinda. 217.
Fisher, 65, 126. 241. _
Floyd; 5.-)9. .i63, 659.^
Flossie. 643. 659.
Floy. 499.
FJoid, 425.

Flora, 374. 428, 433, .524, 539, 560, .574. 662.
Floreita. 36x.
Flint. 273.

Florence, 240,241, 366,370. 411,420, 421 , 45h, 4,59,
474. 476, 479, 49h, 500, 523, 525. 526, 5,56, 562. 570,
595, 603, 6(4, 623. 626, 646, 647. 6.52, 6.56. 6.5b, 664.
Flavel, 207, 2.")6, 441.
Foster, 663.
Franrina. 315.
Freddie, 252. 475. 570. 65.5.

Fredrick. 174, 21s, -J-il, 236, 285. 294. 319. 331, .33'^,
.339, 345. 3.50, 399. 402, 412. 431, 4-10, 441. 455, 4">t3,
4.59, 460. 463, 4(;7, 472. 473. 4s2, 405, .503, 5'i6, .507,
524. 534. 540, .542, 5.50. .5.52. 576. 5><6, rm, 604, (ill.
620,622, 625. tUl. 643. 64^. 651. 652. 6.56.
Fred, 161. 2.^4, 2su, 2h5. ;M5. 35w, m2. 374, 403, 40i;,
411.420.421. 430, 436. 444. 4^;, 4^5. 494, .505. 50';,
509. 511, .521, 533, .550, 559, 561, ,562, ,566, 573, 574.
57s. ^)s>^, .-,9), 593, 597, 606, 615,616, 624, 626, 6.55,
C5K. 6.59, 662.
Freedom, 160.

Freeman, 12s. 228. 242. 407, 425.
Franklin. 10s, ]Hh. 201, 209, 212. 2iw. 234, 2.52, 279,
2ss, 292. 313. 324, 3s6. 395. 39ti. 405. 442. 457, 4*'>0,
4C.4. 467. .500, .526, ,52s, .567, .577, 591. 611, (;20.
Francis lei. 110. 152. 15s. ku, 212, 2.55, 273. 276. 2^2,
2s4, 2s5, 2s7. 291. .303. 317. 367. 3s0. 3si). 390 391,
399, 405, 412, 4.56, 461. 469. 480,562, 563. 576. ;>l.
5k7.
Francina, 459.

Frances. 74. 110. 164. 174. 192, 219, 220, 222, -228, 231,
311. 319. 321, 354, 35h. .369. 37U, 37s, M), :^K7. S92.
393, 39s. 411, 44:^, 4.-,=i. 4sO. 4s3, .-,21. .-)47. .5.5i;. 571.
57i'). .57s. 5sl. fis5. 5s6. fiss, .ijj?. t;(i», 62»').
Frank. 151 161. 231. itJ2, 2.59. 2*3. 300, 321, .32s, 329,
346, 36s. 376. 378. 388,390,395. 896.403. 405. 411.
412, 417. 419. 420. 4:«i. 434. 436. 440. 456. 461, 464.
466. 470. 475. 476. 477. 479, 4si. 49s, f,05, 507, .509,
511,. 522. 523. .525. .520. hxi, .53s. .^47, .54s, 5.54. 55s.
.559. .562. 563. .57(i. .57f;. 577. .579, .5s0. .5sl. .5s4. 5h5.
.5K7, 5s'<. .59(1. .595. .597. 599, 6(H), 611. 613, 614. 615.
617. (i20. (;21. 622. 626, 627,642, 644,649. 651.652,
653.655.659. 661. 662.
Gardner. 282.
Ijary, 167. 305. .501.
GeiieTJeve, 444. 572, 603.
Genio. 449. 666.
Gertrude. 399. 421. 424. 434.4.55.459, 475, 479. 540.

546. .560. 572. .590. 60 i. 622. 627. 643. 6.52.
Geori,'iana. 230, 3b7. 420, 511. 572.
Geoffrey. 294.
Gerirliam, 6i).
Genevra. 434.

George. 38. 51, 60. 63. 65, 75, 91. 10«. 115. 120. 122,
127, 12«, 129, 151, 15^. 159. 160. 161, 163, 16h. 169.
170,173,176, ia5, 193. 194.2)3, 206. 207. 209,210,
212,214. 21S. 219,222. 223. 229,230, 231, 232.234.
235, 238, 239, 242. 244. 252. 256. 2.59, 264, 265, 266,
271, 272. 273, 274. 276. 2k1, 2k2, 2x3, 2k4, 286, 2s7,
2h9. 291, 293,294, 300, 301,302, 304, 305,306,307.
809.310, 312. 314. 318. 319,320,322, 323,325. 327
828, 330. 334. 33K. 339, 340, 343, 345, 346. 347, 349^
350, 352, 356. 3.59. 362, 364. .366, 367, 36>^, 371. .373.
376, 377, 386, 389, 391, 393. 395, 396. 398. 400 4()I.
402, 403, 407, 408, 410, 412, 413, 419, 420, 421, 422,
424, 42.5, 426, 429, 431, 434, 4;55, 4;i7, 445, 450, 451.

454. 4.55, 456. 457, 458, 461. 463, 466, 468. 469. 470.
472. 474. 475, 476. 477. 47s, 479, 4sO, 4si, 4s2, 4S3,
484, 492, 494, 495, 4%, 497, 49h, 499, 501, .5u2. 503.
.504, .505, ,506. 50s, .509. 511. 512. 513. 514, 52!. ,523,
526, .527. 528, 532, ,533. 534, 537. .53s. .i41. ,542. .543,
544, 546, .547, .548. 550. 551. ,5.54, .5.55. .556. 55s, .i .2,
567. 571. 572, 573, ,574, ,576, .577, 579, ,5^2. 5s6, 5s7,
588, 590. .591. 592, 593. 594. 595. 596. .597. 59SJ, 603.
604, 605, 613. 615, 616. 617. 620. 621, 622, 623. ()24,

626, 627, 628, 643. 64s, 6.-,o. 651, 652. 654, 655, 658, 662.
Genette. .593.

Genev.'i, 577.
Gififord, 62).
Girad, 538.

Giles, 309, 315, 501, 530, 575, 64.5.
Gilman, 193, 345.
Gideon, 40. 66.
Gilbert, 266, 547.

Gladys, 479, .557, 590, 618, f58, 664.
Glen, 561, 572, 577, 606.
Glenna, 663.
(Tordon, 370.
Gorham, 410, 6.56.
Gouverneur, 651.

Grace, 2><, 46, 77. 78, 364. 371. 421, 431, 472. 474, 479,
499, 507. 560, 561. 572. 574. 575. 5s8. .591, 594, 599,

627, 643, 644, 653, 656, 65b.
Graham, 581. 622.
Grant. 39s, 421, .591.
Granyill. 265. 542.
Granville, .5tiO.

(irata, 167.

Grover. 270. 4.53. .570.

Grove. 392, 571.

Greenleaf. 178.

Guilford. 135, 2.56, 440, 601.

Gordon, 557.

Gnilberte. 397.

Gny, 433. 507, 561, 594, 626.

Gurnev, 563.

Halspy. 329. 523.

Hallam. 3«7,

Hamilton. 4.39. .597.

Hamlin, 424.

Hammond. 427. 592.

Haniiibiil. 531, 644, 6(32,

Happy. 121.

Harley, 374.

Harlie, 375.

Harlan d. .597.

Hattie. 91. 293. 321. 371. 390. 391. 424. 451. 4.57, 472.
477, 523, 526, 53.s. 570. 5K5, 595, .599, 616. 644.

Hall.. 570.

Harrington. 444.

Harwood, 53t). 64s.

Hazel. .562. 592. 59.5, 601.664.

Harold. 548, .5K2, 613, 621, 651.

Hansel. 557.

Harlan. 242. 424. 425. 604.

Havilah. 22s.

Harlow. 211. (J63,

HachaliHh, 122. 234, 415, 5h5.

Hayccp. lid. 213.

Hannwh. 23, 26, 2s, 30. 34, 37, 3s, 3<l. 4s, 52. .53. 62
63. 64. 65. 66. 6s. 71. 72. 7s. h:,. Kii, \n. (t3. 94. 95 IO2'
103. 10s. 112, liy. 120. 121, 122. 127. 12s. 131, 134,
139.149. 150. 15s. ir,o. lti4. 165, 16s, 171. ISO. 185
194. 195. 199. 202. 204, 213, 214. 227 22s '•'30 231
233. 23s, 241. 253, 2")4. 270, 274, 2^0, 304. :iOs. 33oi 337!
344. 362.365. 366, 374,410, 413, 420. 429, 436,458.
5S1.

Harriotde^. 81. 157. 159, 170. 173, 174. 175. 177, 193,
196, 19.S. 200. 203. 207. 20S. 211. 221. 22S. 229 231
2.35. 23b, 242, 247, 251,2.54. 2.59, 264, 270, 272. 275*
27K. 279, 2s2. 2M. 2s7. 2sh, 292. 305, 30h, 314, 317,
324, 3.30, .332, .334. 33s, .34.3,344,349.350,351, 354,
357, 362, 304. 366. 36s. 371, 379, 3s4. 390, 391, 400,
401, 412, 413, 415, 429, 4*;. 437, 444, 4t)7, 46s, 469,
509. 511. .525, 529, 531, 576, 580, 5M, 591, 592, 603,
606.

Harrison, 156. 290. 295. 350. a52. 424. 479. 4M, 542,

578.

Harvey. 113, 173, 244, 331, 407, 427. 431. 436. 445. 524,

605.
Hananiah. 148.149.

670

WHITNEY INDEX.

Harry, 168. 252, 320, 355. 393. 434. 47.i. 497. 499, 503,
504, 508, 524, 533. 538. 542. .545. 546. 547. 556. 561,
572, 593, 594, 603, 605, 620. 625, 627, 657, 658, 659.

Henry, 30. 43, 44, 46, 62, 76. 78, 92, 122, 1.9, 149,
160, 163, 184, 1K5, 192, 197, 198, 203, 207, 213, 215, 217.
229, 2;«. 234, 235, 251. 252, 2.57, 259, 264, 265, 271, 272,
276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 282, 291, 292, 294, 295. 296, 297,
299, 300, 301, .304, 811, 315, ,327, 332, 3:^4, 337, 340, 343.
344, 349, 3.50, 351. 352, 355. 356, 366, 3t)7, 372, 376, 377,
386, 387, 391, 393, 394, 400, 406, 407, 408. 410, 411, 412,
420, 4'.^, 429, 43!5. 440. 441. 444, 445, 446, 451, 4.56. 461.
461. 467. 468, 471. 484. 485. 491, 494, 513, .520. .521, 522,
525, 527, 529, .530, 532, 533, 534, 536, ,541, 5.52. 554, 562,
569, 571, 573, 574, 576, 580, 581, 5S2, 590. 592, 593, 594,
596, 597, 601, 615, 616, 622, 623, 625, 626, 628, 629, 630,
631, 632, 639, 642, 643, 648, 649, 651, 655, 656, 658, 662,
663.

Henrietta, 203. 208, 331, 356, 375, 437, 455, 597, 648.

Hepzibah, 30. 233.

Hepsibeth, 2.53.

Hezekiah, 47, 49, 83, 84, 88, 90, 169, 170. 171, 176. 180.
227. 331, 406, 525.

Helen, 217, 226, 302, 303. 305. 309, 310, 352, 365. 389,
391. 392. 400. 415, 42-(. 429. 431. 432. 465. 4«H. 497. 49k.
511. 513. 525. a3s. 5,57. 575. 577. 579. 592. 6()0, 603, 606,
624. 627, 62s, 645, 651, 655, 660. 661, 662, 663.

Hester. 50, 332, 506.

Hestry. 110.

Herman, 593, 623, 664.

Heber, 103, 660.

Hermon. 2«0, 430, 467, 595.

Helena, 236.

Herbert. 244, 328, 371, 403, 421. 457, 466, 472, 474, 477.
479, 4>-0. 511. 52-.', 523. 5?5, 534, 541, 550, 572, 574, 584,
592, 601. 621, 640, 646, 052. 6.54, 657. 663.

Hiram. 122. 129. 181. 211. 213, 214, 232, 326, 332. 344.
346. 376, 377, 879, 384, 433, 434, 470, 526, 541, ,593,
617.

Homer. 425, 431, 449, 593.

Hobart, .528, .583.

Hortentia, .308.

Hortensia, 1V5.

Horace. 156, 197, 206, 210, 217, 241, 259, 289, 343, 362.
375, 39:J, 400, 411, 421, 422, 436, 443, 465, 479, 537,
538, 561, 574, 578, 581. 590. m.KMifJiUi. 6.58, 660,
661.

Hosea. 281, 459, 469.

HoUis. 195. 2.56. 266, 441.

Horatio, 274, 356.

Horner, 391.

Horton. 433.

Howard. 4o9. 425. 547. 574, 6.56.

Huldah. 60, 66, 114, 116. 218. 232. 337.

Hugh. 534.

Hurlbert. 663. 664.

Ichabod. 118.

Idella. 420.

Ida. 252. 285. 291, 293. 371. 389. 399, 404, 456, 465. 477,
523. 542. 5,57, 562, 644, 645, 656,

Imri, 345,539.

Imogene. 319.

Increase, 228.

Inda. 533.

India, .545.

Indiana, 108.

lnez(e\ 305, 591.

Ina. 467,559.

lone, 614.

Ira, 211. 265, 315. 822, 451. 507, 541, 576, 581, 591, 649.

Iris, 591 .

Irene. 90, 137, 210, 215, 220, 371, 400, 407, 578.

Irvenia, 215.

Irwin, 6.56.

Irving. ,571. 591,645,656.

Isaac. 24. 27. 29. 34. 37. 39, 40, 44, 46, 47. 53, 55. 59.
61. 62. 63, 64. 65, 72, 80, 84.90, 94. 106. 109, lis, 121.
122, 125, 126, 149. 153, 1.56, 1.59. 165. 188, 189, 198,
203, 209, 213. 214, 227, 2.3.3. 235, 238. 241, 280, 281,
286, 303, 312, 331, 338, 350, 355. 366, 369, 405, 411,
417, 420, 42s, 46s, 498, .525, 533, 581. 590, .593, 642.

Isaiah, 23, 31, 82, 48, 53, 54, 94. 95.102. 103, 196, 198,
350, 351, 3.52. 355. , /

Israel, 42, i6.^^h, 77,.7«, 79, 81, 88, 95, 159, 160,
161, 167. 19871^. 295. 2«, 429.

Isabella, 564.

Isadora, 494.

345,

,85,
140,
213,
2.52,
317.
364.
391,
421,
455,
515,
5.54,
575.
643,

155.
406.

Isabelle. 50, 61, 62, 129. 375, 389, 466, 512.

Isabel. 119,412,442,451.

Ithamer, 92.

Ivey, 533.

Ivory. 358.

Ivers, 276. 328, 452, 522, 607.

Iva, 404, 424.

Jackson, 195, 349.

Jannett, 193. 64s.

Jasper. 67. 235, 251, 416, 433.

Jarvie. 132, 2-52,434.

Jay, 392. 500. 643.

Jason. 30. 39. 47.64.65, 66, 126, 128, 239, 275, 286.
421.460.474,540,618.

Jared, 139, 291, 480.

James, 24, 31, 34, 35. 42. ,53. 56, 57, 58, ,59, 62, 72
91. 106. 107, 109, 110, 112, 115, 119, 122, 126,133,
149, 151, 158, 176, 179, 182, 198, 202, 203, 207,
214, 215, 217, 219, 222, 227, 233, 239, 241, 244,
262, 264, 265. 271. 279. 280. 296. 3t0. 802, 315.
320. 321. 324. 326. 327. 331, 335. 354. 858. 360.
365. 366. 367. 36><, 372, 373. 377. 379. 389. 390.
392, 393, 396, 400, 401, 402. 405, 407, 410, 420,
422, 424, 425, 430, 435, 449, 450, 451, 453, 4.54,
464, 465, 466, 467, 492, 494, 495, ,500, 507, 514,
516, 517, 518, .519, 528, 529, 533, 543, .547, 551,
555, .5.58, .5.59, .568, ,564, 567, 569, 570, .572, 573.
576, 591, .594, 601, 606. 607, 615,620, 623,632,
6.50. 653. 654. 65s, 662.

Jasmine. 591.

Jacob, 37. 53. 59, 61, 80, 85, 94, 112, 118, 119, 134,
165, ISO, 195, 227, 228, 253, 254, 345. 369, 403,
540, 5.5(5.

Jabez 94.

Jane, '27,' 37. 73. 111. 159. 176. 190, 202. 206, 218, 226,
231, 259, 274, 280, 309, 315, 319, 349, 351, 362, 366,
374, 877. 381, 394. 417, 440, 451, 466, 507, 510, 5>6,

567. 580, .581. 582.

Jazamiah. 1(19, 211.

Jedediah, .59. 215, 338.

Jemima, 46, 78, 90, 2.53, 436.

Jetta, .561.

Jemsha, 149, 239, 2s0, 420.

Jeanne, .501.

Jerry. 358, 419, 435, 547.

Jennet, 64.

JeDeatt(e). 583, 602, 636.

Jephtha, 265.

Jefferson. 181. 200. 211. 233.

Jenny. 612.

Jennie. 279. 290. 3.30, 346. 393, 430. 444. 455, 456, 467,
476, 484, .524. 533, 561, .569, 572, 573, 574, .596, 613,
622, 628, 656.

Jethro, 442, 601.

Jeffie, 562.

Jerome, 201, 270, 320, 3%, 574.

Jeremiah, 52, 92, 151, 181.

Jean, 644.

Jesse, 121, 126, 185, 167, 232, 234, 241, 302, 305,
584, 591,593.657.6.58.

Jessie, 38, 63, 122, 390, 406, 421, 422, 444, 461,
571. 573, 580, 591. 614. 655, 662.

John, 22, 23. 24. 27. 2-, 29. 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37
44, 47, 48, 50, .53, 54, ,56, 57, 58. 59. 61, 66, 70, 71
73. 7C. 81. 84. 85. 88, 92, 93, 102, 103, 104, 106,
109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 119, 120, 122, 126,
129, 131. 132, 138, 139, 140, 147, 148, 149, 1.50,
1.54, 155, 158, 159, 162, 165. 166. 168. 169. 178.
181. 185. 186. 191. 198. 194. 195. 200. 202. 204,
208. 210. 213. 214, 216. 218, 219, 220, 224, 225,
229, 231. 232, 233, 240, 244, 245,251,252,259,
264, 265, 270, 273, '-'81, 282, 284. 286, 287, 288,
294, 295, 801, 304, 308, 309, 310, 322, 323, 324,
328, 331, 332. 334. 337. 338. 339. 340. 344. 349.
357. 360. 364. 366, 368. 8*^9, 370, 372, 373, 374,
379, 381, 883, 384, 386, 3H8. 389, 390, 891, 396,
400, 404. 405. 407, 410. 412. 414. 416. 420. 422.
428. 429. 430. 433. 434. 437. 440. 441. 442, 444,
450, 451, 457, 458, 463, 464, 467, 489, 470, 472,
476,477,479, 481, 484. 500, 509, 511, 512, .521,
526, .'■28, 529, 530, 531. .534. 541. 547, 550, 551.
557, 561. .56.3, F64. 566. 575. 576. 580. 581. 585.
592. 593. 595. 596, 600. 601. 6(U. 605. 606, 616,
622. 627, 628, 642, 644, 645, 646, 647, 652, 653,
658, 663.

413,

507,

. 40,
.72.
107,
128,
153,
179,
205,
228,
260,
293,
325,
352,
378.
397,
425,
445,
475,
523,
556,
586,
618,
654,

WHITNEY INDEX.

671

Jonathan, 22, 23. 24, 27, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38. 41, 44. 4.i, 47,

4«, 49. 53, 54, 55. 57, 58, 59,fii, 62, 64, 73. 76, 83, K>,

89, 90, 104. 105, 107, 109, 110, Ua,12i, 123, 124, 125,

150, 155, 166, 171, 176. 179, 1^57187, 200, 2u6, 212,

230. 235, 237, 238. 282. 292, 300, 310, 331, 360. 414,

450, 458, 548, 606, 612.
Johnston, 574.
Josie, 461.
Joseph, 23. 24, 29, 35, 39, 41, 44, .50. 57. 59, 61. 62. 66.

67. 73. 76, 88. 9U, 91. 1(3. 106, 108. 109. 110, 113. 11m.

119. 121, 129. 132, 184. 138. 144. 147. 14H. 150. 152.

156, l.i7, 16.1. 176, 178, 179. 186. 187. 1K8. 1H9. 190.

191. 193, 198, 203, 207, 208. 209, 210, 212. 214, 21.i.

227. 231. 232.243.251,254.262, 266. 270. 274, 2K0.

2«1. 282, 291, 296, 313, 324. 327. 330. 331. 333, 335.

337. 339. 340, 344, 353, 367. 370. 373, 374, 375, 376.

379. 388, 406, 40s, 411, 412, 425. 436. 439. 449, 450,

452, 453, 458. 466, 468, 4M0, 485. .506. .5U7, 513, 521,

524, .532, 534, 557, 579, 581, 582,595,596,597,600,

606. 612. 615, 648, 663.
Joshna. 22, '^4, 25. 27. 30. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 43. 46, 49.

53, 54. 58, .59, 60, 64, 65, 70. 77. 78. b8. 89, 93. Ill,

112.113. 114. 115.116.132.139.159. 160.186.213.214.

218.221.222.246,247, 249, 2.57. 33U. 3^4, 385, 386.

3^7. 396. 40O, 432, 4.52, 523, 524, 567, 569, 593, 601,

603. 661.
JoBiah, 24, 34, 36. 37, 44, 45, 48, 56, 57. 60. 62. 68. 76.

85, 86, W7, HS. 90. 95. 102, 103, 108. 116, 119. 120. 134.

135. 150. 154, 155. 163. 164. 105, 181, 1S2, 1m5. 1H6.

200. 2ol, 207. 229. 2H1. 287. 2H9. 299, SH). 327, 329.

33(1, 357, 408, 468, 476, 479, 4>i5, 492. 494, 513, .521.

523. 579. 623, 655.
Josephine. 192, 309, 331, 840, 350. 389. 436, 4.56, 497,

49n .•)14, 534,612.645.
Job, 51, 91. 203, 367.
Johanah. 23.
Jophanus. 407, 578.
Jotham, 63, 176.
Joshuay. 25.

Jonah. 92, 95, 106, 123. 19:<, 196.
Jonas, 30. 31, 82, 35, 42. 45, 47, 53, 54. 69, 76. 81. h3,

104,105.123,136,137, 13M. 147, 1.54, 156, 157, 166,

173, 196,201,207,235, 272, 273. 287, 290. 292, 414,

476. 584.
Joel. 62, 71, 81, 92, 118. 120, 121, 123, 148. 155, 167,

177, 186, 187. 192, 202, 226, 232, 234, 253, 260, 305,

321. 331, 334,360, 361, 362, 3ti7, 411, 415, 416, 436,

439, 445, .509, 585, 5i,9, 605.
JoDnn, 37, 45, .")9, 62.
Joanna, 121, 330, 405, 410.
Joe, 411,621.
Joshuey, 24.
Jona. 104.
Judediah, 112.
Judali.89.
Judith, 40, 43, 66.
JuJia. 137, 160, 162, 171, 1m9, 225, 228, 2:52, ZU, 2.59,

262, :509, 323, 328, 329, 333. 338, 34.5. 349, 350, 362.

364, 373. 377, 387, 391, 394, 414, 4:53, 4.50, 4.56, 468,

483, 512, 524, 559, 562, 567, 569, 571, 574, oHo, 590,

595, 615.
Julian, 204.

Justine. 16rt, 289, 304, 305, 478, 479.
Juliette, 171.

Julias, 220, 283, 391, 398, 465, 477, 523, 640.
Jubel. 2.56, 441.
Julianna, 'Mb.
Katella. .591.

Katherine, 77, 85, 134, 175, 272, 506. 537,544,617,657.
Karl. 641.

Katie, 285, 390. 570, 578.
Kat^, 397, 404, 431, 485. 545, 587.
Keziah. 38, 57. 165.
Kezia, 46. .59.
Kplber, 643.
Kingsbury, 262.
Lb Fayette, 218, 394, 603.
Laban, 2iH, 42 .
Labin, 124.
Liaforrest, 319.
Lambert, 211, 377, 622.
Larania, 221.

Laurence, 216, 389, 473, 474, 662.
Laurinda, 520.
Laurette. 198. 331, 350, 470.
Laurilia, 176.

Laura, 113, 168, 169. 206, 217, 219, 220, 264. 324.

337, 341, :384, 391. 392, 397, 399. 410, 426, 464,

501, 505, 512, 522, 524, 525, 571. 582, 599, 603,

632, 649.
Latita, 592.
Laton, 240.
Laila, 560.

Lavina. 542. i

Labelle. 525. ^v

Lauretta. 512. ♦ >

Lawrence, 225, 404. 606.
Leah. 647.

Leander. 375, 600, G59.
Lelia, 651.
Leigh, 618.

Leslie, 509, 521, 522, 627, 641, 658.
Leinder, 123.
Lester, 573, 587. 604.
Lestester, 373.
Lena, 391,499, 505, 659.
Leighton, 499.

Le Roy, 559. 562, 566, 606, 651, 657, 663.
Leda, 623.

Leon, 473, 501, 573, 618, 628, 656.
Leona. 473, 501, 645.
Letitia, 440.

Levina. 160. 220. 273, 281, 834.
Lettie, 896.
Leafy. 158.
Lettis, 61.
Leonara. 209.
Leveret, 314.

Lebbeus, 59, 111, 112, 215, 216, 389, 390.
Lemuel. 30. 47. 67. 70. 81. 84. 8K. 94. 132. 133. 138,

168. 176. 185, 238, 2.52. 260. 261, 262, 307. 328.

415. 420. 428. 445, 449, 450, .522. 543. 585, 606.
Lelia. 329. 523.
Levi. .55. 78. 80. 81. 88. 89. 93. 105. 106. 122. 147.

165. 166. 167. 168, 180. 192. 215. 231, 306, 326.

364. 388. 410. 411, 414. 436, 514, 581, ,536. 571,

613, 640. 654.
Leonard. 109. 151, 152. 176, 195, 196. 210, 321,

349, 459. 521 530. 535.
Lewis. 169. 177. 192. 2(i;. 208. 215. 220. 241. 280,

321, 328. 357, 369, 371, 373, 374. 387. 388, 389,

467. 565. 5'22, 542, 547, 551, .560. 656.
Lilly. 314, 5.58.
Lina, ,577.
Lionel. 403.
Livingston. 651.
Lidia. 189.
Lilias. 232.

Linda, 154, 2:36, 237. 345.
Livonia. 193. 194.
Lizzie. 244, 283, ;«9. 880. 391. 896, 455, 478, 498,

5:58, 542. 579. 586. 596. 628.
Lincoln, 397, 459, 479. 563, 613.
LiDnic,623.

Lillian, 293, 399, 424, 473, 5.56, 5G0, 595, 627.
Lilley, .594.
Liilie. 292. 475, 562.
Libbie, 49.5, 541.
Litta. 591.
Lloyd. 573.
Lola, 607.
Lorna, ,593.
Lorain, 417.
Lovina, 376, 581.
Lowell, 662.
Louise. 321, 597, 651.

Louis, 244, 821, 455, 472, 477, 605. 618, ft45, 663.
Logan. 624.
Lottie. 396, 425, 434, 447, 504, 522, 544, 558, 559,

584, 624.
Louisa. 122, 174, 177. 198, 220, 227, 228, 252, 262,

273, 282. 286, :i21, 365. 368. 414, 440, 450, 453,

513, 547, 646, 655.
Lora, 240. 345.

Loren. 113, 126, 212, 242, 422, 577.
Lorindy, 376.
Lorenzo, 194. 219, 288. 844, 346, 896, 424, 469,

5:59,591,616,617.
Lore, 39, 68. 189.
Loretta. 394. 431.
Loron. 220.
Lovell, 197, 351, 399.

328,
498,
610.

167.
377.

149.
362.
573.

341,

810.
421,

501,

576,

270,
498,

472,

672

WHITNEY INDEX.

Lois, 47, r,9i, 61, 65, 67. 68, 74, 79, 84. 89. 93, 95, 107,

129, 132, 1.34. 180, 182. 196, 264, 36.i, 404, 450.
Lacretia, 74. 178, 227, 262, 280, 32h.
Lnther, 54, 93, 95, 102.106, 132, 136, 194, 200,217.218,

234, 247. 249. 2.57, 259, 326, 332, 396, 413, 430 431, 433.

437.446. f 95, 597.
Lnshea, 197.
Luceba, 176.
Lucena. 167.
Luna, 449.
Lura, 561.

Lnella. 286. 399, 455, 459, 601, 611.
Lucina. 305.
Luceam. 341.

Lula. 376.391. 555. 618. 6.57.
Lulu. 421. 477. .545.663.
Lnlj , 393.
Luoetta. 411.
Lucirelle. 659.
Lurisea. 2.59.
Lutine, 571.

Lncia, 219. 286, 3P3. 354. 367. SflQ. 396. .563.
Lucinda. 173. 189. 190, 217, -jSt. 318, 332. 580.
Lucie. 243. 539.
Lucius. 207. 217, 261, 286, 335, 372, 394. 447, 474, 506,

55H.
Lucy, 46, 57, 58, 62. 68. 69. 74. 76. 77. 79. 80. 81. 83. 88.

89. 90, 91, 104, 106. 110, 112, 113. 115. 118. 119, 122.

124. 125. 132. 137. l.")6, 15>. 160. 165. 169. 171. 175.
1x5. 1K6, 188. ]9<i. 191. 194. 195.
216. 219. 220. 222. 224. 23h. 257.
281. 2>2. 2^6. 2^7. 2'-9. 29s, 3U7.
338. 341. 344, 345. 349. 3.55. 39<).

405. 412. 439. 443. 452. 4-54. 4<i4. 465. 470. i>^A. 4^5.

506, 511, .532. 534, .572. .589. 603. 604. 607. 612, 626,

642, 647, 662.
Luke, 54, 102, 110. "144, 200, 212, 270, 862, 363. 4.54,

550, .575.
Lydia. 24. 34. 35. .36. 37. 38. 44, 46. 47. .50. 53, 54, .57. 61,

62. 63. 69, 76. 78. Hi. K4. 91, 94. 95. 102. 103, 1U8, 113.

118, 119. 121, 123, 124. 132. 1.34. 145. 14s. 1.50. 151.

157. 160, 165, 168. 1k2. 188, 195, 2(il, 218. 229, 230.
' 337, 339, 345, 349, 36H, 402,
552, 576.
259. 365. 379, 383. 393, 430,

177.

179.

181.

182

196,

2(K),

209.

214

2,59.

266,

2()7.

273

309.

310.

331.

333,

23><. 246, 253. 271, 325,
42(1, 42S "" ""

461, 472, .528
Lyman, 112, 138, 217, 247

443, .551,566, 608, tUS.
Lydstone. 379,
Lyall. 643.
Marriette. 221.
Mariamie), 79, 135.

May, 394. 396, 4(r2. 407, 430, 466, 567, .593, 649, 650, 6.55,
Marcus, 173, 2hh. 315, 316, 317, 326. 36n, 374. 42li, 506.

591. 607, 627. 661.
Mabel, 329. 424, 522. .523, .526. 539, 5.59. 561, 573. 574,

585, 593, .594, 595, 600, 606. 60S, 617, 620, 627, 645.

649, 651, 6.59.
Marie. 360, 375, 389.
Mandana, .566.
Mattison. 445.
Malcom, 478.
Majoria, .523.
Madelia, .524.
Madge, .547.

Marshall. 122, 233, 826, 522, 580. 656.
MasoD, 106.
Malvina, 133.
Marceila, 317, 510, 644,
Manning, 178, 324.
Marcy, 47. 63. 81, 84,205,
Marlin, 221.
Marion. 175. 317. 319. 390, 422, 491, 544, 5tjl. 586, 601,

606, 621, 626, 646. 649.
Marvin, 55'*.
Mabelle. 628, 659.
Maide, 592,
MarilJa, 311. 332.

Marietta, 209, 284, 301, 330, 346, 404, 445, 467.
Madison. 232, 411.
Marcia. 178.
Martin, 194. 203. 219, 257, 279, 317, 321. 334, 366, 374,

443. 465, 469. .5C9. 523, 559, 582, 640. 645.
Maggie. 379, 390, 559, 581, 592.
Maud, 397, 404, 421, 485, 525, 590, 615, 649, 658, 663.
Maz, 434.
Mary. 22. 23. 25, 29, 31, 82. 34, 35. 36, 37, 38, 89. 44,

45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 60, 62, 68, 65.

66, 67, 68. 71, 72. 73, 75, 77, 78, 80, 84, 85, 88, 89, 92,
103, 104, lOti, 107, 108, 110, 112, 113, 115, 118, 119,
120, 121, 128, 129, 133, 134, 140, 142, 150, 152, 1.53,
154, 159, 160. 161, Ki., 170, 171, 173, 174, 176, 177,
180, 181, 186, 188, 191, 194, 195, 198, 200, 201, 203,
205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 213, 215. 216. 217,
219, 220, 221, 225, 228, 230, 231, 232, 233, 238. 239,
241. 242, 244. 245, 246, 251, 252, 257, 265, 269. 270,
273, 275, 276. 279, 281, 282, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290,
291, 292, 294, 301. 302, 303. 304, 305, 306, 307, 308,
309, 313, .S14, 315. .321, 322, 324, 325, 826, 327, 328,
329, :«0, 332, 333, 337. 338, 839, 343, 344, 345, 346,
347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 362,
363, 865, 366, 367, 369. 371. 372, 873, 376, 877. 879,
880. 381, 384, 386, 387. :388, 389, 390, 391, 392. 393,
895, 397, 398, 399, 400, 401, 403, 404, 407, 410, 411,
412. 414, 416, 419, 426, 428, 429, 432, 433, 434, 435,
436. 440, 442, 446, 449, 450, 4.52, 454, 455, 456, 4.57,
460. 461, 468, 470, 471, 472, 4K4, 492, 498. 501. .503,
.504. 505. ,506, 511, 512, 513, 514, 520, 523, 524. 525.
529. ,532, 533, 5.36, .537, .539, ,540, .541. 543, 546, 547,
551, .554, 5.56. 5,57, .5.58, 559, 564, 566, 569. 570. 571,
572, 574. 575. .578, 579. .580. 581, 583, 584, 585, 586,
587, 589, 593, .594, 599. 601. 603. 605. 610, 614, 615,
616. 621, 623, 624, 625, 627, 646, 647, 652, 655, 656,
657.

Margaret. 112. 120, 215, 294, 300, 321, 595, 612. G32.
648. 654, 660.

Margret, 47, 59, 64. 66, 162, 163, 193, 215, 363, 428, 433.
491, 544, 5>-5, 58<i, .592.

Martha. 28, 25, 2<.t, 35, 43, 56, 67, 69. 72. 93, 1(16, 108,
120, 129, 1,50, 152, 176, 180. 181, 198. 209, 223, 227.
228, 229, 231, 232, 242, 246, 2.59, 27h. 282. 285, 304,
311,319.321,334. .S35, 339, 344, 355, 3.5H. .364. 366,
370, 384. 3x8, 394, 402, 405. 408, 414, 429. 430, 456,
469, 522. .528, 532, 533, 574, 575, 613. 614. 616.

Maria(h). 57, 160, 210, 213, 215, 217, 220. 224. 246,
251. 2x2. 2x4. 298. 300. 3(r2, 304, 325. 334. 337. 344,
34X. ,3.58, 373, 382, 3X4, 389, 412, 435. 460, 484, 530,
,561, .564. ,589. 662.

Matilda. 113, 220, 321, 838, 896, 413, 595,

Mark. 27, 39, 40, 52. 66. 106, 132, 202, 251, 252, 324,
363. 372. 373. 470, ,558, .560.

Mattie. 121. 379. 390. 391. 899. ,

Matthias. .36. 59. 112. 113. 217. 220.

Maurice. 645, 651.

Malcom. 620.

Manslield, 587.

Malisea. ,587, 593.

Maynard. 645.

Merret, 379.

Mertell, 433.

Mel bourn. 548, 650.

Med a. .573.

Merrill, 233, 291, 433, 479, .595.

Mercy, 2x. 37, 53, 71, 107. 118, 119, 123, 181, 1«9, 200,
203, 205, 225. 334, 529.

MelTill.511.

Merriam, xi, 92.

Mellen, 124, 579.

Mehitable. 37. 38. 56, .57, 66. 70, 71, 118, 140, 171.

Melvin, 227. 251. 405. 434. 443, 499, .522. 530, 613.

Merritt, 43;i.

Merrick. 274, 344, 4:», 459, 539, 599, 659.

Melissa. 305. 420.182.

Melvina. 232, 602.

Micah. 39. 47, .56, 62, 106, 107, 121, 368.

Mical, 203.

Minnie. :r;6. 397. 404, 422. 524. r41, 544. 546. 555, 5.56,
5.59. 571. 5SI9, 645. 655.

Miriam, 57, 91, 20.5, 205, 606,

Miner, 369.

Minerra, 235, 882.

Michael, 78. 161.

Miranda, 213, 214, 257, 37 , 379. 509, 589.

Mina, .593,

Miles, 315, 3&4. 506.

Millie, 891,457,645,

Milley, 103, 200, 326.

Milton, 116, 173, 212. 221, 224, 239, 274, 402, 417, 421,
4.53.458,514, .576. 627.

Mindrus, 2x0. 467.

Mills, 528, 643.

Milo. 219, 240, 288, 373, 500.

Mindwell. 192.

Mintha, 5.59.

WHITNEY INDEX.

6T3

Mila, 476.

Mildred. 523. 610. 622, 627.

Milan. 5m7.

Mirtle. S58, 576.

Monfort, 557.

Mortimer, 644.

Morton. 663.

Moses. 22. 23, 29. 30, 41. 45, 46, 47, 50, 62. 66. 80, 83,

88. 90. 91, 94, 107, 119, 131. l.S.'i. 146, 148, 151, 165,

175, 186, 1H9, 194, 195, 204. 253. 256. 271. 272, 276.

283, 303, 334. 347, 34». 353, 435. 440, 445, 605.
Montague. 642.
Morris, 221, 398.
Monroe, 659.
Mont, 640.

Molly, 80, 91, 93, 108, 119, 136, 151.
Montie, 645.
Mondana. 259.
Murray. 508, 627.
Myrtle. 434, .507. 595, 645.
Myra, 404. 429, 459. 524, 606.
Myron, 225. 237, 288. 306, 328, 4D5, 477, 478, 499, 522,

61''. G2(i.
Nartisha. 593.
Nannie, 435.
Napoleon. 239.
Nattio, 390.
Naomi. 102, 227.
Nathaniel, 22, 27, 28, 32.37. 39, 41, 43. 62.64.67,

69. 71. 77, 120. 129, 134. 135, 1*1, 15s. i7h, 202, 231.

245, 254. 2.59, 2s2. 2iC'. 301, ;«2, 365, 373, 425, 437,

444, 494, 532. 623, 646.
Nathan, 31,45. 52, 61, 62, 75. 76,92. 110. 119, 123, 150,

152, 166. 17h, 190, 192, 219, 234, 272, 2*2, 2K5, 2s6,

305, 323, 337, :m. il.i, 414, 415. 456, 499. 529, 533,

.5M, nH3, 584, 6.57.
Nadine. 651.

Nalmm, 37, 62, 121, 151, 164, 192, 341.
>('abby, 47. 165, 106.
Narisse, .572.
Naphthali, 62,
Nancv. 74, 76, KU. 10.5,116. 128,129, 133, i:i9. 148,

155, 1.57, 1.59, 169. 170, 176. 180, 181. 1^5. 190.207. 211,

218, 229, 232. 23S, 242,251.252. 276. .105, 32.1 330,

334, 34:5, 371. 408, 410. 426, 436, 505, 510, .555, 578,

.581. 593.
Nettie, 379. 550. 562. .566. 576. 587, 6.59.
NewtOD. 226. 252, 305, 32«, 334, 405, 499, 522. 528.
Nelson, 220, 231, 234, 269, 294, 328. 375, 39h, 413, 495,

562, 5K2. .593, .594.614,624.
Nellie. 285. 375, 379. .395. 39-<. 420. 424. 430, 4:U, 465,

472. 477. 522. 527. 528. 550. 55m, 559, .563, 569, 571,

587. .597. 599, 608. 614, 615, 623,627, 659, 663.
Nevina. 95.
Newhall, 338.
Ned 5.58
New'eli. 190. 203, 233, 257, 367, 36h. 372, 441, 442, 599. .

601.6U:lJi61.-
Neville. 575, 655.
Nicholas. 145. 271.
Nina. 374. 573. 658.
Norrie. 593.
Noel. 21s.
Norman. 148, 215, 247, 261, 330, 387, 414, 429, 446,

569. 654.
Noals. 120.

Noah, 114. 221, .3:57, 383. 400, .528, 529.
Nora. 238, .539,576, 623.
Obediah, 411.
Octavius, 215.
Octavia. 227, 389.
Ohel. 372. ,558.
Ohio. 148. 274, 275, 460.
Ollie. 467.
Olin. 499.
Olena, 3.sO.
Olympia, 236.
Olive, 112, 1'22, 126, 139, 202, 208, 213. 214. 231. 233.

234. 239. 263, 321, 337, 373, 87H, 882, 3«3. 405, 414,

428, ,529. 601, 627, 644. 662.
Oliver, 49, 67, 71. 81, 83. 87. 88. 89, 90. 95. 102, 134.

139. 140, 147. 149, 169, 186, 190, 199, 217, 2-^4. 322,

830, 337. ,345. 366, 391, 402, 420, 449. 465, 529, 530,

556, .591. 606, 614, 644, 657, 662.
Onei, 433.
Ophelia, 871, 513.

Orvill(ei..286. 563. 571, 578, 599, 6.59.

Orvilla. 474. 576, 664.

Orril, iii.

Orley, .573.

Oren. 618.

Orloff, f46, 663.

Orrin. 217. 315. 323, 391. 465, 530.

Orange, 211, 377. 558. 612.

Oreson, 270, 454.

Ora. 404. .532. 561, 563.

Orestes, 192.

Orissa, 3*4.

Orson, 217, 375, 391, 394, 442, 561, 572, 603

Orla. 217, 340, 3^7. 569. oTTT

Orlando, 109, 193, 210. 211, 219, 237, 345,

;^97, 447, 5,59.
Orra, 4;i9.
Orpha, 148, 194.
Osmo, 510.
Oscar, 217, 218, 219, 279, 878, 398. 394, 395,

467, 532, 563, 572, .585, 611, 615, 623, 642, 64'
Osie, 647.
Otis, 119. 151. 1^4. 185, iss. 192, 203, 234.:32n,

368, 410, 413, 414, 526. .53t), 581. 583.
Overton, 435.

Parkhurst, 123, 235, 286, 417.
Parley. 466.
Parthena. 210.
Paris. 653.
Palmer. b7, i:?2.

Pamelia, 209, 259, ;«5. 441. 467, 506.
Paul, 62. Hi. K'.. 113. 121. 16:5. 173. 174. 296,

312. 428. 434, 563, 589. 593, 648.
Pauline. 63!'.

Patty. 61. 126. 151, 18)^, 193, 202. 203.
Patience. 89. 119.
Pascal. 249. 431.
Paschal. 206, 371.
Pearl. 547.
Perna, 431.
Perrin, 605.
Perry. 601.

Persis, 51. 64, 66. 92. 125, 152. 166.
Peter, 57, H), 81. 83. 107, 11>. 161. 162. V\l .

20t). 279. 295. 305. 465. 484.
Pennelia. 160. ;127.
PeKpy. 59. 131.
Pendleton. :J90.
Pedy. 130.
Peleg. 227. 40ti.
Perley. 367.
Philena. 261.:W5. 447.
Philip. .5.5H, 60t>. 621. 622.
Phineha.". 2.59. 266. 26ii.
Phineas. 2n. 49. 57. 62. 70. 71. 72. 89, 138.140,

146, 14». 187.261. 411.
Philo. 149.279. 2H0. 467.
Phi la. 193. 235. .505.
Phebe. ;i9. 52. .59. (U. 93. 1:^5. 173. 188. 190.

214. 218. 2;«). 2.52. 257. 26ti. 267, 272, 333.

365. UU. 441. 465, 574. 603.
Philura. 64t;.
Phoebe, 570.
Placidif*. 215. SH9.
Pliny, 146. 203, 272.
Potts, 390.
Porter. 115. 121, 440.
Polly. 70. 74. 76, 94, 108, 109, 116, U\ 121,

131, 132, 1.39. 1.56, 1.58, 165, 170, 178, 179,

188. 189, 193, 202, 206, 214, 215, 234, 2.53,

337. 3^4, 418, 414.
Prndence. 94, 123. 1>9. 189, 238, 334, 528.
PrieciUa, 47, 186, 226, 257, 288, 512.
Prosper, 217, .391.
PrentiBS, 74, 152, .527.
Putnam, :i90,
Pyrenn, 239.
Quincy. 274, 4.59.
Kansel, 521.

Raymond, .507, 608, C59. 664.
Ralph, 412, 421. 484, 456, 47:3, 50«. 546. 563,

582, 592. 603, 628, 662.
Ransom. 373.
Kachel.61.62. 64. 84, 89, 94, 128, 166. 176,

251. 369. 433, 558.
Ray, 645, 662.

373. 3<7,

415, 466,
7, 6.56.

, 332, 340,

297. 298.

169. 176.

144. 145,

191. 192.
362. 363,

122. 123.
180. 184,
254. 259,

572, 575,
179,181.

•674

WHITNEY INDEX.

Renci, 420.

Relief, 6«, 74, 81, 89, 156, 166.

Rena, 591.

Rebecca, 28, 44, 45. 47, 54. 57, 62. 68. 90, 95, 102, 103,
105, 108, 109, 119, 122. 124. 145 202, 206. 20h, 209,
257. 287, 337, 347, 372. 380. 411. 531.

Hen ben, 89. 94. 153, 181, 213, 231, 285, 326. 410. 514.
532, .iSO.

Reba. 113.

Reid. 272.

Rhoda. 65. 76, 81. 122. 136, 165, 376. 386, 567, ,581.

Rispah, 345.

Riskcum, 90.

Eichard. 22. 23, 30. 48. 68. 77. 80. 81, 85. 119. 1.58, 168.
170. 176. 178. 180. 181. 198, 229, 281, 293, 294. 303.
311, 324. 326. 337, 355, 425. 427. 49«, 528, 545. 591.
651.

Rile.v.391.530. 571.

RfKierick. 529.

Roger, 421. 491.

Rosabelle. 4(5.

Rose, 409, 473.

JRoes, 570.

Rosette, 539.

Roger, 651.

Roland. 302. 303. 624, 625.

Rosette. 373.

Royal, 232.

Roscoe. 396. 542.

Jlobie. 233.

Roswell. 206. 207, 376, .562.

Rosa. 59. 4;U.571..5&7.

Roy. .562. 572. 595, 611, 617, 645.

Roxey. 137.425.

Rossie. 600.

Rollin, 433, 446, 605.

Rosina. 574.

Ro^anna, 413.

Ro-wena. 436.

R(ena, 367.

RocheUe. Mtl.

Roland. 495.

Roann, 373.

Robert. 41. 60, 126. 164, 300. 339. 37h. 386. 388. 397,
402, 421, 492. 509. .523, .526. 533, 541, 548, 551, 567,
570. 575. 586, .592, 652, 6.55.

Roxa. 112.

Rosamond, 265.

Roxanna, 120, 128. 394. .562.

JRosseta. 344.

Ruth, 22. 28. 29. 40. 45. 47. .50, 63, 75, 76. 80. 118. 122,
123. 130. 131. 149. 203. 21k. 261. 279. 280. 320, 322,
367. 375. 50^, 541, 555. 572. 601. 606. 632. 642.

Rulnff, 110. 213. 380,381, 3><4.

Ruby. .58. 12:^. 435.

Ruhannab, ,57.

Rnhamah.SO, 49. 76,88.

RupI. 119. 288.

Rnfus, 59, 81. 114. 117. 121. 168, 224, 225, 227. 308, 343,
383. 404. 538. 566, 577.

Ruggles, 2X0. 467.

Rupert. 135.

Rabin. 85.

Russell. 218, 2.56. 332. 877. 439, 4.59. 525, 599, 600, 621.

Rnlnflf..564, 653.

8abra. 338.

Sabrina, 211.

Samuel. 22, 28, 29, 37. 4S, 44, 50. ^2, 53, 59. 61, 62. 67,
69, 72, 73, 77, 81. 85, 90, 91, 92, 93. 103. 104, 107, 112,
113, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 126, 128, 131. 132. 135.
1.39, 146, ]4'<, 149, 150, 151, 158, 167. 168. 173, 176,
178, 179. 189, 190, 192, 201, 202, 203. 205, 214, 215,
216,227. 229, 2;i0, 231, 239, 240, 242. 243, 244, 246,
247, 2.57, 272. 274, 276, 279, 280, 282, 306, 307, 318,
319, 32'^, 324, 8,S7. 3:l8, 3,39, 340, 34.3. 351, 358, 368,
869, 387. 390. 410. 424, 425, 428, 4.56, 459, 467. 471,
508. 511, 534. .538, 543. 548, 552, 556. 587, 593, 603,
626.

Sadie. 559.
Sara, 617.

Sarah, 2:3. 25, 26, 28. 29, 30, 31. S2, 33, 35, 36, 37, 40,
42, 44. 46, 47. 48, 49, .50, 51. 53, 54, .56, 57, .59. 61, 62,
63. 65, 66. 68. 69. 71, 72. 75. 76. 77, 83. 84. 85, 87, 89,
91, 92, 93. 103, 104, 105. 106, 108, 109, 112, 113. 115,
117, 118. 119. 121, 126. 129. 130, 140, 144, 146, 147, 148,
149. 150, 157, 158, 159, 161, 164, 168, 176, 179, 180,

18.5, 188, 192, 194, 195. 196, 201, 205, 209, 213, 214,
219, 220, 223, 224, 228, 229, 230, 2.32, 2:«, 289, 240,
242. 244, 245. 2)6, 265, 266, 269, 271, 274, 275, 278,
280. 281, 2-2. 284, 286. 287. 289. 291. 292, 296, 299
305. 30*», 317. .320, 321, 322. 323. 324, 327, 32*. XV),
337. 339. 340, 343, 344, 845. 3.52. 354, .355, 858, 364,
366, 371, 381, 8h7, 889, 394, 398, 404, 410. 411, 414,
429. 4:i3, 435. 436, 442, 443. 444, 445, 4,55, 458, 400,
468, 469, 472, 476, 479, 506, 513, 514, 521, .529, 530,
531, 543, 571, 580, 584, 591, 593, 59(5. 597, 613, 645,
64'5, 664.

Sanford. 528, 642.

SalvanuB. 85, 146.

Sallie. 149. 178. 252, 651.

Salome. 211. 215.

Salmon. 46, 79. 80, 81, 84. 166, 304, 305, 576.

Sally. 69, 76, 94, 103. 105. 110, 111, 112, 113. 118, 120,
121. 122, 128, 129, 133, 137, 138, 139, 15<». 151, 153,
154. 162. 164. 165, 166. 171. 175, 176, 177, 181, 203,
207, 209. 211, 214, 221, 232, 237, 253, 260, 261, 313,
323. 3'26. 366. 407. 411. 446, 452.

Schuyler, 203, 368.

Scollay, 184, 327, 521.

Seneca, 129.

tiebra. 2,54.

Seth, 12(1, 195. 266, 347, 348, 452, 541.

Seraph, 193.

Serena , 305, 326.

Seba. 270.

Selinda. 119.

Sealand. 167. 306.

Sewell, 105. 122, 202, 233.

Seymour. •<i51, 306, 433, 500, 614.

Sherman. 588, 593.

Shubael. 115, 222.

Shadrack. 33, 55, 106.

Sibyl. 235, 415.

Sims, .390.

Simon, 45. 49. 73, 76, 77, 81, 88, 89, 158, 169, 187, 292,

309, 405, 428, 593.

y

14^, 170,

SUas. 41, 51, 72, &3, 85,^9^91, 93. 113, jui, 149, 170,
/IIS, 179f ISO,' 1h6.' DsyTiqi; 2-'0. 25^239, i74*'27^.
304. 3ll. 315;^ 3'p. 394. 398, 402, 40;..TD8r513. '

Silina,257.*: '^ •• ^

Sidney. 113, 201, 219. 3.58, 415, 437, 523, 585.

Simeon, 103, 201, 226, 410.

Sibil, 105, 208.

Sibbel, 2.56, 452.

Sibyla, 68.

Simci. 135, 2.57.

Sibal. 47.

Sisey. .379.

Sibbillah. 71.

Smith, 374.

Smyrna. 146, 272.

Solomon. 37, 43, 51, 59, 61, 68, 84, 91. Ill, 117, 118,
136. 169, 190, 225, 226. 2,57, 258, 259, 310. 337, 338,
404. 443. 444, .505, 529, 603.

Solon, 2:37, 341, :3.54, 417, 536, 543.

Sophronia, 1.57, 166. 197, 239, 302, 415.

Sophia. 61, 104, 110, 121. 129, 133, 159, 170, 188, 212,
222,232.283,2.53,276, 281, 806, 325, 328, 341, 891,
469, 4h4, .501, !.67.

Stanhope, 390.

Stanley, 475. ,593. 621.

Stillman. 244, 2«5, 323, 425, 474, 509.

Statira, 177.

Stephanie. 412.

Stanton, 161, 294.

Stacy. 149.

Stebbins. 335.

Stowell. 469.

SteUa, 891.576. .593,606.

Stephen. 45, 62. 66. 74. 87. 93, 121, 131, 151. 178, 182,
184,185.193.194.197, 227, 233, 241, 246,256, 274,
284,327.347,349,352, 407, 414, 421, 426,439, 458,
509, 529, .540, 577, 578, 600. 646. 664.

Susan. 78. 113. 151, 152, 165. 168. 176, 178, 179, 181,
184. 185, 186, 190, 199, 203, 204. 233, •.'52, 256, 274,
281, 282, 286. 291, 295, 296, 307, 813. 325, 826, 327,
828, 837, 38H, 343, 349, 357, 358, 364, 366, 372, .396.
412, 413. 480, 437, 446, 457. 469, 470, 475, 484, 497,
512, 514, 520, 527. 576, 580, 597, 627.

Susanna, 31, .37, 38, 40, 42. 44, 53, 61. 68, 64, 65. 69, 70,
71. 72. 79. 81, 85, 87, 89, 120, 122. 129, 139, 147, 149,
150, 164, 167, 189, 192, 209, 251, 257, 261, 841, 844.

WHITNEY INDEX.

675

Susannah. 251. 373. 381, 436, 564.
Sullivan. 200.
8amni«»r. 233.
Sakey, 74.

Sumne--. 287. 326, 475, 618.
Sura. 574.

Su^ie. 357. 435, 507, 561.
Syrena. 157.
Sylvia. 1.52. 203. 554.
Sylvaiius, 402.

Sylvester. 113, 195, 220, 347, 365, 398. 436. 437. 551.
596.

8ybil,.55. 57. 206. 279.

Tamer, 68, 137.

Tamsin. 238.

Tabitha. 33, 75, 121, 153, 171.

Tacey. 413.

Tarball, 37, 61. 117.

Temperance, 131.225.

Thomas. 22. 23,30,31. 50, 52, 56, 57. 58. 65. 66. 107.
108, 110. 112, 118, 145, 148, 149, 162. 17h. 192. 205.
208. 214. 218. 219, 226, 270. 271. 281. 282. 296. 324,
340, 341, ;«9, 370. 386. 387, 390. 395. 396. 405, 412,
417. 430, 455, 469, 470, 471. 485, ,534, 548. 556, .567,
559. 588, 595. 617, 618.

Theresa. 280, 564.

Thusey, 396.

Thankful, 61. 62. 119, 133. 260. 312.

Theoilore. 156, 169, 213, 215. 234. 235, 280. 2>*8. 290.

310. 311. 348. ;«3. 379, 389, 415, 426, 466, 513. 541.

556, 570. 592. 652.

Thaddeus. 66, 130, 131, 400, 574. 575.

Thorsha. 270.

Tbedotia, 262.

Thirza, 337. 528.

Timothy. 27. 28, 34. 40. 41. 47, 51. 55, 56. 62. 66. 81.

83. 92, 105. lOtJ, 131, 169. 170, 192. 204. 309, 45s.
Tirzah. 134.
Tillitha. 435.
Tom. 6.53.
Topsy. 896.
Torn-. 256.
Torrey. 439.
Truman, 603.
Troy. 388.
Tryphsoa, 148.
Tryphena. 148, 226, 383.
Turner, 129.
Tnrzah, 211.
Tyla, 613.
Urania. 201.
Urial, 84. 177, 321.
Uriah, 264.
Ursula. 590.
Varnum. 323.
Ver^fie. .562.
Vemie. 434.
Vernelea. 219.
Vespasian. 365.
Vera. 499. 662.
Vira. 573.
Vinnie, 526.
Victor, .507. 657.
Vivian. 464.
VirKil. •m>. r)67. 593.
Victoria. 369. 428,651.
Vina, 2.56. 444.
Viola, -.m. 622.
Virginia, 32^).
Vincent. ,386, 567. 654.
Vilate, 603.
Volitia, 440.
Wayne, 623.
Wayland. ,542. 663.
Walton. 461.613.
Wait. 205, 369, .5,56.
Warham. 139, 262, 263,264, 451, 607.
WatfiOD 350
Warren.' 113,' 186. 195, 219, 226, 305, 329, 330, 858, R66,

476, 499. 547, 561, .596.
Washingrton, 193, 228, 386, 417, 452. 567.

Walter. 151. 235. 276. 283. 285, 289, 345. 346. 355. 369.
373, 379, 395, 400, 412, 435, 461, 462, 464, 472. 485,
.523. .525, 540, 542, 5.57, 5.59. ,573, 574. 582. 599. 606.
614, 622, 643. 652, 6.56. 658. 661.
Waldo, 199, 244, 460, 522. 541. 543, 613. 641.
Wallace. 346, 377. .5,59. 562, 650.
Wetherbee. 89, 165, 187.
Walton. 409.
Wesley, 233. 664.
Wealthy, 114, 115, 235. 372.
Weston. 644.
Welthy, 224.
Webster, 270. 452, 454.
Wells, 415, 586.
Winthrop, 461.
Wilson, 228, 2a.
Willard. 113. 114, 167, 220, 221. 387, 398. 399.420,

444. 590, 593. 603. 604.
Winfield,509, 627.
Wilmer, 663.
Wildon, 5t)0.
Wilbert. 644.
Will. 6.50.

William, 25, 28, 35. 36, 43. 58, 59, 71, 78. 85. 91.
110, 111. 112. 113, 115, 117, 121. 130, 132, 139,
145, 148. 151, 155, 1.58. 159, 160. 161, 162, in3.
170. 171, 173. 17m, 186. 188, 193. 198, 200. 201.
205, 207, 208, 210. 213. 214, 215, 216. 217. 218.
220. 221, 224. 228, 229. 2:52. 235. 239, 242, 244.
Zia, 251, 2.52, 2.56. 261. 266. 269, 270, 271, 274,
279. 282. 2^3. 2H4, 2«5. 28>^. 291. 292, 295. 29x.
301, 303. 310. 311, 312. 313. 31.5. 316. 317. 31H.
323, 325, 329, 3.30. 331. 334. 33x. 341. 344. 345.
849. 351. 354, 3.V). 357. 3.59, 362, 364. 3<)7, 372.
375, 379. 3«0. 3>>1. 3*4. 3^5, 38ti. 3^7, 389, 390,
396, 397. 398. 39it. 400. 405. 407. HH. 409, 410,
416, 417, 420, 421,422, 424, 428. 430, 4.32. 434.
437. 440, 445, 446, 449, 450, 451. 4.52, 4.53. 454.
456, 4.57. 460. 464.465, 466. 467, 471, 472. 473.
478. 479. 480, 483, 4h4, 486, 4H7, 488. 4«9, 490,
41-4. 498. 499. 505, 506, .507. .509. 511. 514. .520.
525, 527. ,528. .529, 533. 5,36, 537, 539. 541. ,543,
547. ,552, 5.54. .5.56, 5.5^, 561, 563. ."^67. 568. 569,
572,573, .574, ,578, 579. 588, .591, 592, .593, .594,
596,601, 603. 605. 606, 607, 608, 610, 612, 613,
615.621, 622, 623, 625, 626. 632, 6:«, 634. 635.
637. 63H. 639. 642. 643. 646. 647. 648, 649. 652.
658, 661. 662. 663.
Wilmont. 461.
Winona, 449.
Wipraves. 114.

Wilbar, :i46. 4,58, 479. 5a), 611.
Willis. 3.57, 374, 397. 413. 4.59, 497, 557. 561, 577,

587, 614, 653.
Willie. 387. 420, 434. 4d4, 495, 525, 557, 562,

6.58.

Willflton. 420. 491.
Winnifred. 421, .581.
Wolcott, 215, SH7.
Wren. 591.
Wyman, 405.
Yale, 571.
York, 208. 374.
Zabad, 20t'), 371.
Zacbariah. 30, 44, 49, 50, 55, 78, 89, 149, 1,50, 233, 281,

412, 470.
Zara. 567.

Zaccheue. 33, 55, 105.
Zacheus. 104.
Zellia, 472.
Zebina. 206. 239, 371.
Zerviah.50. 212.
Zebudah, 166.
Zebulon. 62. 121.214.
Zerah, 149. 279. 2k0, 465, 615.
Zenas. 135, 256. 440, 536, 649.
Zine, 2.52.

Zimri, 150. 181, 189, 281, 468, 616.
Zilpha, 136, 580.
Zillah, 588.
Zolvia. 112.
Znri, 844, 589.

434,

106,
140,
164.
203.
219.
245,
276,
.300,
321.
346.
373;
392.
411,
435.
4,55,
474,
492,
523.
544,
570,
.595.
614.
636.
658.

585,
581.

Index to Other Names.

Abels. 332.

Abbv, 122.

Abbev. 34ti, 414.

Abbott. ». 1119. 310, 363. 4G8, 519, .579, 616.

Ackerman. 530.

Ackley. r>ii.

Acorn. 229.

Adair, 405. 577.

Adams. 24, 27. 28. 47, 76. 77. 78. 79. SI. 87. 91. 94. 110,

129, 137. 145, 149, l.-)2. 1.54. 1.56. 162. 163. IM, 191.

192, 195. 196. 215. 217. 218. 232. 234. 242. 2.53. 271).

271, 274, 275, 279, 2K4, 2k9. 29.'. 302. 305. 327. 34],

350, 893. 412. 452. 459, 465, 47h. 519. 564. 572, 599.

607, 653.
Adgatp, 430.
.^hlern. 439.

Ains worth. 107, 206. 428.
Ainger, 327.
Aldrich. 310. 437. 597.
Allard, 203. 3C)7.
Allds. a50. 542.
Alcer, 153, 536.
Allington, 17t<.
Allen. 33. 31, 41. 44. 51. 53. 55. 59, 69, 73. 'Xl. 93. 104,

10«. 112. 117. lis. 119, 129. 1,54. 160. 174, 1k9, 202,

203. 204. 222. 223. 224. 22!?. ^56. 257, 2^6. 2k7. 312.

334. 351, 367, 374, 396. 411, 436. 441, 4.5u. 4.52. 463,

475, 510, .561. 606, 607.
Alden, 65, 193. 203. 243. 251. 844, 433. 539.
Albee. 203, 36n.
Albert, 355, 546.
Al-well. 615.
Ammerman. 439.
Ambrose, 436,
Amsden. 123. 235.
Ames. 164. 217, 25-J. 391.
AngelJ. 567. 654.
Anderson, 2.52, 556.
Angevine. 118.
Angier, 31. 109.
Andrews. 41. 42. 105. 106. 128. 177. 2:}2, 242, 247, 264.

285. 325. 3W, 450, 479. 512.
Anson. 45, 74.
Anni^. 109, 210.
Appleby. 405.
Applepate. 35. 572.
Applet on. 481.

Arnold. 22, ,56. 148, 386, 436, 539, 587. 596. 649.
Arme.-. 136, 2.57.
Arms. 189. 25h.
Arbo. 229.
.A.rthar. 187.
Arrington. 158.293.
Armstrong. '226, 407, 530, 578, 646.
Archer. 402. «

Arnot.451.60".
Askew. 528. 643.
Aspin. 420.
Askren. .5,58.
As.kaen.372.

Ashley. 60. 67. 92. 114. 256, 470.
Ashburner, 170.

Atherton. 54, 102, 103, 158, 292. 614.
Atwood, 181.
Attleboro. 203.
Atkinson. 4.54.
Auld. 191.

Anstin, 51.61. 118,149. 173. 280, 815, 466, .523. 615,

640.
Aunger, 439. 599.
Avery, 169. 170. 262. 275. 310. 381.
Ayer(6), 30, 48, 17G, 1*5,232.321, 329.362.411,548,

650.
Baldridge. 114.

Ballon. 104. 1k7. 287, 324. 447. 475. 554.
Batcheller. Ihl. 343.
Batchcllor. 89. 133. 134, 181, 326.
Batchelder. Isl.
Bass. 76. 522.
Barrow(sK 76. 91.
Burber. 67. 94. 132. 225. 338. 404.
Baldwin. 34. 46. 300. 315, 318. 3.59, 390. 472, 486. 488,

54S.
Barnes. 63. 89. 112. 115, 122. 123. 147. 166. 1x6, 200,

207, 210, 217, 2.56, 311, 815, 414, 441. 583.
Barge. 24.
Barstow. 62, 134.
Baxter. 164. 424.
Barrett. 31. 50, 51, 65. 76. 140. 153. 154. 215. 260, 266,

271. 275. 286. 397. 453. 455, 460. 501.
Barnard. 45. 50, 51. 73. 74, 87, 91. 94, 103, 105, 112,

1.5H. 164, 189, 201, 281, 323. 34», 358, 4.58, 469. 511,

547 625.
Bailey."34. 51. 93. 104, 115. 157. 173, 184, 193. 235,278,

827, 367. 371, 407, 445. 579, 60.5.
Banks. 313.
Baruett, .52. 92.
Baker. 26, .31. 46. 50. 61. 79. 82. 134. 163. 170. 174. 179,

195. 208, 220, 231, 266. 291. 302, 349, 374, 398. 410,

430. 452, 480, .562, 584, 592, 595, 657.
Bannister. .56.

Bacon, 28, 40, 65, 93, 129, 345.
Bard. 18ti.

Bassett, 58. 111. 168, 203, 366, 408. 409.
Balcome. 596, 65^.
Barclay, 303.
Ball. 28, 31, 38, 40, 70. 114. 135, 164, 266,275, 325, 439,

4.53. 460, 513.
Backus, 60, 532.
Bariium. 80n. 3.58, 547.
Ballard. 34. 56. 105. 107. 140, 253, 450.
Bates, 39, 172. 180. 425, 592.
Barton. 340, 382. 42k
Battle, 39. 73. 150. 2^9.
Bancroft. 46, 57, .58, 77,80, 144,
Barker, 94, 121, 1.5rt. 157, 202. 232.
Bartlett, 108, 123, 176, 278, 320, 333. .526.
Battel! . .555.

Bang, 123, 127. 196, 226, 432.
Baston, 120, 148.
Barron, 1,52.285.
Barclay, 165,
Bath, 647.
Bard well. 195, 349.
Baylies, 2i'3.
Bamber, 224.
Bard. ]86. 391.

Babcock, 160. 164. 224.237, 801, 337, 366, 439, 599.
Batchelder, 181.
Bartle, 225.
Baeder, 2,51, 431.
Babitt, 251, 43.3.

Barney, 259, 431, 444, 475, 520. 521, 582, 645, 656.
Baird, 262, 394. 449, 572.

676

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Barrell, 276. 460. 613.

Bag-will. 52H.

Batcheldor, 269.

Babb, 315.

Bass. 328.

Barrowe, 334.

Barringer, 337.

Bagley, 276, 305.

Bascom, 317, 328, 345. 382.

Bavnes, 363.

Babbidge. 379.

Bardeu. 413, 582.

Barwick. 418.

Bateman, 465.

Berry, 23;J. 339, 412, 586.

Beath. 33s. 533.

Bezoni, 225.

Bf-ebe, 222, 335. 400.

Bentley, 30s, 392, 468. 506. 571.

Bfckwith. 222, 384.

Bean. 323.

Beatty, 221.

Beatie, 603, 660.

Best. *i9, 557.

Belknap. 207.

Beam, .509.

Bell, 202, 242, 264, 386, 441, .569.

Bennet(t), 57, 5k, 76, 117. 267, 279. 305, 331, 395, 416.

4m. 524.
Benjamin, 44, 53, 73, 188. 199. 2?1. 404. 416. 469.
Beers, 22.

Belcher. 272, .304, 456. 498.
Beeklov, .5k, 111.
Bemis, 22, 23. 29. 33, 44, 105, 148, 168. 176. 205. 274.

275. 307, 320. 4til.
Bent. 117.212, 378,413, 511.
Benton. 4,52.
Beach, 23, 29. 222, 597.
Benkie. 5k7.

Beamau. 149. 272. 276,^5, 374. 454, 561.
Bernards, 27, 33.
Beilharz, ;i87. 570.
Beecher. 149. 280, 342.
Berney.421.

Bellows. 3K, 69. 79. .301, 449, 606.
Bergstrosser, 377, 562.
Bedlow. 155.
Berwick, 3t)9.

Beal(si. 39. 64. 149. 179. 180, 182, 276, 463.
Belding. 1.58. 234,292, 415.
Bender, 172.
Bendict. 391. 392.
Belden, 222, 333.
Berney.239.
Betzner, 465.
Billings, 334, 344, 428.
Bicknell. 74. 152.
Bickford. 5.54. 0.52.
Billinger. 28, 150, 193, 528.
Biren. 5U9.
Birrell, 274.
Birmingham, 381.
Biscoe. 46.
Bisbee. :i05. 499.
Biglow. 23. 29. 41, 42. 53. 74. 77. 81. 92. 106, 109. 129,

16K. 1K8. 247. 269, 353. 430, 449. 543.
Bickford. 2(J3. 3»)7.
Bingham, 385. 400.
Bigginton. 30.
Bisliop. 114. 148. 222, 242, 292, 325, 366, 400, 440, 480,

.574. .575. 643.
Bixby. 332, 526.
Blakeslee. 391.
Blankinship. 390.

Bianchard. 142. 189, 225, 325, 834, 468. 615.
BlaisdeU. 303, 412.
Black. 494.
Blackmer, 612.662.
Bhsh. 132, 246.
Blanding. 555.
Blaney. 166.

Blake. 120. 128. 134, 173, 208, 210, 256, 303. 364.
Blakelv. 376 56"^.

Bliee, 164. 196, 2''8, 301, 394, 506, 512, 572, 627.
Blair, 83. 169. 318, 319, 450.
Blorman, 443.

Blood. 22. 25. 109. 132, 143, 182, 209, 210, 251.

Bloomfield. 490.

Blackman. 75.

Blakesley. 222.

Bloom. 4.5k.

Blum. 434.

Blunt. 315, 506.

Blodgett, 36, 37, 58, 59, 143, 150, 202, 281, 289, 365.
479.

Booth. 112,153, 216, 335, 584.

Bond, 22. 27. 29. 30. 41. 51, 73, 123, 173, 314, 585.

Bolton. 107, 14>i, 187, 274, 455. 46 .

Bowman. 32. 42. 75, 93, 119, 484, 523, 612.

Boardman. 58, 111, 205, 369, 480, 621.

Boyden. 38. 63. 87, 124, 357.

Bowes. .52. 71. 144.

Bowers. 25, 54. 103.

Bowker. 51.63, 151. 169.

Bogart. 201, 220, 398.

Bovce. 327.

Boynton. 2(]. 44. 73, 84, 177. 528.

Bout well. 2\0. 260. 833. 445.

Boutell. 177.

Bovn. 1.53.

Bord. 3-.i9.

Bowels. 299.

Bowl. 3.50.

Bonne. 294. 482. 603.

Bo wen. 171. 469.

Bohoman. 210, 376.

Borders. 225, 404.

Bosbysh.-U, 216.

Bo6Chert,221.

Bowdish. 274, 4.58.

Bostwick. 222. 644.

Bow. 574. -571).

Bogue. 4>v4. 622.

BowJ..542.

Bogart. 358.

Bonney. 366.

Bodfish. 446.

Bones. 381.

Bon. 403.

Bouchette. 647.

Bortle. 40*.

Bowdilch. 426.

Borngeeser. 429. 594.

Boruck. 510. 627.

Brooks. 64. 80, 110. 140. U*". 15K. 166. 167. 176. 178,
179.202, 211.2-22. 230. 231, 274. 275. ifl.i. 324. 345,
360. 380. 419, 460, 476, 541, .54k, 590, 607. 661.

Brewster, 4;n.

BrookmHD. 465.

Brague, 39t).

BroD8on.6i). 223,401.

Browne, 419.

Breasha. 477, 478.

Brewster, .529, 644.

Braggins. 378.

Brady. 591.

Brierly. 420.

Brenton. 443.

Browning, 444.

Briggs. 499.

Brownell..536. 649.

Bramble. .539.

Brink, 600

Brennan.612. 662.

Broakman, 615.

Bradburv. 2k, 84. 93. 159.

Brewer. 4.5, 92, 191, 341.

Bridgeis), 23.v;7, 31, 39, 40, 46. 50. 279. 428, 530.

Brigham, 67, 95, 162. 247, 261, 282, 309. 3-26. 839, 472,
.5U4, 514. .562. 616. 662.

Brener, 151.

Bragdon, 119.

Bragg, 13K.261.447.

Bradish, 133, 253, 301, 494, 623.

Britain. 137.

Bruce, 169. 266, 310.

Bracey. 174, 319.

Brock. 178.

Bronghton, 189, 387.

Brown. 25. 41. 45, 53. 63, 65, 75, 77, 91, 105, 111, 115,
127, 129. 135. 141. 147. 148, 1.53, 15.5, 156, 178, 190,
201, 206. 213, 215, 217, 223. 237. 253. 262. 269, 173

678

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

274, 275, 2H6, 2m, 314, 315, 322, 339, 341, 38fi, 874,

376, 380, 3«7, 389. 391. 392, 393, 401, 407. 412, 413,

415. 41tj. 429. 43G. 470, 503, 512, 561, 562, 570, 578,

583, 586. 594, 596.627,646.
Broade. 64. 128, 242.
Brech, 37, 60.
Britton. 69, 84.
Brentnal. 38.
Bright. 77.

Briggs. 80. 85, 240, 256, 366, 554.
Bnant, 81, 168. 169, 192. 197, 233, 276, 279. 309. 342.

404, 466, 476, 62<J.
Bradley. 83. 98. 102. 170. 413, 420,470, 617.
Brackett. 95, 162, 227. 228. 295, 483, 578, 604, 613.
BroadweU, 215.
Bray, 233, 413. 655.
Browning. 206, .524, 603. 612.
Brainard. 302.
Breasha. 288.
Brace. 280. 398.
Bromley. 184.
Breed. 181.
Bruce. 178.
Brick. 203.
Bragman.20S. 374.
Bryon. 72. 149.
Brandon. 357.
Burden, 367.
Bulkley. 193. 344.
Burleigh. 307.
Burley, 246.
Butman, 220. 398.
Button. 206, 335. 465. 615. ■
Barkholder. 205. 369.
Burnett. 256. 441.490.
Buckingham. 180.448.
Buckman. 203.367.
Burrell. 215, 295. 389. 484.
Burbank(si.231.375. 4.58.
Buckley. 178. 233.
Bumstead. 174.319. Sk-^.
BueLl ) . 256. 257, 396. 439, 443.
Buchanan. 332.
Butler. 93. 110. 118, 194. 260, 265, 314, 341. 360, 448.

472. 519. 536, 547.
Burke. 85. 194.
Butterworth. 63. 120, 229.
Butterick. 58. 104. 1(»5.
Bullard. 84. 64, 107, 264.
Burnap. 51. 87, 181.
Bnrck. 29.
Buzzard. 66.
Burgee IS). 26, 85, 87, 134. 148, 179, 182, 274, 290, 327.

514. 608.
Bnrge. 35.
Burton. 71. 105. 428.
Burnes. 74.
Burnham. 76. 406.
Burgoyne. 82. 86.
Burt. 83. 88. 215, 346. 445. 449, 605.
Buck. 133. 139.
BuehneU. 184, 234, 439. 597.
Buckmineter. 106. 163. 182, 302. 327.
Butters. 152. 2»4.
Buckbee. 203.
Bugbee. 527.
Burleigh, :M.
Burneide. 387.
Bullock. 501.
Burlison, .531.
Buckner. 608.
Burleson, 646.
Burdick. 465, 614.
Bulkley. 193.
Bnrr. 569.
BumeH. .526.
Buninghr. 377.
Butterfield, 444, 604.
Burroughs, 412. 582.
Bush, 566.
Byam. 464. 614.
Byrkit. 4U).
Byington. 312. 506.
Carlton. 121, 211, 232, 274, 377.
Carsley, 120, 229, 407, 578.
Camp. 109. 312.

Caruth, 83.

Caper, 45.

Cane. 62.

Carey. 61, 418, 433,445, 605.

Case, 57, 107, 207, 372, 383, 511.

CarroU, 53, 93.

Carley, 51.

Carter, 71, 165, 182, 193, 306, 319. 345, 366, 501, 524,

554,641.
Caldwell, 123, 148, 234, 349, 528, 541.
Candler, 128.
Carollus. 137.
Carnes, 141, 143.
Carpenter, 182. 1.56, 180. 217, 232, 238, 290. 321, 338,

344,411,418,511.512.
Cass, 149, 206,279.
Callender, 162.
Carr. 173, 2*<8, 564, 585, 653.
Campbell, 182, 223, 295, 371, 390, 891, 400, 484, 494,

510, 570.
Cahoon, 511.
Calahan, 511.
Capen. .568.
Cariher, 569, 654.
Canhan, 286.
Catshall, 5.59.
Cassiday, 564, 653.
Carlyle, 488, 562.
Caswell, 407, 578.
Can), 178.
Calhoun, 432.
Castle, 395, 573.
Cabot, 482.
Carl, 389.
Cady, 371.

Cameron, 386, 532, 579, 655.
Card, 400.
Carrigan. 372, 558.
Cassiels. :363.
Casey, 364.
« ary. 238.
Cannon, 201, 358.
Carson, tlb.
Canning, 312, 465.
Cunfield, 280.
Cate, 278.
Carver, 302, 494.
CariJl, 323, 509.
Cherry, 159.
Chenery. 158.
Chandler, 37, 50, 60, 90, 91, 189, 203,227.362,368,

379, 406, 543, 563, 649.
Champney, 56.
Chadbourn. 234.

Chamberlin, 31. 93. 122, 194, 354, 429, 593, 649.
Chatterdon. 279, 466, 584.
Christmas, .569.
Chard, 149, 303.
Chapel. 222. 400.
Chipman, 4H4.
Chadwick. 23. 28, 71.
Chilton, 237.
Chatfie)d.l71.
Chatfee, 239, 644, 646. 664.
Child. 24. 27, 29. 34. 41. 44. 45, 67. 73. 75, 76, 87, 114,

155. 1K9. 193. 221, 3^362, 3677a55.
Church. 49, 88, 184, 187, 228, 249, 374,407,431.531,

559. 615.
Cheney. 25, 38, 41, 63, 66, 77, 82, 122, 169, 282, 307,

873,497.511.
Chase. 71, 105. 109, 121, 139.154, 209,232,2.59,270.

273. 274, 331. 868, 395, 451, 454, 456, 524, 531, 573.

611.
Chapin. 77, 85, 177, 287, 813,320,394,414,436,476,

584.
Choate, 78.

Chapman. 108, 157, 205, 807, 338, 415, 428, 533, 585.
Cbeeseman, 335.
Christenson, 356. 395. 578.
Charlesworth, 384.
Chambers. 385.
Churchill, 460.
Champion, 526.
Chittenden. 194,214.
Chandler, 5.56.
Chaplain, 255.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

679

Chipman, 295,312.
Closson, 258.
rUfford, 177. 457.
Clay, 403.
Claflin, 397.
Clendenin. 276. 463.
Clinton, 181, 448.
Clewel],251, 432.
Cluby,241,421.
Clemence, 128, 244.
Clough, 118, 310, 349.
Clupbone, 364.
Clow, 337,529.

Clapp, m, 94, 115. 163, 215, 388, 458, 596.
Clement, 22, 844. 530, 651.
Cleveland, 116, 224, 525, 642.
Clark, 25, 32, 33, 35, 44 46, 55. 70, 73. 75, 7
97, 105. 107, 124. 137, 139. 167, 172, 178. 203
220, 222, 233, 270, 287, 291, 296, 303. 308,
366, 367, 369, 375, 378, 379, 386, 395, 397.
416, 445, 446, 450, 475, 485, 498, 505, 551.
562. 568, 586, 606, 626.
Cole, 65, 184, 217, 246. 276, 411, 428. 464. 581
Cobb, 62, 115, 121. 122, 146, 204, 234, 597.
Coes, 77.

Corey(6), 84, 94. 103, 104. 144, 148.
Comee, 142. 143.
Comey, 199.
Compton. 121, 159.232.
CowiuK, 118, 123, 235.
Cone, 114, 221.
Colt. 114. 222. 400.
Cornell, 204. 355. 545.
Condell, 382.

Conklin, 112. 182, 218, .387.
Cowan. 98, 101,279.
Conner, 93, 194.207.

Collins. 91, 110. m. 203, 221, 827, 426, 482.
Cody. 39, 59. 113, 2,54.
Cox, 33, 79. 214, 239, 3.37. 375. 561. 645.
Colbam, 21, 64, 111, 116, 132, 210, 282, 301,
Coombs, 61, 118. 124, 166, 233, 238, 302.
Coldam, 22, 23, 564.
Cochran, 58, 111, 362, 363, 530, 645.
Coe, 214.

Coolidge, 23, 45, 46. 201, 266, 358, 453, 652.
Cook, 45, 66. 130, 151. 166, 186, 217, 231, 283.

391. 396, 413, 571, 682.
Conant. 35, 80, 118, 165, 301, 461.
Corbett, 63.
Connell. 531.
Corbin. 36.

Cozzens, 38. 63, 206, 207, 371, 372.
Condor, 36t).
Cobarn. 3f»6, 357, 500.
Covin, 3.S4.

Cotton. 166. 246. 304, 306. 399. 427.
Colony, 275.
Converse. 160. 282, 470.
Comstock, 172, 194, 376.
Cowdin, 161, 162.
CoUard, 146.
Coewe, 157.
Conway. 379.

CogsweU. 178, 272. 324, 405.
Cow.irey, 16*.
Couch, 194, 226, 346.
Corwin, 208, 209, 375, 501, 625.
Colton, 220.
Cousins. ?26, 849.
ColweU, 2^4. 415, 585.
Codding. 2.39.
Coareon. 2.52
Cowles. 2.")1, 367. ,555.
Conrow, 262. 449.
Courtney. 274, 460.
Colby. 303.
Cope. 345.

Colvin. 247. 400, 430, .575.
Collanger, 362.
Condon. .j.Vi, 652.
Coope. 59(1.
Colcord. 646. 663.
Coleman, 210. .390. 402.
Cozard, 259. 443. 444.
Cooledge, 384.

Cowl, ,590.

Conlon. 468, 616.

Cowele, 433.

Cofiee, .533.

Cornish, 373, 575. 655.

Collester. 330, 331, 458, 612.

Conrad, 418. 588.

Cooper, 385.

Crouch. 184, 259, 328.

Crane, 37 118, 265, 448, 451.

Cromwell, 67.

Crerj-, 35.

Crawford, 239. 396, 412, 584.

Crockett, 62, 121.

Crosby. 87, 62, 76, 196, 259, 291, 331, 350, 415. 443, 444,

■7, 83, 93, Cranston, 84.
207, 213, Craige. 105, 217. 364.
315, 365, Crittenden, 123. 218. 392. 416. 506. 586.
398, 415, Crocker, 143, 276, 291, 435, 480, 539.
555, 556, Creesy, 154.

Crowell, 186.

Crampton. 190. 337.

Craft (s). 205, 307, 333, 504.

Crooker. 214. 384.

Crossman. 217.

Cross, 217, 521.

Cron,218.

Crowl. 420.

Cronk, 259.

Creamer. 279.

Cramer, 497.

Crandall, 280. 371, 447, 468, 557.

Crehose. 282.

Cran, 396.

Cranford, 412.

Crozier, 413, 417, 588.
514, 621. Cravath. 443. 601.

Culver. 211, 308.

Gurtieis). 28. 40. 46. 71. 72, 170, 184.207, 8.55. 372. 373.
470. 555. 382. 430. 521. .545. 55S. 595.

CnehinK(s). 147. 148. 155. 163. 173, 190, 204, 260, 273.
274.287.288.328,431.4.57.

Cutting. 29. 44, 152, 2J1, 287, 457, 475.

Cutter. 29. 197.

Cufman. 420.
329, 886, Cnmiu8( inpg), SO. 65, 68, 159, 166, 230, 231, 269. 270,
331, 3:«. 461. 624.

Cnt'hall. 873.

Cutler, 33. 31, 38. 44, 52, 91, 92, 95, 148, 168, 196. 276.
580 » 1 .

Curit. 62. 119.

Cunningham. 74. 284. 409, 412. 444.

Curry. 355. 383. 422, 544, .545. 591.

Cushman. 1.59. 232.

Currier. 184, 315.

Currie, 260.

Cudback. 212.

Curtis, ^26.

Cyrenins, 215.

Darrow(8). 119. 167. 229. 416.

Damon. 106. 1.57, 262. 287. 291, 420, 449. 477.

Dai ling, 93, 238, 383, 420, 526.

Danehy, 65.

Darbey. 4«, 91.

Danforth. 27, 52, 83. 128.

Dana. 46. 6«), 79. 129, 130.

Dane. 228.

Davis. 34, 43, 47, 49. 68, 69, 71, 81. 83, 88, 90, 93. 95
107, i:iO, 131, ir.:^, 155, 1,59, 167, 169. 177.
196. 206, 2:^1, 247, 274, 2h6, 290, ,'^)9, 327,
39:3, 421, 4.55, 4.5m, 468, 473. 491, 497, ,504,

542, 56^, .572, 574, 612, 617, 624^ 645^ 6.54

178, 180.

;iii. 8.58,

.509, 530.

Danton, 47.

Dam. :i64.

Dalliba. 437, 5«1.

Dart, 132, i;'3, 247.

Day, 37, ,59. 62, 74, 112, 169, 1S5. 196. 198, 247. 290.

809, 349, MU, 429. 4.52. 486, 525. 577, 60^1.
Damschroder. 416, ,587.
Davenport, ,56, 105 146, 271, 305, 499, 554. 652,
Darwin, 8;^ 114, 173.
Dargee, 1.53.
Dardin, 216, 217.
Darby, 1.56. 190.
Daniell, 204.

«80

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Daniels, 12K. 260. 344, 349, 365. 44.i. .539.

Davidson. 173, 314.

Dailej . 21.s.

Dauchv. 392.

Darden. 390.

Dallibie. 256.

Dal I 5K6.

Dadtnan, 2i^6.

Dawson. :i06, 511.

Dawes, 327.514, 516.

Dangerfield, 332.

Daley, 42(1.

Davoll, 334.

Del avie. 205,369.

Dewey, 206, 210, 223, .371, 375. 376.

Delano. ls4.

Demary, 180.

Dennison, 168, 308, 406.

De Lorme. 215. _

Deming, 207. 34*5.

Demond, 149, 279.

Dearing. 154.

Dear. 169.

De Witt, 201.

Dean, 44, 146. 272. 427. oil, 608.

Derby. 26, 184. 2si, 328. 46s.

Derbyshire, 25.

De Lome, 59.

Dexter, 72. 74. 110, 1.51,242,327.

Densxnore. 109.

Dewell. 113.

Dennett. 119.228.

De Wolf. 123.

Deucklan. 3.59.

Denning. 647.

DeCon. .505.

De Long. 4-2s. 593.

Decamp. 344.

Demarry. 326.

Denton. 2^9.

De Berard, 525.

De Puy. 279. 466.

De Lancy. 264.

Dewing. 2^7. 530. (U6.

Decker, 22s. 411, 416, 587, 603.

De Rowe. 466.

Devoe. 2M3.

Deyo, 279.

Dearborn. 375, 410, 5S0.

De Forest. 396.

De Graff. 415. 485.

Demmic. 479. 620.

Depity. 509.

Demoe. 531.

Delra. .5as. 649.

Dickerman. 109, 209.

Dix, 29,2^8,477.

Dickinson. 85. 114, 186,247, 284. 320, 330, 384, 429.

Dike, 181.

Dies. 428.

Dickerson, 395. 396.

Dickey. 183.

Dimock, .520.

DiUou,226, 405, 420.

Dix< n, 229.

Diinocdy, 603.

Diamond. 372. 558.

Divine, 3iK).

Divoll. 52S.

Dibble. 394.

Doherty. 326. 514. /

Domino?, 286. /

Downey. 251. ■'

Dock ham, 242.

Dorwin, 221. .

Dorr, 202. 364.

Dowuinc. 191.282,327.

Dodge, 128.

Douglierty, 182.

Doyle, 151. 283.

Doe. 148. 302.

Dooison. 102.

Douglass, 95. 26.5, 451. .555.

Dooiitt!e,93. 217. 308. 392,449.

Downe. 74. 285, 288, 806, 457, 477, 611.

Doves, 27, 216.

Dods. 533.

Doane, 45. 87, 113.

Dow. 41X). .574.

Doty. 106, 386, 513, 567.

Dodd,236.

Drew, 63, 194, 207, 317, 507.

Drury, 34, 56, 69, 1(19, 134, 209, 454, 607.

Draper, 45. 74, 89, 131, 187, 203.

Drennes, 112, 215.

Drake, 150, 237. 333, 417.

Drinkwater, 177.

Drill, 216.

Drisco. 387.

Dulmage. 332.

Duryer, 221.

Dnryea, 399.

Durfee, 554.

Durkee. 207. 208, 375.

Dunklee. 202.

Dnncan, 199.

Dunckler. 196.

Dun, 217.

Durgan. 193, 194, 345. 346.

Dunn. 147, 27s, 276, 455, 457, 461, 601, 608.

Dnel, 113. 219.

Durant. 85, 178. 20H.

Dutcher, n8, 110, 366, 551.

Dunlop. 405.

Dudley, 24, .54, 103. 130, 210.

Dunton, 64. 65, 437.

DuBois, 345.

Dutton, 73. 228, 258.

Dunbar, 94. 195, 513, 628.

Dwight, R), 163, 164, 299, 300, 486.

Dwelly, 48. 85, 231, 410.

Dwinell, 188.

Dwyer, 578.

Dyer, 121.147.232. 233. .

Dyson, 31l).
Dysart, -584, 657.

Eastbrook, 611.

Eager, 162. 295.

Easton, 513.

Eames, 38, 59, 79, 113, 182, 202, 365. 435, 514, 581.

Earle, 93, 147.

Eaton. 41, 150. 169, 173. 197, 206, 280, 281, 291, 293,
307, 317, 347, 35h, 501, 541, ,547.

Eastman, 93. 166, 251, 323, 334, 509.

Eatinger, 207.

Ebrick. 646.

Eckley, 85.

Eckerson. 321, .509.

Eddy, 23. 31. 132, 274, 437, 524, 597.

Edgeworth, 265, 451.

Edmnnde, 34. 340.

Edson, 114. 221.

Edwards. 37. Wl, 134, 164, 192, 254, 255, 301, 372, 550,
5,59.

Edgerton. 222.

Edick, 393,

Edgerly, 3^7, 569.

Edgecomb, 408.

Egleston, 364, 439.

EUerson, 377. 562.

Elbrige, 468, 616.

Elizabeth, 241.

Elsmere. 332.

Eldred.27y, 529.

Eller, 235.

Eldridge, 214.

Ellis, 147, 14S, 166, 168, 210. 42h, 505, 626.

Ellswortti, 108, 112, 207, 217. 231, 3^4, ^31, 532. 616.

Elliot. 39, 41. 455, 608.

Elmore. 114, 337.

Elv. 126, 3.59, 547.

Elder, 34, 77, 78.

Emmons, 204.

Emerson. 182. 274, 289, 377, 460.

Etiery. 325. 513, 539, 640.

Emes. 327.

Emory. 70.

Emott, 409.

Emanuel, 216, 390.

Ennes. 2m0, 467.

Enop, 217.

Ensinger, 369.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

681

Essex, SK4.

Esterbrook, 84, 4o6. 501.

Estj\ 266.

Eustace, 38. 211.

Everton. 110. 213.

Evans. ;5h. 21', 3Cil, 386. 567.

Evarts, 217. 246. 247.

Everts. 132. 178.

Everett. 32, 153. 156, 450. 470, 516, 606. 617.

Ewell. 379,

Ewings, 201.

Evriiie, 646.

Farlin. 247, 24>^.

Eaure, 216. 389.

Tales. 213.

Fancher, 133,

Farwell. 25, 57. 95, 102, 166, 208, 305.

Farley, 46, 78, .504.

Farnsworth, 25. 46, 48, 57, 85, 89, 108, 111, 179, 186,

187. 188, 272, 456.
Fay, 68, 81. 134, 162, 168, 173, 239, 315, 341, 343, 394,
Farmer, 26, 118, 265, 355.
Faulkner, 1U5, 150, 281.
Farr. 3U, 48. ai. 167, 315.
Farman, 1.^7, 291.
Farrar, 30. 110, 174, 468, iMS.
Fairfield. 210.
Farrah, 30, 50.
Fairbanks, 78, 85, 92, 95, 102, 180, 181, 221, 272, 323,

399, 482, 621.
Fairchild, 261, 279, 280, 317, 448.
Fall, 456,
Farbankj^,509.
Fairman. 526, 642. '
Falkinburg. 258.
Fall, 271, 334.
Farnum, 437, 597.
Faxon, 246, 42>*.
FarroD, 279. 464.
Farnliam, 375, 533, 561.
Fales. 379.
Felch.472.
Felt. 2H4.

Fenn, 170. 312,4.56.610.
FeUows. 25. 35. 122. 189, 238, 258, 420.611.
Fessendon, 45, 40, 190.
Ferguson. 116, 22.5. 404.
Ferris. 321, 379.
Fenton. 369.
Felter, 239.
Felton. 245. 304.
Fee, 410.
Fisher. 24, 64, IM, 200, 243. 283, 357. 436, 497, 514,

596, 624,
Filmore, 80. 409.
Fiek. 24. 29, 34, 44, 64, 67, 70, 71. 75,107, 110, 184,

145. 160. 167, 19S. 205, 211. 234, 253,260,271,305,

307. 338. 3.55, 413, 436. 445, 4,50, 596,618.
Fine], 118.
Fillebrown, 29. 45.

Fitch, 57, lOH, 380, 404. 414, 552, 564, 577.
Fielding. 1.56.

Field. 170, 265, 317. 321, 341, 348.
Fitts. 219, 220, 398, .504.
Finney, 250.
Files, 27m.
Findley. 404, 577.
Fiero. 410, 586.
Fineran, ,596. 658.
Finegar, 524.
Fix, 511.
Flower. 214.
Flewelling, 583.
Flinn, 173, 445.
Flvnn, 445,605.

Flint. 105, 109, 1(^4, 245, 270, 866, 453.
Fleming. 104, 322, 381,551, 563, 564, 651.
Flanders, 93, 94, 209. 338, 407, .578.
Fletcher, 43. 68. 71, 72, 83. 90. 139, 147, 168, 176, 188,

198, 208, 256, 258, 808, 323, 324, 362, 440, 525, 548,

579, 599, 604. 659,
Flagg, 24, 29, 31, 38, 53, 78, 83, 131, 150, 159, 160, 176,

179, 278, 339, 341, 353, 355, 480, 536.
Forbes, 67,68, 13;i.
Forbnsh, 41, 68, 81, 133, 244, 253.

Foster. 93, 142, 148, 167, 178, 193, 210, 242, 279, 324,

422, 424, 484, 485, 511, 512.
Fos«, 93.

Folsom, 119, 193, 228, 324, 345, 5.56, 559, 652.
Fohn, 200.
Fory, 228.
Fogg, 231.

Forsyth, 247, 381, 429.
Folts. 259.
Foltz. 444.
ForristoU. 306.
Fox, 344, 513.
Forrest. 405. 422.
Force. 416.
Forman. 43L
Folder, 289,
Foxwell. 469, 617.
Fosdick. 194, 346.
Fowler. 170, 2.54, 410.
Follett, 153.

Ford, 27, 37, 112, 216. 567, 646.
Foot, 44. 51.
Foote. Ui).
Foxcraft. 31. 115.
Fowle, 45, 94.
Frink,24. 311.
Fradley. 473, 618.
Frame. 557.
Frarj-. 391.
Eraser, 3<. 570.
Frege. 497.
Fremont. 370.
French. 92, 106, 123. 182. 184. 187, 202. 209. 213. 251,

259, 2(;l, 2H4. 323, 331, 337, 341, 382, 396. 447, 452,

521. 528, 54'*, 599, 650.
Friedman. 410.
Frisbv. 369, 556.
Frith, 599,6.58.
Fries. 239. 421.
Frazer. 238.
Frounfelter. 218.
Franklin. 217.

Freeman. 171, 812, 551, 567, 653.
Frve, 156. 220, 344.
Freeland,'i52, 434.

Frost, 12 J, 146. 152. 155, 284, 285, 805, 414, 477.
Frotliingham. 77, 158.
Furbush. 47, 67.
Fulham. 33.
Fulton, 2.37, 255.
Fnllar, 295.
Fuller. 25. :U. 56. 65. 66. 67, 76, 78, 183, 157, 158, 160,

1K5. 213, 22.5, 239, 250, 870, 384, 391, 404, 421, .513,

628.
Funk. 431.
Gallup. 32.5, 512.
(jault, ISO.
Galpin, 171.
Gamagp, 33.
Gary. 30, 46.
Gardner! b). 64, 66, 112. 140, 176, 217, 234,274,320,

.32«. 330, 436. 447, 488, .522, 597.
Garfield, 23, 71, 187, 144, 339, 343, 538, 5C4.
Gav, 66, 129, 176, 191, 245, 2?2, 528.
Galusha, 23.

Gale, 44. 72. 103, 199. 209, 246, 317, 338.
Gates, 42, 48, 84, 90, 92, 95, 119, 123. 12«, 143, 149, 165,

176, 182, 188, 193, 201, 207, 286, 303, 354, 373, 475,

529.
Gaalbcrt, 889.
Ganwer. 235.
Galcomb, 321.
Ganson. 222.
Garrett. 313, 416. .586.
Gatley, 195.
Gage. 202, 300, 493, 497.
Gannett, :i47.
Gaylord, 364, 550.
Gaines, 480. 56?, 569.
Gamble, 379.
Gaguin. 521.640.
Game, 417, .587.
Gaene, 531.
Garland, 412, 5h1.
Garvin, 4,50, im.
Gammon. 363. '

682

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Garnsey, 575.

Gerry. 81. loS, 167. 222.

George, 319. 419, .500.

Gettman, 259, iU.

Gerrish, 152.

Geneila, 245, 426.

Genther, 497. 624.

GetcheU, 201, 320, 358, 579.

Gerbnge, 213.

Gerberich, 395.

Geer, 239.

Gellusswra, ?6*i.

Geyer. 291, 469.

Gerber. 421.

Gildersleeve. 490.

Gillespie, 4.58, 612.

(iillett, 217, 303, 393. 558, 653.

Gillet, 2,56.

Gilbert, 214, 256, 333, 371, 386. 441, 45i*. .526.

Gilman. 177, 181, 227, 408, 498.

Gill. 1,53. 228.

Gilliheon, 283. 472.

Giddinp. 315,

Gibbs. 3;iO. 524, .529.

Gilmore, 127, 242. 400. 413. 574.

Gilson. .55. 184. 32h.

Giles, 78. 209. 266.

Gibson, 72, 133, 139. 197, 281. 442. 459. 467. 601. 613.

Gibeant. 4;31. .595.

Gibbons. .525.

Gilchrist. .540.

Ginter. 404.

Glaze. 447.

Gladdinc 346.

Gload, 225.

Glassford. .59. 112.

Glazier. 72, 139. 144. 147, 188, 273, 332. 333.

Gleason. 42, 127, 190, 419. 460. 590.

Glen. 229.

Glegg. 457.

Glenny, 213. 380.

Glines, 270.

Golden, 197.

Gnlder. 293. 481.

Gorton. 314.

Golding. 341.

Goodwin, 184. 490. 495. 564.

Goldsmith, 165, 302, 349, 541.

Goodridge. 144, 14>i. 155.

Goodnow, 65. 80. 85, 91. 128, 136, 179. 189. 257. 259.
341,443.

Goodrich. 115. 270. 287. 387.

Gordon. 93. 194, 291, 379, 479.

Goit. 217.

Goss. M5, 182. 206. 327.

Gore. 79. :«7. .503.

Goutier, 228. 407.

Goodall. 291.

Godding. 269. 378.

Goddard. 73. 1.50. 159. 253, 299. 320. .364, 4h5. 508.

<TOodell. 67. 93. 228, 407.

Goldin. .3.51, 3.52.

Gould. .52, 92. 112. 119. 124. 133. 192. 211. 217, 219, 226,
305, 377, 499, 596.

Goodale. 40, 51. 373, 559.

Goodham. 447.

Goodyear. ,564.

Goos, 48. 217. 371.

Googen, ,50.

Goodnough,91,468.

Godfrey. 61. 11h. 119. 209, 227, 228. 384.

Gore, 198. 282. 355. 469.

Goodman. 512. 628.

GoodsT^eed. 450. ,

Greenlaw. 119. •

Grennell, ,597.

Grant, 34, 56, 210, 363. ;^64. 387. 402.

Green. 24, 35, 40, 46, 6;J, 65. 110, 111, 124. 128, 139,
148. 154, 192, 193, 203, 213, 214, 221. 226. 234, 238,
242, 254. 255. 276, 302, 341. 344, ;i87, 391, 899. 405,
407. 413. 425. 463, 476, 519, 520, 571, 579, 62h.

Gregory. 42, 43, 414.

Greaves, 28, 45, 59.

Grehore, 471.

Griffen, 197. 351, 507.

Griffith, 70, 138, 141, 261,262. 371, 373.

Grow. 31. 53.

Grout, 71, 281.

Grassie. 103.

Grames. 109.

Graves, 112, 208, 333, 485.

Grimes, ,524.

Griswold. 126, 127, .599.

Gregg. 137, 183, 499.625.

Greenleaf. 1.59. 160. 294.

Graham. 184. 218, 378, 392, 395, 396. 4(X). 409,494.

.">63. 572. 586. 622.
Grover. 1n4. .311.
Gross. 32H. 394.
Gray, 210, 228. 234. 294, 3.38. 407, 412, 414. 469, 481,

483, 552.
Greer, 226. 405.
Granger, 237, 418.
(irandy, 2.53.

Greenwood. 266, 333. 367. 451. 401.
Greeuhalg, 278.
Griggs. 283.
Groves. 185. 392.
Graphflm. 233.412.
Greenlee. 339.
Greeley. 354. 363.
Groat. 383.
Grossman. 391.
Groo, 412.
Groll. 445, 605.
Grurnman. 465. 615.
Greening, 587.
Gnerney. 67.
Guun. 37, .59.
Gun. 192.
Guillnn. 210, 3.59.
Gnthrie, 214.
Guderian. 406.
Guild. 413. .582.
Guuwer. 416.
Guertin. .507.

Harvey. 1.57, 201, 282, 3.57,436, 471, .509, 627, 6.53.
Hawks, 151, 28:1 :3;}8.
Hancock. 144.
Hawkins, 139, 148.

Hatch. i:«. 181, 211, 259, 340, 375, 474, 513, ,561.
Hawes. i:«. 151.

Harper. 126, 241, 386, 490, 5;«, .567, 568.
Haines. 122, ZU.
Hayes. 120, 2:30, 238, 272, 457, 463, 506, 5.58. .565, 626,

642.
Harrison, 112, 218, 311, 409, 440, 490, 601.
Hardin. 112.
Hawkes, 105, 201, 226,

Haskell, 105, 120, 165, 215, 296, 303, 305. 324, 387. 511.
Handley, 104, 201 .
Hanson. 93, 2.52, 375, .561.
Hayden, 67, 122. 155, 233, 274. 344. 412. .524, .538, 5:»,

612,
Harding. 77, 120, 229. 275.
Haskins. 88, 117.225.
Hanks, 70.
Hartnett. 225.
Hazelden,68,1.34.

Hamlin, 39, 1()9, 178. :381. 392. 600, 659.
Hammond, 22.- 81. l»i. 169. 245.
Hammett.65.
Harris, 22, 26. 27. 37, 45, 110, 168, 197, 211. 306. 376,

377. 465. :m. 614.
Hardy, 68, 92, 192, 285,321.
Hager, 22. 23, 28, 29. 33, 41 , 529, 644.
Harlow, .56.
Barring on. 23. 28.43. 46. .53, 67, 69. 70. 71. 76. 77,

92. i:«, 135, 138, 1.57,264, 265, 291, 331, 396. 548,

6.50. 652.
HartweU. 46. 68. 72, 83, 166, 176, 200, 202, 3.56.
Hastings. Zi, 29. 41. 43, 56, 65. 66. 69, 127. 1.50, 296,

:fi3, 38;i 485.
Haseltine. 49, 89, 505.
•Haselion, 309.

Hapgood, 24, 30, :«. M, 85, 180, 192. 2.5;^. 341, 3.58.
Hann, 66.
Hannan. 1,53.
Haven. 24, 34, 83, 170.
Hawyard. 67.
Hartshorn. 160.
Harman. 25, 35, 37. 125, 387.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

683

, 156.
31H.
465.

173

318

184.

196, 2()7.

U4. 372.

i)3t5. .5:». .")h9. tiOl.

"?!?• i?.:,'^."-^"'^- 1^' ^•-'a, 223, 2.59, 272. a52.
Wi. Dlo. nil.

Hall, 35. 64. 65. 88. KH, 126
2()8, 231. 23-J. 2.53, 279, 315
373 411, 433. 4.35. 44<), 442,

Hawding, 40.

Hand. .537,

Harper. 422.

Hallock. 312. 313.

Haddock. 161.

Hayward. 271, 3(15, 455, 499. :m.

Hardv. 36').

HalJiday. 257, 4:?9.

Hart, 2()1 , 235.

Hay 3()5. 4.-.(l, 499, 536, 6()6, 648.

Haliaday, 371, .571, 60(),

Harmon, 215, 228, 2;i8. 311. 407. 42() m .594

Hackett, 372. 373. 558. 559

Hancock, 271 . 276. .582, 6.56.

Hatfield, 17ft.

Hawley. 214, 234. 236, 314. ai5. 413

Hamer. 242. 421,

Hames. 320. .508.

Haaman. 251.

Haniia, 2.52, 335. 430. 434, 521. 595 640

Hadley. 195. 260. 2>^2. 376. 4.56, 487. 56->

Hazen. 167.347, 499.

Hampson. 211.

Harrimaii. 203.

Halspy. 3.56.

Hard." 149. 223.

Hard^nburg. 171.

Haieht. .575.

H.Mnett^?7i^^" ^"^' ^^^' *^^' ■*-^*'' *•'•'•

Harwood. 17(i. 341. .535

Hanghtoii. 222.

Hazen. 305.

Hartway. 240.

Haywood, 648.

Harden, 3hl.

Ham brook. .5ftO. 6.55

Hambler. 2.52.

Hadeell, 478.

Hare. 485.

Hassey. .546.

Hagobooni. 393.

Haynes. 539, 649.

Harder. .505.

Hamblen. 435.

Harnill. 414.

Haney, 40s. ,-,79.

Haight,4(r.',

Hasnor, 3.5(j.

Hartshorn. 403.

Halpiii. 420, .591.

Hathaway, ;«3. .564. 566,

Haniburfjer, 416, .587.

Hazeltou. 36t).

Heileman. 83. 174.

Herring. .56.

Heywood, 41.6.3, 65, 140. 141 14-> li^ m iro
331. 3.57, 337, 543, 649. ' *^' "*' ^*^-

Hemenway. ,5b, 92, 107. 110, 19? 4415
Heeton. 92, 192

Heath, 93 130, 244, 392, 506, 537.
Hereey. 128. 271,324,
Hensliaw. 132, 246, 249. 328, 426 5-'2
Herbert. 112, 218. '

Herron, 137,
Heyer. .529.
Herrick. 148, 211, .S77, ,529, 643

&nK:5^i*^''^-«^=^-^'-=*^o-»-5i3.

Heger, 216.
Helnig, ,586.
Herford. 475,
Hentrich, 421. 591.
Henderson, 433, 492.
Heiswerdinger, 402, 576.
Heyward. 41m.
Herman, 313.
Helms, 213, 379.
Hendee. 225.
Herrimun. 424.
Hey man. 239. 421.

380,444.

265,

Hervey. 2.56, 441.

Hewett, 436. ,596.

Heathcock. 314.

Hendrixeon. 322.

Hilliard, 3i)<t. 443, 504.

Hinkel. ;<04.

Hillman, 2ft9.

Higgins. 231. 238. 411.

Hitchcock, 164, 269, 306. 473, 500.

Higgins. 1,5(;.

Higlcy. 130.

Hinsdale. 115.

Hickman. 95.

Hixon. 107.

Hickson. 6.52.

Higli, 247,

Hiltz. *i2.

Hildreth. 18h. 333. .524.

Hine. 2ko.

High by, 412.

Hicks. 41. 302. 402. 437, 495. .575,(;,55.

Hibbard. h3. liw, 475 618

Hinckley, 37. 61, 118. 119. 227, 325. .52.5. 64"

Hilton. 4s. h3. ft4. 229. 40<t

Hilljsi. M.-iK. 7.'. 7K. K.V. 90. 95, KW 107 rii i-,i

Hinds. (i6. IKl. 2k5. .5.")0.
Hisicock. 40. 70.139.
Hosmer. ><9. 113.
Hoi ton. 93. ifio. 25k.
Hovey, s2.

Hojbfook. .34. .56. 101;. 11(1. arj. 273, 279, 2x2 6.5f;
HoJcomb. .)9. .--«,. w.ii),

Holden 29 45. 76,1.55. 1.56. Ift6. 196. 293. ,3.50
512: 540. ■ "'*• ^"'- ^■'■'- ^*^- 2<«- »25, 346. 3.50, 420.

Holman. 31, .52. 8k, 92. 271

Hooker, 74. 77. 172. 202. '19 "M9 -,-,]

Hoi)kinR. 39. 6l.t)2, 117. 12o.'l2»i leli •>13 2'0 Vis
239. 303. 3H0. 490. • -' ■ ^•'"- ■'^^>

Hor.^ely. s5.

How(e^22.24.3J. 40, ,-,i..-,6.ft2, 92 137 150 l«3 l.ifi
169. 1_91. 197, -M>. 221. 273. 295 ; 09. ; 9 : "9'^4^-J''^'
Hoar. ,.,. ^9. 95, 19s. 201. 2<-,7, 3.55. 35s '

H^?;'V,'"- ■'■'■,1'^: ^1!' •-"•'• •^'•'' 3'-^- ■»••'■ •■''•7. 61s
"S!lffc^:-;;i^.;|3^'^'«- ^^- !*>• l«^■l'i200.
Houck. 113.
Hollenbeck. 117. 225.
Hoating. 150.
Howlet. 2111,
Homes. 131. 337, .5:«).
Hook. 191.2SH. ;V2.-,. .-,12, .-,13.
Hogan.207. 372.
Horn. 103. 227. 2ft2.
Hocoboom. li;s.

HoteLl;;!*'''=^"^-*«-^^'^^^'*^«-*-^-86.
Hoit, 177.321.

"m 376,\v;i.'''^"'' ''''■ ^''- '*'^- •'^l^- 211. 227. 290. 328,

HomoD. 221.

Hooper. 235. *i.-i.

Horton. 17_l. 244. 314. 384. 425. 477.

Hobert.1.,7.

Hope. 215. ;38h.

Howes. 235.

Honslon. 257. 42o. 441

Holland. 298. 5*1.

Hodgkin(.<i.2iil.';iOt;.

Hodge. 309. .•,05.
Howland. 339. »)5, 533.
Hood, 53(;. ti}9.
Howell. :i43.
Hoskiiis. 370. .5.57.
Homan.399.
Hoadloy. 40I.
HoUinsworfh. 4<r2. .570.
Hogle, 4f>9. .5x0.
House. 420.
Hougham. 444.
Hoffs. 452.
Homer. t)45.
Horner. 470.
Hoxely, 494,623.

684

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Howlett, 510.

HoUebaugh.ti-H.

Huntington, 1(W. 2()7, 218, 50r). (J2R.

Hunt, :«. 8K. ii). 58, 107, 140, 187, 188,

323, 3.i3, 4.V;. .-jIO, J52, CIO, B.V.'.
Hubbard, 4fi. 79. 107, 170. 197, 242. 287,

431!, 4r)H. iSt;. .J30. .19t). 012. «13. tU.").
HutchinH. ■>:>. 47. 49. 83, 8S. 239. 420.
Hudson. 03. 94. 190. 195, 211.287, 33.8.
Hutchings. 35. *i. 165. 410. 581.
Hunting, 74. 140.
Hutchinson. 75. 392.
Hurlbnt. Us. 220. 247. 422, 430.
Hurlburt. .597. 646. 663.
Humphrey (^i, 121. 224. 381.
Hunter. IW). 40(J. 574. .591, 657.
Huutley. 239. 420, 528.
Hughes. 246. .576.
Hubbell. 280.
Hunnewell, 294.
Hull, 310.
Hard, 343. .537.
Hussey. 355, 3.56. 364.
Huggine. 3^9. 570.
Hubbs. 42X, 593.
HumeB, 45h.
Huxley, 526.
Hyde. 41, (■>('>. 114, 130, 131, 151. 168. 179.

459.
Hyatt, 1.52.
Hyland. 449.606.
Ide. 252.
lekes. 578.
Ilgenfrieg, 557.
Ilgenfreiz. 370.
Immers, 241. 421.

Ingrahain. 254. 25r., 303, 436. 498. .556.
Ingersoll. 217. 394. .536.
Ingram. 1.58, 194, 292, 440.
Inglesbf^c. 417.
Ingall^. 469.
IngleB. 645.

Irwin. 249. 251, 312. 430. 432. 506.
Ireland. 214.
Irvin, 132.

Irish, 62. 121,499,625.
Iron, 21H. 396.
Isaac.^, 146.
Isham. 3^1.
Ivey, 524.
Ives, 83.
JambOD. 379.
Jackman. 291.
Janes. 139. 1x7.
Jackson. 45. 94. i:». 131. 144. 173. 187.

273, 21*1. 314. 410. 427. 457, 4s5. .509. 62
Jay, 3Mn.
Jaynes,225.

Jacobs. 136. 168, 2.57. 258. 3.'^1. 393.
Jame!^. 138. 164. 216, 262, 319.431.
Jennison, 32. 77. 102. 124. 19^. 6.5t>. 664.
Jeuning.s. 107. 205. 279. 417. 464. 656.
Jewell. 25. 2i;, 47. 60, 80. 165. 214, 218,

458. 56 1. 611.
Jewett. 74, 115, 150, 1.54. 166, 199, 223.

571.
Jenkins. 139.338, 345, 442.
Jessop. 1.57.
Jessup. 172.
Jerauld. 236. 237.
Jefifer..-. 302. 420.
JinkLns. 375, .561.
Johnston. 191,818.
Jordan. 213. 3h0.
Johnson. 72, 82, 91. 113. 145, 149, 191.

301, 304. 340, 345, 364, 380, 384, 387,

537. .5,Vl, .580.
Jones. -22. 23. 34. 3h. .58. 63. 93. 94. 109.

196. 197. 210. 264, 265. 295. 311. 320.

397. 403. 451, 465. 475. 483. 511, ,52:1

618. 653.
-Joslin. 51. 6H. 36t).
Joyner. 75.
Joyslin, 189.
Johnonnett, 197.
-Joy. 364.

Jobert. 497. 625.

Judkins. .579.

Jadson. 44. 72.
205. 208. 265, Jndd. 62.

Kathan. 647.
293, 301, 424, Karns, 403, 576.

Karr. 117, 221.

Kay, :j68.

Keating, 355, 546.

Kendrick. 353.

Keith, ;U4. 539.

Kedall, 22. 23, 110.

Ketcbum, 225.

Kettle. ?2, 23.

Kennan, 65.

Keller. 567.

Kendall. 29. 32. 34, .55. 80. 119. 154, 179, It*, 196, 228,
274, 2S8. 348, 350. 452.

Kent. .54.

Keep. 4-50.

Kejs. 72. 14H. 180. 187, 222. 258. 315. 396. 400. .506.

Kelley. 76. 282, 3.52, 381, 395, 436. 471, 543, 564, 569,
584. 6.54. 6.57.

Kemp. 108. 208, 209, 373.

Kellogipi. 114, 116, 169, 173, 239, 309, 314. 3.57. 421.

Keeler, 217.

Kenyon. 232. 437. 597.
306. 330, 4.54, Kelton. 273.

Keyt. 381.

Keilty. 477.

Keenan. .5.57. 652.

Kimball. 67. 75. 93. 119. 135. 139. 257, 261. 371, 442.
443. 4.54. 472. 473. 543. 6C»1, 602.

Kingsland. 430.

Kidwell. 404. .577.

Kinsman. 330. .523.

Kinney. 309. 445.

Kinder. 28:^. 472.

Kincade. 282.

Kirk. 215.

Kidder. 189. 272. 291. 480.

Kinsley. 167.

Kisamus. 84.

Kilbourn. 120.

Kirby. 64. 317. 318. 338. 533.

King. 29. 112. las, 202. 208. 216. 247, 252. 254. 265.
267. 362. 367. 416. 466. 537. 587.

Kittridge. 69, 94. 195.

Kingsbury. 36. 60. 78, 151, 184. 188. 204. 231. 28:3,
333.

Kline, 424.

Klotz, 417.

Knegot, 261 .

Knowles, 246, 289, 479.
214. 230. 245, Kneeland. 230. Ul . 409. .537, .580.
■. Knickbocker. 220. 312.

Knop. 65. 94. 2;«l. 497.

Knapp. 29. 79. 360. 422. 470. .547. .549. 567. 617.

Kniglit. 23. 29. 83. 88. 90. 104, 155. 186. 200. 274, 32«,
:iK). 356. 458. .564.

Knowlton. 92. 193. 414, 4.53, 607.

Kohler. 222.
. 310. 384. 395, Kountz. .525.

Kowalewski, 236.237.
304. 375, 391. Krasyewski, 237,

Kyle. 171.310. 314. .505.

Laey. 874. .560.

Ladd. 646.

l.afayette. 159.

La Far. 216.

Laflin. 171. 172.

Lamb. 53. 161, 2.56, 364, 892, 439.

Lamond, 412, .582.

Lamoree. 393.
200,219.281, Lampson.242.
409, 436, 494, Laiuscott. 122.

Lace 122.
I.-.6. 170. 193. Laurence. 22. 23. 33. 55, 76, 81, 83, 150.
375. 876, 3«2. Langdon. 79, 194.315.
561. .564, .577. Landon. 167, 306. 448.

Langley. 227. 405.

Langmaid. 206.

Langton. 245, 425.

Lanmc^n. 4s9.

Lapham. 3.55. .545.

Larrabee. 600, 6.59.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

685

Larryshore. 352.

Lathrop. 291,503, 626.

Latimer, 337.

Lakin, 22, 55, 108, 145. 166. 821.

Lake, 65, 214. 322, 412, 484, 622.

Laboree, 28, 43.

Law. 65, 112. 129. 217.

Lawrence. 30. 35, 42. 45, 47, 55, 59, 61. 75, 117, 132.

1.50, 168, 182, 185, 189, 198, 246, 276, 282, 328. 340.

345, 353, 476, 494. 52i. 534. 623.
Lawton, 66, 85. 181. 427.
Lane, 32, 229. 276, 408, 461.
Law6, 147, 330.
Landers. .50. 90.
Lamson, 79. 346. 400, .541.
Liarned, 35, 399.
Lambert, 80. 128, 161.
Leonard. 68, 114, 149,203, 207. 22t, 280, 315, 337, 367,

530, 531.
Lee. 54. 126, 178, 190, 203, 241, 367, 384, 404, 485, 548,

566, 577. 6.50.
Lewis, 109, 137, 173, 199, 209. 210, 214. 216. 235, 280,

308, 315. 316. 344, 349, 3G2. 376. 385. 3K9, 4.55, 4.56,

466. 467, 494, 505, 511, 541, 565, 623, 626.
Leath. 40.
Leighton, 128.

Lealand.' 56, 64, 68, lf)6. 107, 365, 418. 4.52.

Leland, 238, 470, 551, 617.

Lessare. 40, 125, 607, 661. '

Lemmon. 219, 397.

Lemon. 302. 495.

Leech, .78. 93. 161.

LeiglitoD. 244.

Leavitt. 104. 173. 174.

Learned. 1.58. 299, 330.

Lester. 552, 651.

Leach. 111. 121, 173, 182, 214, 233, 315. 4-56.

heiig. 122. 2.54.

Letrgett. 112. 216.

Lenter, 365, 551.

Leydon, 409.

Leeson. 415. 585.

Lincoln. 41. 80. 82. 86. 100, 132. 1.55. 162. 180, 203,

238. 266, 288, 294. 305, 419, 452. .50i».
Libby, 120, 1.57. 27s.
Livermore, 23, 51, 108. 130, 293, 426.
Little, 127. 189.
Liggett, 319.
Litchfield. 199. 203, 368.
Lippitt. 339.
Linch. 374. 560.
Lindelay, 384.
Lissak, 392.
Lindsay. 411, 581.
Linsz. 552.
Lombard. 272.
Lockley. 265.
Lovell. 262, 286.
Loveland, 2.58. 814.
Lomax, 225, 404.
Levering, 209.
Loucks. 623.
Load. 175. 282.
Lover, 8.32.

Long. 174. 213. 829, 844, 522, 523, 538.
Longhead. 286.
Loring, 169.
Lowel], 330, 522.
Lovejoy, 108. 339, 383, 533.
Lockwood, 406, 551, 651.
Lovett, 78, 79, 365.
Logstroth, 442, 601.
Lorache, 325.
Love. 64. 146. 147.
Loomis. .57,83, 108, 169, 56C.
Lowe. 28. 102, 171, 313, 314, 461, 613.
Logan, 82.

Liongley. 26. 49, 84. 179. 579.
Locke. 87, 132, 135, 137, 180, 184, 187, 198, 256, 825,

505.
Lord. 26. 580, 655.
Lovewell, 33, 34. 55, .57, 523.
Land. .57. 58, 105, 109, 122, 202, 802, 4.55.
Luce, 80, 233.
Lucias, 83.

45

Lutz, 127.

Ludwig, 191, 374, 560.

Luther, 215, 389.

Lnnt, 234.

Lyon(8), 50. 69, 87, 90, 129. 160, 203, 281, 808, 368,

371, 465, 470, 5.55.
Lyman, 86, 136, 149, 164. 189, 257, 266, 270, 301. 448,

647.
Lynde, 273.

Lynch.312. 388. 389, 506.
Lyle. 4.50.
Malette. 571.
Macauley, 505, 626.
Mack. 520.
Mattison. 138, 259.
Mahan, 78, 159.
Mauefield. 71, 140, 287, 580.
Marstop, 67, 134.
Mason. 22, 31. 39, 46. .56, 105. 106, 186, 187. 298, 332,

422. 439, 444, 511, .525, 591. 604.
Marsli, 83, 107, 1.53, 157, 164. 173. 184, 206. 295, 303,

322. 331, 345, 392, 403, 412, 484, 503, 514, 525, 531,

540.
Macomb. 85.
Marten, 231. 410.
Martin. 94, 208. 220, 231. 2.51, 805. 310. 351, 374, 450,

499. .505.
Manaure. 105.
Maeton, 303, 498.
Marvin, 110,212.
Masters. 471.

Mayberrj-. 121, 233. 891, 570.
Marrow. 510.
Malary. 118.
Mance. 513.

Marchant. 113. 114. 179. 219. 220.
Markham. 112, 218.
Magee. 290.
Mace. 89.
Mayson, 279.
Maxwell, 84, 322.
Mabee, 284.
May hew. 525.
May, .59. 112, 3.57, 367.
Manley, 371.

Mannin -, 34, 265. 325, 451. 513.
Maynard. 47, ,50, HH. 275, 324, 337, ,532.
Mann. 34. ,57, 80, 82, 107, 140. 197. 204, 205. 343, 348,
, 4(«. .541.

Mark(8). 67, 132, 318, 375, 507. 508.
Majon. 32.
Marshall, 61. 64. 65, 117, 125, 126, 1.50. 1.53, 226, 281,

324, 404. .573, .574, 6,55.
JVIftv(?rick 27 HH

Mather, 13«, 262,' 439, 440, 444, 600. 604.
Madden, 122, 234.
Manvin, 179.

Marble, 148, 178. 323. 326. 328, ,522.
Mayo, 1-29, 138. 178, 261, 446.
Mackentire, 211.
Matthews, 178, 575, 600.
Marlette. 224.
Maeterson. 227, 406.
Mabbousa. 244.
Macready, 381.
Mathewson. 376.
Mackey. 426.
Matterson. 270.
Matchell. 294, iH2.
McLachlan, 227, 406.
McKinney. 222, 280, 415, 465, 593, 615.
McCaleb. 217, 391.
McHeen.210.
McGovern.211.
McGiver, Ikm.
McDonald. 195
McKenna. 198.
McNair. 164.
McMahan, 205.
McOnne, 44, 874, 560.
McManus, 64.
Mclntyre, 65. 157, 613.
McCullough, 78.
McClellan, 82, 422.
McKinstry, 111.
McClare, 1.53, 231, 246, 383, .566.

, 322. 509, 567.

686

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

McDowell, 155, 214, 384.

McPheron, 557.

McPhereon, 531, 645, 663.

McGowan, 457, 642.

McGifEert, 506, 626.

McClintock. 466.

McBride, 465. 615.

McMurray, 509.

McGowan, 527.

McAHester, 543, 650.

McGamon, 474. 618.

McCall, 506. 525, 626, 642.

McGeary, 533, 617.

McCook, .585.

McGinnie, 587.

McKeehen, 627.

McClothier.647.

Mclntire, 459.

McGoodwin, 624.

McFadden, 383.

McAleer. 379. 563.

McMiUen. 332. 526.

McMurry, 323.

McMann. 306, .500.

McCnrday, 291. 479.

McLaughlin, 282, 394.

McDougal. 334.

McLeodf. 252. 485, 622.

McDnff, 229.

McEaveD.231, 410.

McVicker. 264.

McLean: 285, 317,473.

McCann, 305.

McCoy, 337, .528.

McMillan. 381.

McArtllur, 382. 564.

McGregor>', 415.

McCartney. 421.

McNelley. 428.

McNeal. 448, 474.

Meacham. 26. 45.

Meeerve. 121, 233.

Mead, 32, 45, 54. 71, 73, 80, 95, 165, 234. 420. 465. "

Messenger, 94. 186.

Mellen, 27, 38, 39, 63, 109, SZJ, 587.

Melendy, 69.

MerrUKs), 86, 136, 189, 194, 211. 231. 250, 299, 437,

485, 525, 663.
Mprriam, 45. 74. 75. 76. 145. 146, 154, 155, 1.56. 177, 229,

289, 331, 3%. 408, 447, 524.
Metcalf . 169, 459.
Merry, 229, 409.
Mead. 2.36, 591, 615.
Merrick. 265.
Melville, 182, 183, 469.
Meed, 187.
Meader, 105.
Merrell. 376.
Mercereau. 314.
Merritt, 276.
Milliken. .521.
Mind well. 192.
Miner, 4Ut, 478.
Millen. 251, 434.
Michael, 252.
Mizener, 279.
Millet(t).293. 481.
Milner, 396, 573, .574.
Millhara, 4:«l, 595.
Milburu, 532. 647.
Minch. .576.
Mitchell, 115, 118, 177, 179, 222. 239, 321, 447, 471,

.581.
Minot(t). 32, 1.57, 188, 473. 534.
Mixer, 69, 196, 384.
Mirick. 25, 35.
Miles, 75. 285, 323. 607.
Miller, 25, 70. 76, 78, 153. 160. 168. 210, 211. 220, 255,

267,288,291, 308, 337, 366, 376, 391, 398, 457, 477,

.508. .5.54. 583, 627.
Mills, 61, 119, 338, 365, 416, 532, 587, 646.
Micah, 106.
Mowry. 95.
Mossmam, 43, 272.
Mongovin, .54.
Mores, 26.

Moran, 112, 218.

Morey.lSO, 325.

Mornson, 196, 229, 350, 363, 453.

Morgan, 220, 250, 204, 306, 388, 397, 440, .5*), 523, 531.

Morehouse, 235.

Mowen, 267.

Moffatt, 280, 467.

Monlton, 2a5, 331, 473.

Mottey. 293.

Moody, 247.

Moak, 242.

Mooe, 211, 401.

Montague, 188. 331.

Mordoff. 139. 262. 263.

Morton. 62, 120, 133, 252,

Morse, 27. 30, 50, 50. 64, 65, 67, 100. 107, 109, 127, 140,

167, 185, 214, 253, 279, 338, 387, 411, 435, 466, 480.

511, 533, 596, 647.
Montgomery, 112. 216, 358.
Moore, 32, 34, 37, 70, 103, 111, 129, 166, 187. 197, 202,

203, 2CH, 219, 225. 235, 265, 280, 285, 320, 328, 330,

332, 344, 366, 396, 408, 417, 448, 458, 558, 579, 581,.

612, 653.
Morris. 51, 142, 156. 363, 382, 384, 433, 575, 623, 655.
Morrell. 352. 597.
Moxley, 372.
Mosely, 370.
Moses, 383. 506.
Monroe, 400.
Molter, 474,
Moss, 528. 643.
More. 313.
Moroes, 539.
Monday, 103, 2(K).
Munroe, 102. 148.
Mun8on.242. 422. 424.
Murdock. 269, 270, 454, 537.
Munger, 335, 336, 393, 572.
Mussey, 015.
Murphy, 433. 595.
Mussy. 319, .508.
Muzzy. 323.
Murnan, ,381.
MvricK. 426.
Nay. 468.

Nason, 192, 214, 576.
Nathan, 152.
Nash. 137. 289, 478.
Nearing, 224,
Neemith, 182, 183.
Newman, 32. 198.
Newcomb. 119. 228, 327. .521.
Newton. 38. 68. 69, 70, 176. '^4.
Newell, 139. 165, 802, 563.
Nelson. 38, 76, 122, 126, 131, 234, 240, 2.52. 541, .584.

657.
Newberry. 141.
Needham, 157.
Neff, 222, 4O0. 528. 642.
Neal, 227,596.
Neill, 373.

Ne6bit(t). 403. .5.51, 577,6.51.
Nicholi^, 76, 106, 161, 186, 197, 211, 216, 330, 390, 419,

514, .59<».
Nicholson, 430. 512.
Nims, 181, 182, 327, 456, 521.
Nickerson, 196. 350.
Nightingale, 309.
Norton. 2t)7, 891, 499, 5.54, 652.
Norcross, 40, 66, 73, 105, 150, 275.
Nordhofif. 82.

Noble, 83, 111, 173, 387, 447, 448, 536.
Northrup, 105, 372,
Noyes, 121, 210, 231, 272, 331. 562.
Noyce, 1«5, 207.
Nourse. 2a), 389, 512, 582.
Nooney, 311.
Nott, 817, 341.
Now, 377.

Norris, 420, 469, 584, 6.57.
Nurse, 30, 105.
Nudd, 296, 485.

Nutting, 35, .57, 207, 828. 878, 521.
Nutt, 483. 621.
Oaks. 13s. 262.
Oat man, 417, 588.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

687

Oakley. 415. JiU.

O'Brian, 32.1,647.

O'Clute, 535.

Ockington. 468.

Ode). 286, 474.

Ogdeu, 314, 466.

OlseD, 156,286.

Olmsted, 2.55, 357, 531, 646.

Olds. 137, 138.

Oliver, 110, 123, 212, 570.

Oliphant, 242.

Onion, 418, 589.

Orton. 420, 590.

Orrington. 281.

Ordway. 207.

Orne, 203, 366.

Orcott. 134.

Orris. 894.

Ostrander. 188, 833, 3.57.

Osborn, 44, 139. 306, 436, 447.

Osgood. 109, 117, 126, 186, 225, 292, 303, 331. 498.

Otis. 42, 113, 220, 441.

Ottley, 414.

Outhout. 94.

Owens, 335, 4<)t.

Owen, 205, 340, 374, 394, 534.

Painter. .505.

Paine. 224, 403. 422.

Paddleford. i:».

Paddock. 125. 567. 6.54.

ParneU. 529, 644.

Paris. 230.231.

Parlin. 121. 178. 323.

Parker, 22. 25. 32, 34. 36, 43, 55. .59. 64. 66. 71. 77. 108.

109. 113, 12:i 133, 145. 151. 156. 1.5n. 167. 176. 184.

207. 20H. 209. 235, 241, 242, 270, 271, 2hO. 283, :J21.

326, 32K. 337. 372, 376. 395, 417, 461. 467, 481. 511.

562. 588. 589.
Patten. 95.
Paschel. 229.
Parcel, 465. 614.
Park(si. a5. 106, 150, 159, 198, 203, 276, 282. 293. 386.

567, .569.
Parkhnrst. 33. 63. 122.
Parsons. 224. 4(«.

Patch. 77, 78. 85. 159. 180. 281, 413, 4.56. 46h, .537. 649.
Partridge, 38, 39, 144, 164. 220, 2.53, 27(i, 301, 349,

398.
Packard, 66, 1.59, 293.
Parmenter, 190. 337, 468.
Parmerter. 157, 324.
Parrott, 32.
Palmer. 60. 66. 112, 125: 13h. 195. 219. 222. 259, 329.

339. 347. 400. 506. 512. .599, 6.5H.
Patterson, 29, 87, 187, 214, 385, 373. 401. 4;«t. .504.

.575. .595.
Patt. 55.
Parr. 213.
Patou. 603.
Parseliall. 413.
Payne. 37. 62," 102. 108, 195, 468. 520. .543. 606. 616.

633. 657.
Page. 62. 7h, 112. 119, 146, 165, 196, 197, 21H. 272.

371, .521.
Payson.66, 129, 167.
Padon, 319.

Parmlee. 264. 280, 317. 467.
Paige. 271, 640.
Pain, 345.
Parish, 369. 557.
Patrick, 523.
Papemhaasen, 644, 662.
Pease, 22. 231. 323. 410, 511.
Peck. .50. 90. 168. 170. 332, 383, 453.
Perry. 24, 31, 46, 48. 53, 56, 62. 64. 80, 85. 93, 12<.

160. 173, 221. 224. 242, 247. 275, 317. 368, 403, 426.

445, .5.55, 592. 607, 661.
Pe«t, 72, 149. 447, 448.
Perham, 25, 35, 148, 871, 557.
Pelton, 83, .580.
Pealee 369.

Pearson, 111, 189, 198, 321, 329, 346, 465. 530, 646.
Pearsall, 114, 221.
Perlee. Ill, 214.
Percv. 492.
Perley. 120, 144, 452.

Peabody. 93. 139, 193, 232.

Peasley. 151. 270.

Perkins. 1.53. 1.56. 161. 190. 191, 202. 286, 293, 294,

340, 363, 394, 488.
Perez. 164.
Persons, 214, 219.
Penny, 215.
Perriu,217.

Peaks, 2.52, 308, 435. 513.
Penfield, 281.
Pellette. 2m3.
Pen ley, 287.
Peckham, 331, 525.
Pearson, 91.

Perkins, 91, 92, 95, 97, 238.
Pember, 402.
Peters, 344, 539.
Pennington, 388.
Petty, 406.
Pepiuger, 417.
Pelts, .522.
Pendleton, 596, 658.
Phay, 509.627.

Phillips, 22, 110, 123, 200. 363, 428, 429, .531, .593.
Philbrick, 221,228.

Phelps, 92, 135, 136. 152, 212, 284, 379, 429, 5.54. 594.
Phoenix. 43, 121.
PhQbrook, 118.
Phinney, 120, 376.
Pier, 211,
Pike, 529.
Pincey, 206.

Pillsbnry, 194. 275, 288, 477.
Pinn, 173.
Pinto. 388. 570.
Pickering. 155. 327. 344.
Pinkham. 363.
Pickard, 376.
Pingree, 2.52.
Pinnell. 2.52.
Pierson, 273.
Pitt(s),143, 160, 279, 465.
Filler, 120, 1.54, 193. 23t). 287.
Pitman, 63.
Pierce, 24, 25. 26, 28, 29. 35. 40, 41. 43. 44. 46. 57, 61.

67. 68. 69. 71, 75, 86. a5, 1.51. 153. 177, 18."). l>w, 207.

2.58. 270. 285. 301, .337, 344. .367, 368, 371. 373. 435.

4.54. 471. 492, 506. 526, 532. 5411.
PicketU). 117, 224. 2.53, 5.55.
Platt(s),273, 366, 617.
Plaisted, 43.
Plympton. 160.
Plough. 251, 433.
Powers, 190, 440, 465. 587.
Porter. 123, 235, 279, 372, 375, 4.54, 465, 471. 480, 536,

.567,618,621.649.
Pollard. 32, 47, 49. 57, .58, 83, 88, 95. 125, 181, 185.

194, 290, 826, 328. 346. 377.
Pope, 66, 131. 160. 311. 489. 505. 599.
Pond. 166, 264. 31U. 4.50, 451. 546. .596. 6.58.
Poor. 22. 26. 94, 195, 468.
Powoll. 174.
Pomroy, 164. 311.
Potter. 89. 132. 153, 188, 201, 233. 251, 2-52. 412. 415,

417. 4.33. 586, 588.

Pott, 216, 389.

Portis. .505.

Post. 593, 658.

Poland. 270.

PolJey. 289. 414. 484.

Potts. 390.

Pomar, 512, 628.

Poage, .573.

Popham, 651.

Prescott, 49, 65, 84, 106, 177, 180, 187. 209. 227.

Pratt. 89, 64. 67. 133. 135, 137. 1.56, 160, 191, 192. 195,
202, 205, 229, 2.52, 261, 284. 289. 310. 321. 340. Ml,
342, 343, 349. 365, 367, 446. :m, 510. 530, 550. (U6.

PriestCs). 48. 52, 89, 104, 187.

Preble, 27. 37.

Preston. 107, 241, 421,

Prate, 169.

Pretsch, 194.

Prior. 212.

Pride. 220. 398.

Probert, 251.

688

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Prentiss, 189, 843, 538.

Proctor, 150, 302, 383, 566.

Price, 55, 105. 369, 4^4.

Prentice, 30, 40, 44, 70, 71, 254.

Prouty. 70, 87. 139, 54fi.

Pordy, 534.

Pollen, 405,577.

Purviance, 369.

Putney, 270.

Purin. 141.

Putnam, 71. 85. 105,136, 194, 266, 275, 290. 299, 355.

363.436.437,4.52.484,597.
Puffer. 76, 95, 103, 152, 162, 199, 200. 213, 272, 273,

290, 323, 879, 428, 456. 593.
Pyper. 603.
Quimby, 232, 345.
Quinn. 213, 379.
Kadenbaugh, 3b9, 556.
Rauscher, 242.
Kathburn. 236.
Race. 220.

Ray, 93, 147. 270, 810, 505.
Racklift, 37.
Radker, 567,
Rathfon, 404. 577.
Ralston, 418, 589.
Ranks. 77, 78,

Rand, 31. 33, 72. 147, 148, 149, 272, 321. 509.
Randall. 54. 55, 82, 94, 105. 148. 238. 285. 351, 352,

473,475.

Raweon. 63. 89, 122, 188.

RaMDond, 76, 81, 153, 154, 1.56, 157, 166, 220. 285,
291,39f<,499.

Ramedell. 150,210. 376.

Read (8), 36, 107, 173, 203, 318, 420, 448, 482.

Revere, 73, 185.

Reed. 25,58, 85. 92, 109. 169, 179, 181. 192. 226, 242,

2.53, 27B. 346. 369,405, 427. 436, 475, 588. 592.
Rea, 161, 294.
R«ynold8. 22, 138. 181, 239, 238, 247, 2.57. 262. 334, 876,

395. 398, 429, 562.
Reid, 195.
Reitzel. 424, 591.
Reitz. 2()1.

Redmond, 213, 229, 408.
Rexford, 315, .507.
Remington, 833. 526.
Redding, 334, 357, 528.
Redfield. 359.
Renfrew, 205. 370.
Reese. 327, 338.
Rehord, 299.
Retchel. 358.
Ream, 485.
Rhodes, 212, 548, 6.50.
Ricker. 2«3, 578.
Riiand, 574.
Rix. 412. 581.
Rippey, 235. 417.
Riley. 378, 563.
Rinehart. 275.
Rinker. 485.
Rising. 224. 402.
Ritchie. 161.
Rimmer. 132. 2.52.
Ring, 120, 2.30, 231, 409.
Rich, 120. 158, 209, 230. 231, 290. 367. 380, 479, 555,

571, 654.

Ridlon, 119. 578.

Rice, 28. 34. 41, 55, 56, 82, 127. 128, 154. 160. 178. 193.

200, 254. 257. 267, 268, 269, 271, 279, 2»H. 2H1. 322,

332, 339, 345, 357, 417, 486, 440, 455, 457. 469, 475,

476. 533, 558. 600. 601.
Richmond, 450, 469, 501, 1 16.
Ripley. 79.
Rider, 24. 92. 193.
Richardson. 66. 76. 107, 124. 157, 162. lO, 198. 238,

851. 365, 404, 426, 592.
Richards, 66, 159, 178, 184, 228, 243, 246. MH. 337. 344,

394, 412, 425. 582.

Robeson, 79. 2()5, 370.

Robert*. 61. 171, 195, 312, 358, 408. 429. 178. 513. 529.

579. .594, 620.
Roaf. 485.

Robinson, 28, 41. 71, 107, 110, 146, 203, 2(15. 213. 223,

281, 308, 334. 346, 369, 370, 459. 482, 527, .541. 550,

556.6.51.
Robbins, 46, 78. 205. 269, 275. 822, 328, 333. 894. 484,

522, 594, 596, 610, 616, 658.
Rockwood. 27, 38, 126, 183, 253, 436, 458. 596. 622.
Rochester. 450.
Rolph. 212.
Roe, 383.
Rowley, 260.
Rockwell, 249, 431.
Roach. 167, 580.
Rodick, 678.
Rowell, 149, 281.
Rogers. 25, 65, 114. 198. 220. 292, 306, 350, 425, 480,

581, 581, 600. 645, 656, 659.
Rose, 114, 221.

Ross. 23. 31, 56, 76, 107, 232, 330, 411. 448, 524.
Rounds, 119.
Rowee, 30.
Robbits. 137.
Roxbnry. 245.
Rowe, 229. 358, 547.
Root, 239.
Roby. 270, 4.50.
Robertson, 283, 882. 472, 479.
Robie. 382, 566.
Rudolph, 133.

Russell. 65, 94, 166. 180, 227, 22h, 239, 376. 416. 459.
Rnggles, 45. 77, 158. 293. 392.
Rutter. 34.
Rugg. 90. 350.
Ross. 195.
Ruckel. 216. 389.
Rupple. 251.
Rublee, 2W<.
Rutgers, 364.551.
Runyan, 416.
Rugland. 434.
Rynders. 603.
Ryel, 494. 623.
Savage. 425, 591.
Saxon, 421, 599.
Bands. 381.
Sayre, 865.
Sabin, 344.

Sanborn. 50, 90, 209, .5.57, 6.53.
Sage. 296.
Sarvin. 289.

Sanders. 194. 244. 424, 601.
Salter, 210. 372.
Sampson, 275, 460.
Sanger. 190, 365, 551.
Sapp. 205.
Sartwell. 234.
Samson, 275. ,
Savory. 5.50, 6.50.
Satchell. 429. ,594.
Sarsfield, 461.
Sayer. 261.
Saxton. 178, 184.

Safford. 138, 187, 258, 260, 307. .337. 445. 5(13. .530.
Sadler. 1.34. 258.
Salisbury, 117. 487.

Sanderson. 38, 52, 64, 150, 184. 195, 281. 347. 524.
Saunders, 115. 139. 190, 226, 339, 581.
Sawin. 29, 158, 156, 186, 330.
Sawgar. 109,
Sawtell. 23, 29, 30, 36, 48, 49, 55, 70, 84. 1-36. i:». 1.57,

2.56.
Sargent. 95. 148, 161, 165, 181, 188, 198. 245. 246. 293.
Saywood. 27.
Sard am, 110.
Sawyer. 30, 48, 50, .53. 68. 69, 90, 95. 96. t7, 98. 99,

100. 101, 102, 103, 104, 121, 148. 166, IW), iwi. 186,

187, 190, 199, 232, 281. 807, 831. 838, 397. 469, 643,

662.
Schieffelin. 644, 664.
Schneider. 587.
Schirea. .584.
ScuU, .524, 641.
Scant, 447.
Schniber, 8.56.
Schultz. 430. 528.
Scholly. 266.
Scattergood. 320.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

689

Scofield, 380, 387, 528
Scptford, 413, 583.
Sschansenbach, 222
gcollay, 87, 181, 453.

m.ik^^- *'■ '*• "2- 149. 166, 204, 207, 218, 256,

Scammeli, 38.

Schnyler, 42.

Schaack. 83

Schenck, 114, 191.

Scoville, 243.

Seaton, 341, 536.

Seymour, 386.

Seward, 38^, 410.

Sexton, 497.

Seelye. 513.

Seely, 604.

Secribner. 200.

Seavens. 2:3.

Seargent. 166.

SelJeck, 188, 332.

Seckner. 259.

Sears, 276. 442

Sebolt, 251.

Senter. 211, 377,

Seaverance, 91 , 357.

Searles, 83. 184. 529.

Beaver, 45, 72, 77, 129, 130, 148, 257, 468 533 fiifi

Severance, 546. • "^"*

Severy. .599. 659.

Shninan. 82.

Ik!??''^-.?^- ^^' 155, 360, 415, 586.
oheddon, 65.

Shedd. 25. 8H. 179, 185 .325

Shnmway, 6s. 91. 144, 176."

feff.'ffl^^!' ""' ^^' ''^- 126. 163, 241. 249, 275,

Shay (8), 7k. hi. io5, 140. 153. 163

^^Tm. ^V. ^i^^'' ''''' •^- ^"- 326. 376. 393.

Shields, hh, ]h6

Shoff. 2«0. 467.

Shelton. 'Ml

Shepetone, 274, 458.

Bhaltz. 523. ,594. 640.

Shute. 271. ,525.

Shinnemann, 604.

Shipman, 251. 434.

Short, 235, 593.

Sherbarne, 232, 461, 613.

Shotwel], 286.

Shoroy. 273.

Shank, 218.

HhniH°°' -i^u 2^' 229. 346, Mi. .540.
Bhnttleworth. 144.
Sherwin. 181, 572.
Shennck. 149

Sheel)an,,->07,626.
Sharp. .511.

Shaw, 223, 410, ,580. --

8&2'^,''''-^21,3a5.429..574,.594.

Shippeu, 302.

Shirer, .537.

ShivJey, .589, 6.57.

Shearer, 308.

Shea. 3.50, 542.

SharplesB, 358.

Shiblee. 379, 563,

Showalter, 566.
Shepley. 499.
Sibley, 449, 473.
Sickles, 419.
Siddal], 601.
Bigourney, 368.
Sims, 112.
Simond.i, 74.

Simp8on,37, 306, 407,501, 579 600 654

Simons, 158, 334, 540. * ' ^•''^*

Simmons, 179.

Sickler, 238.

Bilsby, 322.

Simer, 325.

Sinart, 376.

Siss^n, 530.

bkillin, o73, 5.59.

Ske]fcon, 1.58.

lliZ'n Tsl '''' "^'^ ^' «22, 344, 393, 425. 530.
Black, 202. 364.
SlagJt, 532,
Smalley, 234, 413, 434.
Smoot, 603, 659.

iiiiiiiiiii

iSe^KVl6l^-^^'^««'581,

^m:J^:^^el^' ^"' 215, 230, 281. 349.383.

SneJ], 160, 218, 332. 590.

Snyder, 149, 224, 879, 394 410 5R0

Snowdell. 513. 628. ' ' ^^•

Bonthworth, 172, 335, 528.

Sonthgate, 134.

Somes. 215,

Scale, 177, 226, 233, 412

Boiett, 230.

Somers, 26. 3.50, 542.
Solomon, 38.
Solander, 156, 290.
Southwick, 204
Spicer, 402, 576,
Sperry. .331
Spear, :i25. 610.
Sparks. 309.
Spafford. 93, 428, 592
Spratley. r,:iH.
Sprung, 428, .592.
Bpielman. 216.

ipron.m"^'-^-*^^'^^-^'-

Speed, 165.

Spnrling, 331 . 525.

Springer, 118,226, 364, 550.

Sprague. ,1, 95, 102, 143, 178. 208, 373. 375. 392. .559.

Sparhawk, U. 164, 165.
SpaJdiDg. -.m).

'^"'fef 3^7^^^^- ^^^•'^•^^^•211,243.

Spencer, 109, 143, 195, 233, 3.34, 346. 397, 488. .579.

Spring, 23. 25, 43, 71, 315.
Squire. 170.
Stacey. 48.
StagpoJe. .37.

Stiles. 109. 210, 211,213 289 <«i«
8|«5ton 37. .5,1, i^i.-g^^'g :«;;*«•

Stoddard. o2. 148 270 2«9 oq-, o-.q -a- <•-,

Stark. U. 94 21 9:'3f8%Sw3 " '''' ■'^'' ^-

otiJlwater. 71.

Stanley, 33, 366.

Stilson, 72, 149,

Btearn.'i, 32. 34,41 45 4/; -,'; 71 -.,-,-..., ,„
«4. 104, 122 140 ivi nVi-- i«.^-,'i- '•'• ^♦*' ^9, 80,
282, 301. ' ' l"'^' 1*^- ^^- !**• 181. 2.53, 266,

Stickney. 94. IW. 302, 303. 495

Stowell, 45, 242, 360, 425 .548
8tok"8°'85^'^' ""' ^'' ^"'' '»^' 205. 366. 443.
Stocker, 103.

Stonr, 107. 182. 206, 286, 393. .572
Stafford, 113, 138, 213, 220, 26-' 600
Btroup, 126, 2.39. 241
Starkweather. 220.
Stillman, 206, 371, 393

690

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Stern, 216.
Btimpson, 157. 291.
Bteber, 445, 604.
Starbird, 158.
Stebbine, 2C1, 335, 548, 650.

Stewart, 156. 259, 276, .S44, 400, 403, 479, 529, 574, 576,
620, 643.

Stockwell. 1?4, 136, 2.54.
Stickles. 19H, 356.
Stnart, 129. 156, 529.

Strong, 132, 137, 178, 211, 256, 281, 370, 394, 410, 417.
573, 580. 587, 597.

Stronble, 225, 404.

Stoner, 252, 434.

Stower, 261.

Struce, 2CG, 451.

8treet«T, 261, 446.

Steel, 300, 382, 404, 492, 525, 532, (U7.

Starkey, 279.

Staples, 324.

Stott, 329.

Stevenson, 340, 464, 534.

Sthore, 350, 542.

Stebe. 645.

Stackpole, 59G.

Stockdale, 567.

Stanhope, 531.

Stephens, 349, 401, 445.

Stout, 402, .576.

Stanward, 874.

Stimson, 392, .572.

St. John, 510, 627.

Stedman, 506.

Stanward, 374, 560.

Stamps, 604.

Stiles, 644.

Sutherland, 644.

Suter, 348.

Sutfin. 219.

Sumner, 166, 267. 3(W. 422. 516. 517.

Summer. SS.

Snllivin. 93. 'Ml.

Sutton. 161,260,294.

Suder. 215.

Swan. 3(4. 392, 498.

Sweet. 83, 'lU, 352. 4-55. 513, 543, 6(J7.

Sweeten, 384.

Sweeny, .54.

Sweetman. 32, 592.

Sweetser. 121. 182, 232, 266.

Swain. 148. 302.

Swett. 226.

Sweesey. 279.

Swearingen. 2.S4, 412.

Swift. 313, 405. 506.

Sylvester, 121.

Sykes, 65.

Synnott, 192.

Symonds, 145. 271.

Talbot. 603.

Tarleton. 410. .580.

Taber. 345, 365.

Tarbox. 234. 2K5..578.

Talf . 215.

Tarball. 22. 24, 25, 74. 108. 117. 291. 61^.

Tanner, 214.

Tainter. 29. 45, 477. 495. 624.

Tatman,41.

Taylor, 25. 30. 35, 36, 4<;. 47. 48. 49, .50. 65. K3. 84. m.
88. 89. 92, 103, 132, 176. 187, 241. 251, 289. 291. 306.
326, 343. 3.51. 379. 421. 442. 444. 446, 4<;i. 470. 47n,
480, 495, .501, 511, 537, 542, .563. 605. 613. 617.

Task. 65. ^__

Taft. 38, 64.(^134, 181. 2.53, 490.

Ten Broeck. 111.

Tenney, 63. 89, 156, 196. 200, 212.

Teflft. 437, .597.

Tebbitts. 407.

Teed. 312.

Terry. 221, 258.

Teel, 195.

Temple, 197.

Tew. 219, 397.

Teal. 3.57.

Thurston. 106. 213, 242. 380, 424, 425. 512, .592.

Thomas. 41, 42, 07, 71, 133, 153. 186. 285, 312, 32h,
354, 379, 428, 444, 460, 479, 505, 522, 5W, 581, 620,
626.

Thompson, 85, 148, 166, 172,178,211,213,216,239,
2.54, 286. 304. 340, 420, 437, 535, 59(!, 622, 6.58, 662.

Thornton. 118, 226.

Thayer, 109, 131, ICO, 196, 203, 232, 366, 411, 444, 604.

Thonet, 142.

Thorndike. 160. 2,30.

Thorne, 229, 408,

Thorning, 334.

Thomson, 128, 244.

Tham, 417.

Throop, 429.

nirailhill,416, C44.

Timpkins, 214.

Ticknor, ilO, 213.

Tilton. 56, 217, 291, 393, 480.

Tibbetts. 168, 579.

Tillotson. 203, 367.

Tiernan, 234. 412.

Titus, 265, 285, 349, 473.

Tice. 382.

Tiffany, 439. 570, 597.

Tinkham. 464.

Timothy. .584. 6.57.

Tipple, 614.

Todd, 194. 514, 529, 628, 645.

Tolman, 184, 272, 4.56. 457.

Tower, 170, 178, 311, 319, 324.

Towne, 143, 182, 203.

Torrey, 69.

ToDand, 26.

Tombs. 46. 78.

Townsend, 1(4. 152, 169, 194, 309. 644.

Torrience. 337.

Tonrtellott, 344, 539.

Torbet, 401, .57.5.

Tozer, 566, 6.53.

Tozier, 406.

Toombly. 408.

Toomey, 420.

Towsley, 468.

Tripp, 1.56.

Trowbridge, 77,

Travis, 24.

Troll, 65, 130, 246.

Trust, 182.

Train, 195. 347.

Treadwell. 202, 270, 360, 455.

Treat, 224, 227, 406.

Truman. 389.

Trj-al, 50, 90.

Trott, 236, 237,

Trexell, 326.

Truax, 6(K1.

Traver, 591.

True. 419, 590.

Traflarn, 523, 64<1.

Tucker, 23, 135. 2.57. 262, 375, 561, 583, 652.

Tukey, 321, 509.

Turner, .57, 95, 108. 1.50, 171, 181, 1%, 200, 219, 244,
266, 313, 323, 326, 3.56, 451.

Tufts. 26. 306. 5.50, 651.

Turnback, 65, 126.

Turber, 110.

Tuttle, 122, 209. 233. 2.56, 260, 355, 392, 417. 441.

Tullar, 163, 208, 391.

Tuxbury, 179,

Tubbs, 326, 514.

Turpin, 396.

Turney, 481, 482.

TvritcheU, 34, 56, 1.52, 2691; 529.

Twiss. 133.

Twombley, 148.

Tyler, 91, 107, 1.55, 169, 204. 211, 309, .5.37.

Tyle, 395.

Tyron, 404.

Underwood, 22, 27. 68, 69, 211.

Upham, 70, 71, 155, 307, 308, 446.

Upton, 1.55, 180, 182, 253, 326, 330.

Usher, 227.

Utley, 160.

Van Viliet, .503, 625.

Vandenburg, 473.

Vail, 242, 424.

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

691

Yarney, 227. 406.

Vaughn. 59.

Van Slyke, 132, 252.

Van Tuyl. 139, 264.

Vandyke, 215, 389,

Van Harlingren, 547.

VanDnsen,429, 594.

Van Voorhees, 563.

Van Deventer, 221.

Van Aakin, 234.

Vanderburg, 285.

Van Doren, 342.

Van Bibber. 882.

Van Reunsalers, 409.

Van Gelder, 414, 415, 583, 585.

Vaneloaf , 428.

Van Pelt, 532.

Varian,251,342.

Veale, 351.

Viles. 324.

Vilas, 179.

Vinal, 162, 293.

Vogt, 586.

Voorhees, 381.

Voorhies, 139, 265.

Vosburgh, 445.

Vrooman, 399, 415, 574, 585.

Wake. 83.

WaJcott. 80. 323, 492. 493. 494, 511.

Waste, 69.

Walter, 27.

Wales. 46.

Walker, 24. 34, 40, 46. 62. 83. 122. 128, 129. 137. 153,
15x, 176, 199, 203. 244, 361, 289. 292. 315. 3.54, 868,
447, 531, 544, 562, .580.

Watrous. 60. 115, 391. .571.

Warren. 23, 25, 33, 36. 42. 45. 59, 67, 92. 113, 134, 136,
146, 147, 153, 185, 192, 251, 253, 282. 322. 339, 355,
367. 383, 433. 436, .509, 534.

Warner. 48, 52. 54, 71, 89, 95. 187, 235, 331. 416, 495,
574, .586. 587,654.

Watkine, 40. 65. 126, 150. 241, 270, 27fi. 461. 551.

Wadsworth. 64. 112, 224.

Ware, 33. 71, 80. 165. 176. 217, 402. 576.

Ward, 42, 51. 53,65,67, 72, 132, 147. 14H. 180. 220,251,
328. 356, 433, 506, 522, 529, 643.

Wade, 78, 455.

Wallis. 105. 107. 108. 202. 208. 2.56. 441.

Wallace, 105. 198. 202. 210, 330, 337, 36o. rtZ\ 532.

Washington. 113, 222.

Washburn, 123, 141, 142. 149, 237. 266. 267. 429, 472,

513.
Ward well, 131.182.

Watson. 145, 203. 247. 260, 366. 36s. 430. 467.
Waite, 174, 175, 226, 405.
Wakeman. 184.
Warrick. 192 340
Waters, 203, 333, 367, 420, 525, 590.
Warfield. 253.
Walton. 169. ;«9. 365, 623.
Watron. 176.

Waldo, 163, 164. 219, 311, 396.
Wat<^rman, 214, 385.
Watts, 184.
Waller. 303.
Wayland. .325.
Wakefield, 327.
Waldon. 8.50, 542.
Waklrem,4a5.
Wals worth. 418.
Warwick, 395.
Warriner, 447.
Waring, 450, 606.
Webb. 231, 346, 433, 540, 567.
Wear. 310.
Wen ham, 373.
Weast, 216.

Webster, 211. 231. 339, 345, 374, 441, 539. 540, 561.
Wetherell, 195, 463.
Weixler, 1,59.
Weese, 246, 428.
Weiton, 556.
Weiss. 399.

Wentworth, 135. 333 580, 656.
Welford. 530.
Weller, 452.

Wescott. 465.

West. 135, 151. 390. 402, 531.

Wells, 121, 169. 204. 209, 232, 285. 389, 441, 516.

Wellington, 32, 33, 75. 148, 288, 368, 437, 524. 5.56.

Weston. 62, 85, 120. 274, 458.

Weatherbee. 25, 48, 49, 73, 85. 8S. 102, 149, 151, 155,

166. 179, 199, 200, 273. 477, .566.
Weeks, 51. 1.56, 431.
Wesson, 283, 349.
Weatherby, 30, 383.
Wedge. 274.
Weetropp. 83.
Webber. 469, 556.
Wescott. .590, 614.

Welch. 89, 141, 187, 238, 379, 418, 4;j9^^48. 551, 599.
Weeman, 128.
Welcome, 505.
Weissbuga. 513.
Whittaker, 104, 338.

White. 40. 46, 73, 94. 107. 110, 119. 1,50. 151, 155. 159.
160. 162. 196, 212. 227, 2.59. 271, 278, 279, 294, 305,
362. 367, 396, 444. 4.55, 465, 484. 497, 499. 53:3, 550,
555. ,567, 574. 575. 589. 625, 655, 657.
Whiting, 53. 94. 192, 195, 205, 409, 469, 537. 579, 616.
Wheelock, 34, 82, 92. 93, 211, 376.
Whidden, 287,475.
Whitten, 227.

Wheeler. 26. 33, 47, 49, 51. 55. 85, 86, 88, 104, 105,
110. 114, 127, 128, 149. 1.54, 156, 171, ISB, 187. 192.
20l, 242, 264. 279. 281, 282. 287. 288. 290, 306. 312,
315, 327. 328. 330, 343, 377. 471. 514. 521. 562, 578,
62^.
Whitman, 80. 95, 151, 165, 196, 270. 282, 304, 327.

458. 529.
Whitmarsh. 324. 511.
Whipple. 109, 134, 194, 211, 253. 267.
Whitljead. 190, 2(J9. 338. 532.
Whittemore. 29. 31, 36. 45. 58. 76. 84, 131. 177, 246,

273. 274, 354. 4.58, 4.59, 460, 543.
Whitmore, 32, 123, 234, 410, 523, 580.
Whitehouse. 358, 547.

Whitcomb. »). 46, 47. 48. 54. 80, 83. 85. 86. 88. 89, 90,
92. I(r2. 109. 145. 14^. 165, ISO, 199, 21^270,306,328.
395. 472, 49N.
Whicher. ;<60.

Wheaton. 439, 510, 599. 600. —
Wiese, .566.
Winslow, 47. 81,237.

Williams. 25,35, .51, 70. 112, 114.120,123,127.5128,

1.35, 137, 143, 161, 165, 171.196.2(12.229.234.245.

263, 264, 2.M, 327, 3.5». 365. 402, 408, 413, 420,:45O,

512, 513. .529. 628, 644.

Wilson, 43, 5.3, 60, 70, 116, 129. 144. 1.56. 168. 181, 189,

2(Kt. 212. 2a5. 2S3. 337. 366, 414. ,532. 579.
Willard. 30. 33. 34. 4». 71, 80. 81. 85. 89, 144. 145. 148.
164, lf.7, 180, 187, 205, 256, 274. 287. 30;i. 32.^, 36*.
4.59, 476. 521.
Winchester, 46, 137, 2.56, 273, 439.
Wilcox, 400.
Witt, 197, ,351.
Winn, 57, 3:i4. 527.
Wiswall, 63, 66, 71. 94, 130.

Wilder, 50, 72, 81. 82. k3. 84.'Hh. 90. 105. 146. 147, 148.
176.213.265,274,323, 354,' 3ft3, 414. 450. 459. 532,
543.
Withington. 11. 147.
Witherell. 1.39. 17«.
Wight. 122. 144. I6;i 36.5.
Williston. 164. 246. 2<t9. 486.
Winter, 173. 177. 317, 394.
Wilde, (s). 204.
Wisner, 537.
Winship, 32. 54. 275.
Witherepoon, 216.
Wing, 45b. 514, 628.
Wightman. 224, 402, 615.
Wickware. 217. 393.
Wilber. 227, 406. 470.
Willet, 234, 413.
Willey, 2,51, 337, 433.
Willis. 2,53.

Wilkinson, 2.57. 279, 368, 556.
Winkworth, 391. ,571.
Winthrop, 426, 517.
Willcox. 574.
Wiggins. 623. 662.

692

INDEX TO OTHER NAMES.

Woodcock, 408, 579.

Wooster, 448.

Woodhull, 220.

Woodin, 252, 434.

Wolkee. 261, 445.

Woodman. 289.

World, 603, 661.

Woolsey, 534.

Woodsun. 578.

Womble, 564.

Woodward, 23, 24, 31, 34, 66. 105, 118, 131, 1.53, 193,

226, 227, 257, 285, 291, 441. 473, 477, 620.
Woodbridge, 45.
Wood(8), 25, 26, 30, 36. 46, 47, .53, 55. 57, 61. 71, 77,

80. 93, 108, 121, 125, 134, 140, 141, 143, 165. 176, 193,

194, 253, 266, 270, 337, 845, 408, 428, 4.52, 454, 478,

530, 540, 579, 587, 607, 620.
Wolf, 74.
Woodard, 646.

Woodbury. 138, 197. 266, 328, 339.
Woolley, 132.
Woodworth. 132, 183, 207.
Worcester, 84. 85, 104. 130, 131.
Wolcott, 30, 164, 165, 220, 222, 301, 445, 493.
Woodruff, 137, 211, 239, 495, 624.
World, 603, 661.

Worthington, 163.

Worthen, 195.

Worthely, 200.

Wright, 39, 63, 67, 72, 75, 79, 140, 1H4, 222, 223, 247,

301, 308, 3.5.5, 370, 429, 448, 483, 494. 510. .546, 557,

558, 627, 643.
Wrightman, 466.
Wrisley. 160.
WurtB 300 491

Wyman, 32, 55,'70, 77, 89, 104, 115, 228, 226, 405, 426.
WycoflE, 2(J4.
Wyatt, 828. 368, 522.
Yaw, 529, 644.
Yarnell, 434, 595.
Yale, 113, 172, 220.
Yates, 422.
Yeoward, 466.
Yeaton. 119, 153, 227.
Years, 151.
Yeakley, 413. 583.
Young, 37, 62, 104, 195, 230, 330. 338. ;W5, 34P, 3.50,

360, 442, 485, 543, 545, 547, 551, 652.
York, 108, 529, 644.
Zane, 214.
Zeak, 280, 467.
Zerrahn, 534.

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